Ozig Beorborn
Jan 9, 2012 2:32:49 GMT -5
Post by Ozig on Jan 9, 2012 2:32:49 GMT -5
Full Name: Ozig Haldredson Beorborn
Other name: Bear of the Beors, Ozig the Wild, Wildfist, Beorborn
Race: Human
Side: Varden/Surda
Birthplace: On the banks of the Az Ragni River deep in the Beor mountains
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Birthday: July 2nd
Eyes: Silver
Hair: Brown with flecks of blonde, no graying yet
Weight: 265 lbs.
Height: 6'4
Magic User: no
Preferred Weapon(s): Ozig uses a wooden club that he fashioned himself over the years out of a sizeable tree limb over time he polished he end and warped stones into it to form a two or one handed caveman-esque weapon. Having crafted, shaped, modified, and weilded this weapon for thirty years, no weapons feels more natural in his hands. When he doesnt have his club, Ozig prefers to use his hunting bow, also self-crafted, or his bare hands to defeat his foes. Blades never really struck Ozig as formidable weapons, although as a last resort he will use his father's skinning knife, an ancestral hand me down for several generations, in battle.
Appearance: A massive man of middle age, Ozig is a formidable sight to be reckoned with. Years of outdoorsmanship and hard work have shaped Ozig into perhaps one of the most gruff and grizzly men in all of Alagaesia. He has a long mane of straight, wavy and thick hair and a leonine beard and moustache of equal composition. In his aging some of his muscles have lost some of their tone, but his bluky arms and chest remain a staggering spectacle. His skin is tan from being outdoors nearly every minute of every day. His hands are massive and knobbly having been broken so many times. He has a fine, straight nose and a strong brow and jaw with bushy eyebrows. His face is wrinkly in some places and he is missing some teeth and his left pinky finger. Claw-shaped and blade shaped scars adorn his body from various encounters.
Being an expert tanner and leatherworker, Ozig made all of his own clothes and armor. His shirts are usually deerhide or leather, and he normally wears bearskin or wolfskin chaps over leather pants tucked into Snakeskin boots. He has a bearskin overcoat, and a set of tough leather armor complete with leggings, pauldrons, and bracers. He can often be seen wearng a warm fuzzy foxhide hat. His armor is reinforced with horse hooves, peices of antler, ram horn and other sturdy products of nature. At all times he adornes himself with necklaces baring trophies and prizes of his hunts and battles. Beast teeth, human teeth, urgal teeth, horns, claws, precious gems, medallions, tips of swords, spearheads,a dragon scale he found on a battlefield and whatever else he feels like adding to his collection of war prizes. Also among these necklaces is a gold chain with trinkets, usually jeweled rings, around it. Each He swears that if he ever kills a dragon, he will craft armor out of its scales.
Likes: The outdoors, Animals, hunting, fighting, crafting items, crafting clothing from animal hides, his family
Dislikes: Urgals, the empire, intellectual or white collar types, magic users, cowards.
Strengths: Hunting, knowlege of beasts, tracking,herbs, makeshift weapon and armor crafting, hand to hand combat, ranged combat, brave, loyal.
Weakness: Cannot read, not intellectual, impulsive,sometimes dumb witted
Family: Father, Haldred ( presumably deceased)
Mother, Ferna, (deceased)
Brother, Venner (deceased)
Brother, Toburas (deceased)
Brother, Elgrim (age 40)
Brother, Mabryn (Age 37)
Son, Rikard, (Age 24)
Son, Simpsov,(Age 22)
Son, Jorix ( Age 22)
Granddaughter, Teryn (Age 5 months, by Rikard)
Grandson, Mondrec (Age 4, by Simpsov)
Spouse, Norla (deceased)
Not-So-Brief History:
Ozig's story begins far before his birth. His father, a well known Surdan trader, sought to bring prosperity to his family by moving them to the Beor Mountains to trade with desert nomads and the dwarves. He settled down on The banks of the Az Ragni river and began his trade operation from his newly constructed cottage deep in the Beor Mountains. At first, he had some trouble trading with the dwarven clans, but eventually he gained their trust. To keep the trade going, Ozig's father had to keep traveling into the hadarac to trade with nomads or back to surda to get more supply. During this time of Haldred's fledgeling business, Ozig and His four brothers were born in rapid succession, Ozig being the oldest. When Ozig was 14, his mother was killed by a bear when she got drunk and wondered off into the woods. Ozig and his brothers, already skilled children of the bush by this time, hunted down the bear and slaughtered it, first shooting it with arrows and then Ozig finishing it off with a blow from a tree limb, which he later fashioned into a club. Shortly after that ordeal, Ozig's father did not come back as scheduled. A few months passed and Haldred still did not return from his business trips. Ozig asked the dwarf clans of his whereabouts, and they said they hadnt seen him n months either. It was concluded that Haldred was not coming back and so at the age of fifteen Ozig took up the task of raising his brothers by himself to become very skilled outdoorsmen and fighters, always sparring and wrestling eachother, and challenging dwarves to duels to better themselves.
At age 17, Ozig finally decided to explore life outside the Beors and ventured out of his valley into the hadarac desert alone, telling his brothers that he would be back in a few days. Soon enough, however, Ozig got lost after straying from the Az Ragni river. After days without food or water and being to the point of near death, Ozig was saved by a nomad tribe. The dark-skinned woman who cared for him would eventually become his wife. Eventually, When the two lovers returned to the Beorborn cabin, Ozig's brothers were gone. He soon learned from the dwarves that his brothers had gone to join the Varden in Farthen Dur, fearing that Ozig would, like their father, fail to return home.
Ozig begged his brother's forgiveness, and he acheived it. Alas, the young men decided that they wanted to join the Varden as soldiers and experience the world outside their little modest living in the Beors. Ozig accepted their wish and allowed all four of his brothers to slip from his grasp and join the Varden, to train as children to one day become fine warriors. Ozig and Norla lived the next twenty years in relative peace and seclusion from the world, only ever interacting with the dwarves and occasionally visiting his brothers in the Varden. Norla gave birth to three mulatto- colored sons during their time at the Beorborn homestead. An elder, Rikard, and twins Simpsov and Jorix. Ozig trained his sons just as he had trained himself and his brothers, to be expert masters of the wild and hardy, stout family-valued men. Simpsov and Rikard married women of Norla's tribe, and Simpsov had a son very early, only at age 18. The next big event after Simpsov's son's birth would change Ozig's life forever.
Ozig was hunting with his sons one morning, and Norla and the two other wives remained at the house with Simpsov's son. The men returned toting a fat boar, but to the scent of fire and the sound of Urgal grunts. They had never seen Urgals before, but were completely shocked to find their home burning down and urgals plundering the entire property. The four men sprinted to the house and murdered the small party of Urgals in a blind fury. They found their wives slaughtered. The corpse of Simpsov's wife was stretched across a wooden chest. Inside the chest was his terrified little son. When the toddler saw the carnage, he cried so hard that he vomitted. Shortly after, a company of Varden horsemen led by Ozig's brother Mabryn arrived, but they were too late. Mabryn expressed his condolences, and encouraged the ever-secluded and neutral Ozig to join the fight against the Empire before the Urgals began their assault on Farthen Dur. With no wives and no home, the Beorborn men left the Az Ragni cottage ruin to join the Varden, the faction for which two of his brothers had already died in battle.
They refused any weapons or armor the varden offered them. Simpsov entered the Battle of Farthen Dur stark naked, covered in warpaint, wielding no weapons, just taking weapons as he went along, murdering men and urgals alike with his bare hands. The Beorborns, Ozig and his three young sons fought with such rage that they could not be killed. It was later said that Ozig himself clubbed down fifty urgals and four kull by himself in the battle, all in the spirit of revenge. The four men were in a complete bloodrage, nothing could stop them. Their ferocity was instantly recognized by the Varden higher-ups, and they decided to put Ozig, his sons, and a few others into an special unit of berserkers to be known as Du Beorngar or The Bear People.
Du Beorngar continued to gain prestige over the course of the Varden's battles. Almost miraculously, Ozig's family survived every major battle at the front lines without suffering any life threatening injuries. Simpsov lost a hand At the Burning Plains, but a member of Du Vrangr Gata re attatched it shortly after. Ozig and Du Beorngar continue to fight for the Varden, and they will not rest until the world is rid of the Empire, and things are safe for their family. Shortly after the Burning Plains, Rikard re-married a Surdan woman and they had a daughter. More grandchildren, only more reason for Ozig to continue to allow the Varden to use him on the front lines.
Du Beorngar
Ozig- See above
Rikard- Tall, lanky son of Ozig, also the most temperate and level-headed. He sports and goatee and moustache combination, sort hair and cofee colored skin. He perfers to wear heavy armor crafted for him by a dwarf he grew up with as a marriage present with his first wife, and he wields two fine bronze hatchets crafted by his father.
Simpsov- The most muscular and wild of the Beorborn brothers, often enters battle wearing little to no clothing and covered in war paint. His philosospy is that if an enemy hits him, then he deserves to feel the full brunt of the blade on his bare body. Crazed on the battlefield, it is a miracle that he has not died yet. He often wields just a dagger, just a sword, or just a spear, and can best most men in hand to hand combat, mostly because he intimidates them beforehand. His spartan build is accompanied by a clean shaven face and a shaved bald head. It is said that he descended into madness after the death of his wife. Outside of battle, Simpsov wears normal clothing, socializes and spends most of his time caring for his son, who suffered psychological trauma when his mother was slaughtered by Urgals.
Jorix- The smallest and quickest of the three brothers, Jorix perfers to sprint the perimeter of the battle and cover his comrades with arrowfire. There are few archers as skilled as Jorix. He often challenges his uncles to duels with swords and even occasionally challenges Eragon's elven guard at camp, usually losing badly, Jorix suffers from a napoleonic complex. Not even Galbatorix himself is toug enough for Jorix in his eyes, an attitude that may very well get him killed one day. When not wielding his bow, Jorix wields his home-made stone knives, hunting spears, or a cutlass and buckler he looted from the Battle of Farthen Dur.
Kyrik- A young, fifty four year-old dwarf from a clan that was established in the Beors near the Beorborn cabin. Having grown up with Ozig, he has been close with their family for over forty years. He is an adept blacksmith and crafted Rikard's armor for him. He himself wears fine armor given to him by his father, and wields a large warhammer and a variety of smaller, one handed maces and hammers.
Elgrim- A seasoned and learned Varden officer, Elgrim joined Du Beorngar after witnessing his older brother almost get killed in his rage- filled fighting at the Battle of Farthen Dur. At first he fought with Du Beorngar to look after his brother, but soon he found himself figthing with the same rage and intensity as them. He is clean shaven with long hair, athletically built, and wields a mighty halberd with a sword as his secondary in combat.
Mabryn- A former member of Du Vrangr Gata as well as Du Beorngar, he left Du vrangr Gata to fight with the berserkers simply because he cannot stand by and watch his brothers and nephews and kyrik go into combat without him. He is a powerful magic user, but also wields a sword and shield in combat he too sports a massive leonine beard like his brother.If he were not his brother, Ozig would despise him for being a magic user, but he cannot deny that Mabryn's magic and use of the ancient language comes in handy on the battlefield.
Hodvu Swiftclaw- A brown werecat that loved the idea of being on the very front lines of battle. He befreinded Ozig after the seige of fienster, and got permission from his king, Grimrr Halfpaw to join Du Beorngar. He is a large cat in cat form and often fights in cat form, but idles in human form.
Other name: Bear of the Beors, Ozig the Wild, Wildfist, Beorborn
Race: Human
Side: Varden/Surda
Birthplace: On the banks of the Az Ragni River deep in the Beor mountains
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Birthday: July 2nd
Eyes: Silver
Hair: Brown with flecks of blonde, no graying yet
Weight: 265 lbs.
Height: 6'4
Magic User: no
Preferred Weapon(s): Ozig uses a wooden club that he fashioned himself over the years out of a sizeable tree limb over time he polished he end and warped stones into it to form a two or one handed caveman-esque weapon. Having crafted, shaped, modified, and weilded this weapon for thirty years, no weapons feels more natural in his hands. When he doesnt have his club, Ozig prefers to use his hunting bow, also self-crafted, or his bare hands to defeat his foes. Blades never really struck Ozig as formidable weapons, although as a last resort he will use his father's skinning knife, an ancestral hand me down for several generations, in battle.
Appearance: A massive man of middle age, Ozig is a formidable sight to be reckoned with. Years of outdoorsmanship and hard work have shaped Ozig into perhaps one of the most gruff and grizzly men in all of Alagaesia. He has a long mane of straight, wavy and thick hair and a leonine beard and moustache of equal composition. In his aging some of his muscles have lost some of their tone, but his bluky arms and chest remain a staggering spectacle. His skin is tan from being outdoors nearly every minute of every day. His hands are massive and knobbly having been broken so many times. He has a fine, straight nose and a strong brow and jaw with bushy eyebrows. His face is wrinkly in some places and he is missing some teeth and his left pinky finger. Claw-shaped and blade shaped scars adorn his body from various encounters.
Being an expert tanner and leatherworker, Ozig made all of his own clothes and armor. His shirts are usually deerhide or leather, and he normally wears bearskin or wolfskin chaps over leather pants tucked into Snakeskin boots. He has a bearskin overcoat, and a set of tough leather armor complete with leggings, pauldrons, and bracers. He can often be seen wearng a warm fuzzy foxhide hat. His armor is reinforced with horse hooves, peices of antler, ram horn and other sturdy products of nature. At all times he adornes himself with necklaces baring trophies and prizes of his hunts and battles. Beast teeth, human teeth, urgal teeth, horns, claws, precious gems, medallions, tips of swords, spearheads,a dragon scale he found on a battlefield and whatever else he feels like adding to his collection of war prizes. Also among these necklaces is a gold chain with trinkets, usually jeweled rings, around it. Each He swears that if he ever kills a dragon, he will craft armor out of its scales.
Likes: The outdoors, Animals, hunting, fighting, crafting items, crafting clothing from animal hides, his family
Dislikes: Urgals, the empire, intellectual or white collar types, magic users, cowards.
Strengths: Hunting, knowlege of beasts, tracking,herbs, makeshift weapon and armor crafting, hand to hand combat, ranged combat, brave, loyal.
Weakness: Cannot read, not intellectual, impulsive,sometimes dumb witted
Family: Father, Haldred ( presumably deceased)
Mother, Ferna, (deceased)
Brother, Venner (deceased)
Brother, Toburas (deceased)
Brother, Elgrim (age 40)
Brother, Mabryn (Age 37)
Son, Rikard, (Age 24)
Son, Simpsov,(Age 22)
Son, Jorix ( Age 22)
Granddaughter, Teryn (Age 5 months, by Rikard)
Grandson, Mondrec (Age 4, by Simpsov)
Spouse, Norla (deceased)
Not-So-Brief History:
Ozig's story begins far before his birth. His father, a well known Surdan trader, sought to bring prosperity to his family by moving them to the Beor Mountains to trade with desert nomads and the dwarves. He settled down on The banks of the Az Ragni river and began his trade operation from his newly constructed cottage deep in the Beor Mountains. At first, he had some trouble trading with the dwarven clans, but eventually he gained their trust. To keep the trade going, Ozig's father had to keep traveling into the hadarac to trade with nomads or back to surda to get more supply. During this time of Haldred's fledgeling business, Ozig and His four brothers were born in rapid succession, Ozig being the oldest. When Ozig was 14, his mother was killed by a bear when she got drunk and wondered off into the woods. Ozig and his brothers, already skilled children of the bush by this time, hunted down the bear and slaughtered it, first shooting it with arrows and then Ozig finishing it off with a blow from a tree limb, which he later fashioned into a club. Shortly after that ordeal, Ozig's father did not come back as scheduled. A few months passed and Haldred still did not return from his business trips. Ozig asked the dwarf clans of his whereabouts, and they said they hadnt seen him n months either. It was concluded that Haldred was not coming back and so at the age of fifteen Ozig took up the task of raising his brothers by himself to become very skilled outdoorsmen and fighters, always sparring and wrestling eachother, and challenging dwarves to duels to better themselves.
At age 17, Ozig finally decided to explore life outside the Beors and ventured out of his valley into the hadarac desert alone, telling his brothers that he would be back in a few days. Soon enough, however, Ozig got lost after straying from the Az Ragni river. After days without food or water and being to the point of near death, Ozig was saved by a nomad tribe. The dark-skinned woman who cared for him would eventually become his wife. Eventually, When the two lovers returned to the Beorborn cabin, Ozig's brothers were gone. He soon learned from the dwarves that his brothers had gone to join the Varden in Farthen Dur, fearing that Ozig would, like their father, fail to return home.
Ozig begged his brother's forgiveness, and he acheived it. Alas, the young men decided that they wanted to join the Varden as soldiers and experience the world outside their little modest living in the Beors. Ozig accepted their wish and allowed all four of his brothers to slip from his grasp and join the Varden, to train as children to one day become fine warriors. Ozig and Norla lived the next twenty years in relative peace and seclusion from the world, only ever interacting with the dwarves and occasionally visiting his brothers in the Varden. Norla gave birth to three mulatto- colored sons during their time at the Beorborn homestead. An elder, Rikard, and twins Simpsov and Jorix. Ozig trained his sons just as he had trained himself and his brothers, to be expert masters of the wild and hardy, stout family-valued men. Simpsov and Rikard married women of Norla's tribe, and Simpsov had a son very early, only at age 18. The next big event after Simpsov's son's birth would change Ozig's life forever.
Ozig was hunting with his sons one morning, and Norla and the two other wives remained at the house with Simpsov's son. The men returned toting a fat boar, but to the scent of fire and the sound of Urgal grunts. They had never seen Urgals before, but were completely shocked to find their home burning down and urgals plundering the entire property. The four men sprinted to the house and murdered the small party of Urgals in a blind fury. They found their wives slaughtered. The corpse of Simpsov's wife was stretched across a wooden chest. Inside the chest was his terrified little son. When the toddler saw the carnage, he cried so hard that he vomitted. Shortly after, a company of Varden horsemen led by Ozig's brother Mabryn arrived, but they were too late. Mabryn expressed his condolences, and encouraged the ever-secluded and neutral Ozig to join the fight against the Empire before the Urgals began their assault on Farthen Dur. With no wives and no home, the Beorborn men left the Az Ragni cottage ruin to join the Varden, the faction for which two of his brothers had already died in battle.
They refused any weapons or armor the varden offered them. Simpsov entered the Battle of Farthen Dur stark naked, covered in warpaint, wielding no weapons, just taking weapons as he went along, murdering men and urgals alike with his bare hands. The Beorborns, Ozig and his three young sons fought with such rage that they could not be killed. It was later said that Ozig himself clubbed down fifty urgals and four kull by himself in the battle, all in the spirit of revenge. The four men were in a complete bloodrage, nothing could stop them. Their ferocity was instantly recognized by the Varden higher-ups, and they decided to put Ozig, his sons, and a few others into an special unit of berserkers to be known as Du Beorngar or The Bear People.
Du Beorngar continued to gain prestige over the course of the Varden's battles. Almost miraculously, Ozig's family survived every major battle at the front lines without suffering any life threatening injuries. Simpsov lost a hand At the Burning Plains, but a member of Du Vrangr Gata re attatched it shortly after. Ozig and Du Beorngar continue to fight for the Varden, and they will not rest until the world is rid of the Empire, and things are safe for their family. Shortly after the Burning Plains, Rikard re-married a Surdan woman and they had a daughter. More grandchildren, only more reason for Ozig to continue to allow the Varden to use him on the front lines.
Du Beorngar
Ozig- See above
Rikard- Tall, lanky son of Ozig, also the most temperate and level-headed. He sports and goatee and moustache combination, sort hair and cofee colored skin. He perfers to wear heavy armor crafted for him by a dwarf he grew up with as a marriage present with his first wife, and he wields two fine bronze hatchets crafted by his father.
Simpsov- The most muscular and wild of the Beorborn brothers, often enters battle wearing little to no clothing and covered in war paint. His philosospy is that if an enemy hits him, then he deserves to feel the full brunt of the blade on his bare body. Crazed on the battlefield, it is a miracle that he has not died yet. He often wields just a dagger, just a sword, or just a spear, and can best most men in hand to hand combat, mostly because he intimidates them beforehand. His spartan build is accompanied by a clean shaven face and a shaved bald head. It is said that he descended into madness after the death of his wife. Outside of battle, Simpsov wears normal clothing, socializes and spends most of his time caring for his son, who suffered psychological trauma when his mother was slaughtered by Urgals.
Jorix- The smallest and quickest of the three brothers, Jorix perfers to sprint the perimeter of the battle and cover his comrades with arrowfire. There are few archers as skilled as Jorix. He often challenges his uncles to duels with swords and even occasionally challenges Eragon's elven guard at camp, usually losing badly, Jorix suffers from a napoleonic complex. Not even Galbatorix himself is toug enough for Jorix in his eyes, an attitude that may very well get him killed one day. When not wielding his bow, Jorix wields his home-made stone knives, hunting spears, or a cutlass and buckler he looted from the Battle of Farthen Dur.
Kyrik- A young, fifty four year-old dwarf from a clan that was established in the Beors near the Beorborn cabin. Having grown up with Ozig, he has been close with their family for over forty years. He is an adept blacksmith and crafted Rikard's armor for him. He himself wears fine armor given to him by his father, and wields a large warhammer and a variety of smaller, one handed maces and hammers.
Elgrim- A seasoned and learned Varden officer, Elgrim joined Du Beorngar after witnessing his older brother almost get killed in his rage- filled fighting at the Battle of Farthen Dur. At first he fought with Du Beorngar to look after his brother, but soon he found himself figthing with the same rage and intensity as them. He is clean shaven with long hair, athletically built, and wields a mighty halberd with a sword as his secondary in combat.
Mabryn- A former member of Du Vrangr Gata as well as Du Beorngar, he left Du vrangr Gata to fight with the berserkers simply because he cannot stand by and watch his brothers and nephews and kyrik go into combat without him. He is a powerful magic user, but also wields a sword and shield in combat he too sports a massive leonine beard like his brother.If he were not his brother, Ozig would despise him for being a magic user, but he cannot deny that Mabryn's magic and use of the ancient language comes in handy on the battlefield.
Hodvu Swiftclaw- A brown werecat that loved the idea of being on the very front lines of battle. He befreinded Ozig after the seige of fienster, and got permission from his king, Grimrr Halfpaw to join Du Beorngar. He is a large cat in cat form and often fights in cat form, but idles in human form.
