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Buk Skullsplitter was a character I came up with for a campaign, but never got to properly use unfortunately. I liked the character enough to get a few different pieces done of him however.

Backstory
Buk was part of a band of bandits that lived up in the mountains away from most civilization. He was the son of the fierce chief and he was next in line to lead. His uncle however wanted to be the leader and ended up staging a coupe. This resulted in many who were loyal to Buk's father being slaughtered and Buk was sold to a traveling band of slavers. Buk was brought to the elven capital where he was sold to a young mage that put an obedience spell on him. As long as the mage wore a silver ring, he could compel Buk to follow any order he game him. The two didn't spend much time together because during a journey through the deep woods they were attacked by a pack of werewolves. The mage was mauled to death and Buk was severely wounded, but managed to escape. Buk ended up contracting Lycanthrope and spent the next year or so learning how to fully accept his new animalistic side. His mission though is to return to his tribe and put down his traitorous uncle and anyone that supports him.

He was a very fun character to come up with and I had a lot of fun creating the world that he inhabits. I enjoyed the world so much that I really wanted to use it as the setting for all my characters I've created. Lots of conflict between the corrupted elven kingdom to the east and the free nations to the west. The two are separated by the large mountain-range that Buk originates from.