Giarrok Giarrok , commonly known as Fire - Tongue , was a gnoll sorcerer who was chieftain of the Fire Claws , a small tribe of his kin who lived in the Umar Hills in Amn . Description . As mentioned , Giarrok was almost 8 feet tall , had almost mahogany colored fur and a long black stripe down his left side . Preferring to bare - chested to arrogantly show off his battle - scars , he wore only a ragged loincloth , a bandoleer topped with a gnoll skull and the previous chieftain ' s golden bracers to mark himself as leader . Otherwise he appeared as a typical gnoll . Personality . Having experienced only outstanding successes since his mother ' s murder , Giarrok grew incredibly arrogant . He believed himself to be the chosen of Yeenoghu and took the fear his tribe treated him with for granted , even the fear they reserved for Korrok ! Goals . Giarrok desired to capture human slaves who he would force to rebuild Fire Claw Keep and teach his warriors what they know about combat . Fire Claw Tribe . Giarrok ' s tribe was only small , consisting of 36 gnolls , only 17 of which were warriors ( and 7 of whom were female ) . 6 females raised the 12 cubs at the keep ( 5 of whom were Giarrok ' s offspring ) . The keep itself ( which was originally a logging camp ) located an equal distance between Brost and Trademeet was in a sorry state . It had been destroyed by the elves of the Wealdath before Brost had been founded and was only really a 15 foot high curtain wall in bad condition with wooden planks acting as archers posts to fire down from the battlements . Two of the portcullis ' bars were sundered , which allowed access despite it ' s permanently lowered position . A couple of wooden buildings inside the keep had survived and were used as shelters ( though the barracks held the tribe ' s accumulated treasure ) . The gnolls knew how to use the holes in these buildings ( created from fire damage ) to surprise any enemies who somehow find their way inside . History . A rarity among his species , Giarrok was born an only child . For this perceived aberration , he and his mother were exiled from the Stonetooth tribe by the tribe shaman . Giarrok is the gnoll word for " revenge " and his mother gave him this name since he could not earn his name during his first hunt as most gnoll cubs do . He and his mother lived in a partially ruined keep on the borderlands of the Forest of Tethir . When he was only a year old he developed unusually dark fur for a gnoll and also a unique marking , a jet black stripe which stretched from his left eye all the way down to the bottom of his ribcage . At two years old , he was fully grown , an impressive specimen stopping growth just shy of 8 feet tall . He and his mother both believed that these attributes marked him as favored by Yeenoghu so his mother brought him back to the Stonetooth tribe . Unfortunately , the tribe ' s hunters slaughtered Giarrok ' s mother on sight . In a rage , the powerful gnoll unleashed his first sorcerer spells against them . Giarrok soon obtained a weasel familiar he named Korrok and together , they harried the Stonetooth ' s members for two years , killing warriors , females and cubs one by one until he finally decided to murder the tribe ' s chieftain , declaring himself ruler of the tribe in his stead . His actions had weakened the tribe , now called the Fire Claws ( after his favorite Burning Hands spell ) . Only 15 warriors were left , the rest of the tribe were females and cubs so he moved them to the keep where he and his mother had lived . After tracking a group of rogue s he and his warriors learned how to waylay those who would track them themselves and used the thieves near - perfect ambush spot to attack travelers passing their way .