Death Tower Hold

Death Tower Hold
Defiled Corpse tribe

(Organization)

Type

Orc hold

Leader

Bugark Zomash

Headquarters

Hold of Belkzen

Scope

National

Structure

Tribal

Source: Orcs of Golarion, pg(s). 15 (1E)
Destroyer's Doom, pg(s). 7 (2E)

The Zagresh-worshiping✝ Death Tower Hold, also known as the Defiled Corpse tribe, is one of the most dangerous orc tribes in the Hold of Belkzen. They delight in torturing captives, but they often torture themselves as a sign of endurance and devotion which results in their horrifying appearance. The tribe is feared and reviled even by other orc tribes.

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History

The tribe first formed in the Tusk Mountains before being driven from them by the red dragons Tyrkalis and Sheblis in 4682 AR. The orcs wandered until stumbling upon the Cenotaph, a mesmerizing black tower that issued a dream vision to the tribe's shaman at camp purportedly from the orc demigod Zagresh the Destroyer. In the vision Zagresh claimed the Defiled Corpse tribe's members were his chosen people, and in response they dedicated themselves to him by engaging in acts of cruelty, debauchery, and cannibalism.

Leadership

As of 4715 AR, the tribe was led by Bugark Zomash, an antipaladin of Zagresh. However, Zomash went missing in 4724 AR during a pilgrimage to a Shrine of Zagresh in the Tusk Mountains.

Ungukk Fleshdredge, the tribe's even more powerful shaman as of 4715 AR, created a two-headed flesh golem called the Carcass Man of Belkzen.

References

Prior to the Triumph of the Tusk Pathfinder Adventure Path, Paizo referred to the Death Tower Hold as the Defiled Corpse tribe.

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