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Goroth Orc Hunter
chaotic evilHumanoid

Goroth Orc Hunter

The name Goroth means stone-shadow in an old orcish hunting cant. Goroth hunters are not a separate species, but a feared tradition among the orcs of Ember Pass. They are trained to remain motionle...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Goroth Orc Raider
chaotic evilHumanoid

Goroth Orc Raider

Goroth earned his name by holding a burning pass long enough for an orc warband to escape a pursuing militia. Since then, he has served as the first axe of the Ash-Tusk raiders, taking the most dan...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Harrowroot
Neutral evilUndead

Harrowroot

Harrowroot was once the guardian of a sacred grove that protected a nearby settlement. During a famine, the villagers cut the grove's oldest trees and burned the guardian's shrine. The dying spirit...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Warped Elk
UnalignedBeast

Warped Elk

The first warped elk were ordinary animals driven through a woodland crossing that remembered every creature that had ever passed through it. Their descendants now inherit fragments of those memori...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Shadowspawn Skirmisher
Usually chaotic neutralMonstrosity

Shadowspawn Skirmisher

The first Shadowspawn Skirmishers appeared when the Sylvan Breach opened beneath an ancient grove. Druids describe them as the breach's nervous system, darting ahead of larger guardians to locate i...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Shadowspawn Thornbeast
UnalignedPlant

Shadowspawn Thornbeast

The first Shadowspawn Thornbeasts were once guardians of sacred woodland crossings. When the Sylvan Breach opened, the roots around it drank in shadow until their protective instincts became violen...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Obsidian Tribunal Cultist
Lawful evilHumanoid

Obsidian Tribunal Cultist

The Obsidian Tribunal teaches that mercy is evidence of corruption. Its cultists travel between settlements, declaring impromptu judgments against travelers, officials, and anyone carrying forbidde...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Obsidian Tribunal Inquisitor
Lawful evilHumanoid

Obsidian Tribunal Inquisitor

The Obsidian Tribunal claims to preserve order along lawless roads, but its verdicts are purchased by merchants, nobles, and crime bosses. Inquisitors are taught that hesitation is an admission of ...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Gorosh Warband Orc
Chaotic evilHumanoid

Gorosh Warband Orc

The Gorosh Warband Orcs are named for Gorosh One-Ear, a brutal raider who marks successful attacks with a red handprint. Lesser warriors earn status by breaking defensive lines, stealing valuable a...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Shadowspawn Skirmisher
Neutral evilFiend

Shadowspawn Skirmisher

Shadowspawn Skirmishers are the disposable scouts and infiltrators of the Midnight Sabotage. They are sent ahead to identify weak points, silence sentries, and create confusion before more dangerou...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Obsidian Tribunal Infiltrator Agent
Lawful evilHumanoid

Obsidian Tribunal Infiltrator Agent

The Obsidian Tribunal rarely sends an agent to win a battle. It sends one to make a victory meaningless. The infiltrator cuts bridge cables, poisons signal lamps, swaps command seals, disables ward...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Blackmaw Ancestor, the Fettersworn
Lawful neutral, corrupted toward lawful evilCelestial

Blackmaw Ancestor, the Fettersworn

The Blackmaw Clan once believed that its greatest leaders became luminous ancestors who guarded the clan's crypts and guided its war chiefs. Al'garok discovered that these spirits could be chained ...

by Paladin34586Jul 21
Firelash Company Commanders
Lawful evilHumanoid

Firelash Company Commanders

The Firelash Company began as a group of goblin scavengers assigned to clean an abandoned battlefield. They recovered an orcish officer's weapon designs, a cracked spellbook, and a cache of unstabl...

by Paladin34586Jul 21
Dark Shaman Nok'tok the Earthbinder
Chaotic neutralHumanoid

Dark Shaman Nok'tok the Earthbinder

For decades, Nok'tok was sidelined by the Blackmaw Horde's orthodox shamans, who believed the elements must be approached separately and that the ancestors demanded obedience rather than negotiatio...

by Paladin34586Jul 21
Blackmaw Champion Tol'jak
lawful evilHumanoid

Blackmaw Champion Tol'jak

Tol'jak was born during a winter when the Blackmaw Stronghold nearly starved. As a young troll, he learned that hunger could be defeated through discipline, organization, and the ruthless control o...

by Paladin34586Jul 21
General Al'grash Bloodaxe
Lawful evilHumanoid

General Al'grash Bloodaxe

General Al'grash Bloodaxe is one of the most dangerous generals of the Blackmaw Horde. He earned his title by defeating rival clans in a series of brutal campaigns, each victory ending with the cap...

by Paladin34586Jul 21
Chainkeeper
Lawful EvilHumanoid

Chainkeeper

The Chainkeeper's chains are engraved with names rather than numbers because the spire's masters claim that a name makes a captive easier to break. The Chainkeeper knows which prisoners are valuabl...

by Rogue26577Jul 21
The Unwritten Augur
Lawful neutralHumanoid

The Unwritten Augur

The augur was once the chief census-mage of a powerful city-state. After discovering that every major disaster began as a statistically insignificant choice, it abandoned ordinary governance and be...

by Monk52734Jul 21
Crypt Skeleton
lawful evilUndead

Crypt Skeleton

The chapel's last keeper recorded that every burial required a candle to be lit beside the bier. Yesterday, the chapel was empty. Today, a fresh human skull rests on the stone, and the first Crypt ...

by Fighter52740Jul 21
Echo of Creation
NeutralElemental

Echo of Creation

When the Nova’s Heart shatters its vessel, its surviving will may awaken as the Echo of Creation. This avatar embodies choice and consequence, judging those who would reshape Arcanterra’s leylines....

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Ashen Marshal
lawful neutralHumanoid

Ashen Marshal

The first Ashen Marshals served an empire that believed peace could only be achieved through perfect military control. When that empire fell, its commanders sealed their battle doctrine into enchan...

by Monk52734Jul 21
Leyborn Pulse Golem
UnalignedConstruct

Leyborn Pulse Golem

The Leyborn Pulse Golem was not intentionally built. During the failed casting now called The Broken Incantation, the spell's defensive energy sought a vessel and assembled one from ritual iron, cr...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Chain Warden
UnalignedConstruct

Chain Warden

The Chain Warden was built to imprison a spell known as the Ninth Binding, an incantation capable of chaining thoughts, souls, and even magical effects. When the ritual was interrupted, the spell f...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21
Shadowblade Korruk
Neutral EvilHumanoid

Shadowblade Korruk

Korruk was once the silent enforcer of a cabal attempting to complete an impossible spell. When the ritual fractured, it fused his shadow to his body and left him able to step through darkness. He ...

by Gunnelock76Jul 21

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