Grom

Grom is an adventurer, bard, and sailor currently in the employ of Carmilla Valenti.

Backstory

Discovered as a baby abandoned in the Stachenwald Forest, Grom was taken in and adopted by the Asazanyi gnome tribe. His size and strength made him a valuable member of the tribe, and he was often called upon for tasks of manual labor. Over time, the young dragonborn grew disenchanted with a simple nomadic lifestyle and left to seek out his own fortune in Korvenstadt. It was there he was hired as a deckhand aboard the merchant vessel the Diligence, a voyage that would be cut short due to the sudden death at sea of its captain Pierre de Larron.
This first sailing voyage taught Grom a love for the sea, and over the next several years he bounced from crew to crew, taking what jobs he could find. During this time he also discovered inherent musical abilities, and became quite popular amongst his shipmates for his rousing shanties. While serving onboard the Kassothi ship the Cutlass he was taken under the wing of the ship's chef Rocklan Bowes who taught him the basics of weaving magic into song. These skills were first put to use when raiding a Klenhelmer merchant ship, during which Grom nearly single-handedly took out the entire crew. Due to his efforts, once back in port at Crimsonhold he demanded a higher share of the plunder but was denied this by the ship's captain Hockley Thorpe. A drunken fistfight between the two ensued, and Grom was fired from the Cutlass's crew. In a drunken stupor the defeated dragonborn attempted to break into Thorpe's stash house but was immediately caught. Outnumbered and outmatched, his inevitable demise was avoided when a citywide brawl between supporters of Bramwell Brink and John Foote erupted. In the confusion Grom was able to escape into the Techeryan jungle, eventually taking refuge in Derokesh. There he laid low for three weeks before boarding a ship bound for Meicor, with the intent of finding work there.

Name:
Grom
Also Known As:
Gorm (by Anton von Rheintach)
Profession:
Adventurer
Race:
Hafling (formerly dragonborn)
Class:
Bard (College of Eloquence)
Age:
mid-thirties
Place(s):
Stachenwald Forest
Connections:
Asazanyi gnomes (adoptive clan)
Kassothi Corsairs (formerly)
Friends/Allies:
Big Tom & Skinny Pete (friends)
Rocklan Bowes (tutor)
Enemies:
Hockley Thorpe (former captain)
Lindor Glowkindle†