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Nalus, Exile of Carim

History
Nalus was once a man-of-arms in service of a power-hungry Baron, along with several other knights collectively known as The Gripmen. He and the Gripmen carried out the callus will of the old lord like a pack of demonic wolves. Nalus had very little in understanding the motives of his lord, blindly lunging his blade into nameless, countless opponents over the span of many years. Their bravery and skill in battle carried the Gripmen name across all of Carim as a force to be feared by all. At the near peak of his reign, the Baron found himself in the hands of his enemies, which were many. Stolen from his stronghold and kept hidden within a inescapable prison, he betrayed his own, spilling the names of all members of the Gripmen from his grovelling tongue in hopes of mercy. Before his painful end, the Baron had set in motion a wave of vengeance upon his elite and their families.

Nalus, weary of war and battle, had retired to the countryside, vowing never to do the bidding of another again. When word had come that the Gripmen were deemed traitors of Carim, he and his former companions fled from their homeland. Years of simpler living as a traveling caravan, the group had disguised their identities by learning other crafts. Fortunetelling and performing illustrious acts of pyromancy supported their day-to-day earnings as entertainers. One afternoon, Nalus returned to his caravan only to find all that he had cherished in ruin. The corruption of vengeance haunted their steps even after so many years. Looking down at the vanquished bodies of his comrades and their fallen intruders, Nalus dove upon his knees at the sharp sting of a cold blade piercing his back. The last of the remaining pursuers had waited in the dark to complete his ever-yearned wish of revenge. Nalus responded with a quick reach of his arm around his attackers head, snapping it before the man could even claim a moment of satisfaction in his life-long quest.

Slowly, his vision dimmed. After so long, rest had finally been offered. His life no longer in need of recluse or escape. He felt a strange comfort... a peaceful silence washed over his body, closing his eyes to the world of hatred and accursed vengeance.

-- I'll add his current description soon. =)

Nice lore man I really like the Gripmen G-men allusion. Also It fits in so well with the Carimness of the Red Hand.

Really good lore right there.

Heheh thanks viral.

I didnt even see the relation of G-men and Gripmen lol kinda interesting how that sorta fits in anyways lol

I was actually meshing some Templar history with a bit of gypsy stuff. A fun concept i think for writing.

I like Templars..... not Mages.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I need to post up Rone Vintmir and Avrik the Crow.... both sad tails of unecessary suffering..... more so on Rone's part.

Actually a trend in my writing is that my main characters all at one point suffer unnecessarily but emerge better for it. Perhaps not more "good" but always stronger.....MWAHAHAHHAHAHA!

nice writing NR-K, lol... and i can't wait to read for Avrik or Rone.

To be honest Avrik is the character I've always had trouble writing into lore....

Rone on the other hand came easy. Simply summised as

"When Rone chose the path of the Exile and left the Lost Izalith in his wake he donned the armour of Thornes. What he didn't realise was that the thornes werent only on the outside...."

sounds like an interesting character, ha, can't wait to read more.

mmhmm yes very nice

intrigued. quite.

I've been thinking of doing a bit of "fanfic" of sorts on Nalus and the Red Hand. Would take some time but it seems fun.

Yeah I have Avrik's past being very mysterious. So much so that even I dont know what it is......

However how he becomes Nito's hand is very clear to me.

Also if you ever want help with writing that fanfic/ ideas for it/ etc dont hesitate to ask me. I love this crap:cheers:

oh cool yeah ty

I've done some fanfic in the past but these are some good sources of writing

I wouldnt mind some viral all the more interesting

i wanna help as well, lol.. i love writing, though i'm not very detailed in my work, and if you don't mind, i would love to help out, to get a new feel on how others write.

Okay then im beating everyone to the punch and creating a Let Write thread in the off topics section or atleast necroing my Creative Writers Sanctum!

Necro bump it viral!
Guess I should write up some of my other toons. Lets see...

I have! My powers over death threads are undeniable! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sage Andarta, Founder of the Crystal Seekers

The Noble Knights

Andarta enters the Order

When the wanderer from Balder awoke, the darksign branded upon his slowly rotting flesh and locked in the North Asylum, he did not feel fear of this strange, dark world for he knew what the land he had entered presented him; untold knowledge and the power only word of mouth could bring to the far away land of Balder, the sorcery of those who had died and formed sorcery of the past; of Vinheim and Oolacile.

Escaping from the clutches of the battered and broken prison, he took upon a pilgrimage to discover the magics he so greatly craved, and could only dream of whilst he was living in Balder. Having been raised in that land, a sense of honour and knighthood was bestowed upon him, though his interest was taken by magics, his keen sword arm aided his journey to discovery. Yet that very foundation would lead him to a brotherhood he couldn't possibly of imagined.

His magic grew stronger, his thirst for knowledge soared and his desire to aid others also strengthened. But after seeing his fallen brethren in the parish of an ancient church, he felt inclined to revisit a certain altar, that somehow made him feel welcome, at ease. There was a lone man standing, not solaire a friend he had seen on the way, but another, his name Oscar II.

Seeing potential in the Traveller, Oscar asked him if he had the resolve to put others before him, and could bring his search for knowledge and skills to the aid of lonely travellers on the edge of despair. As Andarta answered, he knelt at the altar of sunlight, and brought in a covenant entering him unto a great order of selfless heroes.

Thus ended the journey of a lone traveler from balder, and began the legend of the first Sage Knight of Balder, Andarta the Sage.

The Founding of the Seekers
It all began the day that Letos brought back the ember. The power and potential contained in the flame was something that Oscar could not resist exploiting, even though the crystals contained in the ember stemmed from the Primordial Crystal; the artefact that drove even Seath to insanity, the potential was too great.

He charged the Sage Knight Andarta with researching the ember and learning how to use its power to forge weapons for the order. Of course Andarta had leapt at the chance to research and gain more knowledge from the artefact, but he had no knowledge of crystals. He couldn’t have conceived how powerful and crucial they would one day be to the order.

To gain knowledge, he once again sought after the one who had taught him all he knew of sorcery, great hero and sorcerer of Vinheim, ‘Big Hat’ Logan. However, he had left for a place of far greater knowledge, to learn even more from the tomes of another. His search meant he must journey to the land of the Grandfather of Sorcery, Seath the Scaleless.

Andarta left the Anor Londo camp, making his way to the Duke’s Archives. With the entrance having been cleared by Letos’ expedition, he found it safe to enter. His progress was swift, as Seath was slow to replace the losses Aeter had caused to his forces. Eventually he found Logan, who was working in a secluded room, surrounded by books. To Andarta’s great surprise, what he was studying was none other than which he required to master. His study was focused on the use of crystals, which could be in turn used as part of magic. According to the archives, crystals were not just mere tools for use as a part of sorcery or to fuse with weapons. They were in essence linked to the root of sorcery; they were linked to the soul.

Logan and Andarta worked tirelessly, they first learned to use crystals as a part of sorcery, and fuse the power of crystals to the power of the soul and the sorcery that became of it. Powerful magics were formed, beyond anything ever before using the principles that Seath himself developed. He had used crystals to make his own self into a catalyst. This magic Logan found, would be the secret to unlocking the creation of crystalline weaponry and the most powerful catalyst of all, fused with the power of the soul and crystal; the crystallised catalyst.

Finally Andarta and Logan found the secret to the forging of these weapons using the crystal ember, weapons that had great power, but imperfect and brittle. Logan slowly perfected the technique until he finally crafted a single perfect creation from the flame; a tin, crystallised catalyst. At this time though, Logan had become secretive. He created another sorcery, his last sorcery. However, this final knowledge of crystals however drove Logan to anger and dismay, rejecting Andarta’s greetings. Without revealing the secrets of the flame, Logan fled away to further within the archives, researching about the Primordial Crystal itself.

Andarta, realising he could lose this knowledge of the ember hastily gave chase to Big Hat, and cornered him in a room laced with crystals. Logan had gone completely mad. He did not even recognise Andarta and attacked him with the sorcery they had created together. With regret Andarta plunged his sword through Logan’s chest and ended his life. He took the Big Hat and the crystal catalyst, and also a book in Logan’s own writing, which explained the steps to create a perfect crystalline object. Andarta upon returning to the room of Logan’s studies found the ember and all of Logan’s possessions including his great catalyst crafted from the Archtree inside.

With the knowledge he now possessed, Andarta forged a blade solemnly using the principles left behind by logan. His soul and crystals were poured into the blade, which he then tucked away before leaving, returning to Oscar with the knowledge he had sought. When he returned Oscar was shocked to see Andarta, he had changed, aged. His figure now instead of a Balder forged breastplate had the robes of a sage draped over him, and a large rimmed hat hiding his face. In one hand, he held the unmistakable catalyst of Logan and the other a crystallised sword from Andarta’s country of Balder.

As Andarta presented the sword to Oscar, the grandmaster caught a glimpse of the knight’s eyes. Where there was once the youthful look of inquisitive notion was now a cold gaze of wisdom. As Andarta told the grandmaster of the ember’s origin and danger, Oscar decided that only those who could be deemed worthy to withstand the power would wield the crystalline armaments.

Thus, the order of the Crystal Seekers were born, to harness and wield the power that drove Logan and Seath to madness and continue the search for higher knowledge and sorcery.

OP is up to date.

Let's keep the Bio's coming people, I know of a few characters we're missing

People Related to Messengers.

Prince Amadeous:
Appearence. Average build, wears mask of Velka proudly with Elite knight armor from the respected warrior Oscar. Black Iron gauntlets from Tarkus, A well respected Knight who helped guide him on his journey, and A Channelers waistcloth. The Channelers are evil harbingers of the sinful Seath and he wears the waist cloth as a token to represent fallen messengers taken by the channelers.

Demigod son of both Velka goddess of sin and a powerful noble warrior known for honor and quick reflexes on the battlefield. Amadeous's father died in a battle with a powerful Wraith whom he could have finished off while down. Unfortuantely he was bound by a code of honor and died for it. Upon hearing of his fathers death, Prince Amadeous decided that honor codes were a symbol of weakness. Some time after Velka appeared before the Prince and told him to follow in his fathers footsteps and purge sin at any cost.

Walking down that gray line is dangerous for Amadeous. His bloodlust for sinners make some believe the Messengers are a fanatical cult. Some say if there were no more sinners the messengers might have to kill innocents. Others say the Prince is simply going hollow.... any way you look at it he has at least one dire weakness.

Author notes: not done here gonna expand because I have a knack for storytelling. I could write a book on him. Also gonna explain lore on his wives fallen wives and concubines

(before scoffing at this. These concubines are other toons of mine. Not every female member who joins is a concubine. Also He is the head of what some would say a fanatical cult and a demigod so it makes sense also I promise he isn't a mary sue he has plenty of weakness, man's half mad and might be reliant on souls of sinners for life)

Adding Amadeous now

More related to the messengers.

Marie: Marie Was Amadeous's first wife and his first wife that had fallen to the darkness. She was a powerful sorcerer and Assassin. Marie was obsessed with beauty and the obsession consumed her to the point where she hungered humanity. She started getting progressively worse with her crave and started using cracked orbs to invade other worlds and steal humanity. The other messengers tried to warn Amadeous but he wouldn't listen. Amadeous was always overtrusting to the people close to him. By the time Amadeous got the news, his precious Marie was gone. She has probably been long hollowed now but some legends say she serves a dark force beautiful as ever...


Rachel:

Rachel was Amadeous's first concubine during the time he was married to Marie. After the disaster with Marie, he made Rachel his wife. Rachel is a mage who excels in both miracles and magic and was trained to use a rapier as a little girl. Rachel does her job as a Messenger well striking down sinners in her path but that is not her only quest.... She has sent out to the Tomb of the Giants, the last sighting of Marie and hopes to find her alive and well. She does this not for Marie but for Amadoeus. She believes his plunge into insanity is not only attributed to his deranged ideas of how to eliminate disasters but with the event of his first wife as well.

How would you like me to add that to the op? Or would you like to edit it into your first? Or just add a link right to the post in your first?

You can do whatever feels easier. I'm going to have a lot of characters associated with the covenant. It is a big story.

I think the link in my post would work. But then again people might get confused if they hear Marie mentioned for example and don't see her in the OP.

swordiris wrote:You can do whatever feels easier. I'm going to have a lot of characters associated with the covenant. It is a big story.

I think the link in my post would work. But then again people might get confused if they hear Marie mentioned for example and don't see her in the OP.

Oh its a new character, I get it. Sorry haven't been reading absolutely everything I'll add Marie to the OP!

Ill have a bio for A POLG chacter by either today or tomorrow already have some ideas just need to make sure they are good

w8 what is this are u just writing lore for your toons or is there a higher meaning in this?? can i join im sure Yuan Xiaotian the Egghead Monk, Hawkeye Drake, Rin of the Ash, Archtree Keeper Burre ,and the rest would love to share their stories

from what I understand we are writing about our characters from the user covs