GRAKLAK

GRAKLAK

Deep within a canyon of the Tilentel Mountains where dark magic flows from the ancient backwash of the world, a tribe of orcs continues to feed their unquenchable ambition. This Tribe has survived endless wars, genocides and slaughter for hundreds of years. Known as the Blood Eye Tribe, the Orcs have always escaped to this “Blood Canyon” when their enemies thought them dead. The Blood Eye are nomadic and feared not only for their intimidating presence and fighting, but by the Minotaur Lizards they ride. The Minotaur Lizards have been domesticated to obey the Orcs, intensifying the Orc attacks and reach to any adversary.
The Blood Eye roam the Midlands in the summer and the plains of Bravencia in the winter, raiding and looting all they encounter. The Blood Eye prefer the warmer weather so that their mounts can aid their malice year-round. Mostly hunting for slaves & elves, the Blood Eye have a reputation for causing chaos, looting and disappearing without a trace.
Although a nomadic tribe, their home base always has remained a small village in the Blood Canyon of the Tilentel Mountains. The village is centered around a deep, vast hole in the Earth of Aevras. The hole is fed by an ancient dark magic in which the orcs can heal, breed and foster unworldly creatures. A string of dilapidated shacks, fire pits, cooking areas & fighting circles comprise the primitive village. The rude shacks are primarily used for holding bounties from raids, or prisoners of whom the Orcs decided were worth keeping. The Orcs themselves sleep outside beneath the cavernous entries to the mountains, where tunnels lead to unknown places within the world of Aevras.
Only one Orc never leaves the village, Radkar, the Orc Shaman. Radkar has been in the Blood Canyon for countless years, creating, molding and bastardizing the resources of dark magic into the Blood Eye Tribe. Deep within the hole, Radkar crosses an unknown dark substance and the blood of his body to create two unique Orcs. He named them Graklak & Gurbarg, the brothers to bring the next generation of the Blood Eye.
Over the years of fighting, killing, raiding and pillaging, Graklak and Gurbarg became the strongest of the Blood Eye. The towns of Braseik, Tilvano & Aldrecht feared the Blood Eye Orcs, although they were rarely sacked due to the town fortifications. While Gurbarg was feared everywhere he went, Graklak began to develop relations with the townsfolk. People of these towns began to hire Graklak and his small band of Blood Eye Mercenaries to track and kill men with unpaid debts. Graklak’s controlled hatred of the civilized world was like no other in the tribe, and his dealings with the villages was despised by Gurbarg. Often times, Gurbarg would wait for Graklak to leave a merchant after a deal, only to ransack and murder the merchant and anyone watching.
On one fateful day in the Northern plains of the Midlands, the Blood Eye came upon a girl playing in the fields of corn. Upon seeing the Blood Eye, the girl rode her horse into a hidden entrance off the Onobron River. Gurbarg, Graklak and the Blood Eye chased the girl through the hidden passage, which lead into a secluded camp of merchants. The Blood Eye charged their Lizards, slaying the men, raping the women and enslaving the children.
Graklak stayed on his mount, frozen by the sight of fallen innocence. Something felt wrong in Graklak, a feeling never felt in past raids, why was this different? His instinct caused him to ride his Lizard Minotaur into direct collision with Gurbarg. The two circled and fought until Gurbarg rallied the Blood Eye to strike Graklak down. When on his knees, Graklak swore into the air an oath of vengeance.
Gurbarg cursed Graklak, smashing his hammer into Graklak’s head, then tossing his unconscious body into the Onobron River. Graklak floated downstream to the town of North Bridge, where he washed upon the river bank. In the darkness of a moonless night, Graklak became aware of creatures subduing him into capture…

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

6'8 350# Green Skinned Orc

Intimidating Orc with Eldritch Knight abilities. Outcasted from his Tribe, The Blood Eye, Graklak was enslaved as an underdark gladiator. After befriending the Timlets, Graklak now fights alongside his companions without mercy.

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