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The son of an Orc raider chieftain from Belkzen and a human slave girl, Rogash was born into slavery at the hands of his father's band of raiders, allowed to survive infancy only at the insistence of his father, who recognized his heritage as especially valuable in a slave. Much of his early years consisted of manual labor and near-endless marching as the nomadic group of bandits roamed the countryside. For at least sixteen hours each day, the young half-breed would hear the endless jingling and rattling of the chains that bound him and his fellow slaves, the manacles biting into his wrists and ankles relentlessly.

His servitude continued until the raiders were finally tracked down by a militia brigade just within the borders of Molthune. As the soldiers came down on the raiders, Rogash was able to escape in the confusion and make his way into the wilderness, certain that if the soldiers found him they would slay him for his resemblance to the Orcs. After days of wandering, he was found in the woods by a hunter, who took him in to his village to relieve him of his chains and help him gain his strength. Months later, after a time repaying the hunter with chores and aid in catching game, Rogash departed with a purpose in mind, intent on using the hatred that had boiled up within him over his years of slavery to dole out justice on those like his captors, forging for himself a chain studded with sharp spikes and hooks to use as his weapon, and a large, heavy cloak of linked chains -- two eternal reminders to himself of the burden he bore for so long, and the strength he gained from it.