Grog Strongjaw

**Grog Strongjaw**, was the male goliath barbarian of the renowned Gwesser based Exandrian adventuring group Vox Machina.  He was originally part of the roaming tribes of the Herd of Storms but was exiled and forced to live a life alone, where he became successful with the former mentioned Vox Machina. In his later life after Vox Machina, retired Grog became further renowned as a great sailor of the seas.

### Description

   Grog was a goliath , a race born of the breeding of humans and giants, meaning he stood 8 feet 7 inches and weighed upward of 645 pounds. His thick grey-skinned body was tattooed with both tribe based and personal symbols, Grog took the skin with the bear tattoo, which he had flayed from Kevdak's chest and had it copied onto his back as a tattoo. After donning the Belt of Dwarvenkind, Grog has grown a thick black beard, a feat thought to be impossible for him due to male goliaths inability to grow hair. He rarely wore much more than his gauntlets, dwarven belt, and loincloth.

Despite Grog's low intelligence, he was actually smarter than most in his tribe, yet this did not stop problems occurring for the group. For most of his life, Grog was illiterate in all languages but after the retirement of Vox Machina, learned Gwessarian  and ~~dwarven~~, to some extent. At times Grog was known to be rather impulsive, acting on instincts which most likely comes from his life with the tribe. He never really worried about the consequences until afterwards or let his blade deal with them. Unlike most of the members of Vox Machina, Grog was occasionally merciless and brutal, especially when it came to a competitive situation.

### Biography

#### Adventures of Vox Machina

→*Main article: Adventures of Vox Machina*

### Abilities

Growing up in a tribe made Grog fierce, brutal and tough. It was not an easy lifestyle but he excelled at all aspects, be it wrestling other younger tribe members, fighting ferocious beasts or surviving the harshness of constant travel across the wilderness. Behaviour learned from the tribe coupled with his goliath genetics made him a killing machine able to send himself into a frenzy of anger reducing the pain he felt and increasing his ability to inflict more damage to his enemies. Over time he became tougher and more adept at utilising his rage but also during the time with Vox Machina, he trained to improve his skill with weapons meaning not only was his rage fearsome and deadly for enemies but he was also a proficient combatant with most weapons.

### Notable items

   Grog was arguably the only member of Vox Machina that did not have a trademark weapon. He used axes, swords, hammers and any weapon he could get hold of, yet he has had weapons more notable than others. First of all, Craven edge was a sentient, thick, onyx, two-handed greatsword, which he retrieved from Sylas Briarwood. Imbued with dark arcane power, Craven Edge drained strength from the foes it struck, absorbing their blood into its blade. In the case that it was not satiated, then it would consume the soul of its wielder, as it did with Grog. Another sword he wielded was the Sword of Kas. Both of these weapons were given up by Grog, put into a pocket dimension and given to Highbearer Vord Yelyarus, respectively. For a time, Grog used the Bloodaxe, which previously belonged to his uncle Kevdak, that used the blood of its enemies to heal the wielder. Additional he also used both the Dwarven thrower hammer and the Firebrand Warhammer.

Despite not wearing armour, Grog wore some notable pieces. Most significantly Grog wore the Titanstone knuckles, braces forged on Exandria from the heart of an Elder, that increase is strength beyond that normally able for a being. Grog also wore a belt of dwarvenkind, which was the only reason he was able to grow a beard as normally goliaths were unable to grow any hair due to their thick skin and also allowed him to better learn ~~dwarven~~ in later life.

Unfortunately, at one point during the career of Vox Machina, Grog came across a deck of many things. One of the many magic decks across the universe which contained a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. As soon as a card was drawn, a specific magical effect immediately. Each card has a different effect: either amazing and great or immensely destructive. The cards are split was rumoured to be about 50/50 between good and awful, and this deck was widely regarded as one of the most powerful artifacts across the universe.