Thog

Thog is a main character in Thrilling Intent and a member of Nine Shrines Adventure Agency.
== Backstory ==
Many years ago, Thog served as the mayor of a town in Alaran known as Famine Valley, under a different name, with different life goals and more hair. He wished to help bring it off of the ground, largely through the Alarani tradition of baseball, however in running the place ended up getting on the wrong side of higher ups in one of the bigger cities. At the time, Thog was known simply as Baseball Johnson, of the most legendary players of all time, and brought Famine Valley to great baseball prominence. As a result of his success and overambitious nature at the time, he was presumably jumped and beaten up in an alley, and his career ultimately ended. Nobody else on his former team survived. The only person who still lives in Famine Valley is Thog's Grandma, as it has since fallen into ruin.
Very little is known about the rest of Thog's past, aside from the fact that he used to be a street thug who wrote poetry, and a theater guy. He was working as the regional director of Meadshire #7 when he first hired Markus Velafi to deal with a monster problem.
== Appearance ==
Tall, with black, slicked back hair, and black, "lifeless, dead fish eyes." He wears a white shirt with an upright collar, a black vest and black pants, and two silver bracelets. When it's not in Ashe's possession, he carries a gun at his hip.
His torso is covered in a large amount of scars that look to be inflicted from varied sources.
He speaks in a drawling monotone and rarely smiles.
== Personality ==
His conscience may have grown withered from misuse, but Thog's not necessarily a bad person at heart. He does the best he can to help the people and ideas that he favors, but isn't above hurting people to get what he needs.
He considers himself to be more artistically inclined than most, a somewhat surprising fact since he's never seen engaging in creative acts, although he has mentioned doing street art and reading from plays in his days as a street thug. In A Storm, he expresses interest in writing and performing in plays.
== Abilities ==
Thog is a powerful brawler, capable of fighting several opponents at once.
Thog has also demonstrated amazing stamina, as during the Big War arc he fights off numerous Ban ambushes for several days as he looked for Ashe.
Thog carries around a 1967 Thompson-Center Contender which he rarely uses.
He is currently in possession of "The Un-Gun", which un-kills things if the shot would have killed them and cures all wounds. However, it is really really loud. It only uses empty clips and one needs to unload it after use. It additionally has the power to revive undead creatures, such as skeletons, into their original form for a limited time. 
== Relationships ==
=== Moren ===
Moren is an old friend of Thog's. They met when they were both street thugs.
=== Ashe ===
Thog doesn't mind Ashe. He finds her the most tolerable out of the members of the Nine Shrine. Thog and Ashe didn't get along very well in the beginning, but as time progressed, Thog and Ashe have found some new respects for each other. They also seem to care for each other quite a bit. It is most noticeable in the arc 'Everything is on Fire' when Ashe asks Markus and Gregor if Thog was okay due to his mushroom poisoning and hallucinations when she left off on her thinking adventure.
=== Markus ===
Thog and Markus have a strong friendship despite the rocky start to their relationship, where Thog remarked that he would be willing to kill several acquaintances in order to save Markus when they met back up during the Big War arc.
It's mentioned during The Calm that they went on a date together.
=== Gregor ===
Thog is fond of Gregor, remarking that he considers Gregor worth more than the entire continent of Onorhant.
=== Karen ===
Karen is Thog's former boss. They maintain a civil accord despite an apparent tension between them.
=== Thog's Grandma ===
Thog's grandmother is quite possibly the only family he has left. Upon being reunited after years apart, she immediately tried to shoot him and accused him of being a robber. However, upon hearing that Thog sought to return to baseball and revitalize Famine Valley, and saw Thog brought more competent people, she decided to support him. She does still hold resentment against Thog, still not being willing to accept a hug from him. 
== Trivia ==
* Thog was meant to be a minor NPC and was not planned to appear after the first arc. Somehow he worked his way into becoming part of the main cast.
* His most valued possessions are his silver bracelets, his pocketwatch, and his gun.
* "Thog" is not his actual name, though it's unsure what it might actually be - a single reference has been made and the only hint there is about his real name is that it begins with the letter 'S' as mentioned by Karen. It has also been discussed in streams and emails. There is a chance it might be Johnson considering his former name as Baseball Johnson.
* His gun is a 1967 Thompson-Center Contender.https://twitter.com/FrameDodge/status/566445994385342464
* At one point before the events of Meadshire Thog was, in Moren's words "a sneering asshole but a passionate one".
* Thog also wrote poetry, did a column for an Alarani newspaper, street art, and dancing before Meadshire. He was apparently extremely serious with all hobbies he kept.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJniwlJuj8
* Thog is a licensed reverend.
* Thog has dealt with depression for his entire life https://youtu.be/X_fdK9Bg8FQ?t=1398
* He will not refuse free food.
* He carries around a backup shirt.
== Gallery==
See Thog/Gallery.
== References ==
Category:Main characters