Arlien Silvershield(Character History)

Arlien Silvershield is a member of the *Quel'ama Council*, representing the Self-Defense Forces, particularly the Navy. He has had an extensive military career in Army, Navy, and even the Constabulary with the Kingdom of Quel'thalas(Army) and the Kingdom of Stormwind. His most prestigious award is the Cross of Llane in the Service of Stormwind during the Fourth War for his efforts to uncover the agents of the now defunct *Onyx Rose Order*.

## History

### Early History

Born in the Silvershield Estate in Quel'thalas, over 1200 years ago, Arlien was the firstborne of two children, with a younger sister born several years after. From a very young age, Arlien proved to be rather responsible, mainly a trait of his mother that she instilled him at the time.

### Thalassian Army Service

Arlien joined the Thalassian Army as a spellblade before continuing his training to become a spellbeaker. While never deployed against the Amani Trolls, Arl often was restless, trying to get a redeployment to no avail.

#### The Second War

Arlien, when word of the Orcish Horde reached Quel'thalas, was just like most of his people: He didn't consider that the Orcs were a true threat. The day the Amani and Orcs invaded shattered his world view. The man's outpost was one of the first to be struck by the Amani, resulting in half of his garrison being slaughtered before the raids let up.

Arlien launched his own raids into Amani lands, destroying several villages and slaughtering the populations. He received word that he would join the main Alliance Army.

After hard marching, Arlien and the army engaged the Horde at the Battle of Lordaeron, routing the enemy. The Alliance chased the Horde to Blackrock Mountain, resulting in a Horde defeat.

#### The Third War

During his time during the interwar years, Arlien oversaw the rebuilding of the Silvershield Estate. Upon hearing the fall of Lordaeron to the Scourge, Arlien began to mobilize his garrison.

While his outpost was not in the direct path of the Scourge, his men took heavy casualties from both raids from the Scourge and Amani Tribe. Among those casualties was his mother, Thayra Silvershield-Songwhisper.

### Exile

After Kael'thas Sunstrider's return, Arlien was disgusted at the display and new techniques being taught to his people. And due to that, Arlien self exiled himself, traveling south. But the reasons did not end there. Arlien, having always disliked Rommath's policies and ideals, and when Rommath gained a high position in Quel'thalas, he felt that he needed to withdraw from his own homeland.

### Civilian Life

When Arlien settled in Stormwind, he swore off the life of a soldier, but retained his training and build. Arlien went into the Lumber industry, becoming a lumberjack for years. There was nothing really of note from his time as a civilian outside of continuing his training of being a Spellbreaker on the side.

### Constabulary Life

After some time of civilian life, Arlien began to develop an interest into joining the Constabulary. Upon request, he joined the Twelfth Regiment as a Corporal(Due to his past military service in the Alliance of Lordaeron) in order to further develop his interests. Upon entering the service, Arlien began to develop a interest with Corporal Selene De'Bravyion, often confiding with her about personal matters.

#### Challenge to Jean Luxford

Upon the rather unprofessional and rather heated reprimand of a private in the 12th by Luxford, making some points that besmirched the private's honor, Arlien challenged Jean to a dual of honor. The two exchanged letters back and forward with terms of engagement. Arlien, remaining within the law of an Honor Duel, requested a fair and open battle, while Jean countered with fighting dirty and on her terms. While they both reached an impasse, Amanda Everhurst ordered the dual to be called off. Jean herself went to Arlien's Commander, Gammoth Stidolph, in order to make Arlien to stand down. Due to the parameters of the dual, however, Gammoth nor Amanda had no say over the dual. Arlien made a final challenge, for which Jean refused. Arlien made it known to Jean that he would never respect her or her title of 'Knight'. This put a huge damper between the two, making their professional relationship frosty at best.

#### Incursion into Quel'thalas

Arlien lead a contingent of 12th Regiment Volunteers to Quel'thalas in order to make a Surgical Strike into Quel'thalas.

The Quel'dorei was ambushed while on a patrol and taken prisoner by a group of San'layn leady by Tyrinade, also known as The Red Lady. They took him back to the San'layn's base in Eastern Plaguelands. Arlien was imprisoned and then interrogated for information by the San'layn, with one Saln'layn in particular -Valythra Solflame- doing most of the interrogation via assault upon the senses and particularly sound. While the man resisted rather successfully initially, upon being bit and fell under the dominant influence of the San'layn, spilled the beans to the Darkfallen, even as it appeared and sounded like he was still resisting heavily.

A final 'kiss' by Tyrinade and the Quel'dorei was released to the 'wilds'. The High Elf made a dash for Goldenmist Village, for which he almost immediately was treated for the bites and had the influence purged from him thanks to Niklos Adamant's quick action.

#### Return to Stormwind

Upon return to Stormwind, Arlien was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross due to persevering under the pressure in the field as a prisoner in the field, as well as the Prisoner of War Medal with the same action. Even though he stated where the Alliance Forces were in the Ghostlands, he was also awarded the Cross of Llane once his report was reviewed, providing valuable intel on the Onyx Rose Order.

This did not mean he was fit for duty, for Arlien requested leave so he can handle the trauma from his time under the San'layn's care. Once he returned, the issues with Luxford rose again, mainly over the release of a cadet requiring a court martial for desertion.

Once Arlien learned that Selene was missing, he undertook an investigation and found out(upon Selene's return) that she was tortured by death knights loyal to the Scourge. Their torture and experiments severed Selene's connection to the Light, the two began to grow distant due to the inability to live together with their clashing auras.

After a Constabulary Meeting, Arlien was close to straight up shooting Jean upon the field of Honor. But he restrained himself, knowing that Lord High Marshal Galmone Aurum I, Head of SI:7 Tactical, Vincent Ravenwing, and Lord High Mage Aetyleus the Elder were witnessing the relatively unprofessional conduct of both Commander Amanda Everhurst and Knight-Captain Jean Luxford in the disobeying of LHM Aurum for calling the meeting adjourned.

### Concerns Rise Up

Noting the lack of professionalism outside of the Second and Twelfth Regiments within the Constabulary, Arlien wanted to break away from the Constabulary and direct associations with the other regiments.

### Proposal for Marriage

Arlien, after much thought, proposed to Lady Selene De'Brayvion for marriage. The latter accepted the proposal of marriage and both enjoyed some time discussing potential issues, before they both ended up receiving legal advice from a barrister for Selene's case against Jean Luxford and Amanda Everhurst.

### The hunt Begins

Arlien, still rather miffed about Valythra Solflame's actions while in the care of the Onyx Rose Order, began tracking for the San'layn, intending to defeat her and grant her the peace of death. After several days, Arlien arrived at the presumably abandoned Solflame Enclave, only to hear rather beautiful Thalassian singing. But the voice remained familiar to the Quel'dorei.

Upon further investigation, Arlien found that it was indeed Valythra who was singing, and proceeded to charge in and attack the San'layn. The door was practically blown to pieces as a smoke bomb went into the chamber, masking the approach. Arlien, noting that the San'layn was one for illusions after months of intelligence gathering, let out a wave of magical dampening energy, forcing Valythra to drop her cloak, leaving her momentarily stunned.

Arlien, however, was not the best when it came to combat with daggers, and lunged too slow, having the San'layn pounce on him. After a fierce melee, with both sides getting worn down and on the brink, resulting with a stab into Valythra's stomach and the slitting of her throat, a prolonged bite from Valythra essentially forced Arlien to stand down and submit, even if he was defiant verbally.

### Return Home

Arlien, at the Command of Valythra, returned to Stormwind after being picked up by his former lord, John von Hastings, off the coast of the Ghostlands. When he returned, Arlien seemed to have changed, constantly touching his neck and preferring to remain in the shadows. But he returned to his duties, awaiting the call of his Mistress. Or an excuse to return to Quel'thalas, whichever came first.

### Foray into the Void

Arlien, becoming more irritated that he was under the influence of a San'layn, began to confide in Lynaeria Felfang, the wife of Lord Kel Felfang, and began to do research into the Void. After several days of research, Arlien made up his mind before being called north by Valythra Solflame, aiming to protect his Mistress from whatever threat that triggered the call.

However, he was intercepted at taken to the Rift, where he was confined. After serious thought, Arlien decided to fully turn himself over to the Void. He undertook the final ritual, testing his physical and mental resilience in his body and mind.

### Return to the World

Arlien, having fulfilled the transformation and being cleared to return to the world, returned to Stormwind City and resumed his duties. But to his dismay, his fiancé, Selene De'Brayvion, turned out to be very different than the woman who he fell in love with. After a heated argument, Arlien told Selene that they were over and turned his back on her.

### Delving deeper into the Intelligence Work

After the 'break-up', Arlien continued to tell himself that the relationship was a mistake. To make himself forget and suppress the painful memory, Arlien dove into intelligence work, even sharing intel with an SI:7 agent by the 'name' of Shadow, sharing the info he gathered about the Onyx Rose Order and their past actions of infiltrating Stormwind.

### A Forbidden Love

Arlien soon began to be infatuated with a certain Lynaeria Felfang-Silvershield, a Ren'dorei woman he adopted into his house. Due to the potential political backlash, the two decided, after entering a relationship, to keep their love hidden. However, unbeknownst to the two love birds, another Ren'dorei, Reviriel Copperfox, was spying on Arlien. His mission was to get dirt on Arlien to use as blackmail to an unknown benefactor.

### Conflict with the Forty-Second Regiment

Arlien, being the 'pain in the ass' that he is, continued to pursue to oppose the Bills of Captain Jean Luxford, often citing that the bills would only embolden the vigilantes and reduce guard presence in fighting crime.

Though all this came to a head when Arlien attempted to arrest Jean directly for Corruption, two counts of Assault, Misuse of Treasury Funds, Embezzlement, and Provoking fights with their supposed enemies. The two shared heated words before Arlien let her go.

Immediately he went to Evalynn Greene to ask for a warrant on his behalf to the arrest of Jean. The SI:7 agent agreed, and told the Captain that the Warrant would be issued as early as the following day.

Despite the amount of evidence present, the witness statements were unavailable for a warrant to fully put it into effect. Arlien himself was frustrated by the lack of witness statements, citing that either they feared retribution or criminal consequences OR they were 'in cahoots' with the Forty Second.

### The Disappearance and Reappearance of a lost love

After a brief leave of duty, Arlien soon received word that his lover, Lynaeria Silvershield, was missing. After several days of investigation and following leads, he finally tracked down to where Lyn was taken.

However, he was ambushed by a Death Knight by the name of "Than", for which the two entered a melee. However, Arlien was overpower and ended up being knocked out. When he woke, he was in a room with his beloved, the latter having had been tortured for the past few days. Though Arlien himself was tortured as well, he kept his focus on Lyn.

After several hours of torture, the two were left alone. Arlien, who was not properly searched, was able to break both of the Ren'dorei out of the shackles and was able to carry Lyn to safety, using an emergency hearthstone to be teleported to City Hall in Stormwind City.

Both of the elves were healed before moving to the Telogrus Rift, where they both spent the next few days recovering under the watchful eyes of their own people.

### Proposal for Marriage.

After all they went through, Arl and Lyn agreed to get married and cement their bond to the fullest. While both sides wished to do so as soon as possible. However, they knew the Void was going to be trouble in the future, and as such, both sides moved to purify themselves, causing both to withdraw from the world at large for several years.

### Return to Public Life

After several years of constant purification and examination, Arlien returned to the public space, only to find that the city changed drastically. The amount of 'Vampyrs' walking openly, the increased corruption of the rebranded 'Twenty-Fourth' Regiment, and the lack of training with the Third Regiment, caused Arlien to look away from the city for a potential duty.

Luckily for him, a group of disillusioned elves lead by Maze and Aeydark were looking for assistance in exploration and establishment of a new nation out in the Forbidden Sea. Arl, in turn, offered his extensive military experience to help forge a new military for the hopefuls. While laying the frameworks, they needed a home first, and the group began to make deals with companies and vessel crews to sail and explore for a suitable island.

### Landing and Establishment

With all the support they could have either bought or persuaded to join them, the group landed at Dawnstrider Landing, and almost immediately fought a group of Red Corsairs, using the surprise to not only take the beach, but also seize the main camp of the pirates in the area. Over the next few weeks, the group established a small encampment with even an inn hastily built, the Republic Inn, in which a night of celebration was a success.

*See the Battle of Dawnstrider Landing for more information on the battle.*

### A new Life

Arlien, with his Bonded, Lynaeria Silverstar, learned of the birth of Arl's baby boy, Inethran, from Vora while attending the Story Circle in Mulgore. With this little joy in his life, Arl seemed to have more than one good reason to fight.

### Writings and Titles

Arlien, as part of his duties as the Military rep for the Council, has written multiple handbooks, with the assistance with Maze in order to help the Military get on its feet, such as the Honorbound Handbook and the Self-Defense Force Navy.

### Blessings of the Newborne

At the festivities of the EarthMother, hosted by the Shu'halo Tauren of the Whitewolf Tribe, Arlien and Vora brought Inethran Silvershield to be blessed by the Tauren Elder Huwah Wisehorn, for which it was well received, plus some adaptable armor from Seltor and a further blessing from Duchess Kairisa. Because of the interests and the manor of the event, Arlien named Seltor the Godfather of Inethran.

### Rising Tensions

Arlien, being the workaholic that he was, began to take a more jaded and pragmatic outlook on everything, with very few exceptions. The physical degradation first showed in his facial features showing deep signs of stress, followed by his hair turning white from stress. His stressful burdens often were made manifest in his work, his reports often being brief, to the point, and rather blunt in tone. His three reliefs, despite his loyalty to the Church of the Holy Light's principles, was torture, indulgence in arcane magic, and abuse of authority at sea. While keeping the latter two in check and under wraps, the former was put on full display in front of his superior, Ranger-General Mazekenne Dawnstrider. While he showed regret over revealing his actions, Arlien stated that the actions would be done again for information gathering.

### A Play for Renewal...

Arlien, having cemented in all but name his relationship with Lynaeria Silverstar, began making plans in secret to not only begin establishing the monarchy under Mazekenne, but also maneuver himself as the chief political supporter of the Monarchy, having been the recognizable face of the Quel'ama Council in the religious community and even on the constabulary front within Stormwind, but also having near total control of the Navy. But he remained quiet in his musings, having learned from being too overt from his former liege, John Hastings.

#### Titles

This includes both Former and Current titles and positions.

* Captain of the Thalassian Army(Former)
* Heir to the Silvershield House and Estate(Former)
* Captain of the Twelfth Regiment(Former)
* Commander of the Twelfth Regiment(Former)
* Commodore of the Stormwind Second Fleet(Former)
* Stormwind Intelligence(Former)
* Commodore of the Quel'ama Self-Defense Forces
* Military Council Member of the Quel'ama Council
* 'Workaholic' of the Quel'ama Council