Anubis

Real Name: John Smith
Started Fighting: 2006
Realm Ebonhold
Unit: Reapers
Rank:
Fighting Sytle: Tarragon

Character History

In the shadowed depths of the Underdark, there dwelled a Drow Priestess of cunning and ambition named Ssamanthezz’nil. With eyes as cold as the abyss and a heart steeped in malice, she wove enchantments of subtlety and deceit upon the warrior Anubis. In her thrall, he became an unwitting pawn in her grand design, a blade wielded to cut down all who opposed her rise to the exalted rank of Ul’yathtallar.

Naïve and noble-hearted, Anubis was blind to her machinations. Bound to the priestess by dark enchantments, he became her instrument of death, slaying all who threatened her ascent. Yet as the year waned and the fires of her ambition cooled, Ssamanthezz’nil cast Anubis aside, discarding him as one might a broken sword. Banished and alone, Anubis wandered the mortal realms, tormented by the memories of his deeds, seeking solace in the din of battle to drown the echoes of his past.

Fighting History

The Beginning

In those dark days, his brother, a master of the forge, took pity upon the fallen warrior. He forged a mighty glaive of unyielding steel, a weapon destined to cleave through flesh and bone, and brought Anubis to the Realm of Ebonhold, a land rife with strife and conflict. There, amidst the clash of steel and the roar of war, Anubis found a new purpose as a sword for hire.

Yet as time passed, Anubis came to realize that the glaive, though mighty, lacked the swiftness and versatility he sought. It was then that he crossed paths with Kage Uwasa, a seasoned warrior skilled in the art of Tarragon – a deadly dance of sword and shield. Under Kage’s tutelage, Anubis mastered the art of the blade and shield, finding a perfect balance between offense and defense.

In the heat of one fateful afternoon, a warband known as the Reapers swept across the fields of Ebonhold, their black and purple banners banners rippling like the wings of ravens. The Reapers struck with terrifying precision, their tactics a symphony of blood and death. Anubis, awestruck by their might, resolved to learn their ways. He beseeched Kage to speak on his behalf, and in time, he was accepted into their ranks as a lowly initiate.

Through the long, harsh winter of the Year of the Shadow Moon, Anubis trained alongside the Reapers, forging bonds in blood and battle. In the year of the Wolf, he marched to the Thaw Brawl, his first great battle under the Reaper banner, and fought fiercely beside his newfound brothers. In the months that followed, he continued to learn, to bleed, and to rise.

Seasons turned and years passed. In the wake of Chaos XI, a bitter schism fractured the Reapers, tearing apart brother from brother. Half the warband broke away, and Anubis, torn by loyalty and pride, remained amidst the chaos. When the dust settled, he was elevated to the rank of full Reaper – a grim honor, tainted by the bitter aftertaste of loss.

Under new leadership, the Reapers sought to rebuild, expanding their influence across Ebonhold and into the distant realms of Rath and Shannara. Yet even as they grew, the Reapers suffered another blow: Kage, the leader and Anubis’s mentor, departed to pursue the path of knighthood. Before he left, Kage charged Anubis to lead in his stead, a mantle heavy with expectation and sorrow.

Yet the burden of leadership bore a cruel weight. Dissent brewed among the Reapers, and by the Spring of the Year of the Raven, tempers flared, and another schism split the warband asunder. This time, Anubis stood among those who departed, a warrior once more cast adrift. With his soul fractured and his spirit weary, he left Ebonhold to wander the desolate plains as an exile.

The Return to Ebonhold

For four long years, Anubis roamed the wilds, haunted by the ghosts of his past and the echo of Kage’s betrayal. When at last he returned to Ebonhold, it was no longer the realm he once knew. A cunning trickster, Rumplestilzkin, now held sway over the land, ruling with a monstrous host. Yet despite the transformation, Anubis found peace in the new order, content to fight as a lone blade in the fields of Ebonhold.

In time, the warrior Shy approached Anubis with a proposition: to form a new brotherhood, a band of warriors united by blood and blade. Though hesitant and scarred by past betrayals, Anubis agreed, lending his strength to the fledgling group known as the Dominion. But his heart remained untethered, a stormy sea beneath a calm surface.

Then came TNK, a warlord of the Horde‎, who saw in Anubis the fire of a feral beast untamed. Twice, TNK offered him a place within the Horde‎, and twice Anubis hesitated. Yet in the end, he accepted, swearing a blood oath to TNK and becoming a feral of the Horde‎. For years he fought at their side, his prowess as a swordsman growing as his name spread across the battlefields.

But the plague of the Year of the Cursed Moon brought more than death – it brought division. The Horde‎ fractured from within, and Anubis found himself once more a lone wolf in a land of shadows. By the end of that cursed year, he walked away from the Horde‎, his spirit broken, his purpose lost.

It was then that Theon Stoneheart and Morholt, old comrades from the Reapers, sought to rekindle the dying flames of their once-great brotherhood. Through the long, cold winter, they spoke to Anubis, urging him to return and reclaim his place beneath the Reaper banner. And so, in the spring of the Year of the Phoenix, Anubis donned the black and purple once more, working as the right hand to the leader of Reapers.

As the season passed, Anubis was crowned King of Ebonhold, a reluctant monarch bearing a heavy crown. Under his reign, he forged alliances, rebuilt the armory, and secured a Healing Covenant to safeguard the realm. Yet the burden of leadership weighed upon him, and in the darkened days of winter, he laid down his crown, a shadow of the warrior he once was.

Now, in the Year of the Shattered Blade, Anubis stands at a crossroads. With Morholt at his side, he seeks to restore the Reapers to their former glory, a brotherhood reforged in blood and fire, and a warrior king searching for redemption in the ashes of the past.

Events Attended

Battle of Anigawa 2018, 2019
Thaw Brawl 2007,2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025
Western Wars 2018
Chaos Wars 11, 19, 22
Ebonhold Crown Wars 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Ebonhold's One Day Tournament 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Ebonhold's Mid-Winter Court 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Highlands of Chaos Opener, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019
Battle for the Ring, 2018, 2019

Fighting Lineage

Sir Brion Anthony Uriel Tarragon, Kingdom of the East, KSCA.
Sir Thorfin Kodoson du Tarragon, Kingdom of Artemisia, KSCA.
Sir Basil der Drache, Kingdom of Artemisia, KSCA.
Jeuls DeCain, Paranor & Ebonhold, Reaper Elite.
Sir Kage Uwasa, Paranor & Ebonhold, Reaper Elite

This makes me a sixth generation Tarragon fighter, and I am damn proud of it. However, I do want to express special thanks to Sir Cedric for helping when I first got started in the sport.