Magdaleyne Curzon

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**Lady Magdaleyne Elisabeth Amalia Curzon** is a Stormwindian human aristocrat, military officer, and stateswoman. Young and inexperienced, only recently has she entered society, having purchased her commission following officer’s training and a long period of study and tutelage in preparation for her role as both a Stormwind peer and as a guardian of the peace.

Born into the knightly Curzon family, she was raised in the relatively rural, conservative Viscounty of Sutherford, at the family seat of Courson. The death of her father, the 10th Viscount, left her enduring a long period of guardianship and effective regency over her lands. Being in the Elwynn Forest and far from the frontlines, Lady Curzon was raised in an environment of agrarian peace. Well schooled in matters of history, rhetoric, and philosophy, she also trained with the blade to take up the typical chivalric role of the Curzons.

Between the ages of 18 and 24, she began to undertake an increasing role in wielding the levers of power within her Viscounty, and the influence of her regents and protectors gradually faded, though many were kept on as counsellors. She went on to undertake a formal military education, and at 27, purchased her commission as a Lieutenant in the Army, and began service with the Second Regiment, Stormwind Guard.

## Personality & Beliefs

Lady Curzon is a woman who can be described at times as severe and serious. Not prone to levity, she seems primarily concerned with the greater existential questions and is largely indifferent to minor, interpersonal affairs. This is reflected more clearly in her politics, where she takes a broadly conservative lean, and is generally in favor of a smaller, more efficient government under the indisputable authority of the King.

Religiously, she is a fervent adherent of the Light, and is regularly seen to carry charms and rosaries. This religiosity does not extend necessarily to violent zeal, but she appears to be generally disapproving of the widespread growth of alternative religions within Stormwind.

Despite her severity and seriousness, she is not without either pragmatism nor a sense of humor, albeit she is rare to exercise the latter. Having spent much of her early life choked by a strict protectorate over her lands, she has learned to maneuver carefully through matters of state. The perfect has never been permitted to become the enemy of the good.

## Description

A relatively tall woman, standing 5’9”, she has a fit and toned build suitable for someone committed to a martial lifestyle. Despite her sharp, and somewhat cold features, she’s not an ugly woman by any regard. Fair skinned and with raven black hair, she usually wears her hair up - in a twisted bun for social occasions, and in a ponytail when in military dress. Her eyes are bright but cold, a steel-gray. She does not often wear makeup, but does nonetheless take good care of her hair and skin.

She usually dresses modestly, and whilst maintaining some jewellery, generally wears formal, covering garments, if not in armor.

## Biography

Born January 11th, 607 to Lord Gauthier Curzon, 10th Viscount Sutherford, and his wife Lady Juliana, in Courson, Elwynn Forest, Magdaleyne was the product of a long and difficult process of trying to secure the Curzon lineage. Her parents had suffered a number of failed pregnancies, and she would be the only child to result from the somewhat doom-stricken marriage. Raised closely and lovingly by her family in her early days, the death of her parents in the early days of the Defias Brotherhood’s activities in rural Stormwind would go on to color her views on law and order significantly, and harden her conservative convictions in later life.

For the period following her parents’ deaths, she was raised by regents, led by her mother’s brother, Sir Harluin Vaize. Strict and overbearing, they were untrusting of the young girl and sought to secure a long period of control over her demesne, even beyond the statutory end of her regency at her age of majority. Despite this, she was well schooled by her governesses on matters of state and the history of the Kingdom, and she found solace in her strong faith to guide her through the difficult - albeit peaceful - period.

As she approached her majority, schooled in all of the requisite skills necessary to govern herself, she found her continuing regency stifling. The next six years were possessed of a significant degree of maneuvering, as she sought to dilute the power of her protectors and ensure her control over her holdings. This culminated in a very brief conflict in the town of Sutherford after her uncle - Sir Harluin - took the counsellors still loyal to him and attempted to raise a banner against her. The ensuing skirmish was rough and bloody, and claimed Sir Harluin’s head, which remains settled on a pike outside the Courson Fortalice to this day, defleshed and denied the Light’s rest.

With control of her rightful lands secured, Lady Curzon enlisted in military college for the next three years, and studied to become a military officer in full right. Through her connections to her direct liegelord, the Duke of Aldridge, when she graduated and purchased her commission, she joined the Second Regiment, Stormwind Guard, and began her military career in earnest. This brought her to Stormwind City at last, ready to make her debut into wider political and social society.

## Titles

### Viscountess Sutherford

Lady Curzon is the liegelady of the Viscounty of Sutherford, a reasonably small parcel of land in the southern Elwynn Forest, near the Nazferiti River and situated on the Courson Burn. She carries the subsidiary titles of Baroness Courson, and the Curzon Baronetcy.

### Lieutenant, Stormwind Army

Lady Curzon is commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Stormwind Army, the most junior serving officer rank.

## House

Lady Curzon is a member of House Curzon, formerly the House of Courson, of the Elwynn Forest. The Curzon family have a background in martial service, and agricultural management.

## Relationships

Lady Curzon is unmarried, and has no close living relatives.

Her direct liegelord is Adorlin Miller, the Duke of Aldridge.