Chief Marrok Rotezahn

Marrok Rotezahn is a wolfman and Chieftain of the Rotezahn Tribe.

History
Born to Karevis, Chief of the Rotezahn, Marrok was raised, with his siblings, in what comfort there can be found in the harsh lands of the Oberlands, learning the skills and traits he would need to become a strong leader.

At the cusp of adulthood, Marrok was taken by his father to another clan to arrange a mate for him. Marrok was to live with the Weissager Tribe for a year, after which he and the mate chosen for him would return to the Rotezahn to be bonded. However, on the return journey Karevis was pursued by Human Settlers. On horseback, they pursued him for eight days and nights, before Karevis finally made his stand. Outnumbered and unarmed save for a poor quality sword, he slew his attackers, but was run through with a tainted blade. Despite making his way back to the tribe, he died of the poison.

Upon hearing this news, Marrok left the Weissager immediately, running night and day to return to his tribe and claim his place as chieftain. Yet when he arrived, he was refused by his father's second in command, who had seized power himself, and was ejected from the tribe, along with his mother and siblings.

Left to live in the wilderness in complete poverty, they survived on what they could find, eventually regaining tents, food, and other necessities. The Rotezahn Tribe had long since migrated to other areas of the Oberlands, but returned some six years after abandoning Marrok and his family. Concerned they may have survived, the chieftain sent three of his finest warriors to seek news of them and kill them if they had survived. Though he and his brothers slew one of the warriors, Marrok was captured whilst covering his family's escape, and would have been killed had one of the warriors been a loyal warrior of Karevis'. Marrok was taken back to the tribe and kept as a prisoner, tortured and abused, before, aided by the loyal warrior and two reluctant newcomers to the tribe who had also known Karevis, one of whom was a rare swordsmith, the other his son, Marrok escaped and returned to his family.

Gathering the support of many lone wolves and wanderers in the Oberlands, Marrok fashioned a small tribe of his own, raiding settler villages and defending his own small ranges, until eventually returning to the Rotezahn Tribe. In a fearsome battle, Marrok slew the chief, and assumed the role his father had intended for him, the Chieftain of the Tribe.

Having guided the the Rotezahn Tribe for a few short years now, Marrok has led the tribe from strength to strength, and with emissaries from nations across Ilunia seeking to meet the leaders of prominent tribes, the tribe looks set to grow even stronger.