Tehrak of Mokeria

**Tehrak of Mokeria** is half-orc male fighter played by James.

## Biography

### Early Life

Tehrak was born a few years before the War of the Orcish Incursion but was not part of the legions that took part - instead, he was born into a small Orschan tribe called the Skull-bearers who made their home in the mountains in the south of Mokeria. The tribe is a mix of peoples of varying degrees of Orschan descent. Tehrak did not know his parents as such, as the tribe practices communal parenting. The Skull-bearers have long practiced a unique form of ancestor worship inspired by but distinct from Mokerianism, with facial skull tattoos denoting their connection with the dead. Tehrak’s half-skull is indicative of his status as one of the tribe’s warriors - tasked with both taking and defending life. The tribe largely stayed out of the war but was changed greatly after it’s end. Many Orschan were left without purpose, defeated and wandering. Many of these refugees would join and Tehrak frequently needed to break up fights between them and fight against roving bands of these lost souls. Tehrak was taught by the shamans to use ancient runes alongside his traditional weapons, making him a well-respected and dangerous fighter.

### The Theft of the Soul Beacon

A few months prior to the Challenge of Champions, a strange red-skinned Orschan dressed only in rags stumbled into the village. As he clearly needed help, he was seen to by the tribe's shamans and given a bed for the night. Tehrak was awoken to the sound of fighting and saw the ragged hobgoblin standing above the body of the tribal shaman Gahlok, holding one of the tribe’s most precious artifacts: The Soul Beacon. Locking eyes with the stranger, they said one thing “For Zargon!” before seemingly vanishing in a cloud of smoke. Tehrak was tasked with retrieving the Beacon and set off to Mokerius City to find answers. Upon mentioning the name ‘Zargon’ he was directed to Valliste, where he would make his way to the Challenge of Champions at Ashinana's Oasis, hoping to find allies who might help his cause and reveal more about Zargon.

### Meeting the Raiders

Unfortunately once he arrived at the oasis he was apprehended by Delvis Sandstone, Captain of the Guard, and believed responsible for recent thefts in the oasis. The recent thefts had been sablium relics, the Zargon Statuette and the Obsidian Eye, similar to the Soul Beacon. The Raiders of the Lost City interrogated Tehrak, and satisfied to his innocence, convinced Sandstone to release Tehrak into their custody. From then on, Tehrak travelled with the Raiders, assisting them in their quest. The party hastened to Cynidicea, descending into the tunnels below the Ziggurat to find the stolen items. The culprits were discovered, Dorn and Vanessa Mackelroy, but even after defeating them the Raiders had to rush to the lower levels to recover the relics. When they finally did so they discovered, much to their horror, that they had been used to unravel the last of the wards keeping the Great Old One Zargon in his prison.

Even in his weakened state, Zargon was almost a match for the Raiders, and upon his death his body melted until only his horn remained. Aletheius advised the others to contact the Brotherhood of Gorm for what to do next, and once they had reconciled with Kanadius, the Brotherhood instructed them to meet with the other two anti-Zargon factions: the Magi of Usamigaras and the Warrior Maidens of Madarua. After meeting with the oracle Ankhara the Raiders realised they had to dip the horn of Zargon in the volcano known as Zargon's Eye or the Great Old One would regenerate in less than twenty-four hours. To do so they had to fight more minions of Zargon, including a rematch with Nizaar al-Rasul. Even after this harrowing encounter all they had achieved was buying themselves some time, a month or so.

They teleported back to the oasis to rest and recover but received some startling news: The Marquesa had left to marry the King in Vallanzik. With the leadership of the oasis vacant, the dastardly Count Misael Castillo now claimed the place and warned the Raiders to leave or face his wrath. He punctuated this threat with the headless corpse of Juan Silva, Hector's mentor.

Refusing to let the count dictate the terms of the battle, the Raiders left the oasis and launched a surprise attack on the Escudor forces at the Valley of Death. Taking the count by surprise they defeated him handily, and returned to the oasis. There, with the help of the spellweaver Jazeela li'Alsairan, they discovered that it would be possible to bind Zargon once more if they could find a relic of the Ancient Ones. Clues led them to a book by the explorer Alkazaar, which in turn opened a portal somewhere far south where they encountered a unique golem known as the Sapphire Sentinel.

Letting the golem lead them, they travelled to the Cliffs of Haruun and then on to the ruined city of Azumar. Here after a battle with the dracolich Zikzokrisha they recovered the Wistarni Scroll, and hastened back to the oasis to prepare for the ritual.

But the forces of Zargon had not been idle - a massive army now marched towards the oasis, and the mission to bind Zargon became a race against time. After a ferocious final battle against Orschans, Cynidiceans and aberrations, the Raiders were victorious, and Zargon was sealed away beneath the church. Victory at last.

### After Zargon's Fall

Tehrak returned to his tribe with the recovered Soul Beacon. His return was celebrated, but ominous news of shambling, worm-infested undead troubled the tribe's shaman greatly, and there were fears that the Age of Worms was upon them.

## Notable Possessions

Tehrak has possession of God's Arm, a magical halberd.