Borrik

Borrik is a smaller Bugbear who has left Queston after being a vetran member of the Guild back in Guildtown. During his time in Queston, he mostly lived in his room in the guildhall, choosing to stay away from other members of the guild. Though he could be seen from time to time going on runs just outside of Queston when he's not going on a quest, until his departure in the first week of 2 ALG when he returned to old guildtown.

## Status

### Status

Retired

Borrik is a Mercy Monk. Standing just under seven feet, at around 6'7", Borrik is reletively small in comparison to most bugbears. He tends to wear a simple brown shirt and brown pants. In the past he would also wear a white and green bandana, but has since stopped wearing it for one reason or another. He also has a dark cloak that he wears over his shoulders. Magic black gloves created by Mithemia is also on his hands, keeping them warm in the cold winter months.

One of the first things people will notice when talking to Borrik is just how much he stutters. Borrik is generally a shy individual, and the recent break-up with Star has just made him more shy around his fellow guildmates than before.

## Combat Style

His combat style involves running in, punching the enemy a couple of times, and running away. He will often run to his allies such as Star or Leonel to heal them on his way out as well, hitting pressure points to imbue them with extra fight in the battles. Sometimes one of his punches will hit a pressure point of the enemy, hurting them a fair bit, but he prefers to try to protect his friends and avoid combat. Though his social awkwardness makes that difficult for him.

## Background

Borrik comes from a small tribe of Bugbears, most of whom loved to fight. They'd spar with each other for fun, go raiding nearby villages for food etc. A few bugbears would stay behind and not fight as much, in Borrik's tribe, the main bugbear that he knows who didn't fight is Brivirr. Borrik wasn't a big fan of fighting and instead often snuck away to hang out with Brivirr. She taught him to cook, and play the flute. In Borrik's family, he only knew two, his father Gerrank, and his brother, Sturig. His brother was more so the opposite of Borrik, being Big, Strong, and often sparred anything he could find. He especially liked to pick fights with Borrik, and the fights weren't often stopped by anyone, since it was viewed as boys being boys even though Borrik tried to get him to stop. His tribe, as a ceremony to celebrate growing into adulthood would often send a young bugbear off to go hunt some sort of creature. Eventually, that day came for Borrik, and he was sent to go hunt a creature [Theories believe it was a griffon, due to Borrik's irrational fear of Griffons and heights, though it was not confirmed]. Borrik managed to find it, and fight it, but as he was getting close to winning, Borrik saw the look in it's eyes and stops, choosing instead to flee, having to run home. Getting back, his tribe learns he failed his task, and so he is banished.

Banished from his village at the age of 16, he travels around for about four years, looking for somewhere he belongs. He never staying in one village for very long though, as others didn't seem to trust him, especially at first as he was near his tribe of roaming bugbears. During that time, he would often end up having to steal from garbages or scour forests for food, or even just go hungry. Eventually, he comes to a small town, where Borrik meets Filo. There, Borrik grew to trust Filo, and Filo's boyfriend, Ruman. One day, Filo suggested they go to a waterfall, and there, they'd climb up to the top and jump off. At the top of the waterfall though, Borrik learned that he had a bad fear of heights, causing him to freeze in place and panic.

A few years later, Borrik's tribe ended up raiding Filo's village. In that raid, while hiding with Filo and Ruman, Sturig discovered them, and Ruman ended up giving his life to protect Filo and Borrik. However that wasn't enough, and Sturig still gave chase. So Borrik faught his brother to protect Filo. Losing the fight, but being spared his life thanks to his father, Borrik fled the scene, not wanting to see Filo after his tribe ruined her village. After traveling some more, in Mid-November of 1BLG, Borrik arrived in guildtown.

In guildtown, he first met Eilzana, who suggested he joins the guild. After joining the guild because they had a free bed, Borrik stayed to himself, choosing instead to spend his time alone. However, after attending a funeral, Borrik met Megas, who introduced him to Elias. However, on that quest where Borrik met Elias, Borrik saw Elias attack some civilians, his anger getting out of control. So for weeks afterwords, Borrik would avoid Elias. In that time though, a certain Tabaxi came upon him playing his flute, and the two grew close, spending most days together talking and playing music. However, things changed with their first kiss, when Borrik froze, remembering what happened with Filo. After being forced to talk to Star in Elias's house, the two made up, and started to date.

Around that same time, Mithemia ended up going into a coma, so for months, Star would take care of Mith while Borrik was there, trying his best to support Star. After eventually helping Mith out of it, and saving Brightwater from drow attacks, Borrik and Star took Luna, Mith's mount, to go in search of Star's father.

Arriving in Queston a few months later, Borrik and Star have a lead, and after spending some time in Queston, they follow it up, finding Star's father. Maybe less than a week after finding him though, the two have a nasty break-up that sends Borrik fleeing from Queston. Being brought back by Leonel, Megas, Star, and Onyx, Borrik is put into a cage behind Mega's house. In there, Borrik is eventually let out by Rowan and Megas. He then stayed mostly out of the way of others, choosing to keep to his room and runs outside of town, talking sometimes to Lessla. Though, after a sour interaction between the two, Borrik decided to leave town, headed back to Guildtown to figure some things out. What he's doing there, who knows? Some options he had that Aidan thought he could do was to take Leonel up on an offer, and help teach a martial arts school. Go on a search for Filo. Continue adventuring with the old guild. Work at the tea shop run by Eilzana. Just continue on where he started, wandering from town to town, searching for someplace he could belong. Or head back to his tribe. A tribe of bugbears who banished him for being too weak to contribute to the good of the tribe.

## Relationships

Megas: Having arrived in a new town, Borrik's first real friend was Megas. Since then, Megas has been a good friend with Borrik whenever he's been in a really tough spot, such as after the breakup, when Borrik was considered a criminal. Borrik considers Megas his oldest friend, and despite knowing Megas isn't the best at emotions, Borrik would trust Megas to have his back no matter what. Borrik left on good terms with Megas

Star: Borrik's relationship with Star is complicated. For the first half of 1ALG, the two were dating, and got really close. They were even engaged. However that relationship ended really badly, and Borrik would rather forget how it ended. Now Borrik can't really look at Star and thinks he owes her so much, as she has since saved his life twice. Although he can't look at Star, that is because he still likes her, and would do anything for her even if he didn't feel like he owed her. He also wasn't looking at her because he was afraid of Star.

Leonel & Barty: Leonel used to be Borrik's best friend along with his (now dead) Boyfriend, Elias. They both were the only ones Borrik felt he could talk to in this new town about his relationship with Star. Though since the break-up, while Borrik still wants to be friends with Leonel, Leonel can't really look at Borrik. For that, Borrik has been trying to avoid Leonel, hoping that by giving him space, they can be friends again. Barty on the other hand, being Leonel's bird, and the only one who can pheasably keep up with Borrik has been a great supplement, and Borrik has enjoyed running with this bird from time to time. Borrik left Question under the impression that Leonel didn't want to be friends with Borrik and more so tolerated him when they worked together.

Lessla: Aside from Megas, Borrik considers Lessla or Sin as he tends to think of her as his closest friend. She was there, sitting just outside his cage, and would listen to him when the rest of Queston hated him and would keep their distance. Though just before leaving, he made another mistake in an interaction with Lessla causing him to think Lessla hated him now too.

Rowan & Nyx II: These two guildmembers are the two guildmembers Borrik looks up to the most. Having a ton more experience than Borrik in the guild, and being the only good friends who hasn't shown any ill intents towards Borrik, Borrik would turn to them for advice if he needs some regarding guild related activities. Though he hasn't really been able to find them recently.

## Trivia

* Borrik used to be vegetarian, though when he started to date Star, he started to eat meat a bit, only to return to being vegetarian after they broke up again.
* Borrik can manage to run 165ft in one round.
* Borrik writes a lot of letters, mostly addressed to Brivirr, though his spelling is atrocious.
* Since arriving at Guildtown, Borrik has said sorry over 2000 times, though the exact number of times he's said sorry in rp hasn't been counted yet.
* Borrik has a fear of Griffons for some reason, and the cage that Megas locked Borrik in for a few weeks housed a griffon from Megas's and Borrik's first quest.
* Aidan never actually settled on what class Borrik was going to take at level 9, though he was leaning towards multiclassing into druid at levels 9 and 10. As such, his stats on this page reflect his level 8 self, and not his level 9 self.