Oroe Merlot

### Relatives

Tnim Merlot (father)Eeffot Merlot (mother)Lemarac Merlot (half-sister)Spihc Merlot (half-sister)Eikooc Merlot (half-sister)Tun Merlot (half-sister)Tiurf Merlot (half-sister)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Ellie Sparks (Crusaders of the Dragon)Dixie Schollar (Band of the Lion)

### Appears in

Crusaders of the Dragon, Band of the Lion

### Debut

Crusaders of the Dragon: Session 1

Oroe Merlot is a Red Dragonborn from Majesty, born in the peaks. Oroe is intimidating, savage and extremely rude, but when it comes to people he accepts, he treats them like newborn puppies. Oroe not only wants a tribe so that he can feel like he belongs, deep down he has the primal desire for revenge. He wishes to kill his mother and free his sisters. Oroe is also very secretive and goes quiet when it comes to faith. Although not devoted or loyal by any means, Oroe is unnerved by the fact that the evil queen of chromatic dragons, Tiamat, would always seem to answer his prayers. Oroe is not evil, but would rather stay neutral to the patron that answered his prayers.

### Appearance

Oroe is red all over, except where fleshy spots can be seen where there are no scales (eg around the eyes, ears, nostrils). His horns point behind him and have a slight coil to them. He wears a simples cotton shirt and a kilt. He wields a crude Greataxe he made himself and a flimsy Kukri he scavenged. He is tall, the tallest and widest of the Old Crusaders. Oroe can also breathe fire.

### History

After the casualties in the Battle of the Artery and the Dragonfall, the population of dragonborn massively dropped, leaving them no longer a vastly dominant race. Prejudices based on their ancestors actions had also created a somewhat negative aura around dragonborn, but to evil dragonborn, this just helps them intimidate.

Oroe was born in a tribe ruled by his father's (Tnim Merlot) best friend, a white dragonborn named Tunococ Snowscale. As dragonborn don't receive their real name until maturity, Oroe’s childhood nickname was Wolf-coddler. Oroe’s mother (Eeffot Merlot) had an affair with Tunococ and gave birth to three pink dragonborn girls. Trim immediately confronted Tunococ and a fight began. Trim killed Tunococ with his fire breath, but had been badly cut up. Eeffot, having just given birth to triplets, marched outside with a bow in hand and killed Trim. She had planned this, knowing that no-one in the tribe would support her rule, so she pitted them against each other and claimed rightful leadership. Oroe’s halfsisters (Lemarac, Spihc, Eikooc) were put in the hands of other dragonborn to look after as she began to fulfil her vision for the tribe. Oroe, just 14 at the time, was disgusted and horrified.

Oroe fled the tribe and tried to survive by himself. He woke up one starving night, to have been brought out of the snow and into a cave. There was an Owlbear. This owlbear had a cracked beak and though hungry itself, hadn’t been able to break Oroes natural armour because of its condition. Oroe spent a month with this timid owlbear, helping it catch rats, foxes and fish. Oroe named him Trimbeak, believing that the Owlbear was his father's spirit helping him. The Owlbear was unusual, a rare breed, with white plumage and a black beak. One day when the pair of you were hunting by the river, the tribe ambushed Oroe; they put spears and arrows into Trimbeak and he soon realised they were hunting him as well.

Oroe fled from the peaks that day, running down the mountain, following the river of Majesty all the way to Blue City where he stole a ship and sailed for Dormort. Despite being capable of surviving by himself, Oroe was desperate to find a tribe. That's when, while in the town of Glumblight, he heard news that the cultural capital of Dormort, Greenest, would be holding a great festival to celebrate the new millenia - the Festival of Fire. Oroe packed his things and began the trek, not knowing what he’d find, but hoping for friends.