*bookmarks*<br/><br/>I presume we post our chars in our first post in OOC for easy finding.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Thurok</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong> Thurok </strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/7f/f8/1e7ff8988b2a0d5c0012fe48011cf873.jpg)</div> <strong>Thurok</strong> was born at the <em>Westgate</em> (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Westgate), to a prostitute mother who had decided keep him as a bard (his father) promised to come to fetch her and take out from the crappy life of prostitution. However, father never came, turning mother bitter and that bitterness was extended to Thurok whom she viewed only as a burden as she took care of him. Viewing him only as an exit ticket from Westgate which was not nicest cities live in, especially as poor.<br/><br/>Thurok, however, tried his best to earn his mother's love, he went apprentice under a blacksmith who forged weapons for mercenaries. His adept hands along with building a strong body and stamina earned him an apprenticeship (and that he promised work free in return for tuition and earn coin only for work he does and mentor gets half of the products he sells to clients). However, that apprenticeship came to a halting end for a young teen as the blacksmith had become addicted to alcohol and drugs, taken debt, and failed to meet his dues. Then thieves guild came to take his life, workshop, and his tools as collateral. The only reason Thurok survived as he went deliver to the client a battleax and war hammer (which the client refused pay cause he wanted some carvings done to them) and as he returned, saw what was happening and as smart young lad he walked away from the scene.<br/><br/>However Thurok was a tight spot, he had only the weapons in his hands and build up smith's body. So he sought coin through the art of violence which was so common trade in the city, scrapping together an intimidating looking studded leather armour from the shop and add skull of wolf and paint his face and overall take 'savage brute' appearance and start talk slower with a fake tribal accent to sell himself as sellsword for hire. But end becoming mere street thug who worked any gangs who could pay and in brutal self-training and adrenaline from the street, fights helped make him survive! Eventually, the thieves guild, Night Masks (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Night_Masks_(guild)) took note, also learning his true identity thanks he visited mother regularly give coin from beatings he delivered (and took) in street life. Then guild gave him choice; work for them or he is considered as competition for their business and taken out.<br/><br/>With little choice he joined, working on guild to pay debt he racked working as a solo operator in Westgate. He was assigned under lieutenant Garak The Crimson (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/b3/1f/a5b31fbc032df50b50a11cf783c0dd6c.jpg), a former pit fighter turned into thuggish arts and he gave Thurok tutoring how to wield his axe and hammer combination properly in a fight and dirty simple tactics. He served under countess Dora Lamasse (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/34ad5fb9-5141-4c02-b1a2-4dc460019e7b/ddhi0qu-f22d246a-6dec-4550-b894-61f392d93198.jpg/v1/crop/w_247,h_350,x_0,y_0,scl_0.27555555555556,q_70,strp/victoria_webster_by_kate_fox_ddhi0qu-350t.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMTMyIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMzRhZDVmYjktNTE0MS00YzAyLWIxYTItNGRjNDYwMDE5ZTdiXC9kZGhpMHF1LWYyMmQyNDZhLTZkZWMtNDU1MC1iODk0LTYxZjM5MmQ5MzE5OC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9ODAwIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.N4CPYTI162xMdcoD6yFFWDv8Gxli6ww5Mivm-uaw8Rw), who despite the innocent carefree look with baby blue eyes, is fierce cold-blooded bitch when provoked. In her case (and lieutenants) she ran the secret protection rackets in the city and most their jobs involved secure payments, protect businesses from sabotages (and if not, avenge merchant from such) and driving out competition.<br/><br/>It just happens one point his lieutenant got tasked to attack an entire crew of pirates, which was suicidal in numbers-wise. But they had a plan which they executed fairly well; it involved Thurok taunt and draw the attention of guards by acting as drunk barbarian and provoke a fistfight with them. He managed to draw their attention as rest of the crew went in, set their ship on fire and cause an explosion which knocked out and killed most rest of pirates. Leaving now suddenly sober tribal barbarian fighting several inner sea pirates in docks alone and manage to beat them. His lieutenant was impressed by this, as he very expected to find his corpse in docks than found alive when he initially made the plan. Thurok got a bit upset about it but he got paid well and he got mentoring to more scoundrel skills by Garak and other members in his unit. <br/><br/>He kept his appearance and alias though (despite advanced training), as it helps blend in with mercenary and sellsword crowd and make him less of the suspect for the cons the assigned group pulled off. Eventually he earned enough pay his debt and be again relatively free again, also his guild contact informed about grand gathering of bards in Suzail and hint he could find his father there. After earning enough coin travel to Suzail in time of the grand gathering of bards, Thurok intents have few choice words with his father, and depending on his reply he either returns home with his father...or his father's head as tribute to his mother.<br/><br/>  Character Sheet (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2353274)<br/></div></div>