[b]Name:[/b] Bel-Gond the Metal Wall.
[b]Age:[/b] 20
[b]Sex:[/b] Male
[b]Breed:[/b] Half Orc/ Half Dwarf

[b]Appearance:[/b]
Bel-Gond is somewhat taller then the average dwarf, but is somewhat smaller then the average orc as well, resulting in many of those seeing him believing him to be much younger then he actually is. While he might lack the height that most orcs are known for it seems to have been compensated by having all the strength and endurance of the average orc warrior condensed into a smaller, more focused package; With a pair of broad shoulders and the muscles of someone seemingly made to wear and move easily in heavy armor, Bel-Gond is a dangerous orc to pick a fight with. 

Bald by choice due to shaving to better wear his helmet, Bel-Gond does have a small but bright red beard growing out of his chin that he keeps surprisingly clean and tidy.   

[b]Skills/Abilities:[/b][indent]- 
- [b]'More Weight':[/b]Ever since he graduated from the Pikes into the Blades, Bel-Gond has proven himself an oddity by being able to wear a second layer of orcish plate into battle; While he might have moved slower then the rest of the blades, his prowess when he enters combat cannot be denied. This second layer of plate armor has allowed Bel-Gond to survive attacks that would normally hassle one layer of orcish armor. 
- [b]Ambidextrous[/b]: A skill that he has trained himself to take advantage of, Bel-Gond can use both hands easily enough. 
- [b]Shield Fighter:[/b] One of the few orcs in the company to have adopted the use of a shield, if in a slightly unorthodox way; Bel-Gond views the Shield to be a melee weapon cable of bludgeoning and slicing that just so happens to be good at defending the wielder. Many of Bel-Gond's foes have been surprised to find that the edges of his shield are as sharpened as any sword could hope to be... normally it is the last surprise they ever have.     
-[b]Blacksmith:[/b] Bel-Gond has the know-how and abilities to create and maintain his own equipment. He is happy to do the same for others if they ask respectfully enough. 
-[b]Knows Dwarfish:[/b]Bel-Gond can speak, understand and read most Dwarfish. A useful talent, but not one he gets to practice that often anymore.[/indent]

[b]Equipment:[/b][indent]- 
- Two layers of heavy armor (Left arm painted red, everything else painted white to better show off the blood.)
- One helmet (Visored)
- One falchion
- One shield (Custom made, it is a solid piece of metal with edges as sharp as a sword. Painted White to better show off the blood). 
- One dagger.
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[b]History:[/b][indent]Bel-Gond was the bastard offspring of an orcish raider and his dwarven mother Cherri. Strange for this sort of situation was the fact that Cherri decided to keep the child, naming him Bel-Gond after her grandfather and raising him in as loving a family home as she could provide. While the small family were both considered outcasts and scorned by those around them, Cherri raised her son on good dwarven values and did the best she could with what little she could get. She even managed to convince a dwarfish blacksmith to take Bel-Gond on as an apprentice for a time.

When Bel-Gond came of age at 14 he left home to join the newly formed Nar Mat Kordh-Ishi shortly after he heard of it because it was the only organization he had ever heard of that had any chance of actually paying him a decent wage. Before he left he promised his mother two things. The first was that whatever he got paid, he would send half of it back home to her to help her out. The second was that he would always honor his dwarven heritage.

Bel-Gond's time in the Pikes was his first real introduction to his Orcish heritage and it was an eye opener in a number of things, but not as unpleasant as it could have been after Bel-Gond had orcish beaten into him. Bel-Gond was never a problem that the Drillmasters needed to smack back into line; This made them watch him like a hawk, wary that this strange and unorcish behavior was merely a cover for more subtle issues that needed to be beaten out of the halfie. This extra surveillance by the Drillmasters actually benefited Bel-Gond a bit due to the additional training that they would put him through, as well as discouraging the more problematic orcs from attacking him due to bringing themselves into the attention of the Drillmasters.

When his training in the Pikes was complete, Bel-Gond went to the blades and learned three important lessons. 1: Even while wearing the same amount of equipment as everyone else he was still much slower then them. 2. He could carry more weight then just about everyone else. 3. Shields were a weapon that few people understood the value of. These revelations resulted in Bel-Gond donning a second layer of armor and creating a shield worthy of an orcish warrior. While many of his fellow orcs considered him something of a strange coward because of the shield, this mockery did not last for long. 

The next battle that the company took part in was a brutally bloody one for the Blades, resulting in a large number of losses. Bel-Gond was the center-point of his warband's defense, surviving blows that would have felled any other orc and dishing out more death and injury then their human opponents thought possible. His actions on the field rallied the survivors of his warband around him to hold the line until the humans finally routed and either died or fled. His skill and heroics earned him his ascension to the Chosen of the First Company.                  [/indent]

[b]Personality and Psychological profile:[/b][indent]Bel-Gond was born and given as dwarven upbringing by a loving mother, despite the hardship and pain that doing so caused her over the years. Bel-Gond is absolutely devoted to his mother for everything she has done for him and to this day still arranges for half of his earnings to be sent back home in order to give her something to help support her. While his six years with the company has taught him much about what it means to be an orc, Bel-Gond still practices some dwarvish traditions that mean a lot to him; He still highly treasures his dwarven roots, even if he dislikes a lot of dwarfs. They made his mother's life hell after all... 

He is actually somewhat steady tempered and hard to provoke into anger... Unless you insult his mother. Insulting his mother is a fast way to wind up with several broken bones. To date, this has only happened once while he was still in the Blades. It's common enough knowledge that it doesn't happen again.[/indent]

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