Dresta Thornton

"I murdered hundreds for the Light and it gave me nothing except its damning silence. Now its lapdogs yap for every life I take, while the Banshee Queen promises me my homeland."
- Executor Thornton
==Physical Traits==
Dresta is a figure of medium height and willowy build, who possesses quite the most austere face one could depict. Her skin is white and drawn tight around her high cheekbones, her mouth a prim slit with a thin top lip. Her yellow eyes are piercing and keen, her right embedded in a fold of decaying scar tissue which runs down across her brow onto her alabaster jaw. She sports the long, heavy leather cape and ornate braided cord aiguillette of an Executor.
==Background==
Born in Andorhal fourteen years before the Plague of Undeath swept across Lordaeron and its provinces, Dresta was torn from her homeland and bundled away to Stormwind at a tender age. Her first recordings indicate that she was originally a cleric aligned with the Church of Holy Light, and a highly placed and trusted individual, as shown when she was assigned to accompany Highlord Bolvar’s forces on a number of military campaigns.
Due to his long association with the Clergy, Highlord Dathran Eranor - the figurehead of the Scarlet Sigil - was a frequent sight in the Cathedral. Though repressed by the masses, his fearsome sermons turned over a significant amount of potential recruits from the public and the Clergy alike. Dresta counted among this number, roused by promises of a reclaimed Lordaeron, and went on to relinquish her previous ties with the Clergy to become a promising member of the Scarlet Crusade. It was during these early days in the order that she met her future partner, Oreic Amsted.
Dresta participated in all of the Highlord’s undertakings, most notably the assault launched on Lordaeron City, known by the order as the Undercity Offensive. A crusader of firm beliefs, Dresta trusted her Highlord implicitly and wholly, even going as far as to sustain a near-fatal wound in his name whilst fighting toe-to-toe with the Forsaken during the attack on the capital. As a result of her loyalty and unwavering conviction, her rise through the ranks of the Scarlet Crusade was swift and brutal; her reputation as a ruthless, fearless crusader was already well known throughout the order when she took the Oathbound title upon her shoulders, an honour reserved for the most fervent veterans who had excelled in battle.
Much of what happened prior to the Scarlet Order’s demise is shrouded in enigma. Some disciples broke their ties with the Scarlet Crusade and settled into the Alliance, helping to stabilise the world in the wake of the Deathwing’s Shattering, and others were lost in the ravaged lands of Lordaeron. Dresta’s tenacity was such that, rather than bowing down to the monarch and following her brothers, she continued to piously hold the Alliance in disdain. To surrender was to face defeat, and defeat was unacceptable. After months of heartache wrought by the loss of her lover, and a brief - albeit uneasy - accord with the Lightsworn Order of Menethil, she opted to take up her blade and set out alone for Tirisfal with the intention of joining the remainder of the Scarlet Crusade's survivors holding out in the Scarlet Palisade.
Maintaining the belief that she was doing right by her Highlord, Dresta fought alongside the remnants of the Crusade. With her steel, faith and zealous determination she waged war against the Forsaken war-machine, but ultimately was herself killed during these final battles. Her lifeless body was later reanimated by Sylvanas’ val’kyr.
==Affiliations==
Dresta currently serves as the First Executor of The Spine, under High Executor Anthraxius.
==Notable Quotes==
*"Light and Lordaeron indeed, Royal Professor. The irony is not lost on me." 
*"They have seen more ruin than a living soldier would see in ten lifetimes." - Dresta, referring to the Delegate's Deathguard regiment
*"It is folly to believe that an individual can turn the tide of battle. Wars are not won by heroes. Certainly not. Wars are won by manpower and force, and the application of strategy and tactics." - Dresta, addressing the Shadow Marshal after being questioned about her method of leadership
*"Your foe is well-equipped, well-trained, and battle-hardened. He believes that the Light is on his side. Let him believe what he will. We have the Deathguard on ours." - Dresta, addressing her Deathguard prior to marching against the Scarlet Onslaught in Dragonblight
*"Would that all the Dark Lady's servants were so... dedicated." - Dresta, upon discovering the grizzled remains of an ill-fated platoon of Dreadguard
==Archive==
WoWScrnShot 071411 204720.jpg|The Lady's finest.
WoWScrnShot 071611 220250.jpg|"Embrace the Shadow!"
Crusader Dresta.jpg|In life, Dresta was a devout Crusader.
Hammerfall.jpg|Defiler Von Heldenhammer consults Dresta during the Arathi Advance.
Formations.jpg|"Disciplined formations do not a regiment make, but they are good start."
WoWScrnShot 070811 220408.jpg|Dresta accompanies the High Delegate on a diplomatic excursion to Quel’Thalas.
DressieMap.jpg|Dresta coordinates the defence of Hammerfall in conjunction with Krisom Aaron Stillwater.
Dresta2.png|"Marching through a frozen wasteland, enduring the frigid winds, drowning in a swarm of twisted zealots and suffering the sting of the accursed Light? I cannot see why that is not a good idea."
PonyWithBackground.png|Meet Dresta the pony. My Little Deathguard: Hating Everything is Magic!
Scan0003-4.jpg|Executor Thornton, as illustrated by Anthraxius.
Scan0001-5.jpg|The Company of Death, as illustrated by Anthraxius. From left to right: High Executor Anthraxius, Executor Thornton, Defiler Cidé and Defiler Heldenhammer.
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