Orstalor is from the Locaem tribe. When that tribe turned to the Lunar Empire he walked from the chieftain’s hall, and none dared stop him. Once he raided cattle, now he raids the Empire. Many followed him into exile, forming the core of his warband, Miki's Mudhens.
People call him the “Riverside Guerrilla.” He has a special relationship with the River, because he married the water nymph Wandle. No Lunar soldier dares pursue him within a quarter mile of the Creek, Stream, or Creek-Stream River, and those who do are never seen again.
Orstalor uses no weapons except his long spears, which he can throw like javelins or wield with the delicacy of a flensing knife.
A member of the Sartar High Council and bearer of Unknown, he leads worship of Orlanth at sites like Good Rain Hill and Larnste's Table. He launches guerilla action against the Lunar supply line that runs from Too Far, through Traders' Valley, Glasswall, Alda-Chur, Herongreen, Dangerford, Jonstown and beyond to Boldhome. He is known for ambushing caravans at Dwarf Ford, and fleeing through Snakepipe Hollow, where Lunar soldiers fear to pursue him.
Orstalor is a good-humored man prone to laughing and joking. His black humor — seeing the funny side of reversals — has kept his followers spirits up during their long exile.
Orstalor is particularly welcome among the Red Cow because of his association with Engizi and Heler. He is a frequent lover of Voranga Many-Sorrows, and the clan says that their union blesses their meadows with rain. Orstalor often joins the clan for worship at Good Rain Hill, and is firm friends with Ashart Dusk-Eater, the hidden Orlanthi priest.