Wanokee Darkhorn

Hunter and Guardian of the Redwood Tribes

### Appearance

Wanokee stands taller and broader than the average tauren. His size and black, shaggy hair make it clear that he is a slightly different breed than most Shu’halo of the Bloodhoof Tribe. His appearance is usually wild and rugged, with a long fringe hanging in front of his eyes. His equipment is well-worn and often covered in a layer of grime.

A large scoped rifle is slung over the shu’halo’s shoulder with leather straps. He carries multiple heavy packs and bags, including a pouch of fragrant herbs, an alchemy set clinking with glass vials, and a large sack stuffed with bullets.

Wanokee is always accompanied by his faithful companion, the maned Mulgore lion named Junior. Junior is no cub, most anyone familiar with beasts could tell that this big cat has seen a few years. Also very apparent are his massive claws for raking enemies.

### Personality

To a stranger, Wanokee can seem quiet, cold, and uncaring. Most of the time, he is a bull of few words, only liking to talk when the subject interests him. He's not humorless, however, and is prone making jokes and sarcastic observations. Spending most of his time in the wilds means Wanokee is usually slightly behind during social interactions.

### History

Wanokee was born to a lesser tribe of Shu’halo that made their home in the mountains west of Mulgore. A Bloodhoof hunting party came across the wreckage of this tribe’s camp after a deadly centaur attack. Wanokee, a swaddling calf, was found by one of the party, hidden beneath the wreckage of a lean-to, who rescued him and returned him to the Bloodhoof camp.

He was raised with the younglings of the Bloodhoof tribe, through their continued struggles with the centaur and the founding of Bloodhoof Village. Wanokee was made the ward of Yaw Sharpmane, the village’s master hunter, from whom he learned how to handle kodo, track game, and command beasts.

Although the Bloodhoof treated him as one of their own, Wanokee always felt a small amount of alienation from the tribe, which became larger and impossible to hide as he grew taller than the shu’halo his age. After passing his rites, Wanokee left Bloodhoof Village to become an adventurer and prove his worth to his tribe, the Horde, and himself.

Sharpmane sent one of his old beast companions, the Mulgore lion Bro Junior, to accompany the young bull on his journey. Junior, long in the tooth but spry and dangerous, is always by Wanokee’s side as his guardian and protector, as he has been since the bull was a youngling. While travelling through the Barrens, Wanokee met Seer Okwaho and Chieftain Ayashe of the Redwood Tribes, and joined their ranks of Shu’halo. After helping to quell the barrens’ population of Quilboars and Centaur, Wanokee was assigned to Ghost Walker Post.

In Desolace, Wanokee served as a Horde ambassador to the Gelkis clan of Centaur, brokering an alliance to destroy the rival Kolkar clan. One dark night during this centaur war, Wanokee stood vigil on a hill outside Maraudon anticipating a Kolkar attack. The shu’halo was able to sound the warhorn in time to alert the Gelkis of the attack, allowing them to rout the attacking tribe. For this battle, Wanokee was given the name Darkhorn by the Horde guard of Ghost Walker Post.

After leaving the Ghostlands, Wanokee Darkhorn travelled across Azeroth, growing stronger and serving the Horde slaying beasts and monsters. Wanokee has spent the recent months living with the uncorrupted furbolgs of Timbermaw Hold, killing their enemies and studying their tribal secrets of earth and water. He now serves the Redwood Tribes as a Guardian and Hunter, through changing times and into an uncertain future.

### Info / OOC

* Character Name: Wanokee
* Member of Redwood Tribe's retail guild on Emerald Dream - Zen'kan and Dodoa