Tiriak was the runt of the clan, too small, too weak, too everything. He was however, blessed with magic of the divine and gifted with healing. In one of his clan's many battles, where he acted as a field medic, he fell and was taken by dwarves who treated him as a slave. Over the years, he was passed from master to master, until one dwarven family, a family of alchemists, took him in and treated him well. Eventually they released him in good spirits which allowed him to travel the world.
He eventually found some druids that needed aid, and grouped him with some other orcs which swiftly took care of the problem. A minor demon attempted to attack their forest, using their fiends, fire and necromancy.
After dealing with the problem, this band of misfit orcs travelled until they went through the portal