Oz (storyline)
Certainly our players have seen the grizzled veteran skulking in the shadows of Central Station. Oz, the level 10 NPC who has the best win record in the game, is, in fact, EpicDuel's protagonist! I feel as though it would be wise to let our players in on some of Lorenzo Ozimus' trials to give you a glimpse of just who this hardened soldier truly is when you ask him to retrain you or sell you a new set of claws.
An excerpt from the Memoirs of Lorenzo Ozimus:
- ... Those final days weren't the War. It was a route. Somehow we had managed to not only overcome The Legion and Baelius' androids, but we spread through the streets of Fortune City like lava boiling through the planet's veins. The Shadow Guards didn't stand a chance. We were a steam-roller on a rocket engine. The chain of victories sent us into a frenzy!...
- But we reached for a victory that was outside of our grasp and slipped off the ledge. We were... I was so focused on the final goal that I didn't see the knife aimed at my back.
- Caden... who are you? Who were you all that time? Were you ever on our side? Or are you just evil?
- ... I'll find out sooner or later. The same goes for Baelius' plans. What I saw that night in his tower all but sent me over the edge.
- I've lost everything, now. No, almost everything. I can still win this war and free this world; get something out of this god-awful mess.
- The question is... who's with me?
Lorenzo Ozimus was a brave and brilliant tactician who had been one of Baelius' Special Police, the same organization that was eventually converted to his Shock Troop Battalion when The Uprising had only just begun to fight for its freedom. Before the darkest days, Oz was already apprehensive about the tactics used by the Special Police when they were simply a more advanced sect of Baelius' security staff. When their role changed from protection and detaining of potential threats into something bearing a frightening resemblance to The Spanish Inquisition, Oz decided that his role in Baelius' plan had reached its end. His defection from the Shock Troop Battalion was a legendary one; a story that followed him like a crackling lighting storm shocking to life to any downtrodden Varium miners that slouched under the weight of Baelius' metal boot. It was the same legend that gave him the clout to become the leader of The Uprising once it was in full swing.
A tactical genius and a brilliant speaker, Oz rallied an army of what amounted to mining employees into a frenzied hive of hornets whose combined might and numbers were enough to finally overrun their oppressors. Unfortunately, during the final assault on Baelius' tower, Oz was betrayed by Caden, who, up to that point, had been a trusted and powerful ally. Caden's treachery lead to the death of Oz's best friend, a hulking man named Royce Armand, and also the death of the love of his life, an apprentice Tech Mage named Calissa.
After the betrayal, Oz was banished along with the rest of The Uprising and The Legion. When he returned, an Exile, his desire for vengeance was just as strong as it had been the night Caden betrayed him. Now he faces a new challenge, though, and that is reuniting the Exiles and reforming The Uprising. Delta V is a world in turmoil and The Uprising is a bitter memory to most of its inhabitants, but if any man can rally the people of this planet to fight for themselves again, it's Oz.
© EpicDuel, 2010 (Made by BigTuna)
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