Kroth, The Last Champion of Lamisae

Roughly 10,000 years ago, a Hobgoblin Warlord, Kroth, brought together the goblinoid people and strengthened their hold upon Khorvaire. Kroth was a Excellent Tactician in war, backed up by great Eldritch Power. Stories had him wreathed in armor made of pure shadow, and wielding a blade to match. He brought Khorvaire under his nation and claimed to be the Champion of a great power, Lamishak. Her greatest boon to him was his blade, Bronlank, a sword of shadow that could shape itself to his need.

10,000 Years ago was roughly the time that the Dhakaani Empire consolidated its power in Khorvaire and became the dominant Nation. They spread all across the continent, and are the reason many other races of Khorvaire have settled where they are. The Dragonborn in Q'barra were pushed back across the mountains after an attempt to spread from Argonnessen. The Lizardfolk, originally native to the Talenta Plains, allies of the Dragonborn, were forced as well. The Valenar elves were kept within their area by the growing horde, and the gnomes were largely corralled into Zilargo as a result of the Dhakaani efforts. Though they weren't defeated, the Dwarves of the Mror Holds held their position, and were ultimately unable to settle much outside the Fjords to the Northeast, thanks to the Dhakaani.

Kroth was the force that unified his people, and he did it to spread glory, and proof of his power. The number of deaths he is responsible for is difficult to calculate, but his solidification of the Nation of Dhakaan was done at every way through battle and death. And those deaths added to the strength of his army. His story is one filled with blood and death.

Born in a town within the Talenta Plains, his home was ravaged by a Lizardfolk raid, that took the life of his family. The Legend is that he was the only one to survive. He fought with his family's blade, and killed many lizardfolk warriors. The chieftan was impressed by the little pig boy and decided to take him as a slave.

It is in captivity that Kroth's strength and power bloomed. He was not the only slave, and within the Lizardfolk camps, he met many other goblinfolk, the most important being a beautiful Hobgoblin woman named Lamishak. The two found love within the camps, despite everything and one day it was discovered they were with child. When the Lizardfolk found out about this (slaves were allowed to conjugate, but breeding was strictly forbidden) she was killed, as was their unborn child. Fueled by his hatred and loss, something awoke within Kroth. It is then that his hatred, his rage and all of his sorrow came to him and took the form of a strange black blade, Bronlank. With this blade he slew his captors and led an uprising among his fellow slaves.

From here, they formed a new clan, and quickly rose in power. It started with the Lizardfolk, but quickly his strength and renown grew. Kroth seem to flourish in battle, and his power only grew with the more death he caused and the more his name was known. He claimed to be his wife's Champion, and that all he did was in vengeance for her. Eventually, his clan was strong enough to absorb and contain other goblinoid clans, and he grew to become the most effective among the Dhakaani warlords. His tactical wit, physical presence and eldritch might made him a force to be reckoned with.

His spread first started with the Talenta Lizardfolk. Wiping them and their new Dragonborn allies out, they were forced to retreat beyond the mountains into what is now known as Q'barra. Next was the Valenar Elves, who after a fierce and longstanding stalemate, one day disappeared, without any trace. The Gnomes of modern Zilargo waged a guerrilla war within their jungles, but ultimately were defeated by superior numbers and the strength of Kroth's undying allies. They were made to be slaves and chattel as a result. Each victory only made Kroth more fierce, and each one was done in his name as well as his lost love.

And so it was for many years. His death is equally storied, but somewhat confusing. There is no doubt that Kroth's death came at the hands of the first wave of Daelkyr invaders, but the timelines don't exactly line up. If everything is to be believed, Kroth was a hobgoblin that lived for hundreds of years. Regardless, it was the initial rush of the Daelkyr from Xoriat that ultimately killed Kroth. He fell to a massive wave of nightmarish beasts, larger in number to even his own. Their movements were unpredictable to his mind, the natives of Xoriat being alien beyond any of our world's comprehension, and their twisted nightmares are never ending. He was ultimately able to hold back the tide at a hill where he ultimately fell. This place was named to what's translated "Kroth's Fall" and a city was built up and the Orcish Gatekeepers constructed a ward to protect the point in his honor. It is here his bones rested.