Kiera Taylor

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*"Being against evil doesn't make you good. In fact, more evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way."*

Kiera Taylor is a member of the Blackwater Company, and the current Chain Holder for The Brokers, which is a public figure role.

## Physical Description

Kiera stands roughly 5'5, and is described as an attractive woman, having ashen blonde hair, dusty blue eyes and a charming smile.

More often than not, she dresses in simple leathers that are quite unremarkable and uses rather simplistic looking weapons. Unlike some of her kin, the Broker doesn't wear much in terms of jewelry. Two wedding bands are often seen hanging from her necklace, which also holds a pendant that radiates magical energies. Among her gathered trinkets, Kiera also holds a golden chain found looped around one of her belt loops which marks her as the Chain Holder for The Brokers.

## Family

*"The Taylors have their hands in everything these days..." - Chubbs.*

Kiera has never had a great desire for her family, but holds some members closer than others. Among these is her cousin Leanna Glass, and uncle Rex Taylor.

Kiera was also known at one point to be very close to Eric Gladstone and his husband after the death of her late husband, Edward Frost. Continuing a working relationship with the Gladstones for nearly ten years until his death at the hands of other Brokers.

## History

Born in Dalaran to Jesse Taylor and Feye Glass-Taylor, Kiera originally intended to study to be a mage like her parents. At the age of seven however, her mother is said to have been killed in a freak magical accident though many suspected it was a jealous fit of rage by Kiera's father, Jesse. Kiera was left her mothers necklace, and still wears it to this day. The necklace is said to be a sort of arcane focus, able to take the reflections of others much like a mirror and apply it to the wearer as an illusion.

After Feye's death, Kiera's father sunk deeper and deeper into a hole of alcoholism which led to bouts of rage that Kiera was subject to. As such, she developed a habit of running away and made friends with an orphan girl named Eirlynn. Together, the pair of friends spent their days skipping most of their magical studies, and instead found themselves immersed in the dark underbelly of Dalaran. By the time the pair turned fourteen, they had made a pact to leave Dalaran together.

Eirlynn however, had left sooner than anticipated. Leaving Kiera on her lonesome for another year before she too would leave Dalaran.

Originally, the young girls intention was to open a portal somewhere near the city of Stormwind and begin a new life there. However, the skipping of vital magical lessons over the years proved her portals unstable at the best of times, and Kiera found herself in what is known as the Western Plaguelands. With little supplies and not much of an idea where she was, she decided to wander and attempt to find a settlement. She soon became lost in the woodlands however, and suffered an injury from a snare trap that became infected. Alone, and likely to die, Kiera began to make her peace with what lay on the other side until an unlikely hero intervened in her fate.

Kiera was taken to a Scarlet outpost, where she met her saviors. A boy named Edward, and his mentor Michael. Edward - who would later go by the nickname of Jack - nursed Kiera back to health which led to the pairs closeness and her eventual indoctrination into the Scarlet Crusade. During her time with the Crusade, Kiera was taught swordsmanship, and Michael introduced her to a division of the crusade that sought out artifacts that may have helped their progress in reclaiming Lordaeron from the undead. While within the division she would work alongside 'Jack'. When the crusade became paranoid about everyone and everything outside their walls, Jack and Kiera devised a plan for escape. Stealing important documents and artifacts from the crusade that could be used as leverage for ways out of sticky situations, the pair left in the night.

The crusade was angry that such plans and more importantly the artifacts had been stolen, and promptly sent such things to be retrieved. For two years the pair traveled the continent of the Eastern Kingdoms, all the while dodging the Scarlets sent to retrieve the stolen artifacts. During this time the pair married, and were introduced to Eric Gladstone who held a fondness for the pair and continued to request their assistance in the retrieval of certain items as they dived deeper into the world of Brokers. Eventually, Jack was murdered and the artifacts stolen back by the Scarlets. Kiera blamed herself for his death, and buried him in Duskwood near the ruins of an old homestead. With Eric Gladstone's encouragement and help, Kiera dived head first into the world of the underground and The Brokers to try and find redemption.

During a visit to Stormwind while waiting for a buyer, Kiera was approached by Lokosius Hawthorne who recruited her into the Blackwater Company, which she now works for.