Morturn

Morturn has a chipped left tusk.

Morturn is equipt with both a silver handaxe and  a silver dagger, both of which are enscribed with protective magic, to be anti-monster warding.   He also possessed a Steel axe for flesh and blood creatures.

Morturn was once a member of the Blooded Branch Orcs. As an adolescent his people went to war with the Swift river clan as they were both fighting for the same territory. The Blodded Branches felt they were destined to win as they had an Asper in their clan and the other did not.   The Asper, quite young and newly appointed, was not prepared for the barrage of injuries they would need to split between the orcish warriors returning from battle. With every split the orcs would be able to fight another day but the asper would need to also take on the damage. Morturn recalls seeing minor injuries on their skin at first but then watching as day by day they became a patchwork of wounds.   Leading to the climax of the conflict the Asper was wrapped in a white shroud and shepparded from the rest of the clan by the elders in the village. At night Morturn would hear the young asper crying for reprieve and howling in pain to the murmmers of the elder orcs placating them and begging them to hold strong until the battle was over.   Morturn snuck past the elders the night before the final battle to see them, only to find Asper copletely catatonic and riddled with fever. The next day the battle was final won and the territory was theirs, but the following night Asper died of infection, unable to hold against the strain of so many wounds. This ruptured Morturn's faith in his clan and way o life, unable to live under the weight of guilt he left the village and never returned.   When Morturn looks at Asper he is reminded of the events that led to his self-imposed exile. He doesn't resent them for abandoning their clan as Asper assumes he does but he feels like they are a reminder of his own short comings. Asper is proof that they, and aspers like do not need a clan and can live happy fufilling lives independently. This makes him wish that he had've gone against his beliefs and stolen his own Asper away in the night. As impossible as that would have been.

Morturn is the lead enforcer of the Barrel Scrapers and the right-hand man of Vassidy. He started out as a runner, transitioned to an enforcer and then became Vassidy's personal bodyguard, before eventually taking over the role of lead enforcer after the old one died.

Morturn prides himself on once smuggling 20 barrels of Rakeside grain alcohol into the city of Zentawen via the train checkpoint. He also boasts having the best 'mean mug' around which comes in handy during negotiations.   Morturn can also make a quality cup of just about any tea, with his proudest achievement being Jester Weed  tea, which is notoriously easy to over-steep, giving it a rancid bitter taste, to find a drinkable cup is a rarity.

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