Grollucks

     Grollucks are a race of fierce, unfriendly warriors. Once they ruled the known
world. Now, they�re lucky to have a small kingdom. Nowadays, the Grolluck people hold
their borders, build their numbers, and wait for their time to come again.

Grollucks                                   55 pts
Advantages   +3 ST, +1 DX, +2 Hit Points, +3 DR, Combat Reflexes,
                   High Pain Threshold, Rapid Healing, One P/A Weapon Skill
                   at DX-1
Disadvantages   Beserk, Low Emapathy, Unattractive -1

Half-breeds
     During the Time of Empire, Grollucks took their pleasure from any non-Grolluck
slave whenever they wished, producing several half-breed races. Grolluck half-breeds are
among the most common of Ea. Grolls, a vile mixture of Orc and Grolluck, give the
Orcish hordes a source of elite shock troops. Ur-Grollucks, adding a human element to the
Grolluck mix, remain common throughout human and Grolluck lands. There are accounts
of other Grolluck half-breeds (including a Grolluck/Bentyr mix), but these strains have not
survived into the current time.

Appearance
     Grollucks are tall, thick-limbed and thick-skinned humanoids. Their skin is a
uniform blueish cast darkening to purple around the eyes, nose and mouth. Hair is a wiry
black and is usually worn in a long braid by males and females alike. Eyes can be of any
color, but are predominantly dark.
     When a Grolluck is actually seen outside his heavy armor, his clothing is normally
nondescript and utilitarian. This is normally a one-piece garment of thick cloth in shades of
grey and/or brown. No Grolluck goes anywhere without a weapon.

Names
     Grolluck personal names consist of a given name followed by the names of a
Grolluck�s clan and sept. A given name may be changed at any time, clan names are
permanent, and sept names are permanent after a Grolluck has been accepted into his sept.
Brin o Calor i Marq states that Brin is a member of the Clan of Calor, and the Sept of
Marq. Clans are named for the First Warriors. Some twenty clans survived the Time of
Empire. Sept names are derived from the Founding Warriors of each clan. Usually there
are five or six septs per clan.

Culture
     The Grolluck people are divided into huge clans. Each Clan Lord is responsible for
his people, their lands, and relations with other clans. Each Clan Lord owes a fuedal
allegiance to the First Lord, Clan Lord of the Clan of Mishka. Mishka has been the First
Clan for all of recorded history, and was the source of the Grolluck Emperors in the Time
of Empire.
     Each clan is divided into Septs. A sept is a brotherhood of warriors within a clan.
Each sept is named for a Founding Warrior of the Clan. Septs fight as a unit, and are
usually fielded as the equivilant of a Company. Clans, organized along Sept lines, is
usually fielded in Battalion strength. Since both male and female Grolluck fight as
warriors, Grollucks are capable of fielding a huge force. As yet, however, they are not yet
powerful enough to again sweep aside the assembled armies of Ea.
     Disputes between individuals, septs, and clans are all solved with trial by combat.
Individual combats usually do not end in death, but sept and clan disputes are often fatal.
Any insult may result in challenge to Trial. The few outsiders who travel in the Grolluck
lands are well advised to be exceedingly polite.
     It is said that a Grolluck is born with a weapon in hand. This is not quite accurate,
but not far from the truth. Grolluck children are expected to begin weapon training early
on, and must gain acceptance into a sept by defeating a sept member in single combat.

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