Boush the
Tinker's diminutive race is known for its intelligence, its cunning, and its
prickly relationship with magic. As a matter of pride, they survive by their
wits, and use only those powers of nature that may be unlocked through rational
methodologies. Even this forbearance has led to a great deal of trouble, as
Boush can attest. Once a key investigator of natural law, Boush the Tinker led
a vast intellectual investigation into the workings of nature, founding a
subterranean laboratory in the rumored, mist-wreathed wastes of the Violet
Plateau. While scorning mages for the dangers they visit upon the world, Boush
and his Tinker associates haughtily wrenched open a portal to some realm beyond
comprehension and ushered in some nightmares of their own. A black mist rose
from the cavernous interior of the Violet Plateau, shrouding it in permanent
darkness from which sounds of horror perpetually emanate. Boush escaped with
only his wits and the contraptions he carried, the sole Tinker to survive the
Violet Plateau Incident.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Sniper - Kardel Sharpeye
Kardel
Sharpeye was born deep in the mountains of Knollen where, since time
immemorial, Keen Folk have survived by hunting the strange, cliff-dwelling
steepstalkers above their village, shooting them from a distance and collecting
the carcasses where they fell. Sharpeye was among the best of these strange
mountain keens for whom projectile weapons are but another appendage, and to shoot
is as natural as to touch.
Monday, December 25, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Clockwerk - Rattletrap
Rattletrap descends from the same far-flung kindred as Sniper
and Tinker, and like many of the Keen Folk, has offset his diminutive stature
through the application of gadgetry and wit. The son of the son of a
clockmaker, Rattletrap was many years apprenticed to that trade before war rode
down from the mountains and swept the plains villages free of such innocent
vocations. "Your new trade is battle," his dying father told him as
the village of their ancestors lay in charred and smoking ruins.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Shadow Shaman - Rhasta
Born in the Bleeding Hills, Rhasta
was just a starving youngling when picked up by a travelling con-man. For two
pins of copper, the old con-man would tell your fortune. For three, he'd
castrate your pig, for five, he'd circumcise your sons. For a good meal, he'd
don his shaman garb, read from his ancient books, and lay a curse upon your
enemies. His strange new youngling, part hill troll, part...something else,
worked as assistant and lent an air of the exotic to the con-man's trade.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Riki - Stealth Assassin
Riki was born
middle child to the great dynasty of Tahlin. With an older brother groomed for
the throne, and a younger brother coddled and kept, Riki, the small middle son,
seemed born for the art of invisibility. It was an art he cultivated, and one
which ultimately saved his life on the night that his people were betrayed and
his family slaughtered. Of all the royal line, he alone escaped, small and
agile, unassuming, using smoke as cover. He cut his way out of the royal
grounds, using the advantage of surprise, quietly slitting the throats of one
enemy warrior after another. Now free of his royal responsibilities, Riki uses
his talents in service to a new trade: Stealth Assassin. He silences his
enemies, sharpening his skills, hoping to one day take revenge on those who
killed his family and robbed him of his birthright.
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Omniknight - Purist Thunderwrath
Purist
Thunderwrath was a hard-fighting, road-worn, deeply committed knight, sworn to
the order in which he had grown up as squire to elder knights of great
reputation. He had spent his entire life in the service of the Omniscience, the
All Seeing One. Theirs was a holy struggle, and so embedded was he in his duty
that he never questioned it so long as he had the strength to fight and the
impetuous valor that comes with youth. But over the long years of the crusade,
as his elders passed away and were buried in sorry graves at the side of muddy
tracks, as his bond-brothers fell in battle to uncouth creatures that refused
to bow to the Omniscience, as his own squires were chewed away by ambush and
plague and bad water, he began to question the meaning of his vows--the meaning
of the whole crusade. After deep meditation, he parted ways with his army and
commenced a long trek back to the cave-riddled cliffs of Emauracus, and there
he set a challenge to the priests of the Omniscience. No knight had ever
questioned them before, and they tried to throw him into the pit of sacrifice,
but Purist would not be moved. For as he faced them down, he began to glow with
a holy light, and they saw that the Omniscience had chosen to reveal Itself to
him. The Elder Hierophant led him on a journey of weeks down into the deepest
chamber, the holy of holies, where waited not some abstract concept of wisdom
and insight, not some carved relic requiring an injection of imagination to
believe in, but the old one itself. It had not merely dwelt in those rocks for
billions of aeons; no, It had created them. The Omniscience had formed the
immense mineral shell of the planet around itself, as a defense against the
numerous terrors of space. Thus the All Seeing One claimed to have created the
world, and given the other truths revealed to Purist on that day, the knight
had no reason to refute the story. Perhaps the Omniscience is a liar, deep in
its prison of stone, and not the world's creator at all, but Omniknight never
again questioned his faith. His campaign had meaning at last. And there can be
no question that the glorious powers that imbue him, and give his companions
such strength in battle, are real beyond any doubt.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Lina - Slayer
The sibling rivalries between Lina the Slayer, and her
younger sister Rylai, the Crystal Maiden, were the stuff of legend in the
temperate region where they spent their quarrelsome childhoods together. Lina
always had the advantage, however, for while Crystal was guileless and naive,
Lina's fiery ardor was tempered by cleverness and conniving. The exasperated
parents of these incompatible offspring went through half a dozen homesteads,
losing one to fire, the next to ice, before they realized life would be simpler
if the children were separated. As the oldest, Lina was sent far south to live
with a patient aunt in the blazing Desert of Misrule, a climate that proved
more than comfortable for the fiery Slayer. Her arrival made quite an
impression on the somnolent locals, and more than one would-be suitor scorched
his fingers or went away with singed eyebrows, his advances spurned. Lina is
proud and confident, and nothing can dampen her flame.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Vengeful Spirit - Shendelzare
Even the most
contented Skywrath is an ill-tempered creature, naturally inclined to seek
revenge for the slightest insult. But Vengeful Spirit is the essence of
vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in
succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister's treachery robbed her of her
birthright. Snared in an assassin's net, Shendelzare tore free only at the cost
of her wings, limping away in the ultimate humiliation: On foot. With her wings
broken, she knew the Skywrath would never accept her as ruler; and in the
highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister
was untouchable. Unwilling to live as a flightless cripple, and desiring
revenge far more than earthly power, the fallen princess drove a bargain with
the goddess Scree'auk: She surrendered her broken body for an imperishable form
of spirit energy, driven by vengeance, capable of doing great damage in the
material plane. She may spend eternity flightless, but she will have her
revenge.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Dragon Knight - Knight Davion
After years on
the trail of a legendary Eldwurm, the Knight Davion found himself facing a
disappointing foe: the dreaded Slyrak had grown ancient and frail, its wings
tattered, its few remaining scales stricken with scale-rot, its fangs ground to
nubs, and its fire-gouts no more threatening than a pack of wet matchsticks.
Seeing no honor to be gained in dragon-murder, Knight Davion prepared to turn
away and leave his old foe to die in peace. But a voice crept into his
thoughts, and Slyrak gave a whispered plea that Davion might honor him with
death in combat. Davion agreed, and found himself rewarded beyond expectation
for his act of mercy: As he sank his blade in Slyrak's breast, the dragon
pierced Davion's throat with a talon. As their blood mingled, Slyrak sent his
power out along the Blood Route, sending all its strength and centuries of
wisdom to the knight. The dragon's death sealed their bond and Dragon Knight
was born. The ancient power slumbers in the Dragon Knight Davion, waking when
he calls it. Or perhaps it is the Dragon that calls the Knight...
Monday, December 4, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Zeus
Lord of Heaven, father of gods, Zeus treats all the
Heroes as if they are his rambunctious, rebellious children. After being caught
unnumbered times in the midst of trysts with countless mortal women, his divine
wife finally gave him an ultimatum: 'If you love mortals so much, go and become
one. If you can prove yourself faithful, then return to me as my immortal
husband. Otherwise, go and die among your creatures.' Zeus found her logic (and
her magic) irrefutable, and agreed to her plan. He has been on his best
behavior ever since, being somewhat fonder of immortality than he is of
mortals. But to prove himself worthy of his eternal spouse, he must continue to
pursue victory on the field of battle.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Guide Dota 2 Indonesia: Phantom Lancer - Azwraith
The remote
village of Pole had no knowledge of the wars raging in the heart of the
kingdom. For them, the quiet of spear fishing, and a family meal were all that
a full life required. Yet war came for them nonetheless. Joining the
able-bodied conscripts as they filed passed their homes, the humble lancer
Azwraith vowed to bring peace to his kingdom, and in so doing, his people.
Placed with his kin in the vanguard of the final assault against the Dread
Magus Vorn, the cost to his fellows was absolute. As the charging force battled
toward the fortress, Azwraith alone among his kind remained standing, and he
alone was able to infiltrate the keep. Focused and infuriated by the slaughter
of his brothers, Azwraith bested each of the wizard's deadly traps and conjured
guardians. Soon the simple fisherman arrived at Vorn's tower sanctum. The pair
dueled through the night, pike to staff, as chaos raged below, and with a
deafening cry Azwraith pierced his enemy. But the wizard did not simply expire;
he exploded into uncountable shards of light, penetrating his killer with
power. As the dust settled and the smoke of combat began to clear, Azwraith
found himself standing among a throng of his kin. Each seemed to be dressed as
he was, each seemed armed as he was, and he could sense that each thought as he
did. Aware that his allies were approaching, he willed these phantoms to hide
themselves, and one by one they began to vanish into nothingness. As the
soldiers came upon the sanctum, they found the warrior that had bested the
wizard. When they approached their champion, the lancer vanished. The pikeman
who had stood before them was no more than another phantom.
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