Splugorth

Splugorth

The Splugorth are an evil Lovecraftian-like inter-dimensional race of conquerors in the Palladium Rifts Megaverse roleplaying universe. Beings whom are malevolent and sadistic, enslavers and manipulators.

Biology

Splugorth have a horrifying Lovecraftian form. It's a slime covered lumpy hump with a huge cyclopean eye protected by spines. Coming out of it are up to a dozen tentacles, some of which have fanged mouths at the ends. It's cyclopean eye is able to rotate all around. The beings are over a dozen ft tall and over 70 ft in diameter. It feeds on psionic energies or meat, though it would be weakened if it relies on the latter.

Powers

The race has a wide variety of powers and abilities. Longevity is one as in living for hundreds of millennia, the average age of Splugorth being over a 100,000 years. Super strength and incredible regeneration, able to survive a direct hit by a single-digit megaton nuke (though it would be seriously wounded). It is a very powerful psionic and is able to use magic. Splugorth are able to send fragments of their lifeforce into other dimensions where they possess hosts, and are in communication with said fragments. A weakness they have is in relation to silver and magical weapons, which inflict far more damage on a Splugorth that would a steel blade, a bullet or explosive, or an energy cannon.

Activities

The Splugorth are formidable tacticians and strategists due to eons of experience. Master of manipulation whom have conquered worlds by getting others to do it for them. They are involved in all types of commerce, selling everything from weapons to slaves, magical items to technology, anything that will make them a profit. Due to the fact that slaves are profitable and they enjoy the suffering of others, they sent out their minions on slave raids and their slave markets are famous in the cosmos.

Being interdimensional conquerors, their dominions may span many realities. A Splugorth may have only a trading post on a world or rule the whole plant. It may rule only a few worlds in a dimension or a whole galaxy. It's empire may exist in only one dimension or extend across dozens of universes. Since they can live for over a 100 millennia, they are patient conquerors whose plans of conquest can extend years or centuries.

Minion Races

Numerous races serve the Splugorth, of which some are willing and others were enslaved. Among the willing minions are a couple races (e.g. Kittani and Metztla) whom have pledge their allegiance to the Splugorth for a variety of reasons, that range from gratitude at being saved from annihilation to enlisting because of the opportunities available while in their service. The minion races vary in abilities, from psionically capable species to those whose strength is in magic to servitor races that have spacefaring technology. Joining these minion races in service to the Splugorth are power hungry and/or evil individuals who flock to the banner of the Splugorth.

Earth

In the post-cataclysmic Earth, hundreds of years in the future magic has returned in all its fantastic glory. The planet is full of humans, bio-engineered beastmen, mutates, cyborgs, alien races, demons, mythical creatures, and Eldritch abominations.

One of the Splugorth by the name of Splynncryth has established a stronghold on Earth. When magic returned so did the lost continent of Atlantis and it is in his possession, the original inhabitants scattered across the cosmos. It is an empire of savagery, cruelty, sadism, greed, and brutality. The largest slave market on Earth is on the continent and Splugorth sends out raiding parties throughout the Atlantic Ocean to bring more slaves. It's an interdimensional trading outpost where visitors from other dimensions come to buy and sell their goods. Gladiatorial games are a feature on this island continent.

Technology

To prevent their servants from overthrowing their masters or becoming a threat to their race, the Splugorth keep their technological and magical level of development limited. The Splugorth may individually own fleets that number in the 100s or 1000s of starships, used by their servitor races. Fleets used for slave raiding expeditions and the conquest of worlds. Among such technologies in the possession of the Splugorth forces;

• FTL-capable Starships
• Interstellar Warships (up to a mile long)
• Power Armor
• Mecha
• Transformable Vehicles
• Directed Energy Weapons (Fusion Beam, Particle Beam, Ion, Plasma, & Laser Pulse)
• Rail Guns (Mass Drivers, Gravity Wave Cannons, & Gauss Cannons)
• Vibro-Blades
• Energy Blades (Plasma)
• Bio-Wizard Borgs (combine magic and technology)

Gallery

Minions of Splugorth (Rifts World Book, Atlantis)

Splugorth (2011, Palladium Books)

Kittani Race.

Metztla Race.

Kittani Serpent Power Armor.

Kittani Taskmaster-Class Carrier.