I'm writing up character profiles for the player characters at the moment. One of the players is a half-elf fighter. I'm making him the son of Mikela Venderin, one of Captain Tolliver Trask's three leutenants. I've decided the human mother met the elf father during wars with the goblins/orcs. I know there was/is some sort of goblin war going on with the goblin nation to the south, but I don't know any of the details, dates, or names. I'd like to add some of this information to flesh the character out more. Can anyone help?
The "nation" in question is the Pomarj. It's really more of a conglomeration of humanoid tribes.
Turosh Mok is the name of the Half-Orc leader that united many of those tribes during the time of the Greyhawk Wars (approx. 10-15 years prior to the current date for AP2).
More than that will have to wait until I get home to my books, but I'm sure there will be others along momentarily with more info at the ready...
I'm writing up character profiles for the player characters at the moment. One of the players is a half-elf fighter. I'm making him the son of Mikela Venderin, one of Captain Tolliver Trask's three leutenants. I've decided the human mother met the elf father during wars with the goblins/orcs. I know there was/is some sort of goblin war going on with the goblin nation to the south, but I don't know any of the details, dates, or names. I'd like to add some of this information to flesh the character out more. Can anyone help?
You might also want to take a look at the Official History of the Greyhawk Wars (it's free). An exact phrase search in Google will help you find it.
Edit: here's one version
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dreadwood/greyhawk/wars.htm
Thanks! That's a lot of reading. I'm coming close to my deadline (have to have these character writeup written today), so I'll stick with the basics -- Tuorosh Mok & Pomarj -- and do more reading later to allow for some story line tie ins possibly.
Thanks Erik! I knew it didn't like right when I typed it... :)