Gyorik Rogdul

* Season 2
* Season 1

**Gyorik "York" Rogdul** (US: /'gjoɹ.ɪk·'jɔɹk·'ɹɔg.dul/) is a character in *Drawtectives*. He is played and created by Jacob Andrews.

York is a first-generation half-orc whose father is an orc and his mother is a human.

## Biography

### Life in the Tribes

York was born to an orc father and a human mother. He spent the first eighteen years of his life with his father, living in a northern barbarian orc tribe on the outskirts of civilization. He once had a yellow slick toad named Tammy which he never got to say goodbye to.

According to York, he has murdered other orcs in the past. For instance, he killed his brother and became an orcish prince, making him famous in the orcish tribes.

York has also revealed that he once held onto an antelope for two full weeks.

Eventually, York decided he wanted to spend time in his mother's world so he could experience both sides of his heritage. He began to go with the nickname "York" for the convenience of human pronunciation.

### The Murder at Crescent Hill

He applied for a job as a detective under P.I. Jancy True along with dwarf druid Grendan Highforge and human rogue Rosé. They were soon assigned to their first case, the Murder at Crescent Hill.

When the Drawtectives arrived at Crescent Hill, they met the B-squad of police officers, which consisted of Sergeant Pierce Steel and Officers Inna Urfass, Till Bogan and Flem Mucowsy. Officer Urfass had already sorted the witnesses into the rooms of the mansion. The Drawtectives went upstairs to the master bedroom, where the murder took place. They were then tasked to draw their theories for how Sorin was killed. York theorized that he slipped on his "stupid human drool" while eating a human leg and landed on his fork.

The Drawtectives later met Lotta Justice, a sad, grieving woman. She informed them about the threatening letter sent to them which led to the murder of her husband. They then went downstairs to the kitchen and met chef Buzz and interning chef Don Jovi. The entire detective team was instantly enamored by Buzz and his adorableness. Don Jovi then asked the team to inspire him by drawing delicious food creatures. York drew a picture of himself flexing inside of a cauldron.

Soon after, the Drawtectives arrived in the conservatory, where they met Avis Smythe and his son Ogalvy. Ogalvy had the three detectives draw three of his favorite cartoon characters upside-down. York had to draw a muscular cowboy riding a gun horse.

After their encounter with the Smythes, the detectives moved to the parlor and were introduced to Faucon, a famous musician, who had the three draw album covers for some other musicians. Faucon made York design a cover for King Citrus's *In the Court of the Crimson String*.

The Drawtectives then went to the backyard, where they met Harper Justice, the daughter of Lotta and Sorin. She made the detectives draw themselves in sad or compromising situations, asking York to draw himself as a urinating kitten. However, York refused to do the challenge as he was irritated by Harper, and used his ability of miscommunication to avoid doing it. Rosé then used her Millennial ability to do York's challenge for him. In the end, Harper didn't give them a clue at all, wasting both York and Rosé's abilities.

After the disappointing encounter with Harper, they moved to the pantry and met Sam Ug, who they had previously seen an arrest report of. Sam denied the fact that she had been arrested previously, until Grandma used his Dog Whisperer ability to get the truth out of her. She confessed and told the detectives that Lotta actually used to be a legendary thief and led a secret information network of thieves. After the confession, Sam tasked them to draw different portraits, making them change their tools constantly throughout the artwork. For example, York ended up drawing a man holding a potato with the words "wow now thatsa potata" written next to it.

The detectives moved on to the dining room, where they met Emery Justice, the son of Lotta and Sorin. He told the trio everything he knew about the night and then proceeded to ask them for flattering drawings of himself. York was asked to draw a portrait of Emery succesfully defeating a wild train, so he begrudgingly did so. After completing the drawing challenge, Emery gave the detectives a blank notepad he found in the master bedroom, which (with the help of Jancy) they found out was hiding something. By rubbing graphite over the page, a list was revealed of all the people the Justice family trusted in case of an emergency.

After their interaction with Emery, the Drawtectives entered the study where they met Dr. Susan Fontaine, a world-renowned surgeon. Dr. Fontaine told them about her history with the Justice family and then asked them all to draw pictures of her favorite celebrities, so York drew a portrait of Zendaya, one of the cast members of the upcoming film *Collection of Sand*.

Moving onto the final room, the library, the Drawtectives met famous inventor and animatronics maker Llarm Alasa. Before giving them any clues, he tasked them with designing his ideas for future inventions. York was asked to design a device that would prevent its user from falling asleep, so he created the Train Sound Box, a box that blasts train sounds whenever it detects the user closing their eyes. After the drawing challenge, Alasa showed them a bloody knife that he had pocketed, evidently the murder weapon.

After having interrogated all the witnesses in Crescent Hill, the Drawtectives began speculating about their suspects. They once again spoke to Lotta, who revealed more information about her thief network. They also realized they had not found the missing gems belonging to the murder weapon, so decided to pay Ogalvy another visit. Ogalvy, who was hyped up on chocolate, denied that he had stolen the gems, so the detectives began talking to his father, Avis. Avis eventually admitted to the detectives that he was not invited to the party by Lotta or Sorin; he was invited by Emery. With this new revelation, the Drawtectives revisited the dining room to interrogate Emery. By putting him in "arm jail" and patting him down, the team was able to find the missing gems in his pocket. Emery confessed to the murder, explaining that he was upset by his parents' constant denial to give him money and valuables, so he sent them a ransom note and killed his father at the party. The A-Team arrived to arrest, or in their words, "axtract", Emery, leaving the Drawtectives to have a final talk with Lotta.

The Drawtectives went back to the office, where they changed into new clothes before heading out to Huck E. Heese to celebrate the success of their first case. York, Grandma and Rosé used their Dunking ability on the basketball hoop game, breaking the machine and leaving it out of order.

### The Disappearance of Harold

Two months after the Crescent Hill murder, the Drawtectives were called in by Jancy True for the first time since the previous case to find where a missing dog went.

The first person they talked to was Harper Justice, who admitted to stealing the dog, Harold, earlier that day, although it wasn't the theft being investigated. She described the rest of her day up until the dog being stolen from her. This happened while she was yelling at Norm Elmahn, during which a car accident occurred nearby.

Next, the team spoke to Norm himself, who described his day, arriving to when he walked through the park to get to a grocery store. He reported that while being yelled at, a car crash happened nearby, so he went to investigate if the drivers were okay, but there was only one car, and the front was entirely crushed.

Following Norm, they spoke to Ogalvy Smythe, who was asked by Rosé what he had stolen that day. He mentioned a sandwich, and after the promise of stealing model trains with Rosé later, he also admitted to stealing candy and dog treats. Mentioning he saw a dog, he asked if the Drawtectives wanted to know what it looked like. This led to Grandma drawing a sketch of Ogalvy's description.

The next witness was Dachs Hund, who turned out to be the "dog" Ogalvy saw. He discussed that he was reading his "newspapey" at the park until he noticed Norm. Afterward, he was too enthralled with how handsome Norm was to notice when, or even if, Harold was stolen. He gave a description of Harold which Rosé sketched, along with a visual of Harper for Dachs.

Once they ran out of witnesses, Jancy informed the Drawtectives of a newly-found witness, Noah Crimnal, who had clearly stolen many objects of other witnesses. During the interview, he refused to cooperate, and tried to gaslight the Drawtectives until York put him in arm jail. After a bit of threatening, he admitted to stealing almost every item on his person, but he remained in claiming he didn't steal Harold.

Jancy took the Drawtectives aside to discuss what they knew so far, but nobody could come up with the answer. Finally, Jancy revealed that the HPD had recovered Harold, and he was just hiding in a bush the whole time, because Harper let go of his leash, and the car crash scared him.

After the case, Harper and Harold went home to take a nap, and the Drawtectives went to Huck E. Heese to celebrate the end of a case, and the agreement to do cases together more often in the future.

### Between Cases

During the months after the Murder at Crescent Hill, York got scouted while walking around the city and became a male model. This was influenced by an article in the city's newspaper about the Drawtectives solving the case. During the two months after reestablishing contact with Jancy, York began to hang out with her along with Grandma and Rosé regularly. He went to parties as well, but only if the rest of his friends attended.

Before his first fashion show, he was confused about the purpose of walking down an airplane runway, and he wanted instead for people to just look at him standing if they felt like it, but Jancy's attendance spurred him to be able to do what was wanted of him. One time, while Jancy and Grandma were at a local zoo, seeing the rhinoceroses, he and Rosé went to the snake pit with York under the impression that he could arm wrestle the snakes. Eventually, Rosé was able to convince him that snakes are different from arms and they left to meet up with Jancy.

### The Celestial Spear

Two months after finding Harold, the Drawtectives found themselves aboard the Celestial Spear Express without any memory of boarding. In the first-class car, Conrad Uctor explained to them that they would need to enter every individual cabin in order. Searching his pockets, York found his ticket, which he hadn't remembered purchasing. A mysterious man accompanied them, also completely unaware of how he ended up on the train, as well as of his entire identity. After Rosé asked him if his name was Eugene, prompted by a note that was in her pocket, he decided to use that as a name for the time being. Once Conrad had finished his orientation, the group entered the first cabin, only to discover what looked like the master bedroom of Crescent Hill.

Entering the room in confusion, the Drawtectives and "Eugene" were greeted with a scene from a film which seemingly matched their own experience during the Murder at Crescent Hill case. Film director Anne Daction noticed the team on set and welcomed them, explaining that she was filming an adaptation of Uhreigh Ture's bestselling novel *Death of a Paladin*. While "Eugene" snuck away after spotting the film crew's sandwiches, the Drawtectives recapped their own experience with the murder case, comparing it to the events of the film. York drew the ending of the case, where he held Emery Justice in arm jail while the A-Team arrived to arrest him. After the team recapped the events of the case, Daction revealed that she was part of the Celestial Spear Program and that she had signed up to host the first "experience". Then, they retrieved "Eugene" and took a pocketful of sandwiches, saying goodbye to Daction and speaking to Conrad Uctor again. They also witnessed the Ticket Taker take someone's ticket at the end of the first class cabin, much to their terror.

In a panic, "Eugene" ushered the Drawtectives into the second experience, where they found themselves outside a circus tent. There, York, Rosé and Grandma decided to unofficially adopt "Eugene", thereon treating him like a son and taking on the responsibilities of parents such as teaching him how to read. They started by reading a sign next to them, which gave a brief look into the circus ringmaster, Harvey Hornswoggle. Excitedly, "Eugene" ran into the tent, his parents soon following. A rude mime named Checkers greeted them with a middle finger at the ticket booth before Harvey Hornswoggle himself arrived to give the Drawtectives a proper introduction, though still calling York ugly. He directed them into his office, where he explained that while practicing his disappearing act, he accidentally made his best tricks vanish, thus asking the Drawtectives to draw them back for him. York drew Harvey's opening act, a tap routine by Wendell the tap-dancing tiger. In gratitude for rejogging his memory, Harvey let the Drawtectives take one item, so Rosé adopted Threegene as yet another son. Harvey also gave "Eugene" a business card from the actual Eugene Finch and the Drawtectives a spirit box, which upon opening, lit up completely. Harvey ended up performing to great success and the Drawtectives left the experience, only to see the Ticket Taker carrying Conrad Uctor's limp body over one shoulder.

## Special Ability

### Miscommunication

This once-a-season ability allows York to intimidate a non-orc person into telling him he can skip a drawing challenge.

The ability was used in S1E06 to avoid drawing himself as a urinating kitten as prompted by Harper Justice. Instead, Rosé used her Millennial ability to draw it for him.

## Personality

As York comes from a barbarian family, he is easily angered. However, when he moved into human society, he tried to control his anger in order to fit in. York's lack of knowledge of human society often leads to him committing numerous social blunders on several occasions.

York has been described as the "Raphael of the group", referencing Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

## Appearance

York is described as a muscular seven-foot "hot orc" with a strong jawline. He almost always holds an expression of anger on his face due to his barbarian heritage. This often makes people around him uncomfortable or nervous.

In order to make himself more presentable in human society, he ties his hair back and wears a tailored sleeveless coat.

Originally, when drawing the character, Jacob added scars to York's arm and nose. These were removed when the character was colored in.

### Clothing

#### Season 1

* Sleeveless coat - York had a coat tailored to be sleeveless.
* "One of those bands" - A band around his upper arm made from the sleeves of his coat. York wears it because he thinks it looks cute, and it distinguishes Orcish princes.
* Low-cut muscle shirt
* Tribal sash
* Ear piercings
* Dark brown pants
* Boots

#### Season 2

* Black turtleneck crop top
* Sleeveless detective coat
* Large belt
* Armband
* Tall black boots / Black thigh highs

### Pocket Items

* A single slice of jerky
* Spare bones

## Trivia

* York's knowledge is somewhat inconsistent, as he is unaware of what a joke is but knows what syllables are.
* York cannot read English but can read and write in Orc Runes.
	+ Due to reading the *Cashews* comics, the only English word he can write is "Sneppy".
	+ However, Jacob mentioned in the Season 2 Behind The Scenes livestream that York will be able to read English by the time Season 3 rolls around.
* York is not sure of his age. It is suggested that he does not know math, but he does know division and fractions. This can be explained by him viewing division as cutting, a concept he is well versed in.
* While speaking to Sam Ug, York referred to Grandma as "she", the first time anybody referred to them using pronouns other than he/him after their realization of being genderfluid.
* York pisses and shits at the same time.
	+ He also has two stomachs for unknown reasons. This is why he poops such a large amount at one time.
* In the One-Shot Mystery, York says that his experience of time is "like dog years", along with, like a dog, assuming somebody is gone forever when he isn't able to see them. It is unknown if this is something specific to York, or all orcs.
* Generally, dogs love York.
* York hears rhythm differently from others.
* York has extremely quick reaction time, to the point of being able to repeat an unknown word near-simultaneously with a person who is saying it.
* York is somewhere on the aromantic spectrum and is asexual. According to Jacob, "He really just cares about how strong or not strong people are."
* He has never even thought about what the concepts of gender or sexuality are.
* York has around 6,000,000 bones in his bank account.
* York is considered to be a genius in the Northern Tribes because he understands systems in his culture and his native language much better, while he is unfamiliar with human society.

 Season 1: Avis Smythe • Buzz • Don Jovi • Emery Justice • Faucon • Harper Justice • Llarm Alasa • Lotta Justice • Ogalvy Smythe • Sam Ug • Susan Fontaine • Tina Crusher • Todd Walker • Tulip
Season 2: Abayomi • Aeris • Anna Log • Anne Daction • Conrad Uctor • Felix • Harvey Hornswoggle • Joebeans • Kingston Munch • Sharron Lutz

1. ↑ Jacob stating that York does not understand gender
2. ↑ Jacob on 8/20/2020 on the Drawfee Patreon Discord