History ComicBook / TheOgreGods

** OurOgresAreHungrier: The species is mostly referred to as "giants", but "ogre" is used interchangeably rather than denoting a separate species. Although the youngest generations of smaller, increasingly deformed giants more closely resemble stereotypical ogres compared to their ancestors, who looked indistinguishable from humans apart from their great size. The "hungrier" part [[ToServeMan should go without saying]].

* ShoutOut: Petit's father dresses like UsefulNotes/HenryVIII on the cover of volume 1.

** OurOgresAreHungrier: The species is mostly referred to as "giants", but "ogre" is used interchangeably rather than denoting a separate species. Although the youngest generations of smaller, increasingly deformed giants more closely resemble stereotypical ogres compared to their ancestors, who looked indistinguishable from humans apart from their great size.

The story is told across multiple time periods, with the present-day being interspersed with passages from [[FictionalDocument in-universe history books]] detailing the history of the giants and their kingdom. Four volumes have been released, although the future of the series is uncertain due to Hubert Boulard's death in February 2020.

* AbusiveParents: Petit's father, King Gabaal, is so disgusted by his human-like size he demands his death ''seconds'' after his birth.

* Infodump: happens a lot to explain backstories, histories and various myths.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Hubert Boulard's earlier graphic novel ''ComicBook/{{Beauty}}'': both are dark twisted fairy tales aimed at a mature audience, and deal with the concept of a race of supernatural beings oppressing humanity ([[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]] and [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]] respectively).

* VillainousIncest: Every generation of the family since the Founder wed brothers to sisters as well as cousins, more due to the [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction impossible mechanics]] of mating with humans than anything else.

[[caption-width-right:350:All legends start small...]]

* GodEating: A more symbolic example than most but the climax of book one has [[spoiler:the king and, by then, the former queen being eaten by the peasents, thinking its an intentional gift, once they tumble out of the mountain to their deaths after their fight]].

From a titanic castle situated on a mountain overlooking a great valley reign the Ogre Gods, a monstrous clan of giants served by armies of humans whom they kill and devour with impunity. The giant's rule is weakening however, as centuries of inbreeding has resulted in a physical and moral decline, with each generation becoming smaller than the last, increasingly brutal and depraved, and obsessed with restoring their former glory. When the Ogre King's youngest son is born scarcely larger than a human his father wants him killed as an embarassment, but his mother sees in him the possible regeneration of the family, as he alone can mate with humans to breed new, healthy giants and break the destructive cycle of inbreeding.

The story is told across multiple time periods, with the present day being interespersed with passages from [[FictionalDocument in-universe history books]] detailling the history of the giants and their kingdom. Four volumes have been released, although the future of the series is uncertain due to Hubert Boulard's death in February 2020.

* AbusiveParents: Petit's father is so disgusted by his human-like size he demands his death ''seconds'' after his birth.

* IHaveNoSon: Petit's father disowns him the instant he's born, dismissing him as an "aberration" to be killed at once.

* LargeRunt: Petit and his ancestor the Founder: at a glance they could pass for enormous human men, but are actually [[OxymoronicBeing very small giants]].

* AbusiveParents: Petit's father is so disgusted by his human-like size he demands his death ''seconds'' after he was born.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Downplayed only slightly with Queen Emione. While her genuine love for her son makes her somewhat sympathetic, she's still as cruel and callous towards humans as any other giant, and her ultimate goal is to restore her family's dynasty to their former glory and ensure their tyrannical rule lasts forever.

* PeopleFarms: A massive human farm is built into the side of the Castle Mountain to provide the giants with a food supply.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Downplayed only slightly with Queen Emione. While her love for her son makes her somewhat sympathetic, she's still as cruel and callous towards humans as any other giant, and her ultimate goal is to restore her family's dynasty to their former glory and ensure their tyrannical rule lasts forever.

* OurOgresAreHungrier: The species is mostly referred to as "giants", but "ogre" is used interchangeably rather than denoting a separate species. Although the youngest generations of smaller, increasingly deformed giants more closely resemble stereotypical ogres compared to their ancestors, who looked indistinguishable from humans apart from their great size.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: Malkus Elissen, the first "true" chamberlain, who elevated the office from little more than gatekeepers to being the most powerful human position in the kingdom. As the God-King was too lazy and arrogant to concern himself with minor things like actually running his own kingdom, Elissen became responsible for making his king's borderline-impossible requests a reality. Since then, being a HyperCompetentSidekick responsible for managing the entire kingdom essentialy became the chamberlain's responsibility, although a number of them were incompetent and/or corrupt.

* PretentiousLatinMotto: For the royal family of giants: ''Mundus Nostrum Catillum Est'' ("The World is our Plate"). For the chamberlains: ''Manus Deorum'' ("Hands of the Gods").

* VestigialEmpire: The Ogre Gods originally carved out a vast empire, but since the days of the god-king they stopped embarking on military expeditions and rarely bother to leave their mountain, causing the loss of the conquered territories as the people no longer fear them, and reducing their kingdom to a single valley. They remain unaware of this due to generations of chamberlains misleading them about the lost territories and assuring them that all is well, as the last chamberlain to deliver bad news was [[ShootTheMessenger squished]].

From a titanic castle situated on a mountain overlooking a great valley reign the Ogre Gods, a monstrous clan of giants served by armies of humans whom they kill and devour with impunity. The giant's rule is weakening however, as centuries of inbreeding has resulted in a physical and moral decline, with each generation becoming smaller than the last, as well as increasingly brutal and depraved, and obsessed with restoring their former glory. When the Ogre King's youngest son is born scarcely larger than a human his father wants him killed as an embarassment, but his mother sees in him the possible regeneration of the family, as he alone can mate with humans to breed new, healthy giants and break the destructive cycle of inbreeding.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Hubert Boulard's earlier graphic novel ''ComicBook/{{Beauty}}'': both are dark, twisted fairy tales aimed at a mature audience, with a central concept of a race of supernatural beings oppressing humanity ([[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]] and [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]] respectively).

* DeathByChildbirth: The earliest generations of giants, always born bigger than their mothers could survive. The firstborn daughter of the Founder, especially, gets a disturbing recounting of how her gestation exceeded the usual nine months as she kept growing, wasting her mother away to sustain her growth and driving her mad through the entire harrowing process as she was rendered bedridden and forcefed while the Founder maintained cold satisfaction at the whole thing.

* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Thoroughly deconstructed; The first generation of giants in the family didn't even humor the idea of mating with humans, instead choosing to pair with each other. At the same time, as each successive generation before the decline was larger than the last, all the mothers died during childbirth. At one point Petit starts having sex with his much larger cousin, who complains of not being able to feel anything and prefers him performing cunnilingus.