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Background

Skull Splinter Uzko (Dark Troll)

Note that the majority of female Uzko would not venture into the Surface World as they are simply too valuable to be allowed to run this risk. So femal Uzko PCs should have an explantion for this.

Choose from the following abilities, or invent your own:

• Bite and brawl
• Mace & Shield combat
• Eat Anything
• Endure Cold
• Know Ancestry
• Large
• Stealth
• Resist Poison
• Strong
• Uz Myths
• Local geography
• Uz Customs
• Obey Females / Command Males

Personality

• Hungry
• Brutal
• Authoritative

Relationships

• Love Mother
• Love Family
• Devoted to Clan

Weaknesses

• Dislike Light
• Poor Eyesight
• Tied to Home

etc

Skull Splinter Uzdo (Great Troll)

All are male.

Choose from the following abilities, or invent your own:

• Bite and smash
• Maul combat
• Eat Anything
• Endure Cold
• Large
• Stealth
• Resist Poison
• Strong
• Tough
• Uz Myths
• Local geography
• Uz Customs
• Obey Females
• Terrifying

Personality

• Hungry
• Brutal

Relationships

• Love Mother
• Love Family
• Devoted to Clan

Weaknesses

• Stoopid
• Dislike Light
• Poor Eyesight

Skull Splinter Enlo (Trollkin)

Choose from the following, or invent your own:

• Sling Combat
• Eat Anything
• Endure Cold
• Small
• Stealth
• Nimble
• Resist Poison
• Sniff out Food
• Survivor
• Uz Myths
• Local Geography
• Uz Customs
• Obey

Personality

• Hungry
• Fearful

Relationships

• Love Mother
• Devoted to Clan

Weaknesses

• Weak-willed
• Dislike Light

Occupation

Crafter

• [Craft]
• Evaluate Raw Material
• Make Minor Equipment
• Bargain
• NB We need more here
• Sense of Beauty (p)
• Clever (p)
• Patient (p)
• To Patrons (r)
• To Family (r)
• To Clan (r)

Typical Magic: Gadblad, Gorakiki, Karrg, Korasting, Ancestors or local entities

Hunter

• Acute Darksense
• Butchery
• Know Surface World
• Know [type of prey]
• Remain Motionless
• Stealth
• Sling Combat
• Sense Foes
• Set Trap
• Track
• Camouflage
• Comfortable in Surface World (p)
• Daring (p)
• Always Alert (p)
• To Family (r)
• To Hunters of other Clans (r)

Typical Magic: Korasting, Zong

Warrior

• Acute Darksense
• Mace & Shield Combat
• Maul Combat
• Sling Combat
• Command Enlo
• Uz Tactics
• Stealth
• Recognise Foe
• Run on Broken Ground
• Obey Orders
• Brave (p)
• Loyal (p)
• To Wargang (r)
• To Wargang Leader (r)

Typical Magic: Boztakang, Karrg, Vaneekara, Zorak Zoran

Magic

Options for PCs which ar not detailed here, but which could be discussed, include:

• Ancestor worship
• Local landscape cults etc.
• Zugorteg of the Dark Earths
• Basko the Black Sun
• Bat-Winged Quatanara of the Blue Moon Plateau
• Himile, God of Cold
• Arkat Kortagi - sorcery school

Kyger Litor

Kyger Litor is the Mother of the Men of Darkness, the Uz. All uz are her descendants, and she forms the centre of worship in all normal uz lands.

Korasting - The Mother of Many (Animist)

The principal ancestral tradition

Jakaboom - The Dancer in Shadows (Animist)

The first uz shaman

Jeset - The Ferrytroll (Animist)

Ferrytroll of the Dead

Boztakang - Chaosfighter (Animist)

Boztakang is the slayer of Chaos, who protects the Uz against this hated foe. As an infant, he plugged the first leak through which the evilstagnation of chaos slithered into the universe. He later killed many chaos monsters, and ripped secret methods to kill chaos out of Arrquong, a chaos god he erased from creation. Uz who often fight chaos worship him, and all warriors hold special rituals in his name before fighting broo, gorp or similar horrors.

Kropa - The Mother of Molluscs (Animist)

Molluscs, centipedes, etc

Orani Mor - Spider Mother (Animist)

Tied to the Web of the Cosmos, which could be fun if we wish to get metaphysical, cf. Arachne Solara.

Krolar - Scorpion Guardian (Animist)

Connected to Zorak Zoran.

Swems - Mother of Worms (Animist)

The burrowing practice

Karrg - The Master of Weapons

Karrg is Kyger Litor's Good Son, the shield between Kyger Litor and the hostile world beyond the home. He fought the Fiery Death when Wonderhome was invaded, defended the the uz during the flight to Komor, and protected them on the surface against their many enemies.

While there are other war gods of the darkness, he is trusted the most by his mother and sister and is preeminent in most lands. Normally subservient to his mother and sister, as war leader they defer to him on the field of battle.

Chaktochak the Black Marshal

- warlord subcult -

Gerak Kag

- anti-Pavis spirit subcult -

Bekasi the Caller

- trollball subcult -

Eraktog Mace-and-Mace

- mace combat warior subcult -

Vaneekara - The Hurler

Vaneekara was the most adventurous of Kyger Litor's children, and in Wonderhome took part in ancient feuds with uz foes. She threw boulders and smashed the Castle of Fragile Foodstuffs the Mostali had built, to amuse herself. She once hurled High King Elf across the cosmos when he tried to wrestle her.

When Yelm invaded Wonderhome, she tried to hurl him back out but was defeated, and only Xiola Umbar saved her. She was a valiant warrior in the Darkness, and once threw an entire chaos army out of an uz land. She is the patron of slingers, and in some clans is seen as the patron of female warriors.

Argan Argar - The God of Surface Darkness

Argan Argar is the son of Night, the first Darkness God born in Komor. In the Darkness Age, he defeated and enslaved Lodril and forced that god to build the great Palace of Black Glass on the Shadow Plateau. From here, Argan Argar founded a great uz empire that included many nonuz.

Later, at the Dawn, he appointed his son Ezkankekko as his Regent on the Surface. When Chaos slithered forth in the Darkness, Argan Argar aided any that called upon him irrespective of old hatreds. Of the uz gods, he is the friendliest to non-uz and it is his cult that conducts trade and diplomacy between trolls and humans.

NB. The following is for the default subcult of Ezkankekko.

• Bargain
• Spear & Shield Combat
• Command Enlo
• Gauge Value
• Identify Goods by Taste
• Know [foreign] Customs
• Know [foreign] Geography
• Mint Bolg
• Mythology of Argan Argar
• Operate in Daylight
• Speak [another language]
• Open-minded (p)
• Outgoing (p)
• to other Merchants etc (r)

Affinities (max 02 of these 03 to start, & choose 03 feats to start for each):

• Exchange with Others (Command Messenger Spirit, Convince Buyer, Convince Seller, Interpret Other's meaning, Safeguard Item)
• Son of Night (Affix Darkness, Create Shadow, Enchant Lead, Sense Lead, Walk Unseen in Shadows)
• Ruler of Komor (Befriend Non-Uz, Blow Away Wind, Hide Item within Earth, Suppress Fire, Withstand Daylight)

Gadblad - The Great Smith (Animist)

Gadblad is the hero of some tales and villain of many more. As a grandson of Kyger Litor, he is respeted for creating numerous artefacts for his relatives, such as Karrg's Unbreakable Mace or the Castle of Lead. But his creations were not made out of loyalty and respect, rather for the mere sake of creation.

He is a Bad Son and a villain, caring for no-one but himself, making use of forbidden fire skills and often being forced by others to respect uz traditions. He is the patron of smiths, who are generally viewed as unreliable rogues by other uz.

• Hammer Fighting
• Craft Bronze
• Craft Lead
• Create Fire
• Evaluate Raw Material
• Gadblad Tradition Knowledge
• Never Tire
• Know Otherworld Denizen
• Smith
• Sing Song of Power
• Spirit Combat and Binding
• Strong
• Curious (p)
• Obsessive (p)
• Reclusive (p)
• To Slaves (r)

Typical Spirits: Darkness Spirits, Metal Spirits, Lowfire Spirits

Norag - The Ice Queen

Aloof and cold, the blanket of snow which covers the highest hills and which brings comfort in the Dark Season. Wooed by Zorak Zoran, Orlanth and Yelmalio at the Hill of Gold. Tamer of Lowfires.

Xiola Umbar - Solace of Darkness

Goddess of the Protective Darkness. Sister of, and coutner to, Zorak Zoran. Healing and solace.

Zong - The Hunter (Animist)

Zong is the son of Vaneekara the Hurler, and the patron of Uz hunters. Zong was the first uz to hunt the new food that trolls found in Komor, and taught others to find prey when it became scarce. His worshippers are the providers of uz society, venturing forth from snug homes to stalk prey in the dangerous Good Hunting Lands. More importantly, Zong teaches us how to send the dead prey's spirit back to its mother so it can be reborn again, hunted anew and eaten again many times. Zong hunters stalk every animal in Glorantha, save true uz.

• Acute Darksense
• Animal Lore
• Butchery
• Butchery Song
• Know [type of prey]
• Remain Motionless
• Stealth
• Sling Combat
• Sense Foes
• Set Trap
• Track
• Camouflage
• Zong Practice Knowledge
• Comfortable in Surface World (p)
• Daring (p)
• To Shaman (r)

Typical Spirits: Hunter Spirits (Bind Prey, Find Prey, Guide Bullet, Run without Tiring) Prey Spirits (properties of defeated prey)

Zorak Zoran - Dark Hater

Zorak Zoran is the troll god of Hate and Vengeance, the mindless explosion of fear and frenzy against bolth law and chaos, which finds its only justification and satisfaction in unlimited violence. As much as the rest of the world might regret it, he is the one who helped save the world, and whose powers may be needed again. Zorak Zoran is one of the most popular uz wargods. Death Lords, the warrior priests of the cult, may be devotees or even disciples, who have surrendered their entire lives to the pure energies of Hate.

Amanstan (Animist)

Amanstan contains the fire powers that Zorak Zoran gained when he ambushed Yelmalio at the Hill of Gold and devoured his heart. He allows Zorak Zoran worshippers access to and control of fire powers, something most trolls are anable to do.