Gryas

He felt the sting from the boars tusk again, this time in the upper thigh. Gryas however was ready for it and once again with a speed that even surprised himself he left another deep gash up the side of the boar. Its health was low, one more hit should do it. He could see it getting ready for another attack and knew what he had to do. "You can do this Zanne! Finish it off with one more strike! I will keep its attention!" The boars patterns were predictable, but still he knew he didn't have the agility to dodge out the way of its charges. I can do this! He thought to himself, steeling his will and his body for another hit.

ID# 84332 results:  Battle: 6  Craft: 12  Loot: 12  MOB: 6

Gryas braced himself for impact hoping his armour would hold as he readied his blade at the charging boar. With a grunt the boar crashed into him as he side stepped, pain shot through his hip but he stood firm, blade flashing in the sunlight as he lunged forward himself and leaving a deep red, pixilated gash up the boars side. His heart was beating, pulse racing, mind assessing his options. He knew they could beat this thing, but he couldn't keep taking stupid hits like that. Both Gryas and the boars momentum carried hem past each other by a few feet. Gryas turned at the ready as the boar skidded to a stop and faced him once more. Fire in his eyes Gryas bellowed out a challenge to the boar. "Zanne! Now! Lets attack together!"

ID# 84330 results:  Battle: 9

Gryas hear a scream from behind him and his heart stopped as he was frozen momentarily in place. That was Zanne! He turned with a start and was running before his body was even facing the direction he heard it coming from. Then he saw it, Zanne facing down a boar. Both of their health bars were still full so he made a short sigh of relief as he raced forward.

"Get back! Stay behind me Zanne!"  Gryas yelled out to Zanne as he charged past her, placing his body between hers and the boars making sure he got its attention. With his one handed sword held by both hands he thrust forward as the boar turned unexpectedly, tusk knocking his sword blade to the side. "We can talk about why after, right now though we need to fight and we need to live!"

ID# 84328 results:

Even though falling in the grass didn't leave Gryas dirty he still found himself brushing himself off as he stood up with the help of Zanne. He was barely up on his feet when she let go and darted away in an excited manner. Even though he found it difficult to feel joy these days Zanne always had a knack of being able to bring a smile to his face. This was one of those times. Stretching some imaginary stiffness from his fall out he began searching around again. Eager to find more thistlebloom he thought he noticed some at the crest of the next hill over. A moment later and his quest log had updated once more, reading 3 out of 5.

ID# 84325 results:   Loot: 18

Gryas continued to search as he answered Zanne's question. "Well to be honest I am not too sure how it works, I have just been looking around and then spot these shiny little orbs on the ground." Talking distracted him slightly as he searched, he thought he saw one to the side however and turned to face it. He was half way through saying "Hey look just there" when one of the armor straps from his boot got caught under his other foot, twisting as he stumbled he collapsed to the ground in a heap of clanking metal. Right on top of the sparkling object he saw. Shards of light spread out from under him and he could hear a shattering noise from beneath his hip. "Woops... "

ID# 84323 results:  Loot: 1

Gryas thought that this gathering thing seemed like a pretty simple way to find materials, it would be an easy way to fuel a trade.. although this wasn't the kind of material that he was after for that, he was being drawn towards being a smith and for that he'd need ores. Well the sooner we find enough of these the sooner we can start the next quest! Whilst lost in thought something caught his eye, he had left his search ability on while he got distracted in his own mind and just noticed something else shinny just a few paces away... "Hey Zanne look I found another one!" He said, placing another into the quest pouch that was in his inventory.  "We will be done in no time!"

ID# 84321 results:   Loot: 20

A pop up appeared on the side of the menu, a quest invite send by Zanne. Clicking accept he looked up and realized that he had to pick up his pace as she already took off at a rather excited speed. She seemed  far more nimble then he felt he was. Still getting used to the bulk of the Iron armor he was wearing he thought to himself that he would need to find something a little better made that felt more fitting. Picking up his pace me caught up to Zanne as they headed through the town towards the Northern gate. The fields outside were so prefect, Gryas was in awe at the amount of detail that went into just the grass and how it almost seemed to be alive. Something glittered on the ground so he reached down to see what it was. Success! He found exactly what they were looking for! A little pop up appeared saying: Loot: 1 Thistlebloom

"Hey look Zanne! I found one already!"

ID# 84318 results:   Loot: 19

It was early morning and the streets were already starting to fill up with the bustle of "life". Zanne had come by his room and woken him early this morning, it was nice to see her so lively and full of excitement. She reminded him of someone he once knew... although he never liked to dwell on the past he always knew that one day he would have to return to it.

Well I can mark this as day 1 in my new life here, the day that I truly begin to fight back. He picked up his pace and turned the corner, Zanne had stopped moving, she looked like a coiled up spring waiting with anticipation just outside of this old stonework building.

"Looks like this is the place" Gryas walked up to the front door, old and wooden but build sturdy. Pushing it open he stepped inside and looking around him he felt a familiarity with the place, it reminded him of his old study and research lab. An old man clad in blue with long fine white hair was currently tinkering with the nozzle on a drip that had a potion beneath it.

"Ah welcome!" The old man said as he looked up from his work. "what brings you here on this fine morn?" 

Profile
Username: Gryas
Real name: Alexander Hartdegen
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Height: 189

Total SP: 20     Spent SP: 20

Battle Card

Name	Gryas
Level	9

HP	Max: 180	Current: 180
Energy	Max: 18	Current: 18

About:

Background (Pre-Aincrad)

Alexander had always impressed those around him with his ability to think outside of the box and with his sheer brilliance that you could actually see when looking into his eyes. His love for all things strange and mechanical captivated him to the point of complete blindness to all that happened around him, turning those impressed first impressions of him into those of frustration or resignation. The only thing that could peel Alexander away from his personal studies into temporal paradox's and his lectures at the Columbia University NYC had been the love of his life Sienna Guillory. 

For the past 4 years however Alexander has been struggling with the concept of facing reality ever since his fiance Sienna was taken from him abruptly in a mugging that took a fatal turn for the worse shortly after he had proposed. In the 4 years since that fateful event Alexander had shut himself from the outside world continuing his research into the field of time travel when after countless experiments he had he had come to the conclusion that he could not change the past. He was never able to answer the question of why he could not change the past in the world as he knew it and in an attempt to seek that answer he decided to search for it in a world that was not bound by the same laws of physics, hoping that the looser constraints of these laws would create greater potential to explore that with which he was searching. 

That is when Alexander discovered the world of SAO. Within Aincrad he thought that he could find what he was missing in his research, however after the end of that first day withing the world and upon discovering that he was now trapped he was faced with a realization. His past would forever be locked from him, unchangeable, raw in his mind yet out of reach of hand. He now had to survive this world, and in order to do that he had to fight. He no longer knew what he was fighting for, he had nothing left for him in New York. All he knew was that this world, you either fought or you died. 

Personality

It takes a while for Gryas to open up to those around him, but those that eventually earn his trust find him to be as loyal and devoted to those close to him as they come. Regardless how close one was to Gryas when prompted about his prior life he would still be dismissive and refused to speak of his past. He now fully committed all of his time to defeating this world, rarely taking time off for himself. He found that when ever he did leave himself to his own thoughts it tended to bring back memories that he wish best left in the past. 

Virtues:

• Loyalty

Although his loyalty comes hard earned once you have it you will find that there is nothing more important to Gryas then those close to him. Loyal to the point of reckless he would do anything to ensure the safety of his companions.

• Strategic

All his time spent studying and researching in his past life has molded his mind into a keen and strategic weapon that he utilizes as much in combat as he does his skill with the blade.

• Creative

When everything happens around him rapidly and he needs to think on his feet, the pieces seem to just fall into place for Gryas. He has an uncanny ability to assess the situation at hand and find solutions to the problem that most would never have thought of.

Flaws:

• Over-commitment

When Gryas puts his mind to something he tends to focus on it to the point of ignoring all else, committing all his mental resources to solve the problem in front of him and not accepting anything less then victory. He does not like to admit defeat.

• Stand-Offish

Although through his actions Gryas does appear to care for those around him and the players in Aincrad in general, most find him rather reserved until they get to know him. He is not fast to open up nor easy to get along with at the start. Although he would do no wrong or harm to those about him he would often have little patience for those outside of those close to him.

• Arrogant

Gryas tends to believe that a well thought strategy the best way to approach any situation, and often believes that his well thought strategy's are usually better then everyone else's. While he does accept advise from time to time he tends to come off as a little overbearing.

 

Profession:

Skills

Non-combat:
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Passive:
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Combat:
» Block - Rank 1 [+5 MIT]

» Howl - 10 Energy, Post Action. +3 Hate up to 4 targets

Weapon skills:
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Armour skills:
» Heavy Armour - Rank 1 [+8 MIT]
 

Inventory

 

Battle Ready Weapons/Equipment:
» Resilience [Heavy Armor: Mit 3]

» Spiked Ivory Guardian [Shied: Thorns 2, Taunt 1]

» Emerald Harbinger Cape of the Bjorn [Cape: LD +3]

» Oathkeeper [1H Straight Sword: Accuracy +3]

Battle Ready Items:

» 5 x HP Potions (+40HP)

» 1 x Over Health Potion (50HP)

» 1 x Damage potion (+1 Damage)

Out of Combat Equipment:

» Emerald Harbinger Cape of the Bjorn [Cape: LD +3]

» Casual Suit of the Bjorn

Crafting Equipment:

» Mini Chimera (+1 EXP)

Currency/Materials in Backpack (does not include store stock):

» 2935 Col

» Tier 1 Materials: x 0

» Tier 2 Materials: x 0

» Tier 3 Materials: x 0

Backpack:

» Annealed Blade [1h Sword: Base 1 DMG +1]

» Anneal Blade [1h Sword: Base 1 DMG +1]

» Divine chestplate

» Unidentified Perfect Armor

» 2x Rare Consumables

 

Below: Given to  Stryder to identify 

(» T1 Unidentified Rare One-Handed Battle Axe

» T1 Unidentified Rare One-Handed Assault Spear

» T1 Unidentified Rare Two-Handed Assault Spear

» T1 Unidentified Rare Light Armor

» T1 Unidentified Uncommon Consumable

» T1 Unidentified Rare Consumable x 4)

Roleplays

» [solo/private/open] LinkedTitle - in progress

 

» [solo/private/open] LinkedTitle - Completed

Relationships 

Zanne  -   (Aincrad adopted little sister)

Gryas's first meeting with Zanne was an odd one. Shortly after the announcement in the town square on that first day had concluded Gryas was approached by a short blonde haired girl introducing herself as Zanne. She seemed to be able to see straight through his outwardly calm demeanour and even after just a short conversation he began to feel much happier then he had in the past few years. Their friendship grew from that day onwards and he began to feel a new purpose in his life, to protect this person from the harshness of the world and the feeling of loosing a loved one.

Story Thus Far