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Character Profile - Riley Wrean (Spoiler Free)

Since the character profiles on the main home page is incredibly brief, I wanted to go into extra detail about some of the main characters of the game. This may or may not be a continuing thing depending on time and other factors, but these guys needed refreshed artwork for quite a long time. So let's start with Riley Wrean.


For a main character you start as, not much about Riley's past is actually detailed by him, this is mostly because of how vague it is. One fact that stands out however, is that he was brought to the mountains when he was an infant by Zephyr, with the intentions that the nearby village of Kentaurous would fulfil the needs a human child desires. However, despite this, he still takes preference of living in a tent a pace outside town due to the fact that nature enamours and fascinates him, as well as the accompanying peace.

With the wild being fraught with danger and hard labour, Riley's interest in profession included a mild manner of education at the Flame Guild - a clan branch from the Crusader faction that allows a user to study a particular weapon type. Having a fondness for a short, light sword to push aside tall grass and bushes, Riley became a rookie Blader - a profession proficient in single or dual blade use. His skill is somewhat under-utilized however, only using it to thin the annoying population of Remander (A predatory red salamander carnivore no higher than the knee, that feasts on other wildlife and lifestock.)

Family man Erith, who lives across from the Flame Guild offers Riley pointers, but often ends up criticising him for his reckless combat ability; citing that when faced with a humanoid opponent from below, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

Riley finally makes the journey from the mountains to the lowlands when he chances an encounter with Tay Karas - a girl from another land. This sets the wheel in motion for Riley to realise what his purpose is and where and how he came to be.

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I see a lot of potential for this character. For example, Riley prefers the wild, but seem to still take a pragmatic approach towards that lifestyle by getting some needed combat training. A hero who's problem is his own idiocy can work, but usually that sort of narrative is just annoying. The part with him under-utilizing his skill also makes sense, someone with Riley's lifestyle is probably not at all concerned about maximizing productivity while other who see what Riley can do is seeing someone who contributes less than he is capable of.

Two nitpicks however. Why is someone who's proficient in single or dual blade use a Rookie Blader? It would have made sense if he was called a Rookie Blader because he is fairly new with his training, but you make it sounds like even a battle-hardened veteran who uses any of those weapons would be called a Rookie Blader.

The example with an attack from below seems arbitrary. It also doesn't seem to matter much in the wilderness since you can just retreat to another location the vast majority of times.
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