Wuragar Harfang

Wuragar Harfang - head and founder of Harfang Clan, childhood friend of Herzt Maugash, Brown Horde marshal, on death of Herzt he took over Kurtorrum in a military putsch, causing Zugarian Civil War

## Biography

### Youth

Wuragar lived in huge family, he had 9 siblings of whom age-wise he was the middle one. His father was a blacksmith and wasn't present in upbringing, trying to earn enough money to live through another week. Mother on the other hand was preoccupied with nurturing so many children. Wuragar was a cheerful, full of energy little orc. Always eagerly following his grandpa, he learnt how to wave an axe and ride his warg. Indoor, he was fidgeting all the time and couldn't sit still. This caused him to one time destroy an Elvish Porcelaine, a souvenir from his grandfather, the most precious thing in the household. Subsequently his mother gave him a beating and refused to feed him dinner for a few days.

Since then , she never looked at Wuragar the same way. Young orc noticed it and seeing his siblings treated better, he started to envy. He begun to behave roguishly, taking food from the others, framing others for his own deeds, starting fights. Once Wuragar beat up one of his brother so badly, that the latter couldn't walk for a next week. This was the tipping point where his parents decided to hand him out to military. Convinced by his beloved grandpa, former Cohort Commander, he went along with it.

### Military career

Given his early-trained strength, martial arts and stamina , he rapidly overtook his peers. Soon he found himself in the group of older fighters, with whom he had a difficult time competing. He couldn't be demoted to younger groups, since they posed no challenge , he hardly could fit into older group since he was overwhelmed. This put him in frustrating position of stagnation , where he felt as if limited. For many days he wandered around the fight-pits of arena in boredom , looking for meaning. He found it , when met with Maugash. As his junior-partner he learnt a wholly new art of fighting, basing more on agility and swiftness instead of brute strength. For Wuragar it was a game changer, something that enabled him to compete with older, stronger opponents. This competitive edge allowed him to finish the training with honours.

His first combat experience took place on southern plains. As part of a conquest expedition, he was responsible for securing southernmost hostile city. Capturing it in itself was easy , but holding it under Zurgar banners appeared to be a real challenge. Scarce supplies pushed soldiers to scavenge around the city to gather any food they could. These gathering groups were then ambushed and cut down by a partisan group, that operated in guerilla manner. As the orcish garrison force seemed to be worn-out on one dry full-moon night it was attacked in full-out assault. The battle was long, with both sides battle-crying up until the end. The ground soaked with blood, the tents were burning around and the bodies littered the main square. The fight concluded with the pyrrhic orc victory, leaving survived Wuragar as the oldest soldier by rank. The next day the reinforcements arrived and battle-scarred, traumatized leftovers of cohort were routed back to Capitol. There the Wuragar was promoted and rewarded and decorated for his bravery.

Now established in military hierarchy, Wuragar was chosen by the Herzt to lead the expedition east to the Krimztones to quell the barbaric raids. Successfully doing so , he now could manage the spoils of war as he saw fit. Although the lands restored were barren and dry, their potential resided in their silver ores. After establishing strategic forts in the area, the mine excavation started and soon brought a great source of revenue directly to the Wuragar's pocket. Respected, potent, highly experienced, affluent Wuragar has become elected to the position of the Marshal of the Brown Horde. This made him arguably second most powerful orc in the realm.

He maintained close relations with Maugash. They even arranged a marriage between Wuragar's best-loved daughter and Maugash'es son Znugar as to strengthen their ties. But as Herzt's obsession with science intensified, the relationship vastly deteriorated. His daughter died tragically, when giving birth, which was a huge blow to Wuragar. The behavior of Znugar before and after the death, left a lot to be desired. This was only the beginning of a future conflict to come. As Znugar stormed through military ranks, with victories after victories , Wuragar's power and influence started to wane. Soon it became open rivalry as his son-in-law undermined his position in decision-making over a next conquest expedition. Same went for Kraegol, whos cunning and machinations earned him the ownership of Krimztones silver mines and his other enterprise ventures accrued him a lot of wealth and influence.

### Harfang putsch

Amidst the high ranks of military there was a fierce debate around who and how should conduct the conquest north. The war chest was full and the soldiers grew impatient , looking forward to fresh spoils of war. The Wuragar faction called Harfangists argued for outright plunder of northern lands, counting on their full storages, bountiful valuables and other types of riches, then he planned to hold these lands solely with orcish administration under a martial law. On the other hand Drugrymm faction represented by Znugar proposed swift strike on the enemy's capitol with intention to install their own loyalist government, nevertheless not engaging in full-out war but rather a quick operation. As Drugrymm brothers were sent to Hasdan Plains to negotiate and then to quell the Goblin revolt, Wuragar wasted no time in consolidating his power. During their absence he assured the loyalty of most of older commanders, therefore the Brown Horde, as well as support of trading guild.

Subsequently after the death of Maugash he took over the strategic infrastructure in Kurtorrum and arrested Znugar upon his arrival.