Tusk the Wide
With another great sweep of his axe, the head of a Chaos Legion monstrosity flew through the air. Tusk rested his axe on his shoulder and continued forward. A line of corpses was left behind him, each felled by a single stroke.
He turned to the small hut where the villagers had hidden during the attack. He could see their shapes in the darkness, peering out from cracks in the windows.
“You are safe now,” he stated. “You may come out.”
The door creaked open, and one by one each nervous villager stepped out. The attack had happened suddenly, without warning. But woe to the agents of the Chaos Legion, for Tusk the Wide was staying in that very village overnight.
“Thank you so much!” one villager called to him. A father grasping a baby in his arms.
Tusk the Wide smiled. His work was never done, but he would not turn down those in need. “Teddy bear” is often a term used to describe Tusk the Wide. Even as a child, he was larger than the others. Growing up in the rugged landscape of the Timbersea, he has always felt at home in nature.
His parents used to say he was “born with fire in his soul”. That was true in more ways than one. Tusk's strong spirit is unbowed and unbroken, ready to tackle any challenge head-on. But the day he was born a fire spread across the village. His parents fled to safety within the wilderness, surviving when so many others perished. Now an enormous and burly man of broad shoulders and massive girth, Tusk feels an affinity to fire. Because it spared his life that night, he intends to make each day count. As he charges into battle, he can feel it burning in his veins. And he uses that energy to claim victory. When spells are hurled at him, they fizzle out in his proximity, the blazing energy inside of him burning them away.
Preferring to wander between the smaller villages in Khymeria, he is a nomad who lives off the land. One look at his warm and sincere smile shows he has a kind soul. He is beloved in any town he visits. He cares for others, entertains village children, brings supplies from the woodlands, and takes care of any monsters that threaten the weak.
It was in one such village that Tusk the Wide heard about the threat the Chaos Legion poses. Disturbed by the stories he heard, Tusk sharpened his axe, loaded up on supplies, and took to hunting down the agents of the Chaos Legion.