Azura Mahda (the Godhealer of Ansalon)

Name

Ahura Mazda is major god in Zoroastrianism, so after quite a few of my chars had been quiet believers of Verethragna, it seemed to be a proper joke to make my last char (as I hoped) to be an avatar of the god itself.

Character

Wicked, yet smart enough not to show it constantly. Not in terms of alignment, nor in sense that he would torture people for fun, he just saw other beings as tools to be used without any inherent value.

His appearance was seemingly polite, even when he was mocking at others (usually assuming that the partner didn't even realise of being mocked at). Quite often he lost his patience though, mostly when he was with people he didn't consider as threat, yelling and cussing at them.

He was very selfish and proud, believing to be closer to divine beings than mortals: he took his position as the most important person of the clan (Ansalon) granted, assuming he would be given anything he wanted (what mostly happened). He really believed (after had repeated it often enough) that he was the major cause for the exile of Shriners.

Being very ambitious he loved the power over others, manipulating the people the best he could. His favourite argument was alike to "This is for the best of our clan, as I see it".

Miscellaneous Events

Background/History

• Azura wasn't so much stat-hunted, rather hastily created for the post-cataclysm days. Azura and Tuuli levelled fast in the fresh new world, using trolls as tanks, aiming to snap Huma's shield fast. By the time we were ready, trolls were fixed (removed). Feeling tired to fight against, we just gave up all of their possessions and rented.

  Yet I didn't completely give up playing Azura, eager to make a perfect heal-system. So Azura idled a lot in Solace and did Xak now and then with Erghon. It took some 20-40 attempts over period of couple months before finally getting heal.

• During the levelling process it happened that some ex-clan people told they needed help with Mytarik, and being near Azura and Tuuli headed there with couple trolls. They entered the room and routinely started killing the dragon, failing to notice couple corpses of their 'friends' on floor, nor paying much attention to wholly unknown group of people in room.

  The group, who were mostly Shriners, attacked them as well, thought failing to kill. Regrouping and getting back the trolls they succeeded to find the shriners, beating them easily with the charmies. After another such fight someone apparently figured how unbalancing factor the trolls were now, with the consequences mentioned above.

• Azura managed to participate only in two major fights against Shriners, with no losses for his side in either (and thus making him far more proud than he would have been). As Shriners soon exiled (after a Power had slayed several them without reimb) Azura started to believe he was the cause, based on the logic alike to: After severe losses and being unable to play much Shriners were depressed enough to accept any excuse of escaping without losing their face.
• One example of Azura's personality is the trip to Cyan after Azura's orb had decayed. I clearly knew the group willing to come wasn't suited for such attempt, but such things meant little to him (since even in the worst case he had quite good chances to stay alive). So he took the group, getting most people killed at least once, before everyone agreed to come to help with CRs. The third attempt, now with much larger group, succeeded.

  Shadow wars

• Shriners now gone Azura was somewhat lost, he had wanted the glory of battles, zoning offered little of such. Thus he started scheming for a new war, apparent target being the Shadow Clan. He sough for chances to group with them (claiming that would be a good way to get familiar with each other, thus lessening the chances for war), and finally a trip to Qualinesti gave turned up to be something he had expected. The propaganda-page tells the story of related incidents.
• Not all of the incidents were planned (though Azura thinks so), yet both Qualinesti and Ancient were clear traps, with purpose to make the opponent to look as an agressor, and thus gain the support of the clan for all-out war.
  • Some people fail to respect Azura's right to a zone
  • Early skirmishes with Zoe
  • Finally gods deem Azura worth of heal, and he is soon forced to join the anti-shriners.
  • Ambush in Ancient, The most famous battle of Azura
  • Hunting single shriners
  • Healer isn't complete without the orb
  • Summoning in Qualinesti, while guarded with Azura's enchanted powers..
  • Another flawless fight, this time against dreaded Ochre of Mound
  • Starting a war
  • Shadows seemed too peaceful, so something had to be done
  • How to trap Shadows
  • The war begun, it soon became dull hunting
  • The wars and glorious battles gone Azura gives up his battle suit and semi retires
  • Losing a supporter, Tuuli
  • The Fall of Azura
  • Some time passed untill Azura perceived more and more evil returning, so he donned the suit again, and continued to hunt all evil people.

Analyze

One reason that helping the char to fail was that I didn't start him as anonymous, rather sought the company of the clan. Thus he was quickly connected to Alrisha/ Terebel/myself, and people assumed he would act similarly to them. Azura even kept passing elite items to people who didn't much group with the clan, yet I didn't hear but couple people wondering the logic of that.

I had achieved some contacts in RL-level as well, against my old principle of keeping RL things totally away from mudding. I doubt all of them would have understood if Azura had followed the course I had though off in the beginning.

Consequently, a few times I ended up to lenghty conversations where I tried to explain to people that I, as RL person, didn't want them any harm, that it was just logical course of action for the personality Azura had.

Stats

*Yatha ahu vairyo.3: 
*
*Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest 
*in strength; I am the most victorious in victory; I am the most 
*glorious in glory; I am the most favouring in favour; I am the 
*best giver of welfare: I am the best-healing in health-giving. 
*

- Str 11 Int 19 Wis 21 Dex 11 Con 12

You are Azura Mahda, a level 30 Cleric.
You are 31 years old.
You have 377(377) hit and 202(213) movement points.
Your behaviour has been Good.
You have scored 68076973 exp, and have 6840(20272) steel coins.
You need 15923027 more experience to advance.
You have been connected for 0 minute(s).
You have been playing for 21 day(s), 1 hour(s) and 32 minute(s).

The battle-suit (varied somewhat as the time passed, though always
had a nobash item as the heart of the suit):

<used as light>            Harn's Glorious Lantern
<worn on finger>           a marble ring
<worn on finger>           a royal signet ring
<worn around neck>         an ancient azurite medallion..it glows dimly
<worn around neck>         a garnet necklace..it hums softly
<worn on body>             a suit of adamantite plate mail
<worn on head>             an emerald crest
<worn on legs>             a pair of baggy black pants
<worn on feet>             a pair of magic shoes
<worn on hands>            some spellcasting gloves
<worn as shield>           an onyx shield..it hums softly
<worn about body>          an alb
<worn about waist>         a silver fauld
<worn around right wrist>  a golden bracelet inlaid with emeralds..it hums softly
<worn around left wrist>   a mithril crimson bracer
<held in secondary hand>   a dragon orb

Upon retiring he gave the full suit to clan mate Resol, accompanied
with the teachings of Verethragna (namely the healing system).