Name: Hell Hades Vogoth
Race: Orc
Class: Warlock
Gender: Male
Ability Score:
- Strength: 13
- Dexterity: 8
- Constitution: 14
- Intelligence: 10
- Wisdom: 13
- Charisma: 17
Skills:
- Intimidation
- Arcana
- Survival
Backstory:
Hell Hades Vogoth was not born but forged—his infancy next to a battlefield altar on the Bloodstone Peaks, where the storm-warped ancestors of his clan communed with things in the dark. Never at home among the simple traditions of orc warbands, Vogoth heard whispers in his dreams—calls not from the ancestors, but from forgotten powers dwelling beneath the earth. Marked by otherworldly omens, he became an outsider both feared and respected, for only he could intercede during brutal blood feuds when ancestral spirits refused to answer. Exiled after defying a chieftain blinded by pride, Vogoth made a pact with a primordial being sealed deep in the roots of the plateau and returned marked by strange magics. Now he acts as a living conduit of ancient bargains, wandering war-torn lands as a mercenary, arbiter, and sometimes, unwanted peacemaker. His power brings pain as often as salvation, and all who face him learn why even spirits hiss his name with both awe and horror.
Secret Backstory:
Vogoth’s pact-binder is not some distant demon, but an imprisoned aspect of Pangryn’s own mourning shadow, Umbraxis—a fragment of godhood promising power but feeding steadily on his rage and despair. Each time Vogoth unleashes his magic to heal allies or shield the weak, a share of that agony siphons into the pact, growing a hidden wound inside him. Secretly, he fears that one day the pact will demand more than pain, driving him to destroy what he most wishes to protect. He harbors a desperate hope: if he someday finds Umbraxis’s prison and faces the source, he might reclaim his own soul—or lose it utterly for the sake of those he leads.
Age: 43
Alignment: Neutral Good
Personality:
Hell Hades Vogoth is both intimidating and enigmatic; his presence alone commands silence among orcs and dread among outsiders. He carries himself as an outcast philosopher-warrior, weighing all things with a grim fairness, seldom quick to anger but never slow to act if justice demands. Though his manner is severe and occasionally sardonic, Vogoth is deeply compassionate toward the suffering—he mourns loss rather than flaunting victories, ever aware that power brings more sorrow than satisfaction. Vogoth relates to others with a mixture of brutal honesty and unexpected tenderness, never suffering hypocrisy or arrogance, and often counseling mercy where others would demand vengeance. His sense of humor is dark, and he is slow to trust, yet he finds kinship with anyone struggling against burdens too great to bear unaided. Moments of vulnerability, when he questions the cost of his magic, are rare and closely guarded.
Mannerisms:
- Taps the hilt of his soul-forged weapon while thinking.
- Rumbles out a guttural tune under his breath before battle.
- Casts ritual markings on the ground before striking a bargain or pact.
- Pauses, gaze distant, as if listening to whispers unheard by others.
Catchphrases:
- “Power comes with a debt—how much are you willing to owe?”
- “Mercy is heavier than any blade.”
- “My pact, my burden.”
- “Make your peace—then make your stand.”
Speech Style:
Vogoth speaks in a deep, gravelly timbre, deliberate and calm, only ever raising his voice to quell chaos. His words are direct, sometimes poetic, laced with grim wisdom or dry irony. Rarely does he waste breath on flattery; he prefers simple statements, punctuated by cryptic warnings or proverbs from his own warband’s extinct tongue.
Preferred Conversation Topics:
- The cost and nature of power
- The meaning of loyalty and sacrifice
- Ancient spirits and forbidden lore
- Methods of surviving hardship
- Redemption and forgiveness
Preferred Personality Types:
- Honour-driven warriors
- Outcasts and exiles
- Patient listeners
- Those who help the weak
- Pragmatic thinkers
Likes:
- Ancient myths and oral histories
- Well-forged weapons
- Rain-soaked silence on the battlefield
- Reluctant heroes
- Small, genuine acts of kindness
Dislikes:
- Cruelty for its own sake
- Oathbreakers or traitors
- Arrogant nobles and petty lords
- Careless destruction
- Mockery of the suffering
Hobbies & Interests:
- Forging ritual weapons and totems
- Meditative walks among ancient battlefields
- Interpreting omens and runes
- Secretly composing war chants
Fears & Weaknesses:
- Losing himself to his pact’s influence
- Failing to protect the innocent
- Being remembered as a monster, not a savior
- Fire, which reminds him of a vision of his own destruction
Appearance:
Hell Hades Vogoth stands enormous even among orcs—broad-shouldered, with sinew and scarred flesh entwined like corded steel beneath ash-grey skin. Horned war tattoos—burned and inked during exile rituals—wind from his chin down his collarbones, framing a heavy jaw and prominent, fractured tusks. His black hair is partly braided, partly untamed, streaked with pale grey. Iron rings and bone beads adorn his thick braids and fringed war-cloak, crafted from wolf pelts and battered scavenged mail. Over his chest, a hex-marked pauldron and leather strips bear symbols of oaths broken and reforged. His hands are broad and calloused, the left wrapped in a ritual binding etched with pact marks that occasionally shimmer with shadowy power during spellwork. He moves not with the reckless lunge of berserkers, but with deliberate, weighty precision—a presence both somber and daunting.
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