Holgur is a native Ilizmagorti sailor who fell out of favor with the crew of the
Ravening Maw, a pirate
Pirate Traitship that he served on. Holgur sided with Chag, captain of the
Maw in a controversial decision to attack the
Taxman ,another freebooter ship, over a minor dispute that the captain had with his rival. The attack was a disaster and the
Ravening Maw and its fellows were routed with heavy casualties. The victorious captain, Kessen, made the few survivors of the beaten crew swab the deck of his newly acquired vessel while he sat in the shade and drank rum. Holgur and his companions were to be sold into slavery when the ship made port in Riddleport.
One day into the journey for Riddleport the Taxman began to take on water from the damage it had suffered against the Maw. Kessen's crew advised him that the Taxman was beyond repair and he was enraged that his beloved ship was now lost to him. He ordered his crew onto the Maw and the prisoners to be switched over to sink with theTaxman. Holgur and the other crew watched their former ship sail off and prepared to die.
But the Taxmanwas still seaworthy enough to nearly reach Port Peril before it sank within sight of the harbor. The surviving crew made it to shore in lifeboats and called a truce because both factions had fought their enemies valiantly and had worked together to get the Taxman almost to port. The two sides split up after foreswearing vengeance on each other. But soon after the parting of the ways the captain seems to have accidentally slit his own throat while shaving and Holgur decided to seek his fortune on another ship before he meets the same fate. Never trust pirates to keep their word.
Holgur is a large deeply tanned man with quick reflexesreactionary trait and a quick temper. While he is far from the brightest of minds he is intelligent enough to know his limits and that he must restrain himself in some situations. However, he has a keen memory for wrongs done to him and he savors exacting revenge when the opportunity arises.