Bio

Born in a small tribe of Firbolg that had recently turned against the mother tribe, Enark was raised in an even harsher environment than normal for a Firbolg. As the division of the tribes was not a healthy or normal event, there was continued hatred and often raids between the two remnants of the original tribe. Enark was too young to understand it, but the leaders of the tribe developed a hatred for each other that was born of love. They were brothers who were inseparable in their younger years, but one brother, who was destined to be the follower, was manipulated and deceived by another member of the tribe which resulted in the split. After years of warfare between the two brothers, Enark’s tribe was struck with some form of sickness that weakened the warriors and allowed the other tribe to strike at and eliminate Enark’s tribe. The only thing that saved Enark was the nomadic Druid who was attempting to heal the tribe. The druid did not seek to prevent the slaughter of the tribe as he perceived it to be something not of his concern, but his sympathy for the plight of the young and innocent Enark moved his hand to save the young Firbolg. The Druid, Rabena, spirited away the young firbolg and took him as a traveling “apprentice” but she soon realized that Enark, while sensitive to the life of the land, did not share Rabena’s druidic views of neutrality and balance. Enark’s warfaring ways and background of violence and hatred prevented him from embracing the druidic values and Rabena realized that they needed to part ways. Unfortunately there were few places where Enark would be welcome as his large stature would create difficulties in the human world, and Rabena was hesitant to reintroduce him to another Firbolg tribe as his origins would emerge and he may be hunted or persecuted by his former tribe. Rabena’s perceived her only choice to be the dwarven nations that inhabited the mountains surrounding the Firbolg homeland. As there was frequent trade between the nations, the dwarves were comfortable with the Firbolg and their nature more accurately reflected Enark’s personality than the distant elves to the north. Through an arrangement with the dwarves, Enark was trained to guard some of the dwarven farmlands that were situation above ground near access tunnels to the underground dwarven cities. At first Enark was accepted into dwarven society based on his relationship with Rabena, but over time the dwarves began to embrace and accept Enark based on his honour and loyalty to the “dwarven nation”. As Enark developed into a fully-grown Firbolg, he developed pride in his efforts to guard the dwarven farmlands and became more aware of the environment around him. His time with Rabena gave him knowledge of nature and he developed the ability to read his natural surroundings. The animals around him grew to trust him and treated him as though he was part of the environment. He became particularly close to the bears, mountain lions, and wolves of the area as he shared their pride, strength and competitive natures. He relied on them to give him signals or signs of intruders in his area and he in turn helped them in times of difficulty and distress. It was a peaceful time for Enark as he continued to interact with the dwarves, but he was always aware of his heritage and started to feel as an outsider. The dwarves were always respectful, but he could not truly interact with them as he did not fit in their tunnel systems and he was over 7 feet tall. He longed to find his place in the world, but was reluctant to leave his “home”. Unfortunately the decision was made for him. After increasing incidences of intruders passing through the area, Enark finally was forced to act as the intruders felt the need to hunt for pleasure instead of for food. They set up a hunt in Enark’s large mountain valley when they lit the forest on fire at one end, and awaited the slaughter on the other end. Up to that point Enark did not take action, but his anger and hatred over the slaughter of all of his companions drove him to attack the intruders. Somehow, he is not sure how, he was overcome in the smoke and attacked and left for dead. All that was left after the attack was a few burned arrowheads, and a tattered, half-burned standard that Enark did not recognize. Enark felt shame over the fact that he had cost the dwarves their farmland and hunting grounds. He also felt severe remorse over the loss of all of those animals closest to him and thoughts of vengeance entered his head. With the help of the dwarven healers and shamans, Enark managed to preserve some of the spirits of the trees and animals in the valley so that they could travel with him and aid him in his quest. After a final word to the dwarves explaining what happened, Enark set out to find out who would commit such an atrocious act and finding them became his sole focus over the next duration of his life…