Geoffrey Tiros

To serve the Light. . . The Light is a neverending source of goodness, which will last forever. However, a wise being once said: without darkness, there cannot be Light. Means this that my quest in vanquishing darkness will eventually destroy myself? Will I be my own bane, the bane of my enemies and kin? I have a great fear of releasing this potential disaster. Therefore I must be hidden, in the veil of secrecy. My task shall be to never destroy, but redeem.
- Geoffrey Tiros, upon deciding his faith as the loner Jiffers.
==Appearance==
Jiffers is a quite average human, at least for his age. At the age of fifty-two, you'll clearly see his wrinkles and lines in his face. His eyes are withered brown, and has a little bit of blueish colour in the brown. He's a bit muscular, though he hides it at nearly all times, because he don't want to show it. He usually dresses in black or blue, and very very rarely, golden armour. He rarely carries any weapons, if not his shovel. He always wears a special hat, and removing that is fatal to everyone else, he claims. When running, he's usually lagging behind rather quickly. Yet, for being a fifty-two-year-old, he's quite agile, strong and has a fair stamina. Yet, he usually walks. He usually ride his steed, Cane. If he ever decides to enter war again, he will clad it in armour and ride it so. Armoured, he usually has golden armour with a Stormwind theme, a blue cape and a warhammer.
==Family and Friends==
Father: John Tiros. Deceased.
Mother: Helen Tiros. Deceased.
Wife: Ariana Tiros. Deceased.
Daughter: Atiana Tiros. Deceased, presumably risen as a Death Knight.
Brother in Arms: Halfdan Hammerfist. Deceased.
Devoted Friend: Quincy Bingles. Alive: presumably around in Stormwind.
Mental Mentor: Arian Pazq. Deceased.
==Background==
===Childhood and the First War===
Geoffrey was a timid little lad in westfall, who lived in Moonbrook with his parents John and Helen Tiros. John was a farmhand on one of the nearby farms, and Helen was a barmaid at the local bar. Geoffrey spent nearly every day near the western beach, observing the Westfall Lighthouse for reasons unknown. Here he had met a shipwrecked pirate who nearly perished after an attack from murlocs. Geoffrey had helped him, but it was of no use. The pirate said in his dying breath that Geoffrey should take his favored hat, called Rider of All Seas, to honor his memory and fill him with bravery. Apparently he had got it from a sea god or something alike. He stills wear it to this very day. At the age of twelve, his mother Helen was brutally murdered by a bandit called Francis Bladderfist. Geoffrey had chased after him, but of no use. Or... So it seemed. On the way after him he had found the bandit knocked unconcious, of apparently no reason. He had not slain the man, but tied him up and warned the guards upon returning. He had been jailed, and sentenced to death a few weeks later. Justice was served, but it never emptied the grief. John and Geoffrey grieved in silence for thirteen years. During this time, Geoffrey was trained as a cleric of Northshire, because of his belief in justice, and that the Light could bring it. Then started the first war, the invasion of Azeroth. Geoffrey was wounded by an orc called Morrg during the first failed raid on Stormwind, and was unable to continue fighting. After the destruction of Moonbrook and Stormwind, Geoffrey and his father had fled to the north, to the kingdom of Lordearon. There they remained for some time. When there was talk of the so-called new "paladins", Geoffrey immediatly began training along with a dwarf called Halfdan Hammerfist. They befriended eachother, and seemed to be best friends forever. As one of the paladins of the Order of the Silver Hand, he had quite some powers. During training he had met his wife, Ariana Felayn, a smart girl from Gilneas. She was apparently a splendid healer, and about a year younger than Geoffrey. He nearly immediatly fell in love with her, and sought her for quite some time. But there was no time for romances during the war, his father had told him.
=== The Second War ===
The second war was Geoffrey's glory and pride. Geoffrey was a trained paladin by now. His strength was formidable, and techniques a bit wild. He had also brought a secret weapon - the Tears of Heaven. He was positioned among the front troops in front of Blackrock Mountain near Halfdan. When they first marched in, he had to go to the bathroom, obscurely. Here he discovered a scout orc and a warlock, that sent a mysterious eye towards the mountain. He nailed them down easily, and examined the warlock's items. He identified at least three fel objects, that he purified. He also found a weird orb, that he carefully brought with him. After having done so, he didn't mention it, as the rest had already slain three scouts each. Slightly embarrassed, he had followed the troops further in.
When the fight had begun, he made a bet with Halfdan. The one that killed the most orcs, would get a pint at the Blue Recluse in Stormwind. (Halfdan won.). The fight was quite a dark happening, he realized. Not only were there enemy warlocks, there were demons, fierce enormous orcs with weapons made of bones. However, what worried him was the fiery spear of the orc called Morrg Lightshatterer. Morrg had apparently slain so many priests and clerics, that they had named him of what he had destroyed. Geoffrey, Halfdan and a rogue had fought him for several minutes, when he fell, taking the rogue with him. Geoffrey had grinned, and attempted to revive the rogue. While doing this, the orb he had brought suddenly reacted, giving him a great magical wound, as well as rising the dead rogue. Horrified, he slew the rogue, which just rose again. Even with a shattered neck, broken limbs and no ribs, it stood up magically and tried to destroy him. He finished it with the Tears of Heaven, redeeming the corpse and destroying evil within. Shortly after this, the war was over, and he stood victorious. Along with his allies, they marched into the city of Lordearon. The cheers strengthened his hardened heart, and he felt peace. His heart sunk to the bottom, when he saw Ariana again. She was crying tears of joy, and when the parade was over, she threw herself into his arms. This was the happiest moment of Geoffreys life. The day after, he had heard that his father, John had perished, when a group of gnolls raided the road when he was on his way home. Geoffrey grieved, and made it so that John was buried in the Lordaeron Graveyard. He and Ariana later married in silence, and spread joy on the community around them.
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=== Aftermath of the Second War and coming of the Scourge ===
When the war was over, Geoffrey and Ariana moved to Stormwind which was being rebuilt. Geoffrey had parted with Halfdan, his squad and fellow paladins, to live with his family peacefully in the town of Goldshire, where they lived for two years. When Geoffrey was thirty-five years old, Ariana gave birth to a child. Geoffrey named her Atiana, after her mother. Ariana herself perished giving birth to the child. Geoffrey mourned her death and had her buried near Stormwind, where he would visit her daily from then on. He took Atiana with him to live in Arathi Highlands. They lived on a small farm in the northern part of it. Here he knew several farmers, whom he had grown up with. He also had worked with the horses, and helped heal a diseased steed called Cane. This horse had ever since followed him. He and Atiana lived there for ten years, when the third war broke out. With the coming of the scourge, his daughter had turned ten. They had fled to Stormwind again, where he left Atiana for a short time to battle the Scourge. He hadn't realized what the Scourge really was, untill he had reached Arathi. Hideous corpses, not like the rogue he had raised earlier, rot and smelly, reeked everywhere. Geoffrey had gasped at the sight of all sorts of monsters, and he had also reunited with Halfdan. Halfdan had brought his sons to Loch Modan, so he could fight the Scourge. Halfdan and Geoffrey (riding Cane) had charged into a smaller regiment of the Scourge, but they had no chance. They fled, and hurried to hide. Here they remained for a day, when a shipment of bread from Lordaeron had arrived. Halfdan took a bite, but Geoffrey had no hunger to still. Cane never seemed to eat anything else but fresh grass. Their fears of undead had depleted their appetite. Not long after, Halfdan had some sort of seizure, and began rotting alive. Geoffrey tried to heal him, without any effect. He had to put his friend out, before he turned into a hideous monster of the undead. He and Cane returned in grief to Atiana, and they waited five years, when Geoffrey had finally retired. Atiana had joined the Argent Dawn. Watching her following his footsteps flattered him. However, he felt he had one last deed to fulfill, and he decided to rescue some slaves. He went to Loch Modan and sought out some dark iron dwarves he had heard Halfdan speak of in the past. Far to the north, he found them. They had a thin display, a gnome, a half-dead orc, an ice troll and a bear. Geoffrey had slain all the dark irons, and rescued all of them. The troll had fled into the mountains, the orc had tended his wounds and fled, the bear ran off into the woods, and the gnome couldn't stop following Geoffrey. He was called Quincy Bingles, and was later known as a friend of Geoffrey and Atiana.
===Fall===
With the coming of the Draenei, the return to Outland and new war against the Burning Legion, Atiana had travelled to the Plaguelands along with Quincy. Geoffrey had not worried at all, and was starting to age. Now, at the age of fifty, he had lived his life as a war veteran. However, he recieved a message short after the defeat of Kil'jaeden and the reclaiming of the Sunwell. Atiana was killed in action. Quincy survived, but he never saw him again. Geoffrey was heartbroken, and he moved out of Goldshire under the name Jiffers with Cane. He settled in Lakeshire for a short time, when he finally returned to the lands of Goldshire, now filled with Death Knights. Jiffers was a person you wouldn't really care about. He seemed like a boring old man concealed by a hat with a spade in his hand. Jiffers was a gravedigger who seemingly didn't have a past. He dug graves if people wanted him to, and if the pay was good enough. What they didn't know, was that he always blessed all the graves so that no undeath would spring from them again, as a memory of his past. Jiffers now roams the world, alone. . .
==The Rider of All Seas==
Jiffers' hat, the Rider of All Seas, is a quite legendary hat for those who knew about the Bludgeon crew. The hat was, according to the myth, created by a sea goddess. This goddess was a queen of the sea, and rewarded those who could stand up to her challange. The pirates of the Bludgeon crew had been challanged by this goddess, and accepted. The trial was split in three, and only one of the members was to do so. The member was Arian Pazq, a human from Stormwind. Arian was apparently very smart, though not in the greatest shape. The first trial, destruction of three sons of the goddess, was easily passed by the use of lightning spells. The second trial, burn the sea, was passed by simply emptying a can of oil into the water and ignite it with a fireball. The last trial, defeating the goddess herself, was passed by intelligent use of her own tactics. In reward, he could choose one of three gifts. The Dagger of All Seas, the Eternal Essence of All Seas, and the Rider of All Seas. He chose the last one, because it could, apparently, give the bearer the powers of the goddess herself. Of course, this was only a myth. Or, so Jiffers believed. The sea queen was actually a creature of the light, and the powers of the light he owns, was inherited from this very hat. Of course, he thinks it was of his own training, though it was not. The powers were very limited though, as it was not he who won the hat. The greatest problem he will face, is when he is about to die. The hat will, according to legends, give eternal life, a "sixth sense" to danger, and is able to store great powers. Yet, Jiffers has no clue of this.
==Tiros==
The Tiros family were a bunch of farmers way back in time. The Tiros family had been a travelling family, but it finnally settled down in Westfall about twenty years before the first war. The men of the family were usually farmers or merchants, an occasional mage, and a few warriors. The three latest generations of men, Tad, Caine and John Tiros were the last to live of them all. They were all farmers, and good ones too. The ladies of the Tiros family were usually staying home nursing children, but through the years they have become excellent spouses to noblemen. Yet, there are none of them left, as Geoffrey is the only one left. The Tiros family was no rich family, so they had to work for their food. Geoffrey, being the last one, is also infertile. The Tiros family has met its end, if not a miracle occurs.
==Involvement==
===In-Game===
Jiffers is found near Goldshire frequently. He is never under the name Geoffrey, and will not tell it if asked. His horse is among him at some times, though not very often. It is usually stabled in the Eastvale logging camp. He rarely pays attention to what you say, and is seemingly indifferent to everyone. He always speak of the Light in his conversations, and dislikes people talking bad about it. He usually ignores those who annoys him. He'll probably just try to start a normal conversation, though he never is properly responded. He has a great respect for all soldiers of the Alliance, as long as they're not death knights. But if you ask him to dig a grave, he will. . .
===Criminal Record===
This you will not find on such a character. . . If you would look for things that he could be charged for, there is plenty. His disrespect for orcs, demons, death knights and thieves have ended in many bloody battles. . .
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==Strategy==
Jiffers uses the light to protect him. He is no real opponent in combat, but he can take quite a lot of damage because of his shields and blessings. As he is an old man with a shovel, the shovel is his choice of weapon. The shovel is, however, unbreakable. If he clads in his real armour, his powers magnify tenfolds. Yet, he's not a real opponent in battle. Though he can take more damage, he is easily worn out. A suitable tactic would not be to wait for him to tire, as he never charges into attack. He usually counters most blows. He might radiate light to blind opponents, or charge a spell. Elseways, he's not any dangerous.
==Quotes==
- Heh, takin' a whiz really costs lots, eh.
- Heh, them all seem good te me... Can I pay ye with yer heads?
- Jiffers. Gravedigger. Here's my card.
- I've grown up in a family of farmers. I think I can handle a pumpkin, missie. . .
- Fire is unsettling. It is light in a twisted way, used by demons to sear the world from life!
- This hat? Its older than me. . . So can't tell where it was made.
- Past? I have no past. Quit looking for it anyways.
- Halfdan, these undead will never stop haunting us. . . And why does the damn bread smell so? . . . Halfdan..?
- YOU speak of JUSTICE? You know nil about justice. I've seen what injustice does! I've lost my mother, father, daughter and friends to other creatures. Yes, I demand JUSTICE! And there is NOTHING you little whimp can do about it!
- I only claim one thing when I bury yer bodies. I wanna kno' their names and what happen'd to 'em.
- The shattered world of the beings of Light scars my soul. . . Let the demons burn in righteous fire for what they have done!
- The Frozen Wastes of Northrend. . . I'd never think that I'd live to see it for myself. . . It was from here the final judgement had been set for my daughter. Now, I will set m final judgement upon those who did it to her, in just the same place. . . Prepare yourself, Lich. . . I am ready.
==Trivia==
Jiffers' name is inspired by the character "Jitters".
Jiffers always wears his hat, and brings a shovel.
Jiffers can't stand talk about the second war.
Jiffers denies his past, and is the only one who knows about it.
Tickle him, and he'll laugh!
Jiffers can't stand death knights.
Jiffers has a great fear of the Caverns of Time, because he doesn't want to see his past over again.
Jiffers uses the word justice very often when irritated.
Jiffers does everything he can to avoid fights.
Jiffers hides his true potential from everyone, and sometimes masks himself as "The Righteous Defender".
==See also==
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==External links==
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