Clunk

Character
Clunk is a Half-Orc Sorcerer and one of The Squiddy Boys (a crewmember of The Quivering Squid.)

Background
Clunk grew up in Sully Town, a slum of Riverthrone. He was an orphan and he was resourceful. He earned his name on the streets for being somewhat dimwitted and slow. Nevertheless, he learned to fight to protect himself, and eventually became a bouncer at The Drowned Sorrow - a pub that catered to sailors and merchants of less than noble repute.

One night five years ago, the captain of The Quivering Squid saved his life during a brawl. Having no ties to family, and few friends in the city he joined the crew to repay his debt.

The first four years of his journey were unremarkable as far as pirating tales goes. Treasure was found, and some lives were lost, but Clunk remained his same sluggish and unremarkable half-orc. However, a year ago that began to change when he started to have nightmares.

He woke up in the middle of the night screaming something in a language that his fellow sailors could not understand. Along with the terrifying dreams he also started to notice other changes as well. He felt that he could understand things better. Like he finally got the punchline to a joke. He also noticed that he felt less sluggish, and quicker of foot.

One evening when he was alone on watch on the top deck a strange thought popped into his head, that if he concentrated enough he could make sparks fly from his fingers. He stared and stared at his hands and eventually a bolt of electricity arced between his palms.

Having grown up in Riverthrone with the prohibition against magic Clunk was fearful to let his companions know of his new abilities, so he practices magic in secret. Images and thoughts will pop into his head and if he concentrates enough he can do what he imagined: Mending a small object, or making a small ball of light move around the deck.

As he has practiced his dreams have become more vivid. Last night he saw the image of a blue dragon perched on a black mountain peak. Lightning flashed and he heard a voice in his mind: “Return to me.”