Tharg of the Hill

Tharg had a serious demeanor, he didn’t always get humour and was mistrustful of pranksters and trickiness. He was strong and brave without being rash and makes serious efforts to improve himself. Probably was not the best person to invite to your dinner party – unless you like lectures about justice and order.

## Biography

*“Father Daevid writing again about Our Champion, Tharg.*

> *Yesterday, not for the first time, Tharg raged again about his parents, about being abandoned and how he should in some way put this right. Brother Stoneface and I decided, with heavy hearts, to tell him the true story of his birth, or at least what truth we knew.*
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> *“It was a bright morning, clear skies and a sense of Spring in the air. We were about our more chores and tasks, preparing breakfast, banking up the fires – I seem to recall fixing a broken chair that morning.*
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> *There was a banging on the door accompanied by a pained keening cry. We rushed to investigate and found, wounded and in pain on our doorstep, an orc woman. A heavily pregnant orc woman.*
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> *We carried her in, what else could we do, treated her wounds including removing the broken off head of an arrow. Once she had calmed, we sat with her and, over a day or so, a story emerged. We do not know it is completely true, but it is all we know of Tharg’s origins.*
> The woman, Hruntha, had been captured by the Leodis guard along with what she called a foraging party. Most were killed outright but Hruntha and two orc children were taken prisoner. Perhaps the guard felt they would provide some leverage with the orc clans in the hills.
> During her imprisonment, Hruntha claims she lay with several of the guards but told us that one in particular visited many times – she wouldn’t name him, just saying ‘grashnash’ which means something like ‘pox-ridden bastard’ in orcish.
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> *When the guard discovered she was pregnant they were terrified, sleeping with the prisoners isn’t encouraged especially when they are orcs. The plan was to allow Hruntha to escape but then hunt her down and kill her allowing the monstrous truth of her child to die too.*
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> *As it happened there was a work party planned for a small fort in the hills south of Leodis and Hruntha was taken along. At the fort, Hruntha’s shackles were unlocked and, not knowing the plans, she fled into the hills at the first opportunity. Moving as quickly as her condition allowed, Hruntha headed south away from Leodis and the guard. Meanwhile the guards who wished her dead to cover up their deeds, tracked behind her, she had moved too quickly not to leave a clear trail, and soon begun to close.*
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> *Hruntha told us she knew the hills better than the guards and was able to avoid them that night and hoped they would return to the work party. Next morning, all but one of the guards had gone, ‘grashnash’ remained on her trail. For two days Hruntha dodged ahead of this guard but, a day broke on the third she stopped to catch some fish in a stream, and he closed enough to shoot at her with his bow. Most shots missed but one arrow hit her shoulder. Breaking it off, she fled again following the stream down into the East Riding.*
> I guess the guard gave up in the end, his comrades couldn’t cover for him forever. Hruntha carried on southwards keeping away from people, orcs – even pregnant female orcs – aren’t popular in most settled places. She arrived at The Hill and, sorry to say, was chased by children throwing stones. Exhausted she collapsed outside the bakery where Ghilly, who you know well, took pity, and sent her to us at the shrine.
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> *The rest is sadness. The child, you Tharg, was born a week later and Hruntha was delighted. But she had been so weakened by her ordeal, she died less than a month later. We tried everything but it was not enough.”*
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> *We took Tharg to the place she is buried – a simple stone engraved with just her name, Hruntha, marks the place – and allowed him some time to grieve. We discussed who his father might be and advised care and caution. It is likely that the man Tharg’s mother called ‘grashnash’ has long left the Leodis Guards, he may be in the city, he may have a family. We don’t know. To many like him, Tharg is just a monster, even though they might have fought alongside half-orcs.*
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> *We reminded Tharg about duty and the importance of justice. Vengeance may feel good, but it only brings more vengeance. I hope the strength of Tharg’s character keeps him on the right path.”*
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### **Early Years**

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### **Joining The Adventurer's Guild**

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### **[Retirement / Death]**

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### **Important Figures in Tharg's Life**

#### **Father Daevid**

Father Daevid brought up Tharg at The Hill, a small shrine and temple to Mithras, the Soldier’s God. He is a former soldier, the sort of reliable and hard-working NCO that is the backbone of every army. On leaving he took up a role assisting at the temple where he’d visited for calm and tranquility during his service. This led, in due course, to him studying for and becoming a Priest of the Soldier’s God. He is in his 60s but still strong and upright although his eyesight is not what it was and the bones ache in the morning.

#### **Father Stoneface**

Father Stoneface is Daevid’s acolyte. He is a dwarf and, like Father Daevid, a former NCO. Stoneface is very studious, always found with his nose in a book. He has worked hard to teach Tharg languages and, with only a little success, to read and write. Father Stoneface’s study is practical and vocational – how to get improved yields from the farm, how to build better walls, how to organise defences. He has little time for frivolous stories and literature.

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## Trivia

* Tharg always gave half of his gold earnt from the guild back to the church.

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