| My WarCraft character:
Kyuzo Grape-Wrath
Vital Statistics
RACE: Pandaren
CLASS: Brewmaster
AGE: 42 yrs
HEIGHT: 7'0"
WEIGHT: 275 lbs
History
Kyuzo's parents were tenant farmers on the fief of K'ung T'o, a great lord of Pandaria. During the conflict between Lord K'ung and a coalition of would-be usurpers, Kyuzo's family and most of his village met their unhappy end in a surprise blitz raid. But the cub Kyuzo survived—his family had hidden him in a keg of rice wine and dumped him in the river. He floated downstream and into a lowland swamp, where the mysterious hermit and sage known as P'u-Tzu rescued and raised him. Master P'u raised Kyuzo, training him in martial arts and introducing him to the wonderful world of liquid intoxicants.
Shortly after Kyuzo turned 12, P'u-tzu died peacefully and naturally of old age. Kyuzo then began touring the cities of Pandaria, supporting himself through demonstrations of acrobatics and martial arts in disreputable alehouses. Kyuzo resolved to leave Pandaria at age 17 due to a failed romance in the capital city, the details of which are hazy because Kyuzo likes them that way.
Kyuzo sailed to Durotar in Kalimdor, where he studied music and philosophy under the tutelage of various Orcish and Tauren holy men. Here he met the Shaman Rainskar Zapfang, of the Warsong Clan. Zapfang sent Kyuzo on his vision quest at age 19. Returning from the quest, Kyuzo discovered to his consternation that Zapfang had been slain fighting quillboars of the Duskpork Tribe. But rather than taking revenge as the Clan elders encouraged, Kyuzo managed to engineer a peace settlement between the Warsong and the Duskpork, the first in recorded history between greenskins and quillboars.
Kyuzo stayed in Durotar long enough to complete his knowledge of Orky fungus brewing. Since then he has traveled through Alliance territory, seeking to fight the greatest masters and sample the finest liquors of each new land he visits. He has worked as a beekeeper in Human rural settlements, a ranger for the Dwarven stronghold of Baldmek, and a children's entertainer in Jaina Proudmoore's Kalimdor capital.
Combat Skills
MARTIAL ARTS: Kyuzo is the only known master of P'u-Fu Drunken Boxing. Kyuzo's mentor P'u-tzu developed and perfected this innovative style, which resembles older Pandaren drunken fighting styles but incorporates diverse elements of other soft martial arts.
BREATH OF FIRE: Focusing and igniting his chi, Kyuzo breathes a cone of fire to scorch his foes. Kyuzo likes to combine this attack with a preliminary dousing of his trademark Brand X liquor for fiery results. However, the chi burn is physically and mentally stressful on Kyuzo, so he cannot fire off multiple Breaths in quick succession.
STORM, EARTH, AND FIRE: Kyuzo's ultimate technique. He splits into a trinity of elemental pandas with specialized tactical skills. If any of the three survive for six minutes, Kyuzo is reborn. Unfortunately Kyuzo cannot afterwards remember what goes on during these six minutes.
Weapons & Equipment
Kyuzo Grape-Wrath wears a flat conical hat, a black robe with gold trim, and a bizarre Dwarven contraption on his back which involves a barrel and a lot of pipes. A simple metal band adorns one finger. He is also known to carry an ornate bone mask, a pair of shamanic claws, a leaf-shaped dagger, and a bamboo cane.
Quote
"I come not to take the Holy Grail, but to fill it."
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