The Tux

Vital Statistics Name: The Tux Age: 24 Eyes: Blue Hair: Red Gender: Male Height: 5'5" Weight: 200 lbs Birthday: Unknown Birthplace: Mars Occupation: Monk Affiliation: UGoI-ESF-NP Rank: Corporal Screen Name: TuxedMsk Past Screen Names: TuxESF First Appearance (AOL): 1996 First Appearance (UGoI): 1999 Love Interest: None Loved by: None Residence: Vagabond Relatives: None Rivals/Opponents: None Known Activities: Protecting Walker, Rahan, and UGoI Warrants: None Battle Tactics: Teleportation, energy blasts from staff (if unberserked), hand to hand combat with staff (if unberserked) Blood Type: Unknown Weapon of Choice: Staff, Katana Vehicle of Choice: None Played By: Ken

Profile: In the early 90s, Walker Akero existed in the lands of the Anime Gaming community. He met a man whom was known only by the name of "Tux", for his similarity in dress code and rose-throwing to a very similar known hero. Tux was a man who existed by the power of kindness and good will, and Walker met him as such around the year of 1997. All until the day of his friend's death. During a long career of being alone, this had been his only real friend, until Walker came along..but they did not each other well as of yet. And they would not keep the greatest of attention to one another aside from known aquaintances until 1999.

During the loss of Shai, Walker spent time afterwords hanging out with people outside of the islands. One of these people were Tux himself. When they really sat down and got reaquainted with one another again, Walker had found Tux quite the changed man. Gone were Tux's generous heart and well-dressed mannerisms, and now he was one devoted to the study of the Bushido, and the way of the martial artists everywhere. They found themselves mutually bitter with life, and from that point, extremely similar in their beliefs in life in of itself. This turned from from known aquaintances to best of friends, and this carried over to him joining the UGoI as well, with Rahan, Mike, and Vent all ended up enjoying his presense.

In this, he also met his eventual love, although it turned out to be one of tragedy. Walker Akero learning of Tux's particular interests with ladies introduced Tux to the sorceress Emma, another newer member to the UGoI. The two ended up hitting it off extremely well, but like Walker and Vent's relationships, they too began to crumble. In front of everyone, it was learned that Emma started cheating with another person when they were caught in the act, and this spun Tux to be even more bitter than he was beforehand. Though Emma was removed from the UGoI, she kept in contact with some, and Tux himself stuck to mainly his peers.

However, Tux's bitter attitude tested the other, more life-loving members like Shai, who were against Walker and Walker's half of the UGoI going to war against the Orochi. Tux was a firm believer in the UGoI's cause to help the ESF, and he made it all that much more difficult for the UGoI on Walker's side and the UGoI on Shai's to co-exist. Eventually, these two sides grew an animosity, particularly due to the failed relationships that went hand-in-hand with them, and Shai held meeting that UGoI should be disbanned by vote. However, some of Walker's supporters weren't allowed here--such as Tux or Kiro--and thus the vote passed, with half the UGoI leaving, allowing it to crumble entirely.

ESF, too, lost it's leader and half it's members and began to crumble, but all hope was not lost. Bean Kenzaki approached Walker Akero on mending both guilds by uniting them into one solid guild, and with the support of Tux, Rahan, and Mike, it was made so. The UGoI rose once more, and continued into the land of Rhy'Din. Tux continued with them, appearing every once in a while between his pilgrimages out into the world to learn the ways of the martial arts. This ended with Tux slowly converting to more of a monk than a samurai in his outlook, and from a monk of the east he became more like a monk of the west, with Christianity philosophizing his bill. These days, he seems changed and genuinely happy.

Personality: Tux's most noteworthy trait is his extreme arrogance. He is obsessed with being the best and most powerful fighter. He spars with Mike in an never-ending quest to become better than Mike and thus help himself on the path to being the most powerful warrior in the universe. This sense of pride and vanity has been his downfall several times. Often, Tux will mouth off about how he is going to destroy an enemy, only to get pounded himself. This also means that Tux cannot allow himself to lose, especially in front of others. He will not retreat or surrender, even in the face of overwhelming odds. Naturally, this often means that Tux will end up embroiled in something he cannot handle.

Tux, despite all of his faults, really does care for his family (UGoI and ESF). Shai's killing of the original UGoI enabled Tux to call upon some powerful speeches to motivate, and everyone found the evil Tux from the crude and uncouth wasn't so callous about everyone under his notice (and thus, unimmediate friends) as he was pretending to be. Tux was so calm, he was almost Zen. Tux also had an extremely droll sense of humor, there were only two things that could make Tux lose his cool: The fear that he would lose control of himself and hurt someone, and the fear that he would lose Emma. When these fears converged not once but twice, Tux knew he had to leave the UGoI Islands for good.

Tux is dedicated to his people and king, through and through. He puts his duty to UGoI above all else. Even though Walker is a dark knight, and by reputation evil and untrustworthy, he is ready to believe him to protect Anime Gaming. He is also a man of his honor, and will fight fair and respect an opponent whenever possible.

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