Fanfic of your Guild Wars 2 character/ancestral heritage

Ephraim Morgan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2012

P/W

14 Feb 2012 at 19:38 - 1

Feel free to post a fanfic or a history bio of your GW1/2 characters, as well as the thing that is going to link them. (The characters you link through Hall of Monuments.)

This is a short history of why the Morgan family name is famous, as well as where my character will be come Guild Wars 2. Enjoy and post your own heritage stories as well; all is encouraged!

Sorry if it was a little too Mary-Sueish, but it was too much fun to not make it that way; it's fun being a great hero.

Morgan Family Battle Standard/Crest

(It's the emblem from the Draconic Shield

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The Morgan family had a modest presence within Sunspear society. Therefore, when Ephraim and Kal (Kaldir) Morgan reached the age of adulthood, they had their aptitudes tested by the Sunspear, as was customary of honorable families in Istan.

Ephraim, the braver of the two brothers, trained in the ways of the Paragon, and was sent to Ascalon to help those of the land, practicing and honing his abilities as a Paragon and as a leader.

Kal, who was recognized as a spiritual savant, was sent to Cantha, where he trained under a famed hero of the Tengu war and brother to Emperor Kisu, Master Togo.

In Ascalon, Ephraim was present when the Charr assaulted the great city; he took part in the great exodus as a pupil of King Adelburn’s son, Rurik.

He assisted in evacuating the exiles of Ascalon to Lion’s Arch, and in pushing the White Mantle and their masters to the burning ring of islands in the south-west.

After achieving Ascendance and convening with the crystal Dragon, Glint, on the Flameseeker prophecy, Ephraim assisted in defeating an extremely powerful lich named Vizier Khilbron, who was attempting to control an army of dark monstrosities known as the Titans with the Scepter of Orr, an ancient Orrian artifact.

Hailed as a hero, Ephraim came back to Lion’s Arch and assisted Queen Salma as an advisor, helping the people of her united Kryta, as well as dealing with the remaining threat of the White Mantle.

Months later, he set sail to Cantha to observe Kal’s progress, curious as to his little brother’s own adventures.

Arriving at the docks of Kaineng city, he discovered the plague of affliction that had ravaged Cantha, and hefought his way to Shing Jea, where he joined up in a pincer attack on the freshly afflicted Minister Cho’s estate, cleansing the afflicted from Shing Jea.

After him, Ephraim, Togo and Togo’s pupils met up with Brother Mhenlo and the Ascalonian heroes, Kal completed the trial of the stars and became Weh No Su so that he could go into spiritual combat with Shiro, under the blessing of the Envoys.

After gaining the temporary alliance of the Kurzicks and the Luxons, Ephraim and his allies battled their way through armies of afflicted, through the streets of Cantha, until they reached an embattled Raisu Palace.

In the battle against Shiro’s forces, Togo died, and Kal was injured physically and mentally by one of the Shiro’ken. During the final battle, Shiro used this to slay Kal when Kal engaged him in personal spiritual combat in an attempt to seal his soul away.

Losing both Kal and Master Togo, an enraged Ephraim summoned the spirits of Archemorus and Saint Viktor to fight Shiro alongside him, just as the battle between Vizu and Shiro had occurred 200 years ago.

With passion and fury yet to be seen from the young, fiery paragon, a weakened Shiro was finally felled and his spirit was sealed away by the Envoys.

Cantha, for the most part, was saved, and Ephraim and his surviving allies were hailed as heroes.

During the post-war period of recovery, Ephraim was gifted two powerful artifacts by the dragon Kuunavaang, who quipped that two dragons now owe Ephraim their allegiance.

One artifact, Myrzad, was one of the famed and powerful fiery dragon swords, the likes of which only fell into the hands of kings and heroes.

The other was a sentient and ominous greatsword that simply went by the name of The Fellblade; the blade required a constant, powerful will to retain it, and so it was kept under lock and key by Ephraim in a personal chest that he took with his other personal things.

Three months later, with the blessings of two nations, and with the sad news of his brother’s death, Ephraim left Cantha for Elona.

Ephraim arrived amidst heartwarming greetings from his childhood community, and informed his family not only of his grand adventures, but of his brother’s death as well.

His family was saddened, but was also gushing with pride at the fact that their family name could produce such heroic adventurers as the two brothers; in honor of Kal’s memory, the family held a ceremony to celebrate his life.

During the celebration, the Spearmarshal Kormir arrived and informed Ephraim that the Sunspears would be honored to accept him as an honorary general within their ranks, an honor which Ephraim had dreamed of since his days in Ascalon.

Accepting his new rank within the Sunspears, Kormir invited him to join her on an expedition to Farahnur, an ancient Sunspear city that had just been unearthed in the distant lands of Istan.

There, they discovered an ancient force called the Apocrypha that had allegedly been unleashed by General Kahyet of Kourna under the order of Varesh Ossa, to reak havoc on Istan.

Kormir and Ephraim came back to Kamadan and joined in on a trial against the Sunspears for the death of Kahyet just in time to save the trial and call for war with Kourna.

Though the Kamadan Elders were hesitant, they agreed, and Ephraim joined the effort to go to war with Kourna.

Joining an Istani invasion force on Gandara, Ephraim led his forces from the left side to flank the grand city’s outer embankments, successfully leading yet another pincer attack and breaching Gandara’s inner walls.

After the Sunspears breached the walls and defeated the force commanders,
Varesh Ossa summoned an army of Abbaddon’s demons to attack the invading force, ending the Istani invasion and routing the Sunspears.

They were scattered, Kormir was captured, and Ephraim and another famed general, Dunkoro, were left in charge of those who still remained.

After rescuing a large group of Sunspear prisoners, as well as the war hero Koss, Ephraim led the Sunspears to the sea where they made a deal with Margrid the brigand to sail back to Istan.

Back in Kamadan, the Elders were furious, but they all agreed that Varesh had to be stopped; they suggested that Ephraim go to Vabbi to enlist the aid of the three lavish princes against Varesh.

Despite this unlikely plan, Ephraim agreed and, after a short reunion with his family, set sail back to the coast of Kourna so that he and the rest of the Sunspears could act as emissaries of Istan.

The Vabbian princes, however, would not hear of any treaty with the enemies of their so called protector and friend, Varesh. It took an assassination attempt to persuade the Vabbian princes to join in the struggle against Varesh, and soon the struggle began again; this time, with Vabbi’s financial support.

Meanwhile, after enlisting the aid of Vabbi, Ephraim and a group of elite soldiers infiltrated Gandara and retrieved Kormir, who had been blinded, leading her back to the Sunspears.

With Vabbi’s support, and their great Spearmarshal back in her place, the Sunspears fought back the Kournans and eventually routed them in battle, forcing Varesh back to the land of Desolation, where no man could survive unless they were either dead, or Margonites.

Knowing that Palawa Joko, the ancient bane of Elona, knew a way to get across the land of Desolation, Kormir and Ephraim decided to release him from Turai Ossa’s bindings in order to find the way, inadvertently unleashing the ancient lich back unto Elona with unknown but adverse consequences.

During Palawa Joko’s awakening, Abbaddon summoned a portal and abducted Kormir, leaving Ephraim in-charge of the small force of Sunspears.

Palawa led them to the wurm spools of the Jormundur, the great sand fairing wurms that could be tamed in order to travel across the great, sulfurous wastes.

Ephraim defeated and tamed the great Jormundur, Aijundu, and used her and her brood to cross the land of Desolation and defeat a large guard of Margonites called the Hordes of Darkness.

After defeating this powerful army, Ephraim chased down the remaining forces of Varesh to the Ruins of Morrah, defeating her once and for all; however, she was still able to open the portal to Nightfall, bringing it upon the unsuspecting world.