Ho-Li-Brah

## Klarg Ho-Li-Brah

A warrior of potent, if sometimes misguided, faith and belief, Ho-Li-Brah's dedication to Octavius is unmatched.

## Basic Information

### Organisation(s)

The Flamefeathers, The Sea Wretches (Formerly)

## Family

### Parent(s)

Unknown

Klarg Ho-Li-Brah is an orcling warrior and member of The Flamefeathers under captain Jaeger Flamefeather. Based out of Crows Nest, he is a dedicated servant of Octavius. He is a simple but passionate man, who is wholly devoted to his god, even if he doesn't fully understand what that means.

## History

### The Sea Wretches

Klarg Ho-Li-Brah was abandoned as a child near the city of Kha-Li-Daz, and was taken in by a small temple of warrior priests dedicated Octavius. Raised as a dwarf, Ho-Li-Brah was a firm believer in the God of Heroes, and wanted nothing more than to truly earn his favor. When his adopted family of dwarven priests revealed to the young orcling that his family had been killed by a horde of undead, Ho-Li-Brah took on an oath of vengeance against the spawn of Edwardius and set out into the wider world to purge the unliving.

After years of wandering alone, he found himself on the east coast, in a small settlement known as Sloantown. While there he was recruited into a crew of pirates by Putrefax, a green dragonborn, who promised him the chance to wipe out undead wherever he could find them. Together with the ogrin Bruno and the goblin Crookshanks, Ho-Li-Brah and Putrefax formed The Sea Wretches.

Early on in their careers The Sea Wretches crossed paths with the Pirate King Canis Absalom, and were manipulated into stealing a ship for him. After getting in a naval battle with Captain Ictheous Sucker, The Sea Wretches were boarded by Canis who removed a small golden chest from their stolen ship, before departing and leaving a Favor Coin with Bruno.

The Sea Wretches had repeated run ins with a rival crew The Sea Princes, as well as many encounters with a particularly dogged sect of Shogite cultists. After a year of adventures together, the crew had grown in size and welcomed many others into their ranks, including human druid Borus, the alfar warrior Tuck and Torr'Brek Sunwalker, a drow bard. Shortly after their expansion, Putrefax began to behave differently, pushing the crew to take more risky and mysterious jobs. During this time Ho-Li-Brah's faith began to falter and his blessings from Octavius faded in and out.

### Losing Faith

The usual lighthearted and jovial atmosphere on the crew gave way to tension and mistrust, culminating in the crews kidnapping of a young boy and priest in training from The Holy City. Pursued by Holy City warriors, Putrefax called in a favor from his father Obstinath and summoned Raptorignis, the dread red dragon of the north, who laid waste to the fleet and warned Putrefax that Obstinath was not happy with him. He tasked the dragonborn with slaying one of the last bronze dragons, located in the south. The crew were to deliver both the dragons head and the boy to The Crown Mountains.

Ignoring their misgivings, the crew followed orders and made the long journey south. Putrefax pushed the crew to greater degrees of bloodshed and violence, ransacking and pillaging a small town and slaughtering the inhabitants. Following this attack, Ho-Li-Brah was besieged by visions from Ax Mystia, who was attempting to break his faith and steer him away from Octavius. After days of prayer, he was eventually able to commune with Octavius, who restored his powers but warned him to stay on the path of righteousness.

With most of the crew mentally broken, they located the bronze dragon Brutannicus and attacked. Despite their superior numbers, Brutannicus soon overwhelmed them. Having defeated the crew, he revealed to The Sea Wretches that Putrefax was siphoning power from Obstinath directly, and was slowly being corrupted by it, eventually fated to either transform into a true dragon or die in the process. Banishing Putrefax, Brutannicus let the other Sea Wretches flee. Escaping on their ship, the crew unfortunately crossed paths with Guardian Council member Jaeger Flamefeather, who had heard of the destruction they had unleashed on the villages. Warning them that they would be dead if not for Brutannicus' request to spare them, Jaeger destroyed their ship and left the crew scattered.

### The Flamefeathers

Washing up on shore, tension soon flared up between crew members, with some wanting to hunt Jaeger down for revenge while others were inspired by his heroism. Eventually, the crew fractured, with Bruno, Borus, Ho-Li-Brah and Crookshanks going their separate way from the others. These four eventually tracked down The Deliverance and sought acceptance into the crew. Despite Jaeger's misgivings, he allowed them to join.

Rejoicing at serving one so connected to Octavius, Ho-Li-Brah felt more at peace aboard The Deliverance than he ever had before. Happily fighting tyranny and those who would harm Forestsedge, Ho-Li-Brah's faith had never been more sure, or directly guided. He now aids Jaeger and the other Flamefeathers in their siege of The Holy City.