Dnd Zorgo Race

The Fish-Mad of the Depths

The Zor­go resem­ble grotesque hybrids between human and fish. Their squat bod­ies are cov­ered in shim­mer­ing blue or pur­ple scales, and their hands human-like in shape end in dull, blunt­ed claws. Where a neck should be, their fish­like head sits awk­ward­ly, often adorned with fins or cat­fish-like whiskers, as if it had been crude­ly attached. Their bulging eyes, for­ev­er yel­low with pitch-black pupils, always seem to stare at things no one else can see.

Sea God Thal’Krabb

Once, the Zor­go lived near the sur­face waters, under the influ­ence of the great sea god Thal’Krabb, the Watch­er of the Depths. But in an act of col­lec­tive mad­ness, they turned away from their ancient faith. They denied their god’s exis­tence and began invent­ing their own bizarre, twist­ed beings born from the frac­tured depths of their col­lec­tive sub­con­scious. And, mys­te­ri­ous­ly… these gods began to take form.

Blibdoolpoolp (the Sea Mother)

One of the most feared among these is Blib­doolpoolp, the Sea Moth­er a female enti­ty with the head of a lob­ster, clawed arms, and a shell-like cara­pace across her shoul­ders. In the Zor­go realms, such beings are not mere­ly imag­i­nary: they become tan­gi­ble, as long as enough fer­vent, mad prayers are uttered in their name.

Priests

Their priests often called arch­priests are fanat­i­cal lead­ers who wield gen­uine divine pow­ers. They are pro­tect­ed by Whips, loy­al war­riors who fight to uphold the spir­i­tu­al lega­cy of their mas­ters. Betray­al among the Zor­go is rarely for­giv­en.

The Reversal with the Sahuagin

Dur­ing their descent into the deep­est parts of the ocean, the Zor­go encoun­tered the Sahua­gin fish­like war­riors cov­ered in blue or green scales, some bear­ing as many as four arms. At first, the Zor­go were cap­tured. But on the day of their sched­uled exe­cu­tion, some­thing mys­te­ri­ous occurred: the Sahua­gin king sud­den­ly died of heart fail­ure at the exact moment the Zor­go received a vision from their “god.”

Since that day, the Sahua­gin have lived in fear. They believe the Zor­go cursed them and have since relin­quished much of their for­mer pow­er. Now, the Zor­go rule over part of the Sahua­gin domain, the fish-folk serv­ing them with a mix­ture of dread and super­sti­tion.

Stats

• Lan­guages: Your char­ac­ter can speak, read, and write. Com­mon, Kuo and one oth­er lan­guage that you want.