Tork Sizzle-Squawk

Tork Sizzle-Squawk is a Kenku - a type flightless bird-humanoid that can commonly be found on the Material Plane. He is 5' tall, 120 pounds, and he lacks traditional bird plumage as the ancient entity that cast out the Kenku race has stripped them of traditional wings (and thus flight). Instead, he has a some white-gray plumage and a traditional human body. He dresses in hide armor that has a strange insignia on it, and wields his large greataxe nicknamed "Borborygmi." Tork is a former cook for the ruthless pirate leader Grim Growler and her "Flock" of Kenku crew. While at sea, the Flock mysteriously disappeared leaving Tork as the sole survivor. He'd like to feel the euphoric release of flight for the first time, but knows this is a distant dream that was taken away from his race for some reason he'll never understand.

Interestingly, he can not speak with traditional language construction. Instead, he can only use mimicry to convey voices or sounds based on things he has heard in his past. Descriptions of words, concepts, and ideas are critical to understanding and empathizing with his worldview.

Was briefly the monarch of a small underground kingdom of humans. Or maybe of mushrooms. Also, "briefly" might be his whole life.