Bolgrim was born to two lowly commoners in the city of Varisia. His mother was a mid-wife, who took great care of mothers throughout the city. Unfortunately, there was no one to return the favor. His mother did the best she could from what she knew, but it was far different doing her practices under the stresses of labor. The fatigue and exhaustion killed her slowly, her husband stayed by her bedside when he could. After 7 months of torture, his mother passed, and Bolgrim was left to be raised by his father. His father was a miner and a blacksmith in Varisia. His father tried to remarry, hoping to find a new mother for his son, but to no avail. He spent most, if not all his wages on caregivers.
Bolgrim grew quickly, within the next month he wasn't walking, he was running. By 2 years of age, he was able to pick up his father's mining pick. Caregiver's started refusing to watch over the child for fear of getting hurt by the strong little tike. On his 8th birthday, his father gave him a blacksmithing hammer. Bolgrim beamed up at his father and begged anxiously to get to work. His father laughed and told him to enjoy the rest of his birthday. Over the next few years he started to outpace is father with the hammer. He wanted to take over his father's work, but his father knew he wouldn't be able to run a business.
Bolgrim respected his father's wishes, and told his father he wanted to work in the mines instead. His father couldn't bear the thought of Bolgrim going into the mines, so he told him "no" to that as well.
Now, at 21 years of age, Bolgrim's father has come down with a terrible illness, and Bolgrim knows the simple wages his father made wouldn't be enough to get medicine or healing for his father. He decided to post on wanted boards and travel from tavern to tavern putting himself on the market as a sellsword. He crafted himself some gear while waiting for someone to request his services.
Now with the Founding Festival coming up soon, he thinks this'll be his chance, he's now looking around for someone who might need his strength, and his hammer.