Graark

Name
Graark Stonehammer of the Whiteclaw clan

Also known as 'Gra'

Physical Traits
Graark is physically not much different than other orcs of his age. Like his brothers-in-arms, he is broad shouldered and rather muscular. Due to the traditions of his clan, his long black hair is especially well kept for an orc. In fact, he can get very angry should anyone attempt to cut it off.

His body is also covered in scars and burns, some of them rather deep looking. The most obvious of these injuries is a large scar on his chest, going from his right hip to his left shoulder. This scar is so painful looking that many who see it are filled with fear as to what could have caused such an injury.

Race and Class
Orc Warrior

Guild
Graark currently holds only two allegences; one to the Warchief Thrall and the Forstwolf clan, and another to his clan

Occupation
Ever since he was a young orc, Graark has been facinated with all things shiny. As such, when he learned that there were people that could teach him (for a small fee) how to make 'shinies', he jumped at the chance. To fuel his jewelcrafting, as well as increase his strength, he also learnt how to mine ores, as well as prospect them.

Family
The Whiteclaw clan was considered to be one of the oldest and proudest of the orcish clans. Before the First War, it protested the changes to the orcish way of life by Gul'dan and the Horde. As a result of their sympathies to the Frostwolf clan, they were easy targets for the bolder and more violent clans, and were consequently attacked. The Whiteclaws were destroyed, and any surviving members were scattered. The clan was believed to be no more, with many claming that the few remaining Whiteclaws became little more than clanless savages. This, however, was not true. A few survivers were allowed to hide themselves in the ranks of the Frostwolf clan. While they still called themselves Whiteclaws in private, the other clans knew them only as Forstwolves.

Since that time, the Whiteclaw clan has continued to survive in secrecy, with very few Frostwolves knowing their brethern's secret, with even fewer outside them. It is said that, outside the Whiteclaws themselves, only Thrall knows exactly how many Whiteclaws there are in exsistance. There is only one thing that can potentially give away the identity of a Whiteclaw, and that is their hair. The clan uses their hair as a physical measure of their honour. They only cut their hair after they have preformed a dishonourable action, with the most dishonourable actions resulting in the orc being shaved bald. However, now that times have changed, the clan has slowly begun to drop it's veil of secrecy, with a few of it's embers openly admiting their true standing.

Background
When Graark was born, the Frostwolf clan were still in hiding in the Alterac Mountains. For many years, he was allowed to have as normal a childhood as possible. When he wasn't helping the older orcs with their duties, he spent most of his time with his friends playing and pulling pranks on the elders. The day that Graark learned of his secret ancestory, that he was not a true Frostwolf like he had always believed, but part of the Whiteclaw clan, was the start of a great amount of changes in his life. He stoped taking part on the many pranks his friends played, and began to spend more time helping the clan.

One of the most important events of his childhood was when Thrall found their hidden home. Graark could remember watching the young warchief learn the ways of the shaman and wishing he could do the same. All the same, he became a fast friend of Thrall, helping him in any way he could. Whenever Thrall missed meals because he was deep in a trance, it was usually Graark who brought him some food.

Eventually, Thrall began his crusade to free the orcs from the internment camps. Unfortunatly for Graark, he was not yet old enough to fight for the clan. When he finally was able to bear arms for his people, Graark followed Thrall to the forgotten lands of Kalindor. There, he protected the warchief with his life during his search for the oracle in the caverns of Stonetalon Peaks, and even survived to fight against the Burning Legion in the Battle for Mount Hyjal. After the victory there, Thrall founded both the land of Durotar and .it's capital city of Orgrimmar, which Graark helped to build. After a while, it became clear to Graark that Thrall needed agents who could go places his armies could not. Thus he began is new life as the warcheif's eyes and ears in the field.

Personal Notes
Graark lives by a strict moral code, known as the Whiteclaw 5, which was set down by the first Whiteclaw clan leader. Since it's creation, every member of the clan has lived and died by this code, their every action guided by the principles held within. For example, even though Graark has sworn to do his warcheif's bidding, he cannot stand by while another is suffering. The tenets of the Whiteclaw 5 are...

1. Stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent.

2. All are innocent till proven guilty.

3. Uphold your word, for it is your honour.

4. To deny freedom to any other being is the greatest of stains.

5. Live without regret, and die without dishonour.

Current Status
Currently stationed at the Corssroads, Graark is aiding the fight against the local quillboars.