I remember being fascinated by Bastille when I first played Rage Wars as a kid; the brief bio he got on the official site was just enough to get my imagination going.

Now, lo and behold he - along with all the Rage Wars bosses - apparently had a much more extended bio all along. ...Or at least, according to the Turok Wiki and GameFAQs. Here it is, in its entirety:

   Deposed Lord and General of a once mighty army, Bastille was sentenced to death when he and his honor guard attempted to assassinate the King.  His standing as a Lord revoked, Bastille was on the precipice of death when atemporal distortion in his home world pulled him through a fracture in the Netherscape and deposited him in the Lost Land. 
   Bastille found himself in a land ripe for the taking.  A world full of technological marvels and a host of "lesser" races that could be easily  controlled. 
   Bastille's shield-generating armor was worn by a great warlord whom he poisoned after winning his trust.  Although Bastille soon amassed a sizable following of warriors, he failed to attain recognition as anything more than a roving thug, commanding a host of rabble and thieves. 
   Determined to win back his honor, and be regaled as a true leader, Bastille has set his eyes on the "Light Burden."  With it, he could rule the Lost Land, and exact revenge on his former King.

My question is... where did this (and Syra etc's) come from? It's not his profile on the old official site, so the only possibility I can think of is the US manual had a LOT more content than the UK one I got. Either that, or this is a case of fanfic getting out of hand.

Any ideas?

Oh, I see! Ta. Did all the characters get expanded bios like this...?

(It's probably too much to ask if we know who actually wrote the guide, right? That sorta stuff just interests me.)

Oh, anything else known about David Boyle, like if he was an Acclaim employee? I really find it curious that one-off characters in an already story-lite game would only get their full backstories told in a guidebook. I'd be curious about how much free rein he was given with that element!

Dave, if you're out there: hi

And yeah, I've skimmed the Turok Wiki and gotta give it praise for actually citing its sources, which is more than some Wikis do! Just a shame Acclaim did such a bad job of archiving their own online product... I loved that Rage Wars site back in the day.