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Name: Oolphrug
Alias: Olyphia Greencavern
Class: Meat Connoisseur
Race: Gnoll
Place of Birth: Caftic Desert
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Faith: Atheist
Alignment: The one that likes killing things. A lot.

Currently

Olyphia is an enthusiastic adventurer with a poor attention span for most conversation that does not involve fighting and/or things being killed. Excitable and eager to help, she considers herself a loyal member of the community and its inhabitants (whether she and they like each other or not), and is more often found eradicating some group of creatures than in town. Still, she likes to stop by from time to time, destroy the flora around the Hamlet's fire, and see if anything exciting has come up.

History

Olyphia was born as Oolphrug into the lowest ranks of the Green Cavern clan, a cackle of Gnolls residing within the Caftic Desert. She lead a mediocre life, following the superior members of the pack and staying out of the way. While on a search for potential food caches, Olyphia came upon a port city just past the neighboring plains. After skulking around the outskirts, the gnoll found her way onto a cargo ship that had stopped to pick up goods. Following her nose, she found the cache she'd been looking for.

The crew eventually found Olyphia in the hold, finishing off an entire crate of smoked salmon. She was beaten and tied to the mast of the ship for four days, after which she was given the option of being thrown overboard or becoming an indentured servant (she didn't understand at first; the crew eventually pantomimed violently until she got it). She chose the latter- mostly because she didn't see any nearby islands and wasn't so confident in her long distance swimming skills.

Spending five years on the ship alotted Olyphia with a pretty good handle on Orcish, the first language of the crew, and later a bare bones grasp of Common (mostly utilized when assisting in loading and unloading cargo). However, the time spent on board did not endear her to the crew and, upon seeing an island on the horizon, Olyphia jumped ship- laden with enough goods and currency to make up a third of her weight.

Finding that it was rather hard to swim with that much swag, and soon after realizing she would not be able to hold her breath long enough to walk while submersed the entire way, the gnoll abandoned the goods and managed to wash ashore without drowning. She managed to hang on to a small sack of gold and an axe and, dripping wet, wandered toward the town of Nuvar.

Appearance

Olyphia stands at about seven and a half feet tall and weighs in at around three hundred pounds. All muscle and coarse fur, she is thick-necked, broad shouldered, and generally stocky. Her fur is yellow-brown with a fawn underbelly and a chocolate brown color along her back, mane, muzzle, and extremities; brown-black spots mottle her shoulders, neck, thighs, and most of her back. Her eyes are amber-hued and beady in appearance, usually scrunched up behind a toothy grin. Two thick braids drape down from behind each ear, while the rest of her mane sticks up rather stiffly. Scars and patches of missing fur litter her body, giving her a rough appearance that conflicts with her youth. She is missing a few teeth on the left side of her mouth from being kicked in the face by a buffalo when she was younger.

She tends to wear rusty, haphazard armor covered in chinks and gouges; the chest plate is two sizes too big and used to hold all of her belongings; the plate gives her a bulky, top heavy build. Usually she is unkempt and dirty, but she's working on the whole "bathing" thing. Her voice is scratchy, deep, and littered with frequent giggling and whooping reminiscent of a hyena's. She speaks poor Common, although she is learning. She's even given up referring to everyone as "meat."

Fun Facts

• The pronunciation of Oolphrug sounds more like a dog sneezing than an actual word.
• Olyphia took an infant Orc (orphaned when the clan raided its parents' home) as a pet once. As the cavern contained a cliff, and she happened to reside near said cliff… She did not keep pets long.
• She currently owns a cat named Frog which, thanks to the lack of cliffs, is doing very well.

Links

The Bone Box (Character "Journal")