([Bio]) Hobb Barkhoof - (My first WoW Bio - some help needed)

[Kuniku]

Name: Hobb Barkhoof
Age: 97
Race: Tauren
Gender: Male
Class: Hobb is a Restoration Specialist Druid

Languages:
Hobb knows his native language Taur-ahe, the language of his Horde brethren Orcish and Darnassian from all the time spent with fell druidic Night Elves in Moonglade.

Faction:
Hobb is a member of the Cenarian Circle and the Mistrunner tribe of Tauren. He has also been honored by the Frostwolves following his previous help in the war effort in Alterac Valley

Personality:
Hobb is a very calm spirit, now he is in the latter years of his life, he has lived through the turbulant years of his youth, now claiming the wisdom of age. He is generally slow to anger, knowing that anger does not usually help the situation at hand, so will keep calm and work to better the situation sensibly wherever possible.

His love of nature is very apparent in his day to day life, and one of the few times he will quickly anger is when the nature he loves is threatened, especially if there is a threat to his home forest.

Likes/Dislikes:
Hobb likes Nature and anything relating to his druidic beliefs, he is proud of his heritage as both a Tauren and a Druid of the ((not sure what he would be))
He is much happier in a natural environment rather than an enclosed city.
Hobb dislikes Nature being destroyed, deforestation is abhorant to him, as is pointless killing, which is why he has such a love for healing.
It would come accross that Hobb dislikes or has very little time for the arrogance of youth in others, but he does realise that it is just that, so while it does graet with him, he will happily try to guide these people. However he does find it very rude if people then ignore his advice.
Hobb likes good maners.

Appearance:
Hobb is tall for a modern Tauren, standing at 9 and a half feet tall, this gives him a very intimidating stature. He is still quite fit, dispite his age, and while still not as strong as the rampaging warriors or quick as the fleet footed hunters of his tribe he can still hold his own, where his body fails his wisdom will make up the difference, be it in technique or with his druidic magics.

In his old age Hobb's fur has faded from the dark brown it once was, and his fur is now white and grey. As other Tauren he wears his mane and facial hair long, and in three long braids, each fixed in place with emerald studded gold bands.

Signs of previous battles are obvious to see, scars stick out across his face and body. Most noticable however is his right horn being missing, snapped off close to the base, lost in a battle in Alterac Valley in his impudent youth. His left horn curves out and then sweeps up and forward, which gives a strange look due to the lack of facial symmetry.

A dark stone ring through Hobbs nose stands out against the pale tones of is aged fur. While a thick gold band adorns the base of his remaining horn, studed with various precious gems to show his mastery of the druidic paths. He was also gifted a Gold Bracelet adorned with the emblem of the Cenarion Circle.

Hobb wears little, opting for some loose leather trousers that only come 3/4 of the way down his legs, his torso is only covered by a large tabbard made from bark draped over his shoulders bound with a simple rope cord.

If representing the Horde, Hobb will often wear his old horde cloak, gifted to him after his efforts in the Alterac Valley wars, the deep red of the cloak has faded, but the horde emblem is still as vibrant as ever, this is clasped accross his chest with a medallion of the frostwolves. However Hobb tends not to wear this unless needed, as in his wisened eyars he prefers the neutrallity of the Cenarion Circle.

Hobb carries an old gnarled wooden staff, it is about 7 feet long, and is covered in leaves, the staff is sensitive to his druidic spells, and when the power of nature flows through him the staff responds by sprouting flowers along its length.

Strengths/Weaknesses:
Hobb has grown very wise with his many years walking Kalimdor, the experience gained from years as a head strong youth participating in the Alterac Valley wars.
While highly proficient in all druidic ways, Hobb specialises in the healing facets of druidism, very few druids can rival his healing skills.
His time in war honed other aspects of his spell base, becoming very good at rooting spells, including rooting serveral enemies at once.
During his time in the wilds Hobb has become a proficient alchemist.
When push comes to shove, due to his size Hobb is stronger than most other people he meets. He has also become quite good at fighting with his staff if needed. However he will always prefer to subdue oponents with his druidic spells whenever possible.
Hobb is very trusting, he always wants to believe in the potential good in people, some people have been known to take advantage of this.
While still fit Hobbs stamina isn't what it was, so without aid he can become tired before long, especially in adverse conditions, sometimes this can be offset with a rejuvinating spell, but that can take time to stop and prepare the spell.
Due to his trusting nature, and his preference to not live within large towns and cities Hobb is not very good at bartering/arguing etc.



History:

((Need to work on history - had planned on AV war being a big part of his youth - i.e. his 20-30's (ish) but it appears that he is too old for that, as it would appear that according to this timeline: http://www.wowwiki.com/Timeline_%28f..._site,_2010%29 cata is roughly the year 28? the AV war is presumeably in year 25 (Vanilla WoW)


((Feedback appreciated, as well as some help putting together the character's history etc))

[xensorlol]

Very interesting.
I like the way you described his appearance and his personality/factions. Being a part of the Cenarion Circle, he is much like my Kirin Tor archmage, Darren Frostwhisper. The details you put in for his appearance are also very deep, and allow one to paint a very realistic picture of your character in their head.
Of course he would be so well connected with nature, and also being a tauren, he is one with the earth. You make it sound as if he is truly companions with nature, instead of just destroying his enemies with their power. XD.
All in all, a very nice Bio. Still needs a bit of work, but for a first time, very, very nice. Much detail. Great job, Kipling.

[Khorianas]

Very solid bio basically. The age is a little high, as venerable age is only achieved by significant personas like Carine Bloodhoof as an example for the tauren. Maybe shave 10 years off, not that it would make much off a difference. The History needs to be fleshed out, While the character itself is sound, the history needs some details. Maybe I can add more input tomorrow, (( it is late here ))

[Kuniku]

cheers for the input guys!

I didnt do much history yet, as i started doing some research and realised what I was going to put wouldnt tally up with his age, and I very much wanted him to be an older character.

My plan was to base him on my main in WoW, and work through some of the experiences he's been through over the years, but likewise wanted to have the "pvp" days as part of his early, youthful and arrogant days, but that largely wouldnt work as according to the time line all that happened in the last 10 years or so =/

I'm not sure about the time of previous wars/battles around the year -40-60 that he could have feasibly been a part of?

any help is apreaciated

[Synaxis]

Here is a timeline, it is very detailed: Click me!

Keep in mind that the tauren were not really players in the 'major' wars on Azeroth. Before joining the Horde, the only real conflict they experienced was with centaur clans. That's really it. You're not going to get any kind of 'PvP' action in his history unless it's in the last couple years, as tauren were nomads who coexisted pretty peacefully with their neighbors on Kalimdor.

[Kuniku]

Thanks for the link Synaxis, its a lot more detailed than the one I'd been running off, it does seem to suggest that tauren joining the horde was in year 25, and we're in year 34 now . . . I'll have to compare it with the tauren wiki to see what I can come up with . . .

[kinderfield]

I would gree with you that the tauren joined in the year 25 as shown here http://www.wowpedia.org/Warcraft_III:_Reign_of_Chaos i wish there was an official timeline though. By the way i love your character i was reading your posts in Crusaders Pinacle and they seem very ic, you r.p your character well.

[Kuniku]

all the sources i've read so far don't seem to have anything between -10000 and 25, so it seems difficult to place that pvp based experience in, without it either:

a) being in the latter years of Hobb's life
or
b) making Hobb a much younger character.

the problem being is that I like the idea of an aged wise tauren druid, while i don't RP in game (yet) my druid has always in my head been that sot of character, but being a very "purist" cenarion cirlce druid I don't really see him taking part in a war between the horde and the alliance in anything other than his younger more "arrogant" days...

So due to lack of tauren history i may have to remove the pvp aspect of his background . . .

[Temp name]

very well put together bio, and sadly it does look like you'll have to remove the pvp part of his bio or make him younger the only other thing i can possibly think of would be a time loop made by a bronze dragon, but that is a little far out. good luck with finding loopholes to make your character the way you like him

[Kuniku]

A Bronze Dragonflight loophole does seem a little extreme, as I imagine it'd be something more heard of . . .

Unless I went the full hog and ran a RP thread telling the story of why Hobb and a small party were sent forward in time to fight in AV. . . . lol

[Temp name]

as i said, it is abit far out (but i wouldn't mind throwing in a character if you feel like making that RP thread anyways)

[Kuniku]

would have to come up with a believable reason why the bronze dragon flight would want to get involved with AV . . . lol

[Kuniku]

I'm going to have a think about Hobb's back story in more detail and hopefully get some of it written up this week, i'm sure various questions will appear to help along the way :3

[kinderfield]

If the tauren history is very vague before they joined the horde maybe he fought in a civil war between his tribe and another?

[Kuniku]

i guess i could use a small tribal war between Hobb's mistrunner tribe and the grimtotems? would that be feasible? or would I be better of "creating" a new tribe for the purpose of being wiped out by mine? =p

[Temp name]

Grimtotems would be ok, they aren't exactly friends with anybody before cataclysm (and i for one still dont like them)

[Kuniku]

I'd still be talking before the new horde formed, let alone before cata

[Temp name]

yeah ofcourse.. but i still dont like grimtotem..