Jorg-Hammer

> *"I am Jorg-Hammer, the Sunderer, son of Ragnar the Bold, and nephew to Thor-Axe the Impaler. I hail from the Havsbladen Tribe"* - **Jorg-Hammer**
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## Summary

**Jorg-Hammer "*the Sunderer"*** is a Havsbladen Warrior and one of the founding members of the Party. He is the son of Ragnar *the Bold*, an esteemed Havsbladen Shipmaster who led an expedition that was lost at sea. Jorg was subsequently adopted by his uncle, Thor-Axe *the Impaler*, who groomed and trained Jorg to join the tribe's Warrior caste, where he settled on a large bastard hammer as his favored weapon, earning the name Jorg-Hammer.

## Early Life

Jorg was born in 216 A.C. during an especially harsh winter and his survival was uncertain, but he proved to be remarkably robust to most of the tribe's surprise.

In 224 A.C. Jorg's father, Ragnar, departed the tribe on an expedition to find a better land only to be swept up in a terrible storm while on the horizon, presumed dead at sea. Afterwards the tribe disproportionately mistrusted sailing resulting in less man-power to build new ships to replace the ones lost, leaving the sailing caste a shadow of what it was; despite this, Jorg refused to believe his father dead as his ship was never seen to capsize and he resolved to join the sailing caste to go and find him. his uncle, Thor-Axe, married his mother, Frigga, to keep their family unit stronger and subsequently shut down any notion of Jorg joining the sailing caste, instead declaring he would join the warrior caste. Jorg resented his uncle for a time but found the training came naturally to him and begrudgingly, at first, did as Thor-Axe bade.

With age came understanding and Jorg grew to appreciate his uncle's insistence as the sailing caste continued to decline in status and numbers which would have limited Jorg's opportunities in the tribe. Over the years he grew stronger and resourceful training with Hel, an orphaned girl informally adopted by Thor-Axe, and Jön, a protective and jovial lad who took to Jorg's lighthearted nature outside of combat.

In 229 A.C. during Jorg's 13th birthmoon Ysilda, the eldest member of the tribe and conduit of The Sight, tasked Jorg-Hammer with caring for a kid mere weeks old. She claimed that The Sight had named him "Tanngrisnir" and that he would impart wisdom unto Jorg-Hammer in time. He did not balk but did not truly believe in what a goat could offer him and viewed Tanngrisnir as a distraction from his training. However the companionship he soon found in the goat changed his demeanor and he came to consult Tanngrisnir on important decisions over the years.

At the age of 16 Jorg was formally inducted and sworn into the Havsbladen's warrior caste alongside his friends, all of them gaining the names of their respective weapons of choice as was custom.

## Adventures

### Founding the Party & Cursed City of Kethis

At some point in the year 237 A.C. Jorg-Hammer was sent by Ysilda to establish an alliance with Jorrick, Chieftain of the Blood Dog Tribe, after having a vision of imminent darkness. To prove his mettle to the tribe, especially Jorrick's son, Cedric, Jorg-Hammer won in single combat against the tribe's cook, Nalder, slaying him upon gauging the crowd's expectations and claiming his slave, Merric Mandrake, as his own. Jorg-Hammer unknowingly received magical aid from Merric during the fight who thought Nalder's death would free him. Jorrick agreed that an alliance might be possible under a valiant leader who wielded the lost Sword of the King of Tribes; Jorg-Hammer, Merric, and Tanngrisnir consequently traveled south to the cursed city of Kethis to find the blade.

The trio encountered a carriage under attack by some of the War Riders en route and though Jorg-Hammer opted not to interfere with concerns of tribal disputes, Merric revealed his sorcerous nature by aiding those being assailed. He afterwards insisted upon his freedom given that he helped defeat Nalder, wounding Jorg-Hammer's pride but earning his freedom in Jorg-Hammer's eyes. By happenstance the three they helped were also traveling to Kethis: Pezzack Ingor, Pandora Von Smythe, and their hired guide and transport. Everyone agreed that braving the city together would be beneficial despite heavy suspicion of one another. Then a tentative party, they left their horses just outisde the city and entered on foot.

Inside the city the streets stood cold and empty until the Party found themselves suddenly cornered by a growing horde of zombified Kethic denizens. They narrowly escaped with the help of a dwarven looter named Gaffer who afterwards gave them directions to the central hub of the undead, occupied by a cult worshiping Orcus. Tensions between the travelers grew exponentially as their sanity wore thin traversing the main temple and came to a head upon finding a caged girl, pale and frail, with the undead on their tail. An internal fight broke out over attempting to kill or save the girl, culminating in her death and a tangible mistrust in the Party. Succumbing to paranoia, Jorg-Hammer intended to skewer a sleeping Pandora with a silver blade looted from Eddard upon discovering her vampire heritage parallel to the girl, Ingrid's, but stopped, suspecting Pandora was feigning sleep. The Party rested and continued cautiously of both the city and each other until they confronted Myron Marro and the animated skeleton of the King of Tribes. Jorg-Hammer destroyed the King of Tribes' revenant and claimed both his horned helm and his magic sword, accomplishing his mission in the city. After Marro was likewise defeated by the Party, Jorg-Hammer fetched Ingrid's body to bury her in the courtyard outside the temple; upon finishing he gifted the silver blade to Pandora as a sign of trust and show of good faith, figuratively burying their animosity towards one another.

Having successfully retrieved both the Sword of the King of Tribes and the *Necros Arcanos*, the Party returned to the Blood Dog Tribe only to discover it near empty. Inside Jorrick's tent was Mersanda, Jorrick's young wife, who revealed herself as a void spawn upon attacking the party. Merric saved Jorg-Hammer's life by goading the creature and after she was slain the Party found a parchment from Dorumarr, Chieftan of the Drakemunde Tribe, summoning all of the tribes to a great council at the ruins north of the Blood Dog Tribe.

### Forgeborn Threat

After narrowly avoiding certain death in the entrance of the iron tomb Jorg-Hammer's namesake weapon was heavily damaged holding a shutting stone door ajar for Merric and Pezzack only to be rewarded with a new one inside the tomb: The Warden's Arm, hammer of Osmand Stoneward and housing of his Blood Rune. The tomb's mural enlightened the party about the Mage-Emperor and the Knights of Nine. Osmand was also buried with his armor but Jorg-Hammer refused to rob the grave of more than what was necessary for their mission; after he began his ascent out of the tomb, however, Pezzack stowed the armor away as he had no such misgivings and Jorg-Hammer shortly after reluctantly, and secretly gladly, accepted it. The Party commandeered a sky skiff from some Forgeborn who had followed them but before departing Pandora confided in Jorg-Hammer that she must attend to her immediate goals alone, taking the *Necros Arcanos* with her.

The Party stopped at a ruined tower of the old empire to rest during their sky voyage to Mordenheim and encountered Esther who happened to also want the downfall of Scourge and his Forgeborn. She made common cause with the Party with a mutual, healthy suspicion but earning a quick sort of respect from Jorg-Hammer through sparring with him.

Thanks to the sky skiff the Party was able to fly into the midst of the Battle of Mordenheim and dock upon one of the towers high above avoiding the fighting on the ground. After a close battle and being revived by Pezzack, Jorg-Hammer slew Scourge and destroyed Osmand Stoneward's Blood Rune after receiving a malignant vision from Tanngirsnir which caused the Forge to collapse in on itself. While escaping, Jorg-Hammer insisted on helping an imprisoned Kartov and Merric swiftly obliged with his sorcery. In the aftermath of the battle Aloysius demanded the deaths of the party. Jorg-Hammer challenged Aloysius to single combat, only to fall to his blade after two strokes. Jorg-Hammer's death inadvertently led to Aloysius' elvish heritage to become known and to his incarceration. Merric and Esther brought Jorg-Hammer's body to Vixandria, a Gnoll seer with The Sight. She was able to resurrect him by tarnishing the Sword of the King of Tribes to a rusted scrap blade. Unbeknownst to his allies, however, Jorg-Hammer was conscripted by Wee Jas in between the planes of life and death to return a soul that was stolen from her in exchange for his resurrection.

### Krakengard

While on the island of Krakengard, Jorg-Hammer consented to "Vardige Zal Leven" (The Just Shall Live), the sacred ritual of single combat among the tribes, with Virun. Upon victory after destroying all three of her weapons, Arkin-Hook dubbed Jorg-Hammer as "The Sunderer." When finally confronted by the High Trident, Wee Jas signified that he was Jorg-Hammer's target of execution only for him to later discover that he was in truth a resurrected Ragnar, Jorg-Hammer's father thought long dead.