Lord Vynlorin Shandaumath

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**Vynlorin Shandaumath,** head of House Shandaumath, is the Baron of Dreadmist Peak in Redridge Mountains.

## Personality & Beliefs

Vynlorin is a brutal soul that rules with an unwavering fist. He is a proud tradesman that coaxes with a slithering tongue; a master torturer that wields a demanding finger; and a warlock that commands a hungry flame. Where the name of Shandaumath once gave rise to pleasant feelings, it now brings knees to bend before it for fear of suffering and torment.

## Description

Vynlorin Shandaumath has no shame in flaunting who he is. Skulls and chains often decorate his attire, and his thin frame hints at one who spends more time in the study than on the training grounds. His pale skin, common among the void-tainted elves, is only further accentuated by a life spent hidden from the sun. Although his clothing, his skin, and everything about his person is immaculate and clean, the scent of dust and damp stones clings to every fiber of his being.

Although Vynlorin conducts himself with pleasant mannerisms and a demeanor that flourishes in diplomacy, a devious, slithering grin hints at all the cunning thoughts he has brewing in any given moment. While he was more chaotic and self-serving in his youth, the weight of nobility and politics have changed the way Vynlorin approaches issues. He has become a man who fights for himself, for his people, and for justice, but he refuses to coat his words in honey, and this has earned many scornful eyes upon him for the harsh bite of truth that he spits.

Vynlorin does his best to keep the affliction of the ren'dorei from poisoning his mind, but it only takes a keen eye to sense the wicked nature of the Void that feeds endlessly into his thoughts. He is in a constant battle against himself, and sometimes the pull of insanity ticks a little too strongly for the man to resist.

## Biography

Residing in the southern regions of Eversong Forest with his father Vynlaerian Shandaumath and mother Tylania Wynrieth, Vynlorin Shandaumath grew up surrounded by the hard-working merchants and craftsmen that led the Shandaumath family into wealth and prosperity. Throughout most of his years, Vynlorin never sought to stray from these ideals and truly cherished the simple life of a tradesman, and his knack for smooth-talking his way into a successful sale made him popular amongst nobles and commoners alike.

However, Vynlorin’s admiration toward his cousin Vorelien Shandaumath, son of Vorathien Shandaumath, sent him down a different path. About a decade before the Second War, Vorelien began his studies as a mage to follow in the footsteps of his mother’s lineage. He was successful and persuasive, and through gentle coaxing had convinced Vynlorin to join him on a path that would serve to protect their lands from the trolls who encroached upon them. Vynlorin was hesitant at first to leave the successful life of his family, but word of the trolls scouting their lands was reason enough to take up the call.

The following years were met with rigorous study. Rarely did Vynlorin leave his study as he sought to wield that chaos of fire that might set the homes of the trolls ablaze. The passion for hard work that his family had instilled upon him made the quel’dorei zealous for more knowledge and more power. When the Amani invasion rolled through the elven lands during the Second War, Vynlorin had thought himself a master of the unstable flames.

But during the Second War, tragedy struck. Vorelien was captured, and Vynlorin blamed himself as he watched his cousin get dragged away by the trolls. In an act of desperation, the young mage reached out to the brutal House Darkterror for help. Lord Dred’nor Darkterror was known for his fierce and unrelenting power on the battlefield, and Vynlorin prostrated himself at the feet of the lord to beseech aid in rescuing his cousin.

Though the lord aided, it was too late. Vorelien's corpse was found among the bodies of the other captives, and Vynlorin set the entire settlement ablaze until nothing but ash remained.

Vynlorin remained in service to Lord Darkterror until the Second War had ended, and he learned much from the vicious people that tormented the battlefield alongside him. With the death of his cousin, the mage was consumed with thoughts of bringing the deceased back to life. He began to study the taboo art of necromancy, but soon he stumbled upon the savage rules of the warlocks. Soulstones fascinated him, and he longed to learn the art of control until he could demand a demon’s obedience.

In order to perfect this craft, Vynlorin once more returned to Lord Darkterror where he pledged himself to the House for many years to come. The lord was intrigued by the man’s fervency for power, and the two quickly became strong friends. Under the guidance of the lord and his advisors, Vynlorin was set as the Master Torturer where he learned to control the knees of those who looked upon him.

It was also under the rule of Lord Darkterror that Vynlorin met Aredhele Valtieri who was pledged to be wed to the lord. Finding no love with Dred’nor, Aredhele stumbled upon his friend and Master Torturer Vynlorin, and the two carried out a secret affair for many years to come.

And then the Third War.

When Arthas marched his armies through Eversong Forest, Vynlorin stood alongside Lord Darkterror once more as they fought for the safety and security of their lands. The undead army marched quickly, and although Vynlorin and Dred’nor survived, the unprotected merchants surrounding the Shandaumath family all perished. This left Vynlorin as the last of his family’s name, and a terrible grief seized him.

Only power and revenge could sate his hunger, and he delved ever deeper into the wicked ways of the warlocks. His eyes turned green with the rest of the remaining Quel’dorei who suffered the loss of the Sunwell, and he gladly took up the name of Sin’dorei as his passion for his people’s survival fueled him.

From the end of the Third War until the onslaught of the Legion’s attack on Azeroth, Vynlorin continued to perfect his craft. Aredhele Valtieri suddenly disappeared without a word which left Vynlorin bitterly free from their affair. When rumor of a group of Sin’dorei researching the power of the Void started to drift around, It wasn’t long until Vynlorin followed the Void and left House Darkterror in good graces, and he soon found himself exiled from his own people once the Void had changed him on Telogrus.

Though he was alone, he never stopped chasing power. One day a letter arrived from Aredhele Valtieri, and the man found himself reunited with her once again on one fateful night in the Slaughtered Lamb of Stormwind. She pleaded for his help as she sought to wield the power of her House and regain House Valtieri’s glory in the eyes of the Alliance. Seeing this as a worthwhile opportunity to seize his own power, Vynlorin agreed and took up the title of Master Torturer once again in service of House Valtieri.

Once again the affair met a bitter split after a tumultuous year, and on November 10, 633 KC, Vynlorin left his barony in Thornwood. After weeks of planning and development, the lord had successfully brought life to a plot of land under Marquess Milhelis Wells in Redridge Mountains. Lady Wells offered a burned plot of land to the lord if he would be able to make it flourish, and she offered him the Barony of Dreadmist Peak upon seeing life fill the land once more.

## Titles

### Baron of Dreadmist Peak

Vynlorin Shandaumath assisted Marchioness Milhelis Wells in redeveloping her land in Redridge Mountains, and in return she rewarded him the Barony of Dreadmist Peak after seeing his success in Thornwood.

### Baron of Thornwood [former]

Vynlorin Shandaumath was offered the Barony of Thornwood, effectively granting him his nobility in the Kingdom of Stormwind.

### Master torturer of House Valtieri [former]

Leaving House Darkterror to chase after the power of the Void, Lord Shandaumath continued to perfect his craft under House Valtieri.

### Master torturer of House Darkterror [former]

Vynlorin first obtained his title of Master Torturer serving Lord Dred'nor Darkterror in Eversong Forest.

## House

Lord Vynlorin Shandaumath is the first head of the noble House Shandaumath. In earlier years, the common Shandaumath family was known in Quel'thalas for its trade of expensive elven silk and lynx pelts. As the events of the Second and Third Wars wore away at the elves in Eversong Forest, so too did the common name of Shandaumath suffer until Vynlorin Shandaumath, the last of his name, took hold of power granted to him by Lady Aredhele Valtieri.

The Lord swears that he will bring back the Shandaumath name stronger and fiercer than ever.

## Relationships

### Lady Aredhele Valtieri

A secret affair, Vynlorin first met Aredhele Valtieri during his service to Lord Dred'nor Darkterror. After she abandoned her engagement with Dred'nor to chase after the Void, fate brought Vynlorin and Aredhele together again in Stormwind. Their relationship fully ended in the fall of 633 KC.

### Nivathostin

Despite a tumultuous beginning between Nivathostin and Vynlorin, Nivathostin has become a guard and confidant to the baron, and there is nobody that Vynlorin trusts more than this loyal and good-natured rogue.