A green slimey belly that hungers ravenously for more food...

NORGUL (#27/31, #27/365) [OOTP IV]

SKILL: 10

STAMINA: 9

ATTACKS: 2

WEAPON: Unarmed (Large), Wooden Spoon (as per Club), Spear or Scimitar

ARMOUR: Medium or Heavy

DAMAGE MODIFIER: +1 to Damage Roll

HABITAT: Caves, Dungeons, Ruins, Hills

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1

TYPE: Humanoid

REACTION: Hostile

INTELLIGENCE: Low-Average

The NORGUL, also known as the Slime Belly due to its prodigious and undiscriminating eating habits, is a towering, grotesque, dark green-skinned humanoid. It has a bloated torso, stocky arms and legs, and a large round head and pockmarked face. While its eyes and ears are small, the Norgul has a wide mouth with bulbous purple lips, and long teeth protruding from its lower jaw, many of which are broken.

Thought to be related to Ogres and their mutated chaotic ilk, it dwells in caves and dungeons, or among rocky hills, subduing whatever prey it can catch either with its flailing fists, or by beating the victim with a big wooden spoon. The Norgul will eat anything, but its favourite food is a jar of eyeballs (any species, but preferably sheep). For this delicacy, it may be possible to bargain with the Norgul for safe passage through its territory, but one must always be cautious for they are treacherous beasts and not to be trusted!

Due to their size the Norgul is sometimes employed by Orc tribes as a shock trooper, as they are powerful creatures who fight with brute strength and savage aggression. They are usually given poorly-fitting spiked plate-mail (which counts as Heavy Armour) to wear, and a spear or a couple of curved scimitars to fight with. However, as food is of primary motivation for the Norgul, even more so than your average Orc, their discipline in war can be questionable. A Norgul soldier is just as likely to follow orders as to chase something edible across the battlefield, such as the supply wagon, or a small unit of tasty Halflings!

Instead, and perhaps because the Norgul is always babbling about consuming more food, the position of tribal cook is a better role, ensuring undying gratitude for supplying the creature with a big cauldron on an iron chain over an open fire, and a special, much-stained leather apron to wear. One of the most infamous such cooks of modern times was the noted freelancer Uzzuk the Norgul, who dwelt in the caves beneath Skull Crag, but indiscriminately hired his culinary skills out to whichever local tribe of marauders had embarked on a raiding campaign and could supply him with the most fresh eyeballs, of course!