Cubhood

Torr was found as a few-day-old cub by their adoptive parent, Zoh, out in unclaimed territory in the dusty desert. Zoh had not been a parent before, but as the clan's healer, had an interest in helping those in need. The clan was not particularly fond of outsiders but allowed the cub to be brought into the clan due to Zoh's high status.

Unfortuantely, the cub was still regarded as lesser than a majority of the clan and subjected to to treatment comparable to a prisoner. While Zoh tried to protect Torr from maltreatment, Torr grew to be a bitter child and started acting out in rebellion to the treatment they recieved - stealing, destroying things, and often ending up in fights with other gnolls.

Zoh attempted to busy Torr with other things such as beginning to learn healing like he provided for the clan, but the resentment Torr held for being treated so differently than everyone else in the clan was much stronger. One day the young gnoll stole an important heriloom from the clan leader and hid well to destroy it out of spite.

It was (correctly) assumed that Torr had stolen the piece as they were known for their thieving antics, but unable to find Torr nor the heriloom, Zoh was taken in as prisoner for pending punishment, unless Torr was turned in for execution.

Torr returned to find Zoh imprisoned and started to panic, telling Zoh they should run away together. Zoh attempted to be gentle at first, telling Torr they needed to go before they were caught but Torr had always been unreasonably stubborn and was insistent on trying to get away despite how impossible it had seemed. In a fit of frustration, Zoh snapped at Torr, demanding they leave and never return to the clan, lest Zoh kill them himself after all the trouble they'd caused. Never having heard an unkind word from Zoh, Torr ran from the clan in a wave of fear and guilt.

Torr left that day not knowing the fate of Zoh.

Post-clan

Torr spent much of their adolesence stealing to get by, getting caught for stealing and spending time jailed for said stealing. When not sitting in a cell, they relied a lot on the hospitality of temples to find a nice place to rest, some decent food and kind company (though Torr mostly kept to themselves). The temples felt familiar of Zoh and perhaps out of guilt or fading admiration, Torr began studying to become a cleric. While the studying kept them busy, it did not nesecarrily reduce how much time they spent sitting in jail for petty theft.

Cleric-for-hire

Once confident in the level of their cleric studies, Torr began offering their healing services as a cleric-for-hire, often in helping groups to travel from point A to point B. They purposefully avoided any offers with explict danger involved. While they would put up with some level of risk (for the right price) if Torr felt any level of personal threat, it was unsurprisng for the party to wake and find the gnoll long gone.

Noteable parties Torr worked for before the campaign party were a group of monks, a traveling bard band, and an overly-kind group of moms that, while kind of unbearable, taught Torr some good recipies.