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Description

AL'Thok stands as a beast among men. Among his tribes he is the fiercest of berserkers, the first into battle, and many times the only to survive. The barbarian warlord stands at an impressive 6'9", and likely comes close to 300 lbs. Al'thok is different in the sense that he is extremely muscular, but not necessarily extremely tone. This is not to say that the berserker is out of shape by any means, but that he lacks the aesthetic finesse that a world-class body builder might have (but certainly not the strength one might boast). Other than his size, Al'thok boasts some other distinguishing characteristics. His long (sometimes dreadlocked) clumps of hair, which easily fall down his back in large bushels, and his massive brown beard give him no only a fierce appearance, but a wise one as well.

The barbarian has two simple tattoos on his left shoulder: a round red ring-like bullseye directly on the side of his shoulder, and slightly below it (in the area where his bicep and shoulder connect) a simple horizontal lightning bolt. Another landmark that separates him from the other barbarians is the large concrete-like braces worn about his wrists and ankles. While these braces do little to protect him (other than being capable of deflecting anything that he might brush them against), their main focus is to add more weight to each strike the barbarian throws. Connected to these braces are short broken chains (at one point, Al'Thok may have been taken prisoner by another tribe, which is a foolish endeavor).

The berserker wears nothing more than a simple loincloth, likely carved from the hide of a some sort of pack beast which is worn around his waist loosely. Al'thok also has one more defining mark upon his person--one which may not necessarily be noticed by others who are not familiar with the tribal hierarchy, but is a portent in his clan. The roman numerals for "21" (XXI) carved into his forehead. This signifies that he is the 21st son of the El'thok elder's bloodline, and thus is the marking of a prophecy.

Personality

Al'Thok is bitterly loyal to his clan, but is also known as a berserker. Berserkers many times consume a certain type of psychotrope before battle that makes them not only insane, but ruthless. Al'Thok is also very primitive, in comparison to the rest of the multiverse, he likely would not comprehend the 'pew-pew lasers' and other sort of advanced technology that they might have. When under the influence of the same psychotropic mushroom he many times consumes before battle, Al'Thok is unreasonable, and in a completely different world than our own, one might say.

While capable of primitive english speech, al'thok has learned some of the Nebuchannizzian language (which resembles farsi) and very sparse amounts of the Chang-qi language colloquially known as "zhen-zhaou" (but is closest to the common language of China). In battle, Al'thok is fierce, ruthless, and powerful. He will stop at nothing to destroy his opposition, and is the embodiment of a true berserker.

Equipment

Nebuchanizzian Spear: The spear is just about 2 meters long, with a half-foot long thin (yet strong, as was the Nebuchanizzian standard, thin to pierce through armor but strong enough to do so as well) blade. This weapon also had at the base of the blade a hook that swoops backwards, which could be used to sweep an enemy, catch something or other many practical uses. the shaft is extremely well-made, and looks as if it has the purpose of deflecting blows, as such, the spear can also be used as a bo as well as a spear.

Rock thrower: be it with a sling or what-have-you, Al'thok's primary style was to use a rock to bash the skull of his opponents in, and thus he is extremely accurate by not only throwing rocks (which rivals a world-class baseball pitchers throw) but also with a sling. Al'thok has also, on occasion, used a simple rock to engage in a melee fight with someone who was using a more proper weapon--and won.

Braces: The four braces on his arms and legs are the sources of his immense strength, he has spent years upon years wearing them, and thus he has become not only just as strong as someone that wasn't wearing them, but twice as deadly. He no longer feels much of a fallback due to the extra momentum brought forth by these large slabs attached to his appendages, instead, he has improvised and has adapted.

History

Al'thok grew up as a young hunter, competing among his guildsmen, leading a natural clan life. Things were simple, and almost very similar to the early native american life, they would hunt and then whatever they killed they would use every bit of. Eventually other clans were pushed into the Thok territory, due to the expansion of the Nebuchanizzian expansion in the west, causing inter-clan hostilities. The thok and eet clan became embroiled in a bitter tribal war, and Al'thok, the 21st became known as the warlord of the Thok clan at a young age. Al'Thok was a fiend on the battlefield, observed not only by the elders of the Eet clan, but his own as well. It was not until the Nebuchanizzian expansion had grown so out of control they began to enslave the tribes that they sought to push from their territory.

The Thok and Eet clan both migrated to the far east, but in a battle that the Nebuchanizzians interrupted Al'Thok, the only tribal survivor of the skirmish, was captured to be a slave of the God Emperor Haddad-Asseem-Abdul, titled "Rafiq of Nebuchanezzar", as Al'thok was taken he was give the concrete braces (as the Nebuchanizzians had evolved to have such technology). Al'Thok never lost his bloodlust or hope to escape, and while the Rafiq did not approve of gladatorial combat, the barbarian was released as a single driving force in any conquests the Nebuchanizzians went for. Unknown to the simple berserker, the Nebuchanizzians were embroiled in their own war, similar to the tribal microcosm he had been involved in, they were an all-consuming war with the "Arudites". Al'thok became very successful, and thus fall in favor with the Rafiq. Trusting of the primitive creature, Rafiq began to allow Al'Thok certain liberties, as was accustomed with the Nebuchanizzians lascivious lifestyle--a choice the God-emperor would soon regret. Al'thok slayed the Haddad-asseem and escaped, leaving the Nebuchanizzians in shambles, causing them to pull out of the Arudite ground, and eventually fall to Arudite invasion.

Having broken the chains that were shackling him, Al'thok sought to return to his tribe with the experience of a different style of fighting. Instead of simply using feebly constructed spears and rocks like he was accustomed to, he had a heavy but well-made Nebuchanizzian forged pike at his disposal. Once he found the Thok clan (whom were no longer embroiled in conflict with the Eet clan, but had intruded into Chang-qi territory and were currently enslaved under Mandarin-Official Qi-Zhaou Chang-Chi) he was discouraged to see what had become of them. Seeing to free his clan from the powerful Chang-Qi dynasty, he lead a bitter and bloody revolution, and using Nebuchanizzian tactics, he separated his clan into their own powerful territory of the south east.

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