Khawaji
04-16-2016, 01:29 AM
Name: Ruarcc the Blind
Age: 36
Race: Ogre
Class: Hunter/Exile
Place of Birth: Scar Mountain
Appearance: Ruarcc is a true giant, tall even for an Ogre. He stands just over 11 feet tall and is lean for his people, only weighing around 1300 lbs. His skin is covered in age spots and the scars of many battles. His right eye is cloudy and his right ear is torn. What hair he has is mostly white although here and there remain some of his original sand colored hair. Although he has the appearance of old age Ruarcc moves with the ease and power of a much younger Ogre. Anyone with much experience quickly recognizes the carriage of a veteran warrior.
He wears a hide belted kilt, fur boots and a great patchwork cloak of furs. His armor is a sleeveless hauberk of hardened auroch leather scales that falls to just above his knees over a sleeveless gambeson of many layers of thin scraped hide, bronze greaves worn over his boots and bronze vambraces. Over his leather armor he wears a dark red (appears black from any distance) metal scale girdle. He also carries a great leather side bag slung over his shoulder full of the simple necessities of a hunter.
He is most often encountered with his two traveling companions. A sow northern bear named Grit (for the noise she makes with her teeth) and Silent a great grey owl (for the noise she doesn’t make). From a distance Grit can appear like a large dog plodding along next to Ruarcc (she “only” weights about 500 lbs).
Weapons: A dark red (appears black from any distance) metal scale kite shield, rune covered claymore (used as a one handed sword), sea elf curved short sword (used as a knife), heavy cavalry spear (used as a hunting spear) and a felling axe (used as a forest axe)
Personality: Ruarcc is an exceptional Ogre in many ways. He relishes combat and will seek out the most dangerous of foes, but he is no berserker, remaining always calm and seemingly detached. He never panics and most would call him level headed. His hatred for Orcs borders on pathological and he has been known to seek them out for “sport”. Everyone else he doesn’t seem to care about either way (even dwarves). He is not the fastest of thinkers but he is not dumb by any races standard. Those who underestimate Ruarcc always pay a heavy price. Those who show him kindness or at least courtesy have made a friend for life, even if that wasn’t there intention or the feeling is not mutual. Although violent by the standards of civilization he is a honorable and fearless warrior who respects courage. He prides himself on never underestimating a foe and he is a master of judging others, both in there combat skill and trustworthiness.
Backstory: Ruarcc was born in a cave high on the side of Scar Mountain. His mother was from a clan famous for there Smashers and his father was a feared Mountain Priest. His father had worked many rituals over his mother while Ruarcc was still in her womb. Unfortunately his mother died in childbirth and he was born sickly, blind in his right eye and deaf in his right ear. But Ruarcc survived, and even thrived as he quickly grew. It was soon evident that he would be tall for his age and leaner than others of his kind. Ruarcc was always strong, but there were always some others of his height that were stronger. Now fully grown Ruarcc is stronger than most, as few can match his great height, but the largest of Crushers are stronger still. If he gives up something in strength, he more than makes up for it in his speed, agility and quickness. In this no living Ogre, or even recent memory can match him. He also has great stamina and heals quickly, he can walk for days at a pace that can match a horse and sleeps little. He learned young that he was different. He needed to compensate for the weakness of his right side senses. And what is left of his sight and hearing are different, special really. He can see the invisible, spirits/ghosts, aura (he can’t really read what it means, but it makes it impossible to hide from him), he sees illusions as mere overlays and knows them for what they are; he knows the undead on sight and can see the aura of enchantments. He knows auditory illusions when he hears them and he can’t be deafened even by great and/or sudden noises and perhaps most importantly he knows a lie when he hears one. When he was still young his father died in an Orc raid. His mother’s clan cast him out as an oddity and for his insult of having killed her.
He became a hunter and an exile, wandering the wilderness far and wide. Teaching himself or learning from others whenever possible. He aided and traded with wilderness villages and trading posts, occasionally working as a caravan guard through the worst wilderness and mountain areas. Over time he earned a reputation as a fierce and powerful warrior, and then the challenges began. Knights and warriors of renown began to seek him out to challenge him to single combat. He has fought many, often against his will. He has never lost. His sight has aided him in acquiring some enchanted items from his many foes; some he has traded over the years only keeping what suited him. Both his swords are enchanted and were acquired from defeated knights (a human and a sea elf). His shield and girdle are an enchanted matching set, gifted to him by a sorcerer he rescued from captivity in a bandit camp. He wears an enchanted silver fox pendant on a raw hide cord under his armor. His armor, although not enchanted is greatly prized as well. It was a gift from The Order of Rangers for aiding them on several occasions during the Rangers’ War. He does not know what the powers of his swords are, but he does know they are enchanted and very though and sharp (most swords he has used in the past end up broken quickly). The sorcerer told him the girdle protects as heavy plate steel and protects its wearer from fire and heat and the shield itself is immune to fire and heat and does not conduct heat; it also protects as heavy plate steel and is nearly indestructible. Ruarcc is not sure what the fox pendant does but it was the first enchanted item he ever encountered (he took it from the first knight who challenged him actually).
He has traveled widely and few can match his skill at arms or his woods lore. He is a master of snares, traps and the reading of sign. His companion Grit has been with him for nearly 5 years and seems to feel the need to protect Ruarcc as if he was one of her long gone cubs. Those getting between Ruarcc and Grit are in a truly bad place. Silent has traveled with them for the last 3 years and seems to have a particular dislike for the undead, always alerting Ruarcc when one is near.
Location: The wilderness near Ruma.
Age: 36
Race: Ogre
Class: Hunter/Exile
Place of Birth: Scar Mountain
Appearance: Ruarcc is a true giant, tall even for an Ogre. He stands just over 11 feet tall and is lean for his people, only weighing around 1300 lbs. His skin is covered in age spots and the scars of many battles. His right eye is cloudy and his right ear is torn. What hair he has is mostly white although here and there remain some of his original sand colored hair. Although he has the appearance of old age Ruarcc moves with the ease and power of a much younger Ogre. Anyone with much experience quickly recognizes the carriage of a veteran warrior.
He wears a hide belted kilt, fur boots and a great patchwork cloak of furs. His armor is a sleeveless hauberk of hardened auroch leather scales that falls to just above his knees over a sleeveless gambeson of many layers of thin scraped hide, bronze greaves worn over his boots and bronze vambraces. Over his leather armor he wears a dark red (appears black from any distance) metal scale girdle. He also carries a great leather side bag slung over his shoulder full of the simple necessities of a hunter.
He is most often encountered with his two traveling companions. A sow northern bear named Grit (for the noise she makes with her teeth) and Silent a great grey owl (for the noise she doesn’t make). From a distance Grit can appear like a large dog plodding along next to Ruarcc (she “only” weights about 500 lbs).
Weapons: A dark red (appears black from any distance) metal scale kite shield, rune covered claymore (used as a one handed sword), sea elf curved short sword (used as a knife), heavy cavalry spear (used as a hunting spear) and a felling axe (used as a forest axe)
Personality: Ruarcc is an exceptional Ogre in many ways. He relishes combat and will seek out the most dangerous of foes, but he is no berserker, remaining always calm and seemingly detached. He never panics and most would call him level headed. His hatred for Orcs borders on pathological and he has been known to seek them out for “sport”. Everyone else he doesn’t seem to care about either way (even dwarves). He is not the fastest of thinkers but he is not dumb by any races standard. Those who underestimate Ruarcc always pay a heavy price. Those who show him kindness or at least courtesy have made a friend for life, even if that wasn’t there intention or the feeling is not mutual. Although violent by the standards of civilization he is a honorable and fearless warrior who respects courage. He prides himself on never underestimating a foe and he is a master of judging others, both in there combat skill and trustworthiness.
Backstory: Ruarcc was born in a cave high on the side of Scar Mountain. His mother was from a clan famous for there Smashers and his father was a feared Mountain Priest. His father had worked many rituals over his mother while Ruarcc was still in her womb. Unfortunately his mother died in childbirth and he was born sickly, blind in his right eye and deaf in his right ear. But Ruarcc survived, and even thrived as he quickly grew. It was soon evident that he would be tall for his age and leaner than others of his kind. Ruarcc was always strong, but there were always some others of his height that were stronger. Now fully grown Ruarcc is stronger than most, as few can match his great height, but the largest of Crushers are stronger still. If he gives up something in strength, he more than makes up for it in his speed, agility and quickness. In this no living Ogre, or even recent memory can match him. He also has great stamina and heals quickly, he can walk for days at a pace that can match a horse and sleeps little. He learned young that he was different. He needed to compensate for the weakness of his right side senses. And what is left of his sight and hearing are different, special really. He can see the invisible, spirits/ghosts, aura (he can’t really read what it means, but it makes it impossible to hide from him), he sees illusions as mere overlays and knows them for what they are; he knows the undead on sight and can see the aura of enchantments. He knows auditory illusions when he hears them and he can’t be deafened even by great and/or sudden noises and perhaps most importantly he knows a lie when he hears one. When he was still young his father died in an Orc raid. His mother’s clan cast him out as an oddity and for his insult of having killed her.
He became a hunter and an exile, wandering the wilderness far and wide. Teaching himself or learning from others whenever possible. He aided and traded with wilderness villages and trading posts, occasionally working as a caravan guard through the worst wilderness and mountain areas. Over time he earned a reputation as a fierce and powerful warrior, and then the challenges began. Knights and warriors of renown began to seek him out to challenge him to single combat. He has fought many, often against his will. He has never lost. His sight has aided him in acquiring some enchanted items from his many foes; some he has traded over the years only keeping what suited him. Both his swords are enchanted and were acquired from defeated knights (a human and a sea elf). His shield and girdle are an enchanted matching set, gifted to him by a sorcerer he rescued from captivity in a bandit camp. He wears an enchanted silver fox pendant on a raw hide cord under his armor. His armor, although not enchanted is greatly prized as well. It was a gift from The Order of Rangers for aiding them on several occasions during the Rangers’ War. He does not know what the powers of his swords are, but he does know they are enchanted and very though and sharp (most swords he has used in the past end up broken quickly). The sorcerer told him the girdle protects as heavy plate steel and protects its wearer from fire and heat and the shield itself is immune to fire and heat and does not conduct heat; it also protects as heavy plate steel and is nearly indestructible. Ruarcc is not sure what the fox pendant does but it was the first enchanted item he ever encountered (he took it from the first knight who challenged him actually).
He has traveled widely and few can match his skill at arms or his woods lore. He is a master of snares, traps and the reading of sign. His companion Grit has been with him for nearly 5 years and seems to feel the need to protect Ruarcc as if he was one of her long gone cubs. Those getting between Ruarcc and Grit are in a truly bad place. Silent has traveled with them for the last 3 years and seems to have a particular dislike for the undead, always alerting Ruarcc when one is near.
Location: The wilderness near Ruma.