Thadic

Thadic Baneson
Surnames are not truely important to goliaths as a people. However Thadic is no ordinary goliath. The world is a dark cruel place full of war, murder, and death. No one knows this better than Thadic. He was born in a mountian range in Aeolos to a tribe that no longer exists. Thadic grew up in a normal goliath tribe. He revelled in physical contests and games and always seemed to outdo the other children his own age. He killed his first boar at the age of five and brought his family many accolades.

The night of the yearly nature feast is common for all goliaths. One year during this feast, the giants came out of the surrounding woods, decimating the village. The giants slew them all. Thadic only survived thanks to a paladin of Bane. This paladin had been tracking the giants and had rushed ahead to kill any of the survivours of the battle. He deigned to spare Thadic only because he was found standing atop two dead giants. Thadic had fought the giants with his father's battle-axe. This was a mighty deed as he was only eight years old at the time.

The paladin took him in and taught him the glory of battle and the strength of Bane. After his training was complete, Thadic journeyed into the mountains he called home seeking vengeance on the giants who destroyed his tribe. He killed them all, down to the last child. Bane blessed him with victory. As he left the ruins of the giants' village and walked along a cliff's edge, he heard the sound of a dragon below him. Thadic had never fought a dragon before, so he jumped off the edge of the cliff, screaming to Bane as he fell.