Gharrka was born in a tribe of orcs in the depths of the Aspodell Mountains. Her mother, like some other women, was caught by the orcs during a raid in one of the villages nearby. The orcs kept the women alive so they could breed and give birth to a new lineage of half-orcs.
Gharrka was only one year old when a party of heroes assaulted the tribe's caverns to rescue the imprisoned women.
They found many children, and were kind enough to take them out, to give them a chance to start a new life in the human civilization. Gharrka was among these "lucky" children.
She never saw her mother, and later knew that most of the women died soon after the rescue, shocked by what they experienced.
Then, Gharrka was taken by the family of an Andoran farmer. She grew with the other two children of the man, but never felt one of the family. The younger "sister" was scared by her, and the older "brother" hated her because she was able to knock him down in their childish fights, as she was stronger than any human boy.
Her adopting family was humble, and she used to sleep with cows and pigs in the stable, seeking warm in the cold nights. Gharrka was sure a wretched creature, always covered with mud and hay.
At eleven, her life changed when a priestess of Shelyn,who was walking the farmlands following the mysterious song of a songbird, saw her working in the crops, and knew that she was One Loved by the Goddess. The priestess took her from her family. The farmer was sad because Gharrka was of great help in the farm, but understood that this was a unique chance for her to have an happier life.
Gharrka was washed, her hair dressed, and so, in the hands of the Shelyn's priestess, her exotic and wild beauty was revealed. She put her strength at the service of Shelyn, becoming a Paladine of Art and Love. Her duties are to protect art masterpieces from evild-doers who want to destroy or lay their filthy hands on them. And there are always artist in need of protection. Nature too, as the greater masterpiece, often need her strong arm.
And then, she has sweared to fight the acts of raping, hunting and punishing those who destroy a woman's life, as it was done to her mother. A sin that those who have faith in the Goddess of Love despise as the most ominous.
