Count Ghoom was once an avid hunter, one of the greatest ever seen in Taldor. Eventually, his hubris caught up to him when he swore to hunt down a wild hunt monarch and consume its heart to gain immortality. Yet the hunter became the prey, and the monarch turned him into a wild hunt scout, ironically granting him the prize he sought.
But Ghoom was under the control of the monarch, until his own wife slew the monarch and freed him. Yet his envy would not let him accept that his wife had bested him and he strangled her to death when they first lay together. He joined the Circle and has hunted the strangest and most harrowing game since.
