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Umak Bonebreaker

An Orc barbarian who fronts as a Bard to calm down frightened humans on his search for a way to overthrow the tyrannical conquerors of his tribe.

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An Orc barbarian who fronts as a Bard to calm down frightened humans on his search for a way to overthrow the tyrannical conquerors of his tribe.

In the Ru Steppes, years ago on the Sunken Summits, the Bonebreaker clan were conquered by The Red Witch's subservient tribes of Broken Plain orcs and Deepbloods. Those who were unable to die honorably in battle were domesticated, turned into little more than slaves and sheep.
 
The Bonebreakers long gave allegiance of sorts to the Sultarans, who were similarly wiped out through the conniving of the Red Witch. Old alliances are little more than a memory to most. But not to Umak.
 
Umak was quite young when these events took place, but old enough to remember how things ought to be. As he grew into adulthood, and anger coursed through his veins, he struck out.
 
He was not always a simple servant and debased in this way. Before that, those who resisted had been tortured by the Deepbloods. Tortured with physical pain, and with menial labor serving no purpose. Always denied an end. It broke his spirits, and like those around him he eventually came to simply exist; he stopped resisting.
 
In the weeks leading up to him snapping, a troop of Dwarven entertainers had been waylaid by the enforcers. They had some information the Red Witch had ordered obtain, or perhaps they just wanted entertainment of a different sort. He heard their screams throughout the nights, and remembered his time as a boy. His tolerance of his own treatment had started as a protest - a hesitant obsequence. Until he had forgotten what he was protesting. This treatment of the Dwarves stirred the old memory, and feelings. Perhaps he could live with his own mistreatment, but this was too much. The enforcers deserved to die, and if he were killed in his efforts then all the better, finally an end to this torment.
 
So Umak struck out. With nothing more than makeshift blunt weapons and an unstoppable rage, he slew the Deepblood interrogators and the Broken Plains guards, set the Dwarves free, and fled with them.
 
What to do now? He wasn't sure - all that he could think of was to find others interested in overthrowing the sad state of affairs in the Ru Steppes leadership, but an orc stands out like a sore thumb, and he assumed common opinions on his appearance from outsiders would receive no favors by the behavior of his fellow Orcs these past years. The Dwarves owed him a debt, and offered to take him in. He learned the ways of performance, as well as the ways of looking unthreatening and genial. Costumes for a theater act became disguises for the Bazaar - as well as you could disguise a gigantic orc that is.
 
Magic bloomed in his art, but the fire still flowed in his veins. Then news reached him of the funeral for Mar, heir of the Sultaran clan, and apparently sole survivor of the Sultaran Massacre. It was a blow - had he even know he was alive, he would have sought him out years before. All that remained was to attend the funeral, and hope the news would bring people of a similar mindset, so that something could be done, finally.
 
The rest is history.

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Epilogue

by Umak Bonebreaker


Five years later.
 
I am retired from Nothric. I helped rebuild Zuranda, and Orcish society in the Ru’Steppes. I have worked to bring orcs back to their homeland, and grow Clan Bonebreaker as a bastion for those without clans at all. Merrys, it turns out, survived the Mistlands. She found her way back to Zuranda not long after I did. Bonding over the war, we decided to settle down and unite our clans, Bonebreaker and Volric, and making lots of Golric babies to protect the Alghada.
 
I oversee the alliance with the Free Cities, as a type of ambassador at times. Merrys was not the only survivor of the battle of the Mistlands, Buerig made it out, too, as did Esmerelda Jade, who I truly think cannot die at this point. Posh never joined his father, he was from Dalobar but that was his only connection, he remained a loyal and true servant of the Emperor. Hanz got promoted, Chief Security of The Wall. Mortana and her sisters were never heard from again, nor was poor Arlo, or Timalt and his band of adventurers.
 
In the end, my people were safe.

Umak's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

  1. Preface: Umak Bonebreaker:
    19 Jan 2023 02:33:45
  2. Journal #1: Funeral at Forge
    24 Jan 2023 02:57:17
  3. Journal #2 - Flight to Tamalir
    27 Jan 2023 05:51:05
  4. Journal #3 - Journey to Gloedan
    30 Jan 2023 11:10:49
  5. Journal #4 - The Butcher’s Pit
    15 Feb 2023 01:45:16
  6. Journal #5 - The Wizard Tower
    18 Feb 2023 11:04:05
  7. Journal #6 - The Tree
    03 Mar 2023 06:18:31
  8. Journal #7 - The Applewood
    07 Mar 2023 02:47:59
  9. Journal #8 - Sister
    21 Mar 2023 08:46:54
  10. Journal #9 - By Land and Sea
    04 Apr 2023 08:56:46
  11. Journal #10 - The Battle of the Bards
    21 Apr 2023 04:42:06
  12. Journal #11 - In Pursuit of Arlo
    21 Apr 2023 04:42:54
  13. Journal #12 - The Death of Tybeerian Quikhand
    28 Apr 2023 03:08:45
  14. Journal #13 - Aldandun
    28 Apr 2023 03:09:35
  15. Journal #14 - The Orcs of Aldandun
    19 May 2023 03:36:18
  16. Journal #15 - The Chalice of Pylanthia
    02 Jun 2023 02:56:12
  17. Journal #16 - The Deep Blue
    02 Jun 2023 02:56:57
  18. Journal #17 - The Tomb of Baranthus Aubrador
    20 Jun 2023 06:30:22
  19. Journal #18 - Journeys and Tales
    23 Jun 2023 08:36:41
  20. Journal #19 - The Ruins of Jendra
    30 Jun 2023 08:20:49
  21. Journal #20 - Many Warnings
    05 Jul 2023 07:58:40
  22. Journal #21 - The Depths
    05 Jul 2023 08:21:58
  23. Journal #22 - The Doom of the Pit
    27 Jul 2023 06:55:17
  24. Journal #23 - The Sunken Summits
    04 Aug 2023 06:11:17
  25. Journal #24 - The Dorndepths
    11 Aug 2023 01:09:19
  26. Journal #25 - Scourge of Helmcroft
    25 Aug 2023 05:38:42
  27. Journal #26 - The Burial of Korrigash
    31 Aug 2023 11:08:33
  28. Journal #27 - The Battle For The Ru’steppes
    31 Aug 2023 11:52:14
  29. Journal #28 - The Trial of Ghiravont the Werewolf
    12 Sep 2023 08:52:09
  30. Journals 29-32 - Reporting to Zuranda
    06 Oct 2023 06:49:36
  31. Journal #33 - The Swamp in the Sky
    13 Oct 2023 04:35:39
  32. Journal #34 - The Filter of Souls
    15 Oct 2023 04:23:25
  33. Journal #35 - The Battle of Kalypsia’s Keep
    15 Oct 2023 04:23:49
  34. Journal #36 - Castle Dalobar
    17 Nov 2023 05:50:51
  35. Epilogue
    17 Nov 2023 05:51:08

The major events and journals in Umak's history, from the beginning to today.

Journal #5 - The Wizard Tower

We set out south, with an ultimate destination of the Applewood. Orlando is to meet us there. As I kept watch several days in, a heat storm blew in from the south, and with it later that day came a vast troop of cavalry, a guard force from Grayhaven. ...

11:04 pm - 18.02.2023

Journal #4 - The Butcher’s Pit

There were eight cage doors built into the walls of the pit, and an entrance way leading to back-chambers. In the corners, orcs were looking through window-grates with polearms to strike at anyone that drifted too close. There was a small pool, and a fall...

01:43 am - 15.02.2023

Journal #3 - Journey to Gloedan

We settled on heading north, to the village of Gloedan, Orlando’s home town. It is nestled deep in the Woods of Woe, which I am told is a peaceful forest home to the Centaurs, a variety of fey creatures, and primarily half-folk like Orlando. The name is...

11:10 pm - 30.01.2023

Journal #2 - Flight to Tamalir

We stood on the edge of the cliff looking down over a slaughter. In the dim light, a trio of survivors ran for their lives up the steep path towards us before collapsing in exhaust. In the distance, trolls are silhouetted by fire. They drag people away ki...

05:51 pm - 27.01.2023

Journal #1: Funeral at Forge

As I entered the city gates, it struck me how good it felt to be back in the city - despite the circumstances. Forge is a nexus, and no finer place could a bard ask for. While I mourned for Mar, it was more for the idea of him, and the lost opportunity of...

02:57 am - 24.01.2023

Preface: Umak Bonebreaker:

In the Ru Steppes, years ago on the Sunken Summits, the Bonebreaker clan were conquered by The Red Witch's subservient tribes of Broken Plain orcs and Deepbloods. Those who were unable to die honorably in battle were domesticated, turned into little more ...

02:33 am - 19.01.2023

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