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About Norowareta Nagagorjo

Nagagorjo was born to farmers in a small village in the jungles of Nagajor. His aspiration growing up was to become a warrior, so that he might be a temple guard or bodyguard to the ruling naga, two of the most noble callings a lowly nagaji may aspire to in his village.

But as he began his weapons training as a child, he began to babble in a strange tongue, and not understand the words spoken to him in his native language. This seemed to only happen during combat or times of stress. Fearing him cursed, his family tried to keep it a secret, but the village elders eventually found out. Recognizing his unnatural speech as the infernal language of devils, they deemed him cursed, forced him to give up his family name, and banished him from Nagajor. Thus, his name was changed to Norowareta Nagagorjo, literally “Nagagorjo the Cursed".

At first, he traveled south to the jungles of Valashmai. The jungle was similar enough to his home that he was able to find work aiding human and other treasure seekers in navigating the treacherous terrain. Besides food and money, he also learned to fight from some of these men, continuing the combat training he’d begun in his home village. But he recognized that they were greedy treasure hunters, not honorable warriors, and he eventually left their service and left the jungles of Valashmai to see the rest of Tian Xia.

He eventually grew to be a strong warrior, larger than average even for a nagaji at 6’10”, wearing heavy armor with various weapons strapped to his belt and backpack wherever he travels. He also eventually realized that his lingual curse carried with it other magical power that he could use in battle. Though he still hates his curse for ruining his life, he accepts that this magic is too useful not to use, so he has embraced the use of magic as an oracle.

In his wanderings, he heard tales of noble adventurers called Pathfinders who would take in even the most unusual warriors, so he traveled to the Inner Sea region to visit the Grand Lodge in Absalom and join that organization. He was accepted as a Pathfinder, but it didn’t take long for even a nagaji of his limited mental capacity to realize that not all within the Pathfinder Society are as noble as the tales he’d originally heard. Thus, he has chosen to ally himself with the Lantern Lodge to spread the wisdom and nobility of his Tien heritage to the rest of the Inner Sea.

At the same time, though, he has been training with a new Venture Captain in the Society - a barbarian who goes by the nickname "Mash". Mash has taught "Gorjo" how to be a better fighter, and the young snakeman has taken well to his mentor's tutelage, though he has had to go elsewhere for advice on the use of magic.