Character

From a young age, Sabine was a wild child through and through. She played sports throughout her childhood, from soccer to softball to track and lacrosse. Her family often moved because of the nature of military work, but she wasn't too bothered. Her sisters constantly had to make new friends, while she found herself on a new team with a quickly formed bond between teammates. When they were shipped off to a base in California, things changed and Sabine found the outdoors. Be it with a group or by herself, she'd take off on weekends all throughout her last year of high school to go climbing and camping in the state and national parks, always looking for a new challenge for herself. When she graduated, it wasn't college that called. And it certainly wasn't settling down.

Sabine took a job with a company that ran tours through various state and national parks all over the world, and she took to it easily. She got to make money learning new places and showing people places she'd already tread the paths of, and taking part in competitions on occasion. There was no greater joy to the middle Bertrand daughter, even if her sisters poked fun at her living out of a car. Things have a way of changing, however. On a lone run, climbing an old haunt of hers, a rock gave way. Out of familiarity, she was careless with her holds and Sabine fell for her folly. She was lucky not to be paralyzed or dead. A dazed call on her cell had a climbing buddy headed her way, but her right leg and hip had taken a beating and multiple fractures left her unable to walk, much less climb.

Her father, settled in New Jersey and divorced from her mother for a few years, offered to help her pay for an apartment and physical therapy if she'd move close enough for him to help her. She accepted. They found a physical therapist, a new GP, and a small studio apartment for her to begin the long recovery. Sabine was sure she'd go mad with cabin fever before she healed. That is, until the day she came home from a therapy session to find an odd email awaiting her.

Sabine went from having never touched a video game in her life to earning herself glory, gold, and a fair amount of trauma as one of the top DPS players in Terrasphere. What started as a simple ranger, nothing more than a vehicle to let her climb unimpeded by her recovery, became a lethal name in the company of legends. Gwyn ap Herne. In the game she found unparalleled drive, loyal friends, loathed foes, and even a love of her own.

When the lockout hit, Sabine was forced to return to her physical therapy and work. What had become her whole life had been snatched away without warning. In time her mobility returned, and so she returned to work. The passion paled in comparison. Sabine eventually was contacted by a group reconnecting Terrasphere players and, more importantly, informing friends and families of the fates of those who had been locked in or died in game. Never one to remain in place, Sabine packed up the truck and hit the road to knock on doors while running from her own losses in Terrasphere. Then came the link.