Arikara

==Physical Description==
Huge is probably the word that better describes Arikara physically. He is 268 cm tall, about 9 feet, with a muscular built perfectly fit for his warrior ways. Arikara's fur is of a distinctive black and white, the mixture of his parents colours (white from his mother and black from his father). His horns are black, and as so he received the name of his father linage. One of his horns is broken. The warrior has an untidy Tauren beard and a broken piercing in his nose.
==Background==
Arikara is a young Tauren warrior. In Tauren Years he is 57, about 17 years in human life span. He was born in the Barrens in the whereabouts in which Ratchet is now built. This Tauren was born to Raine Whitemane, daughter of the matriarch of a small tribe known as the Whitemanes, and Nurn Blackhorn, the third son of the leader of the Blackhorns. 
Since he was young, Arikara enjoyed the fights and order the military way followed. That forged his destiny was a warrior, eager to learn new skills and kill all the enemies of the Horde. However, Arikara's passion isn't only war. Being born near the sea, this tauren learned to love being near the water and fish for a while. He also enjoys drinking in taverns, habit he gained in Ratchet's Inn.
Returning to Arikara's path as a warrior, after the little training he received from his father as a child, when he was a teenager (with about 40 Tauren years) he decided to move to Mulgore, where he became one of Krang Stonehoof's pupils. 
During this training period, his parents were murdered by a pack of centaurs. Furious, Arikara swore revenge, but Krang wouldn't let him execute it because, in the mentor's own words, "You need to focus your rage in order to kill what you need to kill. And that's what you need to learn." 
Having hit adulthood, Arikara had to complete the Rites of the Earthmother, task he finished with distinction. He was now ready to travel to the Barrens, but again Krang Stonehoof asked him to wait some more and train. So Arikara did, and for 7 more years he trained in Mulgore some more.
Arikara moved to the Barrens, where he is working to aid Regthar Deathgate dealing with the centaurs, and hopefully kill the murderers of his parents. 
Recently, he lost the original ways, the ways of the taurens, and he is consumed by a constant lust for violence. To ease his bloodthirst, he joined The Eyes of Kalimdor, expecting to improve his situation before the desire to kill consumes him....
==Guild & Occupations==
Arikara used to be part of The Stone Guard,where he occupied the rank of grunt. He now belongs to The Eyes of Kalimdor. Arikara is also learning the ways of the blacksmiths and miners to craft armor, weapons and other goods in a forge.
==Strategy==
This Tauren isn't very good taking blows, he prefers to deal them. However, he is still not trained to handle with sorcery very well, so that may be the quickest way to deal with Arikara.
==Quotes==
"Father, mother... I, Arikara Blackhorn, shall avenge you!", upon receiving the tragic notice of the murder of his parents.
"I am Arikara, warrior and pupil. How may I aid you?", quote Arikara usually invokes when being introduced formally.
==Trivia==
* Arikara is notably taller than most taurens.
* His favourite beverage is the exotic Junglevine Wine.
* The warrior's horn was broken by one of Venture Co.'s Ogres in a savage fight Arikara barely survived.
* Arikara means "Vengeance" in Taur-ahe.
==See also==
The Stone Guard
The Eyes of Kalimdor
==External links==
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