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Steam Name: =ExG= Sexy Frog
Age: 15
How long have you been Roleplaying? (can be any game): I've been roleplaying since the 7th grade, im in 9th now.
How long have you been playing Serious GMod RP?: Since my 8th grade year.
Character Section
Authorization(s):
Vortigaunt outlands refugee
Name: Tekel'Pakem
Age: 85
Gender: Female
Affiliation: None
Write a detailed in-canon back-story how your character obtained these authorizations.
The air was crisp and warm, the sun lazily beaming down over the outlands landscape. The vortigaunt known as Tekel’Pakem sat along the wall of the sewers, its muck smearing onto her back as two humans, both of which had weapons joined her. One was armed with an “MP7”, as the humans referred to it; she had blonde hair and green eyes and went by “The Rita”. While the other had nothing but a pipe, he had black hair and brown eyes and went by “The Eric” both of which were on the opposite wall from Tekel’Pakem looking about alertly for possible OTA. The female spoke up, her voice weary from a long days travel, “Now that we are finally in the safety of the sewers, Tekel, why not tell us how you ended up here? You know, in outlands…” The Eric nodded in agreement to her statement and said curiously, “Please do!” Tekel’Pakem looked at the two, her large round eyes darting about thoughtfully, as the noise of choppers rang about in the distance, “Very well, humans, I have grown to trust you both. Listen closely, for I shall only tell of my tale once and only once.” She looked down into the murky sewage water and began, “Once, long ago I came from the border world known to all as Xen-” Her tale of how she came to be of this world had begun.
“I was there, my kin and I, we had eagerly been awaiting the Renar’kek’s ceremony, as he chose to extend his training to study our checkered past. For we were one of the few peaceful villages of Xen, also mind you, this was before the time in which I spoke your tongue, therefore expect much use of Vortigese, my native language. Anyhow, yes, we were awaiting his ceremony… the Denok’Alar had gone to the Renar’kek’s hut to call him over for the ritual in his most befitting attire. We had been awaiting this moment for several decades, the Denok’Alar had returned with the Renar’kek and they strode to the ceremonial grounds eagerly, all of our kin watched on with great glee and we were all proud! The Denok’Alar had begun to recite the words of our people, I can still remember the exact words he said, even now. “Gala gol, henok gong tar amak, Dagok atag ga magoi-” he had been cut off when a great tear had scratched the sky asunder. The tear opened swiftly and revealed an image, like that of another world, many of my kin scattered in fear. I, like most, joined in the panic and began to flee, as the rift began to absorb all in its wake! It lifted the tightly rooted Xen foliage and fungus from right under our hooves, I had seen the Renar’kek holding onto foliage and onto the Denok’Alar, soon after they too had been swallowed by the abyss. I, ran but did not make it very far as I had began to be lifted off of the ground, I tried to hang onto anything I could set claw on, but to no avail! I had been sent skyward into the portal and the last memory I have of my home world was the shrieks and vision of villagers either fleeing or being lifted away with me.”
Tekel’Pakem looked up focused, her eyes became blurry; and then without warning, she realized her eyes had begun to leak. She lifted her arm and wiped at the tears and looked back to the humans whom had looks of sorrow and sympathy upon their faces. “Do not pity me; I do not need your pathetic attempts at sympathy. You wish to hear, and so I shall tell.” She looked to the water again and begun recalling her tale once more. “The first memory I had of your planet, was of me falling a great distance from an unknown height, my eyes were mildly blinded by rushing gusts of wind but I was able to make out tall, curious flora. All was green and I kept falling, I fell until I landed into one of the tall, lush wooden creatures you humans call, “trees”. I fell into a tree, hitting many limbs on my way down but I managed to land onto the lush green ground without being seriously injured. However, upon hitting the ground I had apparently fallen into unconsciousness. When I had finally awoken, there was not much about, only lush green trees and grasses. I had gotten to my hooves and began limping in a random direction and soon met up with rather….hostile fauna. It was a creature I had never laid eyes upon, much different compared to those of Xen, it was of the color yellow with odd black spots and it bellowed its attack call fiercely, though I cannot recall the name it-” Tekel’Pakem was interrupted by the Rita as she said, “I’m quite sure that’s a Jaguar…they were beautiful animals. Actually quite-” The Rita had stopped mid-sentence as she saw Tekel’Pakem glaring at her angrily and stuttered, “Uh…s-sorry…” Tekel’Pakem nodded her thanks and began again, “As I had been saying, this “Jaguar” as you say uttered it’s fierce roar and lunged itself at me, I had been wounded at the time and was knocked off my hooves as it tried to slash at me, luckily for me I had heard the call of my kin as they rushed to my aid! They charged their green channels of Vortessence and shot it at the creature. It fell aside, limp with a large scorch where the blow had landed. I lifted myself and held my side as the kin rushed to me saying, “Togel den awak, golek gullam?” I simply replied, “Togek, regok Tekel’Pakem.” Apparently, my kin had landed in these lands several hours ahead of I and had created a small encampment not far from where I had been. I managed, with the help of my kin to get to the camp, where they channeled their Vortessence to the areas of my injuries in order for them to heal. We stayed put for many days, hidden away from plain sight and surviving off of the foreign plants and animals, when the peace we had maintained for a miniscule amount of time was undone as the “Combine” began to invade! They had fired, left and right killing most of my kin as we fled through the trees a small percentage of us survived but those who did such as myself we forced into slavery as what the Combine called, “Conscripts”. At this point I still knew little to no English, the bit I did know was what the units mentioned over their communication devices. Soon we arrived to “City 45” me and my kin had met up with others of my kind within the confides of the, “Nexus”; however, we were under constant surveillance. Eventually, my kin and I managed to take a moment to speak with the others and we had learned of a Vortigaunt who had been killed for fiddling with Combine machinery. It was then that they told me his name and I fell into a depression for several months as it was my kin, the Renar’kek who had perished and that is when I decided to pick up on English, where I excelled at the tongue rather swiftly from the humans using it constantly. In the midst of my depression, I had been released from holding by a unit as they took me out to clean about the city; it was there I met both of you as you attacked the officer before he could call for help. The Rita took the unit's instrument of death and the Eric dealt the unit great damage with his pipe.”
Tekel’Pakem ended her story with a sigh.
The humans nodded understandingly as they too peered into the murky waters of the canal. The humming of chopper propellers suddenly grew much louder and swifter, as a helicopter which at first appeared as a dot in the horizon and then began to grow and grow until it was too near for comfort! The trio shot up alarmed, “Run, humans! Run!” hissed Tekel’Pakem as her hooves clopped on the ground from trotting deeper into the darkness of the sewer, The Rita and the Eric following at her heels, they managed to escape, but were certainly not free....
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects?
Perks
+ Can speak both Vortigese and English fluently
+ Can use Vortessence
Defects
- Huge target of OTA forces
- Over usage of Vortessence can cause her to faint
- On the run, and tries to avoid contact
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects?
Become more active in the outlands server than I have been in the past and try to bring as much interesting roleplay into this server as it's population has been dwindling. I hope to lead people who walk the path of IC evil to the path of good and teach them from their errors.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s))
No thanks.
Extra Notes (optional):
I have done much reading on the Vortigaunt canon since my incident with my Vort slave and now, I truly believe I'm ready. I have asked Lewis to review my backstory before submitting it to make sure it was good enough and he said it was, I even contacted Teh Penguin, though he has not responded, I will tell you what he said when he does check it out. I think I have gotten better, not only have I been looking at the history but I've also carefully been watching how the Vorts in Outlands roleplay and how they speak. I believe I captured this in my backstory as best as I possibly could. Also, incase nobody noticed, I tied Tekel'Pakem's backstory in with Renar'Kek's (my vort slave) so I thought it was a neat touch.
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