The Symbol on Warforged's Foreheads

[Mathew_Freeman]

I played in a Norse-themed game as a Warforged Cleric of Kord. Full details are in the Swordlands Story Hour, below, but here's the summary of what we were doing with Warforged and Ghulra:

Each Warforged has a unique Ghulra on their forehead, that indicates their name to those who can read them. I took inspiration from Ian M. Banks Culture series in naming my Warforged The Promise of Distant Thunder, and my DM went with this idea when bringing in others.

Later in the campaign, we discovered a bucket of Ghulra in a room of dismembered Warforged parts, indicating that the other 200-odd known Warforged had been destroyed. After some negotiation, the DM agreed that we could help this Warforged to live again by using the Ghulra to power new magical items created by the party's Warlock and Wizard - so long as we use appropriate names for these weapons.

It's a fantastic campaign and I hope we can continue it.

 

[havard]

So its not a symbol to identify who are Autobots and who are Decepticons?

Havard

 

[Klaus]

What is the symbol on Warforged's foreheads called?

What purpose does it serve?

Where in the books is it referenced?

It's a 'ghulra'.

It wasn't designed. The first fully-sentient warforged to step out of the Forges had unique symbols over their heads, and the dwarves that worked with House Cannith called them 'ghulras'.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

That's one cool piece of Warforged/Eberron lore I didn't know but will hopefully find a way to use in my campaign!

 

[Aeolius]

What is the symbol on Warforged's foreheads called?

It is an ancient symbol which, roughly translated, means "Made In China"

 

[Nifft]

I honestly never noticed that all Warforged have one of these.

he may have been a very important (and very high level) tyrannical inquisitor many hundreds of years ago

You use recycled mortal souls as the basis for Warforged animation too? Cool.

My 3.5e campaign ended prematurely, but that was one of my "setting secrets".

Cheers, -- N

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

A few folks have pointed out the name, but like many things in eberron it was left to the GM to decide what they really were.

In my games it's the warforged "souls" true name. As all souls go to Dolurrh where over time all knowledge of life is washed away. In time the souls become "blank" souls awaiting to be reborn upon the moral plan to began anew. The forges entrap these souls and funnel them into warforged. So the soul is reborn, just not the way nature intended