Duck

Duck is a strange fellow, he was once a human and a great traveler but now he came back from the death and became got strange powers. It is known that he fell from the sky and he is quite sarcastic and funny at times but nevertheless a great administrator and money-maker

## Biography

### Coming to this world

Not much is known of his early life or how he came to Rathnir, the only thing he himself remembers is that he fell in the ocean possibly from the sky and managed to breath underwater for quite a while.

### Times of nomadism

After that event he had no other choice but to become a nomad exploring ruins and seeing tons of places, here he learned important skills and made fortunes via getting artifacts and selling them this all ended after he had found the city of Yanren somewhere near Uldarash.

### Life in Yanren

He saw a city that impaled trough the clouds and perhaps trough the sky, that great city was Yanren owned by GreenTomato5, here he learned how to brew some very strong ale.

In his early days as a citizen he still followed semi-nomadic ways and he travelled so far he had reached the Heart of Haven and there he saw a small Isle called 'Neu\_Misahr'

### A new life

On this rather small Isle he had met aokperson\_ the patriarch of Kian Lunaism, after several talks they became friends and the Patriarch adopted him as his son.

Here he got introduced to Lunaism where he became a Monk after he built the local monastery, after this life became nothing unusual as he was no more a nomad and adventure seemed like a thing of the past for the young duckling.

### An unexpected adventure

After 2 years as a monk he had a vision of a great city founded by no other than him, the vision told him to sail south-east of the island and found a city there no matter what.

After 1 week of sailing on rough seas he had finally seen a marvelous view, an ancient temple on an isle, there he made a small village that will be known as Ducklandia.

### A city in the making

After repairing the area he started inviting other nomads and local fishermen on the coast to join his town along with a significant Kian population from Neu\_Misahr here a new culture started to merge with the local semi nomadic fishermen, savernians, kians and other people with varied backgrounds into a new language and culture called 'Daekian' .

He had managed to create a sort of communal village with around 20-30 people.

### Succession of Hdroey and high priesthood

Due to a feeling of nomadism in his heart and other rather unknown reasons he sold the town to a man called 'hdroey' just as he became High Priest of the region, here he mostly organized and administrated churches and made sure each Lunaist is safe.

### A new age

Duck decided to leave Savernia and Ducklandia along with his great friend, hdroey to Eldham where they created a state called Axolon under the protection of a very powerful nation.

Here he became the second in command of the kingdom and as time passed he slowly built up a bureaucracy to handle the small but urbanised state.

### Ruling a kingdom

After several years hdroey stepped down and passed the title of King to no other than Duck, and as he finally gained power he ended the vague laws of the former regime and created a council and senate that will help him rule, one major bureaucratic change was the Code of Axolon which detalied the powers of the bureaucracy - especially the mayors which couldn't be considered little despots anymore and turned into magistrates for the king.

### Back to Rathnir

Duck after abdicating decided to sail back to Rathnir and help his father in Neu\_Misahr but he also bough a manor for cheap somewhere in Tortuga which he shall call Daekia

### Sailing into the unknown

As Duck was once again looking for adventure he heard myths of another continent and then he proceeded to set sail from an unknown location hoping to find this continent, as of now Duck has never been seen again either in Rathnir or Eldham since his departure.

No one knows why he abandoned his old luxurious life to hopefully find a continent which some say isn't even real but his family members might say that its his wander-lust or an oracle that called him.

### The Isle

As Duck sailed upon rough seas very far away from either Eldham or Rathnir he found an island with some weird villagers which were yellow skinned, in the end Duck decided to learn to communicate with them and spend his days there with a woman by the name of Aerlgista he met.

After illness struck him he sadly passed away but not before his first child was born...

### Resurrection

As Duck closed his eyes on the Isle he woke up in the middle of a strange red forest where a black silhouette spoke to him 'It doesn't have to end so early... I can give you one last chance, what do you think?' Duck accepted as he wanted to get to his old life and back to Rathnir and as he said 'Yes' the red forest started shifting around him, what was once a blood like forested area now became a green taiga with a beautiful night sky, he was back but not as he though.

As Duck finally came back to the world he felt...different...he had a terrifying appetite for blood and his skin felt...cold...was he a vampire? was he something else? he could not think as the blood-lust overtook his mind and he sacrificed a cow to satiate his hunger, then a wound on his knee healed back almost instantly, he was a vampire for sure and what was even worse was the sun on the horizon soon to meet and kill him...he had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide and as the sun rose and light touched him he was...fine...he wasn't a vampire or at least a normal vampire.

### Discovering the powers

Duck found out he could eat food that did not contain or has contained blood - like bread and plants - however it didn't satiate him long enough so he had to keep killing, his skin still felt as cold as ice and even the sun could not heat it...he had nowhere to go and didn't know where he was so he wandered until he or rather it found a ruin to seek shelter in - it looked like a library - or what remained of it and as Duck looked around he found a book that emanated a strange energy one that attracted him to say the least.

As he opened the strange book the papers told something about blood and being a Blood-Born - apparently such a person was saved from death and could harness the power of life - A Blood-Born wasn't undead but it wasn't fully alive either its a bridge in between those 2 forms therefore the sun could not harm such a creature but weaken it at least.

Duck could use blood to mend himself and was immortal as he could not age and could 'steal' life from humans and animals alike to increase his powers at the cost of his humanity, the more powerful the crazier he would become and thirsty for power therefore he agreed to himself to never come past his before-death powers.

Warping was another weird power - it did not require blood but it costed a lot of energy and could be done in only 3 ways - one was to randomly warp somewhere without Duck's control, another was to warp towards a known place populated by humans such as a settlement, however it could only be done in settlements he knew existed or knew how they generally looked.

The final way was the strongest and it was to warp towards 2 points he memorized and come there whenever he wanted.

Warping took a lot of time to activate and all methods except the last had a cool-down in which Duck's body was too weak to do another warp.

### Wandering through endless taiga...

As Duck wandered day and night he discovered that he was weaker and dumber in the day but stronger and sharper in the night - probably an effect of his state of mind and body he was in...he survived off wolf and fox blood all those days and occasionally rested in ruins even though he had no need to sleep or eat anymore, only drink blood, he still liked resting and tasting meat, it brought him back to humanity.

He decided to climb a tree and scout to see any settlement and there it was...a huge wall...

### Belkadan and the tavern

He entered a town by the name of 'Belkadan' and was immediately invited to a tavern, apparently he was in Escharia - that was far from home of course but he was glad he found humans.

The tavern was cozy and he drank some wheatbeer when suddenly he drove into a frenzy for blood only being stopped by a strange man who apparently made 'blood' in a cauldron out of raw redstone...It tasted bad but it satiated his thirst.

He stayed there for 2 days looking around in this nice town and meeting new people and finally he discovered a new power: he could use magic to suck the 'life essence' out of a being and feed himself or itself at the cost of the target's endurance or sometimes life.

After those days he decided to continue wandering by the river running trough the town and continue discovering what he really can do.

### Fragments of The Past

As Duck walked he was ambushed by a group of bandits shooting arrows at him, but as the first arrow almost hit his head time stopped for a second then before he could realize he was warped to a place which was fully black, he could only see himself until in front of him an image appeared, it seemed like a memory or several trying to be glued together and the energy emanated from the weird image made him realize it was no other than himself but how could it be possible? He fell out of the sky or so he remembered but this is clearly shown before he fell...it was all fire blood and ruins with silhouettes around him then suddenly he saw as he fell from the sky into the ocean.

Who was he? What was he? but before he could think of any answers Duck came back to reality. The bandits were dead and dried out what happened to them. Did he do it?

### Mastering Tar Daek

As Duck continued wandering hoping he was going towards his home he decided to rest and practice the art of Tar Daek - A native Daekian martial art which empowers the user's clothing, weapons and body with endurance, power and speed using the life essence around him - However as he started hitting one of the tree trunks he realized that his moves became far more powerful - however it made him hungry for blood - which is considered to be the medium in which life essence is stored in living beings, therefore meaning that what Duck was consuming wasn't the blood itself but the life essence inside it - that's why he had to use magic to drain it out of the liquid.

His new powers allowed him to truly master Tar Daek at the cost of his blood saturation.

### Wandering Trough the Endless Desert

Once Duck crossed a large River his face had gone paler than it already is - He would have to cross a desert to get to his home meaning he would have to use Tar Daek to empower his body to withstand the endless heat - however that meant he had to kill a human being - as using the life essence from animals or from the air would take weeks and he simply didn't have the time.

As he wandered around he found a camp of bandits, his plan was to kidnap one and dry him of Life Essence - even if it was a human being he would kill at least it wasn't an innocent being.

As night came a bandit on watch went a bit too far from his camp and now a Blood Thirsty Duck came and killed him immediately - he at least gave him a painless death, but voices started getting in his head, what has he become? can he be considered a human anymore? Duck just took the life of a person to allow himself to survive but even if it was a bandit Duck still felt disgusted.

After calming down he crossed into the desert and his feeling just died. He didn't feel that disgust anymore, now Duck wasn't human anymore but he wasn't a beast either, he had to learn to control himself else too many people will die for his egoistical goals. Days passed by and he finally made it out in a colder area just as his heat resistance was slowly dying out. It costed 1 human life to cross this desert how many would die for him to get home?

### Haven's Heart

As Duck tried with no effect to warp towards Neu Misahr he gave up and finally reached the final barrier to his home...Haven's Heart - usually a calm sea but now it was like a monster - with waves as big as buildings and currents as strong as his desire for blood - he couldn't cross by boat so he had to use Tar Daek to be able to breathe underwater - Duck was lucky, he didn't have to kill someone else as he mastered the art of breathing underwater before he died therefore allowing him to spend minimal life essence

Currents were helping him - Duck was heading home and he was swimming fast underwater and as he felt closer to the town he saw a light then...

### The Black Silhouette

The world around him changed again and Duck was again face to face with the creature that turned him into this - he wanted to ask so many questions but couldn't speak however the Black Silhouette said: 'You have so many questions now...they will be answered but not now, lets just say we are closer than you think we are.' Then he was back home, 'Closer than you think we are' what did that mean? Duck couldn't think anymore but when his father saw him he was happy, they hugged and all that mattered now was that Duck was back home and he had to keep his travel story a secret from his father, at least until he was ready to tell him.

### Back in Town

It took Duck time to get used to his town again - it grew and now it was populous, many nomads joined and made amazing homes and his father didn't age strangely, Duck was glad he saw him again though, he kept dreaming of the events before he fell from the sky, apparently he had a wife and children but a god has struck their world and destroyed it letting only him escape, to think he had a life before the one in Rathnir and Eldham is strange to say the least but he never saw the Black Silhouette in his dreams - he wasn't from that world and he isn't from this, from where is he?

Duck made plans to create a manor for his family in Misahr and hired a builder by the name of Timeken to create the plans and make a list of the materials needed, he also regularly warped to the bar in Belkadan making some friends there, he used the redstone blood to satiate his hunger so he wouldn't kill but now thinking about it he could use Tar Daek to muster the life essence in the air, water and ground to feed himself.

Since he came home and used this technique he didn't feel weak in the sun anymore so it was better than killing and turning into a blood-thirsty beast.

### The Mansion and Half of The Truth

The Builder has finished the mansion of Neu Misahr and all they had to do now was make the interior and rooms, Duck spent at least 3 days designing everything and making sure the mansion will look good and easy to travel trough. He was back to his administration job and he loved it however his mind could not hover away from those dreams he has been having more and more has been revealed about his past and how he isn't of this world, he had no one to tell and this saddened him and made himself try to revert to his old personality. He changed that's for sure and he became a much darker person especially after taking a human's life.

His mind has hovered over the most important parts he knew about his life before he fell. He had a family and it was a small village surrounded by red trees and with a blue sky, there was no Lord or Noble to rule over them and he was merely a normal peasant, no leadership role and no political implication, however by the end of that world war had erupted but it was a war of Gods, not of humans, that ended in destroying that realm but one simple mistake led to the creation of a portal which allowed him to enter Rathnir.

Duck was the only remaining fragment of a long gone broken world that no one will ever know and no one will ever remember except him, now he felt truly alone.

### Once upon a time

Duck's dreams had stopped and he got used to his new form, it seemed like life returned to normal and he could finally focus on normal things like organization and managing the town's citizens. His father, Epitchian, organized a feast in honour of his return and in honour of the Mansion's completion, now at the feast Duck was asked many questions about how he came back and what happened to him, he had to lie and create inventive stories on how he defeated some sea monster to get back to life in some sort of trial of hell, however one question touched him the most. It asked him to describe Ducklandia the city which he founded and no more owned. Even if he moved on a long time ago he still felt some pain in seeing the city not progress as fast as it did during his' and hdroey's control, but what could be done? It wasn't in his hands now and at least the people in charge didn't entirely destroy it, but he was still sad everyone hated him there and Duck could do nothing about it.

Anyway, he explained the founding with some comical twists and the way he had to leave and how he felt better here than under Savernia, deep in his brain though he knew the town would fail from the start but at least it was a nice time.

### Duck and The Guards

After finishing the interior of the mansion Duck decided to found a honorary regiment with the blessing of the Duke - the 1st Guards Regiment which had the purpose to guard people and places of interest, he wrote a guide and managed to get a few recruits.

He trained and instructed all of them and even promoted one of the guards to a higher rank - his guard would act as a personal army and legitimize more the Epitchian family in the region plus it made him forget about what he did a few weeks ago.

### Founding a Nation

Duck has been crowned Duke due to a conflict within Hearthstone Yuldai, and after Paloro seceded from HY, he became the honorifical 'DUX' of the city of Neu Misahr, this lasted until He, Epitchian and Astralium declared independence founding the state of Daeko-Kiannia which represented both cultures and now Duck was a Basileikon - one of the diarchs in the state.