Throkk Dumein

Throkk, originally Thokk Dumein, is Critical Strike's brave, but level-headed Paladin. He regularly finds himself saving River from harm and keeping the party's shenanigans in check, acting as the backbone and voice of reason for the party. Throkk travels Elysium in order to help those in need and resolve persecution, especially for half-orcs and other misunderstood races.

## Appearance

Throkk stands at 6' 3" tall and weighs 239lbs. His rough muscely skin is that of a light lettuce green. He keeps his black hair in dreads, so as to keep them from blocking his sight. He always wears a gold chained ruby red amulet that bears the emblem of Helm and aids in his magic casting. Throkk bears a scar across his right eye that he obtained in battle and does no care to hide it.

## Personality

(World's #1 Dad) Throkk prefers to treat everybody with care and compassion, but will drop these traits in time of need where seriousness is important.

Without fail, Throkk will always honor the innocents that have died and will give great respect to bodies by delicately wrapping their corpses in blankets, if he has them, and returns them to be properly buried or remembered. This trait has seemed to always gain him favor and makes him respected, if not garner suspicion sometimes.

Throkk is not afraid to get his hands dirty, so as long as it doesn't break his oath of devotion. He's usually the first one of the party to spring into action, but also takes care to survey the situation.

He focuses his efforts on disconnecting himself from barbaric orcish emotions, and instead, follows the teachings of his Mentor, Junius Gubdagog.

Although he is a paladin, Throkk doesn't display it openly and rather wishes that people will judge him on his actions rather than what he looks like. He will, however, use his role to benefit and gain trust when needed, but prefers to rely on his word and actions.

## Background (Spoilers, Duh)

Throkk was born from a shaky alliance between a group of orcs and humans within the confines of Lumnia. He was cast out of the group at the age of 5. His orc father is unknown except that he is known for having a chipped tooth and visible scar near the chipped tooth on their mouth. Throkk's human mother is Clarice Windfall. Believing it was best to for his safety, she sent Throkk off to a city where he could be free from the persecution within the human/orc group. This action was a result due to troubles and rumors that spread about towards his birth parents, as mixed breeding is considered a sinful betrayal of one's own race. Although Clarice saved her son from the human/orc alliance, she unknowingly sent him to a city that discriminates against orcs.

With nobody to guide Throkk but a few gold pieces to his name, he found himself caught up with a gang of vagabonds and urchins that roamed the alleys and streets. Throkk had stolen and pickpocketed in his young age, with records for his capture acting as proof. Rumors have it that when Throkk was young he had fallen in love to a half-elf in “The Goblins,” a thieving gang with, funnily enough, no goblins but a dwarf and a halfling, her name was Anna Lulynn. Throkk was enthralled by Anna's charms and amber hair, but her wit was known to be sharper than a guard’s blade and could cut deep to those that cross her path. Jealousy ensued within The Goblins when Anna was Throkk started developing a intimate relationship. An orc member in The Goblins named Grug Haag had been known to also love Anna. One night he tried killing Throkk in his sleep, but Throkk was mysteriously restless on that faithful night and when he tried stabbing him. Throkk was able to fight back. The conflict was brutal, and scarred Throkk's right eye, while he blinded Grug's left eye. This conflict forced Throkk to leave the Goblins and run from approaching guards that night.

Throkk was taken in by a small holy temple of enlightened orcs that sheltered him and treated him as their own, despite his human half-blood. Church letters show that they found him in a bloody mess after his fight with Grug. Through years of guidance and care Throkk became an acolyte under his beloved orc mentor, Junius Gubdagog. Reportedly, his mentor was the one cleric who found Throkk on the night of his fight with Grug Haag. Junius had taught many things such as using the mind over body as a way to protect oneself and taught such teachings to Throkk and his other mentees. Junius was a wise individual and once said to Throkk, “Without sight, only your mind can guide your path.” Junius was well known for his blindsight training and obscure teachings. Throkk was gifted an amulet along with Junius' old maul when Junius was nearing the end of his prime. Rumors say that the duo had a relationship akin to a father-son relationship

Nights after the incident with Grug Haag, Throkk searched for Anna Lulynn. When they met, she had displayed bitter resentment towards Throkk due to beliefs that Throkk had attacked Grug. Rumors state that Grug had deceived Lulynn that night or two to gain her favor and affections.

Years later, Throkk saw Junius killed by a hate crime from a group of anti-orc humans. Political tensions where high and humans were lashing out against orcs for the city’s troubles during the time. From that day Throkk vowed to protect the innocent and fight for righteousness, thus he tried to show good that orcs can do while protecting those under persecution and danger, no matter if they were human or else.

With shelter, Throkk had no worry for food and allowed himself to be guided by Helm, god of protection, and cherished other gods of protection. One day Throkk was attacked by some orc-hating human guards. Guard reports show that Throkk lashed out at them, while rumors said that his mind was blinded that day, and that Throkk's primal orc took overfilled him with anger as there were no guards that protected Junius the day he died. The report states that the guards had overwhelmed Throkk, but he was able to escape when a small group of human and orc paladins, known as "The Green Shield," attacked the guards that moved in to execute Throkk. This day had made an impact on Throkk and seems to have allowed him to find his calling.

It was later learned that the attack was organized Throkk's old foe, Grug Haag. On the night of their battle, Grug was taken in by the city guard where he climbed joined and climbed the ranks. Years later, Grug had become the first orc to be head guard. Rumors believe that corruption filled Grug's heart and that he was bent on revenge. Reports show that orders for Throkk's arrest and execution was made and ordained by Grug Haag. Anna Lulyn later sought and informed Throkk of such information, which led him to leave as he couldn’t stay longer in the city anymore. Throkk had trained to become a paladin with The Green Guard, combining his orcish strength with his human resolve. In a sentence he explains his fighting as such, "..[Answering a question of how he fights] ..with a perfect balance where my mind guides my maul and my strength that powers it."

**1. ↑ Thokk Dumein was the original name for the lofty paladin; however, the DM always pronounced it wrong. Other mispronunciations are Thrakk and Throke.**