Makala the Tsurani Great One, present to discuss trade between the Kingdom and Kelewan, confirms magically that Gorath's intentions are true. To settle Arutha's concerns about assuming the situation from vague, speculative hearsay, Gorath submits to mental probing from Pug's daughter, Gamina, but she finds his moredhel thoughts very chaotic, catching only glimpses of his youth and images of Delekhan. Exploiting the tense moment, an assassin attempts to kill Arutha, who is saved by Pug.Īt the council table, Gorath faces scrutiny from Kingdom officials as Arutha ponders the party's story. Locklear presents him to the court as proof of the dire news from the Northlands, shocking the assembled nobles. Sensing the presence of an assassin, Gorath leaps forward despite his chains and kills a moredhel attempting to attack, recognizing him as a relative and a sign of the deepening rifts Delekhan has caused in moredhel family ties.Īfterwards, Gorath declines Owyn's offer to bury the assassin, stating that it is "not our way." The likelihood of encountering further assassins after Gorath's blood influences Locklear's decision to remove his shackles to keep him alive until they reach Prince Arutha in Krondor.Īfter a treacherous journey and a secretive arrival through the Krondorian sewers, Gorath is brought to the Palace under Locklear's supervision. Gorath surrendered and asked to be taken to Prince Arutha to convey a warning about Delekhan's evil intentions toward the Kingdom.Īs the game starts, Gorath watches an uneasy Owyn Beleforte, who had joined their camp on the roadside south of Yabon, tending to Locklear's wounds. Memories later read by Gamina included fire-lit hills, the sounds of voices and galloping, and images of Delkhan howling wolf-life before the moon, swinging his bloody sword against other moredhel and screaming words of wrath and damnation.Įscaping to the Kingdom of the Isles, Gorath was rescued from pursuit by Delekhan's minions by Seigneur Locklear, who was taken aback to realize he had saved the life of a moredhel. His vocal criticism of Delekhan's leadership to the Great Rising led to his imprisonment in Sar-Sargoth, and he escaped only with Cullich's aid, even as her longing for a glorious future and contempt for his "cowardly" beliefs brought their love to an end. Watching friends die in the field general's service, Gorath came to believe that it was time for the moredhel to leave conquest behind and look to their own. Only starvation and superior Tsurani numbers finally drove Gorath and the Ardanien across the Great Northern Mountains to join their moredhel cousins in the Northlands.ĭespite arriving with no desire to meddle in Northlands politics, Gorath grew restive as Field General Delekhan used the memory of Murmandamus to rally the moredhel against the Kingdom of the Isles. With his impressive military acumen and backed by his clan's renewed strength, Gorath directed one of the only moredhel defensives to successfully beat back the Tsurani during the Riftwar, even as thousands of their kin fled the Green Heart for the supposed safety of the Northlands. He grew to wed a witch named Cullich and the Ardanien became a mighty force under his leadership. The son of a moredhel father and a human mother, Gorath is an eligible claimant to the moredhel throne in Sar-Sargoth.Īt twelve years old, Gorath took leadership of the remains of his father's tribe, the Ardanien clan, who had made their home in the Green Heart forest. He does, however, have the lobeless pointed ears typical of his kind. Gorath wears a beard that is not possible for those of pure Elven and Moredhel descent. A long scar, nearly hidden by his hairline, traces the left side of his face from temple to cheek. There is a haunting quality in his eyes that seems wolfish, as if he is a creature on the run. Gorath looks as menacing as Owyn Beleforte looks innocent.
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