Lorc Irontusk is a Half Orc Ranger player character played by Joe O'Brien in the Glass Cannon Podcast. Lorc was introduced on Episode 1 and is part of the Trunau Four.
Background[]
Lorc Irontusk began life as an orphan growing up on the streets of Trunau. Organizing his own gang of orphans, he ran into an older, larger brute of a child, nicknamed "The Bone Giant" (a thug who wore a shirt made from bones) who cracked one of Lorc's tusks, and almost beat him to death.
Later, a member of Lorc's gang sold out their food stores to another gang as a peace offering. Lorc throttled the boy and from then on, he lived his life under the curse of the murderer.
After falling into a life of crime he was either forced to join, or volunteered to join the Black Arrows, an organization which fought giants and other threats to the small folk. It was here Lorc found his calling and learned to hunt giants. Sadly, his unit was wiped out and along with it, his best friend Brend. As a result of the battle, Lorc's knee was badly injured and Lorc went back to Trunau to raise Brend's now orphaned son, J'Son. Lorc joined the city garrison, working his way up to Desk Sergeant and seemingly settle into a life of paper pushing.
After Rodrik Grath was murdered, Lorc teamed up with other outsiders to begin the investigation. Through a series of events the Trunau four, as they came to be known, discovered a plot of giants, orcs, and half orcs aiming to destroy Trunau and open the tomb of the giant Uskrath.
After helping fight off the invasion, during which he was shot out of a catapult, he was promoted to Lieutenant. Then he was also given special permission to leave his post to travel to the Vault of Thorns.
Traveling down the River Esk aboard Captain Raag Bloodtusk's boat, the Chellish Devil, he was given the Champion's Belt by the Captain himself. It was during this time Lorc acquired his animal companion, Ben Vereen, a wolverine with a penchant for potatoes. Ben died inside the Vault of Thorns while attacking an aquamarine chaser, which also killed Gormlaith.
Shortly thereafter, he found Beary Connick Jr., a bear cub who then became Lorc's animal companion. Beary's most frequent action is "stay."
At Red Lake Fort, Lorc met the half-orc oracle, Droja, who showed him that, as a result of murdering the boy in his youth, Lorc was living under a curse. The oracle also mentioned that he had a "true-born" son, somewhere in the mountains, who was conceived back when Lorc was still a member of the Black Arrows. This oraculum, combined with being defeated in single combat by Karrguk (Red Lake Fort's General), caused doubt to begin creeping into Lorc's mind. Still, his faith in Gorum remaind. However, after the demise of Gelabrous, Lorc blamed himself for what happened, and he then believed that his very existence was a threat to his friends' lives.
Upon returning to Trunau, Lorc stole away under the cover of dawn, leaving on a quest with Beary, hoping to end the curse once and for all. Along the way, Lorc encountered several new companions (as a part of the three-part Episode 100 arc). Pembroke the human wizard, Fairaza the aasimar druid, and Orfas the half-orc bloodrager. Pembroke was on a quest to see the grave of the Whispering Tyrant. Fairaza was on a quest to seek out 'the Chosen One.' And Orfas was on a quest to gain "unimaginable power." The four adventurers traveled to the town of Shinnerman's Fortune, where soon after their arrival, the village was attacked by giants. The four were captured by giants to be taken to Minderhal's Valley. Fairaza wild shifted and escaped which angered the lead giant, who then crushed Lorc's feet hobbling him. Lorc watched Orfas try to broker a deal between Gorum's followers and Urathash, who proceeded to sacrifice him by driving a brand through his chest.
Eventually Pembroke, Lorc, and Razzamatazz, a redcap they had ensnared with a "Charm monster" spell, were rescued by Barron, Della, Nestor, and Sir Will. They hid using the power of an iron spike of safe passage that the main party had found. While the main party adventured, Lorc spent time healing. During the final battle with Urathash, Brandyr revealed himself, but Lorc was unable to help due to his injuries.
While the party was in the city of Skelt, Lorc discovered that the true-born son he learned about from Droja in Redlake Fort was actually a girl who lived with her mother Briella in the city, but had recently been captured by giants from Skirgaard while travelling to Corvosa.
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Death
In episode 133, Lorc admitted to Fairaza that he had killed Pudeer, the chosen child Fairaza was searching for. He then asked her to help him finish his quest, to travel to the Skoan Quah tribe and possibly contact Pudir through the tribes magic, and possibly lift the curse. Lorc was able to have a priest of Torag heal his feet and was walking under his own power.
Resurrection
At the end of episode 135, it seems that Fairaza kills him out of anger for killing the chosen one, but it is later revealed in episode 136 that she killed him to remove his curse, then reincarnated him as an elf, Lelf Irontusk. He then found his new animal companion in the form of a female black leopard, which he named Cat Benatar.
