Fraser Brown recalls Zarwulf, an Orc Hunter he created in World of Warcraft in 2004, as his first clearly remembered MMO character. The account is part of PC Gamer’s nostalgic series about staff members’ earliest online characters, highlighting how formative early MMO experiences could be despite hazy memories and sometimes short-lived progress.

Brown says Zarwulf was not technically his first MMO character, as he had previously played Ultima Online in 1998, but he remembers little of that experience. During university, he spent much of his time playing World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies and Guild Wars, but recalls losing all his possessions after accidentally entering either a high-level area or a player-versus-player zone.