Duran

"Do you know what it's like to lose a loved one, Abbi? It's like having your heart ripped out, leaving a gaping hole in your being. In its place is a vortex, devouring all emotion and senses. This is what I am going through, old friend. And I am afraid that I am no longer fit to be a Protector. The boy is more deserving of the title than I am. Goodbye, my comrade."

- Duran bidding farewell to Abbi. Duran was a former Protector of Okoto's Earth Tribe.

History
Roughly between seven hundred and several thousand years ago, Duran was born to an unknown father and mother, the former of which was his predecessor. He was taught in the ways of combat by him, and would occasionally spend some of his time with the other Okotan children. He also learned of various legends, the Mask Makers and Prophecy of Heroes among them. When he came of age, he donned his father's tools and Protector Mask of Earth.

While many of the Proctors had spouses and children at the time, Duran did not. However, he did adopt an Okotan child he found in the streets of the Capital City (an action that some considered controversial). Around this time, he also began to develop feelings for the Protector of Jungle, Hura.

According to legend, he was involved in the conflict between the Okotans and the Skull Raiders. At some point, the Region of Fire fell under siege by the bandits, and Abbi summoned the other Protectors to her aid. Duran and Hura were among them, and fought alongside each other. Sadly, however, the Protector of Jungle was felled by arrow of Ice from an archer. Enraged, he chased the assassin to a cliff above one of the lava rivers. The two fought, and Duran was incapacitated when an Elemental Pellet struck his leg and encased it in Ice. Before the Skull Raider could execute him, however, Abbi intervened and freed her ally. She was horrified when Duran knocked the Raider off the cliff and into the lava below, killing the invader.

Shaken by the experience, Duran ran from the battlefield and back to his hut. While he would later partake in the final battle between the Skull Raiders alongside his fellow Protectors and the Mask Makers, he was hesitate during the fight. Once the tribe was defeated, he made his way back to his village and began mourning Hura.

At one point, he visited Makuta and asked him about his actions in the seas. The Mask Maker happily recounted his assault on one of their ships and the slaying of their captain. When the Protector of Earth inquired about the crew's fate, however, he fell silent. He claimed that he left them to rot, as they were without sails and thus stranded in the middle of the sea. However, Duran was suspicious of his tale and stopped visiting him.

Eventually, after years of brooding and depression, he renounced his title as Protector and passed his tools and equipment down to his adopted son (an act that some considered outrageous). Bidding his adopted son and friends farewell, exiled himself from the Earth Tribe. He was said to have wandered the island for a few years, eventually finding a dwelling place within the Region of Ice.

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