1) Yes. The bugbear war-leader Sarrlagh, who hunted throughout the Nether Mountains, Tauvin Mountains, and Ice Mountains of the Sword Coast North is remembered with respect and gratitude by the dwarves of Citadel Adbar because in 810 DR he fought with his (in... #realmslore
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@TheEdVerse Was there ever a documented Bugbear hero in the forgotten realms? A bugbear that would be remembered fondly by some people?

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2) ...comparison) tiny war-band against an orc horde sweeping down out of the westernmost Ice Mountains, and broke its strength and turned it aside (so that the remnants marauded through The Cold Vale but were destroyed by two angry dragons they’d awakened and... #realmslore
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3) and slaughtered the “pet meat herds” of). Sarrlagh regarded the bounty of the land as a farmer does: take as little as is needful, move your reaping around, leave certain populations alone to breed and renew their numbers, cause no fires and few avalanches, and... #realmslore
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4) ...in general “take care of” the land. He thought the orcs should learn to breed in accordance with the available food, and not boil forth out of mountain caverns as world-damaging hordes every decade and a bit—and when this particular horde, led by Graulgin... #realmslore
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5) ...Longtusk of the Longtusk orc tribe, came rampaging through what Sarrlagh considered “his” hunting grounds, he made a stand against them—and decided to do so right in front of Citadel Adbar, to turn them back from its walls. #realmslore
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6) The dwarves have never forgotten that. Sarrlagh’s descendants are still taught by their elders to “Leave Adbar be.” #realmslore
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Can such wise behavior be found in an orc - for instance, Obould Many-Arrows?
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