An archealogist orc, who was taught by the illusive Thri-Kreen. Al-Badian in decent and favored by the God of adventure Najm, Karash is destined to make great discovery.

Born of House Nasr in the Tribe of the Black Kite, Karash Bruul was raised in the ways of the Al-Badir. The desert nomads of Zakhara are known for worshipping the land closely, and abiding by the ebb and flow of the desert and its gifts. From a young age, Karash was taught the importance of tending to the Great Desert Mosque, holiest of sights to the Al-Badir. It was sometime during this tending of the Mosque, that he experienced a vision from the god, Najm the Adventurous. Najm showed Karash some of the splendors and curiosities of the world. Buried tombs, sprawling ancient libraries, vast riches, and technology beyond imagination. Najm believed Karash to be blessed by Fate; a fate that would lead to great discovery. Najm told him to go and seek the illusive Thri-Kreen. A bug people of the desert very in tune with psychic powers and abilities. They would be an intrinsic part of Karash's education and training in the ways of ancient Zakhara. At the ripe age of 15, Karash set out on his journey.
Karash would spend the next two decades searching for these bug creatures. All the while he would explore every tomb, grave, and ruin, he stumbled across. Selling his skills to map out dungeons and the land more accurately than the maps of the time. Finally, after many years of searching, he was able to come into contact with a small settlement of the Thri-Kreen just outside of the Ruins of Rog'Osto. Karash learned about their culture and was taught how to better read, write, and deal with social situations by training his mind with the Kreen. He learned that though the Thri-Kreen possessed great mental capabilities they lived very brief lives. Usually only cresting the 30's with the oldest recorded Kreen living to 50. Karash also learned that much of the origin of the Thri-Kreen race is mired in strange parable describing a creator race who "placed them in the desert". This has piqued Karash's curiosity and he always is looking for information on his bug compatriots and this strange creator race...
One of the Kreen of the settlement named Vramlex, grew an affinity to Karash. Vram became a teacher, in a way, of many things and traveled with the orc. Vramlex was always known to wear a brown adventure's Panama hat which he would later gifted to Karash. This would become a staple of Karash's look along with a long brown-leather trench coat that he keeps open with no undershirt and a very large greatsword. During their travels, Karash learned of a mythical fountain that could grant eternal life called the Waters of Shambalam. He made it his goal to find this for his friend and teacher But his clock is short as of 1367 only a year or two remains...
While traveling in the Pearl Colonies with Vramlex, Karash was kidnapped and framed into service for an Amnian Naval Fleet, allegedly for stealing goods from the Trading Co. Racism is very common for foreigners (especially Amnians), that believe Orcs are just brutish muscle to be forced into work or savage beasts not capable of coherent thought. It was during this time in service that Karash met Nim Teirastra. A half-elf female who was native to Amn, however, did not share the biased views of the people who had captured Karash. She was foul-mouthed, very unladylike, and a sailor through and through, but perhaps that is why they grew attracted to each other. Karash served as a part of the Pearl Colony Fleet for several years solely because he had fallen in love with Nim. He nearly even forgot his previous goals of helping Vram and making discoveries in the name of Najm.
Nim and Karash trained hard every day in greatsword (called Spadone in Amn) combat. This was because they had planned to use Nim's saved money from service, as well as her rank accommodation to redeploy to Chult. A dangerous jungle full of thunderlizards and snakemen, were only Spadone Brigades managed to map the jungles and come out alive. Mere months before they were able to begin their plan, however, the Pearl Colony Navy was drawn into a Trade War between the Pearl Colony Trading Co. and the Dambrath Banking Confederacy. A brutal and bloody set of battles on the sea ensued. During a night ambush from the Banking Confederacy's special military force, the Rouges of Opulence, Nim sacrificed her life to save Karash. Heart-broken and blaming himself Karash deserted mid-battle, stealing a dingy and rowing himself into the treacherous seas...
Fate watching over him, Karash was able to wash back ashore the coasts of North Zakhara. Devastated, Karash cursed Najm allowed. The god once again appeared before him. Najm was not mad and in fact, pitied the Orc, but explained that this is Fate. Sometimes cruel and unclear but never for no reason. So Najm granted Karash the knowledge of a language that he referred to as the "Architect Script". A very foreign-looking language that Karash had never seen, but Najm guaranteed would be imperatively useful to the orc.
Using his skills as an archeologist and trained militant, Karash donned his Amnian Greatsword and continued his quests of discovery across the deserts, in search of his master, the elusive fountain of eternal life and this strange Architect's Script.

Date of Birth

17th of Riyah, 1323DR

Gender

Male

Eyes

Deep Green

Hair

Brunette

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Tanned Leather

Height

6ft 7in

Weight

285lbs