Tonight I wanted to go back to testing my Openlegend RPG character flow that I started with Ci’ara Stormbringer then I created Vimbol Forgeblow and tonight I continue to expand my Open Legends party with one more member, Glendor Woodtusk. Now there are some stereotypes here that may not gel well but despite her short comings Glendor is a devout and trusted member of the party.
So let’s grab a coffee tankard, sit back and meet Glendor Woodtusk, the Bridge Breaker.
Glendor Woodtusk
Background
Glendor wasn’t always a righteous knight riding to the defence of others. No for a long time there she was set on pillaging and taking what she deserved, might makes right after all in her tribe and she served the mightiest warlord around. During one expedition to a human settlement her and the tribe attacked with such ferocity that the humans could put up nearly no resistance as the orcs swarmed through their streets.
They had little in the way of wealth, weapons or equipment they could use but they had food and man younglings that would make excellent slaves. “Bring me those whelps, if they resist kill one to show them that we mean business” the chief had said as Glendor strode off with her axe in hand.
As she kicked down the door to a church and she reached for the first kid to get them moving a thin wisp of a man ran at her and hit her in the face with a chair. “Leave those children alone. The light of the Morning lord protects them!” called the man, a monk by his attire. So shocked by the mans attack on her did she not realise what was happening until the chair smashed on her face, her tusk coming lose from her jaw.
As she raised her axe in rage and prepared to split the mans torso in half the sight of this tiny man standing protectively in front of the children, and the children clinging to his weakling made her hesitate. A warmth spread across her shoulders as the morning light rose against her rough brigandine mail and she had a moment where did not wish to harm these humans. The weak were preyed upon for as long as she had known and even the humans she had encountered before today frequently let their fellow weaklings get butchered by her people.
But today the sight of the weakest man she had seen protecting those weaker than himself gave her pause. As a shadow loomed in the doorway and a coldness crept along her back she turned and snarled at who dared take her warmth away. Blood trickling down her chin she spat the metallic taste from her mouth and looked at one of the raiders. “These humans are not to be touched.” she called.
“You hit your head, the chief said get em’ so you grab the humans and bring them out. Or are you too stupid to do that?” said the larger male orc. He stopped grinning when the battle-axe she was carrying spun through the air and punctured his chest. As the orc fell to the ground the other raiders from the outside saw a female orc bathed in radiant sunlight standing over the corpse of her clan mate, blood dripping from the axe she wrenched from his chest.
Glendor earned her name that day as she fought against her own people in the protection of the weak. The illiterate orc defended civilisation and weaklings because for once she saw that it was the right thing to do.
Abilities
Glendor is still and orc, that is plain and simple, and with the righteous fire that bellows within her and emboldens her own presence on the field she is a terrifying entity to see in combat. Her ability to invoke fear, demoralise and even provoke the most head strong of opponents is something truly mystical to watch before she brings her orcish strength to bear and separates limbs, cracks skulls and sends enemies flying.
Banes
- Demoralised
- Fear
- Provoke
- Stunned
- Nullify
Boons
- Bolster
- Heal
- Regeneration
- Restoration
- Aura (Bolster/Demoralised)
Feats:
Her allies cant help but be inspired by how she dives headfirst into combat in the service of the Morning Lord, protecting others with her bulk and determination. However she is also hard to kill due to her orcish nature and her swings will send enemies flying across the battlefield from the sheer force of her attacks.
- Inspiring Champion I
- Diehard
- Overpowering Strike
Perks and Flaws:
Not the best with words she generally uses force to get what she needs in service of her objectives, which is normally Protecting those weaker than her (which is most people) or serving the patron that showed her the light. It is in these pursuit of these actions that she finds the inner strength to continue to fight on even when death has her in its grasp and she fights with renewed courage.
Perks:
- Brute
- Courageous
However she she doesn’t tend to think past “protect the weak” and “service the Morning Lord” and will charge headlong into battle calling out the name of her patron as she rushes ahead without a plan. Sometimes its not for lack of trying but simply that her comrades keep forgetting that she cant read or write and so when they write the plan down, leave her notes, or try and silently indicate what the plan is she loses patience.
Flaws:
- Brash
- Illiterate
Attributes:
Strong and a force to be reckoned with her orcish nature comes out first and foremost followed by what the Morning Lord has helped her to harness.
- Will 2
- Creation 2
- Protection 2
- Fortitude 3
- Presence 4
- Might 5
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Glendor Woodtusk
Thanks for dropping by tonight. Glendor Woodtusk is the third in a party of 5 that is taking shape for an Open Legends experiment that I am looking at currently. Again I used my process to really hone in on what I want to achieve when creating a character and it seems to work well, able to create a character in a fraction of the time of when I used to when first experimenting with Openlegend RPG.
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for another end-of-week Zine and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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