Ogre Oni Warrior

Oni ogre from the Airuzu archipielago.

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O N I, Orientalum Ogrii

<sup>Race: Oni
Class: Ogre
Specie: Goblinoid

Other names: Hieyoks Ogre, yōkai, guǐ, gwai, Rakshasa, Yaksha, Preta

Alligance: Independent, allies of the Dark Legion</sup>

The Oni , goblinoids of the Ogre family, and they where a race of ogres that lived in south-eastern Hieyoks, existing several Oni groups, and they often are called demons, devils, ogres or trolls, extending from Hin to Airuzu, across Bina and Hinbina, existing diverse hieyok ogres cultures.

It's unknown the exact origin of the Oni and the moment when they migrated to the parts of Hieyoks that raised from to oceans at the beginning of the Human age, some thinking they where other of the servants of the Ice Giants of Hieyoks, while others suggest their origin in southern Aels, from where they migrated to the east.

The physical apparence of Oni vary widely, but one of the more usual types are the one of the gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.

The difference between Oni is supposed from mixed heritage, as it's not unknown mixed couples of Oni with demons, beast-men, humans and elves, and often these individuals are more inteligent than the more pure ogre-like Oni, making the Oni some of the more inteligent kinds of ogres.

In the Airuzu Oni, it's normal that they wear tiger-skin loincloths, being their traditional weapons iron clubs, called kanabō (金棒?). This however isn't the case of the ogres of Hin, Bina and Hinbina, who have their own cultures.

In Hieyoks, the Oni, along with demons, beastmen and other creatures conformed a serie of small kingdoms in forests and mountains, often at odds with human settlements that quickly expanded in the area. Because of this, some ogre-demon kingdoms made alliances with the Dark Legion.

The Oni Kingdoms as well had a significative importance in the archipelagos of southeastern Aels and the Zean Isles.

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EDIT 20.03.13: Coloured This was done for my serie of drawings of "The People of Aiers", of one of the Ogres -the Oni-.

There are many types of Ogres in my world of Aiers, and may types of Oni, the Hieyoks members of the ogre family, being normal among them to have different number of horns, or no horns at all, skin colour, diverse body type, etc.

I wish to colour this one.

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Tree of peoples of Aiers

HOMO ELVII
Goblinoids
-Ogres
-- Ogres
----- Knorl
----- Hokke
----- Oni
----- Ettins
-- Ciclops
-- Trolls
-- Skamals