Role in Its Society:
Urzol is Jarl Hrokan’s ologunner—the ladder captain and shield-line foreman who turns troll chaos into breach geometry. Orogs under him are not raiders; they’re craftsmen of the assault: setting ladder bases on glare ice, pinning rungs with bone wedges, and creeping under tower angles where arrows can’t find purchase. Tribal warriors follow his chalk marks; ice trolls climb where he taps; even frost giants wait for his two knocks before the push. To defenders, Urzol is the quiet metronome of a siege—every ten heartbeats, something gets closer.
Appearance Description:
A compact, powerfully built orc with slate-blue skin and the dense frame of a wrestler. Square jaw with short ivory tusks filed flat, a broken left canine, and a heavy brow scar that never quite thaws. He wears a riveted black-lacquer lamellar over seal-fur, ice-cleat crampons strapped to his boots, and a climbing harness tight with bone wedges, pitons, and blue rope. His round shield is ashwood faced with iron, painted a cold blue handprint; his helm is low-domed with cheek plates and a narrow nose-guard. Rime mats the beard at his chin; every exhale ghosts the air.
Backstory:
Born in a cavern clan that worshiped sound—the echo of picks, the count of steps—Urzol learned to take walls like others learn prayers. He was captured in a skirmish, then promoted when his improvised wedges stopped a sliding ladder from killing a frost giant. Hrokan gave him crews, tools, and a doctrine: break leaders, spare labor. Urzol marked his oath by driving a blue-dyed nail into his shield’s rim. He has added a nail for each keep taken since.
