Post by Deraj on Jan 3, 2020 22:29:54 GMT -5
Gauf Guthvigoff
Description
History
Gauf Guthvigoff, born of the large but not prominent Guthvigoff family, was raised in a devout household that was deeply devoted to the Eight Virtues. Learning of the Order through one of his cousins, Gauf joined the Order's witch hunters at the age of 22 and devoted himself to hunting evil and wayward users of forbidden magics. In the course of his hunts, he came to acquire a number of curses from the witches and the warlocks that he pursued. The curses ranged from merely vexing to debilitating. Nevertheless, many of the curses were able to be lifted by the chief cleric of the Order, through procedures that were sometimes incredibly taxing. After 20 years of witch-hunting, the brutality of his work, the exposure to curses and curse-lifting, and the occasional moral ambiguity of his work took a serious toll on Gauf, until he finally lost his resolve and committed a betrayal against the Order, resulting in his banishment from their company. For many years thereafter, Gauf worked as a mercenary, performing protective work (and never anything that he perceived as shady or underhanded) while drowning his sorrows in drink and living as an outcast.Gauf's Curses
He is known to have the following curses, but because of the nature of the curses, it is not known if this is a complete list:1. Wart on butt - So far incurable. It occasionally screams when exposed and looks like a weird black hole vortex at times. Isn't deadly, but mainly just itches a lot and hurts when sitting.
2. Cursed chest hair - Grows abnormally thick, and occasionally one of the hairs transforms into a non-venomous snake and bites a nipple. He normally prevents this from occurring by occasionally getting his chest waxed.
3. Bad dancing - Gauf is cursed to dance terribly, as a result he is only capable of performing one style of dance; the Batusi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYA8Gr5NTY). This curse is a side-effect, something of a leftover negative side affect of a different curse. A witch he had hunted placed a curse on him to prevent him from being able to walk properly. The Order's cleric was able to cure the worst part of the curse, but Gauf was left with the inability to dance properly.
4. 4th Nipple - Gauf has 3 nipples, but the extra is his "4th". He does not have, nor ever had, a 3rd nipple.
5. Gauf deeply believes that owls are not birds. He knows that his belief is irrational, and the result of a curse. He has spent many long hours researching the subject and even being assured by ornithologists that owls are, indeed, a type of bird. Nevertheless, he cannot help but feel that this is absolutely not the case.
6. Gauf is being perpetually followed by a strange otherworldly-looking being which he refers to as the Creature. Appearing something like a gazer perhaps, with one large prominent eyes and several smaller eyes. It never says anything. It once reacted violently to Gauf, but he never figured out why or was able to reproduce it. Gauf is unsure of its purpose.
Present
Gauf encountered the Emerald Fist after a shapeshifting demon appeared before the Fist as one of their old companions Deraj. Having had been a foe of Deraj, the demon attempted to trick the Fist into slaying Gauf by claiming that Gauf was a shapeshifter. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), Gauf was not killed. He later joined the Emerald Fist after accompanying them on many of their adventures after that day.