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Tremendously strong and skilled with blade and fist, his travels took him through the lands of [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]] to [[Golden Horn|the City of the Golden Horn]] where he established himself as the go-to professional for wealthy merchants and nobility who lacked the physicality to solve their own problems. | Tremendously strong and skilled with blade and fist, his travels took him through the lands of [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]] to [[Golden Horn|the City of the Golden Horn]] where he established himself as the go-to professional for wealthy merchants and nobility who lacked the physicality to solve their own problems. | ||
His reputation was such that he was hired as one of a party to tackle the now infamous necromancer [[ | His reputation was such that he was hired as one of a party to tackle the now infamous necromancer [[Mortibris]], which only served to inflate his reputation and ego. | ||
City life agreed with him too much and standards slipped. A life of easy comforts, rich foods and vice soon took their toll and life quickly spiralled out of control. | City life agreed with him too much and standards slipped. A life of easy comforts, rich foods and vice soon took their toll and life quickly spiralled out of control. | ||
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A dishevelled, broken wretch, he was found in the gutter by a traveller from the north. The softly spoken man fixed him with kind, but piercing and firm blue eyes. He was a herald he said, and the north needed their son to return for great work that was to come. It was time to return home. | A dishevelled, broken wretch, he was found in the gutter by a traveller from the north. The softly spoken man fixed him with kind, but piercing and firm blue eyes. He was a herald he said, and the north needed their son to return for great work that was to come. It was time to return home. | ||
At the gates of [[Chill]], a lean, hungry and wiser | At the gates of [[Chill]], a lean, hungry and wiser Orlaf SkullSplitter sought an audience with the prince he had heard so much about. | ||
Orlaf, [[Huscarls|skjoldcarl]] of [[Talannar Icekin|Talannar]], has returned to his people. Woe betide any who seek their harm. | Orlaf, [[Huscarls|skjoldcarl]] of [[Talannar Icekin|Talannar]], has returned to his people. Woe betide any who seek their harm. | ||
