The Hoardstalker

"Let me lead the Hunt, Naabe."

- The Hoardstalker

A Ramokee Naabe Hoardstalker, simply known as either ' The Hoardstalker'  or ' Naabe' , was a notable member of The Godless during the Sixth Age. Exiled from his tribe, The Hoardstalker left the Spirit Realm and came to Gilenior for new opportunities, and since had become a valuable member to Godless: Especially with operations concerning the deity known as Mephiles.

Early Life
The Hoardstalker was born as the eldest of three siblings on the Spirit Plane. Like many Gojaro, he was designated the role and title of Hoardstalker as a young cub. As a Hoardstalker, he was trained by the Brah Hoardstalkers to hunt, forage and craft for the tribe though to adulthood. His natural affinity with hunting granted him prestige, with the then Sachem presenting him with the title of Naabe.

Sometime after his apprenticeship with the Brah Hoardstalkers had ended, one of his younger brothers, an Adept Deathslinger, taught him to use chakrams for self-defence.

Exile
Sometime during Year 169 of the Fifth Age, The Hoardstalker’s tribe was invaded by Airuts, who had been transported to the Spirit Realm by Tuska’s destructive path towards Gilenior. Despite a valiant defence, the tribe surrendered with the demise of the Sachem. Conquered, the tribe was allowed to survive by the Airut Priestess. A puppet Sachem was instilled, who had been doctrine to enforce worship the “Great Boar” and the Airut’s will.

The Hoardstalker tolerated it, but like many other Naabe, Wise and Adept tiers, secretly despised it. The Sachem knew this, and arranged to have members of their families to be randomly taken by the Airuts for their ritual sacrifices. Anyone who defied their will where to be exiled.

When The Hoardstalker’s siblings where the next target, he willingly defied it, slaughtering two Airuts in single combat. But it was not enough, as the Adept Deathslinger was killed and himself brought before the Sachem. He was declared a traitor, branded no longer as Gojaro but as Ramokee.

Journey to Gilenior
As an exile, the Hoardstalker spend months in the wilds of the Spirt Plane, hunting to survive by himself. He improved on his crafting skills, along with solidifying his connection to nature to tame wild spirits. But the rough nights of sleep and lack of companionship left the Hoardstalker depressed and unfulfilled.

Disenchanted with the Spirit Plane’s descent into chaos by the Airut conquirng more of the tribes within the region, The Hoardstalker decided to move on. He travelled to the northern plains, where a still free tribe gave him shelter. The Tribe had one of the last Endbringers; a Gojaro who had the power to shape the Spirit Plane though a mixture of Summoning and Divination. The Endbringer took pity on the Hoardstalker for his exile, granting him an opportunity. Using her great might, the Endbringer shaped a hole within the Spirit Plane, and threw the Hoardstalker into it.

He awoke upon Gilenior, in the forests near the Sinclare Mansion, being prodded with sticks by a couple of druid children.

Recruitment
The Hoardstalker felt renewed on Gilenior and took greatly to the new wilds he had to explore. He spent months in the hunting grounds north of Eagle’s Peek, becoming adjusted to the new flora and fauna. He also discovered the changes in his connection to nature upon exiting his home plane, discovering Summoning for himself.

But the Hoardstalker was reviled by the humans and gnomes, seen by those from Ardounge as a bad omen. Hunters soon pushed him away, back across the kingdom and across the White Wolf Mountain to Taverley, where he came across the Guthixian druids, who were in morning at the loss of Guthix. The Hoardstalker spent days within the village, exchanging information about the Spirit Plane to the druids in return for training in their Summoning. He took a shine to Guthix’s story, considering it paralleled elements of the turmoil the Gojaro where suffering.

Moving on from Taverly, the Hoardstalker intended to take a boat to Kajarma. The night before the ferry to Kajarma was expected to return to report, the Hoardstalker entered the local bar to understand humans more, coming across one of the many Godless recruiters in the area. A lengthy discussion arose that night, culminating with an offer to join The Godless cause for The Hoardstalker, who accepted it.

Agent of the Godless
The Hoardstalker was inducted into the Godless sometime after the Attack on the Godless Hall as a member of the Port Sarim patrol, tasked with protecting the local population from attack. As Mark, leader of the Godless was recovering within a homestead within the port, the Hoardstalker was involved in the prevention of an assassination attempt on Mark by a tribal shaman, using his summoning skills to entrap and escort the assassin to the jails for further questioning.

Following the assassination, The Hoardstalker was commended, promoted to Guard Lieutenant and transferred to Tuska Island. During this time, The Hoardstalker learned from the guardsmen and women about the mysterious entity that snuck onto the island. Curious, he investigated the rough area where the incident happened and discovered the attempted siphon wound. Before the Hoardstalker departed, he received information from the Port Sarim guard about the Burning of Rimmington, and arranged an emergency session of the Godless Commanders, including Mark and Darkuro, debating to break their neutrality during the Siege of Falador. The Hoardstalker’s proposal was approved, with him assigned to rally the guard and prepare them for impending attacks by the Kinshra.

Across a period of two weeks, the Hoardstalker tracked a faint lead of clues to East Ardounge. As he sends a report back to the Godless hall, he discovers a link between the entity and the Tower of Life itself: investigating, he discovers the self-proclaimed deity of decay and rejuvenation, Mephiles Sol. But before the Hoardstalker is able to do anything, one of the god’s Emissaries delivers a blow to the Hoardstalker’s head, knocking him unconscious.

Awakening now in the mines North-West of Seer’s Village, strapped helpless to a dead tree by bindings. The Hoardstalker was forcefully interrogated and tortured by the Emissary, wanting to know how he had discovered them; going as far to embed broken tiling into the Hoardstalker’s lungs. Fortunately, a member of the Godless had received the Hoardstalker’s message and had tracked him down, saving him and teleporting him back to Port Sarim for emergency medical attention.

Unfortunately, his wounds left the Hoardstalker incapacitated in the sick bay. His absence was noted by Mark during the Battle for Port Sarim. After being discharged and given the all-clear to return to service, the Hoardstalker was transferred to the Primary Guard for The Godless Hall for his own protection on the order of Mark, who felt he was in danger of a follow-up attack by Mephiles’ Emissaries.

The Godless – Mephiles Conflict
After several weeks of silence, new intelligence about Tragik, one of Mephiles’ Emissaries, was received by informants. The Hoardstalker and several other members of the Godless, including Mark, where dispatched to Eagle’s Peek to investigate. There they encountered the Emissary that tortured the Hoardstalker. While faced against the power of Mephiles imbeued into his servent, the strike team succeeded in capturing one of the False Artifacts; The False Eye ring.

Shortly after the mission, the Hoardstalker spoke with Mark privately about his actions in an outward manner; accusing him of stealing his rightful revenge and losing a valuable source of information.

The following day, The Hoardstalker tried the False Eye, which taped into his life force to project images of Mephiles’ past, draining him throughout in a hypnotic trance.

Personality
The Hoardtsalker is an alien and enganamic personality, having coming from a drastically different culture. He is very linear and direct with his emotions, lacking subtlety in his actions or words: not afraid to dive into combat when the opportunity arises, or challenge authority when he sees flaws in their logic: it is only after conflict that he begins to judge and question his actions.

Despite the action-first approach, he is not an unintelligent brute: he is shown to be quite skilful and intelligent in certain areas that are related to his nature, such as wildlife, tracking and druidism. He also has extensive knowledge of the Fremerrink due to the nature of them summoning their kind though Astral Projection.

The Hoardstalker follows a self-imposed code of honour, which he claims is derived from the code of practice his fellow Hoardstalkers talked about. It consists of three major tenants: Like most Gojaro and Ramokee, he inherits a combination of his native tongue and English: substituting or introducing the term ‘Naabe’ for person or friend, while exclusively using the term ‘Sachem’ for Mark. He also calls Tuska by the title of 'The Great Boar', and Airut as 'Gor-Ra'. He also curses directly in Gojaro Ojibwe, which is almost indescribable to humans.
 * "Without a tribe, you are nothing."
 * "Define by action, not with debate. The emotion comes after."
 * "Never let anything between you and your prey."

Skills and Abilities
Unlike most Hoardstalkers, he is trained to use bladed disks, known as Chakrams, for combat as both close-range slashing blades, or as a long-range throwing disk; his Gojaro physique allowing for further throwing distance. While effective, such blades cannot withstand much physical punishment without blunting, cracking or splintering and such require a plentiful supply and upkeep.

Along with this, as a Gojaro in Gilenior he has a strong connection to the skill of Summoning. He is fully able to craft and summon creatures from his native plain with great skill, and can even communicate with them fluently though his native tongue.

His nature as a Hoardstalker and years of tutelage has given him expert reflexes and hunting prowess: being able to track, identify and execute animals on the fly with minimal damage to their form. The Hoardstalker then can use his knowledge to dissect, separate and treat animal parts, allowing them to be crafted into useful pieces of equipment and clothing; such as the ones he wears.

Despite this, the Hoardstalker possess a few critical weaknesses. Hoardstalkers are naturally lean creatures to remain agile, which leaves his physical form more frail then the average human archer: proven on several occasions. Along with this, he is physically unable to wear helmets due to his horn’s forward arch, leaving his head exposed to critical blows.

The Hoardstalker is incapable of reading or writing human English, depending instead of either using pictograms or his native Gojaro language, though he is reluctant to use the latter as it is considered ‘sacred’.

Trivia

 * The Hoardstalker is one of the few 'non-disposable' characters in RP to not have a name, due to his race's culture of not assigning names to indiviguals.
 * The Hoardstalker is one of only a few Gojaro/Ramokee characters known to exist.
 * Whenever The Hoardstalker exclamates in pain, the noise is described as being like a Tiger's roar. This reinforces the Gojaro's tribal nature and their connection to nature.