» Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:03 pm
I don't do the full back story usually, but after going through mass effect, and thinking of the reason my Commander Sheperd had his scars, I find it important, for player immersion, to explain, even if it's only to yourself, why your character bares the marks you choose.
As for mine, I will likely be a nord warrior, much like the mascot for Skyrim. He (Hopefully) will have two small but deep scars across the right side of his lips going down toward his chin. The explanation goes like this:
He was a child, nearly 6. His mother having died giving birth was not around to "soften" him up. His father formally a hired hunter, Hunting a specific group of bandits that were terrorizing the locals, was a tough as nails, Proud Nordsman. Striving to be like his father, he always carried a small blade. A year had passed since his father had chased the Bandit gang from the area, and things were finally beginning to look peaceful, but nothing can ever remain so. One late night, tired from the earlier hunting lesson with his father, he laid to bed. Only to awaken not long after closing his eyes to a small group of men trying to sneak past his bed, to the stairs leading to his father. He gave out a loud yell to alert his father, then with a thrust, dug his small blade into the gut of one of the trespassers, the men caught off guard turn and face the boy, leaving their apparent leader open to the fathers heavy strike from behind. The kill is short lived, when a third attacker runs a long skinny blade through the father... Fear over came the boy, he couldn't scream, he couldn't cry, he couldn't move. It was then that the same man who killed his father turned to him, pulling a strange jagged blade from his belt, he kneels to the boys face, holding his chin firmly, and raising his head, the Man began cutting deeply into the lips, all the while whispering "ssshhhh".
So yeah, there's my quick story.