#he admired him for how dedicated he was to the wardens and his ability to make tough decisions

[wardencallings]

DA OC Question!!

Aside from their love interest, did your Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor have a crush on anyone? What did they admire about that person? Was it a fleeting crush, or something more?

[the-chemtech-medic]

Origins Story

"I made it, I actually made it out of Zaun." Leonidous said to himself absolutely exhausted as he slumped down to lean on a nearby wall. "Just a little more till im home and safe... safe." He mumbled to himself as he tried to stand again but fell to his knee. His new arm just hung by his shoulder like scrap as the rain from the stars fell onto him. The chemtech augment didn't have its false cover so all the tubes and hydraulics were exposed to the rain, for all to see. He strained and begged for the arm to follow his movements but it just hung limp. Leonidous looked back towards where he came from see the acidic green trail he left behind, it was enough to make him shudder. Leonidous struggled but with no avail, his foot slipped hand he crashed his head into the wall. But he felt nothing, no pain. Leo face bled from his forehead as he propped himself up against the wall and got to his feet. "Just a little further...." he muttered looking up at the higher levels of Piltover, he knew it was much further than he believed but he was delusional from loss of blood. He stumbled through the streets of lower Piltover until he stopped at a window of a nearby building looking at his reflection in the night. "You look like hell rolled over. How are you going to honor your families name looking like that..." he berated himself and shambled on until the break of dawn, when he finally spotted some of the wardens of Piltover. Hope he felt it through his entire weary body and pushed himself towards them begging for help. And then, it came crashing to the ground. They laughed and shoved him to the ground telling him to go back to the grey of Zaun, that no honorable Piltovan would let this happen to them. Ashamed and his pride broken he hit the cobblestone hard and got the chemicals flowing through his gauntlet he felt it move with him as he got to his feet. "Oh still got some fight in you boy?" They taunted and swung to knock him down again, all he could do was act on instinct alone. He struck back breaking the officers arm, he was beaten to the ground by the other but he felt no pain, Leonidous grab the mans leg and crushed his shin in his augmented hand. When Leo stood he saw the monstrosity of these prosthetics and ran a for his home, to his family, to safety... When he got home he was shunned. The people he trusted the most that cared for him all his life casted him out like a malfunctioning machine. "No son of mine would so easily let himself become like that at the hands of some gutter rat!" "You were always the burden to the family!" "Now no one will want you." "You're just a monster now." They're words sunk deep into his conscience. Leo's insides where turned about and torn, he subconsciously wandered out of his home and towards his school. He was a shell of who he was, nothing but empty feelings, from a hollow life that he was too naive to see before. The medical college wasn't open for classes that day and he blindly pressed on. The door were unlocked, his professor ran a off time study hall for those who wanted to achieve higher education. Leonidous stumbled through the door and sat right down at his desk like he had some many times before. Leo heard his professor speak up. "Ah Mr. Drangleic you're the only one in today how have y... Good God what happened to you boy?!" The professor exclaimed with great concern as he made his way over to his student. Leo could only mutter his words. "I don't know." He wept into the hardwood desk. The professor tried to comfort him, but his curiosity got the better of him. "Where you the student who was abducted?" He asked Leo with a knot in his stomach. That was all it took Leonidous face was red with anguish as cried into his arms. "Yes... I know I'm pathetic, and now I am a freak..." His professor laid a hand on Leo's back and spoke softly. "You are no freak Mr. Drangleic, in fact the man who did this to you is, but you. You are a victim of a crime, it is not you who are at fault. Now let's dress up those chemtech contraptions so the are more pleasing to everyone else." He reassured giving him a warm smile. The professor was truly a good doctor before anything but he chose to bring about great minds into the field instead of going into it himself, and Leonidous was his favorite student. Though he struggled in class he always put forth the most effort then any other student, and always attended the optional classes, he was dedicated and the professor admired that. "If you think that would help, ok." Leo responded and stood slowly still slouched to the side with the metal augment. The professor smiled. "The engineering teacher will be able to spruce them up a bit, but my question to you is. Will you still be attending class?" As Leo followed his professor he shook his head. "No, I can't, I have no place to go afterwards and I don't have the ability to pay for it...." he replied ashamed. The professor smiled and handed Leo the Hexlink device. "You know what this is already son, but Turn this on everyday for class and if you ever need help well you know what you can do." The professor was able to get a small smile out of Leonidous. "I won't let you down teach." He responded and put the Hexlink in his pocket. "Good, here we are now don't worry he owes me a favor." The professor chuckled to himself. Hours later the engineering professor had made the fake covers for his arm and leg and installed them. "Well that should do ya well enough just don't go swimming or in to extremely damp environments and ya should be fine." He stated the headed off to his workshop. Leo's professor walked up. "So where are you going to go?" "I guess anywhere, go see what all of Runeterra looks like?" Leo sighed and tried to think about what he was going to do. "To be honest teach, I need to find myself again... I other than my life here everything else feels fake now, my family life, my view of Piltover, and the view I had of myself, feels like it was built on a lie, and everything has been flipped over and turned around for me..." His Professor smiled. "Well it sounds like you need to go to Ionia, son. They're culture is built on finding their true selves, so I believe that's what you should do. I've got a old friend of mine in Shurima getting ready to take a trip out to Ionia. Pretty sure he'll take you there if you mention me." Leonidous hugged his professor like he was family. "Thank you for everything.." Leo said starting to cry again. "Hey now don't get all teary-eyed already you have a airship to catch." And with that Leo's new life began.