Muriq

WOW LOOK AT THIS BIG DUMB ROBOT????

Initial Bio (5/19/13)
muriq is an experimental warforged who walked out from her old life when the fighting had stopped and everyone was gone. about 100 years ago she took up residence in a bahamut monastery seeking spiritual purpose in life but was disgusted by the greed and hypocrisy she encountered, it being too similar to the way of life she had "grown up" with back in the days of warfare. ultimately muriq tried to escape again and when the members of the temple, revealing themselves to actually be worshipers of the evil goddess tiamet, tried to stop her, she killed everyone there. she had been trained in paladin arts, as they kept her around to be the church's protector, but became a blackguard after the events 100 years ago, now using what she had learned for her own benefit. she resolved to live only for herself and her own wants and to strive for happiness in her own life, as it was drilled into her by those at the monastery that she did not have a soul and thus there was no afterlife or paradise waiting for her after death. first impressions of her are that she seems open-minded to new ideas and patient, but deep down she is extremely bitter and jaded. at this point in time she searches for a purpose in life to give her existence any meaning at all, and this is why she has come to the new city to close the rift. she's actually come to secretly see if she can traverse the rifts and thus both get as far away from her old life as possible as well as see as much as she can of reality before death.

Q&A No.1 (6/3/13)
1) Tell me your character's overall goal. What are they using this party to help them accomplish, and what will it mean for them if they get it? Is it a short term goal or something longer term? muriq signed up for this job in the first place bcus she's trying to find some alternate world where warforged exist with souls. like during her time at the fake bahamut temple and also during the war it was very much drilled into her that warforged were soulless and that there was no afterlife of any sort waiting for her. since she was built for FIGHTIN and bein BIG N STRONG GRR the thought of not existing anymore is terrifying to her and so she seeks out a place with an afterlife so she can fight forever Heh. mostly because she cant imagine herself doing or being good at anything else. serving at the fake bahamut temple was sort of an experiment in doing duties outside of what she was built for and in her eyes since that all went SO BADLY she failed at that and wont want to try again. so her overall goal is to find that world and when she does she wants to basically ditch the party. the ideal afterlife for her is like the norse valhalla or the klingon sto'vo'kor where she can just fight forever but she only imagines it this way because she desperately wants to be useful, and battle is, for now, the only way she can foresee herself being useful, so if she can be useful for the rest of eternity she thinks she might be happy. 2) Create or tell me about another character that is important to yours. Your friend, family member, rival, enemy, sovereign, etc. Why are they important to your character and what would you do without them? there was another experimental warforged YAKUB made shortly after muriq. when muriq left to seek another purpose outside of war (the fake bahamut temple incident) yakub was like ur a fucking idiot. after the incident muriq is convinced that yakub was right and that she was a fool for seeking purpose outside of what she'd been built to do. yakub is very proud of its heritage as a warforged (to the extent that it never "picked" a gender) and believes that meaning should be made in this life for those doomed to nothingness after death. (muriq picked "she" during her stay at the fake bahamut temple at the urgings of the members there and has just kinda stuck with it out of force of habit at this point) muriq direly does not want to run into yakub because it's the type to go I Told U So for a thousand years and she dont wanna hear that shit. on the other hand yakub is the only connection she has to her history before her time in the fake bahamut temple so she has a lot of mixed feelings about it. yakub would think muriq's current quest is fucking stupid and her ultimate goal blasphemous. yakub was also built to be a little bit bigger and tougher than muriq so them fighting would be bad news. they have fought SIDE BY SIDE in the past but always held some amount of disdain for how the other conducted themselves 3) Create or tell me about something important to your character that they don't know. Their missing memories, the fate of their estranged spouse, where their dog ran off to, things like that! Not only that, but what it would mean for your character if they discovered the truth to that secret? the godforged. muriq has been in self-imposed isolation for a long time so she hadnt had the opportunity to hear about this rumor, but if she got wind of it her overall goal would change. instead of trying to find a place where warforged were endowed with souls, she would be torn over whether or not she now wanted to find a realm where the godforged ruled. and if warforged already technically had souls, how much would she change if she found a reality where warforged had souls similar to humans and other species? would that then be giving up who she is and what she wants for herself in the Now for a concept, and would this godforged be something she could find purpose in or would it be just as weird and tyrannical as other religions including the fake bahamut one she was in for a while? in the end she'd be very skeptical and would want to see this godforged for herself, and in the ultimate good end she decides through this experience that yakub was both correct and incorrect in that it's important to find purpose with the cards you've been dealt but expanding one's worldview is vital for any real personal growth. (maybe yakub is super into this godforged idea and that's how she'd hear it?) ANYWAY IN THE END SHE CAN MAYBE DISCOVER THAT SHE WASNT ENTIRELY INCORRECT IN SEEKING PURPOSE OUTSIDE WHAT SHE'D BEEN BUILT FOR HEH, BUT SHE DOESNT HAVE TO FIND THAT PURPOSE IN RELIGION OR IN DEATH the other thing she doesnt know is how rad food is she has never eaten food ever. she cant taste food and if she eats food it'll like just fall out she gotta build a tongue sidequest muriq builds a fucking tongue i guess

Q&A No.2 (7/8/13)
'1: What does your character do for leisure? Do they have a hobby, do they collect things, practice something, or things like that? Tell me about it, and how good (or bad) they think they are at it'

muriq collects bugs. she likes bugs bcus some of them kinda remind her of warforged in their singlemindedness like ants and bees and shit. other bugs she's quietly like what the fuck is that. she also likes them bcus THEY DONT JUDGE OK. right now she's collecting glowworms but she doesnt like them as much because the glowing is kinda reminding her of dragon fire so she'll probably move on to centipedes next. she is pro at collecting dangerous bugs because they cant sting her or anything but not so good at getting fast bugs.bug collecting is also a lesson in strength control because DONT SQUASH THAT BUG. if she could one day catch some butterflies she'd be pretty quietly happy about it. muriq also likes to sit still for long periods of time and let bugs chill out on her but she gets too excited when she tries to catch them and either squashes them or they fuck right off. she also likes bugs because bugs are everywhere so if she loses her collection it's whatev she can always get more. her favorite bugs are roly polies

2: Tell me about a place that your character knows about, but never wants to visit, and why they're so against going there muriq doesnt wanna go anywhere near the fake bahamut shrine or near any tiamat shrines because fuck that. bahamut himself is alright and she's trying to make peace with all that but she largely feels abandoned by that particular deity after the events at the shrine so bahamut and his shrines are largely ehhhh in her book

'3: What would your character do for money if their current job was out of the question? Would they start a business, resort to crime, or sell some kind of service? Why would they choose that line of business'' '''muriq doesnt need money for survival or anything so without this current job she probably would either wander aimlessly or sit still for a long period of time. like years. if she absolutely had to get a job though it'd be Lifting Things, Hitting Things, etc. it's mindless and it takes good advantage of her strength

'4: What is something your character is proud of, and something they're embarrassed by? Is it something they have, or a habit of theirs, or something else entirely' muriq is deeply ashamed of her innate naivety and as a result makes a point to be extremely confrontational and intimidating so that no one can pull the wool over her eyes again. this doesnt mean that she is unable to trust though, as she's easily found camaraderie in fev bcus SHE SEES HERSELF IN THE KID A LITTLE BIT SOB. secretly she is very good at cooking dragonborn cuisines as it was something she was trained in back at the temple so every1 else wouldnt have to bother cooking lol. preparing food is a methodical process for her like any other instruction-based task so it comes easy. she doesnt know why the fuck about food though since she doesnt eat but ok w/e

''5: What is something about your character that your allies can never find out about' ''that her overall plan is to ditch them once she finds the world she's been seeking, BUT NOW WITH HER FRIENDSHIP WITH FEV GROWING SHE'S HAVING SECONG THOUGHTS............