Bargor “Mugwort” Corpsehammer
Yet another back story for one of my World of Warcraft characters. Bargor is the sort of character that would be really conducive to playing in a D&D group. He’s team-oriented and has a lot of history without being disruptive.
“Mugwort” is actually the nickname of Bargor Corpsehammer, a soldier of Orgrimmar and single-father. Bargor and his wife Chok’la joined with the orcish forces to help repel the Scourge after the orcs fled to Kalimdor (i.e. during the events of Warcraft 3). Chok’la was killed in the fighting, leaving their young son Guksal with only Mugwort to care for him.
During the time of relative peace that followed, Bargor earned an extremely meager living as a day laborer gathering herbs. Upon realizing that he didn’t have enough money for Guksal to be educated, Bargor joined the military and used his stipend to put Guksal into boarding school at the Orgrimmar Orphanage.
During his first tour of duty as a guard in Ashenvale, he earned his botanical nickname by picking flowers and herbs to sell when he returned to Orgrimmar for leave. Using his son’s old schoolbooks, Mugwort taught himself to read and write well enough to earn some extra money as a scribe during his off hours. Mastering the written word has given Mugwort a love for writing long letters home to his son, a past-time he frequently indulges in while other soldiers go out drinking.
Mugwort looks forward to the day when he can retire from active duty and return home to open his own business and take care of his son.