Grog Svirfneblin

Grog Svirfneblin was a Player Character and a deep Gnome Barbarian.

Grog was a deep-gnome, and lived most of his life underground.

### Current Status

Grog is deceased, as he sacrificed himself to save other members of the campaign.

## General Characteristics

**Personality:**

Grog is guarded, suspicious of outsiders, and cunning. Grog however, also is kind, loyal, and compassionate.

**Family Members:**

1. Frog, Grog's Dad
2. Grog's Mom (disappeared)
3. Steve, Grog's bastard twin brother (deceased)
4. Clog, Grog's pet rat (deceased)

*Grog is survived by his father.*

## Background

Grog grew up in the outerlands, raised in an underground field by his abusive father. His mother left them.

Grog’s Mom was well loved by Grog. She was kind, hardworking, and thoughtful. However, what Grog did not know was that Grog’s mother slept around. In a particularly interesting incident, Grog was born with a twin – Steve. However, when Steve was born, he looked quite different from the rest of his family members. It turns out that Steve had a different father than Grog. Steve’s father was not Frog. But Grog’s Mom didn’t care. She loved Steve anyway. Steve was affectionately known as Squidge. But since Grog was the “true” son of frog, he got to carry the family name -rog. Grog, to this day, still never really understood why Frog hated Steve so much.

Grog’s father, Frog was also a barbarian. When he found out his wife had been unfaithful, the community soon found out. Frog’s family was ostracized in the community and Grog was never allowed to leave home again. Growing up, Grog faced the trials of toxic masculinity as all he knew. Being an intellectual, he was commonly mistaken for a simpleton due to his barbarian status. Frog was already ashamed of his family and would never let Grog read. So, Grog only read in secret.

**Grog’s first book**

When Grog was a wee 22 years old, Grog went on a walk in the cave system. He found a small pool and went for a swim. When grog opened his eyes under the water, he found a merman struggling to swim to the top – he looked like he was dying. Grog swam up to the merman, who handed him a book then died.

Frog always wanted Grog to grow up to be the biggest, baddest, strongest barbarian gnome there was. However, grog wasn’t really interested in that. Grog enjoyed reading and preferred socializing. Frog hated this. He banned Grog from reading, so Grog had to do it in secret. A book contained a series of stories, histories, and spells – all in Goblin. Grog didn’t know how to read at this point – so he taught himself how.  He book contained information on spells and ritual to conjure creatures from other places, which eventually helped him later in the Campaign.

Grog was given a pet rat by his mom. Grog named the rat Clog. One day, when Frog caught Grog reading, Frog killed Grog’s pet rat. After that, Grog and Steve ran away. They were age 40 when this happened – right before the war. One day, during the 12th year they were gone, when a particularly large bomb went off above ground, a stalactite fell, impaled Steve, and killed him.

Grog didn’t know what to do so Grog went back home and told his parents. Frog couldn't lose another child…Grog was never allowed to leave home again. He was stuck there for nearly 45 years.

## As an Adventurer

### Introduction to Party and Joining the Campaign

Grog got tied of living in the middle of nowhere, so he left home to learn more about scholarly things and to explore the world. His deep gnome life had not led him to know much about his powers. Aged 94 during the events of the campaign, Grog was old but lively and full of vigor.

When Eli went to Norbury to interview Soleste, Ivan, Grog, and Sarovar joined the campaign.

### Nihilanth /Werewolf Bite

In Norbury, the party went to visit Manius Stoove, the former scientist at Versatile Vials, and also the first Nihilanth/werewolf. Manius became a werewolf and the party killed him with silver and fire, but not before Manius bit Grog.

This bite put a werewolf parasite in Grog that slowly began growing.

### Traveling to Sirex

While traveling to Sirex, the party was met with huge watery floods as well as the metal-panther. Grog's fear of water (a la the death of Clog), became tangible for the first time. He almost drowned to death due to the Nihilanth bite damage and paralyzing fear.

While also on this journey, the party met Leanne Thorpe. She gave the party a communication device. The party was suspicious of this, but Grog (being tricked by Leanne), assuaged them. Little did Grog know that Leanne was a member of the SCE, trying to eradicate extraplanar creatures.

**Pig Riding**

Upon traveling, Grog encountered a little country fair. He tried to steal a pig from the petting zoo and rode it around the fair before being caught.

**Attack at the Hospital**

Venali sent letter to Soleste inviting her to hospital (Venali actually being the Elder Oblex). She also needed people at hospital to remove the werewolf parasite (that came from the Nihilanth bite) from Grog.

Grog was suspicious but didn't see anything wrong so he had the parasite removed. In the middle of his surgery, the Elder Oblex took Soleste and Grog. Sarovar, Ivan, Eli and Gil fought the Oblex until they had the chance to escape. But, it turns out Elder Oblex was feeding on the people at the institute. The longer it fed, the more memories it took. Those at the hospital for weeks were braindead by the time the Oblex was removed.

**Church Romance**

Grog, for the first time in his life, fell in love. While recovering from the hospital attack, Soleste, Ivan and Grog found themselves recovering in a church facility. Grog fell in love/lust with a nun taking care of him and they romantically made love in a library.

Also at the Church, a prophesy was foretold that a child of a celestial was going to kill Dol Arrah, and another would kill Asmodeus, but only one would succeed.

**Sextuple Homicide**

Ivan was killed - according to Grog (who was told by Ivan), Ivan was framed by Detective Wildsper and 5 members of the Valisco gang.

### Death at the Court of Owls' Subterranean Bunker

Trying to survive a series of traps, the campaign found themselves in a room with a ticking bomb and not enough time for all of them to escape. After failing to defuse the etherium bomb, Grog bravely sacrificed himself by throwing his body on the bomb to reduce the range of impact. Grog's last memories were of Steve, and he cried tears of joy, happy that his last efforts were not in vain to help the party. Doing this allowed the party to escape the warehouse, where they were soon attacked by the metal panther (again).