Durkon "leaves" the clan for his missionSeventeen years prior to the formation of the Order of the Stick, Durkon was visited দ্বারা Hurak, the high priest of Thor, who informed him that the deity had selected him for a mission to human lands. Durkon was to remain with humans indefinitely, ostensibly until he was summoned প্রথমপাতা to act as a cultural instructor to his people.
However, the true reason for the "mission" was that the priest of Odin had arrived at the temple that morning with a prophecy that, when Durkon পরবর্তি returned home, he would bring death and destruction upon his people. In order to thwart the prophesy, the high priest had no intention of ever calling Durkon home, leaving him effectively banished for life; possibly an unnecessary deception, as প্রদত্ত Durkon's extreme sense of duty, he might well have accepted lifelong banishment for the good of his people.
Durkon made his way to human lands, where he almost immediately got off onto the wrong foot with the first humans that he met, then was appalled to discover that the best বিয়ার in human lands tasted, in his opinion, like moose urine.
Fourteen years later, Durkon was part of an adventuring group. Having grown surly and unpleasant as a result of his experiences, he was frequently sent on apparently suicidal missions দ্বারা his allies. When his party accepted a mission to deal with a group of orcs who were causing problems in a nearby village, Durkon was paired with a newly recruited fighter, Roy Greenhilt. In the course of another suicide mission, Roy threw himself in the way of an attack that the dwarf hadn't seen coming, earning a measure of trust from the dwarf. When Roy subsequently negotiated a peaceful settlement between the village and the orcs, who it turned out were only in the area for a concert, Durkon came to realize that there was at least one human worth knowing.
Roy left the group, which had simply wanted to slaughter the orcs, that being quicker and আরো convenient than negotiating, and Durkon followed him, agreeing to be a part of any party the fighter subsequently founded.
Roy and Durkon traveled together for the পরবর্তি three years, searching for clues to the whereabouts of the lich, Xykon. Finally getting the information that they needed from the Oracle of Sunken Valley, they came to the conclusion that আরো allies would be required to assault Xykon's stronghold. Returning to a nearby town, Roy recruited four other adventurers to যোগদান the party, and the Order of the Stick was born.
The Order of the StickDurkon has been a highly effective member of the team since its formation. As team cleric, his healing spells are often in demand and he serves well alongside his friend Roy as one of the Order's front line warriors. During his time with the party, he has had a brief relationship with Hilgya Firehelm, a female dwarf cleric of Loki and was also briefly the leader of a group of bandits. As a prize from his adventures, he possesses an Amulet of Natural Armor and may also still have the Girdle of Feminity/Masculinity which Roy discarded after Durkon helped him remove it with a Remove Curse spell.
As a boon from Lord Shojo of Azure City, a messenger, in this case Miko Miyazaki, was sent to Durkon's homeland to obtain permission from the High Priest of Thor to allow Durkon home. Hurak had died years ago, and the new High Priest could find in his predecessor's notes no mention of অথবা justification for Durkon's ostracism; he wrote for Durkon to come প্রথমপাতা at any time. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, প্রদত্ত the original reason for his exile), the letter was eaten দ্বারা The Monster In The Darkness. The message was in a sealed diplomatic pouch, making any verbal communication of the message impossible, as the courier, the now-deceased Miko Miyazaki was far too honourable to have opened it up.
When the Order revisited the Oracle of Sunken Valley to gain new information about Xykon's whereabouts, Durkon asked "How will I finally be returnin' ta me beloved dwarven homelands?", the Oracle answered, "Posthumously". Durkon, who had previously believed that he would die in human lands and his body torn apart দ্বারা জন্তু জানোয়ার অথবা left to rot, found comfort in this idea, knowing that he would ultimately be reunited with his family. How this foretelling will affect অথবা be affected দ্বারা the prophecy of Odin is unknown.
