Trant Laurent

**Nation**
 **Born**
 **Titles**
* Knight of Stormwind
* Captain
* Knight of Balor
 **Beliefs**
 **Signature**
 **Relatives**
* Orianne Laurent (Mother) †
* Beatrice Laurent (Wife) †
* Julien Laurent (Brother) †
* Bohemond Laurent (Brother)
* Morgane Gaumont (Sister)
* Matthieu Gaumont (Nephew)
 **Coat of Arms**

Sir **Trant Laurent** is a Stormwindian nobleman, Paladin and knight who rules over the Duchy of Alcestenne. Serving under the Brotherhood of the Horse in leading the Knights of Balor, he is currently a Captain of the Royal Army of Stormwind.

A devoted servant of the Grand Alliance, Trant hails from the often war-ravaged isle of Balor, the largest of a strategic chain of island holdings near the capital city of the Kingdom. He is heavily involved in temporal and spiritual politics and is known for his hawkish and conservative leanings.

## Personality & Beliefs

At surface level, Trant is the very image of a Stormwindian knight, grizzled and clearly a veteran of wars long past, his attitude is stern and straight to the point, typically refraining from flowery words and wasting his time or the time of his peers. In spite of this, he has a noble bearing appropriate of his bloodline, carrying himself with the typical arrogance of an aristocrat.

He is a man deeply concerned with his faith, finding himself involved in the affairs of the Church of the Holy Light, Trant typically advocates for a policy of religious orthodoxy, looking down upon heathens and apostates with contempt, and seeking to ensure the spiritual purity of Stormwind, he's no stranger to speaking and writing of his beliefs and travels in his efforts to oust the influence of irreligious or heathenous groups in Stormwind.

Similarly, his views on the foreign policy of the Kingdom are far from modern, falling into his old prejudices and values, he firmly stands for heightened Stormwindian militarism and the pursuit of conflict with the enemies of humanity, new and old-- Something he is happy to carry out himself whenever he has the opportunity, often going out of his way to wholly and decisively destroy his foes, be they the inhuman, the faithless, or a petty political rival.

## Description

With skin tanned by decades spent in the open, waging war or residing on his home island of Balor, it would be clear to most that Trant is an aged and experienced man, a collection of small scars on his jaw and neck visible to any particularly perceptive eye, and many others hidden under his clothes or armor, with wrinkles beginning to show on his face, the effects of age only barely staved by his connection to the Holy Light, most prominent are the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes.

Despite his obvious age, however, he's in possession of youthful vitality, by the providence of the Holy Light and by decades spent fighting, he's kept in shape for his station and his age, only helped by his naturally stocky build, shorter than the average human male and broader, there's a degree of toned musculature visible, but not enough to deem him 'muscular.'

Standing out on Trant is his dark blond hair, left long enough to touch his shoulders, which is well-taken care of despite the lack of need to make himself look presentable as a warrior of the Light and a soldier of the Kingdom, most of his attention is undoubtedly put into his armor.

## Biography

Born about a decade before the outbreak of the First War, Trant Laurent was born on Balor to an aristocratic and knightly couple, Ignace and Orianne, both of whom combined their territories on the isle of Balor to create the unitary Duchy of Alcestenne under their joint leadership. From an early age, Trant was given an ecclesiastic education, with the intent to make him into a clergyman-- but fate would bring war to the shores of Balor, as the forces of the Stormreaver Clan and the Blackrock Clan landed their forces on Balor after sweeping through the territories of Stormwind, and at a young age, despite his noble birth, Trant was levied into the militia on Balor, forced at a young age to learn to resist the invader, this period setting him on the path to knighthood.

The next years of his life were spent with other groups of resisting fighters on Balor, making a veteran of a young boy who survived only by the skin of his teeth and through the fervor of his spirit, developing a great disdain for the Orcs who had brought ruin to his home and family, his father falling during a desperate defense of Alcestenne, unbeknownst to his sons.

Having never left the Kingdom of Stormwind to flee north, Trant witnessed with his own eyes the restitution of the Kingdom of Stormwind and the civil and economic upheaval that followed, during his time training to become a knight in the footsteps of his father, mixing his techniques with the clerical teachings he had previously gathered, setting the stage for his later membership in the Knights of the Silver Hand.

In the period of recovery that Stormwind underwent, Balor went neglected, a comparatively unimportant port island that would see a meager share of the resources meant for revitalizing the communites of the Kingdom, forcing the aristocratic families of the island holdings to use their own resources for repair and revitalization, draining their coffers and reducing them in prestige.

Regardless, as soon as he was old enough and skilled enough to properly swing a sword, Trant was sent around the Kingdom to clean up holdouts of Orcish military elements scattered around the territories of humanity, working alongside other members a regiment of Balor natives to rout the greenskinned invaders.

After the sealing of the Dark Portal, the realization of efforts to rebuild the Kingdom of Stormwind fully began, and Trant became the head of his house, though his mother retained a great deal of sway in the policies carried out by the young nobleman, exerting her influence largely in the way of making sure to gather funds by any means necessary for Alcestenne during the time of the Third War.

It was during this time that the Knights of Balor were established as a chapter of the Brotherhood of the Horse, drawing in many Paladins of the Silver Hand that wished to more specifically serve their Kingdoms, especially as the Silver Hand waned in the wake of losing so much of their leadership in the Scourging of the north. With Trant and his brothers leading the Knights of Balor, they journeyed north on crusade in an effort to help the besieged people of Lordaeron, finding only ruins and great hordes of the undead.

After time spent with various Marshals, and other claimants of military authority in Lordaeron, and catastrophic losses suffered in the defense of the freshly-reclaimed Dalaran, the Knights of Balor scattered into the north in a rout, with Trant and his brother Bohemond finding refuge in the Westweald, the brother Julien meeting his fate in Silverpine following retreat from Dalaran.

Finally returning home after years, Trant once more took up the reins as the Duke of Alcestenne, having served faithfully as the lord of the land ever since, with his only future expeditions from the Kingdom being to relieve the Sons of Lothar in the Outland, and to oust the Lich King in the Crown of the World.

## Titles

### Duke of Alcestenne

Sir Trant is the lord of the Duchy of Alcestenne, a settlement on the northern shore of Balor Isle, which claims various smaller islands in the same chain. It's known for a strong military and maritime tradition.

### Knight-Commander of the Knights of Balor

Head of the Knights of Balor, an assault division of highly-motivated and nationalistic Knights with a disdain for all things inhuman and heathenrous, they're known for their traditionalism, as well as their efficacy, making them an indispensable tool of the Grand Alliance.

### Captain of the Stormwind Army

Trant is a Captain of the Royal Stormwindian Army, working with moderately sized detachments of soldiers in Lordaeron, Outland and Northrend in his time, he also personally leads a small force in northern Balor.

## House

Trant Laurent is the head of House Laurent. It is known for its long lineage of knights and a strong marine tradition. House Laurent has long dedicated lives to the armies of Stormwind, with a legacy reaching back to the war of independence, where they were among those to declare their support for the secessionist cause.

Initially being a house of little repute and prestige, House Laurent came to be known not for cause of martial glory and success, but for successfully politicking their way into overtaking other houses of nobility in the region and catapulting themselves to some prominence.

## Relationships

### Beatrice Laurent

During his time in Lordaeron, Trant met a fellow knight by the name of Beatrice Vallée, astonishing one another with their mutual martial prowess, they were married immediately upon their return to Balor together, serving side by side as protectors and rulers of Alcestenne, during the campaign against the Lich King, Beatrice gave her life fighting the Undead Scourge.

### Bohemond Laurent

Younger brother and functional heir to Trant, Bohemond is a knight as well, though a far more lackadaisical man for certain, spending much of his time indulging his every vice and pleasure in Alcestenne itself, Bohemond lacks the discipline and stern attitude of Trant, which he is derided by his older brother for. Their relationship is close, regardless, and Trant deeply cares for his brother, however much of a layabout he may be.

## Gallery

Trant in the modern eraSir Trant Laurent's SignatureCrest of House Laurent