James Smith

overview
James Smith is the last hero of Azarath and he kills the Dark King. He is from Harrington ,a rebellion against the dark world, James is the only hero to use all the four weapons in the main series.

Before Birth
Before James' Birth two dark world warriors broke off from their patrol unit. the two joined Harrington and fell in love. the two met a man named James who died heroically in Battle. after a few years fighting their old country, they have a child and call him James Smith after the man that had fought years before.

the calm before the storm
At an early age he learned to fight with all weapons and read ancient ruins. at the age of 4 he went into the dark world and saw some warriors marching towards Harrington. James told the Chief and they successfully repealed the attack. he became a bit of a hero after and helped many attacks on the Dark world. at the age of 12 James began to learn how to ride a horse. at the age of 18,James fell in love with a girl named Zoey and went on 3 dates before he was tasked with protecting Ben Aster, who was thought to be the hero. James ventured through The Dark world having to face many warriors and eventually got into Azarath.

Meeting Ben Aster
he camped at a tree near Castletown. he met Ben a few days later and Journeyed with him into Castletown where they met the King of Azarath who told them the prophecy. thew two Heroes set off to find the red blade and are robbed by goblins. Micheal would soon fend off the goblins and the company would collect the Red blade. the three men would create a special bond after collecting the red blade. Ben and James would soon be captured by warriors and forced to fight in gladiatorial combat. Ben would become a champion and James was hidden away in the dungeons. when James finally confronted Ben he realised that Ben had went power hungry. however Ben was putting on a show to entertain the warriors. soon Micheal would save the two and die in the process.

Collecting the last 3 weapons
James and Ben then would climb karkoon, the great mountain to collect the silver shield. the two meet Zoey and the company of 3 collect the shield. Zoey leaves to ell the rebellion the good news and Ben and James walk to Minin. In minin they are joined by Andrew Milcron who tells them where the golden bow is. the company share a night by the fire side. then they company collect the bow but Andrew is Killed by a goblin. The remaining heroes would go to the steel Arrows underwater palace to only find one of the arrows. they realised that the warriors had taken the rest. Ben and James ploughed their way through warrior camps and collect all the steel arrows. Ben was shot by an archer after retrieving the last steel arrow.

The Beginning of the War of Ancients
James then took up the mantle the hero. James then went back to Azarath heralding the news. the King was sad but introduced James to the minister and captain Freddie. then the Azarath army would march down to Minin and Recruit their army. the Warriors march on Minin but the army repeal their attack. then the two armies met Harrington's army at the docks once again the dark world would try to stop them but refugees from Araz would save the 3 armies. then the force would take the Dwarven Hall and Leon Mahogany killed General Tartrus. after that James took part in many sieges on dark world forts such as the siege of Fandangro Fort and the siege of ranoion fort.

The final battles in the war
the Azarath arm's tents are burned down by the dark world and luckily most of the soldiers escaped. they would soon try to take the Castle of Darkness, failing, because the dark king had taken all their land apart from mainland Azarath. he destroys the great wall. the 7 battles of Azarath start and James and his soldiers would fight to stop the dark world. eventually the dark world makes it to Castletown and The Dark king Beheads King Andrew. Freddie charges him but his axe shatters on impact. James then engages him in one on one combat and defeats the dark king.

After war
After the war he rebuilt the great country and after 1 year on mainland he left o his ship The Azarathian Dream. he met a descendent of Benjamin Giles and many new Friends. after three adventures he returned home and married Zoey at 26. They bought a house on a cliff overlooking the sea. His first child, Micheal, was born when he was 31. His second child,Ben was named after Ben aster, was born when James was 34. His final child, Elizabeth, was born when James was 36. James had an Azarathian Retriever as a pet. He died at the age of 75 from a rare Azarathian Disease called Wrath.

Legacy
James Smith was remembered as the greatest Hero of Azarath. many statues were built of him after his death and he was buried on histon's hill like all the other great heroes. many books were wrote about him after his death and are read by many Azarathian children. this is when his story has commonly referred to as the adventures of James Smith or The Legends of Azarath.

Traits

 * James is a tactical mastermind by the end of War of Ancients
 * he his caring towards his Friends
 * he will do anything to defeat the dark world.
 * In his Youth James was brash and often wondered into the dark world without other warriors.


 * James is quite wise after the journeys of James Smith.

Equipment
Before war of Ancients James carried a 19 inch steel sword and an iron shield. These weapons would degrades over his adventure and soon his sword became blunt. After Ben's death he wields the 4 weapons. After the war he places the 4 weapons back in their alters and uses the Sword of Ancients for his journey.

other skills:
James is particularly good at sword fighting but is surprisingly a good archer. He also knows how to treat most wounds. however he is terrible at manual repairs to carts or barrels. After his long journey he also became good at being the captain of large naval ships and negotiations.

Zoey
Zoey is James' only romantic relationship. they met during school and where friends who loved adventure. at the age of 18 the two became romantically involved and went on three dates in Harrington before James was Tasked to see Ben. The two meet again 2 years later when Zoey joins James and Ben in climbing Ecarion. She and James are a bit out of touch after all this time apart. in the war they try to reconnect but Leon constantly ruined their moments. After the war James and Zoey took a break and after James' journeys they get married and have 3 kids.

Captain Freddie
Captain Freddie is James' best friend. although they didn't start as friends, they quickly made a strong Friendship after the war and James even instated Freddie as the new Azarathian King when he was offered the role. after James' journeys the two spent most their time in the pub the silver tongue drinking much oaksmeed brew.

Leon Mahogany and Isaac Rose
Leon and Isaac are James' friends. they first met in the war and made a friendship almost instantly, however James and Isaac stopped seeing each over after a while. Leon on the other hand is One of James' closest friends and they meet at the silver dragon almost all the time.

Ben aster
James' best friend. they spent the longest time together but sadly Ben dies in combat. the two really never got to go to any pubs or taverns but they are the only two people to really have a strong friendship in the series. when Ben dies James vows to avenge him, and it takes his tole on James. he becomes much darker of a person.

His parents
James barley knew his parents. He respected them for standing up to the dark world but he also hates them for abandoning him. However if they came back we would forgive them for leaving him.