"When forks of lightning sunder the night sky and the roar of thunder bellows over the land, the people of the north say that the Dragon Ogres are fighting each other on the peaks of the Worlds Edge Mountains. Travelers, having taken shelter in some cave or hollow, might see the battling creatures silhouetted against the raging night by lightning flashes."
"On cold winter nights terrible storms assail the mountains of the northern Old World. The sleeping Dragon Ogres stir as their dreaming minds hear, echoed in the thunder, the roar of the Chaos gods calling them to battle. For such is the pact that the Dragon Ogres made - they placed themselves in eternal bondage to Chaos in return for long years of life. The louder the thunder, the more Dragon Ogres wake, but only a storm of immense power can stir the oldest and most powerful of these beasts."
"As lightning bolts pour from the skies, the Dragon Ogres answer the call to war. Once awakened, they battle to ascend the highest peaks and receive the lightning blasts that will invigorate them and extend their lives."
"As Dragon Ogres grow older, they grow larger, continuing to increase in size as the centuries pass by. It is thought that only death in battle can destroy a Dragon Ogre, for otherwise they will survive until the end of time, as long as there is lightning to refresh their souls and bodies. The oldest Dragon Ogres are therefore monstrous indeed. Alive since before the Elves had learned the ways of written language, perhaps even before the arrival of the Old Ones, Shaggoths, as these fell beasts are known, can reach titanic proportions and on occasion have been seen to tower above forest canopies, even castles."
"Such is the horror of the Shaggoths that the sire of the Dragon Ogre race, Krakanrok the Black who has existed for time immemorial, is said to be the size of a mountain. Tales like this are surely exaggerated, but illustrate the sheer terror that these mighty, and exceedingly rare, creatures cause in their foes. Though sworn to Chaos, Shaggoths are also fiercely independent and will refuse to fight for a Daemonic master, in the belief that to do so risks what remains of their souls."