Guild: Bloodoath former Circus memeber
Position: Battle Strategist
Dale new what war looked like, he knew how to fight. Knew how to hunt and knew how to kill. He was a killer, snapper in the ninth regiment. Dale had made a profession living out of killing some of the worlds most dangerous people. He was a soldier; give him a reason to fight ( other then making money) something that he could get behind. That he could belive in and he would go after a target. In all his military life he had only missed one target.
A stain on his other wise glowing track record.
Velia had been suggested by his therapist. A way to help him get through his PTSD. Honestly, he hadn’t thought a video game would help with that. In his mind, he was far too broken. A dangerous animal that couldn’t be tamed… and a part of him still believes that. Because when he entered the game he joined circus. His blood lust had no bound and since he figured that they couldn’t kill anyone - thanks to his beta testing the game early - research in the hopes that this would be a viable option for other soldiers who suffered from PTSD. He didn’t think anything of it. He killed with abandon and relished the fact that he became one of the first to get a red cursor.
A perpetual need for violence fuled him. But once he found himself trapped in a game and seemingly in a guild that was out to kill you. Survival instincts took over. For the next two years, he killed for circus, he killed player after player with no remorse because if they didn’t then they would kill him. He happened upon Lizzy out on a floor on her own. Running from players that were hunting her down. He sat on his perch in a tree and watched as the predator players got closer and closer.
If you ask him why he did it, he would simply say “ they were an easy mark.” In truth, the sight of Lizzy running for her life had set off a barrage of images. From Afghanistan to Kuwait; images of women and children running for their lives. Dale, desperate to help them. His first kill had been to protect them, his whole point of joining the military - to help those who couldn’t help themselves. It had awoken something in him. Something he thought he lost a long time ago,
Lizzy held his hand as she led him into the guildhall of Blood Oath. Taking him to their Leader; Jupiter. Retelling the story of the hero that saved her life. Hero, he could have laughed when he heard her say the word. Could have laughed at all of them as they gave him praise and thanks for what he’d done. What he’d done was what he had been trained to do… kill. Jupiter told him if he ever wanted to join them he would be welcome there. Why? Dale wasn’t a brain but he knew the other man didn’t trust him. Could see it in his eyes, in fact Dale detested men like Jupiter. It all seemed like a big farce to him but none the less he told him that he would think about it.
Two months later, a bloody and wounded NightBlood limped into the guildhall asking to join. After being ambushed by two of his own guildmates. Not that he would have known since they wore no colors. Circus faught for themselves and while at one point NightBlood would have thought the same, his encounter with Lizzy had changed him.
He is still a killer, he will always be a killer. The only difference was he had a reason to kill.
He’d kill to protect the girl, that had saved his life.