Heh, FNG here waiting for my excruiatingly slow update to proceed (frickin' university servers...), so thought I would post my Stalker back story here for some (all?) to enjoy... note that I have not yet picked a server, I will mostly be soloing (thx to a screwy work and school schedule) I think that I will definitely take Ninja Blade as my primary power set, but I am unsure of my secondary power set as of yet, any suggestions would be appreciated... anyway, here it is...
John Richards was an ordinary man. A biomechanical engineer specializing in nanotech, he worked at a U.S government installation in the Idaho desert. He liked to spend time with his family, ride his dirtbike, and had a secret like of torture/horror movies. He also had an affection for all things Japanese, especially samurai culture.
Then, a tragic event changed his life forever. A drunk driver, travelling at over 120mph, t-boned the van carrying John's wife and 5 sons (ages 10 to 18months). The resultant crash and explosion killed everyone in the van, and the drunk limped away with only a fractured ankle and some minor burns. John was devestated, and completely withdrew from everyone for three months after the funerals. He stayed at work almost constantly, working many extra hours on a project outside his assigned work, but which he refused to divulge anything about.
One morning, six months after the accident that stole John's family, the police were called to a grisly scene at the home of the driver who had killed John's family. The man's wife and two small children had been tortured and killed by a masked intruder with pasty white skin. The man had been tied up and forced to watch the brutal murder of his family, and sanity had fled him. Distinctive to each of the bodies were numerous cuts from a large sword or other type of blade. Police almost instantly suspected John, but no physical evidence linked Richards to the crime, and his computer's history showed he had been at his PC all nite downloading music and horror movie footage. However, John's pasty skin matched the limited description the survivor had been able to provide before collapsing into complete catatonia. The police instructed Richards to not leave town and placed him
under 24 hour survelliance. Less than 12 hours after being released, the survelliance team was found slain in their
vehicle by someone wielding a sword or other blade; they did not raise an alarm. John Richards had disappeared, and
his laboratory was completely destoyed hours later by a massive fire of suspicious origin.
A short time later in the Rogue Isles, a man named GhostReaver surfaced, a man determined to bring pain and despair to everyone he touched.
