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Vohnkar
The youngest of Kaddok and Mallida Viskalai’s three sons, Vohnkar felt the pull of his Shoanti heritage the strongest. He would often spend childhood days skipping out on lessons at the Turandarok Academy to wonder the hinterlands studding the plants and animals he found there. Vohnkar was also the one who took to the family business most naturally and was to assume ownership of The North Coast Stables, so that his parents could venture north to rejoin their Quah and live out the remainder of their twilight years.
This did not come to pass though, as only weeks before their planned departure Kaddok and Mallida Viskalai fell victim to the Chopper. It was Vohnkar who found his parents’ mutilated bodies in the stables the morning after their murder. After recovering from the ghastly site Vohnkar swore on the blood of his parents, as well as his own, that he would seek out the monster responsible and that his vengeance would be terrible. Soon after Vohnkar joined his brother Belor on the town guard offering his services as a tracker to help bring the Chopper to justice.
The months that followed nearly drove Vohnkar mad as the grizzly murders continued and the Chopper eluded all attempts to track or ensnare him. More and more the hunt for the Chopper became an obsession for him; his work at the stables entirely left the hired hands, he found himself constantly in search for a drink trying to dull the images of the disfigured corpses that would show up everyday, and he started to quarrel with his brothers. Vohnkar partially blamed his brothers for their parents’ deaths and the Chopper’s continued spree; viewing Belor’s cold, rational demeanor as apathy and Garridan’s refusal to leave his new wife and child to join the manhunt as cowardice. However he placed most of the blame on Chelish society and the town of Sandpoint itself, believing it had infected his family and that its decadence had caused the faults in his brothers to fester and grow.
The night that Sheriff Avertin was murdered it was Vohnkar who tracked the Choppers blood back to Stoot’s island. His blood racing Vohnkar was in a trance-like state when they kicked in the door and stormed Stoot’s cottage; his hands trembled as he climbed down the hidden entrance to the shrine below; and his heart froze at the site that greeted him there. At the foot of a crude alter, dedicated to the Demon Lord Pazuzu ancient enemy of the Shiikirri-Quah, lay the body of Jervis Stoot “The Chopper” who killed himself as a final offering to the demon, robbing Vohnkar of the chance to satisfy his blood oath.
His life shattered Vohnkar quit the guard and retreated to his quarters above the stables, where he remained in darkness eating little and drinking heavily for over a week. Late one night his brother Garridan, in a frenzy, paid him a visit. Garridan informed Vohnkar that there had just been and emergency election and that Belor had been chosen to take over the position of sheriff. Not caring what ridiculous Chelish titles Belor took Vohnkar went back to his bottle, paying little head to his bother’s words until Garridan came to the heart of the matter. During his acceptance speech Belor had declared to the gathered town folk that he considered the people of Sandpoint his family and that from then on he would be known as Sheriff Belor Hemlock (Hemlock being the Chelish translation of Viskalai).
Upon hearing of his brothers betrayal of their parents and of their Shoanti heritage Vohnkar flew into a rage. Tearing through the streets of Sandpoint it did not take long for him to find his brother having a celebratory drink at Cracktooth’s tavern. Vohnkar flew at his older brother like a man possessed, screaming Shoanti curses at the top of his lungs. Purely through the power of his anger Vohnkar was able to wrestle his brother, a man who was much stronger, much more sober and a better fighter than himself, to the floor and beat him ruthlessly. It took 5 members of the town guard to drag him off Belor and then a blow to the head knocked him out.
Vohnkar spent the next few weeks in the prison beneath Sandpoint Garrison being held for attempted murder. Vohnkar felt as if he was going to die the first week of his incarceration and he began to suffer the effects of alcohol withdrawal. Though Belor never made an appearance that first week Vohnkar was well looked after, Father Tobyn saw to his health and Garridan brought him food from the Black Deer. Once Vohnkar had fully recovered he received his first visit from Belor who came down to speak to him, trying to explain his decisions and how he had meant no disrespect to their parents or their culture. Vohnkar would hear none of it and the visit quickly degraded into a shouting match with vicious words spoken by both sides.
Belor did not visit again until almost two weeks later when he Vohnkar was awoken in the middle of the night by distant shouting and the smell of smoke. Soon Belor was at the door to his cell fumbling with the keys his face smeared with soot. He breathlessly informed Vohnkar that a fire, started in the Chapel, was spreading quickly across the northern part of town and that he needed his help.