Can you tell me about denholm? He seems really interesting and I really love his design!
OH WOW AHHH I'd love to, thank you so very much for taking an interest in him!!! 👀💖I'm incredibly honored and happy you like his design!
He's one of my main GW2 characters! Denholm Pike on the surface is a pirate based in Lion's Arch who captains an unnamed ship. Instead of smuggling and purloining goods, he uses his vessel as a front for escorting people of interest for the Order of Whispers, and information gathering. This includes anyone that would want to stay away from the public eye and need to vanish overseas, or require shepherding into safer hands. He's in the interest of social intrigue, so rather than have payment in gold for his services, he prefers secrets and stories... So he can take anyone anywhere within reason at the cost of sharing some life experience! LMAO
While he was raised by his adoptive norn mom, his mom that he is related to is orrian! Her familial house, and by extension Denholm's, predates the Exodus when they lived in Arah... It's a very long lineage! The house itself was known for their magic vaults and artifacts that they would enchant (or curse?). They were Abbadon patrons first and Lyssa's second, so their "enchanted" items dealt a lot with water-based imagery, the hidden depths, illusions, or any means of less trustworthy power exchange.
Denholm bound himself to one of these heirlooms- it's a ring that's turned him into a sort of pseudo-lich, with the ring being his phylactery. His body keeps the ancient magic in exchange for the great power and protection it provides, at a heavy and listy cost of course LOL while it makes his magic look like necromancy, his ring is just imitating it. It’s why his own magic (including his shroud) has a watery appearance, and his eyes are basically glowing green highbeams,
Becoming cursed was willing! It has a lot to do with his ongoing story, personal identity, and conquering fear by becoming what he fears (not so great in practice) but I could talk about this big oaf forever haha! Thank you a ton for asking!!! ⭐














