Carl Given

Carl Given "There is food in the back. You will need to eat and regain your strength. Regardless of race or background, they all shot you. They are not here to protect you."

- Carl to refugees

Carl 'Me' Given is a half-orc fighter born with crippling stupidity. The name on his identification card actually reads Garl, but he mispronounces the name and believes his name is Carl. His surname comes from the term "given name", which he adopted as a surname after being asked about it.

Carl is a Fighter specialising in Arcane Archery.

Appearance
Carl is a tall, green skinned half-orc. He wears a long dark brown overcoat and has a noticeable hunch, as well as a disabled right arm. He also wears faded blue trousers with leather strapped to it, and decorated boots which were a gift from his husband. He carries his special bow - a shortsword with piano string attached to it that he pushes arrows forward from.

After his mutation, Carl's hunch was straightened out as the cause had burst out of him. He has cybernetic wings, made of both flesh and metal, and now wears a hood along with his other clothes. His right arm is weak, though now functional, and he fires his bow left handed due to lacking the strength to pull the bowstring back with his atrophied right arm.

After visiting Dr Ardelle, Carl's right arm and wings are fully healed. He is able to fold his wings back and be more discreet about them.

Personality
Carl is kind and puts others before himself where he can. He is also fiercely protective of his friends, though often takes this to extremes - when dealing with traders, he became aggressive when he thought they were trying to swindle his friends. He also attaches himself to his friends, seeking comfort from them in difficult times. Certain members of the party are more receptive to this than others.

He also has a strong sense of wanting to do right by others, since he expressed a desire to try and save others of his race in a nearby slave market.

After having the pressure on his brain stem removed, a "bad voice", as he calls it, has been coming out more often, especially in battle. This is a much colder personality and extremely ruthless, taking pleasure in killing enemies with brutal arrow shots. Where Carl would not normally want to hurt or kill anyone, the "bad voice" allows him to do so without remorse or fear.

Biography
Carl was born somewhere in the border of Kufi territories, described by him as "cold. empty. no like." He was abandoned as a baby, as is custom within the Kegvarkin, but was found by Wyldersian nomads on his third day. They named him Garl, and gave him a slip of parchment to help him remember his name. However, he couldn't quite comprehend the name Garl, and kept referring to himself as Carl. The nomads thought that he was illiterate and so did not pick up on his lack of intelligence. They decided to try and raise him.

The nomads believed he could be used as a powerful weapon against the Gratus Confederacy, but quickly realised that this orc was unfortunately dimwitted and gentle. Simple tasks were beyond him, apart from manual labour. Anything requiring any form of higher cognition was beyond him. The nomads tolerated this for a few years. At the age of 14, he was sold to House Portmun in the Gratus province of Anilalia.

It was there that he met his husband. They married, despite the taboo, and adopted two children together. The scandal broke out quickly. Carl was sent off to prison and sent on a suicide mission with the rest of the squad.

Trivia

 * Carl doesn't like the name he was given.
 * Carl believes, until you get hurt by someone, you're considered friends.
 * His special bow is a broken shortsword and piano wire and he still keeps hold of it.
 * His current longbow, The Opened Way, was crafted by Sakiran as a gift.