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A brief biography of Do Ri'Chard — a (dis)graceful Juran with a sharp mind, a kind heart, and the reflexes of an assassin.

Ri'Chard was born about forty years ago into a pureblood lion family. However, these days no one among the Jurans is surprised by lions anymore, though this doesn't stop them from considering themselves blue-blooded and holding their noses high.
The proud Ri'Chard entered military service, where he quickly became an officer, mastered the wisdom of tactics and strategy, and rose rapidly up the career ladder. He clashed in views with a superior officer and beat that officer's face in. His career was instantly destroyed (and Ri'Chard was lucky not to face a court-martial), and the Juran was sent to the border of Khakhir to a backwater little guard detachment.
He got caught up in a skirmish with orcs; Ri'Chard's squad of twenty-two Jurans had to fight more than a hundred enemy warriors. Ri'Chard proved himself a skilled tactician and warrior, and although his squad retreated, the orcs also lost most of their own, so their little "offensive" failed. For bravery in battle, Ri'Chard was granted the rank of hero and the prefix "Do" to his name. Posthumously.
However, Ri'Chard's compatriots were too hasty with the funeral; the Juran was actually seriously wounded and taken prisoner by orcs. And then he ended up in a gladiatorial arena, where he spent more than ten years of his life.
With each passing year, the master of the arena grew more and more respect for Ri'Chard and valued him as a fighter, while Ri'Chard developed a love for the master's daughter, a lovely miniature orc woman. This, however, was a platonic love; the Juran constantly referred to the girl in his mind as "that bald one," or "green frog," or "tailless stuffed animal." But she was kind to him, fed him from the "master's" table, spoke in a gentle voice and said pleasant things, and during his fights, he tried especially hard to impress her.
After several years, the master of the arena wanted to release Ri'Chard for his faithful service, but to his own surprise, he did not dare take this step for another two years, simply not understanding where he would go now or what he would do. It was a bit too late to return to the army of his native country, all opportunities were missed, and what else could he...
When the master's pretty daughter married some merchant, Ri'Chard finally decided and took advantage of the freedom given to him. Now he uses his combat skills and natural strength as a mercenary.

Jurans - lions, tigers: Strength increased 2 times; ability to attack the enemy with claws (damage = Strength); inability to use ranged weapons.


Gladiator
+60% to health, willpower, initiative, and accuracy in one-on-one combat
+10 to attractiveness
+10% to rewards
Skills:
✧ Expert ✧ Access to the combat skills of all peoples (Steel Claws, Death Dance, Berserker, Troll Combat Technique, Warrior of Haine), if Intelligence is above 20; 4 skill points for them (x2)


Steel Claws
The character gains the ability to use gloves with metal claws in combat; this weapon cannot be destroyed
+1 to damage for each unit of Strength
Skills:
✧ Disarm ✧ The character has a chance (Strength vs Strength) to knock the weapon out of the enemy's hands (cooldown: 3 turns)
✧ Jump ✧ The character jumps a distance equal to Speed/2, deals damage to the enemy equal to Strength + number of cells crossed*20 and stuns them for 2 turns (cooldown: 4 turns)


Berserker
Immunity to stealth attacks during combat
+0.5 to accuracy for each unit of Strength
Skills:
✧ Rage ✧ Every attack the character deals critical damage for 5 turns (cooldown: 7 turns) (x2)

Stats:

Strength -- 50
Agility -- 20
Perception -- 5
Endurance -- 40
Intelligence -- 20
Will -- 5

Inventory: Juran combat claws (officer's), orc woman's handkerchief, berserker clothing (I don't know what they wear in their style, can be replaced with medium armor if it only gives -2 to speed), money.