Novak

Novak has a little farm in the town of Klimston. The farm was his mothers and through out his twenty four years, he has kept it going. His Mom still lives on the property in a small, renovated structure that used to be a barn. Novak, his wife, and her baby live in the main house. Novak’s father was an Orc. He and his tribe have long gone. They were chased away by a militia comprised of men from the three towns of Klimston, Kingsholm, and (where ever Mully is from). The militia had successfully dispatched them, but not before one of them had impregnated Novak’s mother. Even though there were a few half-orcs living in the county, many in the town wanted her to get rid of the child or to leave the area. If it wasn’t for her overprotective ways and that her family had been related to Klim, the founder of the township, she would have been run out of town. It also helped that Novak’s calm, patient, and helpful demeanor grew on people. Nowadays the people of Klimston accept and have embraced Novak.
The hardship that Novak saw his mother go through was one of the main reasons he asked Constance to marry him. For it was three years ago that another band of orcs put Constance into the same situation as his mother. Novak had always liked her, but he knew that he, as a half-orc, had no chance with her, that is until she became pregnant. With few options, Constance accepted his proposal. Much of the town still believes it is a marriage of convenience. Either way they both seem happy and Novak has raised her son as if he was his.
His little farm has managed to provide subsistence for his family, but that is about it. From the time he was little, the townspeople and the surrounding farms took notice of how strong and powerful Novak was becoming. About the age of twelve, Novak began helping other farms with much of their manual labor. Since there were so few good oxen at the time, much of the heavy work that wasn’t absolutely necessary was left undone. This gave Novak the opportunity to provide a little more for his mother. This not only helped his mother, but it also helped his physique. His shy and persistent ways became well known and even farms from other towns would send for him. He never argued about money with any farm owner and would always just accept or decline the work. Even if the job turned out to be much more difficult than he originally thought, he would always take the amount given to him with a smile on his face. This helpful nature and his desire to provide his mother and later his family with as much as he could, which ultimately led him into becoming an adventurer.
A few years after Novak started helping at other farms, someone asked him about the yearly fair. He had heard of the fair, but his mother had always shied away from it, in an effort to shelter him. From the little he had heard about it, Novak wanted to go. It was when he mentioned it to Mr. Kamdon, the owner of the largest farm in the county that he was given his chance. Mr. Kamdon told Novak that he would take him. It turned out to be a wonderful experience. Many of the people that Novak had done work for were there. He loved the food and all the shows. There was one thing, though, that changed him. There was a strongman contest. Mr. Kamdon told Novak that he had to compete. He did, reluctantly at first, but once he saw another half-orc strongman who was traveling with the fair, he threw himself into it. Not only did he beat all the people from the county, but he beat the strongmen that were with the fair. This ultimately did two things for Novak. It introduced him to his love for physical competition and it helped his church find him.
Immediately after he won the competition, the manager of the fair approached Novak. He offered him a job. Of course Novak declined because of his mother, but the word was out. It wasn’t more than a few days later that Novak heard a knock on his door. It was a huge man, a cleric of Kord