I forget the description. It was something about dark brooding eyes, a buzz cut, and big muscles. I hate writing descs because I never read them. He did cut himself all up while he was in the Zhenshi prison vowing his revenge on the North and I liked that added part to his description.
I created Braxis as an alt to level once my necro and paladin got near Grandmaster, and when I deleted both of them (due to RL time constraints) I forgot about Braxis. As a result, I ended up playing him again for a while. However, there are many reasons why I simply cannot go on playing anymore. For one, this MUD takes a lot of time to do anything worthwhile, whether in PvP or RP, and I simply don't have that time. Secondly, I've realized recently that I have a very strong addiction to video games which has cost me dearly in my life. As a result, I will not be playing SK again.
As for Braxis, ICly his past wasn't known by anyone: He was born in a warrior-tribe of the Northern Wastes, and left as a young man to pursue his future.
Braxis worshipped power, plain and simple. He sought it out everywhere he traveled, and also took whatever he could that aided him, in order to grant more power to himself. He also carried a strong sense of vengeance, which was instilled in him as a young man by his tribe: Blood could not go without being repaid. As a result, no matter who I faced in PvP, if I died to them, I tried to kill them in return, usually through a challenge of some sort. Braxis was no fan of killing without a challenge.
For his played life, Braxis explored the world as much as he could, until he was murdered while walking the streets of Exile during an attack by the North. Enraged by the fact that he was killed for nothing more than his birthplace, he vowed revenge against the specific Peacekeepers and Talons that killed him, and eventually obtained that, at least in his mind. (The only person he didn't personally kill was Bromus, but he had a strong enough impact in a fight that led to Bromus' death, so that was good enough for him.) He also killed Hedonaris for murdering Inzaarid in Teron without challenge or cause.
After this, he freed Navelic from the North's cells because he didn't believe that any warrior's spirit should be broken by a jail cell (He even got a complete pardon in Taslamar for it). He tried to cover up his actions with lies to Yotbol and Benjamin which they didn't believe, but deceived him into thinking they believed him. Benjamin then attacked and killed Braxis in Taslamar without a challenge, so he vowed revenge on the members of the Northern Guard who aided in his death, the only one which he made good on his threat was Benjamin. I deleted before I got a legitimate chance to go after Yalta and Sergvist. Yotbol would have taken forever.
I really liked this concept of a character, because I felt it blended RP and PK rather nicely: Teaming up with whoever I needed in order to repay my "blood debts" as I called them, but never pledging allegiance to any specific organization. OOCly, I tried my best to RP with everyone I PKed with, because I both know that this game is meant for much more than a Counterstrike/Unreal atmosphere, and that it also requires a great deal of time to both find replacement armor, and much more to enchant that armor to one's liking. Sadly, PKing someone without looting them is not something I'm willing to do, because I know that over 80% of the time, they'll come back, get their gear and 1-2 friends, and then kill/jloot me. I just wish that my PK skill could have matched up to the PK-intensive concept I'd set up for myself, which was no easy road to travel.
Braxis was my most effective character in PvP yet, although I think if I'd stuck with my necro or paladin they would have both been better for raw killing power.
As for shout outs:
Krager: For spending all that time getting EQ and enchanting my crap. It was so refreshing to find someone that I had absolutely no OOC connection with, but who really -knew- what they were doing. Big props to you.
Yotbol: Similar to Krager, it was nice to know I was traveling with someone who knew what they were doing. Braxis never really trusted you though, considering you served Benjamin (A person he personally thought was lacking in battle prowess) and were also the priest of Thuban. It would have been hard as crap to kill you considering I got outlawed in the North, but I would have gone after you.
Inzaarid: Even though we only interacted once or twice, I greatly enjoyed them. Even though it was your "teaching" in deception that eventually got Braxis killed and deported from the North, he held respect for Inzy's prowess.
Ezeant: For still being the Lightie I respected both in-game and out-of-game. I don't give a crap about what PK-is-everything Gilgon says, you know what you're doing.
There are more recognitions I'd like to give, but it would take forever and no one would read them, so I'll just go ahead and list Treno, Ragnal, Navelic, Lokasi, Hedonaris, Tyna (My sprite with a dark side), Eilek, and many more.
Stats were taken with (not my prime) EQ on. Braxis had 24(max) HP trains.
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o [Scores] Braxis,, the Chill Wind. o
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o Status: Grand Master(1) Race: Human Class: Barbarian o
o Kingdom: Uxmal Cabal: Independent o
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o Coins: 1 platinum, 5 gold, 2 silver, 5 copper o
o Carrying: 6/19 items Load: 238.6/475.0 pounds o
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o Health: Excellent Mental: Crackling Physical: Rested o
o Attribute points: 0 Wimpy: 0 percent Mode: Kill/neutral o
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o You are standing. o
o You are very close to half-way to the next level. o
o You have played 283 hour(s) so far. o
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[HP: 92%] [ME: 87%] [PE: 89%]
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o [Attributes] Braxis, the Chill Wind. o
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o Status: Grand Master(1) Race: Human Class: Barbarian o
o Age: 35 Sex: Male Size: Medium o
o Alignment: Aberrant Handiness: Right handed Religion: Pantheist o
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o STR: Titanic INT: Smart WIS: Wise o
o DEX: Nimble CON: Durable CHA: Distant o
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o Carrying capacity: 19 items with a maximum weight of 475.0 pounds. o
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Skills while furied (I was berserked while logged in to delete and didn't remember to wait.)
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Amateur - spear (mastered) axe (mastered)
dagger (superb) flail (mastered)
mace (superb) polearm (superb)
sling (good) staff (mastered)
sword (mastered) whip (superb)
bash (mastered) enhanced damage (mastered)
parry (superb) swim (superb)
taslamaran tongue (good) uxmaln tongue (good)
zhensh tongue (good) empire tongue (good)
aghelian tongue (good) sylvan tongue (good)
firmyrn tongue (poor) deep tongue (good)
taslamaran writing (fair) uxmaln writing (good)
zhensh writing (good) empire writing (good)
aghelian writing (good) sylvan writing (good)
firmyrn writing (fair) deep writing (good)
Novice - dirt kicking (mastered) self defense (mastered)
second attack (mastered) fast healing (good)
Initiate - berserk (mastered) brawling (mastered)
shield block (mastered) alertness (good)
Apprentice- rescue (fair) third attack (mastered)
blind fighting (mastered) butcher (good)
Journeyman- disarm (mastered) dodge (mastered)
endurance (mastered) toughness (mastered)
Veteran - fourth attack (mastered) climb (superb)
tracking (good) wild fighting (mastered)
Expert - counterstrike (superb) fury (mastered)
Mentor - head butt (mastered)
My apologies to all those who I got hot-headed with over the forums. Considering it's just a game, there's no point in getting bent out of shape about it. Farewell to you all, and enjoy the game!
Parting comments: Hammer of Light is too powerful for a one-handed weapon, IMO (Against darkies, of course). The hammer skillset is powerful, yet also too easily screwed by sleep staves.
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