Branok

Branok, who is known as Brandon in real life, is a 23 year old soldier who was stationed in Japan at the time of Sword Art Online's release. He is a Sargent in the US Army. When he was promoted to Sargent he was moved to Japan for reassignment. He enjoyed Japan. He spent a lot of time in Kyoto and Tokyo. Brandon grew up in the US, more specifically New Orleans as well as Denver. He spent his high school years playing sports and participating in after school activities such as Student Council. He decided after high school to enlist to have the government pay for school. However with life things change and he decided that the Army life was for him. But that all changed when he decided to participate in the VRMMORPG called Sword Art Online. He was overjoyed when he first logged in. Everything was great until that infamous moment when the games creator Akihiko Kayaba made that fateful announcement.