Vithrid At'Hemmar

Species - Silver Orc

Homeworld - Alipya

Region - The Heartworlds

Individual Character - Vithrid At'Hemmar - "Vithrid Half-Burned" 

"The god damn Orc is drooling fish again..."

Vithrid At'Hemmar is a notable Silver Orc that participated in The Sickle Purges. Recruited by the Empyrean military to investigate Kalia Cain's actions prior to her decision to unite the Heartworlds with Iktheniqs and Apara. Vithrid is part of Faryn's Wall, and was the deciding factor in saving the Rylve noble's life, using Seeker, a Maluf, to choke and kill the Golden Orc hero Daniel MacIerne in single combat, forcing the Golden Orc army to retreat, and saving the force of Rylve, including Faryn Voralos. This earned Vithrid a good deal of animosity from the Golden Orc ranks, and put him in the position of having started a brief war between the Silver Orc and the Golden Orcs.

Vithrid is a known tinkerer, and adopted the nickname "Metalbrain" during his service in The Sickle Purges. However, this name was eventually replaced by a name earned through combat - "Vithrid Half-Burned". Vithrid earned this name for his brutal defeat of a Golden Orc Shaman, Horas Griogalach, who was channeling the soul of Daniel MacIerne that Vithrid murdered with Seeker. The combat in question ended the civil war between the Orc species, and allowed Kalia Cain to unite the disparate species under her banner. This Golden Orc Shaman was considered well beyond Vithrid's abilities, and Vithrid walked into the fight knowing he was going to die. In a vicious crowd-watched arena battle, Vithrid and his opponent dueled to the death, both beginning in their normal state and undergoing Korm later in the fight. After a savage exchange of blows, both combatants were unarmed and brawled in the dirt. Eventually, the Golden Orc Shaman's inefficient Korm state forced him to return to normal size, whereupon Vithrid's hands tore the Golden Orc's skull in half. This resulted in a volatile dispersion of the Shaman's magic, burning both of Vithrid's hands, and the left side of his face, earning him no small amount of glory, as well as the nickname "Vithrid Half-Burned". The killing of the Golden Orc Shaman not only appeased the Golden Orcs, whose chieftan's soul had been granted the honorable fight that it deserved, but this kill also temporarily appeased the Rylve, who appointed great glory to Vithrid for having saved Faryn Vorallos, and did not wish to see their hero killed. Vithrid was personally congratulated by Kalia Cain for his performance, having put her in a strategically advantageous position regarding her acquisition of the loyalties of the Heartworlds races.