Zurnag

Shaarat Zurnag

"The army stood at attention, hundreds of spears poked into the sky like bristles on the back of a porcupine. They eagerly watched the hill across the field, awaiting the flood of foes that would soon crest the top and crash upon them. On an armored horse sat their king, whose gaze similarly scanned across the way.

Figures came into view, maybe a dozen or so. Surely this was not their opponents? An ornamented red flag rose from this small squad, an offer of parlay. The king and his advisors rode out to meet these envoys.

Zurnag stood between his two advisors, Valkaz and Gormuun, and watched the retinue of finely dressed humans approached on horseback.

'Greetings, Sharaat Zurnag. It appears you've underdressed for our meeting.', the king chided as he motioned at the comedically small group of hobgoblins.

'Enough. Choose your champion, I wish to settle this quickly.', Zurnag barked. Moments later, a large man in gilded armor and cape rode out to his king and dismounted before bowing to his lord and unsheathing his sword.

'And your champion, Sharaat? Where are they?' the king said. Zurnag gestured towards Gormuun, who stepped forward and pulled a curved greatsword from his back as he stepped in front of Zurnag. In one motion he spun on his heels, knelt before the Sharaat, and offered up the weapon, which Zurnag took in one hand and he briskly moved towards his opponent.

'I've no need.', he said as he flourished his great blade.

The armored knight chuckled as he gripped his longsword and swung at the Sharaat with all his might. Zurnag parried the incoming blade and redirected it into the ground, pinning it under his own sword. Zurnag brought up his boot and with a mighty stomp, snapped his foe's blade in half. His free hand formed a fist, and launched into the knight's throat, making him spit out a gout of blood and saliva, dropping his broken sword to bring both his hands up to cradle his destroyed trachea. Zurnag's greatsword fell from above, cleaving the knight in two from shoulder to belly.

'There, go home King, this battle is done.'"

Zurnag is the current ruler of Sekerah . He is an aged hobgoblin warrior of renown, famous for his decisiveness, ferocity and (infamously among hobgoblins) mercy. He is a man of few words, and is reserved and calculating.
Zurnag is a veteran of many wars, and endless skirmishes with the untamable inhabitants of the nearby Goretusk Highlands . Zurnag assumed the title of Shaarat after slaying the previous chieftain in ritual combat, as is tradition. Since his assumption of rule, he has fended off numerous attempts to usurp him, including one or two assassination attempts.

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