Orochi art previews

Posted in on September 9, 2004

By Wizards of the Coast

The orochi (oh-ROH-chee) were a race of four-armed, snakelike humanoids that dwell in Kamigawa's forests. They were not spirits: like the kitsune (foxfolk), tsukibito (moonfolk), nezumi (ratfolk) and akki (goblins), they were humanoids who, in the Kami War, fought more or less alongside the humans against the mysteriously rampaging kami.

The orochi were accomplished shamans...

Art by Joel Thomas

Art by Stephen Tappin

...skilled hunters...

...and dextrous archers.

Art by Alan Pollack

Art by Daren Bader

(One legendary orochi was an inspiringly dextrous archer.)

Posted in Arcana on September 9, 2004

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