Maugash the Pious

Maugash Drugrymm - formerly Herzt of Zurgar head of Drugrymm Clan, High Shaman of Sons of Elements, son of Ghashugg the Restorer. Father to Znugar Drugrymm and Kraegol.

## Biography

### Upbringing

Born in the Kurtorrum, into royal family, he had no easy life. Strict father Ghashugg demanded relentless drilling of his sons, to sort out the best of them and name him his successor. Maugash struggled to overpower his peers, due to weaker upper-side of body. This genetic inequality infuriated young orc, given his loss-streak, he was thought to be lost cause. Maugash's in his self-doubt lost hope himself, but he yearned for father's appreciation and couldn't stand being a disappointment.

Once, he encountered humming elder shaman. Observing him with huge curiosity for a while, he finally asked the shaman " why do you do this? You gain no strength nor win any fights just thinking". The Old Man replied "the true fight happens in our mind". This gave a young orc a fresh new perspective. He soon realized that all of the orc way of dueling was about brute force, rage and fury. Following this thought , Maugash worked out that, though he lacks pure strength , outmaneuvering his opponents was an option. Clear mind, harmony and sharp focus were also some of the virtues that Maugash intended to learn.

He set out to train his legs and feet to become more agile. Young orc dedicated himself to observing many sparing matches in order to memorize his opponents ways of striking blows. Doing so he befriended Wuragar Harfang, younger , yet very ambitious kid. They trained together and came out with entirely new style of fist-fighting. Instead of relying on keeping up guard and blocking strokes, carrying out plentiful but imprecise attacks, it focused on flexible positioning, wearing out opponent stamina-wise, anticipating and dodging incoming hits entirely, looking for precise head blows. When the last of trials begun, Maugash had no equal opponents , shocking everybody who watched, some even calling it a cheating, since it clearly broke up with orc's boxing tradition. His father saw his real potential and right away named him as an heir, to the Zurgarian throne. Now Maugash was legally referred to as herceg.

### Spiritual exploration

After the tiresome heir trials , Maugash decided to return to the source of his journey uphill, the encounter with shaman. He dug out shamanistic books from the royal library, and gobbled up every content he could find on the subject. Many times he attempted meditation, but couldn't feel the gist of it. Now the responsibility of commanding entire nation was standing before him, a task no one is ready to shoulder. Conflict inside him arisen how to best use his time in order to prepare for inevitable. Should he learn from stewards, how to manage, upkeep a treasury. Should he come back to arena and train in arts of fighting. Perhaps other things are even more important? He tried all of them, but they all seemed mundane. Feeling burnt out he embarked to Mount Glar , where the centre of shamanistic life lies. He was amazed by the runes chiselled on the stone. The magic of its place was apparent and magnificent. Soon he met with the young shamans. They introduced the herceg to shamanistic tradition, rituals, day routine , philosophy and dedication to elements. Maugash saw how one of the senior members could manipulate the nature around him , change flows of water, summon fire on his hand, create a crater in the ground. As an adept himself he attempted to summon at least fracture of nature's power, but the elements defied. He struggled countless times, with patience and diligence all for nothing.

### The ascendance

Soon the news from the Kurtorrum arrived, Herzt Ghashugg was living his last days. The herceg rushed to capitol instantaneously. Along the road he was entrapped by a band of scumbags amounting to 25 people. His 4 guards eliminated , he himself was to be used as a hostage for ransom. Encircled from every side, Maugash closed his eyes. Inside his mind he pictured the throne, the dignity of the king, the look of the subjects as he would be traded like a slave. In few second he exploded with a wave of flame around him, burning everybody around him. Straight up cutting down three heads with a single cut he stared deadly at his enemies. His hits were chopping flesh as swiftly as if enhanced by the power of wind. Last of frightened bandits managed to run away, and Maugash was fine with it , as long as they tell what has just happened. Looking around with peace , he felt contentment. In his desperation he called upon the elements and the elements answered. He returned back to capitol, but the father was already dead. Maugash proceeded with the burial of his father and soon was coronated as a new Herzt of Zurgar.

### Family life

Conversely to his father, Maugash cared little of concubines, feasts and fight-shows. He instead frequented to libraries, searching for higher truths. The mysteries of universe was of the upmost importance to him, as his connection with elements, changed his perception of the physical world. There he met Raela, his future wife, who allured herceg with her extensive knowledge of ancient times and mythologies, helping immensely with the Maugash'es studies. Herzt fathered two strong sons , firstborn with the name of Znugar and the second of the name Kraegol. He spared them fighting among each other and returned to tradition of naming an heir his firstborn. Maugash treasured joint feasts with his family greatly, always caring about the development of his sons. Seeing Znugar as skillful warrior , he was glad, to have an heir , regarded highly by his fighting capabilities and physique among the masses. Kraegol on the other hand was troublesome but a good kid, trying to find his own way , which fathered genuinly understand, after his own voyages.

### Maugash'es reign

Popular among military and shamanistic factions, the support of the majority, made the reign a very peaceful time. He inherited a fairly centralized and solidified authority after his father's rule, which he employed to enact unpopular laws. To ease the burden of goblins, he set-up a nominal quotas of collectivization instead of percentage one's, letting more of the harvest to stay in goblin's pocket, also he fought for delegalization of whip use at the farmlands. Abroad he ordered the pacification of Krimztones barbarians, choosing his friend Wuragar Harfang as commander. In capitol he acted to limit the feasts and illegal fighting, and to finally crack down with wide-spread sodomy. He has seen as young orcs were departing from the traditional way of life and tried to hold them back. As Maugash became High Shaman himself , a lot of folk healer Shamans entered the city, bringing along the huge advancements of medicine allowed to reduce mortality rate.

### Demise

The older Maugash grew , the more obsessed on finding the astrophysical essence of life he got. Elder Herzt was distancing himself from the managing of the realm, giving away his powers to his Inner Assembly. This on the other hand allowed for the rise of power of existing factions. This mismanagement also gave a birth to organized crime in Zurgar. In his last days he was writing The Fundaments of Universe, book recollecting transcendent forces formulating our reality. Unluckily he died of old age, unable to finish his creation. Unassured, divided realm soon plunged into Zugarian Civil War.