Long ago the world was a place filled with mighty warriors and arcane magic. Dwarves and Elves roamed the land as well did various other magical monsters and creatures. This was a time of great adventure...this was the time of Scorpious...A strange thick morning fog rolls in off the loch, covering Kurgan's Keep on the mystical Isle of Skyyrum.This is where our story begins...
The sound of the hammer biting the anvil was heard across the loch that morn. Twas early and Clyve Kurgan now chieftan of the Clan Kurgan had been hard at work at his forge since dawn. The smell of sausage filled the air as his wife Besla covered in flower went about making the morning meal. Suddenly without warning a scream was heard coming from the kitchen. Clyve tossed his hammer aside and ran to check on his pregnant wife...
As the large leather appron wearing man entered the kitchen he saw his wife Besla laying upon the floor holding her stomach..."Besla!...what is it?" said Clyve as he rushed to her side. "It is time!" she winced in pain. Clyve's eyes widen "By the Gods!!!...It still be too early lass!!!" Besla grabs Clyve's leg."Get me upstairs before I have your child in the bloody floor you oaf!!!"."Aye lass aye...no need to get violent" he chuckles as he scoops her up into his large arms and carries her out of the kitchen and up the large stone steps of the keep to their chambers with a rather large excited grin upon his face.
After securing Besla into their bed Clyve takes off as fast as he can down the stairs and out to the stables. Clyve saddles up his horse and rides off to the near by dwarven village located in the mountains north of the keep.He returns with a short stubby old dwarven woman upon the back of his horse. The woman is the local midwife and had delivered Clyve many winters ago.The two make their way up the stairs to Besla and upon arrival Besla screams "CLYVE!!!..OH CLYVE!!!" she holds her belly and is in obvious pain. Clyve runs to her side and places his hand upon her forehead.he wipes the sweat back from her head "I am here love...I have brought Myna...it will be alright". Myna wabbles over and raises the sheets and pokes her head under checking Besla. Her head pops out "Aye Besla ...it be time and it looks like you are going to have a monster" she laughs and smiles. Myna runs off down the stairs and gets some of the things she will need as Clyve trys to comfort Besla...
Hours pass and Clyve and Myna do their best to help Besla deal with having this large child. Besla strugles and pushes with everything she has when all of the sudden she falls back upon the bed and a cry is heard...A smile covers everyones face as the stubby Myna hands a babe cloaked in clean white cloth over to Besla "It's a fine large boy" she says as she smiles.Clyve glows with pride "Aye it is" he says as he squeezes Besla's hand. Besla smiles as she looks down upon her newborn son "Aye love ...he is". Myna goes about cleaning things up as the parents make over their son...
Clyve goes about tickling the child's belly as he notices a birthmark upon his chest. The birthmark is in the shape of a Scorpion "How odd" he says as he looks."What is it love?" she looks to Clyve. "This mark upon him looks like a creature that lives in the desert far to the south, a very painful bite it has and it is very deadly...they are called Scorpions". Besla laughs as she runs her finger over the strange birthmark "Aye our son be very painful indeed". Clyve laughs then smiles as he leans over kissing her neck."Perhaps would should name him Scorpious" says Besla as she giggles from Clyve's beard upon her neck. Clyve smiles "Aye...Scorpious...Scorpious Kurgan of the Clan Kurgan"...
Scorpious was born into the Kurgan Clan over 127 yrs. ago.Although he might be old he only appears 27 winters in age.He is of the finest Viking stock.He comes from the far northern Isle of Skyyrum. Scorpious picked up the combat skills at an early age and trained hard until manhood. Upon reaching 17 winters a mage priest by the name of shasharak came to Scorpious and his family and told them of a prophecy.He stated that a child would be born and bare the mark of a scorpion upon his chest.He also stated that the child would grow into manhood quickly and become an excellent fighter. It was told that the child/man would serve along side a wizard and take part in saving the world. Scorpious and his parents could not believe what the wizard had told them but they knew deep down they could not go against fate for scorpious did bare the mark of the scorpion upon his chest and he did quickly become an excellent fighter.The wizard suggested that Scorpious come with him for further training and Scorpious agreed.Scorpious was trained by expert weapon masters.Scorpious also was trained well in the arts of war.
Scorpious became a military leader in a short time.He began leading quests for the wizard.After 5 winters being with the wizard Scorpious was told by the wizard that the dayhad come and that he had to lead a small army to capture an ancient book that was held in an elven village.Scorpious retrived the book and wiped out the village only leaving one survivor.(a small elven male)
Upon bringing the book back to the wizard the wizard began to act strange. He told Scorpious that he was to go through a ritual and become enchanted by magics and that it would aid him in his fight against evil. Scorpious agreed to go through it and on the next night completed it.After the ritual was over Scorpious began to feel strange like he was dead.The wizard after gathering his forces told Scorpious what he had done to him and that it was not for the forces of good that it was for his own power.He asked him to join him and Scorpious refused so the wizard now known as the witch king placed him in an old dungeon where he preformed evil magical experiments on him then left him to die.Scorpious escaped and now seeks out this Witch King Shasharak.
