Ogre

The ogres were conquered by the Nezumi before the fall of the Kami. The remnants of their society were destroyed with the falling of Fu Leng. Because they refused to become willing slaves of Fu Leng, the Dark God cursed them, making them lose most of their intelligence. They are huge and strong, but now lack the capability of organizing into large social groups. They lack the skills to make tools and result to surviving on hunting and banditry. Their battle tactics have no finesse, and rely on terror to win. They are solitary creatures, and only gather in times of great upheaval. They live off of waylaying travellers and hunting the great beasts of the Shadowlands. Due to their small numbers it is easier for one of them to slip through the Crab's defenses. This leads to the occasional occurence of one being sighted loose in Rokugan. Trained samurai should however not have problems finding ways to defeat them. (3E p. 282)

The Free Ogres
It has been observed that, when an Ogre somehows wanders from the Shadowlands into Rokugan, it seems to slowly recover some of its wits. It is then, a foe to be feared.

More recently, after the defeat of Fu Leng during the Second Day of Thunder, more and more of these Free Ogres have surfaced, and there are records of at least one tribe, calling themselves the Mikata composed only of intelligent, unbound ogres.