# Urgan Mossback **Race:** Orc **Gender:** Male **Role:** Scoutmaster, Last Survivor of the Crimson Bastion --- ## Overview Urgan Mossback is the only known survivor of the Crimson Bastion’s warband, a hardened scoutmaster once famed for his knowledge of terrain and ambush warfare. Though he lets rumors swirl about being half-mad and haunted, the truth is far simpler: Urgan spread those tales himself to keep pursuers at bay. Behind the mask of madness lies a calculating survivor, a scout who knows it is safer to be feared and avoided than hunted and caught. --- ## Appearance Urgan is gaunt and ragged, his once-proud scout leathers now stained with moss and swamp muck. His beard and hair are knotted with reeds, and his armor bears crude markings of turtles and bog beasts. His eyes are sharp, though he often rolls them or mutters under his breath in performance of the role he wants others to believe. --- ## Personality - **Cunning Pretender:** Urgan feigns paranoia and madness as a survival tactic. - **Half-Feral:** He lives like a beast, more at home in the muck and mire than in civilization. - **Guarded but Clear-Minded:** He remembers everything from the Old Wars, though he hides his true clarity of thought from most. --- ## Lore & History Once, Urgan Mossback was the Crimson Bastion’s scoutmaster, a veteran of countless border skirmishes. He trained young orcs to read the land, to stalk prey, and to strike unseen. During the Old Wars, he marched alongside Grumthor’s grandfather and other orc champions. He claims to have witnessed the turtle spirit—whether a vision, fey entity, or elemental guardian. Some think the encounter broke him, but in truth he leaned into the legend to shield himself from attention. When Grumthor asks about his grandfather, Urgan can tell him fragments of truth: - His grandfather fought with unmatched ferocity, wielding Whisperfang and Stormgouge as twin heralds of death. - He once saved Urgan from an ambush, earning his eternal gratitude. - The fascination with turtles was no jest: Grumthor’s grandfather believed they represented patience, endurance, and hidden strength. - Few survived those battles, and fewer still remember the old ways—Urgan may be the last. --- ## Location Rumors place Urgan deep in the **Rotfen Swamps**, a perilous marshland crawling with bog beasts and plagued by disease. To find him, adventurers must navigate sinking ground, venomous creatures, and treacherous mists. Even then, Urgan may test strangers first, feigning wildness before revealing his true mind. --- ## Hooks & Story Potential - **Mask of Madness:** Urgan maintains the illusion of being broken, but clever adventurers may pierce the façade and find a sharp ally. - **Living Memory:** He may know key details about the Old Wars and [[Grumthar]]’s grandfather that no one else remembers. - **Turtle Spirit:** The truth of the spirit he saw could be uncovered—was it madness, a fey guardian, or something divine?