Crobuck Grognash - Character Submission

Character Name:Crobuck Grognash

Nickname(s): N/A

Race: Orchish

Sex: Male

Age: 60

Birthplace: Skyrim





Height: 6'3

Weight: 230lbs.

Eye Color: His remaining eye is ashen gray with a spattering of glaucous specks dotting the area around his pupil.

Hair Color: Silver-gray

Hair Style: ) Ponytail

Facial Hair: N/A

Skin Color: Light Green

Build: Well Muscled

Distinguishing Features: Missing Left Eye



Profession: Retired Legion Soldier, now does Mercenary work and hunts, though he is ready to take up arms in the name of the Empire if he is needed.

Skills: Combat skills are formidable as well as knowledge of how to use natural resources around him.

Magic: Crobuck does not know any mgaic.

Training: Crobuck is a veteran soldier with over twenty years of time spent in the Legion, he can command troops and size up a battle with a practiced eye. his grasp of battlefield tactics is sound. On his own, Crobuck is a creative and imaginative warrior, able to look at an engagement and decide a course of action while still being able to switch tactics as the battle requires. He is adept at survival and is able to use resources around him to make sure he stays alive

Other Abilities: Knows how to cook, make lean-to shelters and survive the harsh cold of Skyrim

Apparel: Crobuck is equipped with a set of armor his commanding officer had crafted for his frame specifically. Bands of tempered steel overlap on a padded leather breastplate that has a threefold purpose. The leather layer acts an extra layer of armor as well as a defense against the pinching the shifting bands of armor could cause as well as providing a small amount of impact absorption from hits Crobuck takes. His legs are covered by greaves made with the same concept in mind as the cuirass. The only difference is that here, there are layered plates of armor, not bands that cover his legs. small pop rivets hold these plates to the leather pants and afford Crobuck a great deal of agility without sacrificing protection. Crobuck wears standard issue Legion gauntlets made of heavy steel and leather bands, as well as standard issue Legion boots made in the same way. The helmet Crobuck wears is the heavy steel of a Legion officer, he wore it during his Legion years as a symbol of his rank, that of Captain, which he was promoted to after his previous Captain's death. He continues to wear the helm to honor the memory of the man.

Weaponry: Crobuck uses a rare mark of war-axe that has the names of each of its previous owners names engraved in its haft.

Other Equipment: N/A

Companions: N/A



Affiliation: Crobuck is loyal to the Imperial Legion. he recognizes the problems that persist in the Legion but he also sees the tenuous and fragile existance of the Stormcloak rebellion.

Religious Belief: 8 Divines

Sexual Preference: Heterosexual

Relationship Status: Wife and child, both deceased.

Personality:Though he is an Orc, Crobuck is a generally good natured man with a quick wit and a dry sense of humor that sometimes borders on gallows humor. He possesses a sense of helpfulness and a way with people that members of his race generally do not have.



History:
As a child, Crobuck lived in the stronghold of Mor Khazgur - a little slice of Orsinium in the cold climes of Skyrim.
He , like many other Orc's, worked in the mines, gathering the valuable stone there for sale and smithing. Crobuck meets his Wife, Larga Gragna, who brings food and water into the mines for the workers as well as helping the other women who are not mining, smithing, or any various assortment of other things, sort the ore the miners carry out. Crobuck falls in love with her and after several months he asks for her hand in marriage. Larga's father, the chieftain, objects to Crobuck's proposal as it is tradition that only the chieftan have wives. He creates a fight between the two.
Crobuck bests the other man and marries Larga. They have a son soon after marrying and for a couple of years life proceeds pleasantly for the couple until an envoy from the Imperial Legion comes asking for volunteers to fight in the impending war. Crobuck and several others leave their families behind to fight.
Crobuck joined the Legion in 4E 170 at the age of 19. the next year when the Great War began and Crobuck was assigned to the army commanded by General Jonna of Skyrim. Crobuck was among the reinforcements to support Emperor Titus's main army as they fought their way out of the Imperial City when it fell.
The next year, still under the Command of Jonna, Crobuck participated in the Battle of the Red Ring, the battle to retake the Imperial City, Jonna lost many troops when Titus's plan to retake the city was enacted. during this battle, Crobuck's commanding officer was killed and Crobuck received a battlefield promotion to Captain and stood on the front line when the Aldmeri attempted to flee from the Imperial City when Titus was successful.
After the war, Crobuck remained in the Legion until 4E 190, helping along with many other legionaries, to assist in the rebuilding of parts of Cyrodiil. He retired and returned to his home in Skyrim.
Upon his return to Mor Khazgur Crobuck discovers that during his time away, Larok Gragna, the chieftain and many others including Crobuck's wife and child were killed by the incursions of opportunistic bandit groups attempting to exploit the resources of the now undermanned Orc stronghold. Crobuck finds that he can no longer stay in the stronghold and moves to the city of Solitude.
Crobuck has lived mainly in the city of Solitude, living a life of hunting and doing mercenary work until he saw the trouble brewing with the Stormcloaks and he picked up his weapons and armor in 4E 201, ready to do battle in the name of the Empire once more.
Crobuck fights through another war under the Imperial banner. His age as well as skill and ferocity see him promoted from Captain to Commander and he received his own force to deploy at his will. At the end of the Rebellion, Crobuck goes back into retirement once more.
While on his newest stint of retirement, Crobuck decides to start a new chapter of his life, he wants to explore, use his wealth accrued from years of soldiering to just move from place to place and see the world he lives in without an army surrounding him while he did it. Crobuck decides to travel to Riften as his first place of exploration.
Upon arrival he enters a tavern, The Bee&Barb and approaches a rather feral looking woman and asks for directions around the city. This ultimately leads to a confrontation with the woman who then initiated a fight with the soldier. she blinded his left eye when they fought and in return he broke several of her ribs with a savage kick. after being looked after by the priestesses of Mara there in the city, Crobuck was last seen leaving Riften and walking towards the stables, the year is 4E 211.