Mug Dar

Mug Dar hails from a valley nestled between great cliffs and a towering mountain range, rich with iron. His mother and father are both Orcs. His father is the leader of his tribe, second only to the High King of the Valley. His mother is Supreme Executioner of not just their tribe, but of the entire valley. Mug Dar was born at a very unintended time, in the midst of an execution. Born into Bloodshed, covered not only with his blood but that of another, he quickly became accustomed to seeing and spilling blood as he aged.

Though he was born a human, Orc blood runs in his veins. His appearance was no shock to his mother or father, as the curse that befouled him was one from an age long past. During the Orcs' first generations in the valley, a human army descended upon them, with aims of genocide and claiming the rich iron mountains. The war was bloody, and was not over quickly; it lasted for 3 winters. On the turn of the fourth summer, just as the ice was melting, the Orcs weak and weary and down to half their once great numbers, launched one final assualt to win, or die quickly. It is this final assualt that brought the curse down on them. They succeeded in driving back the human invaders, and managed to slay their leader in the process. Their leader, as it turned out, was the son of a powerful witch. Rather than end them quickly with a plague or by other means.. She cursed the Orcs. As the first full Blood Moon rose into the sky, heralding the arrival of the new year, she stood under its light atop the iron mountains. Her voice, though low, carried on the wind across the entire valley, "as blood of my blood was spilled on lands of iron, by hands of fire I burn your unborn in molten desire, and in their ash a human child will be born as first in lands of iron."

So being his father's first born, Mug Dar was born a human. Though his tribe did not resent him for his curse, Mugdar was denied his rights as first born to succeeding his father. Over the years, he learned the ways of battle with his tribe's army, mastering both scimitar and tower shield. He proved himself many times in combat, in both gladiatorial fights to the death for honor, and on the battlefields of war. Mug Dar was eventually revered as a legend -- at least, as much as one of the Blood Moon children could be -- amongst the warriors of the great armies of the valley. However, this was not enough for Mug Dar. He wanted his rightful place as heir to his father's legacy, or nothing at all. So he set out, in search of the one thing he longed for if he could not have his birthright: his own legacy...of bloodshed.