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About Gabbro Ghawn

Gabbro Ghawn, like most from his clan, lived a simple, brutish life from hand to mouth. He spent his early years doing odd jobs, moving from town to town when the locals wouldn't put up with his antics anymore. Wherever he traveled, people feared him, but never respected him. Over time, he accepted this persona and became shaggy and brutish, letting everyone think he was the dark, angry monster. Deep down, though, he resented the way he has been treated, just wishing he could drop the belligerent persona, have someone actually get to know him. There was more to him than just a brutal fighter--even if he wasn't sure what exactly that was.

He eventually found his way to Riddleport, and was working as a dock porter, moving goods on and off ships. He would spend his evenings engaging in fisticuffs for bets, in a shady fight club. Although he had some mean reputation in the ring, and was a bit of a showman, he still didn't feel like this was his calling, and continued to look for something more.

When the stone fell, he was near the docks, at the fight ring, in the basement of an old abandoned stonemason's shop.

There was no chance to escape.

Suddenly, the earth shook, the ceiling collapsed, and tons of stone rained down on the fighters. People were crushed, everywhere, and the loss of life was great. Gabbro was buried and crushed along with everyone else. Water rushed in, but could not penetrate every part of the fighters' sudden tomb.

Gabbro remained under the rubble, and thought he had died. But... for some reason, he had not. He pushed at the rock around him, and it gave way, slightly. He pushed, clawed at fallen masonry with his bare hands, and pulled himself up through a narrow channel, squeezing desperately toward a dim light, until he emerged, reborn from an earthen womb. Somewhere, deep beneath the earth, he heard the rumble and the roar of those who had died in the disaster. Something had changed. Here was that something more. He was needed, now, even if he was not sure why. He was their chosen champion.