Krom was a challenge to GM for. My husband wanted to try a warrior with a twist so he decided Krom could not lie without hurting his honor. And Krom held his honor pretty darn high, even above his life. He was a straight forward character, and is in my story, which led to some fun and exciting GMing moments for me.
Krom is the youngest of three children. He's father Kariwa (brother in Shasta if you are all into name origins) and mother Tarichi (wife in Shasta). His older brother Kunapsi (fox in Shasta) and older sister Kassa (Mallard duck in Shasta) watch over him like hawks but teach him everything. He is a hunter and tracker for his clan and is trying to earn a hunt of his own.
Krom is Akicitia and stands six and half feet tall. He is around 270 pounds and is broad at the shoulders then tapers into the waist. He has a stocky torso but is quite dexterous. He is a walking ball of muscle and fur. His face is round with a sloping snout and prominent upper eyeteeth. Whiskers are nearly invisible near his nose, but very sensitive to vibrations giving him an advantage of detecting people or animals near him. His ears are set slightly forward and at the ten and two positions on the top of his head which stick out of a thick, lion mane.
Krom's fur is a sandy brown, with a black tipped tail and the ends of his mane, feet, and hands. His eyes are a golden brown, almost a honey color. They are big and round, set slightly farther from center of the face then a human's would be.
Krom's mane is a dark golden brown growing darker as it reaches the ends and finally ends in black, falling just to his shoulder. He looks like a lion wearing it loose.
He wears buckskin clothing with leather scale armor. (The armor is made of leather, but the pieces overlap looking like small scales.) Feathers, beads, and small stone fetishes are tied into his mane.
Krom is blunt and to the point. He doesn't lie and he doesn't mince words. He is friendly to his friends and family but down right vindictive to those who seek to harm himself, the weak, and his clan. Krom's prejudices run against those who prey upon the weak and those who rape and pillage.
Krom is honest, sincere, friendly, and extremely brave, almost to point of suicidal. He will drop everything to help protect women and children and no matter what he just can't lie. But his temper is short, he is very blunt and is very vengeful toward people those who have wronged him.
Krom comes all the way from Ariella via a boat captianed by Guthlaf's cousin. (Guthlaf is my dwarven thief in this story.) He put to the task of trying to find some much needed information about his tribe's attackers by the elders of his clan. He reaches Bloodhelm in time to get mixed up in the mess with Tarkil and the others. He is just as used by the Gods as the others, but in the time he is in the north he grows and matures, making him a natural leader when he returns home.
Tomorrow: Krom's village
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