Bugbear, Common

Bugbears (pop. 1,650)

All the bugbears of Karameikos belong to the common bugbear stock (Ursus bipedis vulgaris) and arrived in this region during the aftermath of the Battle of Sardal Pass (BC492). The bugbear presence in eastern Karameikos is limited to small bands which are part of larger, mixed humanoid tribes (like the Steelwarriors hobgoblins of the Altan Tepes). Bugbears are, however, quite numerous in western Karameikos, where the Vileraiders (a bugbear-only tribe) and the Bloodbears (a mixed bugbear-hobgoblin tribe) are in control of large stretches of the woods south of the Westron Road; another bugbear-only tribe, called Bargle’s Bugbears, lives within the border of the Black Eagle Barony and serves the Baron’s infamous court magician.