History Characters / WildStarTheExiles

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Liara remarks on this in her [[http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/632/feature/5904/Meet-the-Aurin.html interview]] with MMORPG.com, but wouldn't recommend saying this to his face.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No one knows his real name, or even if he's actually a Sargeant.

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* Foil: To Kezrek Warbringer, but in a different sense. Durek is shown to have less restraint in his desire for vengeance against the Dominion without concern for other issues (like proper munitions storage, or the whole Falkrin debacle) while Kezrek is shown to be more competent and cool-headed in his conduct. This is somewhat ironic, since Draken are typically stereotyped to be violence-driven barbarians, while Granok are more relaxed and informal.

* RuggedScar: His right eye, cheek and his entire nose were all gouged out at some point. This doesn't stop him from cultivating a deserved reputation as one of the most feared Exiles in the Fringe.

The Granok lived a simple life on Gnox, butting heads, getting drunk, and hooking up, in no particular order. And despite their tendency to exercise their muscles more than their brains, they actually developed rather effective--if primitive--war machines and were great military tacticians. Hoping to harness this power for the Dominion, a team of Mechari envoys were sent to Gnox to negotiate their assimilation into the Dominion. The Granok responded to their offer by smashing the envoys into scrap.

Thus began the War on Gnox, a lengthy, bloody engagement between the Dominion and their advanced technology, and the Granok with their primitive war machines and sheer, unyielding will. The war stretched on for months due to Granok stubbornness and sheer force of will, but eventually the Dominion began to gain the upper hand. The Granok, following an ancient philosophy known as the Way of Stone, began to lay down their weapons, believing it [[HonorBeforeReason dishonorable and against the Way]] to continue fighting when the war was so obviously lost.

One young Granok warlord disagreed, and banded together a small group of like-minded people, performing daring raids into Dominion camps to steal their technology and reverse-engineer it against those who would genocide them. (This, too, was against the Way of Stone.) The warlord amassed hundreds if not thousands of followers, eventually driving the Dominion off Gnox in their first major defeat ever recorded.

But the warlord was summoned before the High Council, and him and all his followers were cast out from Gnox, never to return. Durek (yes, that Durek) was branded the Stonebreaker henceforth. Him and his followers made some left-behind Dominion ships spaceworthy and took to the stars as mercenaries for hire, eventually siding with the Exile Humans some hundred-or-so years later. They work now as a paid army for the Exiles as a whole, though some fringe groups prefer not to associate with the majority.

* Foil: To Kezrek Warbringer, but in a different sense. Durek is shown to have less restraint in his desire for vengeance against the Dominion without concern for other issues (like proper munitions storage, or the whole Falkrin debacle) while Kezrek is shown to be more competent and cool-headed in his conduct.

* HotScientist: And ''how.'' Tight shirt, short shorts, luxurious blonde hair, and a fantastic, fit figure maintained by constant activity in the field.

* SouthernBelle / SouthernFriedGenius : Speaks like, and cordial as, a Southern Belle; one of the Exiles most prominent geniuses and capable of tinkering and activating anything, no prior knowledge or understanding of how it even works.

* DaddysGirl: Noticeably, she's the only canon Mordesh who ''doesn't'' have a beef with Lazarin, and actually cheers him on, and remains confident in his alchemical skills.

The Exiles voluntary militia, handling security detail and cracking Dominion skulls.

* {{Determinator}}: The devs claim he is too crotchety to die. He never gave up on the "mythical" planet Nexus until he found it. He has survived loss of two limbs, and is ''still'' exploring at a ripe old age when death might just take him in his sleep. Safe to say this man is motivated.
* HeroicVow: Of sorts. It was actually [[spoiler:Drusera]] who led him to Nexus and saved his life as his spaceship was slowly deteriorating within the Fringe; In return, he promised her that he would do everything to stop [[spoiler:the Strain]].

* Foil: to Kezrek Warbreak but in different sense. Durek was shown to have less restraint in his vengeance against Dominion without concerns for other issues while Kezrek was shown to be more competent and cool-headed in his conduct.

** In addition, according to Whitevale's report, he also didn't bother to maintain other aspect of military like logistics and safe storage for munitions.

->''"I ain't the one to ask for help! Unless I ain't got a choice in the matter."''

Human. "The Last Brightland," and the human's representative in Exile government.

* TheLastOfHisKind: Thanks to the Brightland family's perennial case of ChronicHeroSyndrome and a tragic accident that took his parents, Deadeye is also known as the "Last Brightland" until he and his wife Sadie have a child. [[spoiler:With said wife and child's ashes now scattered all over the Northern Wilds, the title has been reinstated.]]

* StreetUrchin: Became one on Exile fleet after [[DeathByChildBirth his mother's death]] at his birth and [[{{ExplosiveDecompression}} his father's death]] at five years old.
--> "My mother called me Aron once. [[BlackHumor Once.]]"

* FrontlineGeneral: When things get especially hairy, he takes joy in personally dropping down to sort them out. He doesn't lead his own {=FCON=} company just for show, after all.

* RaisedByDudes: As a result of both of her mercenary parents being KIA. She was soon adopted by their company, Durek's Destroyers.

Granok. An infamous lawman, he has been called to Gallow in Algoroc to deal with the ever-growing criminal problem brought on by the Loftite Rush.

* GeneralRipper: His (understandable) hatred for the Dominion drives him into some very bad decisions, like shelling a native temple where a few Dominion troopers had gone to ground and in the process kicking off a costly conflict with the native Falkrin.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: There is little honest work out in the Fringe.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Well, so far they've managed to start a (planetary) war with Falkrin, [[spoiler: started a squig apocalypse in Whitevale]], and many times they accidentally reactivated Eldan sites with [[UnwillingRoboticization Augmentators]] and numerous weapons.

300 years ago, Admiral Serrick Brightland, tired of the Dominion's oppression of its own people, staged a rebellion. With numerous allies and the strength of the common people, they managed to break away from the Dominion, though they are now wanted criminals and forever on the run.

* SpacePeople: Being on the run from Dominion for 3 centuries on GenerationShips caused them to become adapted to life in space.

Hailing from Arboria, a lush, verdant planet in the midst of the desolation and seediness of The Fringe, the Aurin are a peaceful race of hunters, safeguarding the ecological balance of their planet, with the help of an empathic link to plant life. The Exiles accidentally stumbled upon the planet during a search for resources, and the two quickly became friends.

* BizarreSexualDimorphism: {{Downplayed}}, but still very apparent.
** Interestingly, Aurin males are the shorter of the species. This also reflects in their society, as females are the ones in power.

* OurElvesAreBetter: They fit the nature-loving "Wood Elf" subtype. Despite this they were capable of advancing there technology and rival the Chua and Mordesh in Science.
* {{Polyamory}}: Aurin often have multiple lovers. Matriarchs don't marry, but may have multiple consorts ([[BiTheWay male and female]]).
* PsychicLink: All Aurin have an empathic link with nature, being able to communicate with trees and "The Weave," the life energy that connects all living things.

The Granok lived a simple life on Gnox, butting heads, getting drunk, and hooking up, in no particular order. And despite their tendency to exercise their muscles more than their brains, they actually developed rather effective--if primitive--war machines and were great military tacticians.

Hoping to harness this power for the Dominion, a Mechari ambassador was sent to Gnox to negotiate their assimilation.

The Granok responded by reducing said ambassador to scrap.

Thus began the War on Gnox, a lengthy, bloody engagement between the Dominion and their advanced technology, and the Granok with their primitive war machines and sheer, unyielding will. Heavy losses were sustained by both sides, but eventually, Laser Beat Rock... until a young warlord by the name of Durek decided to even the odds by stealing some of those fancy laser rifles.

The Elder Granok were willing to die at the hands of the Dominion, according to their sacred philosophy, the Way of Stone. By driving the Dominion off the planet, saving their species, and breaking said Way of Stone, Durek was christened the Stonebreaker and his fellow saviours exiled.

Nowadays, the Granok work as mercenaries for hire, mostly driving the Dominion off planets with the means to pay them.

* {{Street Urchin}}: Became one on Exile fleet after [[DeathByChildBirth his mother's death]] at his birth and [[{{ExplosiveDecompression}} his father's death]] at five years old.

* BizarreAlienBiology: One occasionally sees Granok with huge chunks carved out of their faces and heads. The reason why this doesn't cause brain trauma? Their brains are in their ''necks''.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: The male Granok look as you would expect: blocky, huge, with cracks in their skin from weathering. The female Granok, on the other hand, resemble muscular Greek statues with thunder-thighs.
* BrooklynRage: Many of them sport Brooklyn accent.

One of the galaxy's most skilled alchemists, the Mordesh were renowned for their beauty, culture, and ability to bend the very laws of nature with their concoctions. It all came to a head when Victor Lazarin, arguably the most brilliant of the bunch, created the Everlife Elixir, a potion that granted instant rejuvenation and immortality.

Within months, however, the formula would prove unstable, turning into what is now known as the Contagion. Their bodies and minds started rotting while an insatiable hunger for flesh set in, turning them into violent cannibals christened "Ravenous."

* DyingRace: Not only the Contagion ravaged their numbers, but it also sterilized them. In conclusion, the remaining non-Ravenous Mordesh may also be the last of their species.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Was the one who instigated the first true Exile rebellions in the wake of the Dominions new, restrictive policies to keep things under control. As he was one of the most highly decorated admirals in the entire fleet, Brightland thew a ''lot'' away.
* HumanPopsicle: Presently in cryostasis.

* {{Bounty Hunter}}: Worked as one after working as a vermin hunter since five years old.

* HeartbrokenBadass: During and immediately after the events of the Northern Wilds, has shades of this. While he'll still shoot most anyone who gets in his way or the Exiles, he's just not the same. [[spoiler:The holo memorial of his pregnant wife is very telling.]]
* TheLastOfHisKind: Thanks to the Brightland's perennial case of ChronicHeroSyndrome and a tragic accident that took his parents, Deadeye is also known as the "Last Brightland" until he and his wife Sadie have a child. [[spoiler:With said wife and child's ashes now scattered all over the Northern Wilds, the title has been reinstated.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Goes a little revenge crazy after his wife is killed during the Northern Wilds arc.]]

* PsychicLink: Through the Living Crown.
* PsychicPowers: According to a Scientist scan, is an Esper, though based off the Dominion tutorial, uses a staff as a focus instead of a psyblade.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Many units in FCON army used this trope, such as Kriton's Commandos and Durek's Destroyers.

* {{Private Military Contractors}}: A positive example as long as you are not the [[TheEmpire The Dominion]].
** However, in contrast to the trope, their main purpose was to defend the Exile communities and acted more like a standing army for the Exiles.
* MildlyMilitary: Their basic uniform is a tank top worn over a brown sleeveless shirt and a hat. They also lack strict dress code and formality, except saluting to the commanding officer, compared to Dominion Legions.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Saved his entire species from extinction! Exiled soon afterwards. By his own father.

* SiliconBasedLife: As with all Granok, he is made out of "living stone."

Notable persons and organizations of Nexus and the ''VideoGame/WildStar'' universe.