Argrath Stonesmasher

A goliath barbarian, as tough as he is strong.  The natural leader of the group and doting caregiver of his blink dog, Shadow.  Infused with strength from Amaranth, he uses his great axe to slice through opponents and then heads to the pub to celebrate with a round or two...maybe three...you know, one more round wouldn't hurt..Oh!  And more meat too!

## Early Life

It is known that Argrath was part of the Shivershade Goliath Clan, deep in the mountains but left due to reasons he hasn't revealed and doesn't want to talk about. When asked about where he's from, he'll simply say "I'm from the mountains."

It is known that after leaving his clan, he wandered in the woods around Virstock for a year. During this time, he encountered and fought against a bear, losing the encounter. After a few more battles, Argrath and the bear gained an understanding of each other and Argrath became a protector of her and her cubs. Argrath settled into a new routine of helping provide for the mama bear and her cubs but his new life was disrupted when poachers killed the mother and caged the cubs. Feeling a rage within him unlike anything that he had ever felt before, Argrath killed the poachers and freed the cubs. Taking on raising the cubs as his duty after the death of their mother, Argrath provided for them for the next 8 months until they left the den.

With the cubs gone, Argrath felt a sense of loneliness that he hadn't felt since leaving his village. Knowing that he couldn't go back to being alone, Argrath decided to approach the gnomish village he had discovered earlier in the forest. He then went into Virstock and met Dovie. Sensing Argrath's apprehension about being in a village, especially a village where he towered over everybody, Dovie helped Argrath find his place in Virstock and her acceptance of Argrath, helped the villagers accept him as well. Soon enough, Dovie had taught Argrath how to read, write, and speak gnomish, which of her siblings he should and should not listen to, and even helped him find jobs to do around town.

Argrath had been living in Virstock for a year when Dovie returned from the woods with a new friend possessing strange powers. Dovie introduced Samonari to her village and to Argrath. Immediately, Argrath felt threatened by Samonari, thinking she was trying to steal Dovie's friendship away. However, a mutual love of pranks quickly bonded Argrath and Samonari and the two became close friends. Dovie, Argrath, and Samonari spent the next few months together in Virstock before two more strangers arrived in the village to warn them about the growing power of Azar the Terrible.

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## Trivia

* Argrath thinks you can only lie about something once
* Argrath can use smite. Troy told him that after you hit something, you yell “smite” and then you hurt them with the power of god. Argrath saw Troy do this and then assumed that's how it works for everyone and could do it himself afterwards
	+ Argrath rarely uses smite because Jon never remembers it. The most common note in Jon’s book is “use smite”
* Argrath's habit of note taking started when he saw Alver taking notes in Virstock and thought that's what you have to do to look respectable in a town
* Argrath has yet to be charmed or possessed since Samonari started making him flower crowns
* Argrath can be tricked into doing almost anything if he thinks its a competition
	+ Argrath can't stand that he's lost to Nimue so many times
* Argrath hates being alone and will always try to have Shadow or another party member with him