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BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Orkag did not like the answer of the old mage, he found out a name, but it was most likely not even his true name. For a few moments he glared at the old mage again, trying to read him and his intentions, but other than his powerful aura, he simply looked like an old man. Orkag growled slightly in frustration and closed his eyes. However, as he closed his eye, Kune could see that the second magical raven, the one on his shoulders was staring straight towards him to analyze him.

@datadogie

As the raven looked around and studied the motely crew that had gathered, it noticed something out of the ordinary, not the plaguebringer, who people already seem to have thought to be the leader of this new band of people, but the young catgirl curiously looking around at everyone. The raven looked at her only for a moment longer before it left it's place on the small outcropping and flew towards her, gently landing on her shoulder careful not to harm her with it's claws and it looked at her with pools of a deep blue.

After a few moments of simply staring at her, the raven started to nuzzle it's head at the catgirl in what could possibly be as one of the ways the raven showed affection. Moments after, the raven jumped in her lap simply nested there, closing it's eyes and simply waiting.

What are you doing, you stupid raven, you're supposed to survey the area! Orkag asked the raven telepathically, only to receive no answer from it at all.

With another sigh of frustration he turns towards the old mage and nods briefly, before turning and walking towards the where his raven had landed, at the catgirl, without realizing that someone like him might scare someone like her with his looks in general.

"Girl..." He wanted to ask the girl what she had done to his raven, however, upon noticing her cat ears, he stopped in mild amazement towards it. However, as he thought, he realized that shouting at a little girl would not make him seem very friendly, so instead, he took in a deep breath and asked in a much calmer tone.

"Sorry for the rather abrupt question, young girl, but what's your name... a better question, that I hope isn't too rude, what are you?" he asked once more, this time sitting down a seat apart from her as to not intimidate her too much and simply awaited the answer.

A Truly "Gifted" Life (Ignore post count)

Well, I'm certainly still interested in this... thought I'd just say it.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Orkag the Bloodletter

The moment Orkag entered the fort, he was genuinely surprised at the amount of people present inside it, mostly because he expected the throne room to be empty and that it would be a place where he could spend the night before he would reach another city or town to preach his goal. However, the moment he entered, the man on the throne caught his eye, anyone with the slightest magical capabilities could tell that the person on it was immensely powerful, so he warily entered the room keeping his eyes on everybody present.

As he walked however, he could see that a number of people stared at him and realized that he looked quite conspicuous. He was a seven foot tall orc with crimson eyes, wearing the skull of a bull on his head and having two magical ravens perched on his shoulders. While most of the looks were merely curious, there might have been someone among the crowds who would not be more interested in felling him than study him, so he took a seat in the far corner of the throne room, though still near the mysterious figure on the throne.

He mentally ordered Beak, one of his ravens, to look at the mage as he looked through the raven's eyes, however, he could not tell anything about the figure that which he did not already know... that he was an immensely powerful mage, but nothing more than that. After waiting around for ten or more minutes, trying to comprehend the man, he simply gave up and realized that now the only way to find things out about this man was by asking him.

As he walked towards him however, he could see another person, a somewhat muscular tattooed bald woman, it didn't take him much to realized that like him, this person was trained in both magic and close combat, though he could not tell what weapon this woman used as she did seemingly bear any actual weapons on her. Before he could speak, the woman talked first, asking the old mage the purpose of their being there.

"That was one of the questions on my mind, but the other was... who are you old man, I can't tell who or what you are, but simply that you have magic easily beyond anyone present here." The orc asked in his thick, slightly guttural voice, narrowing his eyes at the man. "Or rather... what are you?"

As he spoke, one of his ravens flew up towards the roof of the throne room and perched itself on a small rock outcropping near the roof, watching everyone inside the throne, studying them to see if anyone was not showing their form, or if they posed any danger to him while he talked to the old mage.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

@datadogie

Oh, I should have explained it better, he'll just be curious and might take a general liking to her, he won't harm her in any way... hopefully

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

@datadogie

Just a fair warning, my character might take a bit of a liking to your cat-girl... just thought you should know.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

If I may ask, how many characters do we need before we start?

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Orkag the Bloodletter

Name: Orkag the Bloodletter

Physical: At nearly 7 feet tall, Orkag is much taller than most other species and a head taller than many other orcs. While he is muscular and strong and could easily have become a warrior of his clan, he has chosen to be a shaman. His eyes, once brown like most of his kin, have become a deep crimson due to the type of magic he has been using.

Abilities:

Though it is called blood magic, it has nothing to do with the manipulation of blood, instead, this type of magic draws on the life-force of magic user and allows him to cast various types of magic, though the stronger the spell the more life-force needed to cast it. The advantage of this type of magic is that one only needs to have seen the spell once before he can cast it as well. The disadvantage is obvious, he can cast only a limited amount of spells before he has to rest, or risk death. Though the user can draw the life-force of other beings as well, he can only draw the life-force of non-sentient beings like animals and various beasts.

Orkag, though now a shaman, still retains the skill in combat that he had trained before he was chosen to become a shaman and as such, people might be surprised(or not) that despite his mostly magic training, he is as deadly with his mace as he is with his spells.

Starting Gear:

Other than the clothing, armor on him and food rations, Orkag has only a few items of actual note.

• The Bloodletter's Staff - A complicated name for a simple tool, the magical staff allows him to channel his blood magic spells at a faster rate than he would without it.
• The Bonebreaker - Though a shaman, Orkag is still an orc and orcs are naturally born warriors and when he reaches his limit of spellcasting for the day, he relies on this trusty steel maul to get him out of any sticky situation.
• Beak and Claw - Though they are animals in form, these two ravens are pure magic that follow Orkag at all times and listen to his commands... most of the time. These magic ravens have incredible sight, nightvision and can see through illusions to a limited degree. He is able to communicate telepathically with these animals and give them orders when he needs them to do something secret.

Personality/Goals: Though the magic he casts is disliked by many, including own clan, Orkag means to help the world with his magic whenever he is able and though he is quite unfriendly and somewhat rude at first sight, he opens up to other people after some time spent with them. He disproves the wanton use of magic, he himself casting spells only when truly necessary, no matter if it is a combat spell or otherwise... he especially dislikes people who use magic purely to become renown.

As for a goal, he does not truly have one, he merely seeks to improve the world as best as he can, though the vision he has recently received, speaking vaguely of great evil approaching soon currently has him on edge and he has started to seek other powerful mages, or powerful people in general, be they mages or warriors, to warn them of this evil and to band them together against this incoming evil.

Backstory: Orkag was born in one of the many nomadic orc tribes that wander the continent and though they generally avoid coming too close to the settlements of other races, his tribe often approached towns to trade the various excess goods they had gathered in their travels. Thanks to this, Orkag had the opportunity of meeting many types of people of various other races and learn about them and their traditions on top of his.

Thanks to his large physique, Orkag was destined to be one of the strongest warriors of his tribe and for a while, he embraced that calling, as being a warrior meant that he would be the protector of the tribe and everyone within it. However, one day, the shaman council of the tribe said that his true calling would be that of a shaman, as the protector spirits of the spirits of the tribe gave a vision to the council that Orkag would be instrumental in keeping the world safe.

Though he respected the calling of the shamans and started to study under them, he did not like it at all as the magic incantations they taught him were complex and difficult to learn. However, upon meeting the shamans of a different rather disliked tribe, he learned of another type of magic that would allow him to cast spells without needing to learn the incantations... he started to learn blood magic.

However, when the shamans of his own tribe learned of this, they decided to cast Orkag out of the tribe as they considered blood magic the antithesis of life. Though Orkag disliked this, he once again accepted the fact and left the tribe, living his life mostly secluded from society until recently when he too received a vision speaking vaguely of a great evil coming. Upon receiving that vision, he has decided to come out of his self-imposed isolation and try and form a band of people to unite against this incoming evil.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

The Orcish Blood-Shaman

Name: Orkag the Bloodletter

Physical: At nearly 7 feet tall, Orkag is much taller than most other species and a head taller than many other orcs. While he is muscular and strong and could easily have become a warrior of his clan, he has chosen to be a shaman. His eyes, once brown like most of his kin, have become a deep crimson due to the type of magic he has been using.

Abilities:

Though it is called blood magic, it has nothing to do with the manipulation of blood, instead, this type of magic draws on the life-force of magic user and allows him to cast various types of magic, though the stronger the spell the more life-force needed to cast it. The advantage of this type of magic is that one only needs to have seen the spell once before he can cast it as well. The disadvantage is obvious, he can cast only a limited amount of spells before he has to rest, or risk death. Though the user can draw the life-force of other beings as well, he can only draw the life-force of non-sentient beings like animals and various beasts.

Starting Gear:

Other than the clothing, armor on him and food rations, Orkag has only a few items of actual note.

• The Bloodletter's Staff - A complicated name for a simple tool, the magical staff allows him to channel his blood magic spells at a faster rate than he would without it.
• The Bonebreaker - Though a shaman, Orkag is still an orc and orcs are naturally born warriors and when he reaches his limit of spellcasting for the day, he relies on this trusty steel maul to get him out of any sticky situation.
• Beak and Claw - Though they are animals in form, these two ravens are pure magic that follow Orkag at all times and listen to his commands... most of the time. These magic ravens have incredible sight, nightvision and can see through illusions to a limited degree. He is able to communicate telepathically with these animals and give them orders when he needs them to do something secret.

Personality/Goals: Though the magic he casts is disliked by many, including own clan, Orkag means to help the world with his magic whenever he is able and though he is quite unfriendly and somewhat rude at first sight, he opens up to other people after some time spent with them. He disproves the wanton use of magic, he himself casting spells only when truly necessary, no matter if it is a combat spell or otherwise... he especially dislikes people who use magic purely to become renown.

As for a goal, he does not truly have one, he merely seeks to improve the world as best as he can, though the vision he has recently received, speaking vaguely of great evil approaching soon currently has him on edge and he has started to seek other powerful mages, or powerful people in general, be they mages or warriors, to warn them of this evil and to band them together against this incoming evil.

Backstory: Orkag was born in one of the many nomadic orc tribes that wander the continent and though they generally avoid coming too close to the settlements of other races, his tribe often approached towns to trade the various excess goods they had gathered in their travels. Thanks to this, Orkag had the opportunity of meeting many types of people of various other races and learn about them and their traditions on top of his.

Thanks to his large physique, Orkag was destined to be one of the strongest warriors of his tribe and for a while, he embraced that calling, as being a warrior meant that he would be the protector of the tribe and everyone within it. However, one day, the shaman council of the tribe said that his true calling would be that of a shaman, as the protector spirits of the spirits of the tribe gave a vision to the council that Orkag would be instrumental in keeping the world safe.

Though he respected the calling of the shamans and started to study under them, he did not like it at all as the magic incantations they taught him were complex and difficult to learn. However, upon meeting the shamans of a different rather disliked tribe, he learned of another type of magic that would allow him to cast spells without needing to learn the incantations... he started to learn blood magic.

However, when the shamans of his own tribe learned of this, they decided to cast Orkag out of the tribe as they considered blood magic the antithesis of life. Though Orkag disliked this, he once again accepted the fact and left the tribe, living his life mostly secluded from society until recently when he too received a vision speaking vaguely of a great evil coming. Upon receiving that vision, he has decided to come out of his self-imposed isolation and try and form a band of people to unite against this incoming evil.

First of all, I would like to apologize if there are mistakes in the sheet, and if there are, point them out to me please. As for the orcs as a species in general, I'll try to write about them either later today, or tomorrow.

BYTANIA, of Mages and Monsters

Well, this is certainly interesting, however, may I ask if I am allowed to play as an orc character? If not, then it's ok, what I have planned in mind for the character can be adapted to a human as well.

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