Rayen

==Description==
===General===
:Full Name: Rayen Cúailnge
:Age: Late middle age/early old age.
:Race: Tauren
:Class: Druid
:Professions: Skinning/Leatherworking
:Gender: Female
:Affiliation: The Refuge
===Physical Description===
:Eye Color: Hazel
:Hair Color: Greying, but formerly dark brown
:Skin/Fur Color: Solid white fur, thinning in patches from age
:Height: 8'4", but walks bent with a cane.
:Weight/Build: A bit plump, with the sort of musculature that comes from years of hard manual labour
:Distinguishing Marks: Very old, faint scar along her jawline on the left side. One tooth on that side is also broken.
==Personality==
:Personality: Cheerful, playful, kind, and very maternal. She enjoys taking care of people. She has a strong sense of humour and enjoys a good joke. She tends to treat everyone as one of her "young'uns", no matter how old they might be.
:Political Allegiances: Horde, particularly Thunder Bluff, Aldor
:Convictions: Generally, she believes in treating others as she would wish to be treated, and in protecting and helping others where she can.
:Loves: Her family, both blood and her new adopted family, and the Earth itself.
:Hates: Centaur, particularly the clan that attacked her home, and the Venture Company, for its plundering of the environment without respect.
:Flaws: Her protective nature can sometimes get her into trouble, because she can sometimes jump to the defense of someone when they don't really need it - or when doing so puts her in danger - and while she is generally non-judgemental and welcoming, she does not suffer fools gladly. Her age, and all of the aches and pains that come with it, are also occasionally a cause of difficulty, particularly in battle. As a result, she is gradually backing away from the front lines, preferring instead to do the work of a medic and healer.
:Strengths: Her willingness to work hard, her open mind and heart, and her ability to care for people regardless of what they have done in their past, or who they are. She is quiet, observant, a good listener, and slow to judge, and protective of all those she takes under her care.
==Character History==
:Birthplace: Mulgore
:Education: She was originally educated as a shaman, but found her new calling when the Cenarion Circle began calling for those willing to train as druids amongst the Kaldorei. Though she found a great distaste for the Night Elves and their tendency toward arrogance, the path of the druid seemed to fit her. She began to follow the feral path, though with a mind toward healing and helping others.
:Children: Four children, three boys and a girl, now adults and living their own lives.
:Significant Others/Spouse: One Husband, killed by Centaur when their children were still young.
:Defining Moments: The births of her children, the death of her husband, her decision to become a druid.
:Personal History: Rayen trained as a shaman when she was young, meeting and marrying another young warrior of the tribe. Together, they had several children, which she raised alone after her husband was killed defending the village from a centaur raiding party. Her children now long grown and living their own lives with their own families, she has decided to take a new path, despite her age, and began training as a druid.
:She is still strong, and still a fighter, but she is now more interested in providing aid to those in need of it. To do so, she began to open her home to those soldiers of the horde in need of rest and comfort of a home, when they had no other home to return to. Her skill in the kitchen brought young men and women of all races to her door, and once there, many decided to stay on, some to protect the kindhearted old woman....and some seeking protection.
==Adventures & Stories==
:Cookbook and Blog: 
:Better Widow to a Hero than Wife to a Coward: []
:Firsts: 
:Song Stories Challenge: I Don't Need No Rockin' Chair: 
Category:Horde
Category:Druid
Category:Tauren
Category:Skinner (H)
Category:Leatherworker (H)