Cogitatus

Basic Information

 * Full Name: James Chronicle
 * In-Game: Cogitatus
 * Nickname: Cog, Coggy, JC, or James depending upon who is talking to him.


 * Guild: 
 * Title: Inspector


 * Race: Human
 * Class: Mage, Cryomancer
 * Professions: Gnomish Engineering, Enchanting

Appearance

 * Age: 28
 * Sex: Male
 * Hair: Black
 * Eyes: Brown
 * Weight: 180 pounds
 * Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
 * Garments/Armor: Usually wearing combat gear that maximizes spell damage. He's well known for wearing a pair of Spellpower Goggles Extreme Plus.


 * Other:

Alignment
Neutral Good, leaning towards Lawful Good.

Personality
Generally shy, quiet, and observant when left alone, he's often friendly when engaged in pleasant conversation. His generally soft demeanor is generally in contrast to the imposing combat gear that he usually wears, the sort of contrast that one might find by imagining a child in plate armor.

His response to a crisis situation depends upon whether or not he thinks he knows what he's doing; he can be stern and dominant (sometimes even slightly arrogant) when confident, he'll be indecisive if he doesn't know what to do (sometimes resorting to stopgap measures to buy time to think).

He's intelligent and often analyzes everything carefully, sometimes to a fault, but he does try to be open-minded and consider the opinions of the people around him before forming his own conclusions. He has particular aptitudes with magic and technology and is often seen using both in the tasks he performs. While far from being completely inept in the social graces, he has been known to be tactless on rare occasion when he gets careless; he will often be quick to try to make amends if he thinks he's offended someone unnecessarily.

He's not comfortable in very rigid or regimented organizations and never formally entered the military; his current rank of Knight-Lieutenant was awarded as a result of his continued volunteer and freelance actions defending Alliance territory against Horde attack.

History
Born in Lordaeron City, his parents made a somewhat unusual couple. His mother was a mage of the Kirin'Tor. His father was a craftsman who took up engineering while implementing the gnomish designs during the Second War. Together, they ran a small shop in Lordaeron during the years between the Second and Third Wars, the Chronicle Mageworks and Engineering Shop.

During the early stages of the plague, his mother shared the concerns of the Kirin'Tor and decided to move the family south to Dalaran until the crisis blew over. It was here that he briefly met Sirithil Nightstone, who would later become Magravaine of Lakeshire. When Quel'Thalas and Lordaeron fell, the Chronicle family moved southeast to Stromgarde to put a little more distance between themselves and the troubles, only to escape the destruction of Dalaran. Immediately after the destruction of Dalaran, they thought to themselves "Hmmm.... We're starting to see a pattern, here," and immediately moved southwards to the safety of Ironforge.

In Ironforge, the Chronicles were taken in by the Ironback family; Ragnar Ironback was a close coworker of James's father during the Second War. The Chronicles stayed with the Ironbacks for several months. During this time, his brothers Coriundas and Galarith began paladin training under the Order of the Silver Hand. Also during this time, Gnomeregan fell and the first refugees started appearing in Ironforge. James Chronicle and Jarrabean Ironback met one of these refugees, Morandy Twinklespark, by chance in Ironforge when the former two saved the latter from attempted suicide. The three have been close friends ever since.

The Chronicles soon moved to Stormwind to settle down permanently, and James spent the next few years studying at the Stormwind Mage Tower and under the tutelage of his own mother. It was during his studies that he picked up the name "Cogitatus", a moniker used by his instructors and classmates alike to playfully tease him about his tendency to overthink things. The name has stuck ever since.

After the completion of his basic mage training, he traveled to Northshire Abbey to assist the Stormwind Military in dealing with kobold and Defias threats in the area. He has been adventuring far and wide ever since.

Though his immediate family lives to this day, many of his extended family, neighbors, and childhood friends were left behind in Lordaeron to face the ravages of the Scourge. The fate of many of these remains unknown to Cogitatus.