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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7381278" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p><strong>Old Grudach</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Traits:</strong> Grudach lives in constant fear (see background). Yet through constant internal struggle, he is able to act.</p><p><strong>Ideals:</strong> Freedom: Grudach can't abide tyranny. </p><p><strong>Bonds:</strong> His Companions: Grudach cares deeply for those that fight along side him.</p><p><strong>Flaws:</strong> Grudach has a difficult time speaking to anyone for the first time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Personality:</strong> Grudach comes across as a calm, stable presence. He thinks before he acts, and while quiet, he is kind and warm. However, inside he is a constant turmoil of emotion just under the surface.</p><p></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Grudach was born premature, which killed his mother. He was too small to live, and yet his village healer was able to revive him again and again with only the smallest knowlege of magic. As a small, timid boy, his abusive father blamed him for taking his mother's life, and constantly tried to 'make a man out of' him.</p><p></p><p>Even now in middle-age, he lives in constant fear, still subconsciously seeing every threat as his father coming for him. And yet, his inner terror is rarely noticed by those around him. He hides it well. Thia, for example, sees him as the bravest man she knows. But it's not bravery that drives him forward in battle. It's fear. Fear that his father was right about his weakness. His zealous rage is actually terrible terror spiking his energy and causing him to charge when he would rather flee.</p><p></p><p>He was part of Thia's crew when they were betrayed and surrounded by Drow. Grudach shielded Thia with his boday and was shot full of drow quarrels and fell off of a crumbling ledge into a gorge. When the drow came to find his body, he was gone. He was dragged off by a deranged old hermit who used ancient magic to bring him back. "You still have work to do and have had enough rest," the crazy old hermit said to Old Grudach and then grumbled to himself about the laziness of youth. Grudach tried to protest that laying dead and laying around are two totally different things, but the hermit just snorted and said, "Now go! And bring me back some fire lichen when your done, my soup needs some spicing!."</p><p></p><p>Grudach ran away without a thought. He began searching for survivors of the ambush, tracking the drow, and eventually he discovered Velkenvelve and was watching from afar when Thia and the others escaped into the underdark...</p><p></p><p><strong>Equipment:</strong>- goggles of darkvision</p><p>- potion of healing</p><p>- glaive (taken from Gnoll packlord)</p><p>- greatclub (found on ogre corspe)</p><p>- longbow (gnoll)</p><p>- quivers (x2 w/ 12 arrows each)</p><p>- short sword</p><p>- dagger</p><p>- gourd w/strap (holds 1.5 gallons of water)</p><p>- waterskin</p><p>- burlap backpack (15lb capacity)</p><p>- tinderbox</p><p>- edible fungus (barrelstalk, 1.5lbs)</p><p>- common clothes</p><p>- 50gp (bloodstone) 12sp, 8cp</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 7381278, member: 59816"] [B]Old Grudach[/B] [B]Traits:[/B] Grudach lives in constant fear (see background). Yet through constant internal struggle, he is able to act. [B]Ideals:[/B] Freedom: Grudach can't abide tyranny. [B]Bonds:[/B] His Companions: Grudach cares deeply for those that fight along side him. [B]Flaws:[/B] Grudach has a difficult time speaking to anyone for the first time. [B]Personality:[/B] Grudach comes across as a calm, stable presence. He thinks before he acts, and while quiet, he is kind and warm. However, inside he is a constant turmoil of emotion just under the surface. [B]Background:[/B] Grudach was born premature, which killed his mother. He was too small to live, and yet his village healer was able to revive him again and again with only the smallest knowlege of magic. As a small, timid boy, his abusive father blamed him for taking his mother's life, and constantly tried to 'make a man out of' him. Even now in middle-age, he lives in constant fear, still subconsciously seeing every threat as his father coming for him. And yet, his inner terror is rarely noticed by those around him. He hides it well. Thia, for example, sees him as the bravest man she knows. But it's not bravery that drives him forward in battle. It's fear. Fear that his father was right about his weakness. His zealous rage is actually terrible terror spiking his energy and causing him to charge when he would rather flee. He was part of Thia's crew when they were betrayed and surrounded by Drow. Grudach shielded Thia with his boday and was shot full of drow quarrels and fell off of a crumbling ledge into a gorge. When the drow came to find his body, he was gone. He was dragged off by a deranged old hermit who used ancient magic to bring him back. "You still have work to do and have had enough rest," the crazy old hermit said to Old Grudach and then grumbled to himself about the laziness of youth. Grudach tried to protest that laying dead and laying around are two totally different things, but the hermit just snorted and said, "Now go! And bring me back some fire lichen when your done, my soup needs some spicing!." Grudach ran away without a thought. He began searching for survivors of the ambush, tracking the drow, and eventually he discovered Velkenvelve and was watching from afar when Thia and the others escaped into the underdark... [B]Equipment:[/B]- goggles of darkvision - potion of healing - glaive (taken from Gnoll packlord) - greatclub (found on ogre corspe) - longbow (gnoll) - quivers (x2 w/ 12 arrows each) - short sword - dagger - gourd w/strap (holds 1.5 gallons of water) - waterskin - burlap backpack (15lb capacity) - tinderbox - edible fungus (barrelstalk, 1.5lbs) - common clothes - 50gp (bloodstone) 12sp, 8cp [/QUOTE]
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