Van

Information

Player: Gnomad

Name: Van Steamshot

In-Game Name: Van

Associations: The Alliance; Gnomeregan Exiles

Class: Warrior

Race: Gnome

Age: 84

Height: 3'6"

Weight: 42lbs.

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Personality

Van is a fairly sophisticated lower-class man. He treats others with respect, until they disrespect him that is. After a few drinks, like any man, he becomes a despicable prick. Fortunately he doesn't drink often.

History

Van was born into a family that had a long history of weapons dealing. Through six generations his family had sold weapons of all sorts, and now his father was a gunsmith/merchant. Before Van could walk he was able to clean a rifle. After a few years he started to sneak off with a variety of rifles and pistols. The boy spent most of his time firing at scrap metal and bolts he found lying in the alleyways of Gnomeregan.

By the time Van was a young man he had the skill to shoot through a washer without the bullet touching the sides. Van's father was rapidly increasing his wealth and soon he was able to buy a nice family home on the outskirts of Kharanos. While at this house Van began crafting a rifle that could precisely hit a target over a long distance. He had swiped a blueprint of one back in Gnomeregan and was making some slight modifications. Yep, Van's life seemed to be one he could live forever, but things started to stir up in other parts of the world.

The third war was a great one, and though Van didn't fight in it, he was damn busy. With all of the Dwarven soldiers being sent off, Van's father had been hired to fill and order of as many firearms as possible. Long hours of smelting; hammering; carving; and the worst blisters imaginable; were all that Van saw in his near future. The Gnome bore the pain in his hands and the constant ringing of metal that seemed deafening. By the end of it all he and his father were very relieved, and not to mention the great wealth increase all of those guns gave them.

A few years after the war Van's father passed away and his mother followed soon after. Van sold his fathers old workshop and house. With a massive inheritance and a fair amount more from the two buildings, Van set out for Stormwind. Hoping that he could make a new living for himself as a hire able gunman.