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Thog is a half-orcish barbarian with two levels in fighter who likes puppies, ice cream with sprinkles and rocket skates, but is afraid of pretty girls and teletubbies. He wields a greataxe and displays a childlike innocence while simultaneously killing without mercy. It is possible that his low intelligence (low enough to impair his speech so that he always speaks about himself in the third person) means he does not really understand what he is doing. For instance, when Nale framed Elan and Thog was arrested, he admitted to being guilty and, when asked, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0367.html explained the entire plot] to the guard, apparently not realizing that he had done something wrong and was facing capital punishment (unfortunately for the guard the confession came out in such a ludicrous linguistic form, such as referring to Elan as "Not-Nale", that the guard could not make heads or tails of it).  On the other hand, Thog has been known to suggest torture methods (the playing of a Celine Dion album; a plan rejected by Nale as he's "still civilized"), which would require at least a small degree of intelligence.

Thog's speech is always depicted in lower-case bold letters in the comic, a convention also used for other low-intelligence characters, and possibly as a reference to Moe in Calvin and Hobbes. Thog's stupidity and follower mentality makes him the opposite of Roy Greenhilt, the competent leader. Also, while Roy is clearly attracted to beautiful girls to the point of clouding his judgement, Thog is afraid of them, because he fears cooties. Thog was under arrest by the Cliffport Police Department and charged with multiple crimes, but escaped with Elan after Elan cleverly persuaded him into destroying their prison bars (Elan having convinced Thog that the bars had eaten the trail of breadcrumbs imperative to Nale finding his way back, and also punched a clown) and used illusions to fool the guardsmen.  For Elan's unexplained and unused stowaway plan, Thog wears a leprechaun costume (prior to this he was wearing a Moogle costume) while he packs a giant wooden alpaca with potato salad. When he was reunited with his comrades Nale and Sabine, Nale told him Sabine missed him, resulting in him "bull rush tackle hugging" Sabine. While Elan and Haley fought Nale and Sabine, Thog returned and, his greataxe having been left behind in Cliffport, tore the door off its hinges for an improvised weapon. Elan appealed to their newly-discovered friendship, and persuaded Thog that he would rather go and eat ice cream with his friends than have them fight. Thog agreed, and promptly bludgeoned Haley several times with the door, Elan having forgotten that Thog didn't consider her a friend.  Thog did not really participate in the subsequent battle between the Guild and the Order, as Elan subdued him using an illusion.  He was captured after Durkon used a Hold Person spell on him at the battle's conclusion as he tries to join in the Order's group hug; the Order turned him over to the Sapphire Guard and he later escaped with Nale and Sabine.  We later find out that it has been Thog's dream to be a footstool.