Oghrom Gernoff-Myrok

**Oghrom Gernoff** was one of the four people who helped Valeron form the Griffon Kingdom. His descendants split to form the Myrok household, one of the pillar of the Griffon Kingdom, and the Gernoff household, which remains part of the Awakened Council. After Lochra Silverwing spread her legacy, Oghrom's personal spells formed the foundation of the hidden Mage Assassin specialization.

## Appearance

Oghrom looked like a short blond man with a babyface, barely taller than 1.5 meters (5').

## Personality

Gernoff was a logical man, but he had no heart. He married only to have children who could inherit his legacy and even split his household in two based on the different tasks that he assigned them. In the case of a famine, he would have rationed the food at first and then killed everyone he considered a burden - those too old or ill to contribute to any work, those that even with the aid of magic would need lots of food to make a full recovery, and even those too young - because babies need a lot of care and attention from their mothers. A woman with a young child would lack the energy and the time to contribute to society during a famine so Oghrom would just remove the root of the problem. To Oghrom, a healthy woman can have as many children as she wants after the famine whereas an infant is just dead weight for at least twelve years.

## Abilities

Oghrom had the ability to take down men twice his size with one hand even before his Awakening, a skill he passed down to Jirni Ernas Myrok.

## Background

Oghrom Gernoff was a battle-hardened assassin who had gotten tired of his life of crime and solitude after listening to Valeron make a recruitment speech. He slaughtered everyone in the underworld who knew his face before joining Valeron in his ambition to form the Griffon Kingdom. Even after the King had Awakened him, Oghrom refused to learn magic for a long time, favoring the abilities he had trained his whole life over some improvised skills.

As Valeron expanded his territory, Oghrom and Valeron nearly came to blows every time they annexed a new region to the Kingdom. Valeron was content replacing the old monarchs with their heirs after having them bend the knee. Oghrom, instead, wanted to kill the entire bloodline to keep them from seeking vengeance and to prevent the old nobles from rallying under their flag. Oghrom wanted to avoid potential traitors stabbing them in the back, while Valeron was afraid of turning the Kingdom into a tyranny through this method. However, it succeeded in keeping the invaded territories too busy with infighting to pose a threat to Valeron's advancing army.

After the end of the war, Oghrom was bestowed the name Myrok along with a Royal Pardon to cleanse his criminal past, however, the Gernoff household still remains part of the Awakened Council. When Valeron's descendant Arthan Griffon was exposed for sacrificing millions in Forbidden Magic experiments and subsequently executed, Valeron ceased to use his breathing technique. Several decades later Valeron died, and Oghrom killed himself the same day. He had tried to change Valeron's mind until the last minute by using logic and compelling arguments, but to no avail.

Before his death, Oghrom asked Fyrwal to never Awaken someone like him, as he knew from personal experience that without a moral compass such as Valeron that Oghrom had, another Awakened Oghrom would prove to be too dangerous.

## Quotes

* *"Never Awaken someone like me, no matter how talented or brilliant they are. Once I gained the power of magic, my friendship with Valeron was the only tie with my humanity that I had left and the only leash still restraining my actions. If they are like me, the stronger they'll get the more detached they'll become until they'll see even their own blood as numbers in an equation."* (Oghrom to Fyrwal, Chapter 1618)
* *"With the long life and the power of an Awakened, I feel the void inside me grow with each passing day. My heart withers and with it all of my feelings but boredom. I choose to die now, while I still grieve my friend, otherwise not even death will stop me. The only thing that Mogar needs less than Awakened Oghrom Gernoff is Abomination Oghrom Gernoff."* (Oghrom to Fyrwal before committing suicide, Chapter 1618)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1911: Skywarp (Part 1)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 1399: When All Are One (Part 1)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 1615: Parents and Children (Part 1)
4. ↑ Chapter 1398: Blade Tier Spells (Part 2)
5. ↑ Chapter 1618: Down Memory Lane (Part 2)