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Mr. Fish · Feb 23, 2009, 10:28 PM // 22:28

Hi everyone,

I have seen a few threads in these Forums where the writer gives their Guild Wars character's biography. I love the idea of being creative and thinking up a backround for your favorite Guild Wars characters. I have not seen anybody create a thread dedicated to character biographies, so here it is : "Lyssa's Library"! Anybody who wants to can post their character's biography in this thread. I can't wait to see the creative ideas that will turn up in this thread. Enjoy!

Captain Ghrakk
If this looks familiar to any of you, I wrote most of this biography a while ago as my submission to a contest. However, I have added a little of my character's (Captain Ghrakk) history. Anyway, I hope you like it

Appearence:
His flesh, scarred and callussed from battles of the past,
His eyes set like obsidian stones in his weathered, riggid face,
His gaze can ignite a flare of fear in even the roughest of creatures,
His mouth a firm, unwavering line,
His body, a hulking mass of muscle,
Weathered, battle-torn Istan armor covors his huge body,
His tough hands grip the leather haft of his Murukai's Reaver, stained with blood and rigidly deformed,
He walks with a stride of power, his expression menacing,
He has slain beasts and dieties of unimaginable power, yet he never grumbles a gloat or brag,
The king of fury,
The prince of strength,
His name...Captain Ghrakk

History
Captain Ghrakk grew up in a small village on the eastern coast of Elona. He grew up durring the time of the Great Drought. His childhood was rough; he lived in a simple mud hut and had to scavenge for food in the dying forests. He grew up alone as an orphan, for his father died a victom of the Desert Plague, and his mother died when he was five years old. Due to the lack of experienced warriors in his village, Ghrakk taught himself in the ways of the warrior. Despite the harsh conditions of his youth, Ghrakk was strong and surprisingly independant and managed to survive the Great Drought, which finally ended when he was 6. The Drought had claimed many of the lives in his small village, untill finally Ghrakk was the only survivor. Ghrakk then trecked north (at the age of 7) untill after many days and nights he came to a small village by the name of Mossville. When Ghrakk arrived at the village, he was nearly dead from starvation and thirst, but an elder monk by the name of Sho Brightheart healed him and took Ghrakk under his wing. Ghrakk was very fond of Sho and thought of him not only as a mentor, but a father. Sho taught Ghrakk the ways of the monk, taking him out every afternoon to the small swamp on the outskirts of the village to heal injured birds and frogs. Numerous animals had taken refuge in Mossville, under the protection of the elder monks. Ghrakk was forced to flee the village when he was 9 when the village was invaded and destroyed by a fleet of Corsairs. He escaped to the west, where he came upon the grand kingdom of Vabbi. Ghrakk lived on the streets of the city, poor, hungry, and helpless, and was soon, like the other orphans of the city, drafted for the Vabbian Order. Ghrakk was a strong warrior, his expertice in healing and his surprising strength and endurance soon got him promoted to Captain within his first month of training. When Captain Ghrakk was 25, he left Vabbi with his few bellongings: His weathered shadow axe and his General's suit of Istan armor. His adventures became known to the people of Elona after he had slain many great beasts and soon he was known and feared throughout all the land. By the time that he was thirty, the social world referred to him as "Captain Ghrakk the Furious". When Captain Ghrakk was 31 he was exploring the Hidden City of Ahdashim, when he came upon a wounded Jahai Rat who had been attacked by a swarm of Rain Beetles. Ghrakk had been fond of animals ever since his training in the swamps of Mossville and with his skill in healing helped the rat recover. When the rat had regained its health it refused to leave Ghrakk's side, and Ghrakk thoughtfully named it Whisper. Ever since that day, Captain Ghrakk and Whisper have been fond companions. Captain Ghrakk the Furious and Whisper the Jahai Rat can still to this day, on rare occassions, be spotted adventuring through the depths of Elona.

Personality:
Captain Ghrakk is a strong, menacing warrior. His childhood greatly shaped his personality, giving him an intimidating presence. He does not remember the feeling of happyness or love. All he knows is pain and suffering. Captain Ghrakk quickly decided,after he had watched Mossville burn, that love and happyness was not a luxury, but a burden. He realized that he had left himself vulnerable by loving and by being enchanted with the luxury of joy. Captain Ghrakk does not pitty the poor or envy the rich. He does not hesitate to slay the helpless, as the pains of his childhood never once hesitated to reap him of luck. His gaze is cold and dark, unforgiving and hapless. Captain Ghrakk is considered by some to be a hero, while he is considered by others to be a beast. Captain Ghrakk walks his own road, unaffected by the thoughts of others.

Personal Quote:
"...You may call me heartless,
You may call me cruel,
But I call you coward..."(Signature phrase)

Images:

http://s405.photobucket.com/albums/p...tainGhrakk.jpg

~ ><> Mr. Fish

Konig Des Todes · Feb 23, 2009, 10:40 PM // 22:40

I would post my characters' bios, however, they are still being crafted as I write out my fan-fiction.

As well as they containing spoilers of my fan-fiction.

Speaking of which, I need to get back to writing that...

Also, love the idea of a thread for bios.

Mr. Fish · Feb 23, 2009, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Thank you for your support Konig

I have read a bit of your fan-fiction and love it! I have always wanted to write an adventure for Captain Ghrakk...I have just never found the time and patience

Anyway, keep up the great work!

~ ><> Mr. Fish

glacialphoenix · May 07, 2009, 05:01 PM // 17:01

Wasn't there one previously? I remember posting in it, but it now appears to have fallen into disuse...

Konig Des Todes · May 07, 2009, 09:44 PM // 21:44

Biography, maybe not for a long time. What happens after EN to your characters, there are two threads in Druid's Overlook. Character's Family tree (which many, like myself, included biographies) there is.

Mr. Fish · May 31, 2009, 05:10 PM // 17:10

Hey,
Sorry for not posting in this thread for a while...I kinda forgot about it

. I have seen Tender Wolf's family tree thread. When I created this thread, I wanted to make a place where people could post not only their character biographies, but their character's adventures and personalities as well. Maybe some people would think that the idea is a little too close to what Tender Wolf had in mind when she made her family tree thread, but personally I think that they are too completely different ideas. Dont get me wrong, I have a huge amount of respect for Tender Wolf and her creative writing ideas, I just wanted to hear some stories that others have written in their free time about their Guild Wars characters. If I find enough time, I will try to write a bio for my paragon and post it in this thread...Maybe then people will start including their own biographies ^^. Anyway, thanks for the comments

~><> Mr. Fish

Mercedes · Jun 01, 2009, 03:02 AM // 03:02

Appearance
Her skin is of a dark complexion with numerous scars all over her body.
Her eyes are a pale yellow; the eyes of a sociopath, and when she casts her magic, all color fades from them.
Her hair is stark white and cut short; the longest strands brushing against her soft jawline.
Her body is long and slightly muscular. She has wide hips and strong thighs.
Her armor is light and revealing, refusing to wear traditional garb.
Her slender claw-like fingers wrap themselves around a long sword, a family heirloom as well as a Necromancer's charm; her only memory of her father.
Her name... Mercedes De Leone

History
Born in the desert city Moroc, Mercedes was a gifted Necromancer who learned directly from her father who was the Council's Necromancer. She was great friends with a girl named Merry and her father was one of the only two City Necromancers. Merry's father killed her and used her corpse in an experiment. When Mercedes found out, she killed the man and mercifully killed Merry who was made into a flesh golem. Hours later as she sat in the lab mourning, city guards stormed the room. Her father was involved in a conspiracy which got him assassinated. The city came to kill Mercedes as well, but she took them all by surprise and detonated a chain of corpse explosions which eventually demolished the entire city and all of it's occupants.

She made her way north. Near death, she stumbled upon the Zealots of Shiverpeak in the mountains and they took her in. A few years later, she was the lead Necromancer leading the charge at the Battle of Kyhlo and was responsible for the death of Devona's father, Mordakai with mutliple spear wounds to the abdomen. The large warrior had collapsed on top of her and whispered the same words her father said to her before he was assassinated that day, "I'll be back before you know it."

The words turned her into a wreck as she finally; after suppressing the emotions of her father's death, it's all released.

Years pass without her shedding blood, and now in her late fourties, she and a group of Zealots of Shiverpeak step into the ruins of Ascalon...

Personality
Many would believe Mercedes is a sociopath. She rarely shows true affection for others and the death of people close to her do not affect her. This is actually not true, he bottles up all those feelings and keeps everyone at a distance because of a tragedy that occurred when she was a teenager living in Moroc.
She is normally very chatty and has a dry sense of humor, but she never opens up to anyone for fear of getting hurt again.

Mr. Fish · Jun 01, 2009, 10:51 AM // 10:51

Hehe I like it Mercedes

. Cool character btw ^^. Thanks again for participating in my Lyssa's Library threads.

~><> Mr. Fish