Bornaby Järnnäve
Ranger
Bornaby Järnnäve
Species
Half-Orc
Appearance
Bornaby Järnnäve is a towering half-orc whose presence makes doorframes, chandeliers, and ordinary conversation seem undersized. His skin has the muted green-gray tone of rain-darkened stone, textured with old scratches and tiny pale scars. One lower tusk is capped in polished brass, while the other is chipped from a wolf trap he once refused to release. He moves with surprising quiet for someone so massive, placing each foot as carefully as a hunter crossing thin ice. His hands are broad, callused, and permanently stained with berry syrup, soot, and iron filings. The unexpected contradiction is his delicacy: he can carry three full kegs at once, yet handles every pastry, songbird, and sleeping child as though it might break from a careless breath. He leaves people with the impression of a storm cloud that has learned table manners.
“A low, gravelly baritone with careful pauses. Bornaby speaks Common slowly and clearly, as if each sentence is a tool he expects others to use.”
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Distinguishing Features
A brass cap on his left lower tusk engraved with a tiny bear.
A pale scar crossing the bridge of his nose and disappearing beneath his right eye.
A missing fingertip on his left index finger, replaced by a carved wooden thimble-like guard.
A ring of tiny wooden bears around his wrist, each carved for a person he has sheltered.
His shadow sometimes seems to lag half a heartbeat behind him near the tavern's ancient spring.
Voice
“Low, gravelly, and surprisingly gentle when speaking to children or animals”
Clothing
A smoke-brown wool shirt, a dark green leather apron reinforced with hidden metal plates, patched charcoal trousers, and heavy boots wrapped in strips of red cloth. He wears a faded ranger's cloak inside out, showing its quilted lining, and keeps a string of tiny carved wooden bears around his left wrist.
Body Language
Bornaby stands squarely but rarely looms on purpose. When listening, he lowers his head until one ear is nearly level with the speaker's mouth. His fingers drum slow hunting rhythms on the bar when danger is near. When ashamed, he polishes his brass-capped tusk with his sleeve.
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