Sebrawyn

== Description ==
Name: Sebrawyn 'Seb' DuskshadowRace: Blood ElfClass: PaladinProfessions: Enchanting/MiningAge: 106.Birthplace: Quel'thalasCurrent Residence: DalaranAffiliation: Argent CrusadeAppearance: Of medium height for a female blood elf, Sebrawyn stands at 5'8" and she weighs in at 148 pounds. As someone used to the rigors of battle and physical activity, she is athletically built and curvy around the hips. Like most of her race, her eyes are bright green. Her stark white hair is long and straight, kept loose unless she's going into combat and then it's usually tied back tightly. She is free of scarring in the openly visible parts of her body bar an insignificant few, but beneath her chest plate a large, uneven scar runs the length of her breastbone. If she is out and about, it is usually in solid plate armor of varying styles but all are always cared for and polished. 
==Personality==
Even-tempered and patient, Sebrawyn makes it a point to try rather hard to be the best soldier that she can be. Prioritizing honor and duty, she takes matters like protecting the innocent very seriously. She is perceptive and intelligent and she is capable of great empathy. Passionate about the causes that are close to her heart, she actively will challenge those who perpetuate what she views as blind hatred and ignorance. She's also got a vicious protective streak, often flaring when those closest to her are in some way threatened.
Her drive to do what she believes is right can often blind her and she overlooks what is instead the smart course of action. She can be shockingly naive at times and she tends to ignore very obvious faults of people. Her pride is often her downfall and she's turned away necessary help before in order to preserve what she sees as dignity. She is capable of being incredibly stubborn to the point of being foolish. Overall, however, she is a well meaning individual who wants nothing more than to try and make the world a better place in accordance with the virtues of the light.
==Background==
===Early Life===
Born to Kyrel and Thesala Duskshadow, Sebrawyn was the youngest daughter in a family of four children, the elders her sisters Serenthiel and Lyrinis and the eldest her brother Cirthalos. There was significant difference in the age gap between her and next sibling, Serenthiel, who was already forty years old by the time of Sebrawyn's birth. The family was tightly knit and while not nearly close to being considered nobility, were well off enough to never want for anything. Sebrawyn was particularly close to her sister Serenthiel.
Her mother did not work, but her father was a ranking member of the Farstriders and often Sebrawyn would accompany him into the forests as she grew older. One by one, Kyrel's children followed in his footsteps, all three of Sebrawyn's older siblings pursuing paths as rangers and it was expected of her that Sebrawyn would one day echo this with her own choice of work. However, unlike her siblings Sebrawyn never showed a natural affinity for anything to do with nature or tracking and she was, to put it mildly, horrid with a bow. While fond of animals, she never was able to form a bond with any as her siblings had done and after some time her mother began preparing her instead to be married off, secretly content that she would be able to keep her youngest child out of the dangers of war and conflict.
===The Arrival of the Scourge===
Before anything could come of an intended pairing her mother was quietly arranging, the Scourge marched on Quel'thalas and decimated the lands. In the ensuing battle, her father and siblings all perished on the front lines and only Sebrawyn and Thesala survived, neither placed in the direct way of harm. In the wake of the destruction of her homeland and her people, as well as losing her entire family bar her youngest, Thesala became unbalanced.
Sebrawyn was incensed and driven by grief, sought out a means to enact her own brand of vengeance against her mother's wishes. Thesala urged Sebrawyn to forget her cause and remain at home where she could be safe. Begged by her mother to preserve the life of her only remaining family member. Sebrawyn ultimately refused and when the time came and the call went out from the Lady Liadrin for forces to join the ranks of the Blood Knights, Sebrawyn answered. This earned the ire of her mother, who had now become so completely lost to her own sense of tragedy that her mind had whittled away. Upon hearing that her youngest daughter had taken up the blade of the Blood Knights, Thesala cast Sebrawyn away and made it clear that she was already dead to her and she would not be seen "talking with ghosts".
===The Blood Knights===
Well and truly alone for the first time in her life, Sebrawyn embraced the camaraderie she found waiting for her in the Blood Knights, taking solace in the fact that her fellow soldiers were now her family. Not only that, Sebrawyn found that she actually had talent for the teachings and soon passed beyond apprenticeship into the ranks of the fully fledged knights. She showed great affinity for a two handed fighting style, more adept at slinging damage than healing the wounds of the injured.
One evening, the fortuitous meeting of two Knights in a tavern within Silvermoon would spark the beginnings of Sebrawyn's first real relationship. Annicus Dawnstrike was the first man to truly catch her eye, his intelligence and their shared ideals enough to bring an attraction to life. Sebrawyn pursued this although she was unaware at first if the feelings were reciprocated due to Annicus' natural stoicism. It took some work, but eventually the shell began to crack and the two formed a bond that eventually transcended the borders of friendship.
While stationed in Silvermoon, Sebrawyn had a chance meeting one day with Commander Athane Blacksun, a paladin renowned for his martial prowess and his abilities with leadership. After speaking for some time, the Commander let slip that he was coming into control of a unit of his own and inspired for the first time in awhile, Sebrawyn lodged a transfer application to be accepted into this unit. She was incredibly eager to be working beneath the guidance of a famed military strategist and to her delight, her application was approved and she entered the Crimson Battleguard eager to prove her worth. Annicus, upon seeing how driven and determined this new unit was allowing her to become, also applied for a transfer and the two quickly rose through the ranks to become the Commander's lieutenants.
For some time this proved a worthy cause and life was calm. Annicus and Sebrawyn moved into a house in Silvermoon, along with another elf named Erenar Sunseeker whom the pair had offered a place to stay. Erenar was to become Sebrawyn's best friend, the pair forming a strong bond. When the orders from the Horde went out for military support for Orgrimmar during the elemental invasion, the Crimson Battleguard transferred and Sebrawyn went willingly. This was to be both rewarding and highly dangerous, culminating in the Shattering. With Azeroth in chaos, Commander Blacksun went missing, to the dismay of his unit and the Blood Knight enclave reassigned Sebrawyn to the greater Horde. Annicus was not given similar assignment and for the first time the lovers found themselves truly separated from one another. This began to place strain on their relationship, especially when things became so hectic that communication between the pair practically ceased all together.
===New Directions===
Eventually, through the direction of her companions Tizze and Erenar, Sebrawyn sought placement in the unit called the Harbingers of War, a band with a reputation for being very good at what they do and rough around the edges. It was around this time that she began to become closer to a Death Knight with a reputation for being very unstable. She'd met Doctor Carnage at the beginning of her interim with the Crimson Battleguard due to his volatile connection with Commander Blacksun and over time they had forged a valuable friendship. Without her realizing it, the friendship slowly began to change into something more and yet for some time she was unwilling to recognize it due to the fact that she was in a relationship already, despite her lack of contact with Annicus. Soon enough it became apparent that there was a reason for this silence. Annicus had been killed in action on a covert mission in the Twilight Highlands and with this came an end to a chapter in Sebrawyn's life.
The loss of her first love plunged Sebrawyn into despair and seeking a way to forget the pain, she quickly agreed to enter into a relationship with Carnage who soon after took to calling himself Sen, a fragment of the name he had been originally known as. The tryst was brief and ended at her realisation that their moral codes could never find common ground. Amongst this, in her work life, Sebrawyn had been in charge of a large scale manhunt to pursue one Ceirin Windstriker, wanted for crimes against the Magisterium and her fellow Sin'dorei. Upon capture of the mage-hunter, Sebrawyn was promoted to the rank of Commander and given her own squadron to lead.
Some time passed in which the paladin was left in a state of peace, but it was not to last. The promotion brought with it a deeper realisation of the workings of Silvermoon and it's Magisterium and deeply troubled by the methods those in power used, Sebrawyn could no longer abide being a pawn used for the whims of the magisters in charge. After causing some property damage and freeing several fugitives Sebrawyn had evidence were being used as scapegoats, the paladin fled across the border of Quel'thalas into the Eastern Plaguelands with her companion Erenar Sunseeker. Trekking through the Plaguelands, the pair made it all the way to Hearthglen, where Sebrawyn appealled to the paladins for entry into the Crusade. She was accepted after some explanation of her plight and now serves the Argents, who give her a semblence of protection against the inevitable retribution sought by Silvermoon.
Through a series of events that transpired while Sebrawyn was living with Erenar in Hearthglen, she was briefly affected by the power of a runeblade, which altered her state of mind greatly. Prior to any great change of character. she had gone to Thunder Bluff in search of No Snowhoof, who had aided her once prior in her seeking out the fugitive mage hunter. Her request to him was something along the lines of asking for mentorship, feeling that she needed to grow wiser to the more nefarious ways of the world, and she felt that the tauren could help her with this. No agreed and wound up drawn into the attempts to free her of the blade's influence. It took the destruction of Erenar's runeblade to end the hold and the death knight disappeared to try and reforge a new one, robbed of much of his power.
The tentative relationship that had begun to form between Erenar and Sebrawyn was abruptly ended, as she and No got to know one another. Feeling a kindred spirit in No, the paladin began to seek him out more and more, helped along by the fact that he was staying in Hearthglen to provide her with the mentorship she had sought. They became confidants for one another and eventually the realisation struck her that she was falling in love with him. More sure of this fact than anything she could remember for some time, she acted on it one evening and was met with a positive reaction, the attraction mutual. The two became a pair and have been inseperable since.
The transitions have continued, with No and Sebrawyn relocating to Dalaran so that she can continue to work beneath the banner of the Argent Crusade, helping to rid Northrend of the remnant Scourge that linger.
==Links==
http://sebrawyn.livejournal.com - IC Character Journal
Category:Horde
Category:Blood Elf
Category:Paladin
Category:Miner (H)
Category:Enchanter (H)