Craftwars

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Backstory
CraftWars, known as Nocens Anima, was a boy born into a well-off family in a picturesque village, yet from birth he had always wanted more than he had. More food, more money, everything. His lust for more turned into a compulsive obsession, and after stealing a necklace for his mother, he was found and forced to witness his parents be burnt at the stake for allegedly being mystics, a frowned upon title in the village used to describe demon-possessed humans that could perform sorcery and witchcraft. They cited his existence as proof of their sorcery. After blacking out from unadulterated shock and horror, he awoke to see the dead, mutilated bodies of his townsfolk who he had never had any malicious intent towards. He had thought of his thievery as a game, not a way to destroy the lives of his peers, yet they had paid for crimes that he felt responsible for. He hadn't any idea of how this had happened, but instantly blamed himself.

Months went by. Nocens had been wandering the lands, avoiding any civilisation that he found. He was at war with himself. Was it him that had committed the atrocities of his village? If so, was he a deranged, schizophrenic psychopath, or perhaps something less... human? He considered ending it all, but told himself that he'd find out what happened, even though he knew that he intended to find out what he was. He then began to travel through towns, crawling through books and musty tomes of compiled information, ranging from psychology to the occult, all the while his mind ate at him, clawing at his young conscience, before, he eventually snapped when a gang harassed a friendly waiter. His eyes flashed red. The inn was stained red. He fled.

Walking through the next town, he found himself immediately surrounded by the city guard; he now had a bounty on his head, but even though the posters claimed the visage of a demon was responsible, he knew it was himself. Demonic appendages grew, from sharp metallic fangs to grand, royal horns. It was a manslaughter, as with twin stone daggers he slew all of the city guard, yet alas he was confronted with the High Prophet Yoru of the Cult of the Pure Realm, and his Spirit Messenger named Lysthar. After failing to defeat the stranger, he admitted defeat, and swore fealty to the Spirits of the Pure Realm.

Nocens had joined the Cult of the Pure Realm; he would fight to keep the balance of both the Impure and Pure Realms as well as himself, for without balance, what is there truly?