30/07/2020
Bidet, lovelies! I'm amazed it took me this long to do anything D&D-related! Critical Role, back in 2016, was the first legit exposure I'd ever had to dungeons and dragons. I'd played 3.5 a handful of times but wasn't into it, Pathfinder maybe once, but didn't even know about 5th edition until I started watching this show. 4 years later and... well... I'm super hooked. 5 books, like 7 distinctly different characters, and many fun rolls and good times. I credit D&D with a lot of good things that have happened in my life. Including getting me into voice acting!
As such, here's Grog, Travis Willingham's goliath barbarian from campaign 1 of Critical Role!
Quote: "Right, listen up. If you have ale, then you have a friend in Grog Strongjaw. A goliath of towering height and size, this barbarian has an appetite for the two great loves in his life: combat, women, and ale. Wait...
Easily the brains of the group, Grog is often consulted for his vast knowledge of shapes, colors, and shiny things. Also ale.
In his early years, armed with his two-handed great axe, Grog often enjoyed proving his might amongst the ranks of his family's wandering herd. But after coming upon an unsuspecting elderly gnome in the woods, he objected to the killing of such an innocent life. A creature of impulse, Grog felt only pity for this terrified little thing. His disobedience cost him dearly. Beaten bloody and banished by the herd leader, his uncle Kevdak, Grog was abandoned and left to die.
Exiled from his herd, it was then that the relative of the very gnome he fought to save, saved him. It was the kindness of a gnome cleric named Pike that healed Grog, bringing him back from death's edge. And they have remained close friends ever since.
Most nights, Grog can be found challenging entire taverns to wrestling matches! Or accompanying Scanlan to the nearest house where you pay for, er, lady favors. Also ale."
