Saroth "the Dog" and Vanshir

Saroth was once an orc of the Clearwater tribe, but has since become a traitor to the People. During a raid across the Gates of Exile during the Conquest, he and his raiding band sacked a small thorp of the Others. As most did not put up a fight against the superior force of the raiders, most of the villagers were taken back across the mountains as slaves. As a reward for his leadership and ferocity, Saroth was allowed first pick of the slaves, and chose a woman named Vanshir.

While Saroth sold the rest of the slaves he'd claimed, he was unwilling to sell Vanshir. She was a human, but he was entranced by her exotic beauty and her personality. Though he never treated her harshly, he began to shower her with luxuries and kindness unusual for one of her kind, and eventually came to treat her as an equal. But even if he no longer treated her as a slave, his love for her was not enough to abate her longing for freedom. Seeing no other means of making her happy, he set her free. Knowing that she stood little chance of surviving the journey back across the Gates of Exile to her people alone, he set out with her as her protector, even though he knew that by doing so he branded himself as a traitor to the People.

Determined to stay at Vanshir's side, Saroth sold himself as a mercenary and spy to her people. His life amongst the Others is not a pleasant one, as he is distrusted by the humans and mocked as Vanshir's Dog for his devotion to her. He finds whatever happiness he can in Vanshir's happiness, but even this is hollow. Though his love for her was strong enough for him to betray the People, Vanshir does not love him in return. She is grateful for what he has done, and is one of the few Others to treat him with respect, but she cannot give him what he longs for most.

Unable to return to the People and unwilling to leave Vanshir's side, Saroth remains amongst the Others and leads scouting and raiding parties across the Gates of Exile to attack his former kinsmen. In each skirmish, he fights with maniacal ferocity and little regard for his own safety. Though an honored death in battle is forever denied to him, death in battle will suffice.

Saroth "the Dog"
Male Orc Fighter 3, CN
AC 5 (chainmail), MV 9, hp 15, THACO 18, #AT 1, Dmg 1d8 (longsword) or 1d8 (longbow), SZ M, ML 15
STR 15, DEX 13, CON 13, INT 9, WIS 8, CHA 12


Vanshir
Female Human Commoner, N
AC 10, MV 12, hp 3, THACO 20, #AT 1, Dmg 1 (fist), SZ M, ML 7
STR 13 DEX 13 CON 15 INT 9 WIS 14 CHA 15

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