Gaelen

== Background ==
=== Belkzen ===
Life in the Holds of Belkzen is hard for any orc, but more so for the half-breeds that litter the tribes. It was in this life Grotuk, as he was then, grew up. Under the constant torment of his full orc brethren for his human 'weakness', Grotuk grew angry, rage building in his small, stunted body until he one day, at the age of seven snapped and brutally crushed the skull of his worst tormentor with a strength that far belied his size. The bullying slowed until he drew blood thrice more, proving his strength and his worth to the tribe.
Grotuk's father, chieftain of the tribe was pleased. Secretly a priest of Zun-Kuthon, he used the Rovagug-worshipping spread fear and pain across the borders of Belkzen and planned to use his son to cause a world of death and despair. Grotuk grew older and filled with more rage as the time went by, leading raids into Mammoth Lord's realms, Ustalav and even braving the forts of Lastwall with such ferocity and blood shed that whispers of the "Orc-spawn of Rovagug" spread to nearby towns.
Grotuk grew larger and stronger still outgrowing most full-blooded orcs, his hands branded with the symbols of Rovagug and Zon-Kuthon for the gods' strength to be wielded in his hands and was well on the way to fall into his father's plans; unite the tribes, burn the world.
(In progress!)
=== Goals ===
Gaelen is, at this point in his life, incredibly simple in his desires. The way to accomplish them may not be, but he knows what he needs try and do. Belkzen is his home, and it's a home of pain, suffering and death for the hordes themselves and for the lands around them, knowing first-hand the terror they can cause. In his life, Gaelen wants to travel to Belkzen when he feels ready and unite the tribes. Not under a banner of war, but to turn them into a real people to live and work alongside the rest of civilization, to not be a pawn in some god's or wizard's plot of world domination.