Recently it seems like a lot of people here on TheO have been either changing their usernames and/or avatars. I guess I have no major objection to that. In fact some of the people who've changed their usernames have better names than before. Although it does get confusing for me if I'm not paying close enough attention. Anyway, this little trend of username changes has made me want to assure all of you that I will not now or ever change my username here on TheO. The main reason is because I've written my username on a few wallpapers, so I'm kinda stuck with it I guess. Since we're on the subject though, perhaps a few of you are wondering about the origin of my username. The name Darkarax is the name of a character I came up with several years ago, and that same character has been used for my avatar here on TheO (you know, the creature with the mask-like face and four red eyes).

Here's a sketch of the character

So the story of this character is that he's basically this attempt by an evil scientist to create the perfect warrior. But he became to powerful to control, rebelled against the scientist that created him, and became a powerful warlord. The inspiration behind this character was the villain known as Cell from Dragon Ball Z, specifically Cell's ability to evolve and absorb others. Of course I'm not at all like this character, but you're probably all asking why I used him for my username and avatar.

Well, when I decided to create an account here on TheO, I had to of course create a username. And I suddenly got the wild idea to use the name of one of my favorite creations. So my character of Darkarax has kind of become my alter ego here. So now you know the whole story about that.

So to review, I won't be changing my username. And since the avatar I have goes with that username, I won't be changing that either. Unless of course I decide to revamp the character's look a bit (and that thought did occur to me recently). Anyway, that's all I have to say on the matter.

~Your resident lord of shadows, Darkarax