Ragemage
Wept for Zion
Wasteland 2 lets you create your own party at the beginning, including a custom one with their own backstory, religion, smoking habits, skills, etc. I'm sure I'm not the only one who made a custom team to start the game off with. So I wanted to make a thread where people could share their starter team + their starter team's biographies (if applicable). Feel free to share as much info about them as you like! I'll go ahead and start with mine:
The Squad
1. Ronald: A travelling missionary with the Ascetic quirk. The team's Medic.
Religion: Christian
Smokes: No
2. Balaam: Fellow missionary and charismatic speaker with the Opportunist quirk. Would've made a great televangelist before the world went to Hell.
Religion: Christian
Smokes: Yes
3. Cloud: The only woman of the group with the Animal Whisperer quirk. Especially fond of goat pets. Ash's sister.
Religion: Indigenous
Smokes: Yes
4. Ash: The extremely tall and muscular pack mule of the group with the Heavy Handed quirk. Doesn't talk much. Cloud's older brother.
Religion: Indigenous
Smokes: Yes
Backstory
Ronald and Balaam were both travelling missionaries in their younger years, being part of a Christian convent built into the basement of an old, destroyed cathedral. Ronald was especially into the Bible, the catechism, the Saints, and so forth. He shunned all trinkets and gave up his belongings to poor people in the wastes, of whom there are many. He also took up the medical field as he wanted to help out the sick and the lame as Christ did. He is very skilled with both medical packs and surgical equipment, and his preferred weapon is a pistol.
Balaam was less in it for the religion and more in it for the women and the protection. The convent had many untouched beauties just waiting for someone like him to come along. Though he was raised there, it didn't stop him from getting in trouble throughout his youth. Many a time was he caught stealing a virgin's kiss, or her virginity itself. Yet the convent kept him around, if only because he was so good at conversion. Kiss Ass, Smart Ass, Hard Ass, it didn't matter, Balaam knew them all and knew how to use them to his advantage. Not very proficient with weapons, but extremely proficient with his tongue. Eventually the convent got sick of him attempting to woo every woman in the convent, so when Ronald stated he wanted to go on a mission to help those throughout the wastes, Balaam was forced to go along. He uses a shotgun because, to quote him, "Other guns require aim and tactics. If you fire a shotgun in the direction of somethin', you're bound to at least graze 'em. That's good enough for me."
Cloud and Ash both grew up in a Native tribe, far and away from the lawlessness of the wastes. They spent their days hunting irradiated animals with rifles and clubs. Ash never learned how to use a gun, but he was massive not only in adulthood but in youth as well, standing at least 6'8 by the time he was 20. In comparison, Ronald would stand at only 5'0 beside him. Ash has always been very proficient in melee combat. Give him any sort of board or bent iron and he'll happily use it with gusto. Cloud, meanwhile, prefers keeping her distance, watching the animals from afar through the scope of her rifle. Sometimes she can't bring herself to kill a creature, and uses her animal whispering abilities to soothe the animal into submission. She wishes humans were as easily calmed.
When Cloud and Ash were, respectively, 20 and 23, Balaam and Ronald came across their tribe. Ronald and Balaam spent years there, learning the tribe's language and customs, all the while attempting to convert them to Christianity. They never succeeded in the last part of their endeavor, as the tribe preferred keeping to the worship of their old gods. Cloud and Ash were intrigued by the missionary lifestyle however, as they had never gone far from home. The furthest they'd been away from their tribe was only a single day's travel to hunt a particularly skittish group of animals. Thus when Balaam and Ronald left the tribe in defeat, Cloud and Ash insisted on coming along with them. Thus the 4 set off into the wastes together.
Why They Joined the Rangers
Ronald was heartbroken at his failure to convert Cloud and Ash's tribe, but happy to have new travelling companions. Balaam was disappointed Ash's older brother was so huge and powerful, as it meant he would most likely never be able to hit on Cloud without getting his skull cracked. Eventually the 4 came across the Ranger's Citadel. Ronald, realizing that his medical skills could finally be put to use in a positive way, convinced the others that joining the rangers would be a wonderful opportunity to change lives, and, in order to convince Balaam, to meet women. For Cloud and Ash this would mean travelling to places man had not stepped foot in for over a century. The prospect excited them, as they had enjoyed traversing the land with the missionaries thus far. So the 4 of them joined the Rangers, and the rest is, as they say, history.
The Squad
1. Ronald: A travelling missionary with the Ascetic quirk. The team's Medic.
Religion: Christian
Smokes: No
2. Balaam: Fellow missionary and charismatic speaker with the Opportunist quirk. Would've made a great televangelist before the world went to Hell.
Religion: Christian
Smokes: Yes
3. Cloud: The only woman of the group with the Animal Whisperer quirk. Especially fond of goat pets. Ash's sister.
Religion: Indigenous
Smokes: Yes
4. Ash: The extremely tall and muscular pack mule of the group with the Heavy Handed quirk. Doesn't talk much. Cloud's older brother.
Religion: Indigenous
Smokes: Yes
Backstory
Ronald and Balaam were both travelling missionaries in their younger years, being part of a Christian convent built into the basement of an old, destroyed cathedral. Ronald was especially into the Bible, the catechism, the Saints, and so forth. He shunned all trinkets and gave up his belongings to poor people in the wastes, of whom there are many. He also took up the medical field as he wanted to help out the sick and the lame as Christ did. He is very skilled with both medical packs and surgical equipment, and his preferred weapon is a pistol.
Balaam was less in it for the religion and more in it for the women and the protection. The convent had many untouched beauties just waiting for someone like him to come along. Though he was raised there, it didn't stop him from getting in trouble throughout his youth. Many a time was he caught stealing a virgin's kiss, or her virginity itself. Yet the convent kept him around, if only because he was so good at conversion. Kiss Ass, Smart Ass, Hard Ass, it didn't matter, Balaam knew them all and knew how to use them to his advantage. Not very proficient with weapons, but extremely proficient with his tongue. Eventually the convent got sick of him attempting to woo every woman in the convent, so when Ronald stated he wanted to go on a mission to help those throughout the wastes, Balaam was forced to go along. He uses a shotgun because, to quote him, "Other guns require aim and tactics. If you fire a shotgun in the direction of somethin', you're bound to at least graze 'em. That's good enough for me."
Cloud and Ash both grew up in a Native tribe, far and away from the lawlessness of the wastes. They spent their days hunting irradiated animals with rifles and clubs. Ash never learned how to use a gun, but he was massive not only in adulthood but in youth as well, standing at least 6'8 by the time he was 20. In comparison, Ronald would stand at only 5'0 beside him. Ash has always been very proficient in melee combat. Give him any sort of board or bent iron and he'll happily use it with gusto. Cloud, meanwhile, prefers keeping her distance, watching the animals from afar through the scope of her rifle. Sometimes she can't bring herself to kill a creature, and uses her animal whispering abilities to soothe the animal into submission. She wishes humans were as easily calmed.
When Cloud and Ash were, respectively, 20 and 23, Balaam and Ronald came across their tribe. Ronald and Balaam spent years there, learning the tribe's language and customs, all the while attempting to convert them to Christianity. They never succeeded in the last part of their endeavor, as the tribe preferred keeping to the worship of their old gods. Cloud and Ash were intrigued by the missionary lifestyle however, as they had never gone far from home. The furthest they'd been away from their tribe was only a single day's travel to hunt a particularly skittish group of animals. Thus when Balaam and Ronald left the tribe in defeat, Cloud and Ash insisted on coming along with them. Thus the 4 set off into the wastes together.
Why They Joined the Rangers
Ronald was heartbroken at his failure to convert Cloud and Ash's tribe, but happy to have new travelling companions. Balaam was disappointed Ash's older brother was so huge and powerful, as it meant he would most likely never be able to hit on Cloud without getting his skull cracked. Eventually the 4 came across the Ranger's Citadel. Ronald, realizing that his medical skills could finally be put to use in a positive way, convinced the others that joining the rangers would be a wonderful opportunity to change lives, and, in order to convince Balaam, to meet women. For Cloud and Ash this would mean travelling to places man had not stepped foot in for over a century. The prospect excited them, as they had enjoyed traversing the land with the missionaries thus far. So the 4 of them joined the Rangers, and the rest is, as they say, history.
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