Therudak

—Therudak, when he finds a bright, shiny rock

**Therudak** is a half-orc with a love of shiny rocks. He was a cook in the Last War, and met up with Beric and Dex through his work with Crast and the Dark Lanterns. He was forced to flee Khorvaire with them when they were falsely accused of kidnapping Haydith ir'Wynarn. While making their way over the Thunder Sea, they're attacked by Vennet d'Lyrandar, and Therudak ends up getting zapped by lightning and being gifted a dragonmark.

In the dangerous Xen'drik jungles, the group is attacked by some wereboars. They fend them off, but their group is scattered: Dex is hiding somewhere as a werebear, having lost control in the moonlight and fleeing after turning on Therudak; Beric is by himself, searching for the pack of a cleric-turned-wereboar, which he's been told will cure him of his own lycanthropic infection. Dex finds them again, having calmed his transformation enough to rejoin the group, and Beric returns to tell them he's found someone who said he can help. In a desperate attempt to get rid of his disease, Beric takes belladonna, a poisonous plant—and dies. Therudak and Dex find shelter for the night, bringing Beric's body with them. In the middle of the night, Drakir sneaks in, trying to steal the sword—and then the body, when he finds that he can't separate the two. After a scuffle, they all agree to return to Drakir's tribe, and consult with his shaman.

Therudak, Dex, and Drakir retreive a dragonshard for Eladrin, Beric and Drakir's father, who uses it to perform a ritual that brings Beric back to life. In the process, a portal is opened, and a familiar lich attacks. The lich grabs Therudak. His mark glows brighter than it ever has, and there's an explosion of light. When it clears, the portal, the lich, and Therudak are gone.

## History

Therudak was a cook in the Last War, and his encampment got overrun by enemies soldiers. He lost a lot of friends in that battle, and as a result has trouble getting close to people. When he meets the party he's training under Crast Wott in the Dark Lanterns.

### Meeting the Party

Therudak is happily washing some glasses at the Horned Eagle Inn when a terrible explosion sounds very near his bar. He grabs up his battleaxe and runs to help. When he arrives Dex and Beric are trying to get a huge piece of rubble off of a civilian, and Dak help without hesitation. Afterward he goes into the building with them, and he's the one to find and disable the device preventing the *Create Water* spells from acivating.

### Aquiring Dawn Light

Almost immediately after arriving in Xandrar on the Dark Lanterns' mission, the party sees a battle has already broken out between the shadows and the Swords of Liberty. Crast hands Therudak Dawn Light, the armor Draconos previously donned, and they head straight into the fight. The first chance he gets Dak puffs out his chest uses its *Dazzling Flare* ability, blinding the shadows and destroying the shadow mastiff.

### Aberrant Dragonmark

During their flight from Mistmarsh to Stormreach, the party's airship gets attacked by Vennet d'Lyrander. He and Gerald, the captain of the *Roving Badger*, struggle to take control of the ship. A huge lightning bolt hits both Gerald and Therudak, causing Gerald's small Mark of Storm to turn into a Siberys mark and Therudak to manifest an aberrant mark that covers his entire body.

### Death

During the ritual to bring Beric back to life, a portal opens up to Mabar, just like the ones that have appeared previously. This is the first one Therudak had seen, and as soon as the lich comes out he advances, greatsword in hand. There's a battle with the shadows, but Dak and Drakir are the only ones to attach the lich directly. Dak swings his greatsword, and the lich grabs him with tentacles of necrotic energy. He's lifted up before the lich, who only adresses Dex. Dak's mark glows with an intense silvery light.

The lich finally shifts his attention to Therudak and tells him of their other companion, the one he replaced. Therudak, unphased, headbutts his as hard as he can. The lich starts bringing him into the portal. Dak's mark glows brighter and brighter, and with a war cry bright light erupts in the chamber. The drow recoil and everyone is blinded for a moment. Once their eyes adjust, they see that the portal is gone, the lich is gone, the shadows are gone. The Siberys shard glows brighter than before. Therudak is gone.

## Personality

Therudak is generally in a good mood, unless he's eating something that's below his standards. Depsite having lost many friends in the Last War, he seems to be rather optimistic.

### Shiny Rocks

He *loves* those shiny rocks. In fact, he carries a pouch with him that contains twenty of the shinest, most perfect stones you will ever see. That is, you probably couldn't tell, but Dak sure could. When he finds one even more spotless than the least perfect one in his bag, he takes that one, puts it in, and tosses the other on the ground.

## Relationships

### Sam "Swiftfoot" Moore

Sam is one of Therudak's friends from the war They were in the same unit, Sam being the scout and Dak being the cook. They appeared to be quite close, as one might expect. When they meet up unexpectedly at Varen Lassite's party in Stormreach, they're happy to see each other and Sam offers Dak his help in their jungle expedition.

### Crast Wott

Crast Wott a paladin of the Silver Flame who is training Dak to be a Dark Lantern. They joined Beric and Dex on a missing to Xandrar. They are forced to flee Khorvaire after that mission and leave for Stomreach on the *Roving Badger,* along with Gerald, Beric and Dex.

## Physical Attributes

Therudak looks like a typical half-orc, standing at six feet tall and weighing about 170 lbs.

## Powers and Abilities

### Aberrant Dragonmark

* Whenever you're hit with an attack, you store the opposite energy of whatever the damage type was. The next time you hit someone, deal damage equal to the damage you took. If you don't hit someone you take the damage.

### Spells

Therudak is not a spellcaster by nature, but can cast spells through his armor, Dawn Light.

## Items

 Dawn Light | Ep. 15
 Greatsword
 Speaking Stone

## Trivia

* He tried to learn goblin once but didn't have a knack for it.
* Invented quiche.

## References

1. ↑ Ep. 13 Eberron Double Feature!
2. ↑ Ep. 14 Darkness Rising Chapter 1
3. ↑ Ep. 15 Darkness Rising Chapter 2
4. ↑ Ep. 13 Eberron Double Feature!
5. ↑ Ep. 18 Into the Gloaming Chapter 1
6. ↑ Ep. 16 Darkness Rising Chapter Three
7. ↑ Ep. 26 Trials and Tribulations Chapter 2