BG-8253

BG without his helmet

**Blackguard Unit 8253**, more commonly referred to as **BG-8253** or just **BG**, was one of the main protagonists in SOTE and was a key member of the Sovereign Slayers, present in the first six arcs of the campaign. He is a Warforged Anti-paladin (aka Blackguard) dedicated to murdering every single Imperial soldier he comes across. However, due to conflicting motivations with the group and a feeling of distance as their adventures progressed, BG eventually left the Sovereign Slayers in the dead of night.

The Slayers have heard he now yearns to unite The Wastelands under his new kingdom and eventually lead his army against the Empire. He was played by AnerexoMexo.

## **Official Backstory**

*"BG was made for one thing and one thing alone. War. He didn't remember who made him, he didn't remember his cause, and he especially didn't remember his kills. Since the Golden Empire started to dominate the continent, they feared the worst from their once called. From orders put upon them by their higher ups, Imperial Engineers discontinued their work on the Warforged and left them in designated scrapyards constructed by the Empire.*

*Before BG was scheduled for dismantling he was rescued by the Demi-lich Eltric, who took him under his wing. Eltric's crew of marauding monsters made BG feel like apart of something... apart of a family. So, he vowed to take every command of his master to heart and follow his every order. However, an Imperial paladin named Lux caught wind of the demi-lich and planned to assassinate him for renown and glory. His attempt proved successful as Eltric and his forces raided the city of Van Halen, only to be ambushed by Lux and the Golden Empire. Eltric was cut in half, and a different friend of BG's, Benster Shmenster, was violently impaled by the paladin. BG, left with nothing, froze in horror before being knocked out and sent to Calico Prison.*

*Oh the horrible, **horrible,** things he would do to Lux if he ever got out... but he could never escape. At least, not without some help..."*

## **Biography**

### *The Empire's Blackguard*

2 years after the construction of Gerlin's first major project, PD-7041, he was ordered again by the Empire create a new autonomous weapon. However, this time the Empire wanted a Warforged that could fight along side the crown's army, one that was ferocious, intimidating, and cold-blooded killer. Due to time and budget constraints, Gerlin couldn't store a built-in weapon into his new project like he had with PD. So, he decided to make this new Warforged as intimidating as he could, painting him black and purple to instill a sense of dread into his future opponents. After balancing this new task with other smaller ones for a while, BG was finally complete. The Blackguard was deployed from Crowwatch, Gerlin's home city, and immediately began fighting off bandits, terrorists, and invaders of every kind. Once the Empire began to expand, the upkeep of maintaining a Warforged regiment was too immense and a directive to deactivate and dismantle all Warforged units was set in place. BG was withdrawn from the field and deactivated by Gerlin, a decision he would mourn for many years to come. His robotic husk was placed in a scrapyard, ready to be disassembled.

### *Guardian of the Lich*

Before BG was turned into scrap, some goblin raiders apart of Eltric's Horde hauled away his body back to their master's lair. From there, BG was re-enabled by goblin tinkerers and sent to meet their leader, a Demi-lich named Eltric. Since BG was saved from the Imperial scrappers, he dedicated his future to the demi-lich, becoming an anti-paladin in his name. Along with his new found drow companion, Benster Shmenster, the duo raided and pillaged the nearby settlements in the name of the demi-lich and strengthening their forces.

Eltric tasked both warriors with the retrieval of a powerful artifact known as the Wishing Stone, also being tracked down by the Hobgoblin Warlord, Deep Purple. BG and Benster tailed a caravan of Deep Purple's, leading them to the enchanted Temple of the Horse, where they battled Deep's men and killed the boss of the temple. In a last ditch effort, Deep pulled out the wishing stone and modified his sword to contain the void. With this new power-up, both parties fought until Deep's death. With the wishing stone ready for use, BG and Benster returned to Eltric, wherein Eltric wished himself a body and teleported his army near the vulnerable city-state of Van Halen. Eltric's horde stampeded the city, killing guards, nobility, and citizens alike. The noble champion Durso attempted to halt the attack by killing Eltric's two enforcers, but gradually fell to their blades. With the city ransacked, The Golden Empire came to the aid of Van Halen, exterminating Eltric's Horde one fiend at a time. An especially arrogant paladin named Lux found Eltric and slayed him by cutting his head in two. Benster moved in to avenge his master, but was too weak to face him and ended up impaled on his sword. BG began the last stand to no avail, as Lux had knocked him out in combat and captured him as a prisoner of war. Later, BG was transported to Calico Prison where he spent a chunk of his life as a hollow husk, rotting in jail.

### *The Observatory*

* With the formation of the new party, BG broke out of Calico Prison
* Lost his composure upon seeing Imperial soldiers in No-Haven, leading to the death of 5 soldiers. This event lead to BG getting a bounty put on him labeled as the No-Haven Killer.
* Met his short-lived but close friend, Thorell, and raided the prison of Fort Ignerious. The party then met The Prowler there, where BG fought to protect Thorell as he was gravely wounded.
* Met the sly rogue Thaddeus and seethed in anger as he escaped after stealing the party's horses and hurting Patterson.
* Raided an Imperial lab of Dr. Mobius and witnessed the death of his friend Thorell. The Prowler attempted to attack the party, but their tiefling companion dispelled him from the premises.
* Discovered a tween on the streets of the Shine selling a certain drug to passersby when BG started to talk to him. The kid mentioned the Golden Empire once, flaring BG's sadistic tendencies. The whole party tried to stop him, but BG successfully decapitated him. BG's bounty increased significantly and a stain of guilt forever left its mark on the party.
* Helped Patterson fight against the Prowler by battling against his clan; After the battle, BG cut off his hands and kept them as a trophy.
* Got absolutely trashed by the Fish-God after laughing at his normal form.
* Became extremely sadistic after Patterson said he would try to defend any enemies from BG's brutal dismemberings. Even boasted to Patterson about how he couldn't save certain lives.
* Was deeply disheartened when he uncovered the Black Knight at Dr. Mobius's side was a resurrected Thorell. Killed his friend humanely to end his suffering.
* Chopped up Dr. Mobius into 6 different pieces and experienced another personality shift, making him schizophrenic and extremely paranoid.

### *The Seawalker Crisis*

* Was given instruction by Eltric's ghost to travel to Castle Waelmore for a secret plan...
* Dealt with the schizophrenia for a short while until a Warforged engineer in Magnus rewired his programming to make BG himself again. Arch wanted BG rewired to abolish his violent personality altogether, but he didn't specify that to the engineer and BG's cranium plating was sealed extra tight, making Arch's wish almost impossible
* Almost repeated the incident in The Shine when he encountered a messenger kid in Magnus who invited the Sovereign Slayers to the Count's house, but BG misinterpreted it as a threat to the party. Luckily, the other slayers calmed BG down and stopped him from killing the kid.
* Swore to execute the Mayor of Magnus after finding out what a despicable scumbag he was. The first attempt at his life did not go so well, as the party was almost hanged for treason. Fortunately, they were bailed out by the Count before their lives ended.
* Got his ass handed to him again by Fish-God but still didn't really see him as a hated enemy (not sure why).
* Met up with Thaddeus once again as he became a new leader for the people of Castle Thaddeus and a prime example for resistance against the Seawalkers. The party again tried to convince BG that killing Thaddeus wasn't worth it, and BG struggled to restrain himself.
* Stopped a fight between Arch and Gal after the party was devoured by the sea serpent Longinus. From this fight came the oath for all Sovereign Slayers to never attack each other, even during the worst disagreements.
* Fought and destroyed a deformed clone of himself made by the Parasite King.
* Traveled back to Magnus and finally got his wish of killing the mayor. He tied a hangman's noose, dragged the bastard over to a sturdy enough tree, fastened his neck, and hoisted him up to asphyxiate him.
* Battled with the prisoner Maul in the Tower of Shivel in a duel and won easily.
* Put under a Zone of Truth spell by Arkham in order to curb any deception the slayers planned to tell him. Instead, BG said that his need to know every truth at every moment was compensating for his small penis.
* After Castle Thaddeus was attacked and demolished by the Seawalkers, BG and Thaddeus both fell into a nearby body of water. Since BG was finally isolate from the group and Thaddeus was struggling to swim up to the surface, BG finally enacted his revenge for when Thaddeus stole those horses all that time ago and embedded his axe in his chest, killing him.
* Gave Captain Knov the nickname of "Knoblin" thinking he was of Goblin heritage, when he was actually an orc.
* Tried to avoid all contact with Fish-God's royal guard, Vithilus, because of his weaponized strategy with water. If he got dragged into one of the waterholes, BG would've died for sure.

### *Scourge of Grognear*

* With Fish-God finally out of the picture, BG was ready to journey to Castle Waelmore to finally fulfill his master's wishes.
* On the way to the castle, the group got ambushed by the Black Raiders and their captain, Cloven. BG believed that they could take on the whole band of 20 men. They successfully defended themselves, killing half the band, Cloven, and driving the rest away.
* He and the party got tasked with the delivering a prophecy child to the Fairy Queen by the child's mother. BG just assumed this would be a quick side hustle, so he understood.
* Encountered his creator in Grognear after delivering Vem. Along with this meeting, he discovered that BG was actually an old warforged unit used by the Empire in counter-terrorist operations. This knowledge deeply confused the robot and made him question his codes of killing everyone he had a grudge against.
* Helped the locals around Grognear since he has a fondness for dwarves and wanted to change his violent ways.
* Had a confrontation with the Abyssal Fortunes as he killed two of their members spontaneously. This lead to serious backlash from their leader, Skorj, as he sent his goons to torch a bar in Grognear. The bartender sadly died in the fire and for the first time, BG had felt guilt for his actions.
* Worked with Patterson to limit his killings and walk a path of redemption. BG wasn't sure if he could be redeemed after the heinous actions he had committed, but he still tried to follow Patterson's advice anyways.
* Isolated himself when the party went to investigate a meeting held by all the gangs in the area. He reflected on his morals and the decisions he had made in the past. Ultimately he didn't come to any decisive conclusion about how he should change because the other slayers needed him in combat after the investigation went south.
* Fought the first Pillar, Tsune, when trying to escape from a band of Black Raiders. Tsune only got away with his life because of lucky circumstances, but his eye was taken by BG. This would boil a deep rage inside of him for days to come.
* Developed a deep bond with Gerlin and currently sees him as a father figure. But, Eltric still rules BG's moral compass and is irreplaceable as a master.
* Suggested that the dog they saved from giant birds was named "Rarf" because the dog barked and BG thought that it was announcing its name.
* When storming the Abyssal's End, many things happened in rapid succession. First, a sudden domination of some prisoners that were harassing Arch. Next, he fell into a trap with Gal and Patterson which landed him in the sewers, where he did battle with rats. Then, violent visions of his friends' deaths appeared before him, traumatizing him for a moment. Lastly, he grew sick of Patterson trying to redeem him and he offered a shadow soldier to him to "try out how killing felt."

* Engaged in battle with Tsune once again on the third floor of the AF HQ. After an arduous battle, BG scarred him even further, taking his eyesight completely and cutting off both of his arms. To make sure he didn't bleed out, BG cauterized his wounds and left him humiliated with the shame that he is now a liability instead of an esteemed warrior.
* Battled Ivar outside of Skorj's throne room. BG originally cared not for this obstacle, but after heavy begging from Arch and the knowledge that higher beings needed slaying, he spared the final pillar.
* Did everything in his power to make sure that Gerlin wasn't killed in his hypnotized form, otherwise he might've been lost forever. Soon after, he confronted Skorj with a burning rage. Once Skorj was injured enough for interrogation, he discovered that the hypnotization spell could be broken by executing the caster, so he sliced Skorj in half. Gerlin returned to normal again and the party rode back to Grognear to celebrate. Sadly, BG's jubilation was cut short, as Eltric and Benster appeared before him, demanding that he travel to Castle Waelmore ASAP.

### *Castle Waelmore*

* United with his old goblin pal, Grobit, who lived in the Spirit Fields as a roaming phantom. Grobit's direction helped the party to eliminate many troublesome spirits (Duros, Captain Cloven) and even kill the Spirit Reaper, who turned out to be a reincarnated Thaddeus. Alas, the poor goblin spirit passed onto the next life with the Spirit Reaper's death.
* Heavily wounded one of the hag sisters, Grubby Shelly Duskmask, when the entire party was downed from noxious gas. Since she was so damaged, this allowed Gal to kill her with his necrotic blast in one fell swoop.
* Was offered a position besides Lord Vendicus as his most trusted general in his quest to annihilate all humans and humanesque races. Because of the strong bond formed with his mostly humanesque party and his surrogate father Gerlin, he refused the offer.
* Got his arm ripped off by Lord Vendicus which instilled a short fear into him and uncertainty as to if the Sovereign Slayers could defeat the vampire. He later got a new crimson arm to replace his old one.
* Rallied the party together after their crushing defeat and fleeing of Castle Waelmore. While Arch began to chew him out for his questionable past decisions, BG accepted all responsibility for his mistakes and even took tons of damage for the party to rebuild the trust they lost.
* Stood in disbelief as Gerlin fell in battle against Lord Vendicus. The party later retrieved the body and BG buried him next to a small patch of flowers.
* Gave the suggestion for the party to travel back to Castle Waelmore to possibly recruit any stragglers Vendicus left behind to defend. While BG was unsuccessful in recruiting any forces, he did at least get to break most of Vendicus's prized possessions (and some doors too).
* Seemingly had a fever dream in Barrowtown until he realized it was his master trying to contact him through spiritual projection. This confused BG at first, since his contacts with Eltric before that point didn't transport him to a space-like void and his master didn't take up the avatar of an old man. Eltric later confirmed that Vendicus was manipulating his visions the entire time, which is why Eltric was originally cold and harsh in their past meetings.

### Starlight City

* Was given the objective by Eltric to hunt down Knull-Dark, Sword of Eternal Darkness and the 3 keys that could unlock the vault it's trapped in.
* Discovered that Vendicus was not actually the cause of Patterson's curse and temporarily exorcised him of the REAL entity cursing him. Eltric informed him thereafter that a lizardman druid in the Wastelands could permanently remove the curse from Patterson.

## **Description**

### *Appearance*

BG is a tall, black, humanoid robot with purple highlights throughout his design. His eyes, helmet visor, chestplate, shield, and fauld cloth all consist of different shades of purple. He weighs a hefty 254 pounds with a height of exactly 7 feet. The rest of his armor is mostly black aside from his metal skirt. However, his interior skeleton is actually quite skinny. The reason his weight is so large with a slim framework is because the skeleton's metal is exceptionally dense.

### *Personality*

Living his life as a robotic soldier required him to be cold, calculated, and efficient in killing, all three traits he followed flawlessly until his deactivation and storage in the scrapyards. Once reactivated by Eltric's goblin tinkerers, he remained basically the same, with a few minor differences like acting friendly around his compatriots or having a fascination with blue garments and baubles.

Following the death of his new family and his imprisonment, BG developed into a lifeless husk, waking up from his dormant state only at the request of prison officials. Once broken out by the mysterious Nobody, BG acted aversive to his new teammates, knowing that they could never replace his old family. A new grown hate for the Golden Empire also emerged. He would violently react to people mentioning the empire, seen when a drug dealing kid in The Shine was decapitated by him after that exact thing happened. Although this left a stain on the Sovereign Slayer's reputation, BG felt no remorse for the kid's demise. His grudges extend beyond the Golden Empire however, as he rarely forgives people who have wronged him. Most of his enemies, regardless of their affiliations and willingness to atone, end up dead when he gets the chance (see Thaddeus).

On a more positive note, BG is known for acquiring and losing random quirks rapidly, possibly due to his programming chip being damaged from constant warfare. Some of these quirks include...

* A fascination with blue colored items
* Nicknaming people he isn't close to
* Leaving conversations early when he can't acquire useful information
* Roasting or humiliating his teammates based on who hasn't been insulted in a while
* Cringing in nervousness whenever someone meows

BG is also fond of dwarves, (because of the man who made him) constantly praising them and giving them money just for being themselves. His unexpected reunion with his creator has humbled him and partially sensitized him to the violence he was committing. Departing from his creator, however, has made him realize that Eltric is his true lord and gratuitous violence can lead to many consequences. So, after Arc 3, he kills in the name of his master instead of killing everyone who he has a grudge against.

## **Relationships**

### G*erlin Steelspine*

Although BG never knew Gerlin was his creator for the longest time, he never doubted it when he heard the news. The fact that he was a former soldier for the Empire definitely shook him to the core, but Gerlin was there to support him. BG also inferred that his love of dwarves might've been programmed into him, but he never blamed his creator for it, as he understood that it was necessary for him to please his commanding officers. However, one thing that Gerlin couldn't do for BG was change his moral code, as Eltric was the one who gave him a family and made him belong, something Gerlin simply couldn't do with the circumstances he was in.

### *Eltric*

As the one and only true master to BG, his moral code and goals naturally imprinted themselves onto the robot. BG made it his life goal to follow Eltric's footsteps through and through, which BG lost sight of after his death. Soon enough, Eltric made himself known again and redirected BG on the path to maintaining the Eltric's undead horde. Eltric assumed that the party travelling with BG was holding his emotions hostage, so Eltric utilized guilt tripping and potential curses on the robot to steer him back in line. Possibly, this might have the opposite effect Eltric was hoping for, as BG grows tired of the constant torment from his master.

### *Benster Shmenster*

BG's first friend he can recall, BG and Benster immediately clicked when going to take care of the Gravenfall raids in preparation for the huge invasion of Van Halen. Unlike most of his current friends, the duo could naturally bounce ideas off each other and never argued about plans of attack. Sadly, following the death of Eltric came Benster's demise, which emotionally crushed BG. Once he began traveling again, Benster joined his employer in haunting BG through terrifying visions. The difference between his employer and himself according to BG is that BG doesn't blame Benster for the current visions that haunt him. So, even with Benster dead, BG still respects him as his first companion.

### *Grobit*

Another friend of BG's, Grobit invited BG and Benster to their raid on Gravenfall. From all the carnage that BG committed, Grobit was in awe of the warforged and swore himself under his service. During the incursion on Van Halen, Grobit joined BG and Benster on their attack and held off the city's guards with some other goblins and ogres. However, after the battle with Durso in the church, Grobit was killed by the suddenly flooding army of Imperial soldiers.

Grobit and BG didn't reunite until the Sovereign Slayers traveled to the Spirit Fields. There, Grobit was their guide to enemies, landmarks, and allies alike. Dolefully, once the Spirit Reaper was killed, Grobit passed on from purgatory and into the afterlife, saying his goodbyes to BG.

### *Jack Patterson*

Patterson seemed to be an exception to BG's apathy at the beginning of their journey. In fact, BG made it his goal to protect the young monk through thick and thin. Whenever Patterson was threatened, BG would act impulsively to defend him. A famous case of this would be with Thaddeus, who stole Patterson's horse. This theft of his friend's pet deeply angered BG and he never forgave Thaddeus, even when Patterson considered him to be a changed man in Arc 2. Unfortunately, once Patterson began to question BG's violent methods, BG relinquished his protection from Patterson. In fact, he even brandished his kills in front of Patterson just to spite him. Their friendship was never the same after that...

Following BG's oath, BG and Patterson sometimes made casual small talk, but never engaged in more meaningful activities. From all of the killing BG was doing, Patterson lost a grip on his joy and turned to alcoholism. Even though Patterson successfully saved some people from brutal dismemberment, BG's murders still continued and he began to verbally lash out at BG. His new volatile mannerisms were bubbling up, ready to be unleashed.

### *Galinndan Liadon*

Besides the gift of a wacky nickname to Gal, BG and the elf didn't seem to interact that much. Between their entire journey, they exchanged some slight conversation. One of their shared goals was to save up enough dismembered limbs to allow Gal to assemble a flesh golem, but this plan soon fell apart. Although a more major event between them occurred when Gal wanted to sail across Lake Longinus and got swallowed by the serpent living in the lake. Arch approached Gal to berate him for his stupid idea and Gal defended himself against the scolding. A confrontation happened between the two and after Gal was subdued by BG and Arch, that's when BG proposed the sworn allies oath.

Later in Arc 3, however, when BG was ramping up the violence, Gal stuck by his side. Already disliking Arch, Gal argued that sparing enemies was "a waste of time when other matters required attention." Being an efficient killing machine himself, BG respected this mindset and saw a new potential friend in Gal.

### *Thorell*

First meeting as a colleague of Nobody, BG didn't give much thought to Thorell, but after fighting with him in Fort Ignerious, the warforged admired his battle prowess and "no mercy" attitude. Thorell reciprocated this respect when the party saved him from the Prowler, and BG in particular worked to protect his battered self from anymore damage. The after party of the fort raid bonded BG and Thorell even closer as Thorell promised to provide some ale and women for the robot, which confused the robot as he has no attraction to women. Shortly after, the party including Nobody and Thorell raided one of Mobius's secret labs but got surrounded by a horde of imps. Thorell held off the imps while the party tried to reach an elevator that could get them out of there. With scratches and cuts all over Thorell, he knew he couldn't escape, so fought the rest of the imps until his unfortunate death.

Or so the party thought... It was later discovered that Mobius found his dead body and transformed him into a metallic monster known as the Black Knight. Once the party found him in the Observatory, BG was hesitant to fight but resolute on ending his suffering. After the battle, BG kept his axe as a memorial to him, to make sure he would never forget his friendship.

### *Lux*

Formerly an obscure paladin for the Golden Empire, Lux set off on his defense of Van Halen against Eltric's Horde to make a name of himself. Seeing most of the city-state destroyed, he thought if he killed the leader of the invasion, that would grant him the most renown. Luckily enough for him, he was able to get a jump on Eltric and slice him in half even before he knew what happened. Eltric's two bodyguards, BG and Benster rushed Lux to avenge their master. The paladin far outclassed both bodyguards though, as he impaled Benster and knocked out BG. Now stuck in Calico Prison, BG awoke to sadness and rage, vowing to find the paladin and rip him limb from limb.

After a long period of silence and still no clues on his name, the party came across a magical mirror in Magnus, detailing his name and his new title, The Lich Killer, to BG. A young kid was seen with the paladin, praising him for all his service to the Empire. BG's rage increased drastically, but still unable to do anything yet, traveled on with the party in hopes of clues.

### *Thaddeus*

These two first got acquainted when Thaddeus's crew ambushed the Sovereign Slayers in the middle of the woods. Thaddeus was a simple thief, hoping to knock out the newly formed adventuring group and steal their precious cargo. BG, still determined to be Patterson's defender, fought along the monk to protect their belongings. The bandits ravaged the party and stole their cargo, leaving BG hungry for payback. BG finally got that when the slayers found them and assaulted their new camp, killing all the bandits except Thaddeus as he ran for the hills.

Arc 2 reunited these two rivals as Thaddeus tried to redeem himself, now leading a coalition against the Seawalkers. However, BG's nature wouldn't allow redemption for someone who wronged him, so he tried strong-arming the former bandit into submission. Thaddeus, not wanting to show weakness among his forces, resisted the attempts and even threatened BG himself. This was all resolved when Fish-God stormed Castle Thaddeus and fought the party atop the highest tower in the castle. Thaddeus came to assist as well, but ultimately the tower collapsed, sending the party plummeting into a nearby lake. BG seized the moment and jammed his axe into Thaddeus's chest, killing him in the confusion. Once they resurfaced, BG lied to the party, explaining that Thaddeus "hit his head on a rock at the bottom and bled out."

The final meeting between the two occurred when Thaddeus revealed himself to be the Spirit Reaper. He elucidated that Lord Vendicus, an ally of Eltric, resurrected him to work as a guardian of the Spirit Fields. However, when he saw the robotic warrior in his territory, he betrayed Lord Vendicus's orders and attacked hastily in hopes of revenge. The party, although confused at the entire matter, helped BG fight and kill Thaddeus for one last time. BG won again with the help of his comrades and Thaddeus died once again to the sadistic warforged.

### *Tsune*

Tsune had a predisposition that BG was dangerous when he was directing a meeting for all the gangs near Grognear. BG's face was clearly printed on a bounty poster, naming him the "No-Haven Killer." From this, when Tsune spotted the slayers spying on them, he rushed after them to not only get rid of them, but to find out more about BG. As BG rejoined the party near a cliff bordering the Interstice, Tsune cornered them and prepared for a tough battle. BG in particular did a lot of damage to the assassin, leaving him anxious for his life. Before the cliff collapsed and slayers fell in, BG left Tsune with a gash into his eye down his chest, which left Tsune eager for vengeance.

He got his wish when the Slayers invaded Abyssal's End and suddenly teleported in front of him. Tsune didn't question what happened, as he only wanted to see BG's head on a pike. Tsune fought with the party once again, doing significant damage to BG. Unfortunately for him, his teammates still fought hard and Gal held Tsune for BG to finish off. However, BG was annoyed that this "pest" was trying to challenge him, so he completely rendered Tsune blind and chopped off both of his arms, shortly cauterizing them afterwards. He left Tsune in humiliation simply because he knew it would pain him greater than death.

### S*korj*

Although BG and Skorj never met before the final confrontation of Arc 3, BG had a reason to hate him from the get-go. He oppressed all of the citizens in Grognear, one of those being his creator, Gerlin. Their conflict escalated when Skorj ordered an attack on Grognear in retaliation of prior attacks from the slayers. Gerlin was kidnapped in the confusion and taken to Abyssal's End as a provocation for BG to come and battle him directly. Further fueling his anger, Skorj turned Gerlin into a mindless warrior using his special device. The party carefully maneuvered around the now turned Gerlin as not to kill him, but only to subdue. After leaving the dwarf webbed up in Skorj's throne room, BG and the gang continued to his hidden room, where they battled in a final effort to kill the crime lord. Like many others, Skorj fell before the might of the slayers, and BG especially got the honors of killing him with the help of Arch. BG slowly cut the crime lord in half, reveling in every moment of sliced flesh. With the death of Skorj and eventual rehabilitation of Gerlin, BG felt a sense of relief, something he had barely felt up to this point.

## Trivia

* BG was one of the two Sovereign Slayers that appeared in a one-shot before the beginning of the actual campaign, Sins of the Empire. The other slayer that got this privilege was Arch (featured in the Lost City of Orion one-shot).
* The main inspiration for BG was K-2SO from *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.* This is seen in his blunt personality and affinity for black, although BG has a more evil affinity than K-2SO.
* BG's most famous quote, "Are you associated with the Golden Empire?" actually started as a way to allow BG to limit his killing in the beginning of the campaign, as if he actually wanted to murder every single Imperial soldier he saw, the campaign would've derailed very quickly. His player, Brandon Lopez, also didn't want to roleplay as a murderhobo.
* His design also went through many changes when the campaign progressed. The first of which was a mouth that functioned like a speaker instead of a standard line given to most warforged. Brandon later changed this because "it looked stupid". He also later added the futuristic helmet to make BG stand out among warforged.
* A quirk of BG's is that his speech can be measured by a downward slope, meaning that he begins most his sentences with a high pitched voice and slowly deepens his pitch as he continues.
* Among all of the Sovereign Slayers, BG is the only evil aligned member of the party. He is also the only non-fleshed member of the group, as he is comprised of metal instead.
* Even though Gerlin programmed BG to have a personality, he did not program him to have any romantic or sexual attraction to others, meaning that BG is completely asexual and aromantic.

* The creator of BG, Brandon Lopez, wrote in a special wiring system for BG that can be used to explain his personality shifts...
	+ The green wire enables BG to move and use basic motor function; hardest wire to repair (if damaged enough, BG basically dies).
	+ The blue wire allows BG to speak whichever language he's programmed to know (but he is also able to learn new languages through learning).
	+ The purple wire disables his empathy, allowing him to kill his enemies without any emotional attachment
	+ The black wire makes BG stoic and resolute in battle, at the expense of missing normal social cues
	+ The red wire activates only as a failsafe if the black wire is damaged, as it drives BG into extreme paranoia and insanity.