Shara

The Ashtuk Orc Clan is legendary across the continent for many things. Nobody in the clan is normal. This is, unfortunately, a direct reflection of their leader. Meet Clan Matriarch Shara. When Shara was three years old, her parents looked at this tiny green toddler, looked at the forest, and collectively made what historians now refer to as “a questionable parenting decision.” They accidentally yeeted her into the wilderness. She survived. Mostly because a twelve-foot grizzly bear named Sansha found the screaming potato, decided, “Mine now,” and raised her as one of her cubs. As a result, Shara never learned normal orc behavior. She learned bear behavior. She growls instead of knocking. She settles arguments by standing on her hind legs and roaring. Nobody says anything. Nobody wants to. The truly terrifying part? It worked. Shara grew into one of the strongest orcs alive. Somewhere along the way she also became clan matriarch, proving that leadership is apparently hereditary… even when your actual mother weighs nine hundred pounds and eats salmon with her bare teeth. Speaking of which… Sansha is now an official member of the Ashtuk Clan. Not an honorary member. An actual member. She has custom-made leather armor, a clan necklace, her own seat at council meetings, and receives first pick at every feast because absolutely nobody is willing to tell Mama Bear “no.” The council technically votes on important matters. Technically. In practice, everyone waits to see if Sansha approves by sniffing the proposal or trying to eat it. Visitors often ask if the enormous armored grizzly sitting beside the matriarch is dangerous. The clan usually answers, “Only if you threaten her daughter.” Then they point at Shara. Because yes… The six-foot-eight orc warlord is still the bear’s baby. And Sansha still licks the top of her head after every successful battle. Shara pretends to hate it. She absolutely does not.