Raelithen

*"Technology, sleep, women... what more could one ask for?"*

**Raelithen** is a Sylvari Engineer from Piken Square (EU) in Guild Wars 2. With ashlike, dark grey skin and white leaves adorning his head, the *Baron of Machina* is rarely - if ever - seen outside his full-body armour suit, acting almost like an exoskeleton to provide both protection and additional strength.

## Outside MNR/TPW

Brought into the Sylvari Nightmare Court on the same day as Rhaeadra, Rae became something of a mad scientist; if a well-adjusted one. As well as eliminating his physical weakness with guns, gadgets and power armour, his talents led him - upon reaching the rank of Knight - to *make* his Squire as opposed to taking one under his wing as was customary. If Raelithen was already an enigma in the Court, then his SQUIRE - an artificial female Sylvari - was even more so.

## Career

The promotion's first episode - the *Saved State Premiere* - served as a showcase of the initial, fifty-strong roster, in which every wrestler (and their tag teams) participated in at least one match. Being one of The Prime Four, Raelithen's debut match kicked off the Premiere's mammoth card. Despite putting in a decent showing, his first effort was a losing one; Kalthoren Stonewall's *Stonedriver* managing to put Varyss down for the three-count despite his attempts to stop it.

Drawn into Group One of the Men's Title rush during the Premiere, Rae was the second of the eight to be eliminated. After finding himself on the outside of the ring, he found himself victim to Varyss' *Final Meteor* which, after driving him face-first onto the ramp, was enough to keep him down for his second pinfall of the night.

Much like the pyromancer, it took until Episode 003 for Raelithen to find his footing and begin the return to his winning ways. Pitched against two fellow *Monday Night Raid* stalwarts in the form of Pah and Daemus, he stole credit for Daemus' work, pinning Pah mere seconds after he had taken a *Hail To The Hat!!*

Episode 004 brought with it the birth of a new belt - the Casual Title - and, much like his time in Monday Night Raid, Raelithen set out to hunt down the vacant belt. Despite his best efforts in one of the longest matches in MNRTPW thus far, Raelithen's technology was unable to stand up against Norn brute strength for very long and, by the time he tried to break up Bjorn's pin on Veyl, he was far too disoriented to remain upright.

His faltering match record was at least partially rectified in Episode 005, where he won out over Arrenduin, managing to withstand his fellow Sylvari's beating for long enough to escape from the corner and hit him with a *Rae-Gun*. In their bloodied state, it was nevertheless enough.

Episode 006, however, was when things took something of a downturn. Believing he had somehow made the main event of the evening, Rae was eager to notch another win on his record, completely oblivious to the fact that he was simply the first victim of one of the promotion's "creators" and their sick brand of rebellious fun. Having made themselves vastly more powerful than the rest of the roster, Estelar was quick to dispatch one of *Monday Night Raid'*s former champions, making Raelithen tap out to an armbar in less than a minute.

Wanting to quickly put this behind him as soon as possible, Raelithen declared himself fit for in-ring competition as soon as he heard that the *Casual Title* was set to be defended, hoping to finally seize the newly-created accolade for himself. Despite targeting Sorrowmire with both *Rae-Gun*s and *Datacheck*s in the hope of pinning someone that *wasn't* the champion, Bjorn was able to halt his chicanery by stunning him with a military press slam for long enough to retain his title.