Independent Ort'kuar

[Nor'baal]

Ort'kuar was a Tusken hailing from the distant world of Tatooine. Born as the eldest son of a litter of six, Ort'kuar lost several of his siblings to the desert, raiding and hunger. A harsh upbringing that, whilst common-place within the Tusken Clans, had a profound effect on the young Tusken, who blamed the foreign off-world 'invaders' for the deaths of his siblings, his flawed logic assuming that the hunger suffered by his people had been caused by the increase in hunting and sport-poaching of the off-worders.

Learning the ways of the Tusken Warrior caste when he hit his teens, under the tutelage of his father, Ort'kuar was soon joining in raids and hunting parties of his own. Completing his blooding ceremony, and bonding with his own Bantha, he began to run his own lone missions into the Jutland Wastes, tracking down poachers and moisture farmers who dared to infringe on the sacred lands of the Tusken people. Over the course of nearly a year, he raided multiple farmsteads, partnering with other warriors to eventually form his own Hunting Party - becoming a core part of the Tribe and being directed by the chieftain to engage in the forthcoming interclan war.

He went into it like a Krayt on heat, further honing the art of combat, both ranged and more commonly - hand to hand, quickly, he was soon leading his own raids, local Moisture farms, even Eisley itself, neither safe from his parties. Taking a wife, he was soon a father, rearing his own team of Massiff to come with him on Hunts, and so, when word came of yet more infringements on his Clans lands, he was one of the first young warriors to volunteer, to drive the offworlders out.

Equipment

• Cycler Rifle
• Gaderffii Stick
• Tusken Robes

Personality & Traits

Able to speak only his native language and Huttese, and to understand only that as well, Ort'kuar cannot - like most Tusken - read or write, seeing very little need to do either. Adept at combat, both close-quarters and at the range, he is a survivor, able to live in the harshest conditions, hunt and gather food, perform basic healing and make camp no matter the weather. Keenly able to command a Massiff, which often accompanies him hunting, he is a very able Bantha rider.

Deeply loyal to Clan and Family, Ort'kuar is a plain-speaking Tusken, unable to adapt to changes in tradition, and deeply supportive of keeping things 'just how they always have been'. He does not support concessions to the offworlders at all, seeing them as invaders, who have come to kill the Tuskens, take their land, and destroy their way of life.