Role

Chapter 18

"Greetings loyal followers of 'Wild Thera'. We are pleased to bring you
this, next-to-last tell-a-cast in our exciting ongoing series profiling the
life and times of the young orcen of Clan Grinning Skull. As always, this is
your host and roving reporter, Fistlnep Throngbottom, working my gnomish
fingers to the bone for your entertainment."

"Martial training has continued this year as the few orcs that have survived
the rearing process prepare to enter the Academy of Thera and join the ranks
of the adventurer. Krunk is by a wide margin the stand out in this group of
orcs. Stronger, faster, and as this reporter has observed over his lifetime,
possessing a cunning not normally seen amongst orc kind. I could detail his
many battles, skirmishes and mock fights with the other breedlings, but
frankly they are often horribly one sided."

"Instead I will devote this episode of 'Wild Thera' to a recap of those
things seen throughout our series. Born to a litter of six, Krunk wasn't
born the strongest, but from the start he was devious. Pushing others to the
fore when that meant punishment or death, and hiding when he wasn't strong
enough to fight. He lost the other members of his litter to weakness,
torture, enslavement, and death, but Krunk strove ever onward. A true
survivor, Krunk thrived where others failed, used others when it was to his
advantage, and gained status of his own when he was strong enough to hold it
alone. His fighting prowess is a terrible thing to behold, and his cunning
is a marvel. Krunk, member of Thera's wildest creature, and a fighter I,
Fistlnep Throngbottom, hope to never face in my travels."