Borga Gorehide
Half-Orc Barbarian, Path of the Totem Warrior, Outlander
Borga Gorehide is a half-orc barbarian who appears in Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 1, Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 2, and Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 3. She is played by L.M.
Description
Appearance
Borga is a half-orc with a light green coloration and prominent tusks. She stands around six feet tall and has a muscular build common for half-orcs. She has long, dark black hair which she wears in an elaborate braid across the front, which gives the appearance of a headband. She wears a hide armor and tunic, which is stitched together and well worn. She has applied several fixes to the armor herself, giving it a mended look. The armor is mostly natural tan colors, and there are several bloodstains that do not wash out, which show as rusted brown and mottled. She wears a catoplebas jawbone necklace and her ears are pierced with boar tusk gauges. She wields a greataxe, which she keeps on her back, and two handaxes, one on each hip.Personality
Borga is quiet, independent, and somewhat reserved. Before the Turnip Tillers, she did not have many consistent interactions with others, which causes her to be very direct with her language. She is aggressive and powerful, and she shows little hesitation about pursuing a dangerous path or entering dangerous situations. Her inexperience with social situations can cause her to become easily shocked or flustered by the attention of others. This was seen when Releg Cirin winked at her, and again when her thoughts about being underground were shared across a telepathic link to the others in her group. Borga is uneasy in enclosed spaces, as seen when the group was in the tunnels of the Underdark. She is also somewhat meticulous and orderly, as was seen by the organization and order of her homestead.Biography
Background
Borga is from the northern regions of Tarteria and she has a homestead that she maintains. She spends much of her time in the wilds and forests of the region. At some point before 22 Sedaena 5A 351, Borga secured and left her home and met the other members of the Turnip Tillers where she helped escort a merchant through the Northern Orcish Plains to Bridon Tillage.Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 1
On 22 Sedaena 5A 351, Borga attended the Harvest Home festivities at Bridon Tillage. Borga tried various sweets and delicacies, like flan and mulled wine, which were difficult to come by near her home. That evening, Borga had second dinner at the Brace of Spades tavern along with Duggg, E'larus, Róvhén, and Tanya. A drunk Releg Cirin smacked into their table and began talking with the group. Borga became annoyed as he spilled wine on her and bumped bodily into her. She was also flustered when his kilt came undone and tossed the man away from her. Releg challenged the group to a drinking contest, and Borga participated. Borga was startled when Releg transformed, exclaiming, "Polar bear!" After the contest, the party eventually retired to their rented rooms. The next morning, on 23 Sedaena 5A 351, they were awoken by shouts from the street. They found villagers under attack from strange, large turnip-like creatures. Borga rushed forward with Tanya into melee. Borga damaged several turnips, smashing one into pieces in the street. When the large turnip and Releg emerged, Borga immediately rushed in. She and Tanya were able to remove the black creature from Releg's bear form and chase it before Duggg destroyed it. After the battle, Borga was picked up and held by the large turnip until Tanya distracted it. After they were both released, Tanya offered to stay in town to help repair the damage and Borga said she would help.Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 2
As the group helped around Bridon Tillage, Borga helped Tanya with heavy manual labor tasks, like the repair of Falamin's Fence. Borga also patrolled the sinkhole, where she defeated several giant insects and a stirge. On 25 Sedaena 5A 351, they were summoned by Falamin Leabrace, meeting Releg and Theryn, a mercenary, there. They were asked to investigate the tunnels below to find the source of the continuing tremors in town. While gathering supplies for the trip, Borga purchased additional rations. She searched for health potions, but there were no such supplies in town. The group descended into the hole and began exploring. Borga took to the front of the group with Tanya. She looked for creature tracks, but there were so many it was hard to determine the best direction to follow. When they encountered the myconids in the tunnels, Borga was cautious and somewhat uneasy in the enclosed space. E’larus shared his enhanced darkvision with her. After seeing Tanya enter the myconid spore cloud to no ill effect, Borga also entered. As a result, she found she could telepathically communicate with the group and the myconids. As Red and Blue shared details of the danger ahead, Borga asked where the danger was. Blue said it was deeper in, towards their Fungal Nursery. Borga quickly agreed to help after learning of the danger. When Theryn was resistant, Borga tried to convince him by asking if he wanted to return through the tunnels alone. At the Fungal Nursery, E’larus blessed Borga before she drew her weapon and cautiously approached. The floating grimmlet creatures noticed her, and they blasted her with prismatic energy. As combat broke out, Borga raged and started attacking the grimmlets, but they were resistant to her weapon damage. Avoiding the mushroom patches, she engaged two in combat, holding the left flank with the aid of Blue. Though she took severe damage, her orc heritage kept her standing and she was able to smash several grimmlets during the fight. After the combat, Borga helped remove the grimmlets and debris from the mushroom patches, earning the myconids’ appreciation. The need for someone with knowledge of natural energies to maintain the sealed gate was discussed, and Borga suggested Releg. Back in town, the group reported to Falamin and Releg. After Theryn told Falamin about the group being affected by strange spores, Falamin gingerly poked Borga with his cane before deciding she was fine. Borga joined Releg, Tanya, and Róvhén back to the nursery. She told Releg to “be nice to Blue and Red.” Falamin asked the group to report the events to a dragonborn in nearby Porgorag. Borga agreed to continue traveling with the group, and on 26 Sedaena 5A 351, they set out along the Belltree Road.Azimuth Anthology: Alarming Farming Festival 3
Starting on 26 Sedaena 5A 351, the Turnip Tillers traveled the Belltree Road into the Kumbon Forest. Borga was comfortable and confident with traveling. She informed the others about the three packs of canines that roamed the forest and directed them to avoid pitfalls and holdups. Borga shared they could cut through the forest to her homestead instead of travelling on the road. They could rest there and cut a day off their travel time to Porgorag. The group agreed, and Borga told E’larus to stay away from her goats. She also fed Theryn’s donkey, Jeffrey Edwards, an Applebough apple. Following Borga’s lead, they reached her homestead at the end of the day. They found the clearing and cabin just as Borga had left it. Though she was unused to guests, she opened her home to the group and tended to her goats. As they rested and ate, Duggg crafted a chattering, snarling clockwork device and gifted it to Borga as thanks. The group eventually went to sleep. In the night, she had a nightmare of a familiar combat. She had horns and claws, and she let out a catoplebas roar as she killed a half-orc woman and tore off her jaw… They all awoke on 28 Sedaena 5A 351 and found an illusion that had been on Borga’s homestead had broken. They started looking for what could have caused this, but as Borga tore a rusted sword from a rope dangling from her ceiling, the sword moved and stabbed her. Other objects jumped to animated life and attacked. In the fighting, Borga shattered the flying sword. Quickly, the party fought and destroyed the objects. Borga was furious to learn her home had been cursed. The stench was coming from the catoplebas bones, but she was not able to remove her jawbone necklace. The party gathered the skull, the windchime, and the other bones around Borga’s home. The homestead had been desecrated somehow. To remove the curse, they would need to get a strong cleric to consecrate this land. As they came to this conclusion, a young gold dragonborn approached. She introduced herself as Godsguard Ankhan and said she was hunting a hag in the forest. Borga explained her homestead had been cursed. The dragonborn investigated and said everything was pointing to the curse being Borga’s fault. She suggested they try bloodletting or sacrifices to corrode the curse. The party was suspicious, but Ankhan ignored their questions. Ankhan focused on Borga and approached her, holding a knife. Duggg saw through the disguise and revealed a crooked and bent hag named Mewling Mamie Millie. The hag declared she wanted revenge on Borga for killing her catoplebas, and she summoned roving maulers to attack them. Borga tried to attack the hag, but she was protected by a ball of force. Borga ignored the hag’s taunting and focused on recklessly attacking the maulers, slaying two. Though the hag turned invisible to try and deceive them, they knew she was still in the ball of force. The group ignored her last tries to tempt them, and when the force bubble spell ended, they cut down the hag. Borga dragged Mamie Millie’s corpse to the catoplebas bones and set them on fire with lantern oil. Then, Borga quietly began cleaning the grime and muck from her home with the help of the others. A day and a half later, they reached the Two Ports Road along the Leviathan Sea. Taking the road westward, they reached the outskirts of Porgorag on 1 Ocana 5A 351. On the road, they met a group of clerics led by the real Godsguard Ankhan. After proving she was not an illusion, Borga shared that the hag had been killed after she ruined Borga’s home. The Turnip Tillers continued on with Ankhan to the city of Porgorag, with more adventures still lying ahead of them.Character Information
Quests
On 25 Sedaena 5A 351, the Turnip Tillers accepted a quest from Falamin Leabrace to explore the Underdark beneath Bridon Tillage to learn the cause of the continuing tremors in town. At a Fungal Nursery, the group encountered a planar gateway. They defeated the creatures coming through and sealed the gate, ending the tremors. They later agreed to travel to Porgorag to report this to a young dragonborn and to seek out a rumored orc druid to further aid the town.Quotations
- "That's why I hit you in the face with my axe." - AA 03.1
- "I use every bit of the animal in order to respect it, however something has come along and now disrespected me." - AA 03.3
Character Type
Player Character Actor
L.M.
Player Character Actor
L.M.
Current Status
Alive (5A 351)
Species
Children
Gender
Female
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