Keola

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Keola Greenmane 	Keola Greenmane 	Keola Greenmane 	Keola Greenmane 	 	 	 	
Birthday: March 1 	Birthday: March 1 	Birthday: March 1 	Birthday: March 1 	 	 	 	
Race: Tauren 	Race: Tauren 	Class: Druid 	Class: Druid 	 	 	 	
Height: 7"1' 	Height: 7"1' 	Weight: 200 	Weight: 200 	 	 	 	
Build Slender to Average 	Build Slender to Average 	Eyes: Green 	Eyes: Green 	 	 	 	
Hair: Mane is brown. Fur is white with golden patches 	Hair: Mane is brown. Fur is white with golden patches 	Hair: Mane is brown. Fur is white with golden patches 	Hair: Mane is brown. Fur is white with golden patches 	 	 	 	
Age: 34 (equivalent to about 28 in human years) 	Age: 34 (equivalent to about 28 in human years) 	Age: 34 (equivalent to about 28 in human years) 	Age: 34 (equivalent to about 28 in human years) 	 	 	 	
Birthplace: Unknown, assumed somewhere in Mulgore 	Birthplace: Unknown, assumed somewhere in Mulgore 	Birthplace: Unknown, assumed somewhere in Mulgore 	Birthplace: Unknown, assumed somewhere in Mulgore 	 	 	 	
Residence: Ferelas 	Residence: Ferelas 	Marital: Geranguas Ixarar 	Marital: Geranguas Ixarar 	 	 	 	
Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	 	 	 	
Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Family: Her mother is of the nomadic Greenmane tribe. Their whereabouts are unknown. She has a daugther, Pawene.	Favorite Color: Green	Favorite Color: Green	Favorite Food: Cupcakes!	Favorite Food: Cupcakes!
Preference: Vegetarian (eats some fish) 	Preference: Vegetarian (eats some fish) 	Preference: Vegetarian (eats some fish) 	Preference: Vegetarian (eats some fish) 	 	 	 	
Favorite Place: Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal 	Favorite Place: Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal 	Favorite Place: Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal 	Favorite Place: Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal 	 	 	 	
==Description==
((Same as FlagRSP))
At first glance, the only thing about her that stands out is her fur. Lightly spotted with golden patches, her base is a pure white. She is always perfectly clean and well-groomed, if slimmer these days. Keo wears her braids down now, and sometimes visits a goblin smith in Ratchet who keeps her horns short and dainty. Around the base of her tail, a silver band enchanted with blue stars sparkles. Her emerald green eyes are said to be the only hint of her heritage, for the Greenmane tribe are still nomadic and quite inclusive.
Keola is a very young but fully grown Tauren who has found her niche as a battle healer, yet is still a bit naive about the world. Her talents as a healer are very good, but her lilting tone and her shining virtue is often found to be too painful for most a haggard adventurer to handle.
She is much quieter these days, if not much more mature. She has been through many trials as part of Guardian's militia but is now retired from the front lines. A peacefully cooing newborn is nestled against her chest in a simple sling, drawing most of her attention.
==History==
===Early Years (Vanilla Content)===
The Greenmane tribe are known only as one of the last of the nomadic tribes of Tauren. Uncomfortable with the idea of Thunder Bluff as their permanent home, the Greenmane’s roam depending on their needs and their mood. Keola was one of the few females of their tribe and would have been more coveted, had her mother been more attentive. Not spoiled, yet not again properly disciplined, Keola often slept and slacked in her training as a druid. One of the few memories she has of her youngest years, Keola recalls the elder of the tribe sometimes teased “You shouldn’t sleep in so late. We may forget you one day!”
That day came just before the eve of Keola’s birthday one year. She woke from her sleeping place nestled between the roots of a tree to find that she had been left quite alone. Unable to track and without prior knowledge of her tribe’s movements, Keola wandered aimlessly for a few days until she landed upon the harbor town of Ratchet. She was amused by the tiny green goblins there but eventually made friends with a group of slave girls and their keeper who were waiting for a boat to Booty Bay. They took her in and gave her clothing and shelter, but Keola knew nothing of the real purpose of the band.
They were peddled in Booty Bay for a long while, where Keola learned many things akin to a lady. Not more than a few weeks had passed when Keola came into the throes of puberty and soon grew taller than her fellow slave girls. The horns on her head also grew longer and sharper, and had to be filed down to a petite and safe size. Her former friends also blossomed in their own ways and were unappreciative of her large size. Teasing and name calling aside, Keola ran away from the group one day before dawn. She was never pursued (perhaps because the slave trade was dying off, and her handlers knew they couldn’t fetch much of a price for a Tauren in their markets).
===Changing (TBC Content)===
Keola took what little knowledge she had of forging jewelry and was trying to make her way in the world. Young and inexperienced, she fell prey to one of the bandit Broken tribes while trudging through the swamps of Stonard. She certainly would have been skewered and skinned for her unusual hide had a warlock by the name of Xethra hadn’t been passing by.
On her way to assist the members of Earthsong in battling their way through the dark tower of Karazhan, Xethra just happened upon the young Keola and rescued her from certain death. Not sure with what to do with her new ward, Xethra let Keola tag along with her to the tower of Karazhan. The young druid rattled on about nothing and the Earthmother the entire way. Knowing that her patience would never last, Xethra convinced Earthsong to take Keola in and charged them with making a ‘proper fighter of her’.
It quickly became apparent that Keola would never make a fighter, and so rather took on the healing arts much like her idol Lady Avantasia Winterknight and never looked back. Often considered a bit lazy because of her penchant to sleep in too much, it has taken Keola a great long time to train. In fact, Keola spent much of the rest of her childhood a student of Remulos and the Cenarion Circle, and thus resided in Moonglade. Increasingly uncomfortable with the prejudices of the Night Elves, Keola eventually moved to Thunder Bluff and completed her training under Hammul Runetotem.
===Trials (Wrath Content)===
Keola loved being among the people of Earthsong, who follow and cherish the bounty of the Earthmother as much as she. A greater sense of purpose finally caught up to her after a fleeting and disastrous first romance, and Keola was persuaded by Xethra to join the ranks of Guardian. The true reason for this move is known only to Xethra herself, but it is speculated that Xethra was in dire need of Keola's unwavering support during a time of weakness during Xethra's leadership. Keola denies this, yet no alternative theory has been discussed with either Keola or Xethra directly.
Keola blossomed into full yet very young adulthood during a trying time just after she had joined Guardian. She found herself the center of quite a bit of attention during her residence in Thunder Bluff, although amongst many residents of questionable and unsavory character. One particular incident somehow resulted in Keola becoming the new mate of Geranguas Ixarar, a not-so Undead resident of the city. Their union is still often called into question, none more vocally than by Xethra. For some time she lived with Geranguas in his modest hut in the hills between Mulgore and the Barrens.
Shortly after coming to terms with her new status, Keola decided that she needed to research her heritage as a member of the Greenmane tribe. Keola took off by herself to Northrend, abandoning both her mate and matron in her quest to uncover the secrets of one Calisbel Greenmane. In her excitement over the prospect of reuniting with a member of her tribe Keola didn't give any word of notice of her venture and was condemned as missing and possibly kidnapped by Xethra. A reward was put up for information or her safe return, and Xethra almost immediately put Geranguas to blame. About the time that Geranguas and Litehoof launched a manhunt of their own, Xethra also put the skills of the newest Guardian officer to the test and commanded Koden the hunter to search as well. Koden had luckily familiarized himself with both Keola and Geranguas during her residence in Thunder Bluff. He was welcomed by Geranguas to join the manhunt, but Xethra implored him discretion in regards to the mission.
===Decisions (Cataclysm Content)===
The power of a Druid is derived directly from the wisdom of the Ancients and Cenarius, tying them closely to the balance of the world. While Keola was frantically trying to piece together the truths and myths of Calisbel Greenmane the Shattering occurred. She was somehow disoriented enough to be lost and nearly buried in a blizzard somewhere in the Storm Peaks. It's thought that because of her strong talent as a Druid healer Keola felt the brunt of Deathwing's return. The strain of the Shattering and her already weakened state nearly killed her.
Geranguas and Litehoof were immediately recalled to the heavily damaged Orgrimmar by their respective leaders and were forced to abandon their search for Keola. Luckily Koden picked up on one more lead out of Camp Onequah and dug her out of the snow in the Storm Peaks. He managed to bring her to Camp Tunka'lo for care before also hearkening Xethra's call and notifying her of his find.
After an awkward reorganization of Guardian, Geranguas and Litehoof met up again to continue their search and found a very frail Keola under the care of Xarantaur the Witness. Unfortunately, he was unable to put Keola's curiosity to rest. Although he had been seeking other tails in the Storm Peaks, he confirmed that there was no connection to her tribe in the history of the druids, and did not know anything of the whereabouts of any Greenmane tauren. He was also unable to confirm the existence of Calisbel Greenmane. Litehoof bullied Xarantaur to release Keola into her and Geranguas' care, despite her still weakened state.
Due largely in part to the events of the Cataclysm, Litehoof aspired to set up a new orphanage to take the strain off of the many Orphan Matrons in Orgrimmar. Geranguas decided to offer her the Mulgore house because of its quiet and secure location. As soon as she was strong enough to move on her own, Geranguas then chose a more secluded home for Keola and himself in Feralas.
Although Keola never fully recovered physically, she was eventually deemed in sound enough condition to rejoin Guardian's raids starting with a campaign into the Bastion of Twilight, again under the command of Mirrass. Xethra's dubious opinion and relationship with Garrosh as the new Warchief resulted in a few stunted campaigns and much frustration for the ranks before the guild finally conquered the Destroyer in the Maelstrom. For a while after the final battle of the Dragon Soul, Keola had grown apart from her friends and taken up a new residence close to Xethra in Orgrimmar, spending much of her time with her Tauren brethren there. Eventually, Geranguas confronted her and made her aware of a misunderstanding between Keola and Xethra that had caused her to drift away from her mate. While reconciling had been emotionally difficult, Keola did start to emerge from her shell again and went back to Ferelas.
===Mists of Pandaria===
Keola had been forced to retire from the life of a trauma medic. Xethra had originaly sent her to Pandaria to be an ambassador to the Horde in her place, feeling that the Tauren girl would be safer there. Geranguas was notably upset at her absence, having remembered her near death in Northrend during the Sundering, and used the special enchanted band he had given her to track her down. There Keola confessed that Xethra has sent her away after discovering she was with child. Due to the immense mistrust between Xethra and Geranguas, he hid Keola away in Pandaria himself as her health began to falter. They went back to their home in Feralas for a time before moving again back to Thunder Bluff where their daughter was born on March 26. Geranguas decided to name her Pawene, Taurahe for kitten ((in-game language version, not official language version)), because Keola remarked that she mewled like a kitten when she cries.
=== Warlords of Draenor ===
Daunted by the trials of time travel, Keola elected to stay in Ferelas while Geranguas heeded the call to Draenor. Despite many calls to arms by both the Horde and Guardian, Keola succeeded in avoiding the embroilment. She did visit parts of Draenor in support of her mate, including Frostfire Ridge and Nagrand, but has otherwise been uninvolved.
=== Legion ===
TBD
==Relationships==
Xethra
Xethra rescued a young Keola from bandits in Stonard when she was a young calf. Keola had nothing better to do but trudge along behind Xethra, following her all the way to Karazhan. When Xethra met up with the crusaders of Earthsong there, she persuaded then guild matron Roseheart to take the little tauren girl under their wing. Keola is grateful to Xethra for saving her life, and regularly goes to her for advice.
Hegal Banestrike
A dark figure with a twisted past, Keola somehow managed to see right through Hegal's cruel exterior to the man he once was deep inside. She sees Hegal as an older brother type, and they often bicker and fight like true siblings...usually with Keola crying and Hegal being reprimanded somehow. Many believe that Hegal only puts up with her naivete because of the similarities in personality between Keola and his daughter Dahlia who died in Stratholme.
Litehoof, daughter of Stoneclaw
One of the uniting forces in Keola's life, Litehoof was Keola's first real role model as a druid and a woman. Although Lite is content to fight and Keola finds her talents in healing, the two are close friends. Their relationship strained a bit when Lite admitted to being in love with Keola, but they've since reconciled. Keola was part of a team of friends who ventured into Lite's Dream scape during the Ritual of Balance to help tame the feral that was tearing Lite apart from within.
Geranguas Ixarar
After a chance meeting in Thunder Bluff involving flowers and a smile, Keola never imagined how deeply her relationship with Geranguas would run. They met during a pivotal time in her life where she was conflicted to leave Earthsong and the family who had raised her and join Guardian to whose ranked members she owed her life. Before participating in the dangerous Ritual of Balance to help their mutual friend Litehoof, Keola admitted her feelings to him.
==Noteables==
Keola is uncomfortable with and will avoid shifting into her cat form. If she must utilize an agile or swift land form, she chooses travel form.
Her swift flight form is jet black, like a raven. In Tree of Life form, her leaves are a healthy bright green. Bear form is the same as her in-game skin.
In stature, appearance and coloring Keola and Litehoof are very similar, and have been mistaken for kin.
During down time, if not with any of her close companions she can be found very close to any center of social activity, even if she is not participating. She does not seem to enjoy being left alone.
These days Keola is hardly seen without the sage green baby sling across her chest. Pawene is rarely out of her over-protective mothers' embrace, except for when she's cuddled in her father's lap.
==Stories==
A Big Mistake
On Her Way
You're Dumb
Danger, Will Robinson!
Growing Up
Treasured
Trust
Missing!
==Other Silly Things==
Baby Keola (by Geranguas):
Character Image Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAMcBJlS94
Light of a Firefly
Tatsh remix of Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World from Touhou: Imperishable Night
Album: FAR EAST OF EAST VIII
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