Gherrick Grayhammer
Orator and Philosopher
Few scholars are surprised that one of Kharl's most devout - and certainly most famous - servants was a Low Clan excavator that spent his days digging out tunnels deep below New Kharolin and his evenings firmly affixed to a barstool in one of the lower city's many humble taverns. Gherrick himself never profuse a specifical connection to the Khadraic god but few who met him left with any doubt that he had been touched. Those that remember him - elders all today - recall him as an affable fellow, always willing to buy a mug of ale for a fellow patron to enjoy while he told his many tales. His voice, it is said, was both soft and deep but one never need strain an ear to hear him despite how busy whichever of the dozen or so taverns he frequented might become. Everyone seemed to hush once he began one of his many tales, his voice even and unchanging yet somehow capturing each character in the dialogue with unique precision.
After nearly a half century of spinning these mesmerizing yarns, word finally reached members of the priesthood who sent scholars into the lower city to hear these strange tales - parables that so perfectly exemplified the Khadric ideal without seeming to preach. While it may have taken some time for the scholars to stumble into the same tavern as Grayhammer, it is said that it took a mere fortnight before they were convinced. Here spoke a Khadra with the voice of Kharl. For next century they endeavored to record each of his tales, meticulously recording them word for word for nearly seven decades until one evening Grayhammer never returned from his trip deep into the mines. After his death they spent another fifteen years compiling and editing them, reconciling differences form various retellings of the stories. Everyone who has read these so called Barstool Sermons agrees that the written versions - with their careful editing - lack the vibrance of the originals. The subtle changes from telling to tell, many say, refected his understanding of his audience and their needs at the moment. They are still, however, considered one of the seminal works in Khardric theology and now considered a core part of the curriculum that every school aged child learns.
Species
Children
Sex
Male
Belief/Deity
Kharl
Mid Second Century to Early Fifty Century AC
Resided In
New Kharolin