Norage Fleshripper

== Appearance ==
*Pronounciation Guide: NOR-ij
*Fantasy race: Fire Giant
*Pronoun: He/Him
*Age: 27 
*Voice accent: A slightly high-pitched strong, almost parodical, upper Midwest/Canadian "Inland North American" accent. The closest real-life voice would be Charlie Berens.
*Height: 7'8" (and wouldn't ya believe it, the runt of the litter)
*Weight: 592 lbs
*Hair color: Festive Orange
*Skin color: Wrought Iron
*Eye color: Heritage Red
*Example clothing outfit worn: Generally, Norage wears his monastic robes. The robes are of the Flamewalker designation of the Eight Paths Monastery. As a novice Flamewalker, the robes are relatively plain, red and flowing, cinched at the waist with a dark brown cloth belt. The entire robe is adorned with a golden insignia of the Eight Paths Monastery, as well as small golden epaulettes and golden wrist looplets.
*Tattoo Location: Norage's tattoo is on his left pectoral.
== Personality ==
*Tics / mannerisms to help GMs portray them consistently: Naively optimistic and trusting, will always try and break up fights and squabbles whether they involve him or not. Often misunderstands social situations, especially when those are sarcastic towards him. Doesn't understand idioms/hyperbole/metaphors, will take everything as literal and objective truth. Refers to everyone by name, unless he does not know them, in which case he will refer to them as "guy", "buddy", or "mister". Cannot physically experience the emotions of anger or rage, but will always stick up for who he believes to be his friends.
*Pop culture influences: Dave the Barbarian, Gus Polinski, Kent Dorfman, Sulley
*Traits: Optimistic, Naive, Friendly, Trusting, Loyal
*Ideal / Dream / Goal: To prove to his parents that compassion and a level head can make you stronger than blind rage.
*Bond: "I was exiled from my tribe; and though they treated me worse than dirt, I want to show them that I can be strong, too"
*Flaw: 
**Too trusting of people, especially strangers who look to take advantage of him
**While not averse to fighting if needed, he will go through every possible option before taking a life
== Social Connections ==
*Family members:
**Clothilda Fleshripper - mother (deceased)
**Garrock Fleshripper - father
**Nearage Fleshripper: cousin
*Friends / People they know:
**Mistress Obsidianna la Caldere, leader of the Shadow Cabal (whereabouts unknown, evaded arrest)
**Malakkus XXIV, 29th Sage of the Eight Elements and current leader of the Eight Paths Monastery
*Social class (poor, student, working class, wealthy): Working class. The Monastery, guild, and other odd jobs give him enough to survive comfortably, but not enough to be opulent.
*Occupation (how have they gotten money to pay rent and buy food): Norage works as a laborer in the Four Paths Monastery, as well as taking odd jobs when venturing into Niqamui.
*Combat class (knight, archer, mage, spearsperson, cavalry, thief, summoner, etc): 
**Fire Style: a dance-like martial art, a mix between Capoeira and Sojutsu, fought with a detachable double-bladed polearm.
**Earth Style: Bare hands/Grappling, a mix of boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Krav Maga
**Shadow Style: A combination of hidden and poisoned weapon usage with the brutality of Bakom.
*Where do they sleep at night?: Norage lives full-time at the Monastery, but may spend a few days at an inn in Niqamui if staying there for an extended period of time.
== Background/Personal History ==
Norage was born as the runt in one of the valleys of the Uncharted Northern Tundra Mountains, in a small village known as Giants' Landing. His parents, Clothilda and Garrock Fleshripper, had been the acting chieftains of the village for decades due to them being the biggest, strongest, meanest, angriest, and most battle-hardened giants of the entire village. From the age that Norage was able to walk, he was trained in the art of taking anger and turning it into strength. But, wouldn't you know it; no matter what, Norage could never get even a single iota of anger. For years, Norage put up with insults, 
So much so, in fact, that Norage's "true name" was given to him during the Naming Ceremony as an insult to him and an embarrassment to his parents. The tribe's council voted that Norage was useless and needed to be put to death to avoid sullying any of the tribal reputation around the mountains. Garrock, in an uncharacteristic moment of compassion, told Norage to leave and never return to the village so long as he and his mother were alive. 
Norage left and wandered for a good while, subsisting off of what food he could find in the wild or from the kindness of strangers. Eventually, he made his way to Niqamui, where his naivety and powerful build caught the attention of the Shadow Cabal. Posing as a kind philanthropic group, they brought Norage back to their holdout in Kihf Fasti and reconditioned him to be an assassin. Though he was able to keep his personality intact, he became a cold-blooded sleeper agent that used his size and surprising stealth to help carry out key political and high-profile assassinations in Niqamui. After spending a year and a half with the Cabal, Norage became one of the top assassins, being known as his codename "Brimstone". However, Norage was fortunate enough to make a clean break when a large jewel heist went wrong, leading to a bust and the eventual arrest of the entire Cabal, minus the elusive leader, Mistress Obsidianna la Caldere. 
Though Norage was able to escape the Cabal, he knew he had to get out of town. He wandered some more until he came across a secluded monastery, known as the Eight Paths. There, he was taken in as a laborer in exchange for room and board. Soon enough though, Norage began training as an elemental monk. As a Fire Giant, the fighting styles of fire and earth came to him naturally, and he was officially brought in as a Path of the Flamewalker: the unique marriage between the bare-knuckled melee combat of Earth Style and the dexterous spear-singing of Fire Style.
Not too long afterwards, Nulisag discovered Norage by happenstance while Norage was running errands for the Monastery in the streets of Niqamui and Norage found his way into the Firebreathing Kittens Guild.
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== List of adventures: ==
* Otter And Odder
* Gravity Boost: the phrase "For Brimstone" transitioned Norage into his sleeper agent assassin programming. Hearing the phrase puts him in a holding pattern while he awaits instructions from someone who is authorized.
* Minimum Rager: he learned how to read Common
* Old Man Strength: A surprise entrant to the Multiversal Tournament of Champions (as an NPC)
* Astral Maids
* Happy Bean Juice: Norage's final episode of Season 2023
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