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[@DocTachyon] I swear I can't stop watching that signature. I could waste hours watching it. Question is, where the hell does Bender keep all that water, children, floats and bras? Especially the children! Why does he have all those children in him?
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I unno, man. Maybe he's got one of those magical portals I've been hearing so much about in this thread?

Here's my character:

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[b]Name:[/b] Gorlag Burzob AKA Quintus Valerius

[b]Age:[/b] 43

[b]Race:[/b] Half-Orc

[b]Appearance: [/b]
Gorlag stands unusually tall at 6’ 7”, despite being atypically lanky for someone with orcish blood. He has little by way of muscles, though is about as strong as a mildly athletic human due to his heritage. He has a shaved head and a white beard of medium length. He is typically clothed in thick, honorary robes granted to him by his University, however, he has brought along a roughspun tunic and sheep’s wool pants. One of his leftmost teeth can at times poke up just beyond his lower lip. Furthermore, his teeth are unusually large when compared to humans. He has an almost unnoticeable black tattoo of a fist on his right pinky finger, indicating membership of the Bankton Pugilism Guild. Gorlag’s eyes are a pale blue color.

[b]Role[/b]: Scholar of Magic

[b]Bio:[/b]
Gorlag was born in the small human village of Bankton in the far north to an Orcish father and a Human mother. Life was simple, and the people were unusually tolerant. Where his father came from, people tended to hate orcs. But in Bankton they found a home.
Unfortunately, Bankton’s job opportunities were lacking at best. His father worked manual labor at a nearby forge, and his mother worked as a Tavern Wench. Neither of his parents were particularly skilled at the Magical Arts, but they discovered that Gorlag was when they found him studying “Intro to Advanced Magical Theory” at age nine. Gorlag’s own spellcasting abilities were limited by the unfortunate circumstances of his birth, however, his magical knowledge easily dwarfed that of either of his parents. They started a collection to send him to a college in the interior of the land in order to cultivate his magical skill.

After acquiring sufficient coin, Gorlag was sent on his way at age fifteen, equipped with little more than a sack full of cash and a desire for knowledge in his heart. He couldn’t take a carriage due to the family's financial situation, but he could use his own two feet to take him wherever he desired. Over the course of a year’s journey he traveled far and wide, meeting a number of interesting people, and learning more and more about Magic. When he finally arrived at the University and enrolled, he found the courses to be behind his level - after all the time on his lonesome he’d spent studying, he was beyond the other entry level applicants. Still he continued his studies, approaching the Archmages on his own and attempting to ascertain knowledge that wasn’t in the curriculum - particularly, a mage named Flavius. At age nineteen, after graduating from the college, he immediately applied for an Apprenticeship with the college - the first step to becoming an Archmage himself. His application was quickly denied by a board of Mages that were distinctly anti-orc. Disheartened, he made the journey back home.

After a few days stay with his parents, Gorlag sought a job. There was little in the tiny village that required his magical talents, but, there were those who desired his orcish strength. In his absence the town had grown some, and had itself a Pugilist Guild. Desperate for a job, he joined, and learned how to brutally apply his strength when necessary. After a few fights he became acquainted with a human woman named Devorah, who was a boxer herself. After a few sparring rounds with her, he found himself captivated by this human woman. The two quickly fell in love and spent a year and a half together - until a letter arrived in the mail.

It was from Flavius, his mentor at the college. The board had recently been overturned, and the new attending Mages were willing to accept his application for Apprenticeship. After intense though, Gorlag turned his back on the life he’d been cultivating in Bankton, and returned to the fold of Magic.

Through the years, Gorlag ascended in the field of Wizardry, eventually attaining Archmage status with his invention of the spell ‘Conjure Whetstone’. Granted, he published under the name ‘Quintus Valerius’ to further legitimize his work, by avoiding those in the magical community who despised orcs. Once the portal was discovered, he quickly applied to be sent in. Though considered against more powerful spellcasters, Gorlag was selected to the impeccable and detailed nature of his reports, which would allow him to better catalogue any new magical phenomena discovered.

[b]Skills:[/b]
-Encyclopedic Knowledge of Magic: Gorlag is extremely well read on Magic. He’s read virtually every tome available to the public, in addition to countless others saved only for Magical Scholars. It is this knowledge that allowed him to create his first spell, Conjure Whetstone. He intends to put this knowledge to use on the trip by attempting to fully realize two more spells.
-Author and Storyteller: Gorlag is an excellent author and storyteller. He’s put his writing skills to use in creating a number of detailed reports into the more specific and uncertain natures of Magic, as well as the report that granted him his tenure, “Whetstone Cast”. He has gained some notoriety for making reports that would sound dry and academic coming from most seem interesting to more common folk.
-Former Pugilist: For a brief time is his youth, Gorlag was a boxer. He quit after a few years to focus on his magical talents.
-Expect Spellcaster: Gorlag is an excellent spellcaster, and finds particular talent in ritual casting. However, his half human and half orc descent has led to some problems with his day-to-day spellcasting, as the interaction between the particular genomes has led to some difficulty in mana production.
-Cook: Gorlag fancies himself to be a master chef. This is, unfortunately, not the case…

[b]Magic:[/b]
-Detect Magic: A simple spell that allows him to detect sources of magical power. It doesn’t have much range to it, though, perhaps five meters.
-Conjure Whetstone: The very first spell he created, publishing under his assumed name of Quintus Valerius. It summons an ethereal whetstone one can use to sharpen a blade.
-Minor Illusion: Not a typical Minor Illusion spell as one would predict from a D&D or some such, but rather, the ability to generate a small image of some kind in his hand. Imagine something like those hologram disks they have in Star Wars.
-Magelight: Conjure a small, bright ball that can be held in his hand. About twice as bright as a torch.
-Healing Hands: He can lay his hands on an allies wound to heal them. This really only covers minor scrapes and bruises, anything worse than that requires the attention of a Doctor.
-Sense Intent: One of the new spells Gorlag intends to develop over the course of the trip, Sense Intent’s final form should allow a minor sort of telepathy. At the moment, all it can differentiate between is ‘good’ and ‘bad’. Furthermore, it only works on humanoid targets.
-Fisticuffs: The other spell Gorlag intends to develop allows him to touch any material around him, and temporarily transform his fists into that substance. At the moment, it only works on stone, and even then, the stone coating on his fists is much more brittle and weak than you’d expect.

Gorlag also knows a large amount of Ritual spells that require very specific materials for them to be cast. Such spells and material requirements for them would be discussed with the GM beforehand.

[b]Equipment: [/b]
Staff of the Magus- A long, curling Wizard staff with a jewel at the end. It doesn’t do anything magical or augment his abilities in any way, it’s simply a glorified walking stick, given to tenured Professors.
Infused Stones- Gorlag carries a bag of about a dozen ‘Infused Stones’. These stones were specially imbued beforehand with a strong magical signature. Though he does not have the tools to detect the stones himself, he intends to leave them at sites of importance so that better equipped parties can find the locations at a later date.
Draft of “Fists and Minds”- His first draft of his next big report, entitled ‘Fists and Minds’, after the two spells he is developing. Not very much has been written yet, as he has made little progress with the spells.


[b]Other:[/b] As a nervous tick, Gorlag will often rub his tattoo.
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Also, sorry if the background is a bit lacking. I may/may not have half assed it a little bit to get this out quick.