The Story of Walker Roggers

= Walker Roggers Redington The Ist =

Childhood
Walker Roggers was born two decades after the founding and settling of Helm (A city in the Razuni Sultanate), during the golden age of the Razuni Sultanate, under the reign of Bashar Razud. He was born to a blacksmith father, and a mother who was a poet and author. He was given a basic education, then was taught to both create and handle a sword by the age of 15. His mother taught him how to keep detailed written records and instructions, she also taught him how to hone his creative writing skills in the form of poetry and short stories.

Teens-20s
After the death of Bashar, Malar Razud rose to the throne. Malar created the Razuni Royal Guard, which Walker promptly joined. He spent many long months training to protect the citizens of the Razuni Sultanate, all whilst being indoctinated by his drill sergeant (which was not authorized by the royal family) to believe that the Sultan was a god and that no sacrifice was too great in the line of duty. Finally the day came when the final test to prove that he was indeed worth to be called a guardsman. To succeed in this test, Walker had to run from Al-Razun, to Helm (a distance of 27 miles or about 31.2 kilometers) in 8 hours with a full pack and in armor in 100 degree (farenheight) heat. 19 miles into the test, Walker collapsed due to heat and exhaustion. when he awoke he had lost his ability to stand. So he began to crawl across the sand dunes of the White Badlands for 20 hours in between blackouts. It was at the end of these 20 hours that walker reached the front gate of Helm, where his mother and father found him nearly death.

When the doctor removed Walker's armor, he found his skin charred from the heat of the metal, with both liquid and blood oozing from the wounds. Walker spent the next two months healing from his wounds, after which the Sultan came to see him. Malar handed Walker a letter, Walker opened it and it read "Walker, I wish to apologize for what you had to suffer though during your test..." Walker stated that he was just doing his duty by completing the test. Malar handed him another letter, this one read "I also wish to congratulate you for passing the final test, I also wish to give you this Medal of Razuni Honor". Walker did not know what to say in reply to this, Malar then pined the medal to his shirt and told Walker to take all the time he needed to heal. Walker now has extensive burn wounds across his already scarred bosy. Walker went on to live up to the medal he received until Indo Ibn Almalik Zakar was crowned Sultan.

Walker began to question this new Sultan's decisions and slowly began to realize that the sultanate was weakening and it had been so for some time. Walker attempted to cause change within the nation but nothing seemed to work. Walker after having failed in these attempts came to realize two things. One was that a monarch will always seek to keep power, the second was that it was foolish to fight against a monarch such as Indo (no offense Indo I know you are a great guy, this is just lore).

Over the years of military service, Walker began to realize that the Sultans were not the gods he had been taught to believe they were as these Sultans were unable to fulfill their roles as divine rulers and frequently had mental breakdowns from the stresses of ruling. One day Walker requested an audience with the Sultan Malar and Walker informed the Sultan if the indoctrination that he and other first generation guard members went though during training. Malar wrote to Walker (Malar is a mute) "We are not the gods you were taught to believe, we are but simple men.". Walker then left and contemplated his life thinking everything he knew was a lie.

After these events, Walker began to plan out how would get the Sultanate out of it's slump. (This isn't known by players btw this is all hush hush) He had a fair amount of experience in the administration and ruling of a state, though it had never been over one as large as the Sultanate. His first idea was to create a criminal organization that would coup the current Sultan. This idea was quickly dismissed as it would only cause suffering within the same lands Walker sought to save. After further consideration, Walker decided that he would operate from the shadows, pulling strings to get the right people in positions of power. Walker's next concern was how he was going to be able to fund these operations, he had worked as a solider all his life so he worked as a mercenary and bounty hunter for a time until he found out first hand how profitable banditry could be. So Walker made a career change. He was allowed to bandit whilst being a Zamotz citizen (The Razuni Sultanate joined the Zamotz Union under Indo), so long as he did not harm and Zamotz citizens. Walker also changed his last name to Reddington to hide his true idenity, though his family still bears his birth name.

How Walker Has Changed
Since becoming a bandit, Walker's mindset has changed drastically. He used to believe that no ends could justify the means, no matter how beneficial the end could be. He now believes that while harming someone to benefit another, it can be a necessary evil.

Walker now believes that he is doing the right thing by working and killing to help the Razuni Citizentry.

Walker does however fear that once his task is complete that he will be unrecognizable to his friends and family and will not be welcomed back into the Sultanate.

The GTSA:
Before turning to a life of crime, Walker created the GTSA, an organization of the best and brightest of Eldham, it is comprised of mathematicians, scientists, businessmen, engineers and many other professionals who are all dedicated to the advancement of Eldham and Rathnir’s understanding of science and technology. They do anything from combating viruses (Zoxen Outbreak on Cog/NE Eldham) to the documentation of inflation rates and goods pricing. This guild has received recognition from the Razuni Sultanate royal family for it’s successful endeavors and continues to expand rapidly. The guild is ran by a board of directors, with each director being given control to task and document their division and their discoveries. Walker, being the founder is still actively engaged in the GTSA though he works from the shadows.

https://discord.gg/gqa4BP5PnD

The Roggers Bloodline:
The Roggers bloodline at this current time consists of these individuals, Walker, his wife Sarah Rustava and their adopted son, Cainele. Walker found Cainele Many years ago, before he was a married man. they were but a small child defending for themselves. Walker saw the fight and determination in their heart, so he took him in and taught his new son all he knew about survival and combat. Cainele then joined the Razuni Royal Guard and now serves as Walker’s second in command (Walker, still being the captain).

Sarah Rustava:
While working as an enforced in a distant land named Reingar, Walker stayed in the home of the king. This king had a great number of servants who cooked and cleaned for him. One night while eating dinner, Walker met Sarah. She was refilling his drink when they locked eyes for a moment. Walker knew he was in love with this woman, but she was in the service of the king so he did not know how he could marry her. He talked with the king though out the night, Walker finally asked the king if he could stay awhile after his contract was finished. The king asked why, so Walker told him that he had fallen in love with Sarah. The king allowed him to stay. Over the next year and a half, Walker courted Sarah and he eventually gained her hand in marriage. Walker then went to the king to ask if he could marry her and take her back to Eldham. The king refused and told him that she and the other servants were his slaves and that would need to remain in Reingar to marry her. Walker was completely opposed to the idea of slavery and picked up a butter knife and thrust it into the king's chest. He then continued to impale the king, each time saying the name of one of the servants who he had come to know as dear friends. Walker was scared by these events and is unable to forget the horrific events of that night. Walker then fled the castle into the surrounding country side The king’s prince rose to the throne and released the slaves if his nation, though he was overthrown and killed shortly after during a uprising of the same people he freed. In the insuring chaos Walker fled from Reingar with his new wife. Walker visits Reingar regularly to visit Sarah’s family and to see how the nation is faring. The killing of the first king mentioned still haunts Walker. He has been known to talk to supposed voices in his head that he calls the prince and king respectively.

Walker's Mental Illnesses:
Between what happened in Reingar and other battles, Walker now has sever depression and PTSD. As a result, he has dreams where he is forced to re live what happened din these events, he also sees the faces of those he has killed both in the real world and in his metal one.

Amelia’s Miracle:
Walker Roggers is in possession of a netherite pickaxe that was forged by the machine goddess Amelia during the war of gods. It was given to the lone surviving netherite golem as a gift. That golem was corrupted by Ni’us and eventually was destroyed by Amelia. Before the golem fully fell to madness, it left the pickaxe to Walker as a way of atoning for his sins against those around him. Walker would make good money with this pickaxe, though it was capable of so much more other than just mining atone. This is showcased when Walker and many others found themselves in a maze made by the gods themselves (this did happen in Eldham, Moyye made the maze). The winner was to receive an artifact, the gods however did not expect one of the mere mortals to possess a tool of such power of the pickaxe in Walker’s possession. Walker was able to break through the barriers of the maze and escape into the area below the maze. It was after this that the gods, frustrated by these events reset the maze and ensured the artifact was unable to break the barriers the next time. Walker never won in that maze.

Walker’s Military Career:
Walker had been a soldier and fighter for all his life, whether that be for his nation, or for the highest bidder

The Couping of Medina:
Walker’s first military deployment was during the Couping of Medina. A medinan by the name if Luis de Hutin came to the sultan to beg for his help in his revolution against the Medinan government. This coup was successful. Luis was later convicted and found guilty in a Razuni court of law for the theft of 200k in valuable from a Razuni royal.

The Skjold/Zamotz war
Walker’s second and latest military deployment was to a Skjold fortress, the battle was a complete massacre of all the defenders being from Skjold. With over 200 defenders casualties and 4 on the attacking side.

Walker’s Rangers:
Walker was not the only Sultanate citizen that wanted to live a life of crimes and thievery, thus he created the notorious gang named “Walker’s Rangers" was formed. The rangers are a small group of bandits who treat each other as brothers. Rumor has it that if you talk to the right person, you can get a interview with Walker, and potentially even a chance to join this world renowned gang.

The Rangers’ other goals and operations:

The Rangers also work as enforcers and elite strike teams for the GTSA’s anomalous and paranormal entities division. These are amongst the a few of the public operations the gang partakes in.

The Redding-Com System
Walker and Other members of the GTSA have developed a rudimental portable Ai interface and storage device that is able o take both audio and written files and store them for future use. This system has been used by the GTSA for data storage ever since (wiki page for this coming soon)

The Day Everything Changed
After the war and defeat of Skotos and his minions, Walker and many of Eldhamians blacked out, Walker woke up back in his bed in Al-Razun, however, he had forgotten everything he once knew, all his friends, accomplishments and ambitions were gone. In their place was 100s of Terabytes of data and logs on Walker's Redding-Com. This held information about his past life and other technologies his guild had yet to discover. He called this data "STC" or Standard Template Construct.