Ogel Grim

**Ogel Grim** is a shadar-kai cleric played by Mark G.

## Character Sketch

While Ogel is often known as The Grim to those around him, he does have solemn regard to those he calls friends and can be relied upon in general. He hopes to one day find his birth family and establish lost connections, although such interests belay the importance of his mission to his god.

His interests have led to the shaping of his body toward more martial, violent pursuits, and an attitude of petulance towards the enemies of his god. He does not squirm when it comes to matters of warfare...nor does he stay the sword.

## Biography

Ogel never knew his parents. He was found abandoned at the age of eight in the Wastes of the Despoiler, a small child with no knowledge of his past or identity. The only possessions held by him were a necklace depicting the visage of The Red Lady, a brooch of limited value, and a tattoo behind his ear of his family crest. His rescuer was a crusader veteran of the War of the Orcish Incursion and the Despoiler's War, and he took the young Ogel back with him to his home in the Crusader Lands to raise him as his son.

Ogel grew up in L'Trel, in the county of Volkrad. While still a youth, he ran off to a local temple of the Red Lady where he begged to become a member of the order. While he didn't take well to his studies, he did find comfort in prayer and the visions he had of the Red Lady's presence in his life. It wasn't long before he'd become a priest of the Red Lady.

When the Great Fire hit L'Trel, Ogel was caught up in the chaos and found himself entranced by the preachings of Torca. His new beliefs led him to join the Red Hand, and he travelled to the Elsir Vale to join what he believed to be the main body of worshippers. Instead, he found himself in the midst of an invading horde. In the ensuing war, he managed to survive, deserting the force in its final moments and ended up wandering between burned and smoldering ruins of what were once towns, ruing the choice he made. Now his former admiration of the Red Hand has turned to disgust, and he denies any links to the groups. Ogel tries to help folk where he can, hoping to allay the guilt of his past choices.

In 4E:30 he journeyed to Vraath Keep and joined the Iron Stoves as they journeyed to the village to investigate and discovered the source of the haunting: a nest of meenlocks. They defeated them, raised the curse of the village and reopened the mines.

Soon after matters came to their attention in Terrelton, Stom's hometown. The Baron of Elsircross, Hargil Trask, had designs on the settlement and was attempting to claim it with some of his own men. Indignant at this land-grab, the Iron Stoves accompanied Stom to Brindol, where he demanded justice in front of the council. Unfortunately, the matter was deemed contested, and a full seating of the council was needed to resolve the issue in a month's time. In the interim, the Iron Stoves journeyed to L'Trel, hoping to find passage to Port Cano, where clues about the fate Leshanna's mother led them.

After arriving in the city, they respond to a letter from their old patron, X'Celsiah Miah. Arriving at her home, they are confronted by a horrible, tentacled creature. After defeating it, the Iron Stoves learned that monster emerged from a magical painting delivered earlier in the day. 1t also slaughtered Lady Miah. The Iron Stoves set off on the trail of the mysterious courier, known as the "Well-Dressed Gentleman".