View source for Greater vruul

{{Creature start
| level = 75
| type = Hybrid Biped
| family = vruul
| attacks = Claws and Magic.
| area = [[The Broken Lands]]<br>
| undead = Yes (corporeal)
| bcs = <Not Known>
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 | gems = ?
 | magic items = ?
 | boxes = ?
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{{Creature end}}

The greater vruul has tough, leathery hide, as black as midnight.  Bat-like wings sprout from its back, but they do not look large or strong enough to support its weight in flight.  The vruul's claws are long, sharp and appear to be stained with the blood of many victims.  Its eyes are eerie, solid green orbs that seem to glow with an inner power.

==Hunting strategies==
Vruul are immune to heat. They absorb minor elemental spells.
==Other information==
The greater vruul appear rarely in the Sheruvian monastery. The summoning chamber is behind one of the locked doors.

Contrary to the implication of "summoning", vruul are ''not'' demonic. They are not [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)|extra-planar creatures]].
==Behind The Scenes==
These larger versions of the vruul have the same appearance as the [[lesser vruul]], including the eyes as "solid green orbs", which is related to the obsolete gods lore. In the [[ICE age|I.C.E. Age]] and original post-I.C.E. documentation [[Marlu]]'s appearance closely resembled the vruul: "A hideous demonlike creature, he is the master of the vruul. He has black skin, leathery wings, large luminous green eyes and large, red claws." In the more modern lore of [[Elanthia]] his relationship to the vruul is implicit in his crypt delving. There were also "decaying vruul" invasion creatures on [[Mount Aenatumgana]] when the [[Drake's Shrine]] was opened, which if consistent with the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes|original]] lore, likely implies they were very ancient vruul long outside their urns.

The inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands|Dark Shrine]] is a [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes|complex]] play on words. The phrase "Marlu lyxatis kort" contains several layers of meaning, involving different language rules of [[Iruaric]]. "-is" as a verb modifier makes the meaning into "one who is the act of causing dread", while "-is" as a noun modification means dread as a place, which would be the malevolent presence that is experienced in the shrine. The language allows for glottalized vowels and pronunciation variations, which means "lyxatis" would also mean "lyxarulis" or "dread seers." In this context it means: "Marlu, Vruul Master."

The vruul were originally artificial constructs, called gogor, designed as the dark host of the [[Empress Kadaena]]. [[Andraax]] wrote a poem in "The Book of Dark Tales" from 1782 [[Second Era]] addressing her constructs: The [[Kaeden]], [[Lesser vruul|Gogor]], and [[Shard|Shards]]. They all slept through the [[Interregnum]] of the [[Shadow World]] timeline, awakened by dark powers in later ages. This poem ends with "And watch for the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes|Winds of Fate]]" which fits with the poem in [[Black Hel#Behind The Scenes|the crypt]] of [[The Graveyard]]. (There was also the [http://www.geocities.ws/icemuletrace/Tomes/1000.html "Visions of Andraax"] which established early on an obscure premise of [[Lords of Essaence]] being able to [[The Temple of Darkness|witness the future]] which helps [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes|explain]] the inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands|Dark Shrine]], which refers to conditions and [[Iruaric|language forms]] that would not exist until long after it was written. The [[The Temple of Darkness Poem|poem]] being a couplet of sleeping death and rebirth, with double meanings in [[The Temple of Darkness|impossibly distant]] cults, [[Spectral miner#Behind The Scenes|alludes]] also to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"].) In the source material the "typical" gogor ''cannot'' carry off a grown human, but the "lead" gogor are able to do so with effort. They also had poisonous tails. Neither of the vruul have these properties. They had very sensitive smell, which is part of their messaging.

== References ==
*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1606 Greater vruul on Play.net bestiary]

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[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]