Danbur

Danbur was a male mermaid from the Gael clan, located in Atlantis. A character who later was given the moniker; Shark of Agartha due to his exploits in combat and general predatory nature, which he was well renown for all across Agartha. Despite Atlantis' stance upon getting involved with the warring nations of Agartha, the Shark made his own decision and instead chose to side with Valmasia for a large portion of his life; until finally he was a co-founder of The Crows along with Tasim Iaoel; the latter dying rather swiftly and Danbur took the reigns of The Crows. A group, wanted by every nation across Agartha. He had a wife, something which Hatsune Panic shamed him for regularly as his wife; Kvaja Granzer was not a Sirenia.

Humble Beginnings.
Danbur's upbringing was not anything special. Sadly, he did not belong to any of the noble clans of Atlantis; in fact, he was from one of the far smaller, more deprived clan. Which is likely why, it took him several years upon arriving on Agartha to understand that he should not be talking in the third person. Due to his age, and the knowledge of the spire shards spreading even to the depths of Atlantis he was drafted up by his people as a warrior to send to the surface, in pursuit of the shards for Atlantis; however he was treated as an undesirable. Many Sirenia who were shipped off to Agartha got huge farewells, big parades. Especially the ones from the notable clans, however for Danbur; he wasn't even allowed to give his parents a goodbye.

Arriving Upon Agartha!
Unfortunately for Danbur, he was split from the draft sent to Agartha. Being pulled under by a horrendous whirlpool which eventually left him stranded on a beach, thankfully. It was still Agartha. A Sirenia with no ability with water magic, was considered nothing less than useless to his people; so it was likely the draft did not even know that he was missing. After washing up, it became clear that Danbur was in a pickle. He was surrounded by Valmasian troops. All armed to the teeth. After pulling him in, Danbur was introduced to another Sirenia known as Sorith. A Selkie, who swiftly became a friend of Danbur along with Axton Brock. The Shark Siren was at this point, an innocent being. And before long, his only 'brother-in-arms'; Sorith left him in the care of Valmasia. Figures, that he'd be left behind by another Siren. Following this, Danbur decided that he would in fact help Valmasia on their war efforts, as they had been extremely good with him. Not to mention, he got away with a lot more here than he ever did back in Atlantis.

The Assault On The War Camp!
This can only be summarised as one, giant mistake. One that Danbur was not even aware he was making. After some time, several Jianghuese converts were taken onto the Valmasian war effort. One of which, Jun; an Umbretarn magi who hailed from Sheng. Danbur didn't bother to learn exactly where he was from; because he didn't care enough. He led a war effort with Danbur, Sabraux and a Shadow Flame swordsmen. This was, where Danbur would have lost his right eye to none other than Yue Heilong after having to fight against five opponents at once, with the aid of Jun. This would be a decision which would later, spur on quite a lot of violence from the Shark of Agartha. Danbur was the lone survivor of this assualt; likely only making it out due to the efforts of Teshim Otho. A man, who the Sirenia respected deeply, and pledged his strength to for saving his life. However, he lost his beloved weapon; Ocean Tempest. Which was now in the possession of Yue Heilong.

Terrible Temper!
Despite being thankful for Valmasia, who took him in. Danbur was very, very.. Very prone to outburst. His temper was terrible, his fuse as short as can be. The mention of him being a fish, has caused people to end up in hospital many times over the course of the years he spent on Agartha. This did not exclude friends, Ramparts, Redeemers, Vindicators, Demons. He did not discriminate, if he you said something wrong, he'd let you know. Usually by beating you to a pulp. Some notable outbursts of anger from the Sirenian Death Machine; were when he assaulted Adrian Montbell and robbed a spire shard off of him, when he argued heavily with Istvan Boldisar; with such intensity that Istvan Boldisar passed out.

The Raid On Gao Deryu
The raid on Gao Deryu, was a Valmasian effort to assault the erected fort blocking off access to the volcano; which held many valuables along with much, much more. Apart from the resurrected ex-Jianghuese leader breaking free of Dominic Harrengate's will and fighting against them, it was uneventful. Danbur, was the only one to tally a kill. In fact. Many of Valmasian warriors were taken as captive. The Shark of Agartha battled against none other than the man whom stole his eye; Yue Heilong and bested him in single combat. Ending his life by impaling him through the chest with his brother; Yang Heilong's trident. A mere copy of Danbur's own, which he had reclaimed upon ending the life of Yue. Danbur proceeded to parade around the battlefield with Yue upon his weapon-- carrying his bloodied corpse around, like it was a flag.

A Trip To Ezmaran Land!
This was the first trip, Danbur had into the depths of Ezmaran Territory. He wished to have a meeting with Faustus; about how he planned to end these ridiculous peace negotiations. However, instead he found himself ambushed by three figures. Tasim Iaoel, Karma Vindict and Gon. Thankfully, for Danbur he was faster than Tasim, somehow and escaped him. However he still had to battle Gon and Karma, which he eventually lost, however it was clear to see the Sirenia's strength as each coming together he dismissed the tamer with ease, and battle well against Karma Vindict also. Yet, he was captured. Collared tightly and sent off to prison, after murmurs of Tasim wanting to have him killed. He was collared, imprisoned and left in Gao Deryu's prison for a long time, even after the peace negotiations; where Jianghu lied to Valmasia and told them Danbur was already dead. However, that was not the case. The wounded, weaponless Sirenia escaped his cell, fleeing Gao Deryu only to come up against Miel. Their battle raged on, Danbur even coming out on top in several of the altercations however ultimately his injuries proved too much. Funnily enough, he used his wits to trick his opponent into taking him back to Valmasia, with lies of Yang Heilong being imprisoned still. Later on, Danbur was told he was going to be having a fight to the death, and if he won; his charges would be dropped. His opponent; Yang Heilong.

Danbur's Fury: Tasim Iaoel!
The Shark of Agartha and Tasim Iaoel quite clearly, did not start on good terms. It would have been hard for anyone to foresee the pair creating a faction with one another. Especially with a revelation by Istvan Boldisar to Danbur that the deathmatch he had been told about, was actually against Tasim Iaoel; a man who had recently been trying to spar against and become friends with Danbur. This brought on, masses of anger from Danbur. To the point, where he started a large scale argument outside of Illaron's house; openly saying that he would kill Tasim. Once Xuan spoke up, he later stated he'd kill him also. After the situation was defused slightly by Omephog starting to fight with Izel; Tasim disappeared. Their second coming together, resulted in a different scenario. Where Danbur chased the Sarradian out of Avalon and Necropolis. Only narrowly not catching him. It is safe to say, that if Danbur got his hands on the Sarradian at this point in time; The Crows would not have existed and one of them would have died there. Most would have put their money on Danbur.

A Friend Accused!
Danbur's best friend, and Redeemer; Izel came out of Avalon one day and asked the Shark to go into the top room and make sure nothing happened to Gareth. Explaining that, Penelope had accused the holy-magi of rape and that Adrian; a man which Danbur wanted to kill at the best of times, was pushing for Gareth to be killed. Once upstairs, he observed before finally arguments started. Danbur was not the sharpest tool in the shed, yet he made up for it in raw power. He used this to his advantage far more than he probably should have, and state that if anyone so much as tried to imprison Gareth; he'd happily fight and kill anyone within the room, if not all of them. Much more debating happened before finally, Izel and Danbur left with Gareth and an outbreak started in Avalon square. Danbur and Izel were squaring up to the Vindicator Trannen and everyone who stood with her. Swiftly, the sides suddenly began to mass up and the numbers were looking even. After some time, Tranen stepped down from the fight and defused the situation. Yet a distaste for that woman was now embedded in Danbur's mind. During this incident, Tasim Iaoel arrived and opted to help Danbur. Standing with him, despite the multitude of times the Shark had made an attempt on his life. After some discussion, they decided to try and forget it, as clearly the higher ups had messed up communicating their information. They were now on, civil terms.

Izel Gets Sent To Sheng!
It was safe to say, that Danbur's distaste for Tranen was only going to grow even more. Following her next exploit. The Sharks best friend, was ganged up on. Forced to submit. Injured and planned to be shipped away from Agartha for good. Something which drove Danbur absolutely insane. He challenged for the rank of Vindicator, just so he'd get an attempt at Tranen's life. He was not interested in the rank, anything to save his friend and kill that woman was all he wanted. Yet, she departed with a large group of warriors to Jianghuese territory. Somewhere that Danbur was considered Kill on Sight for a lot of people, still. Once noticing they had left, Danbur rallied up what he could-- Which was only Gareth. Who joined him to Jianghu, where Danbur fought his way through mobs in order to reach Ardent's Cliff. He told Ren Tseng everything and even then.. He could not save Izel. Tranen had done it.. She had taken the second most important thing in life away from Danbur. The first being Ocean's Tempest of course. This would not be overlooked. Following which, Tasim Iaoel approached Danbur and proposed an Idea. The leaders of the factions were dumb, and incapable of doing what was needed to be done. He suggested Danbur helped him do what was needed to be done, to which. The Shark Agreed, as long as he could add some names to the list; Tranen Grauhimmel and Adrian Montbell.

Mistakes Are Made!
Tasim had made a mistake, leaving Jianghu to think he was a criminal and more importantly that he actually killed Miel, who was in fact alive. Taken with the Sarradian, yet another mistake. Danbur was left in charge of cleaning up the mess. Transporting them to the very southern part of Valmasian territory; Argoth. Where he left the to dwell, for a while before bringing them disguises. It became clear that these two were probably on borrowed time, if the Sirenia didn't decide to join them in the wild and start the faction up as quickly as possible. And with that, he did it. Danbur's biggest mistake, was not leaving the pair of Miel and Tasim to their own devices. He was, too kind to do that.

With that said, he charged up to Valmasia. Taking people with him. Vasek, a man mocked for being a pedophile amongst all of Agartha for a drunken mistake. Gareth, a man who had potentially raped his wife, which if so was his mistake.

All these mistakes came together, to form something truly.. Dreadful. The Crows.

The Start Of The Crows!
Whilst Danbur was away hunting for resources, his allies took it upon themselves to go deal with an individual on the list. Adrian Montbell. Going to his manor and executing him and Chiaki in cold blood, before burning down parts of the estate as they fled the area. It was an efficient mission, they didn't die, they got someone on the list. It was clean. However, they did bring a lot of unwanted attention. The next move, lead by Tasim; was the most questionable decision ever made in the time they spent upon Agartha. After killing Chiaki, he decided to go tell the man who loved her, Karma Vindict. Who later, assaulted the group. With Miel becoming a turn coat and aiding the Gehennan's in their assault of the crows.

Just like that, A crow lost his life. Tasim Iaoel was killed, by Karma Vindict. Following which, they were moving to imprison Danbur. However, it seemed collars could no longer contain the Shark of Agartha. So they decided to let him go. Something which allowed The Crows to truly take form. In the hands of a real leader.

The Crows' Announcement!
Once he assumed full control, there was nothing off bounds for Danbur. The world already knew about their doings now, so Danbur decided to make everything known. Publicly letting his intentions be known to all of Agartha. (http://spires.pixel-realms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1220) This was where, Danbur had established and settled himself within the Black Court, dubbing it; Crows Nest. The first announcement was an Agartha-wide call, for allies to flood to him. Some of which, came. Everyone who didn't, would not be considered a friend by the Shark and thus, wouldn't be exempt from his hit-list. It is believed more people, than most people are aware of came to Danbur, pledging their loyalty; however these facts are lost in history...

Valmasia's Raid on Crows Nest!
By the lead of Tranen, an assault against the Crows Nest and more importantly Danbur was conducted. Aided by Istvan and several other notable figures. However, this raid was met ultimately in defeat for the Valmasian's; a more crippling blow mind you-- Would have been that the Shark of Agartha had bested their Vindicator in single combat. Ending her life; something which he had vowed to do since she had shipped away his best friend. Leaving her child, motherless. Something which people will remember the Shark verbalising to the woman. Moments before discarding her corpse into the body of water nearby the battlefield. Fish Food.

The Sad Tale Of Danbur!
It seemed, the one thing which would eventually lead Danbur to his end was in fact other people around him. Their actions, let down by his allies. More so, his wife; Kvaja Granzer. The Ookami, started an argument with Vasek, who violently lashed out at her-- Removing her hand. A bad decision, considering Danbur was very much, present during this. And followed up with a beat down, on the Neries. Savagely battering the man, removing his own hand before sentencing the Neries to the worst fate possible. To live, without the protection of the Shark. Before long, Vasek was captured by Valmasia and his life ended.

The tale of bad decisions, continued. Dr Stein, Gareth and another, unnamed crow lead themselves to their own death in Ezmaran lands. As for Kvaja and Danbur's adopted child(I may have forgotten their name, in true Danbur style.); they betrayed him. The Ookami decided, to leave her husband. Returning to Valmasia and essentially leaving the Shark of Agartha alone, against everyone. After this had settled in for Danbur, despite feeling very much capable, he understood. It was time, for one last bout.

The Shark's End!
Contrary to popular belief, Danbur was not killed by Dylerun. Or rather, he was not bested by the human. He actually was ambushed by several people; Rilla, Drew Idd and Khz iel; a Kaor Yokai. It is said, their battle could be seen by everyone within Lengsel. Even people within Avalon reportedly saw the occult gales, ravening in the distance. Yet, it seemed three was Danbur's unlucky number. And he was defeated; had it been just two, it was likely to assume the result would have been.. Very different. If it was but one opponent, there would be little reason to doubt the Shark. He never lost in single combat, after all.

Yet, he was dragged away to Avalon's square. A public execution was to be his ultimate end, by the man who he had wronged Dylerun. Tranen's husband. However, it was hard to discern who had actually won here. The final words of Danbur, seemingly breaking Dylerun beyond repair.

"You expect me to beg and cower?..Like your wife did?" ~ Danbur, 1443.