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Shvub-Mah — The Fighter

Shvub-Mah

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Current build (26.08.2025): build=1249018 Note: Note from file: Animal Soul Sibling not available in Pathbuilder; in PDF with Animal Soul Sibling. Goblin Weapon Frenzy not available in Foundry.

Earlier builds:

  • **Name:**Level Shvub-Mah4 (~2024-03 (Bird Cruncher sessions)): build=954893
  • **Gender:**Earlier Malebuild (~2023 or earlier): build=798296
  • **Class:**Earlier Fighter
build **Tribe(~2023 origin:**or Licktoadearlier): **Player:** Ericbuild=763313

Physical & Personality

Shvub-Mah is introduced at the whelping cage as someone already measuring the distance to the latch — an immediate expression of his fighter's spatial awareness and escape-oriented thinking. The spider encounter in Brinestump Marsh noted his acrobatics as impressive. He has a connection to a ruin above Habe's Sanatorium on Ashen Rise — the campaign account treats this as his place, the closest thing to home he has in the world. He lingered on Habe's Sanatorium as the party passed; this is the one moment where his attention diverged from the group's direction.

Role in Campaign Events

    Present at the whelping cage opening, measuring the latch. Acrobatics during the Lotslegs encounter in Brinestump Marsh were notable. Present through the Kaijitsu Star, Vorka's death, and all Licktoad village events. Squealy Nord recovery, second ship expedition, and the skeleton-clearing of the destroyed village. The ruin above Habe's Sanatorium on Ashen Rise is associated with Shvub-Mah specifically — the party rested there. His eyes lingered on Habe's Sanatorium as the party passed it on the road north. He did not enter. Present through Birdcruncher territory, Manschmied Farm, the mountain cave, and all Thistletop operations. Thistletop interior: the climbing encounter that required navigating around or over a human-orc figure was resolved in the party's favor. Present at the Temple of Lamashtu — the last recorded encounter.

    Status at End of Known Account

    Active. Present at the Temple of Lamashtu — the last recorded encounter. Fate beyond that point is TBD.

    Notes

      "Shvub-Mah's ruin" is a canon location name for the crumbling structure above Habe's Sanatorium on Ashen Rise. See `lore/locations/ashen-rise.md`. The ruin is either a GM-created location or a player-named place; it does not appear in any extracted module. Status: confirmed campaign canon. The human-orc figure at the climbing encounter inside Thistletop is unidentified from available sources. _(provisional — unresolved NPC identity)_
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