Talkus 'Stoneghost' Angorodar
The Artist Talkus Angorodar (a.k.a. Stoneghost)
Every great leader needs dependable companions to help them realize their vision, their destiny. Talkus is Hakon Brightaxe's brother-in-arms and most ardent supporter among the Goliath. While he is fifteen years younger than the leader of the Goliath, he is still older than the great majority of Goliath at 35. Still enjoying life in his prime, Talkus is often sent as an emissary on Hakon's behalf. While some younger Goliath see him purely as Hakon's mouthpiece, or at worst, his errand-boy, Talkus is a force to be reckoned with by his own right.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Anyone who looks upon Talkus see's a mass of muscle coiled and ready to explode at the first sign of trouble. Given his height, his stride is massive and he's surprisingly fast on his feet, though he has trouble moving about in close quarters for the same reasons.
Facial Features
Like his mentor, he also has a stylized third eye tattooed upon his forehead in black ink, along with swirling patterns along this head. A four-clawed scar pattern extends over the left brow down to his chin where he took a bear's strike to the face.
Special abilities
He is acclimated to harsh cold climates and mountainous elevations.
Apparel & Accessories
While traveling east of The Greater Cairnheels he wears a simple sleeveless leather jerkin and trousers, leather boots, and leather bracers. He also wears a barioth-pelt cloak, though he does so more as part the ostensible "show" of his diplomacy.
He also travels with a winged spear, around 4-6 javelins, a pair of bolas, a large net, a flanged mace, two hunting knives, and a vial of white war-paint.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Education
Youth:
Like many Goliath children, Talkus received a simple education suited for the harsh life on the Frozen Coast. The bulk of his learning was centered around practical skills such as mending equipment, construction, cooking, hunting, and of course training for combat. During his adolescence he discovered a peculiar affinity for spiritual matters. While his clan already had a shaman, she bode him learn of their ancestors and of the customs of his people. As an surprising result of his unofficial apprenticeship, there came a day where he needed to protect his younger clans-folk from a berserk beast. Perhaps spurned by his need or simply through the adrenaline, he summoned forth the spirits of his ancestors to help turn the tide of battle by distracting and hindering the beast. The story of his victory and the spirits who helped him earned him the moniker of 'Stoneghost'. Naturally, the trophies and objects he made from the rampaging beast further helped spread word of his deeds across the land.Adulthood:
Only later in his life did he continue his education and learned of more complex subjects largely through the direct tutorship and urging of Hakon Brightaxe. Art, on the other hand, has always fascinated Talkus. His time with the shaman helped him open his mind to other possibilities and schools of thought, something Hakon would appreciate in the younger Goliath. Seeing something of a kindred spirit in him, Hakon would tell him stories of his travels, the people he'd met, the places he'd visited, and his desire to see the people of [Golíatlendir prosper. From this need arose Talkus' study of diplomacy, though he sometimes struggles to show restraint under certain circumstances.Employment
Building and improving a rapport with the rest of the world the task Talkus is currently striving to complete. That said, he is a warrior first and has almost two decades of combat experience, both in armed conflicts as a mercenary and in wilderness survival situations with his clan and by himself.
Taboos
Do not disrespect this man's art.
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Enjoys making art from defeated creatures.
Dislikes people who disrespect artistic expression.
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Current Location
Species
Year of Birth
945 Trespasser
35 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
He was born during Kromstride, an uncertain omen.
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
pale grey-blue
Hair
Bald
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Grey Granite
Height
8'00
Weight
425 lbs
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