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! colspan=2 | Rorakan | ! colspan=2 | Rorakan | ||
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| Title || The Beast-God | | Title || Hahun <br> The Beast-God | ||
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| Alignment || Chaotic Evil | | Alignment || Chaotic Evil | ||
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| Superior || [[Zehir]] (currently) | | Superior || [[Zehir]] (currently) <br> ''None'' (previously) | ||
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| Sacred animal || Hyenas <br> Dogs <br> Wolves | |||
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| Pantheon || [[Sevani]] <br> Jihuthi religion | |||
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| Worshipers || Gnolls <br> Goblinoids <br> Wild men | |||
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'''Rorakan''' is a deity worshiped in [[Aluray]], mainly by gnolls and goblinoids. He is associated with savagery, brutality, barbarism, and the wilds. | '''Rorakan''' (ROAR-uh-kawn), often called '''Hahun''' (HAW-hoon) by Jihuthis, is a deity worshiped in [[Aluray]], mainly by [[gnoll|gnolls]] and [[goblinoid|goblinoids]]. He is associated with savagery, brutality, barbarism, and the wilds. | ||
Rorakan calls on his followers to devour and dominate, to crush their enemies under their boot heel, and to take and plunder and consume and indulge in all vices. His hymns are war cries, his baptism is in blood, and his holy places are anywhere screams are heard. | Rorakan calls on his followers to devour and dominate, to crush their enemies under their boot heel, and to take and plunder and consume and indulge in all vices. His hymns are war cries, his baptism is in blood, and his holy places are anywhere screams are heard. | ||
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== Worshipers == | == Worshipers == | ||
Rorakan is not picky about who follows him, only that they do as he commands: fight and kill and take. He is worshiped by many Seuvian [[goblinoid|goblinoids]]. His strongest support comes from [[gnoll|gnolls]], who view him as their patron deity; | Rorakan is not picky about who follows him, only that they do as he commands: fight and kill and take. He is worshiped by many Seuvian [[goblinoid|goblinoids]]. His strongest support comes from [[gnoll|gnolls]], who view him as their patron deity; they consider him a gnoll-god, their creator, and the very first gnoll. He is even worshiped by some Jihuthis, who depict him not as a beast-man but as a man wearing the skin of a beast. | ||
== Depiction == | |||
Rorakan is often depicted as an upright wolf-man. Gnolls, however, describe him as a gnoll. Human Jihuthis depict him as a man wearing an animal pelt (usually a wolf's). | |||
== Mandate == | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 50%; text-align: center;" | |||
! rowspan=3 | Edicts | |||
| Take! Rend! Kill! | |||
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| Destroy your enemies without mercy and take all that is precious to them. | |||
|- | |||
| Revel in the wails of the fleeing and dying, for there is no sweeter sound. | |||
|} | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Yeenoghu-1.jpg | How gnolls | File:Yeenoghu-1.jpg | How gnolls imagine Rorakan | ||
File:Rorakan-Human-1.jpg | A Jihuthi depiction of Rorakan | File:Rorakan-Human-1.jpg | A Jihuthi depiction of Rorakan | ||
File:Rorakan-Human-2.jpg | Another Jihuthi depiction of Rorakan | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:00, 9 August 2025
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| Rorakan | |
|---|---|
| Title | Hahun The Beast-God |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Superior | Zehir (currently) None (previously) |
| Sacred animal | Hyenas Dogs Wolves |
| Pantheon | Sevani Jihuthi religion |
| Worshipers | Gnolls Goblinoids Wild men |
Rorakan (ROAR-uh-kawn), often called Hahun (HAW-hoon) by Jihuthis, is a deity worshiped in Aluray, mainly by gnolls and goblinoids. He is associated with savagery, brutality, barbarism, and the wilds.
Rorakan calls on his followers to devour and dominate, to crush their enemies under their boot heel, and to take and plunder and consume and indulge in all vices. His hymns are war cries, his baptism is in blood, and his holy places are anywhere screams are heard.
Rorakan is believed to have sided with Zehir in the Red Terror.
Worshipers
Rorakan is not picky about who follows him, only that they do as he commands: fight and kill and take. He is worshiped by many Seuvian goblinoids. His strongest support comes from gnolls, who view him as their patron deity; they consider him a gnoll-god, their creator, and the very first gnoll. He is even worshiped by some Jihuthis, who depict him not as a beast-man but as a man wearing the skin of a beast.
Depiction
Rorakan is often depicted as an upright wolf-man. Gnolls, however, describe him as a gnoll. Human Jihuthis depict him as a man wearing an animal pelt (usually a wolf's).
Mandate
| Edicts | Take! Rend! Kill! |
|---|---|
| Destroy your enemies without mercy and take all that is precious to them. | |
| Revel in the wails of the fleeing and dying, for there is no sweeter sound. |
Gallery
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How gnolls imagine Rorakan -
A Jihuthi depiction of Rorakan -
Another Jihuthi depiction of Rorakan
