Stofnar

aka "the Insane," the "Savage", and the "Orc-bane"
Hill Dwarf Barbarian (Berserker)/Fighter

History

Stofnar was born over one hundred years ago with no intentions of ever taking up the adventuring life. He lived a peaceful life in a hill dwarf village somewhere within the Sword Coast. He married, had children, and lived a good life as a blacksmith for the village.

That all changed when an orc raid attacked the village, slaughtering nearly everyone. Stofnar himself watched his wife and children slain before his very eyes, mere moments before an orc warhammer came down upon his head.

The blow should have killed him, but Stofnar's helmet (which he had crafted himself) proved strong and Stofnar survived. The blow however still did significant damage and he lay senseless in a coma for many weeks. He awoke in a monastery of Ilmater, whose acolytes had come upon the devastated village a few hours after the raid.

When he awoke, Stofnar was a changed dwarf. His mind had been damaged by the blow and his only thought was vengeance. He spent several weeks in the monastery forge, crafting for himself new weapons and armor. Once he was as physically healed as he could be, he set out for Waterdeep to begin a life of adventure, with his primary aim to slay as many orcs as possible.

His adventures eventually brought him to the Zhentarim stronghold of Darkhold, where he first met Avouz, Haaman Khalten, and a number of other adventurers. His arrival also brought him to the attention of Falafel, who recruited Stofnar for a special mission.

This mission was to recover an artifact of Amaunator, so Falafel could drain it of its divine essence and become the god of wild magic. Stofnar gladly accepted the challenge and led the charge into the dungeon to find the artifact. He and his companions were successful. As reward, the newly deified Falafel offered to make Stofnar his chosen, an agent of chaos and slaughter. Stofnar, seeing divine patronage as a powerful tool in gaining his revenge, gladly agreed.

For a number of years, Stofnar traveled up and down the Sword Coast, inflicting genocide on every orc encampment or settlement he found. With divine patronage, he was nearly unstoppable. Eventually thought, Falafel grew bored with Stofnar's single-minded pursuit of orc blood and invited him to his infamous "party." There, he withdrew his sponsorship of Stofnar just before casting his infamous time-stop spell that trapped everyone in the village in suspended animation for nearly a century.

Trapped like everyone else in Falafel's botched time-stop spell, Stofnar had nearly 100 years to rethink his life. Feeling betrayed by his patron, Stofnar renounced Falafel, but not his quest to slay orcs. When the time stop spell ended, Stofnar resumed that quest, signing on with the Order of the Gauntlet and heading east to the Moonsea. He settled in Phlan and began taking missions for the Order against the Cult of the Dragon.

Description

Stofnar's most obvious affectation comes from his head injury. Because of the blow to his mind, he is unable to speak very coherently, so he constantly refers to himself in the third person. He is not stupid by any means and can reason and deduce as well as anyone, although he may then struggle to explain what he has learned.

Stofnar cares little for personal hygiene. His red hair is long and unkempt, as is his beard. His armor and weapons however are kept in immaculate shape, thanks to Stofnar's skills as a blacksmith.

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