Throg

Throg

Race: Half-orc, Class: Druid 2, Monk 1 Background: Hermit, Alignment: Neutral Good Patron Deity: Wolf Factions: {{{Factions}}}

Ability Scores

Strength 13 (+1), Dexterity 15 (+2), Constitution 14 (+2); Intelligence 11 (0), Wisdom 18 (+4), Charisma 12 (+1)

Proficiencies

Bonus: 2 Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom Skills: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Intimidation, Medicine, Survival Tools: Carpenter's tools, Herbalism kit Languages: Common, Druidic, Orc, Sylvan Armor: Light, Medium & Shields (no metal) Weapons: Simple weapons, shortswords & scimitars

Traits

Darkvision, Relentless, Endurance, Savage Attacks, Spellcasting, Wild Shape (Moon), Feature: Discovery

Feats

Sentinel

Combat

Attacks: {{{Attacks}}} Armor Class: 16, Initiative: +2, Speed: 30 Hit Points: 27, Hit Dice: 3d8

Social

Personality Traits: {{{Personality}}} Ideals: simplicity, patience & compassion Bonds: primal spirits, Wolf's task, innocence Flaws: vindictive

"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures." - Lao Tzu

Origin

My name is Thrognok Worgrider, though I prefer to be called Throg in most instances. I was born and raised in the town of Grok'has west of shattered Liminal. My father, Grok the Small, is the son of Adasha, the younger sister of Grok of the Rose and Thorn of old Liminal fame. My mother is a goat herder named Nahg.

My childhood was relatively uneventful. My father raised and trained worgs and my mother herded goats - I spent a great deal of time doing both. When I came of age, I was visited by Wolf. She bid me leave the village before the moon appeared again and to leave all of my possessions behind, save one keepsake from each parent and the clothing I currently wore. I was tasked to travel into the mountains and meditate upon a stone that floats upon the water until Wolf visited me again.

The next morning I bid farewell to my family and friends and set off into the mountains wearing only a sarong and with a worg pup and a goat as my companions, gifts from my parents.

I traveled deep into the forest and up into the mountains until I found a small valley with a pond. In the middle of the pond was a rock outcrop that appeared as if a large stone was floating atop the water. I swam out to it and began my meditation.

I remained in this valley, hunting, living off the land, meditating and communing with nature, for nine years. I had named the worg pup Rabbit, our favorite food, and the goat is Boulder, though she is far more difficult to budge. I felled trees and built ourselves a home next to the pond. I sought to perfect my body and mind and to seek the wisdom of the wilds surrounding me.

Wolf has not appeared to me yet. So I wait. I tend to my garden, care for Boulder and hunt with Rabbit. I practice the stance and forms my great uncle Rahl had taught me when I was very young. I sing the songs of praise to Wolf and Moon and all the great spirits. And I mediate.

Resources

Moneys: This marvelous world we live in provides nearly everything I require. I keep very little coin with me, only enough to be sociable with my peers, otherwise I give it away to others who can benefit from it more than I.

Carried Equipment: quarterstaff, herbalism kit, carpenter's tools, druid focus (mala beads made from wood, stone, tooth & bone), sarong

Stored Equipment: When I lived in the mountains, I would stockpile food and supplies to last us through the winter, but when I travel I find no need for hoarding possessions in some elsewhere lair like some sort of dragon.

Other Important Individuals

• Grok "the Small" Worgrider: Grok is the oldest son of Adasha Worgrider. Who his father is remains unclear, though his mother was able to narrow it down to three potential candidates; one dead, one gone and a blacksmith in Grok'has. As only one of them was available, Grok had always considered the blacksmith to be his father. Grok was given the nickname "the Small" by his younger brothers, all of whom were taller than he was, though he was nearly six and a half feet in height. Grok helped his mother raise and train worgs and continued to do so after she passed away.
  Grok is impatient, impulsive and not particularly bright. It's often been said that his personality shares more in common with his worgs than it does people. His wife and his mother when she had been alive seem to be the only people capable of reigning him in when he becomes irrationally enraged.
  Grok was not particularly happy about his son's claims of having been chosen by a wolf spirit to go live alone in the forest. The boy had chores to do. Responsibilities. What would the community say? Nahg is the one who convinced him to allow it, though he chose the most ill tempered of worg pups to give Throg as a "gift", stating that he hoped it ate him for being such a fool.
• Nahg: Nahg is the daughter of Graka of the Tenspears tribe, one of those that had been defeated by Khash during the Hordemarch unification. She was one of those that had chosen to flee into exile rather than join the Hordemarch. She found her way to Grok'has and died giving birth to a daughter. Nahg was adopted by Nemeia, a tiefling goat herder, rumored to have once been a scholar in Liminal.
  Nahg is unusually patient and calm for a half-orc, a trait she had learned from her adopted mother and one that she had passed onto her son. She is a prolific reader and talented seamstress.
  Nahg supported her son's calling by Wolf, though she could not hide her sadness - she knew that those called upon by gods and spirits were destined to live exciting, important and brilliant lives, but often lives that were far too short. But to fight such a destiny almost always ended in tragedy.
• Grok III, Kren, Ashka & Nemeia: Throg's brothers Grok III and Kren and his sisters, Ashka and Nemeia, all younger than he is save for Grok III who is two years his elder. Throg gets along well enough with his siblings, in the fashion that most half-orc children get along. They fight, they play, they live, grow and experience the world together. Tragedy struck the family when little Kren had been killed by *something* that had wandered out too far from the usual range of the dangers of Liminal. Afterwards Grok III became aggressively protective and authoritative over his younger siblings, which caused strife and distance amongst the children. He was far more angry about Throg's visit from Wolf than anyone else in the family, believing it to have been made up. They fought about it that night and then again just before Throg left for the mountains with a fresh black eye as a gift from his older brother.
• Rabbit: Rabbit is a worg and Throg's constant companion. She had been given to him as a pup by his father as his gift to accompany his son on his sojourn into the mountains at the behest of Wolf. Rabbit loves to hunt, for food and for play. Often she will skulk about the valley just to see how long she can pursue prey or even Throg and Boulder, without them being aware of her presence. She is a picky eater - rabbit is her favorite food, while she dislikes squirrel and quail.
• Boulder: Boulder is a goat. A very, very stubborn goat who delights in eating tree bark, hair and fur. She had been a gift from Throg's mother to take on his journey into the mountains. She doesn't do much, other than eat, though she has provided Throg with wool for use in making a handful of crude items, such as blankets, cloaks and sarongs. She seems to mostly enjoy expertly ignoring her two companions, though she becomes agitated anytime she perceives herself as being alone. When Rabbit and Throg sing to the Moon, she likes to sing as well - in her own fashion.

Projects, Goals and/or Downtime

• Meditate.
• Live.

Journal

Session 1, x.x.x -