Broken Tusk

Broken Tusk is a 26 year old human druid, formerly of the Ihalmuit band of Northmen. He left his homeland at the age of 16 under the tutelage of an elder member of his nomadic Order, and has spent the last decade wandering the forests, plains and tundra of the Northlands and Asanon in the company of his partner, the mastodon known as Traveler.
Imposing but earnest, Broken Tusk takes his duties as a druid with the utmost seriousness. However, he usually opts to share food and beneficial magic with other adventurers in exchange for stories and information about the state of the world. His encounter with the group, and subsequent learning of the details surrounding the mysterious plague, led him to join the party in hopes of furthering his investigation into this magic's effect on the state of nature.
Though he has seen cities and deals with urban civilization as part of his duties, he is mildly claustrophobic and prefers to spend his time outside of buildings unless absolutely necessary. In particular, he dislikes sleeping in rooms or in beds, and tends to prefer sleeping just outside of city limits when possible.
It is as yet unknown whether or not Broken Tusk is his birth name.
==The Order==
Broken Tusk's duties within the Order involve maintaining a balance between humankind and nature, and as such he often inquires into the conservationist and agricultural practices of human settlements, providing knowledge of effective techniques for maintaining good harvests and maintaining effective stewardship over the natural world. He also blesses harvests with magic when possible, so as to reward those who treat his order fairly and take his advice seriously. He has not yet considered training an apprentice, but believes that he will receive a sign when the time is right to do so.
==Beliefs==
Broken Tusk subscribes to an animistic theology; all things in the world possess spirits or "gods" and that all things strive to grow in spirit which, in turn, changes their form or their influence on the world. He makes reference to the "nine million gods that govern this land" when referring to Asanon in particular.
He also believes that this view explains his power and the existence of other forms of magic, as it stems from communication between his spirit and the spirits that exist in nature. It also governs his abilty to give otherwise mundane items magical properties, as it involves his spirit interacting with the spirit housed in the mundane item, allowing the item's spirit to grow and realize a more perfect form of itself. As he is careful to point out, though, this does not make his power unlimited, and he cannot manifest the strength of the entirety of nature, as his power is restricted only to what nature requires of him.
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