Monstroso

 Monstroso is sort of an urban legend to the common folk of the Maendri (a very large and very powerful band of giant ant herders/warriors) and in parts of Ophaelon. His exact origin and early life are largely a mystery, even to him. Many people believe he’s just a part of the local color. Any information sifting into Rok concerning him is moslty apocrypha, but the traveling librarians are known to have contact with him and are said to have recorded a short account of his adult life. He is often depicted among the Maendri as a wise and powerful monarchical figure (generally called the Prince of the Ants, since ants can’t have kings, only queens), and sometimes as the minor deity of ants, acorns and baby vomit. (He is not a monarch, nor is he a deity.) The ruling class of the Maendri know of his existence and has had extensive contact with him. They hardly ever communicate with their subjects, so the legends are born. Shamans regularly visit with him and trade knowledge. If the librarian chronicle is to be taken for fact, Monstroso has had an impact on the monarchical family of the Maendri and that impact has been drastic and dangerous in recent months. He only just escaped the continent with his life and is perhaps now in Rok.



 Monstroso is of indeterminate age, but the librarians history would place him between 35 and 42 years of age. He is human, but appears to be deformed. He is barely over 5 feet tall and walks with a bit of a stoop. He has ashen, pink hued skin and an enlarged cranium. (Players may think that he looks a bit like Frankenberry minus the stuff coming out of his head.) He has signifigant psionic powers and high intelligence. He often wears a set of magitek goggles that he crafted himself.

