[MENTION=29863]shay[/MENTION]uni and [MENTION=59816]FitzTheRuke[/MENTION]
Here is some background on Keth, if the three of us are in the game, we can sort out the details of the backstory. Fair warning, I am going to play the feels emotions more deeply aspect of Half-Orc and who ever is Keth's friend may need to talk him back down on occasion
I have a mild preference for a squishy (e.g., magic using) friend for Keth. As it will provide a few more opportunities for Kesh to rescue/defend his friend.
Name: Keth
Race: Half-Orc
Class: Barbarian
Background: Outlander
Alignment: Chaotic Good (with the emphasis on Chaotic)
Description: TDB - Heavily scarred and tattooed. Big, but moves with a quiet grace. Tattoo where a slave mark would have been - so you want to take a look slave hunter?
Personality: Enjoys playing the ‘dumb’ orc, feels emotions more deeply than humans
Ideal: Endurance.That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.
Bond: I owe my life to the person who rescued me from the Arena
Flaw: Anger Management. Violence is the answer to almost any challenge.
Trinket: Fragment of a broken slave collar
[SBLOCK=Background]Born of a human mother (captive) and Orc father in an Orcish tribe, Keth’s life from birth was tough. He was a natural target for the other young Orcs. Keth learned to use his natural cunning to survive these various encounters. Not being as strong as the full blooded Orcs, Keth used his natural dexterity and when possible improvised weapons. His favorite was a staff. Kesh was captured by slavers while out hunting.
Given to fits of rage, it was natural that Kesh found himself in the Arena. After surviving a few fights due to sheer determination. His owner saw possibility and began getting him training. The combination of skill, attributes, and experience made him a top fighter. In the Arena, Kesh quickly learned that it was not enough to simply win a fight. Quick and easy fights lead to unhappy customers. Unhappy customers lead to dead fighters. Kesh learned to stretch out fights, taking and giving a lot of damage. Also, Kesh learned that the crowds enjoy the stupid Orc Barbarian. Kesh began making a spectacle of his fights, grunted shouts of "Kill Now?" And "Eat Head?" Got the crowds going - and happy crowds meant fewer call of "Death"
As Kesh moved up the rank of fighters, Kesh watched the fate of other fighters. The really good ones became champion for a few fights and then got killed, usually in a fight with an underdog at long odds. As Champion, Kesh began assessing his chances of escaping - slim. Facing a fight with an underdog with long odds of defeating him, Kesh received an interesting offer - throw the fight in return for his freedom. However, there was a twist. Kesh needed to defeat/kill his opponent and then die himself as ties in a deathmatch were exceedingly rare and meant even longer odds. After sustaining a terrible amount of damage Kesh collapsed on his opponent, secretly drinking a potion of Feign Death. TBD intercepted his body on the way to be cremated and the two of them have been inseparable since then. [/SBLOCK]
