Zorg was born into the Dark Hook goblin tribe, a seafaring bunch who sail ships that look more like ramshackle mounds of debris than actual vessels. They also have the habit of mimicking real pirates in their dress and talking in nautical gibberish which they believe is how pirates actually talk.
It wasn’t long after being released out of the standard goblin child-pen that Zorg began to frighten the rest of the tribe (hence his nickname). Though it could be argued that Zorg has always been somewhat less vicious than most of his kind, those who got on his bad side often suffered bad luck in short order – ears would catch on fire, pet toads would suddenly die of heart failure, and prized pickle jars would suddenly explode.
Combined with Zorg’s tendency to be a little too intellectual for most goblins’ tastes (true, the bar is low), these incidents eventually led to his expulsion from the tribe. Specifically, the chief declared that Zorg would be executed by forcing him to walk the plank. Unfortunately for the Dark Hooks, they didn’t realize that the plank was supposed to hang over the side of the ship. When the tribe got restless after nothing happened when Zorg safely walked off the far end of the plank, they picked him up and tossed him in the sea. This also failed to have the desired effect, as their ‘ship’ was merely 100 feet from land. Zorg shouted a curse and made an obscene gesture before turning to swim for shore.
That shore was Port Peril, and it soon became apparent that Zorg was in over his head (both literally and figuratively) here. Half of the citizens looked at him with a mix of disgust and ill will. The others sized him up for various unfortunate ends. While hiding in an alleyway, a rat scampered up to him and regarded him with twitching whiskers and beady black eyes. Something mystical and unexplainable passed between them, and Zorg had found his familiar and arcane guide, whom he named Yalla.
Buoyed by his good fortune, Zorg tucked his familiar into one of his many pockets and headed to the first tavern he could find to celebrate – the Formidably Maid.
