Wynevra McEny

Wynevra McEny

**Wynevra "Wynnie" McEny** is the daughter of Derwyn and Evelyn McEny, the elder sister of Emrys McEny, and niece of Cadfael McEny .

## Physical Description

She's shorter, about 5'4.

Tanned skin, which shows a life in the sun near the sea

Short, cropped auburn hair that flares out under her ears. Garnet eyes.

Visible healed scar on her left side, looks like a large slash that didn't heal topically well, near her hip. Clothing may obscure this.

Visible healed scar on her right hand, from the butt of her wrist to the bottom of her middle finger.  It's straight, like it was intended.

Visible scar across her neck, as if someone attempted to slit her throat.

Thin, lean, from a life of poor nutrition, that's only recently gotten better, and extreme physical activity

## Personality

A mischievous free spirit, Wynnie has a stubborn desire to live as freely as possible, without the constraints of order.

She thrives on the thrills and pleasures of life and actively craves stimuli to keep herself entertained. Often, her vices are used to combat the looming existential dread of her many horrific memories.

## History

### Year 11 ADP

Wynnie is born to Derwyn and Evelyn McEny in the spring.

### Year 13 ADP

Wynnie's little brother, Emrys, is born in the summer.

### Year 27 ADP

#### Happy Birthday

It is unknown when Cadfael exactly found Derwyn and his family. But, he arrived on Wynevra's birthday, ready to celebrate and ready to inform his brother that Wynnie was old enough to take up the family's traditions. While the stories of highwaymen and epic tales of dastardly rogues had lulled the children to sleep, Derwyn and Evelyn had never confessed the family's ties to the Syndicate to the children.

Wynevra was given a choice. She could stay at home with her family, or, she could follow Cadfael back to Alterac.

She refused.

Wynnie is dragged from her bed that evening and magically bound. Cadfael tells her, she can come back to rejoin the family, or, she can come back to rejoin the family. Again she refuses.

For Derwyn's defection and Wynnie's refusal to rejoin the family, the McEny farmstead was burned down. Wynnie watches as the flames engulf her home. By the time her magical restraints weakened enough to allow her to move, it was too late. She'd run to the barn to try to unlock it to no avail. Emrys' and her parents were trapped in the barn. Derwyn and Evelyn perish in the fire after being crushed by a flaming pillar. Emrys escapes, unknown to Wynnie. Wynnie turns to try to fight Cadfael, but a newly orphaned child with no fighting skills is no match for the seasoned mage.

In an act of self preservation, Wynnie runs as far as her legs can carry her.

The fire is recorded in the Southshore town records as a freak accident from the lightning storm that evening.

Eventually, she makes her way to Stormwind City.

#### Welcome to Stormwind

Wynnie arrives little more than a husk of skin and bones, with blisters on her feet, in her ripped and torn pajamas. She had made the travel from Southshore to Stormwind thanks to the kindness of strangers and the more than occasional five finger discount.

Absolutely starving, she makes the rash decision to steal from what appeared to be a man lost in his thoughts. Cynric Lightforge, however, was not just a regular man. He was a paladin, heir to the Lightforge minor noble family, and currently- a member of Stormwind City's guard. As he felt the unsubtle and unmistaken gropes of a child's fingers searching for a coin purse- he stopped her in mid action. She pleaded with him to not take her to jail, but, he didn't listen and remained firm in his decision. She'd spend the next several weeks mulling about- but, at least there was a bed and free food.

After her release, Wynnie refused to stay at the orphanage and instead decided to try her luck back on the streets. She'd often be caught begging, pickpocketing, and drawing the attention and ire of Stormwind's various roughnecks. Several of them, such as Reandel Carmire, Rillia, and Mazie Sessi held her attention. She wanted the world to know her name, she wanted to grow strong- and mostly, she wanted revenge.

Wynnie had saved her coins from her "discounts" and eventually bought herself the supplies needed for her to buy her own outfits, supplies, and a pair of daggers. She set her sights on SI:7 and began training and teaching herself so that she could obtain the stability that would have come with the work. Unfortunately- she was neither a prodigy nor insightful and it left her skills lacking. Her wishes to join SI:7 before her 16th birthday were not to be granted for a number of reasons, age included.

Wynnie took solace in her new found friends- or rather, the group of adults she had come to annoy: Cynric Lightforge, Jethaler Oaksbane , Reandel Carmire , Melersian , Lori Mollod, Anushin Kaline, Sabariel Al'Darina , and Xaviorr.

### Year 28 ADP

Frustrated and angry- Wynnie turned her attention to finding ways to make her own money. Secrets were a commodity in the underbelly of Stormwind, and so, Wynnie took it upon herself to stick her nose in where it didn't belong. Lori Mollod had attempted to adopt Wynnie, to which the girl had shrugged off. After a small spat, Wynnie agreed to be hired as Lori's "bodyguard" in exchange for pay. The title was only a superficial one, where Lori had purposefully made it seem like Wynnie was working, and Wynnie was gullible enough to believe it.

#### Cthral Dro'methar

To this day, Wynnie isn't entirely sure what compelled her to eavesdrop on the conversation of Cthral and another. The Death Knight was nearly doouble her size, more than double her age, and had already procured a reputation among Stormwind as one who shouldn't have been messed with. Still, the conversation out in the canals was all too juicy for Wynnie to not listen in to- until a necrotic hand yanked her from her perch under the bridge.

Wynnie was taken to Surwich, where Cthral committed unspeakable acts against her. It took her friends 4 days to find her, and Wynnie was a shell of her former person.

#### Drugs and Alcohol

Wynnie remained shell shocked in the weeks after her encounter with Cthral. She woke to nightmares every night, and the thought of sleeping outside where Cthral could get her churned her stomach into knots. It was around this time that she met Aranthor of Westfall, a transient. The pair hit it off immediately, and, most importantly; he was there for her when the night terrors kicked in. At first, it started with shots of rum and whiskey, then beers by the bottle. Soon- the pair was sharing more of Stormwind's terrible pleasures. His eyes looked elsewhere to other women, particularly of the elven variety; he was too old for Wynnie, his hygiene was less than par, and he manipulated her into staying for entirely too long. After Aranthor broke up with Wynnie for an elf, Wynnie was left in tears-- and blaming the elven woman.

Heartbroken, Wynnie turned even more into her vices.

#### Rillia

Wynnie sunk into a terrible depression. In her youth and inexperience, she felt as though the world was against her and could, at a moment's notice, end her. Driven to persevere, Wynnie reached out to Rillia to ask for training and mentorship. By this point, Rillia had obtained a reputation for her work as a sellsword of the darker variety, an assassin, and as Wynnie would later describe, "a psychopath". But, in this moment, Wynnie thought Rillia was everything Wynnie ever desired to be. Rillia was confident, skilled, strong and free.

In order for Rillia to accept Wynnie as her pupil, she decided to issue a test. If Wynnie passed, Rillia would agree to mentor the fledging rogue.

#### The Murder of The Hughes Family

Rillia had provided Wynnie with her first ever test- to eliminate a 'bad man' in Elwynn Forest. The intelligence provided to Wynnie included the home he lived in, and that Rillia would "take care of most of it". It was up to Wynnie to prove she had the stomach to finish the job, where they would then later work on her strength and combat skill.

When Wynnie arrived to the home near Thunder Falls, she successfully broke in but, did not find the scene she expected. Instead of a man bound and tied- it was an entire family; a husband, a wife, and children not yet in their teens: a son and a daughter. On the windowsill nearby was a radio with Rillia's voice. Prerecorded, it provided the instructions of what Wynnie needed to do. If she didn't, Wynnie would instead be murdered.

Wynnie chose her own life, and the Hughes Family was tortured in horrendous, fatal ways.

When Wynnie left the home and showed Rillia the acts and orders she had followed to exactness- she would be shocked to find that Rillia had no intention of taking her on as a mentee. Cackling and mocking Wynnie, Rillia teased her for her desperate stupidity and threatened to inform the Stormwind Guard. The pair fought, where Wynnie was left with a deep wound in her side. Over the course of several weeks, Rillia and Wynnie would continue their feud and sword clashes- usually ending with Wynnie in a panic, thrashed, and wounded state. She was truly no match for the veteran.

#### A Terrible Trade

Staying safe with Lori and Philius Mollod, Wynnie grew restless. The last several months of her life had been incredibly difficult, heartbreaking, and she had found herself at the wrong end of too many swords. She cursed her young body, her inexperience, her stupidity- and lamented on why the world was as cruel as it was. The Mollod's tried their best- to offer her a home and a nearly adoptive family, but Wynnie shirked at the idea of a proper education and the desired a way to protect herself, grow in skill, and gain revenge of her growing list of enemies.

She again encountered the famed Mazie Sessi, a gnome warlock who had lurked about Stormwind for sometime. She told him her plight- how her enemies were at every corner and that she didn't stand a chance against any of them. She needed a quick way to "get good" at her craft, and she was willing to pay her price.

Mazie offered Wynnie a deal: he'd take a portion of her soul and bind it to a soulstone, in exchange, he'd "unlock her great potential" as a rogue. The binding removed her sense of taste and her ability to fall in love. Considering her break up from Aranthor and her unreciprocated interest in Jethaler Oaksbane (who was again, much too old and interested in an elf), she gleefully accepted this trade. She never wanted to feel the pain of heartbreak again, and love thus far has proven to be painful and distracting from her goal.

Overnight, Wynnie grew faster, stronger, and was able to preform acrobatics and other stunts she had only dreamed of. She thanked Mazie, and reentered the city feeling much more confident and safer.

### Years 30-33 ADP

Throughout her years in Stormwind City and the self inflicted misfortune from it all, there was one person who stood true to her side- Cynric Lightforge. He had been the first person to encounter Wynnie in Stormwind, and had seen her try and fail, survive and struggle. Shortly after the permanent death of his father, Gawain Lightforge, Cynric travelled to Arathi to take up the mantle of heir and Lord Lightforge. With nothing better to do and in desperate need of income, Wynnie accepted a long standing contract to be Cynric's bodyguard, personal assassin, and leader of his father's intelligence units. While never entirely romantic, particularly because of Wynnie's curse, the pair were good friends and helped scratch each other's more intimate itches. She supported him through his claim stakes and helped him prove to the Lightforge counsel and Lightforge family that he was worthy to lead the family. The pair left Stormwind to live at the Lightforge estate in Arathi.

### Year 33 ADP

During the Fourth War, Arathi was left ravaged as a battlefield between the Horde and the Alliance. While the Alliance would eventually emerge victorious, The Lightforge family had sustained extensive damages to their incomes, funds, homes, and lands in an effort to support the war and fight off the Horde invaders. Cynric Lightforge descended into madness and relieved all of his workers of their jobs- including Wynnie. Wynnie made her way back to Stormwind, mourning the loss of her mentor, friend, and confidant. She prayed that, one day, The Light would reunite them.

#### Returning to Stormwind and The Dark Rose Society

Stormwind had changed much during Wynnie's absence. Most, if not all, of her former friends and contacts were missing. She was unsure if they did survive the wars of Pandaria, Draenor, or the Legion's invasions. Pockets of familiarity were about the city, and she set her sights on looking for work and new contacts.

A rose petal fell into her hands, a strong sense of direction, and a voice urged her to go towards Olivia's Pond. It was there she would meet Ayaidus Nightoak, the founder of The Dark Rose Society. The DRS promised fame, fortune, or family for any of those with a flexible moral compass. Over the next several months, the pair would become close colleagues and Wynnie would eventually be named as Ayaidus' right hand. Ayaidus became determined to help Wynnie retrieve her soulshard-- to which Wynnie was less than excited about. After all, the deal she had made had given her these skills and love was now a distraction at best. Any feelings Ayaidus did or did not have were unable to be reciprocated.

After being named Ayaidus' right hand, and made to be a Keeper of the DRS, Wynnie allowed herself to be branded with the DRS' emblem. The brand acted similarly to a rune and contained the spellworks to allow Wynnie to control minor forms of Void magic. It marked her perpetual loyalty to the DRS and asserted her authority over newer recruits.

One of the largest missions the Dark Rose Society took upon themselves was the gathering of information on noble houses Stygian, Matheredor, and Harthfolde at the request of House Targaris. Unprivy to Targaris' plans, the DRS collected everything they could find to fulfill the request and get paid. Paid handsomely during the deposit, they didn't particularly worry much when Targaris' suddenly went without contact and the contract was ended prematurely.

Still- Wynnie had an idea. Matheredor had proven to be a strong and reliable noble house. The DRS' numbers were strong, but, small. Without the income from Targaris, Wynnie proposed that they strike an alliance with House Matheredor.

#### Alternate Stormwind

In an alternate version of Stormwind, where N'zoth managed to complete his goals, Wynnie surprisingly stays fervent to her beliefs in The Light. She lends her blade to the fighting efforts. In this world, where many had perished or gone insane, she manages to find new love and give birth to her half elven daughter, Eirwyn McEny.

### Shadowlands

#### Death Rising

Wynnie woke to the sounds of gunshots, chaos, and ravenous undead. As she gathered her weapons, emergency pack, and Bruce, she hurried downstairs to find Turis fighting a ghoul. Turis took the brunt of the assault as he relied on his worgen curse to prevent being converted by the Scourge. With the help of the Argent Dawn, the family left Stormwind to a bunker prepared outside of Stormwind City where they remained for many months.

## Quotes

* I... had it all planned out, Aspien. For years I'd been dreaming of the things I wanted to say to him... how it should have been. But I faltered. I was so...felbent on acting as a unit. I didn't want to be rash..."
* "Practiced in sliding down trees, both the botanical and the flesh kind. There aren't many better thrills in my book, Marcis."
* "Yeah... dead parents and a tragic backstory mixed with a pina colada of fuck-ups. Like every other fuckin' sell-sword in Stormwind, it's like my universe was orchestrated by an edgy 14 year old, or sumthin'. "

## Gallery

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* NSFW Artwork is available for view by people who are 18+, but, not published here.

## Featured Stories

* Ashes to Ashes
* Flips N' Shit
* I've Found You

## Trivia

* Events listed from Year 27-32 happened on Shadow Council server. Some people have stopped playing, some stay on Shadow Council, and others came to Wyrmrest Accord.
* Blizzard has redone the timeline a few times over the years- leading to some year retcons. While I could adjust Wynevra's birthday, it would effect her brother Emrys, too. So- the ages I RP as and have her vocally say may slightly differ from the Years given by the Ultimate Visual Guide and written here. (I RP'd Wyn as being 14 in Cataclysm in Year 28 // 2009, but Chronicles came out in 2016 and adjusted things.)

## References

1. ↑ "ADP"- After Dark Portal : Ultimate Visual Guide