RetroHeat

### **RetroHeat, the Unfortunate.**

Retro is a character in LoreWorks, who entered Drevhall through a Rift in a dire escape from his original world.

#### **Backstory**

Retro comes from an alternate world far far away from Drevhall. A world that once had peace and prosperity. He was raised in a small village called Greenflower. Greenflower was a small but well-developed farming village with large crop fields and healthy cattle. Retro’s parents were fierce members of said village. His father being a retired knight and his mother being an experienced hunter, Retro had a lot to live up to.

   Unfortunately, Retro was not as noble or as fierce as his parents. He would always manage himself into trouble. Whether it was stealing or fighting, his actions could never make his parents proud. One day he decided to enter the nearby forest near his village and in doing so he had managed to get himself lost. He happened to stumble upon a cave. Filled with bones and flesh scattered across the stone. At the end of this cave, he found something, a corpse. On this corpse was a book, a book of immense power. The corpse also wielded a massive scythe. As he grabbed the book the corpse awoke. In fear, Retro ran as fast as he could with the book in hand and somehow managed to find his way home. When he got to Greenflower he ran immediately to his parents, informing them of what he saw. They didn't believe him, thinking that this was just another one of his tricks. That night Retro could not sleep after what he had witnessed. When looking out his window that night, he saw the most unimaginable things. He saw a horde of the undead coming out of the forest along with that thing he found in the cave. He ran to his mother and father warning them. Once they realized he was telling the truth it was already too late. Everyone was slaughtered. By the end the only ones alive were him and his parents. In a last-ditch effort, his father yells for him to “RUN” while he and Retros mother charge into battle. Retro did exactly that and never looked back.

    After weeks of running, Retro was able to arrive at his world's kingdom, Aurildite. Upon his arrival he could already see that his village was not the only one attacked. Hundreds of people begging for help and protection sat at the gates of Aurildite. Many were placed into refugee camps and left there while Aurildite gathered its forces. After a week of being placed in the refugee camp, Retro had learned something from the book he had taken. The images inside the book depicted a nature of necromancy. He also learned the name of the undead corpse he had awoken. Its name was “The Ancient One'' formerly known as Proxis. With this information he tried to inform Aurildite authorities, but they thought he was crazy. Soon after, the undead arrived.  Aurildite forces and the hordes of undead began to fight. It was clear that Aurildite stood no chance. The undead flooded the gates and were soon to close in on Retro. Retro quickly realized that this being was after the book. So, in a last-ditch effort to keep humanity alive Aurildite soldiers evacuated all refugees through “The Rift '', a magical gateway between worlds.

But, while Retro was approaching the gateway, the undead and The Ancient One broke through and attacked. As the Aurildite soldiers held them off, the remaining refugees entered The Rift. As Retro was about to enter into a new world, he was grabbed by The Ancient One. The undead necromancer began to claw and lunge at his book. But before he could grab it Retro was able to get free from his grasp and drop through The Rift, leaving his world behind. The Rift eventually led him to a new world. Drevhall.

  Upon the arrival of Drevhall, Retro quickly realized that The Ancient One had scratched his arm, leaving an infection of some sort on him. He quickly hid this injury and moved on. After exiting the ravine that he was teleported to, he began exploring. He was impressed at the peace and structure of this world. But soon was approached by many people, hailing from different nations. After meeting with everyone he was faced with a decision. Who shall he join? After much debate he chose the Kingdom of Epheria. Their Queen being FluffySapphire and two other members Void, prince of darkness and Quinn. Retro quickly settled into his new home, establishing himself in this new world by building his new house. After some time in Drevhall, Retro was able to make many relationships and had many connections. He soon came to be someone to go to for information. Retro was able to gather information, on former Aquos King, Turtle Titan. He overheard a plan made by Turtle Titan to kill the High King of Riverlands, DavidDustin and hide the Crimson Blade away. Upon retrieval of said information, he exposed Turtle Titan which led to The High King confronting Turtle Titan. This eventually led to Turtle Titan stepping down as Aquos King and leaving Aquos, after he realized his members did not trust him anymore. From then on, Retro attempted to gather any information that could be vital.

   After the Aquos situation, some time passed until Turtle Titan became a problem. Turtle Titan was caught releasing a Warden into the Commercium, located in the Heartlands. Resulting in himself and Kitrov Leader, Bringiton, tracking down Turtle Titans rumored warden farm and clearing it. After this Retro decided to join the Knights of The Withered Rose entering as an informant known as “Riverun.” This was done to keep his identity hidden. During this time as a Knight, back in Epheria, Retro discovered a graveyard behind his home. At first glance this graveyard seemed normal. But after inspecting one of the graves, he was petrified to see a familiar monster. The Ancient One. Now realizing that is impossible Retro remembered one thing. The book. Upon further reading of the book Retro came to learn that The Ancient One and the book have some sort of connection. Allowing teleportation through the book and into a body. So somehow The Ancient One was able to transfer his soul into the book and teleport to Drevhall. After further investigation on this new body of The Ancient One, Retros’ injury started to ache more and more as he got closer to the body. He could slowly feel the life being drained from him. So, he quickly closed the grave to prevent any more damage, hoping The Ancient One never awakes again.

  Leaving the graveyard alone he returned to his everyday duties around Epheria and with the Knights. Soon the Knights and The Pirate Guild would get into a confrontation. After the pirates broke a contract with the Knights, battle broke out. Although Retro is good at many things, explosives is not one of them. Before the battle began, he was tasked with blowing up the pirates' dam allowing the Soul Spite to enter New Harbor. As he was successful in doing so, he also happened to injure himself. Negating him to join the fight. In the end, the Knights were able to defeat the pirates and win the Battle of the Pirates Bay. After the battle Retro realized that his arm was getting much worse. He was afraid he didn’t have much time left until it spread throughout his whole body. He knew the closer he was to that body the faster it would spread. So, he went far out and began construction of an outpost for Epheria, he named it Edenhal. Hopefully becoming his new sanctuary before he is completely consumed.