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| The Secondary Characters can all
be found in the in the First Tale of KRAE - Tales of the
Korthian Hold (Part the First through Part the Sixth).
The exception is Prahla, the Savage she-dwarf, who does
not arrive until the Second Tale but quickly becomes a
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ROLK
FIREBEARD
GENERAL OF KORTH
THIS GRIZZLED OLD WARRIOR IS A VETERAN OF THE RACE
WARS. HAVING FOUGHT FOR DWARF PRINCES AND KINGS,
ROLK HAS EARNED HIS REPUTATION AS A KEEN STRATEGIST.
ROLK WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF GRATTMIR, AND
AFTER HIS DEATH, KRAE BECAME HIS RESPONSIBILITY. ROLK
WEILDS A HALBERD IN BATTLE AND IS DISTINGUISHABLE BY
HIS BRONZED ARMOR AND BUSHY RED BEARD.
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THURAN
ZAGITH THE HAMMERER
GENERAL OF KORTH
ANOTHER GENERAL OF KORTH, THURAN
IS NOBLE AND PROUD, HAVING FOUND HONOR IN THE RACE WAR
AGAINST THE GOBLINS. HEAVILY ARMOURED WITH A GREAT HELM,
HE PERFERS TO USE A GREAT HAMMER IN COMBAT.
THURAN’S NOBILITY COMES
INTO QUESTION AFTER HIS MATE, VAME, IS TAKEN
BY THE GOBLINS.
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ALAESIA
ELVISH HUNTER
ALAESIA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED HUNTER
AND EXCELLENT MARKSMAN. BORN TO THE ORDER OF THE REED,
ALAESIA FOUND COMFORT IN THE AFFECTIONS OF PRINCE TILARRUM,
THOUGH UNIMPRESSED WITH HIS DREAMS OF CONQUEST, AND
REVIVING THE MIGHT OF THE ELVEN RACE. STILL A YOUNG
ELF, SHE FINDS PLEASURE IN THE SOLITUDE OF THE FORESTS,
REJECTING THE IDEALS OF THE PAALN ELVES AND
THEIR REJOINING WITH THE ANCIEN
T TREES.
ALAESIA TAKES HER OUTCAST ATTITUDES
A STEP FURTHER WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERS GRIMBLE IRONFIST
AND A ROMANCE EVOLVES.
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PRAHLA
SAVAGE SHE-DWARF
DURING THE GOBLIN INVASION OF
THE DWARVEN STRONGHOLD IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE RACE
WAR, THE DREADED GOORP
RAIDERS SCOURED THE BATTLEFIELDS,
HUNTING DOWN DWARVEN SURVIVORS THAT FLED INTO THE SOUTH.
IN THE MIDST OF THE SLAUGHTER, UDEN, A GOBLIN
WARLORD, DISCOVERED A SHE-DWARF ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH.
THE SIGHT MESMERIZED THE GOBLIN, AND HE STOOD THERE
WATCHING, AS THE SHE-DWARF GAVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
THE MOTHER, HOWEVER, DID NOT SURVIVE. FOR UDEN, THE
WAR WAS OVER. THE DWARVES WERE SORELY DEFEATED, AND
HE WAS TIRED OF SLAUGHTERING. PICKING UP THE CHILD HE
FLED THE BATTLEFIELD, LEAVING BEHIND FOREVER THE ELDER
RACES AND THEIR FEUDS.
PRAHLA WAS RAISED BY THIS GOBLIN.
LIVING OUT THEIR LIVES IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE ONE LAND,
PRAHLA AND UDEN TOOK LITTLE INTEREST IN THE HAPPENINGS
OF THE WORLD. PRAHLA BECAME A HUNTER AND TRAPPER, AND
HER AND UDEN WERE QUITE COTENT UNTIL A DWARF WITH A
GOLDEN BEARD FELL INTO THEIR LIVES.
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| TORRIC
THE BERSERKER
TORRIC CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS LESS
THAN A WARRIOR AND MORE THAN A MADMAN; FOR THOUGH HE
IS SKILLED IN THE WAYS OF BATTLE, IT IS HIS SHEER BLOOD
LUST AND RUTHLESSNESS THAT BRING HIM VICTORY. SO VIOLENT
IN BATTLE IS THIS DWARF, THAT THE ELVES HAD NICK- NAMED
HIM KER’YST SAHL UUM’RHA, OR “THE
DANCING DWARF”. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE ELVES,
IS
SUPPOSEDLY AN HONORARY TITLE.
TORRIC IS MEAN, ILL-TEMPERED,
AND ANGRY. HE HATES ANYTHING THAT IS NOT KIN, PARTICULARLY
ELVES AND GOBLINS—THOUGH CERTAIN DWARVES TICKLE
HIS CONTEMPT TOO.
TORRIC IS A SMALL MUSCLED DWARF
RIDDLED WITH TATTOOS, ADDING NEW ART TO HIS BODY WITH
EACHVICTORY IN BATTLE. HIS APPEARANCE IS MENT TO INTIMIDATE
HIS FOES; TOTHIS END TORRIC USES ANIMAL FAT TO STICK
HIS HAIR UP AND HAS SEVERAL PIERCINGS ABOUT HIS BODY,
INCLUDING A BIG IRON RING IN EACH NOSTRAL.
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| PURGIS
THE DRUNKARD
BEFORE THE KORTHIAN HOLD, PURGIS
WAS A WELL-TO-DO EXCISEMAN IN THE KINGDOM OF RAATH
FORN’GOM IN THE OLD MOUNTAINS. IN TODAY’S
WORLD THERE IS LITTLE NEED OF HIS SERVICES, THOUGH ONE
MIGHT QUESTION IF THERE EVER WAS A NEED IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
IN THE KORTHIAN HOLD, WHERE DWARVES
ARE POWERFUL SMITHS AND WARRIORS, PURGIS IS AN OUTCAST.
TO REMEDY HIS PLIGHT HE FINDS COMFORT IN THE BOTTLE.
PURGIS' VERY NATURE CHANGES WHEN
HIS MATE IS KILLED.
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FHI and STRONE FOECLEAVER
WARRIORS OF KORTH
DISHONORED, ORDIN FHI LEFT THE
DWARVEN COMMUNITIES LONG AGO TO SEEK OUT DEATH IN BATTLE
AND REDEEM HIS HONOR. ORDIN FHI DISCOVERS SALVATION
IN KORTH.
STRONE IS A QUIET WARRIOR WHO
FOLLOWS ORDERS WITHOUT QUESTION. HE IS RECOGNIZABLE
BY HIS EBONY HATCHET AND ANTLERED HELM.
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| TILARRUM
REA'MALLIUM
ELVEN PRINCE
FIRST OF THE ORDER OF THE REED
THE ELVES OF THE PAALN--A RECLUSIVE
FOREST IN THE KORTHIAN VALLEY PROTECTED BY ELVEN MAGICKS--PREFER
A LIFE OF INTROSPECTION AND SOLITUDE, IN PREPARATION
FOR THE LONG SLEEP, IN WHICH THE ELVES REKINDLE
THEIR BONDS WITH THE ANCIENT TREES BY MERGING WITH THEM.
PRINCE TILARRUM OF THE ORDER
OF THE REED, REJECTS THE ELVISH MORALS OF THE COUNCIL
AND SEEKS THE UNIFICATION OF AERINDIA (THE
ONE LAND) UNDER ELVISH RULE. IT IS HIS BELIEF THAT THE
ELVES SHOULD RE-ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN THE WORLD AND
NOT ENTER THE LONG SLEEP TO AWAKEN IN THE NEXT AGE.
AFTER AN ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT
THREATENS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE ELVEN COUNCIL,
TILARRUM AND HIS ORDER ARE CAST OUT FOR 100 CYCLES;
BANISHED TO THE RUINS OF THE FOREST KINGDOM OF JEARYET
ON THE FAR EASTERN BORDER OF THE KNOWN WORLD.
DURING THEIR JOURNEY TO THE RUINS
TILARRUM DISCOVERS A WAY TO ULTILIZE THE COMING DARKNESS
TO REALIZE HIS PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS AND AMBITIONS.
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