The Basics Best known as the evil brutes in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels, the mythology of the orc goes back much further . In the works of William Blake, the Orc is a positive character, opening the door for authors to choose which mythology they would prefer that their orcs
Category: Creatures
The Basics Ogres are always depicted as large, muscular, human-shaped creatures. From there, everything is variable. From intelligence to skin tone, an ogre (or ogress if female) is described in almost as many ways as there are tellers of tales. Appearance Human-shaped Large & muscular Very tall Short & compact Green skin Blue skin Flesh-toned
The Basics Pronunciation rhymes with ‘witch’, a lich is always a powerful sorcerer. Though other details vary, they are almost always human-shaped– either still appearing human or else having begun as a human, though I did find one reference claiming a shape-shifting ability for them. Appearance Human Skeletal or cadaverous Heavily armored Rich, flowing robes
While researching the various mythological races for my Abaddon series, I found it to be a bit frustrating. There were sites dedicated to Irish mythology and Egyptian Mythology and the mythology of ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ and so forth. The same creatures would be mentioned on various sites, but they would be described differently. A lich