Wulf Shieldbearer.

 

Wulf was raised in the country. From an early age he would commonly wander off, for days at a time. This caused his parents no end of trouble. Eventually they came to understand their sons connection to the wild and accepted it though they continued to worry if he stayed away too long. Wulf learned how to survive in the wild and came to prefer it there. One day, after he had been away from home for a week he returned. His parents farm was ominously quiet. With Wulfs nature skills he soon noticed tracks leading to and from the farm. He recognized the tracks as those of orcs. Rushing inside the house he was faced with the bodies of his parents. Not taking the time to bury them, and pausing only to take his fathers sword, he rushed outside and followed the tracks. That night he came across the orcs campsite. They had chopped down an ancient tree and set it alight. There were only a few of them and they were drunk on the beer they had stolen from Wulfs father. The first they knew of Wulf was when his arrows flew out of the darkness. Soon there was one orc left standing alone looking at the bodies of his companions. Wulf strode out of the dark and challenged the orc. In a blind rage it ran towards him shouting its primitive oaths. In its inebriated state it stood no chance even against a novice like Wulf and he cut it down. Returning to his parents he swore an oath, as he buried them, to track down and slay all monsters that threatened innocents and nature. Although toughened by his life in the wild, Wulf is not comfortable outside of it and as such has trouble relating to other people.