Mel'Lodi

==Statistics==
Name: Mel'Lodi
Race: Troll
Class: Priest
Professions: Singing, dancing, drinking and praying 
Age: 42 
Height: 7 feet 3 inches 
Weight: 245 pounds 
Affiliation: Coldblood Blitz Clan (current Maestro), Scarshield Clan (Former Member)
Relations: Songstress Har'Moni (deceased lover), Mekt (Lover)
Status: Active 
==Early Life==
As a boy, he whistled and hummed all the time. Even when he was supposed to be training for combat. Sooner than later, the musicians of the Winterax took him under their wing and began tutoring him in all aspects of music. It wasn't long before the vocalists realized he was far better suited for singing than percussion or strumming. So began the singing career of Mel'Lodi. Little did they know, he would one day be "king".
As a whelp, he had been spotted talking to himself many times as well. The priests took notice and watched him a bit closer. At the age of seven he was removed from the ranks of the axe throwers and began rigourous spiritual training. 
He quickly gained the respect of the village by upholding ancient traditions of praying through song and dance. In addition, his humourous storytelling songs made him a popular choice for village gatherings and meetings.
==Love of the Loas==
His lack of combat skill (relative to the axe throwers) further forced him to concentrate on his healing skills. In the beginning, he revered Lukou (the Loa of Life and Healing) above all else. However, he quickly discovered that as a healer he was a major target for the enemy. This led him to the reverence of Legba (Loa of Swift Motion).
As his singing began to draw him into battles of picong, he split his attention. He started to ask Dambala (Loa of Serpents and Treachery) for lyrical guidance. His patron Loas (Legba and Dambala) were not common, but as the results were almost always good, the tribe never objected.
==Obeah Man==
Mel'Lodi had learned about the loas and the different ways to follow them. Some chose to worship the Loas completely as gods. Other used voodoo to channel their requests. When Mel'Lodi learned about obeah, he knew that it was a calling that suited him best. It had a slightly darker reputation than voodoo as less people practiced it, but in truth, the two were not very different at all. 
He became an Obeah Man (the equivalent of a Voodoo Witchdoctor). 
By the time he was in his early twenties, Mel'Lodi was quite versed in spells concerning health and wealth. His favourite however, was the area of sex and lust. Through obeah, he was able to make women go into heat a week early. He could make a young, beautiful woman lust for elderly, decrepit men and so forth. He became fairly well known as a fertility expert.
Perhaps, his most requested service was for women. For the right price, he could make a man "fall in love" with a woman and marry them in an Obeah Wedding. In his later days, he would stop performing this specific ritual due to a moral conflict within himself.
==Down the Mountain==
Years would pass and the respect he held in his village grew. His singing peers even dubbed him the "king" of Kai'So (a Trollish style of music). It was a largely ceremonial title and meant nothing in the grand scheme of things, but he was thrilled to be recognized by his peers.
Mel aided his tribe in the Alterac battles between the Winterax, the Frostwolves and the Stormpike. During this time, a great avalanche buried Winterax Hold and several villages (among them, Mel'lodi's). As the fighting intensified in the Field of Strife, Korrak eventually decided to move the entire tribe to 'greener pastures'. Mel heard rumours that they were going back north to rejoin the Drakkari Empire and he would have none of it. Frostmane and Winterax both left the Empire centuries before. The exact reason was lost, but Mel'Lodi decided it couldn't have been good. He opted to strike out on his own.
This ultimately led him to joining the Horde.
==Performing for the Horde==
"Lord" Mel'Lodi, the "king of Kai'So", performed in many major Horde cities. Gaining the respect of some and the ire of others. In particular, his eye caught a young woman named Mekt. This would begin some internal conflict as his emotions began to confuse him. He was not willing to love again. However, over the course of weeks, he would change that tune.
==Mekt==
Mekt and Mel'Lodi were very much an item. It was what some people would call an open relationship though. She and he, being the sexual creatures that they were, still had a few partners that they met. Mel'Lodi managed to scrape up his courage and tell Mekt that he loved her. In time, he even saw himself joining in union with her (Obeah wedding, as he called it). 
==The Siren Song==
Mel'Lodi awoke one evening to a haunting, yet seductive sound. Feeling particularly inspired, he followed it out to sea. He has not been seen since. Some believed he was alive, making music as always. Some believed him to be dead. Whether his voice would ever inspire the Horde again was in question. 
He left behind Mekt and a slew of admirers.
==The Return==
After months at sea, Mel'Lodi returned to civilization where much had changed due to the events of the Scourge assault on Orgrimmar, the defection of the Ebon Blade and the Wrathgate tragedy among many others. Curiously, despite the negative stigma, Mel'Lodi finds great comfort in Trollish Death Knights, believing them to be agents of Samedi (Loa of Death). 
He split his attention between Northrend and Kalimdor. While in Northrend he searched for new music from the various northern cultures while performing priestly duties for the Horde. When in Kalimdor he entertained at the Drunken Kodo and continued to harass Mekt.
==Maestro==
Following some long conversations with fellow priest, Hekimi Reefwalker, Mel decided to start doing more public group rituals for his Trollish brethren. As his own faith was renewed in his people, his confidence grew. He finally decided to meet up with Tolrath, his clanmate in the Coldblood Blitz, to discuss matters of the clan. Together, they decided to become teachers and leaders of the clan and indeed, all Trolls who would hear them out and walk the way of their ancestors.
==OOC Information==
Mel'Lodi's in-game name is "Mellodi". 
The age is how old he was on the first day of the Burning Crusade.
Category:Horde
Category:Troll
Category:Priest