Starina Novak (born in the 1530s) studied at the monastery of Pore and began a career as a hajduk after he was imprisoned and beaten by Turks, which led him to learn the use of weapons and formed his eta (band of hajduks) who started a violent fight against the Turks.
He soon formed his own ceta (hajduk band) and started a violent fight against the Ottomans. 
