Originally Posted by Qing Guang

Oh bother. This looks very interesting, and I've got a Pre character at the moment, but she's a Mez and I'm only running her with a friend (who doesn't seem to be the roleplay type).

May my Canthan N/A join the group later in the game? (she seems the most suited to roleplay - I could ignore the fact that she's done EotN)

Name: (Ming) Gui Qiang
Date of Birth: 27th Changhai, 1566 CC
Bio: Gui grew up around combat and competition, and death is one of the most constant factors in her life. Her parents, Zhao and Fu Mei, carry on the Ming family profession as the owners of the Shing Jea Arena. As a child, Gui would watch the battles with her parents, cheering on the Mesmer students, whom she admired for their beautiful dress and elegance. Seeing so many fall in combat, she soon gained a view of death not as an evil, but as a basic experience of life. Her uncle, a traveling necromancer who often came to visit, treater her like a princess. When her first pet, the aunt of the pug who now resides at the Arena, died, he brought it back as a tiny, skeletal puppy, much to Zhao and Fu Mei's dismay. Contrary to their expectations, however, Gui took to the creation as if it were an ordinary dog and soon began pestering her uncle with endless questions about death and undeath. He taught her the basics of necromancy, and at fifteen she asked to go to Shing Jea Monastery for further training. While her mother, worried about her youth, was reluctant to let her go, her father, seeing that necromancy was his daughter's passion, agreed to send her there. She did not fail her family, and soon expanded her repertoire of spells to become an accomplished Necromancer.
While she was at the Monastery, she was exposed to a new cult of Grenth, the seeds of which had been carried to Cantha by a few young Dervishes visiting from Elona. These cultists, or Benign Disciples, as they came to be called, believe that Grenth was actually a gentle figure who had been wrongly portrayed by well-meaning Monks of the other gods. The Benign depiction of Grenth shows him as a kind, young man, his right hand welcoming new souls to the Underworld and his left holding his animal-skull mask. Disciples say that Grenth was a man once, selected by the other Gods to replace Dhuum. They claim that upon assuming godhood, he swore never to be the cruel god Dhuum had been and instead to be a just and kind Lord of Death. According to them, he searches among those who use the powers of hydromancy, necromancy, and ritualism for the betterment of the world and calls them as his Chosen. Gui took firmly to this belief, saying that she is one of his Chosen and that her undead servants are her children through him, each one living a brief but meaningful life in the fight against evil.
Despite her chosen profession, Gui still envies the stylish, feminine clothes of the Mesmers and nurtures a great love of young animals and pretty things. Furthermore, she retains many childish attributes; she is quite the sugar fiend and shows a boundless energy. In her adventures, she has acquired a miniature Devourer, which she has named Ji Ji and which she keeps with her at all times, doting on the creature and feeding it from her vast stores of candy.
Gui first ventured out from the safety of Shing Jea to protect Cantha from the threat posed by the Affliction, but she has chosen to take on the task of protecting the world from other evils. Having preserved the safety of her homeland, she ventures to Tyria after being told of its plight by Krytan refugees in the slums of Kaineng...