Nariath

==Appearance==
Nariath is a tall elf, standing around six and a half feet in height, who appears to be in the early years of middle age and is of a build best described as slender, even gaunt. His tousled black hair is pulled into a rough ponytail and tied loosely with a black ribbon, from which strands of hair have escaped to fall to below his narrow shoulders. All in all, he could easily be said to have an unhealthy look about him with his pallid skin, dark-ringed eyes and scrawny form.
He is seemingly unconcerned for his looks and wears crumpled robes that could well be whatever he found on his bedroom floor in the morning. His garments are of good craftsmanship and have been kept repaired and relatively clean. It would be reasonable to assume that, given his evident disregard for his appearance, the job of washing and mending his clothes falls to someone else. He almost always wears gloves and full-sleeved robes, keeping his body fully covered except for his head. His spellblade is a heavy, ornate weapon, about which those sensitive to the arcane might sense numerous enchantments which increase the potency of his spells.
Nariath's face rarely betrays much in the way of emotion and he has a habit of calmly staring at people for far longer than he should. He tends to adopt closed postures and has the habit of folding his arms across his chest when speaking to people he doesn't know well. Like most of his kin, he is quick and agile in his movements.
His voice typically has a faint sardonic tinge to it and he is given to mockery, both of himself and of others. Whilst his Orcish and Common are quite fluent, he has a strong Thalassian accent when speaking those tongues.
==Race and Class==
A Sin'dorei mage who favours frost magic, eschewing the pyromancy practiced by most blood elf mages. If questioned on this, he explains it as a preference for controlling and slowing his enemies in order to defeat them, rather than blasting away and hoping they don't get too close. His work for the Magisterium largely concerns the teaching of cryomancy to younger apprentices, before they are taken on by individual magisters to finish their training.
==Family and friends==
Father: Kendris (deceased).
Mother: Elendrie (alive)
Brothers: Eleuril (alive), Vyrthan (alive - Quel'dorei).
Sister: Leynara (status unknown; presumed dead).
Spouse: Vhierna (alive).
Children: Relanar (7 yrs, alive), Sarthis ( 2yrs, alive).
Cat: Dusk (alive). 'Who's one of the family, hmm? Youuuu are, tickle tickle- OW...'
Nariath's mother Elendrie and his two elder brothers survived both the Second War and Scourge invasion. His eldest sibling, his sister Leynara, followed Alleria's expedition through the Dark Portal and is thought lost. Elendrie is a formidable woman, a powerful arcanist who trained her youngest son in magic before his apprenticeship and now acts as matriarch of the family after her husband's death to the Scourge. His eldest brother, Eleuril, has never shown any talent for the arcane beyond that common to elven kind.
In addition to his closest relatives, Nariath has several cousins who also survived both wars.
Nariath has few friends and is very much an elf who favours his own company. He is extremely fond of his cat and brings it along with him to parties, social events, walks around Silvermoon, military excursions and so on. In short, it comes with him everywhere, even - one might say especially – when this is not particularly appropriate. He appears to believe the calico is a tomcat. He is in for a surprise.
Despite his introverted nature, Nariath is married - as one would expect of a noble-born elf. He had a string of casual relationships before the fall of Quel'Thalas and only settled down and took a wife after the invasion. Rumour has it he entered into the marriage after some considerable prodding from his mother. Presumably he has spent at least some time with his wife, since they have two children. The boys are still very young, of course, but happily for Nariath, the task of caring for them does not fall to him. That said, he has come to like the elder of his sons, whom the mage now considers to be at an age to start being interesting enough to pay attention to. It would appear the child is just beginning to show the signs of magical potential.
Background
The birth of Nariath Erelaren, third son and fourth child of notable magisters, was somewhat unexpected though not unwelcome. He entered the world a little over one year after the birth of his brother, Vyrthan. Elendrie considered this somewhat unusual event to be significant and paid a good deal of attention to the growing boys. She was determined these two would become mages - unlike her first two children, who had no talent for the arcane arts. Naturally, she was delighted when both boys were found to have strong potential.
From this point on, the lives of Vyrthan and Nariath revolved around study. Though Leynara and Eleuril were promising young elves in their own right, their mother's attention was focused squarely on the youngest additions to the family. Elendrie took over the education of her young sons as soon as they were of age to begin learning, but there is a rumour that she began teaching them even sooner. The two were encouraged to compete against each other from very early on, with the aim of spurring them on to the greatest heights of magical expertise.
Vyrthan, having a year's head start on his brother, naturally came out slightly ahead when the two were still young. The result was that Nariath studied furiously in an attempt to out-do his elder brother and win his mother's approval. Consequently, the family home was in a constant state of chaos as servants tried to clean up the detritus, paint over scorch marks on the walls and avoid two screaming elven children who chased each other around the place, wreaking havoc. And in the eye of the storm stood Elendrie, watching, waiting and ever planning.
Several years after the brothers came of age, their mother sent them to Dalaran. Their rivalry had now mellowed and was for the most part good-natured. Vyrthan, ever the more optimistic and well-meaning of the two, was always quick to forgive Nariath's black moods and bad temper. They had grown into two very different men, even given their upbringing. Vyrthan was an extroverted, gregarious elf who was well-liked among the humans of Dalaran and Nariath was quiet, grumpy and prone to hiding in his quarters for extended periods of time. They did, however, share two things: a particular preference for frost magic and a strong bond of brotherly affection for one another. Vyrthan eventually decided to remain in Dalaran and Nariath chose to stay with him. The city was their home for many years. Nariath made a visit home after the Second War, whilst Vyrthan remained in Dalaran to help the mages restore the city after the orcish invasion.
They thus escaped the Scourge's destruction of Quel'Thalas. When news of the fall of their homeland came, Vyrthan and Nariath travelled back to search for their family, neatly escaping the fall of Dalaran. They found Elendrie and their eldest brother among the ragged bands of survivors roaming the devastated land. Kendris had remained in Silvermoon to the last and was presumed dead or worse.
The destruction of the Sunwell and resultant arcane withdrawal set the surviving members of the family against one another. Vyrthan eventually found himself disagreeing with Elendrie and Nariath, who sided with Kael'Thas and the blood elves. He left his people to travel to Dalaran and aid in the rebuilding efforts, remaining Quel'dorei. Nariath found himself in his mother's highest favour - but the price was one he would have rather not paid.
Category:Blood Elf
Category:Lawful Evil
Category:Characters
Category:Horde
Category:Mage
Category:Male