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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; many of them 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-god but as a man wearing the skin of a beast.
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 ==
 
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! rowspan=3 | Edicts
| Take! Rend! Kill!
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| Destroy your enemies without mercy and take all that is precious to them.
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| Revel in the wails of the fleeing and dying, for there is no sweeter sound.
|}


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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File:Yeenoghu-1.jpg | How gnolls imagine Rorakan
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
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 9 August 2025

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