Stone Thrower

**Stone Thrower** is the main protagonist of **Mountain Top** and one Half of Gorald Jirvi. Throughout his journey he is solely focused on killing Zangthrum Grintovec and releasing his spores into his corpse in order to create the strongest hobgoblin.

## Appearance

Stone thrower is noticeably taller and discolored in comparison to regular hobgoblins, traits developed due to his birth from an unspecified fey creature. Stone thrower stands upright, adorned in robes from a foreign land during his introduction to the story before switching into equipment found within the old goblin camp after his old clothes had been destroyed. In accordance with his reserved personality, Stone thrower keeps his hair tied back and carefully grooms himself when necessary.

## Personality

Stone thrower attempts to speak in a very firm and quick manner in order to conceal his inexperience with socializing. Due to his experience being ostracized and exiled for his magical aptitude, stone thrower didn't have much in the way of social experience. This manifests in Stone thrower taking quick tangents or becoming silent altogether in the middle of discussions, unsure of how to act in the moment.

Stone thrower will often try to understand people by fighting them first, deciding whether to talk to the person based on the outcome of the fight itself. After winning a fight, Stone thrower will be much more relaxed and will often try to lead the conversation with his opponent.

Stone thrower holds no sense of pride in his race nor does he think highly of any other race in particular. Stone thrower believes that goblin culture has led many to live a very stagnant and meaningless life, never improving or being any more than fodder for sellsword or aspiring adventurers. Stone thrower attempts to distance his actions from that of hobgoblin society, often times destroying goblin camps for supplies or combat practice.

## Abilities

* Powers
* Skills
* Magecraft

* **Soul of the Cloud Piercer: Silence above (C Rank):** - Stone thrower specializes in Aerial combat alongside his focus on pressure points, using his expertise in holding himself in the air in order to target specific points on larger opponents. Stone thrower focuses energy into his feet and uses the sky as a thin glass ceiling, distributing his weight in order to stand on the air or to ease falling momentum. In this form, this ability has no offensive capabilities and is only capable of improving the users freedom of movement. **Stone thrower hopes the next of kin will utilize his abilities to better effect.**
* **Bleeding fist, Palming stone(C Rank):** - Stone thrower has acquired a significant amount of knowledge regarding strategy for killing giants. Stone thrower will almost always have a plan on how to kill giants native to the region of Varisia, but struggles when coming across giants from outside of his field of knowledge.
* **Wild Eye of Life: Anatomic Gaze(B Rank):** - Stone throwers ability to locate pressure points on his opponents body is directly tied to the ability he inherited from the unknown fey that he had spawned from. Stone thrower is capable of learning the full anatomical structure of his enemy if he's killed an enemy of the same race previously. Stone thrower utilizes this ability in tandem with his specialized nunchucks in order to target specific pressure points that locks joints, cause sickness and fatigue, or incapacitate the opponent altogether. The ability is much more limited when fighting an opponent who Stone thrower hasn't learned, only giving vague details on the area's of the pressure points and possibly making his debilitating effects much less effective.

- **Martial Arts(C Rank):** - After a long journey across both Varisia and Goreo, Stone thrower has acquired a great detail of knowledge in regards to martial arts. Utilizing weapons more-so than his fists, Stone thrower relies more on key attacks in comparison to gradually dealing damage that most martial artists rely on. In situations where Stone thrower doesn't have access to his signature weapons, he's capable enough to fight with his fists but less effectively in comparison to other martial artists.

- **Weapon Proficiency(B Rank):** - Stone thrower relies on a pair of specialized nunchucks with spikes aligned along the ends made from adamantine. These weapons are vital to his battle strategy, as they're effective in attacking pressure points of both monsters and humanoids alike.
	* **Nunchaku(A Rank):** - Stone thrower's signature weapon, specifically designed for the purpose of attacking pressure points.
	* **CALEDFWLCH(??? Rank):** - "from his corpse a hobgoblin will be born that will bring this world to its knees".

- **Wild Eye of Life: Inner Environment(C Rank):** - While Stone thrower's abilities relating to his sight and air maneuverability show his magical prowess, Stone thrower is only really capable of using magic that enhances his own physical abilities instead of casting offensive spells. Stone thrower is rarely if ever seen using spells that leave his own body, only channeling his mana for the purpose of increasing his jump height or making himself faster. Stone thrower has attempted to channel magic through his specialized nunchucks in the past, but has abandoned the idea as he could accomplish the same result with the same effectiveness while conserving mana for other techniques.