Thread:Germboy7/@comment-30806904-20171208225624

copypasted from dnd beyond so you and raph can see it

Sold into slavery as a child after her village was massacred, her abusive owners would occasionally take her with them to jousting tournaments. Of course she was never allowed to sit in the stands with them, but she could get close enough to see the action without getting caught. jousting is thought of as a very high class sport, and orcs were constantly demonized in her village as mindless savages. watching the tournaments and seeing how the villagers treated the winners made her feel like someone as dehumanized as her could break free by earning fame and glory. she ran away from her owners when she was 14 and made her living as a mercenary, occasionally participating in small local tournaments when she had the money. she started gaining notoriety when she (accidentally?) killed her opponent, stabbing her lance through his eye with enough force that it went through the back of his helmet. she adopted the heel persona of Iron Soul, a hyena riding blood knight with a lance named Skull Piercer. this was a way of weaponizing the stereotype she faced of a violent stupid brute. brutal, but not stupid. not like the people who forced her to become so.  