Description: Kalan Noguth was born to the elder of a small tribal village in the Great North. As his father before him, Kalan grew to become a skilled warrior, hunter, and craftsman. After a winter far colder than normal brought Kalan's father, the Noguth's most skilled hunter and provider, to his death bed, the village began to slowly starve. Several months later, on the eve of his wedding day, Kalan, now the new elder of the Noguth, was visited by a group of hunters who offered to aid the village. They agreed to make sure the Noguth would not starve, and asked for nothing in return. Having lived his entire life in the distant reaches of the Great North, Kalan knew nothing of these Malarites and their true intentions, and accepted their offer.
For the next several years, his people propered and grew fat as the hunters slew great numbers of beasts in the area. Well into the fifth year, however, the number of animals in the area had fallen. Worse yet, people from the village began to disappear monthly. After his wife was kidnapped in the middle of the night, Kalan and some men of his tribe tracked her captors to a camp, and were shocked to recognize their faces as the hunters who had so long aided the Noguth. Kalan's men attacked and succeeded in rescuing his wife before the Malarites called upon the beastlord. The camp became swarmed with winter wolves, and the Noguth retreated to their village for help. The Malarites and their wolves pursued, and a violent battle took over the village. Hours later, Kalan awoke in a pool of his own blood, surrounded by wolves. Seeing the bodies of the Malarites and the Noguth all dead before him, with wolves feasting on their corpses, Kalan realized himself to be the only person to survive the battle. In a fit of rage, Kalan flayed every remaining wolf alive. Even as his mind fell apart in grief, he used their hides to craft this sturdy shield of hard leather and stained it with their blood. He then set out to wander the Great North alone on a suicidal mission of revenge to slaughter every wolf he could find.
How Kalan's days ended is not entirely certain, but this shield now bears a long scar across it, presumably from the claws of some great beast. As Kalan never travelled without this shield, it now resting in your hands is proof enough that the wolves of the beastlord finally claimed the last of the Noguth. This shield provides you the same protection against winter wolves that it gave Kalan, but also fills you with all of his anger and grief.
Properties: Base Item: Heavy Shield
AC Bonus vs. Racial Group: Beast [+2]
Damage Resistance: Cold [15/-]
Decreased Ability Score: Wisdom [-2]
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