The Lives I have Lived: An Introduction

So, here I am.

Some of you may not really be familiar with what's going to be posted in this blog, what I mean by "The Lives I Have Lived".

This blog is about characters I have created in the game Dungeons and Dragons. Many of you may gasp at this notion or fear that I am somehow getting involved in something evil. Let me be clear that Dungeons and Dragons is a GAME. Like any game, it's meant for fun. Despite what you may have heard, it is not rife with sin (any more that any other game, that is), it is not "Satanic", it's not encouraging others to devote their life to pagan gods. It's just a game, meant to have fun, like any other game owned by Hasbro.

That's right, believe it or not, Dungeons and Dragons is currently brought to you by the makers of Monopoly, Life, Battleship, and many other GAMES. It should be seen as such. I hope you do not fear that those who play Battleship are truly planning on devoting their life to outdated naval war ships.

Moving on.

Dungeons and Dragons (colloquially referred to as D&D) is played by one person creating a story (the Dungeon Master or DM) and a group of other people creating characters to live within that story (Player Characters or PC's). The PC's are meant to not just create a statistic sheet to use for that world, but to create a person that represents that sheet. As a PC, one is charged with the task of creating a person, complete with personality quirks, motivations, and of course, a background story.

I've always loved writing, so whenever I create a character, I struggle with writing what most would call a "brief" background. Where most would write a paragraph or two, I find myself writing pages dedicated to my characters.

I do this because I am the type of PC that doesn't just roll the dice, I want to become the person I created, to see the world in game as my character would. In effect, I don't just make a character to be my outlet to roll dice and add numbers. I enjoy creating a life, and once a week, for a few hours, living that life.

This blog is a compilation of background stories of my characters.

These are the lives I have lived.