Erik Bloodbeard

Erik Bloodbeard is one of the youngest hexers of the School of the Orzhad

## Biography

### Origin

A popular tale that originated some three decades ago tells of a devotee of Bjerda, the Goddess of Ice and Snow, named Freya. She resided in the far north of Rhatneim. Jarls from all around the continent desired her, offering great amounts of money and prestige. But she had never lost her virginity, and she hoped to continue with her celibacy until the end of times in service of the Fridged Bitch. Eventually though, her beauty attracted the eyes of Homjir. He stalked her for a long time, but Freya never accepted to break her vow no matter how hard he tried. But then, she started being said to be more beautiful than Bjerda. The goddess was infuriated, and sent a score of minions to punish her unfaithful servant. Fortunately though, Homjir saved her life, and the priestess knew that. After that, the two fell in love and together they made a baby: Erik. Freya was obviously expelled from her position as a priest after the others noticed her belly, having to hide herself away. This is where the famous tales end, no one knowing what happened afterwards. The truth is that the mother raised the child until it was two. At that time, she was found by a frost giant, who would have killed her if not for a famous seeker who was there right in time to kill the creature. With much hesitation, as is the hexer code, Freya had to give her child away to be raised at Castle Frostfang.

### Early Life

And so the tale of Erik begins. Since he began training at age 6, his mentors noticed that he not only was an exceptional fighter but that he was stronger and tougher than the other kids, not suspecting anything at the time. That was not good news for Erik, as they made his training even more intense, deadly and exhausting than it was for other kids. They didn’t really suspect anything divine at the time. With a training much more intensive than the other students, Erik suffered and ended up learning to like it until the time came for the trial of grass. He survived it and got mutated, in a much easier and less painful way than any other hexer. The mentors then noticed that something was wrong with He now was undoubtedly much stronger and tougher than any other hexer. His mentors told him that something great happened during his mutation, and that he became a “special” hexer. He used a double handed great axe in such was not uncommon so he had a mentor in ozhard who taught him how to fight and hunt with it. Due to him being naturally incredibly strong, he focuses most of his time in being more agile, alchemy and magic than going to the gym.

## Abilities

Hexer Physiology

* Enhanced Durability
* Enhanced Senses
* Enhanced Speed
* Enhanced Stamina
* Enhanced Strength
* Regeneration

## Skills

Adept Hand to Hand Combatant

Expert Melee Combatant

## Stats

###  Physical Stats

Durability 28

Regeneration 25

Senses 24

Speed 23

Stamina 28

Strength 31

### Skill Stats

Charisma (Intimidation) 33

Charisma (Persuasion) 28

Charisma (Seduction) 20

Combat (Hand to Hand) 26

Combat (Melee) 46

Knowledge (Nature) 37

Knowledge (Occult) 46

Rogue (Stealth) 25

Traveler (Riding) 17

Traveler (Tracking) 40

### Social Stats

Associates 12

Fame 15

Influence 4

Resources 6

Status 14