Clinkz/Lore

The very embodiment of the phrase "No good deed goes unpunished", Clinkz the Bone Fletcher is the damned protector of the Hoven lands, sentenced to an eternity of torment by a reward of infinite vitality that became the catalyst of his infinite suffering.

Biography
Hailing from a vast forest kingdom called The Hoven, where pools of tar accumulate from the Bleeding Hills, Clinkz is a sworn protector of the Hoven lands and its king-mage Sutherex, protecting the forest kingdom with his recognized skills in archery. In the three-hundredth year of the immortal king-mage, the demon Maraxiform rose from Sixth Hell to lay claim to the forest. In response, Sutherex decreed an unbreakable spell: to any who slew the demon would be granted Life Without End.

Unaware of the spell, Clinkz waded through the Hoven's tar pools to meet Maraxiform in battle. He successfully drove the demon back to its rift that lead to Sixth Hell where both combatants were locked in a mortal conflict. The wounded demon let out a blast of Hellfire just as Clinkz shot the final arrow that he will ever release as a mortal being. Both arrow and Hellfire found their target, killing Maraxiform and igniting the black pools across the land which burned Clinkz alive at the same time.

The archer should have been incinerated were it not for him unwittingly fulfilling the spell's condition. The immortality spell was cast at the very moment when Clinkz was immolated and it preserved him before the Hellfire could consume his entire body. He survives now as a skeletal being of rage and agony, forced to feel the ever-burning Hellfire lapping his bones and his soul, neither Hellfire nor senescence being able to end his suffering.

But Clinkz is not one to squander his boon-curse. In defiance of the pain that he feels, he continues to dedicate himself to the defense of the Hoven lands, patrolling all reaches of his beloved forest with one painful step after another and gifting Maraxiform's soul-fire to all who dare to make threats and carry them out against the Hoven.

Personality and Mannerisms

 * Clinkz is reputed throughout the Hoven for his violent and volatile temper.
 * Even in undeath, Clinkz's honor and loyalty to the Hoven persists. He dedicates his kills to the mage king Sutherex, and invokes the Hoven and its king while in battle. He still protects the Hoven, its people, and its ruler in spite of the pain that he feels just by existing.

The Hoven
Despite his reputation for being quick to anger, he is still revered among the people of the Hoven. He unknowingly reciprocates their respect by keeping the Hoven lands safe from harm.

Family
Clinkz carries a bow made of the bony remains of his grandfather, likely as a way to honor him. Using the bow as a medium, he often gives Clinkz unwanted advice.

Allies
trusts Clinkz to keep her secret cookie recipe and tells him to never reveal it until she's gone.

Life Without End
The source of Clinkz's immortality and suffering, this spell was first decreed by the king-mage Sutherex as a reward (and an incentive) for anyone who could kill Maraxiform. The spell is cast and activated by a strange geas, but without the restricting magic. Upon fulfilling the spell's conditions, the immortality spell will be bestowed upon the entity who fulfilled it. The spell is said to be unbreakable, but what this means in practice is unknown.

Life Without End grants eternal life beyond mere longevity to its recipient. In addition to that, it seems that being under this spell allows the user to be resurrected by Sutherex should they be killed. The circumstances surrounding the spell's activation during Clinkz's demise has placed his own existence between the brink of life and death. The spell is said to come from Sutherex's bond of life and death, which allowed Clinkz to exploit this spell's properties and gain new ways of using his immortality beyond its intended use.

His immortality keeps him from being claimed by Maraxiform. It's possible that if he dies permanently, Maraxiform will finally claim him and drag him back to Sixth Hell.

Equipment
Fitting for his Bone Fletcher moniker, Clinkz's weapon of choice is an unorthodox shaped bow crafted from sharp bone. No ordinary bow, it lacks a physical bowstring and instead uses a stream of Hellfire emanating from the tip of its limbs that only appears when he draws it back and loads it with an arrow. His bony arrows have a long shaft that slightly dwarfs his short stature.

Aside from his default bow, Clinkz owns a variety of bows made from the remains of beings before him. He has a bow brought back from Hell itself, a recurve bow attached with the vertebrae of the fallen damned, a bow made from the preserved bones of his grandfather that is imbued with spirit fire, and a bow made of bone and steel that's inscribed with runes of a lost language that can corrupt anyone who manages to read them, provided that they can understand it in the first place. Most of his bows have sharp pointy ends that he can use as a makeshift melee weapon should he run out of ammunition.

None of these bows are as wicked as Maraxiform's head, which he has fashioned into a bow. As punishment for condemning Clinkz to the indignities of eternal torment, he has made the demon's expired visage into a bow so that both of them will witness Clinkz's suffering together, unable to look away as he carries it with him forever.

Clinkz wears a set of enchanted armor that was forged by blind smeevils a long time ago. The armor represents a vague demonic being known as the Vandal. It includes the Demon Guise, an iron mask to hide one's identity, the claw of the Vandal, and an enchanted pair of shoulder armor. It also comes with a quiver that's said to have an endless supply of arrows.

Clinkz may keep his arrows in a furnace brimming with Maraxiform's fire, which he carries on his back like a quiver.

Powers
Clinkz's powers are a combination of his archery skills, his newfound power over demon fire, and exploitations of his immortality spell: Life Without End.

The Bone Fletcher's speed with the bow allows him to unleash a of arrows to turn his enemies into oversized pincushions, or if he has lit his arrows beforehand, into cremated remains.

By lighting his arrows with Maraxiform's soul-fire, Clinkz can fire from his bow, bringing the same torrid fate that he survived to his enemies. The way he transfers his Hellfire to his arrows in the quick of battle is ambiguous, something Windranger is curious about.

complements Clinkz's ambush tactics as an archer. Upon activation, Clinkz turns invisible as a burst of fire and a puff of smoke cover his disappearance.

is a good example of Clinkz exploiting his undead state as a source of power. Clinkz's restorative immortality and consuming Hellfire has balanced him on the brink of life and death, turning him into an undead who is not so alive or dead. He has learned how to temporarily bridge the gap between them both to perform necromancy and reanimate a group of fiery skeletal archers to his side.

is the king-mage's Life Without End spell used in a more offensive way. Having assimilated the spell that preserved him into his being, Clinkz taps into Sutherex's bond of life and death to re-enact his pact on lesser beings, restoring his health at the cost of stealing the life of an unlucky sacrifice.

Friendships and rivalries
Allies meeting Clinkz
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_35.mp3  You ever been to Quoidge? You'd fit right in.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_36.mp3  I heard about you Clinkz. Your story really taught me why I should never try to be a hero.
 * vo_dawnbreaker_valora_ally_035.mp3  Consider yourself lucky, Clinkz. Even the brightest of stars eventually burn away.
 * vo_drowranger_drow_ally_04.mp3  Burn them down, Clinkz.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_ally_06.mp3  Your pain is power, Clinkz.
 * vo_grimstroke_grimstroke_ally_28.mp3  Your tortured existence is a compelling argument against doing the right thing, Clinkz.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_ally_35.mp3  There's gotta be an easier way to light your arrows than the whole self-immolation thing...
 * vo_lina_lina_ally_01.mp3 Clinkz! A skeleton after my own heart.
 * vo_mirana_mir_ally_04.mp3  Clinkz! We meet in a show of fury!
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_35.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_35.mp3   You mind if I call you Bones? Because whenever I hear Clinkz I start looking for a clockwork creature and I get really confused.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_36.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_36.mp3   You're a hero Clinkz. Not enough people give you credit for that.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_35.mp3  This is a good look for you, Clinkz.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_36.mp3  You see: that is why I rarely do the bidding of kings. Give me a rabble of commonfolk anyday.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_ally_36.mp3  Listen. I'll share my recipe with you, but don't tell anyone till after I'm gone.
 * vo_terrorblade_terr_ally_19.mp3 vo_terrorblade_terr_shards_ally_19.mp3   Clinkz, our horns shall run them through.
 * vo_terrorblade_terr_morph_ally_19.mp3  Clinkz, our horns shall run them through.
 * vo_void_spirit_voidspir_ally_14.mp3  You're new to eternity, Clinkz. It gets better.
 * vo_windrunner_wind_ally_01.mp3  Ready for some target practice, Clinkz?
 * vo_winter_wyvern_winwyv_ally_03.mp3  Keep your flames under control in my presence.

Enemies killing Clinkz
 * vo_alchemist_alch_rival_10.mp3 Clinkz, your bones were brittle. Shoulda eaten more spinach.
 * vo_bristleback_bristle_rival_01.mp3 Bashed your bones in.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_35.mp3  Sorry hero.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_36.mp3  Just accept your fate and die already!
 * vo_drowranger_drow_rival_07.mp3 I heard your bones rattle with fear.
 * vo_drowranger_drow_rival_08.mp3 Clinkz, were you named after chattering teeth?
 * vo_drowranger_drow_rival_09.mp3 You met your match today, Clinkz.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_20.mp3 Ignorant of true flame.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_21.mp3 Your fire lacks discipline.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_22.mp3 I snub you out.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_23.mp3 You smolder and die.
 * vo_grimstroke_grimstroke_rival_24.mp3  I take no pleasure in destroying Maraxiform's greatest work of art.
 * vo_grimstroke_grimstroke_rival_25.mp3  I would have preferred to let your suffering continue.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_rival_35.mp3  You're lucky we never ran into each other when you were alive. You never would have survived to be cursed!
 * vo_leshrac_lesh_lasthit_08.mp3 Two legged abomination.
 * vo_lycan_lycan_rival_19.mp3 Stop complaining. You're already a skeleton for God's sake.
 * vo_mirana_mir_rival_09.mp3 A mounted bow will always claim victory.
 * vo_mars_mars_rival_30_02.mp3  Problem solved! You should have come to me sooner.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_35.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_35.mp3   I'll put you in the ground where you belong!
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_36.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_36.mp3   I'll give you the final rest you've been begging for, Archer.
 * vo_naga_siren_naga_rival_01.mp3 The lampreys will pick your bones.
 * vo_nyx_assassin_nyx_rival_17.mp3 Your life without end comes to an end.
 * vo_nyx_assassin_nyx_rival_18.mp3 Your fire is out.
 * vo_nyx_assassin_nyx_rival_19.mp3 Your demon takes you.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_35.mp3  Believe me. This was mercy.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_36.mp3  To be honest, I thought he was dead already…
 * vo_pudge_pud_rival_02.mp3 Spare ribs? Not what I had in mind.
 * vo_pudge_pud_rival_03.mp3 Hm hm hm hm hm. You need some meat on them bones, Clinkz.
 * vo_queenofpain_pain_rival_14.mp3 Bones and no flesh? Where's the pleasure in that?
 * vo_queenofpain_pain_rival_15.mp3 I like them with a little more meat on their bones.
 * vo_shadow_demon_shadow_demon_rival_09.mp3 The demon that made Clinkz botched the job if you ask me.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_36.mp3  You're a real hard case, but maybe this is just what you need.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_37.mp3  Surprised my bullets even found purchase.
 * vo_sniper_snip_kill_arrow_03.mp3 Heh, crummiest gun I've ever seen.
 * vo_spirit_breaker_spir_rival_01.mp3 I'll trample your bones to dust, skeleton.
 * vo_tidehunter_tide_rival_14.mp3 Why fire your arrows at me when Kunkka's sails need burning?
 * vo_undying_undying_rival_13.mp3 vo_undying_undying_big_rival_13.mp3  Snuff life and flame.
 * vo_visage_visa_rival_17.mp3 Your death comes at last, Clinkz.
 * vo_void_spirit_voidspir_rival_21.mp3  Your curse is nothing to the void.
 * vo_windrunner_wind_rival_01.mp3 I guess we know who's the better archer now.
 * vo_windrunner_wind_rival_02.mp3 Sorry, Clinkz, I can offer archery lessons if you'd like.
 * vo_zuus_zuus_rival_11.mp3 vo_zuus_zuus_arc_rival_11.mp3  Clinkz, you cannot hide from the eye in the sky.

Others
 * vo_oracle_orac_prophecies_019.mp3  Guard yourself against burning shafts, and make no pact with death.
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_duelhero_30.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_duelhero_30.mp3  No more hiding!
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_duelhero_24.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_duelhero_24.mp3  Blades against bows!