[b]Name:[/b] [url=https://v1.dicecloud.com/character/Guk4dwdiFeTNDecQj/Barghest-Feral-Hide]Barghest Feral-Hide[/url]  
[b]Age:[/b] 54  
[b]Race:[/b] Goblin  
[b]Class:[/b] Blood Hunter (Order of the Lycan) / Barbarian  
[b]Background:[/b] Outlander  

[hider=Appearance:]  
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Barghest is a terrifying fusion of goblin cunning and feral savagery. His skin is a pale, mottled green-gray, stretched over a wiry but muscular frame that radiates predatory strength. His crimson eyes burn with an unnatural intensity, and his jagged maw of fangs leaves little doubt of the beast lurking within him. Tufts of coarse, wolfish fur sprout from his shoulders and back, further blurring the line between goblin and monster. He adorns himself with crude chains and bone trinkets, not as restraints but as trophies — reminders of both his torment and triumph.

Clad only in a tattered red loincloth and savage ornaments, Barghest carries himself with the dominance of a predator that fears nothing. His posture is always forward-leaning, ready to spring, and his clawed hands twitch with restless hunger. To see him is to witness something that should not exist: a goblin elevated, twisted, and perfected by forbidden bloodcraft into a chieftain-beast who is both feared and revered.[/hider]

[hider=Backstory:]  
Barghest was once nothing more than a hunter of his goblin tribe, eking out survival through cunning and ambush. That life ended when he was captured by a fledgling sect of Blood Hunters, pioneers of the Order of the Lycan. Still struggling to tame the curse of lycanthropy for themselves, they turned instead to subjects they deemed expendable: the unwanted, the weak, and the reviled. Barghest was one such unfortunate soul, chosen to endure their wicked experiments.  

But the Blood Hunters found unexpected success. Barghest not only survived the ordeal but became the first to master the curse without losing himself to madness. He retained his goblin instincts and intellect while embodying the monstrous ferocity of the beast within. Even more, he wielded Hemocraft — the forbidden magic of blood — seamlessly while in his hybrid form. He was, by every measure, the first true success of the Order of the Lycan.  

When the experiments were complete, Barghest was released, the Blood Hunters believing their work had proven its point. But Barghest returned to his tribe a changed creature, more than goblin, more than beast. Within weeks, he challenged his chieftain in brutal combat, tearing him apart beneath the blood moon. With dominance established, Barghest crowned himself the new leader of the Beast-Hides. Under his rule, the tribe was transformed, as his curse seeped into his kin. Soon, the world would whisper of a terrifying new breed — natural-born were-goblins, children of the first beast-chieftain, Barghest Feral-Hide.[/hider]