Aurus Burton

Aurus Burton lead a gang of bandits from Pendertudd's Hovel and was paying 300gp to hunters to bring him orc specimens for use in his demonic rituals trying to create Tanarukk. He was a magic user able to cast lightning and also teleport himself into the ethereal plane. Aurus had seemingly summoned a demon into his own body and was then impregnating the female orcs to breed the Tanarukk, an infant Tanarukk was found at Aurus' table, but was killed by Charming with a dagger.

Aurus was killed in a battle against the group as they invaded his hovel posing their half-orc companion Buckles as a prisoner for sale. The warlock tried to flee into his main hall where his fully grown Tanarukk was chained up, and even tried to enter its body in a ritual, but was stopped by Charming and then killed by the group, ultimately crushed by a falling rock from the Tanarukk as it pulled its chains free, killed in part by his own creation.

The Burton Family
A disgraced name in the realm, the Burton's were related in some way to the Black Monument.