[OOC] Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past (Page 101)

EliteCommander said
Hmm, I guess other types of mages could do cool things like cloak their flesh in fire or something. Doesn't help me, but if any other Esyire characters pop up, it's an idea for them.Maybe Ssarak is immune to his own drugs or something.

Lol, when you get beyond Novice and get closer to Master, what you can do with your blood is only limited by your imagination and how you do it to achieve the result. The main reason Esyires have this is because they breath their elements and while other Mages can learn to do something similar, Esyires have it earlier (granted doesn't' mean it's more powerful) then most novices, what good is a breath attack if you're affected by it as you use after all?

UserName: Ultimate523

Character name: Gorik Zornoth

Age: 25

Mageblood type: Lux

Favoured Magic Class: Pyromancy

Previous Magic training: None

Race: Half Naerse human, half orc

Appearance: Gorik stands at 6'4", and is naturally quite broadly, and strongly built, but is currently more lanky due to his diet, and frequent physical work. Overall he looks more human than orc, but both are quite noticeable. His skin is mostly white, but with a green touch it that from a distance it would look more human, though he's also relatively tanned which makes it darker, and look slightly more orc-like. His underbite isn't as prominent as a full orc, but is still noticeable with very slight tusks. His eyes are dark brown in colour, and his hair is black. He has many scars of various sorts all over his body, the most noticeable ones being the three on his face(one above his right eyebrow, one going from his left cheek to down under his jaw, and another on the inside of his right eye along his nose), and a very long one across the outside of the bicep, and upper forearm of his right arm.

Short Bio:

Gorik was born as one of many children to parents of mixed blood in an area of Eania that wasn't very highly populated. It was an area of mostly orcs, and humans, though there were other races as well. The people there mostly did farm work, and other basic things for survival. Many of the older people were quite experienced in warfare, which also lead many of the boys to want to become warriors, and such, something Gorik also found appealing. His father had also been a soldier who had fought for Eania against Djarkel, and made sure to teach all his sons how to fight, doing so much more aggressively than many teachers.

There was a school where many of the young children went to to learn some useful things like reading, and writing. It wasn't anything fancy, but still gave some basic knowledge of enough things to be useful. However, due to the atmosphere of it, many of the children would fight each other, even from quite a young age, despite the teacher's disapproval. Most of the time things ended before anything became too bad, but occasionally situations would get very out of hand, something Gorik had managed to avoid being directly part of himself, but had seen.

Over time he ended up making a few close friends, and spent most of his time with them, occasionally going on short trips around the area with them, wanting to learn more about it. His parents didn't approve of how much time he spent away, and frequently punished him for it, but it only made him spend more time away, sometimes days at a time, which also made the parents of his friends less willing to let them spend time with him. The more it happened, the more his friends also began to find him more odd, and didn't support him as much, sometimes leading to fights, and violence.

At the age of 14, Gorik decided that he would join the army of Eania, something that his parents supported, and gladly allowed him to do. He had decided to take the trip on his own to the nearest city, not realising how rough it would be, but not regretting it. He was put into training, which he did quite well with thanks to what he had learnt from home.

After a few weeks, he was sent to battle, very afraid, but also ready. He fought in several battles for Eania, always lucky enough to survive without any very serious injuries. He had gotten closer to some of the others in the army, and also spent some time with others he had met outside of it, especially when he was able to visit cities during more peaceful times.

During his years in the army he had gotten very close to a human woman named Larana Nurian who lived in one of the cities not too far from the border of Djarkel. She was a year older than him, which made some others not approve of it entirely, but for the most part, no one cared that much. The two were quite happy together, and made sure that they got to see each other as frequently as possible. However, when Larana was 19, someone had attacked her, the rush of emotions during the event causing her to summon an imp that ended up scaring off the attacker. Soon after, the authorities in Eania had found out about it, and made sure she left because of it, realising that she was a demonomancer.

She immediately told Gorik about what was happening, and they made plans to meet up in a small town south east of Eania. Gorik was forced to desert the army to do so, but he felt like he couldn't just let her leave, and not see her any more. Once he finally arrived where they had agreed it didn't take him long to find her. The two discussed their plans of what they would do, deciding that heading eastward would be the best choice, but wanting to avoid Djarkel.

They did some odd jobs to make money to travel, and to be able to travel with someone occasionally, trying to find a place that seemed logical to finally stay in. Gorik realised that the thing that would likely give him the most ability to do something would be to become some kind of soldier again, potentially a mercenary.

On their journey they had found a town in eastern Tidehome where they got along well with some of the people. Larana had become much more useful to keeping things running than anyone had expected, and they asked her to stay because of it. She spoke to Gorik about it, and they both agreed to stay despite several of the people not liking that he was part orc due to some bad experiences with them in the past.

Over several weeks, some of the townspeople began to like Gorik, but others began to hate him more, especially after someone had been attacked by what was apparently some kind of orc bandit. Gorik wondered if they just made up the story, but it made many of them want him to leave, causing both him, and Larana to decide to leave.

They decided to continue eastward, hoping that Gorik's orc blood would help him manage to do something in Oelik Hold. On the way there, they saw fewer places to stop, and had to do so just in random places. One day as he woke up, Gorik didn't see Larana next to him like she had normally been, and saw some blood not far away, quickly moving toward it, and seeing even more. He immediately began to search for her in the area, taking several days to do so, and began asking people in nearby towns if they had seen her. Eventually, he realised he wasn't going to find her, and continued on toward Oelik Hold.

Many of the orcs were very aggressive, and several seemed to hate that he was only half orc, while others were more accepting of it. He got into some fights despite doing his best to avoid them as he travelled around more before finally finding a tribe that he felt comfortable in called the Zurrak. They weren't as religious as some others, and were willing to accept a half orc if he earned his place.

The Zurrak took care of Gorik quite well, but made sure he knew that he would be fighting for them, which he gladly did. They fought against several other tribes in his time with them. The whole situation was very chaotic, but Gorik could see that he was earning their respect over time. He always made sure to stick by his word, knowing it meant far more to them than the people in Eania, something that he respected about them in return.

During the many battles with the Zurrak over the course of three years, Gorik had gained many scars. Oddly, the times when he was badly injured were the ones that allowed him to think most, something that he enjoyed for the most part, even when his thoughts didn't always go to the best things. He also made sure to help out with the things inside the clan that he could, both work, and fixing any problems that happened, often trying to solve issues more diplomatically than some of the orcs were used to, which was met with mixed feelings.

One day Gorik was sent out with around 30 other orcs into a heavily forested area after having been lead to believe that some members of an enemy tribe of theirs had gone there. Deciding it would be faster, the group split into two, and decided to meet back at the entrance of the forest. After several hours in the forest, they were ambushed by a group of Foreas, and did their best to fight them off, but eventually lost, and those who remained alive were taken as prisoners by them, then brought further into the forest.

Gorik had never seen the Foreas before, and had no idea what would follow. He saw that there were several other non-Foreas who seemed to be slaves doing work around the area. Unexpectedly, the first thing they did was begin to talk about how the Foreas were superior to the "meat bags", something that the orcs, and Gorik couldn't find themselves to take seriously at all at the time, becoming quite rowdy, and rebellious quickly because of it, which lead to them being given some kind of sap. Gorik felt incredibly strange from it mentally, realising he was seeing things that weren't there, and feeling very different than he normally would have. Physically he also felt a lot more sick, and overall unpleasant as well because of it.

Soon after, he, and the other orcs began to do a lot more physical labour like all the other slaves. They would talk, though the Foreas were careful to not let anyone be too close. The lack of trust that many of the older prisoners had for the orcs made it clear that what they had done had worked in the past.

Due to the sap, limited food, very repetitive work, and the strange brainwashing of the Foreas, much of Gorik's time with them was a blur. He had been part of some attempts to escape, but never succeeded. During one attempt, they had found out that he had magic abilities as he summoned some fire on one of the Foreas stopping him. After he was punished for it, they began to have him give memories to their Great Tree that they were attempting to grow, feeling that it would be good to have a mage do so.

Over time, he became more, and more obedient to them, and far less trustworthy of the other slaves, especially when some tried to take some of his food. Their brainwashing worked far better than he had expected when it first began. They put even more effort into making him obedient once they found out he was a mage, doing so successfully, for the most part.

Once they were satisfied with how they had made Gorik think, they decided to send him to Twilight College, feeling that he would become an even more useful slave, and ally if he was more powerful along with being able to give their Great Tree even more memories.

Good Attributes: (Any knacks, skills, etc. That could benefit the Character.)

Due to his size, orc blood, and experience with physical labour, and fighting, he is quite strong while still being very capable of carrying his weight around smoothly, being faster, and more flexible than most his size. It also has made him much more durable than many.

The combat experience itself has obviously taught him quite a lot about how to fight, however that knowledge is mostly limited to armed, and unarmed melee combat.

Bad Attributes: (At least one Phobia, cripple, or quirk that could hinder your character.)

His time with the Foreas has made him very paranoid, brainwashed, and crazy in certain ways. Along with that, he wasn't fed all that much during his time with them, so he's not nearly as strong as he could be.

Secret Word: Rebirth

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