Luz - Before the Twisting Nether

LUZ

RACE:

Goblin

AFFILIATION:

None

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Gadgetzan

CLASS:

Warrior

Arms major

Protection minor

PROFESSIONS:

Goblin Engineering

Mining

BIOGRAPHY

Luz grew up surrounded by the finest engineers Undermine had to offer in the remote desert outpost of Gadgetzan. He was one of the top students of Nixx Sprocketspring until he left the renowned engineer and began to study on his own.

One of Luz's earliest creations became the one that would be the most dear to him. Luz created the robotic bombling Bam, who became his good friend and helper.

Though Luz's adeptness at explosives was exceptional, he grew restless of the repetitive processes of Gadgetzan and decided to strike out on his own across Azeroth, hoping to learn more from its peoples. Hitching rides with caravans, Luz traversed much of Kalimdor, tarrying at Ratchet, and eventually sailed east to Booty Bay, where he begrudgingly learned much from Oglethorpe Obnoticus.

While in Booty Bay, he fell into the gambling rings as so many have, and amassed a substantial debt to "Sea Wolf" MacKinley, a notoriously brutal loan shark. When MacKinley finally came to collect, Luz was unable to pay, and MacKinley demanded that he turn over his engineering inventions, including Bam, as recompense. Luz refused, and soon got wind that MacKinley was going to collect his debt one way or another, so he gathered his things and fled to Stormwind. He was soon informed by Renzik the Shiv that MacKinley had placed a bounty on his head. Though Renzik had enough loyalty to a fellow goblin to pass it by, he knew that there were many assassins in Stormwind who would not, and suggested that Luz leave the city.

It was during this time that Kazzak reopened the Dark Portal, and so Luz hitched a ride on one of the many caravans heading to the Blasted Lands to reinforce the battle with the demons who were constantly laying siege. In the short break between waves of Legion forces, several expeditions were primed to traverse the Portal to attempt to establish holdings in Outland.

One of these was a coalition of goblins known as BOOM, the Braintrust of Orbital Operations and Mechanics. Funded by the Steamwheedle Cartel, these intrepid goblins hoped to exploit the brave new world on the other side. Impressed by Luz's ingenuity and the skills demonstrated against the demons at the portal, they invited Luz to join their expedition.

BOOM attempted to gain a foothold throughout Outland, but the only efforts that rewarded them were in the Netherstorm, where they established a headquarters known as Area 52, which quickly flourished into a thriving trade post and research station. With their foot in the door, Luz began to travel the wilds of Outland, meeting with the native inhabitants; the draenei, the Mag'har, and perhaps most notably the ethereal Consortium, and learning more from them of his trade. Eventually, when his funds ran low, he returned to Area 52 and began working on contract for BOOM. He befriended Papa Wheeler and helped him engineer the X-52 Nether Rocket, a vessel Wheeler and his cohorts hoped to use to traverse the Twisting Nether. For his assistance, Papa helped Luz build the X-51 Nether Rocket, whom Luz named Dorothy. Though Papa extended an invitation for Luz to join BOOM, Luz declined, and instead focused on gaining capital to fund his engineering. He and Bam began hunting demons, looking for marks of their station, and returning them to the Aldor at Area 52 for gold.

On one such patrol, however, Luz was accosted by the wrathguard Doreongo. Doreongo destroyed Dorothy and fought Luz, eventually beating him. Afterward, however, Doreongo consumed Luz's essence, gaining his skill and knowledge. He left Bam to run out his clockwork gears in the wilds alone.

FRIENDS AND FOES

BAM

Bombling

Bam was one of Luz's earlier ingenious creations. Luz used a bomb casing to house the modulators and gyrochronata and various other working parts which allowed for capacity of thought, and then constructed around the casing a framework which allowed him mobility, as well as two topaz crystals which served as Bam's eyes. The entire affair, unfortunately, could not last forever, and Luz was forced to adapt Bam's system to be maintained by a periodic winding, as well as a gauge which indicated how much energy remained. Bam was a little dim at first but quickly learned as he went, and grew into quite the clever and occasionally witty little robot. Bam acted as lab and field assistant to Luz through all his journeys, and they became close friends. Though Bam fought as best he could against Doreongo, the effort was not enough, and Doreongo consumed Luz's essence before allowing Bam to run out his clockworks in the Netherstorm.

DOROTHY

X-51 Nether Rocket

The X-52 was a supposedly top secret rocket ship being built by the Braintrust of Orbital Operations and Mechanics to explore the Twisting Nether. For testing, however, smaller prototypes needed to be constructed, and Luz assisted Papa Wheeler in this venture. After their work was finished, Wheeler and Luz outfitted one of these prototypes with a seat and navigational controls. Dorothy, as she came to be lovingly known, was the first X-51 rocket to be used as a personal transport. Though Dorothy had no brain or mind, to speak of, Luz, Bam, and the Wheelers all agreed that she nevertheless had heart. Dorothy was unfortunately destroyed during the fight with Doreongo, however she paved the way for other X-51s that Wheeler fashioned for others.

APPEARANCES

Metal Fatigue

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