Haugrum

"'A plague-bringer from the east.'"

Origins
The origins of the Mouth are scarcely documented; he is known only to hail from the uncharted "Black Lands" far to the east of Rathnir and Eldham, having fled westward after the destruction of its patron deity and subsequent societal collapse. His precise age is unknown, but he is thought to be at least over one hundred years old, having belonged to a bygone era. If the Mouth ever had an actual name apart from his crude title, it has long since been lost.

Appearance
While at first glance the Mouth appears to be some kind of ghoul or walking corpse, he is in fact a living human, albeit corrupted in body and mind. He is a tall, slender individual robed in black, sporting a pair of gauntlets and a helm forged from charred steel. Said helm completely covers the upper half of his face, with no visible eyeholes. Whether the Mouth is blind under this helm is unknown. His physical mouth is an unholy sight; jagged teeth, filthy and yellowed, sit idly behind cracked and bleeding lips that release forth a foul breath, described as reeking of death and decay.

Matis Scholar
Upon his arrival in Eldham, the Mouth somehow almost immediately came across the High Jarl of Rodinnbrok, Sandy Rovin, of all people. After asking to join, the Mouth was accepted into the nation and found refuge within the village of Matis. He was welcomed into the town by Krzy and Yl5, and laid down the first foundations of the village to the south of the famed Matis Tower.

The Mouth was accepted into the Scholars of Matis, a secretive order lead by Yl5. This group valued knowledge above all else, and tasked itself with retrieving, safeguarding, and studying books of all kinds throughout Eldham. Within this order, he had a newfound purpose in construction, building sandstone structures in and around Matis. The Mouth had constructed Jorm's Thorn Watchtower to keep a lookout for roaming bandits, as there were no walls yet built to protect the village from intruders.