Yurtrus
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Yurtrus | |
Title(s) | White-Hands, the Lord of Maggots, the Rotting One |
Home Plane | Gray Waste of Hades |
Power Level | Intermediate |
Alignment | Neutral Evil (LE tendencies) |
Portfolio | Death, disease |
Domains | Death, Destruction, Evil (also Orc and Suffering in Forgotten Realms) |
Superior | Gruumsh |
In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Yurtrus is the orc deity of death and disease.
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[edit] Relationships
In many campaign settings, the orcish pantheon of gods consists of the leader Gruumsh, as well as Bahgtru, Ilneval, Luthic, Shargaas, and Yurtrus.
[edit] Realm
Yurtrus lives in a disgusting realm called Fleshslough on the Gray Waste.
The 1st edition Manual of the Planes says this:
- "Yurtrus's realm on the layer of Oinos is dreary and depressing even by Hades's standards. All plants die before reaching its borders. Only Yurtrus and his equally silent orc spirits live within; even the daemons tread carefully through this terrain."
On Hallowed Ground says this:
- "Almost nothing is known of Yurtrus or his realm, which is commonly called Fleshslough. That's because anyone who enters the realm never leaves, not even avatars sent by other powers. The entrance to the place is two great black-iron doors set into a forbidding hillside in Oinos; the stench of death wafts out every time the doors swing open."
[edit] Worshippers
[edit] Clergy
Yurtrus' priests wear animal skins painted white. His sacred "animal" is the skeleton. His holy days are on the new moon, and he is worshipped in underground crypts. Appropriate sacrifices are made to him monthly.
[edit] References
- Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. Faiths and Pantheons (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
- Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1987.
- Gygax, Gary. Unearthed Arcana (TSR, 1985).
- McComb, Colin. On Hallowed Ground (TSR, 1996).
- Moore, Roger E. "The Half-Orc Point of View." Dragon #62 (TSR, June 1982).
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).