Buck

> *"I'm here to kick butt and chew bubblegum! Aaaand properly dispose of the gum in a designated waste container."*
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## Lore Description

### Birth and Family

Born William Roger Buchanan, the circumstances of Buck's birth would have been entirely unremarkable were it not for the stars that night which some believed, set Buck on his destiny for great things.

His parents, Lord Byron Buchanan and his lovely wife, the Duchess Edara Whately were prominent figures within the Capitol, with Buck's father being one of the chief judges within the Magistrate Court. Upon news of Lord Byron's wife being with child, Edara requested her own family's physician to be with her and treat her throughout the pregnancy. The Duchess's family was a rather religious lot, and their physician was said to have trained with the monks at Tau Kor. Lord Byron agreed and their family physician made his trek towards the Capitol to visit and care for his former patient once more.

When the doctor arrived, he noticed something odd about the stars that evening. The way the scorpion constellation flickered and the jack rabbit seemed to respond, spoke volumes as the monk entered the city. Upon entering Lord Byron's villa, the doctor made his way past Byron and his wife without so much as a greeting and immediately made his way to the roof of the villa. Lord Byron and his wife followed him, a confused look upon their faces. It was there that the doctor removed a telescope from his satchel and began reading the stars that night. Realizing that he was not going to address them until he was finished, Byron was nearly ready to throw out the monk, but his wife urged him to have patience. The morning came and the monk was sleeping fitfully upon the roof, upon a single blanket on the ground.

While Lord Byron went to Court, the Duchess oversaw that the servants of the household keep the physician well and comfortable, and they placed a small tent to shade him from the sun's light. The next night, the monk repeated the same thing, reading the stars, sipping from teas that the household provided him, and only stopping occasionally to scrawl a few notes in his leather-bound journal. This continued for an entire week with each passing day, Lord Byron growing more and more agitated with this nightly routine. On the 7th night, the monk seemed to awaken out of his trance-like state of observing and note-taking and at last addressed the couple.

"Your child is special. He will carry with him the mark of the stars and will one day aid Lord Jenos's return on Ascension Peak." With that said, arrangements were later made by the Monastery at Tau Kor to bring Lady Whately where she would remain for the remainder of her pregnancy. Lord Byron, in the meantime, was forced to tell those who noticed that her wife was going to remain at his summer villa until the time of conception and he would visit there once he could.

She entered into labor when the star of Jenos shone the brightest that night and as his father Lord Byron was traversing the land to the Monastery to meet his new son, his caravan was waylaid by bandits and he perished in the fight. His wife, the Duchess, while still in labor was told the news of her husband's death and upon the birth of her son, was able to peer into her eyes for a long moment. It was said that the baby child had a smile on his face and never even shed so much as a tear or a wail when born. She gave him the name of William Buchanan, and then laid to rest. The mother's complications during childbirth grew to be beyond that of what the monks could even handle, however, and Edara breathed her last shortly after kissing her newborn child on the forehead.

### Early Life

William was raised at the monastery his childhood and even as a baby, was said to have never cried. When other children would scrape a knee and wail at the sight of blood, William would simply brush himself on and continue. He was said to be a fast healer and eventually among the children, he became known simply as "Buck."

When he came of age, he began his meditation and studying learning the ways of inner peace and contentment and began to realize that within himself, his quick healing was something that he could in fact, control. Overtime with this rapid healing ability, Buck was able to hone his body even further and push the limits of his body beyond that of others. When injured, he was able to heal himself once more.

### The Return to the Capitol

When he finished his trials and came of age, Buck was told of his past by the monks at Tau Kor and was taught about the history of his father and mother. He was given a letter that Lord Byron had written himself intended for him when he came of age. The letter spoke of the greatness of his father's calling as a judge for the Magistrate. How the rule of law was of the utmost importance and about one's willingness to do what was right no matter the consequences. He then said that he felt in his heart that his son would have those same desires and ideals and urged him to come to the Capitol and enter into the Magistrate's service to see if he could one day join his father's position as a judge as well.

Buck took this to heart and decided to leave the Monastery to continue his studying through the services and education provided by the Magistrate Army. Some of the monks objected and were about to try and stop him, but Buck's physician who helped birth him so long ago, knew that Buck was following the star's path and assured his fellow monks that everything would turn out according to Jenos' will in the end.

### The Sentinels

Buck quickly grew in rank as his skill was surpassed by few and while he excelled in the classroom, in the areas of athletics and battle training and prowess, he was unmatched. He was soon accepted into the Magistrate's Sentinel Program under their leader, Viktor and his comrades, Strix, Kinessa, and Tyra. While Strix and Kinessa focused on precision and sniper fire, and his leader along with Tyra focused on raining bullets, Buck was unique in that he chose a short-range weapon, the shotgun. Fearlessly, Buck would leap into battle and often it was because of him that the tides of battle were turned in their favor.

### The Fall of the Sentinels and Return to Tau Kor

(Will fill this in with more details later, but talk about the disastrous mission that ended the Sentinel program and demoted Viktor. Buck eventually chooses to return to his homeland to meditate and focus himself to rectify what he felt was also his failure at their final mission. Shortly after he leaves, Kinessa and Tyra do as well.

The Crystal War against the Resistance and Magistrate begins, but Buck is still meditating day and night for during his meditations, his mind and understanding is discovered drifting through the cosmos by the Ascended One, Jenos. In Buck's mind, Jenos witnesses the great threats to the Realm from which he received his Ascension as well as eventually seeing a great evil that threatens not just to destroy the Realm where he once lived, but an event that could eventually lead to a tear in the universe and reality itself.

With that, Buck calls Jenos the Ascended and helps guide the God from the vast cosmos to the Realm once more.)

### Buck's Part in Siege of Ascension Peak

(Will address mainly Buck's part in SoAP as it is ultimately what leads him to choose to fight alongside Jenos with the Resistance. Reconciles a bit with Tyra can be mentioned here as well.)

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## Characteristics

Always happy and optimistic. Kind-hearted soul deep down.

## Physical Description

Physically, a beast of a man. Very strong and has self-healing abilities.