— DoD2 | DEATH WALKED THE EARTH
For years Urick has wandered Midgard, running from his past, the mistakes contained within, and death that he so rightfully deserved as a result of them. Twas a life that Urick had grown accustomed to, and one he had intended on continuing, until he encountered a dear friend from the past, Nowe. Against the Knights of the Seal, Nowe was a raging war, a war that Urick soon agreed to help him with.
To say that Urick didn’t care about the plights of the people that were suffering within the Districts would be a lie, as he did feel bad for them, and was gladdened at the prospect of securing their freedom, but Urick was mainly undertaking this quest for two reasons; to help and protect a dear friend, and to die in a manner he saw most fitting.
No longer would he run from death. Instead, Urick would now fight to feel it’s cold embrace.
Atonement for his cowardice, would it finally come to be? …..
— DoD3 | AT THE GATES OF SLEEP
Dead, Urick was supposed to be dead. The fight with Caim and the fatal blow that psychopath had delivered, his final moments with Nowe, Urick experienced all of it. Yet here he was, alive, and as he soon discovered, in the past.
What a cruel fate this was, to still draw breath, to still walk among the living. The atonement he had fought so hard for, it had been dangled so closely in front of Urick, and at the last moment, it seems that it was ripped away from his grasp.
A blow had been dealt to his soul, but it would not stop Urick. He was lost for a while, wandering aimlessly across this land that was both foreign and familiar to him, regret and pain eating at his conscious day in and day out, but one day, Urick found purpose. That purpose would come in the form of five sisters , whom he soon swore his services to.
Will assisting these women, these 'Intoner's' as they are called, one day give him the chance to atone for his most grievous mistake? it's unclear, but should the day ever come when he see's that atonement is possible, Urick will be there to greet it, though, he is now starting to have doubts about it..
— NIER | INSIDE THIS MACHINE
WIP but follows Urick's DoD3 Verse, where he has once again (after the events of the Final Song) been cast adrift on the currents of time, being spit back out in the timeline around when Nier takes place, and where he then stays all the way until the events of Nier Automata (after having awoken from a sort of stasis), where he might finally get his 'canon' end. He frequents the Amusement Park area and can often be found interacting with the various friendly machines there.
— A DARKENED PLUME TO STAY | CROSSOVER
(general crossover verse, mostly mirroring Urick's base Drakengard 2 Verse with the added caveat that his, Nowe's, and Manah's quest has allowed other timelines/worlds to leak into their own).
— FANDOMLESS MODERN!FANTASY AU | WOOD AND NAILS
Urick is a former high-ranking member of an organization known as S.E.A.L (a secretive group who safeguards a number of ancient seals that hold the fabric of the Human world together, even in this modern age) who left after getting it's leader killed, but not before he saved his own hide and forged a Pact with The Reaper, the very personification of Death itself.
Given the controversy surrounding his abandoning of S.E.A.L's leader, Urick inevitably made an unceremonious departure from S.E.A.L, and while his former comrades pursued him for a time, they eventually gave up, leaving him to his own devices, where, over the years, he tried to put as much distance between him, his former responsibilities, and his gravest mistake, his greatest sin.
However, what didn't give up its pursuit of Urick throughout his subsequent years of wandering, was his past, or more specifically the guilt that spewed forth from it, because while he could travel to the farthest ends of the earth or to realms unlike his own, he could never quite get away from his conscious; he couldn't forget his sin, no matter how hard he wanted to, no matter how hard he tried.
After so many years of wandering, so many years of trying to evade or drown out his past, Urick came to the conclusion that the only way to achieve true peace is through atonement, and then a final, true death. In pursuit of that idea, Urick created an alter-ego by the name of 'Deathmask' and through that secret identity he has since been acting as a heroic or vigilante-esque figure (depending on who you ask). To say that Urick has any real plan of what 'atonement' is and how to get it, or beyond that, how to truly die, would be a lie, however.
How Urick will reach 'atonement' and find a way to truly die is a great mystery, but perhaps it is one he will unravel in time...
(this can work for general fandomless settings that still involve fantasy or supernatural phenomena of any kind, and can maybe be a placeholder for specific modern fandom AU'S that I haven't charted out yet).
— FANDOMLESS FANTASY AU | FALL AWAY
Urick was at one time a Knight Lieutenant in the 'Knights of the Seal', a theocratic empire and order who rules in a land known as 'Midgard', and is dedicated to guarding the supposed seals that keep the fabric of the world in check. After a horrific incident surrounding Urick's former leader, General Oror, Urick left the service of the Knights of the Seal, and set about wandering the land, trying to put as much distance between him, his former responsibilities, and his gravest mistake, his gravest sin.
Urick would find that he was unable to truly escape anything, however. The trauma and guilt from Urick's greatest mistake, and Death, as he was so aptly joined with now (having formed a 'pact' with an entity known as The Reaper, the very personification of Death itself), would not relent, and continues to follow him day after day, no matter how happy he seems on the outside.
After so many years of wandering, so many years of trying to evade or drown out his past, Urick came to the conclusion that the only way to achieve true peace is through atonement, and then a final, true death. With that idea in mind, Urick created an alter-ego by the name of 'the Masked Man' and through that secret identity he has since been acting as a heroic or vigilante-esque figure (depending on who you ask). To say that Urick has any real plan of what 'atonement' is and how to get it, or beyond that, how to truly die, would be a lie, however.
As Urick wanders through Midgard and other lands searching for that atonement, he is sure to encounter all number of peoples and situations,and who knows how that may impact his quest...?
(this verse can work for general fandomless fantasy interactions, and can maybe be a placeholder for specific fandom AU'S that I haven't charted out yet)
— BAULDRS GATE 3 AU | FALL APART
At one time Urick counted himself among the Knights of the Seal, a prominent order of Paladin's dedicated to the greater deity Torm. Within the Knights of the Seal, Urick held the rank of Paladin Lieutenant, under the command of the famous Paladin General Oror, a man Urick saw as a father figure as well as his superior. However, after nearly being killed during an attack on one of their order's holdings, and after failing to assist Paladin General Oror in said holding's defense (a choice which led to Oror's death), Urick forsook his oath and left the Knights of the Seal in shame.
Urick left the Knights of the Seal with something else, however-- during the battle that nearly claimed his own life and saw the death of Oror, Urick was approached by a mysterious and ghastly entity that referred to itself as 'The Reaper', offering him a 'Pact' that saved his life, at the cost of his own mortality and the binding of his and The Reaper's souls together.
Ever since leaving the Knights of the Seal, Urick has wandered the lands of Faerun, running from his past and the mistakes contained therein, but recently, he has found himself desiring an end to his troubled existence, though not before he atones for his perceived 'sins'.
Now situated in the Sword Coast, Urick, acting as 'the Masked Man' seeks out purpose, purpose that will lead him to that 'atonement' and the end he so desperately desires…
— FGO AU | UNCAGE THE NIGHT
Brought forth from a failed timeline of humanity's history, Urick is summoned into Chaldea under the Foreigner Class. According to the Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System "FATE", Urick is officially recognized as The Reaper (his timeline's spirit/personification of the Grim Reaper, or Death), though his personality is dominant and only ever subdued when his noble phantasm, The Reaper's Pact, is activated (at which point the actual Reaper takes control, for a time) .
Urick aligns himself with the interests of Chaldea immediately after his summoning, and tries his best to assist his master, the staff, and his fellow heroic spirits in furthering Chaldea's goals, and he will continue to do so, until he decides his continued existence is no longer needed.
— ELDEN RING AU | EVERYTHING EVIL
Urick is a former Death Knight, and was once Godwyn's right hand, serving as their chief protector and one of their closest friends-- that is, until the Night of Black Knives where Urick was gravelly injured and, instead of protecting Godwyn, was overcome with fear and fled, leaving Godwyn to die.
On the verge of death, Urick was approached by the aspect of an Outer God (the same that governs Deathblight / Ghostflame) that referred to itself as 'The Reaper', and forged a pact with them, becoming their vessel in the Lands Between.
Over the many years since Godwyn's demise and the Shattering that followed, Urick roamed the Lands Between, sometimes running from his past, but always suffering for it, always reminded of it with each step he took throughout this now twisted and decaying world. Recently, Urick has found himself wanting an end to this troubled existence of his, though not before he atones for his haunting betrayal of Godwyn, and the chaos their death led to, a desire that has led him to take up the semi-heroic mantle of 'the Masked Man'.
Whether Urick will find that atonement or not, remains to be seen.
— JUJUTSU KAISEN AU | SLIPPING FARTHER
WIP but Urick is something like a Death Painting, formed from a Disaster Curse that recognizes itself as 'Death', and who still has some semblance of consciousness within Urick.
— FE3H AU | THE NIGHT'S DECOR
WIP but Urick is a traveler from the continent south of Fodlan, Dagda, who's adventures have thrust him into the fray of the events unfolding between Fodlan's various powers. Urick carries with him a dark secret, a secret that is tied to the strange powers he appears to wield, most notably, his inability to die (or so it seems).
