Creature:Enigmaran

"The Enigmar Rift is a strange place with strange inhabitants. It's always night in there... the entire Duskwood, actually, is forever at night. The sun does not rise there. And if you enter the forest known as the Rift, these jungle men can be seen staring at you from the shadows, their luminous blue eyes glaring at you... We don't have trade caravans passing through the Rift anymore."

- merchant

The Enigmarans, otherwise called Enigmar Orcs are a reclusive race of orcish who inhabit the Enigmar Rift, the densest forest of the Duskwoods of the Tropical Lands at. As mysterious as they are isolated from the rest of the world, this mysterious race of orcs have inhabited the Rift for hundreds of years, not making contact with outsiders who all have come to question their origins and objectives. The Enigmarans in fact hold a dark secret, being inhabitants of an entrance to the Underworld guarded by the legendary.

Their isolation and territorial behavior mean few, if any, other races across the world are aware of them, for the orcs are prone to slaughtering anyone who may enter their territory. Worshippers of death itself, the Enigmarans will not allow anyone to enter their home uninvited, and even if someone does get past them, there is no telling what awaits them behind the woods they live in.

History
Extremely little is known about the Enigmarans. Their origins and age are a mystery to all inhabitants of Koldenwelt, with some even claiming they are nothing but a myth created by parents to keep their children from venturing into the woods. The earliest records of the Enigmarans come from Merovar traders who claim to have encountered them, with experiences ranging from uncomfortable glares to the orcs downright attacking their caravans. Because of it, the no longer passes through the Enigmar Rift to get to their clients anymore, instead taking longer but safer detours. Other than this, the Enigmarans had no involvements in the events of the world, remaining isolated and separated from all empires.

Biology
Enigmarans sport a typical orcish build, with tusks on their mouths and powerful muscles, though they are unique for their purple-pigmented skin and their deep, pitch-blue eyes which shine in the dark. They possess great quantities of body hair, but hair on their heads is restricted to only a few locks usually growing out of the back of their heads, typically brown or black in colouration. Most reports of Enigmarans describe them as males, with no records of females being made as of the current year.

Behaviour
The Enigmarans are tribalistic hunters who hunt the wildlife of the Rift for sustenance as well as create vegetables to eat through agriculture. They are considered very amiable to one another, with members of the race coming to see each other as all members of the same family, while also displaying a deep distrust for outsiders, becoming territorial or even aggressive should they invade their territories. The Enigmarans worship, the Simulacrum of Death in cults led by elder shamans, and they have also allied themselves to the legendary Kerberos in order to keep the entrance to the Underworld hidden near their villages free of intruders. Enigmarans never leave the Enigmar Rift, and some have come to speculate they are either incapable of leaving or are actually too afraid of the outside world to try to.

Abilities
An Enigmaran possesses comparable strength to other orcish races, being many times stronger than a man or elf. They are often seen carrying large clubs to bludgeon any foes who may provoke them, and if disarmed, they may also defend themselves by using their claws or teeth. They are magically-inclined creatures cause unnerving feelings into others who stare at them for too long, though it is not known what kind of magic the Enigmarans use to achieve this effect or even if they are conscious about it.

Individuals
Durus Monstrum=

"The Rift is no place for people like you. Wrong my brothers and I will show you why I am known as the Hardened Monster."


 * Name - Durus Monstrum
 * Affiliation - Neutral
 * Status - Active

Durus Monstrum is the current chieftain of the Enigmarans, serving as their supreme leader. He is notable for being one of the few individuals of Koldenwelt who is allowed to enter or leave the Underworld as he pleases, likely as a reward for his service to the Revenants of the realm of the dead. Durus is the most powerful warrior of the Enigmarans and fights his foes by using the Simulacrum artifact known as the Twin Deaths, a pair of small-sized, serrated blades which steal the lives of those they slay in order to make their wielder stronger, with Durus dual-wielding them to ward off potential intruders or enemies. Because of his ferocity and power, those who inhabit the Duskwood have come to refer to him as "Hardened Monster", due to various tales of him suffering otherwise fatal wounds but always surviving.



Trivia

 * The Enigmarans and Durus Monstrum were originally created by.