Therean

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Full Name: Not disclosed. Therean's full name died with the sunwell. After his descent into Wretchedness, it has become less a matter of mourning- and more a matter of the dignity of his family's name, that he withholds it.
Titles or Nicknames: Therean. This is his assumed name.
Age: 188
Race: Blood Elf
Gender: Male
Hair: White, since wretchedness. It used to be a rich shade of golden blonde.
Eyes: Dark and fel infused- slightly more than is usual for a blood elf.
Height: 6'3''
Weight: 85kg
Notable Physical Features: Therean is physically scarred from his years of wretchedness. His hair is white, his face haggard, his eyes hungry, his wasted form quite gaunt.

Place of residence: Currently Therean stays at the Grim Guild Hall. He has no other home apart from this- having moved there from the street, and being under a self imposed exile from the fount of arcane radiance that is Silvermoon city. It is possible that his family retains stately holdings in Quel'thalas, but he doesn't know for sure. Additionally they no doubt suspect he is dead, a misconception Therean is happy with them having. All of his former private holdings he sold off for arcane essences in his descent into wretchedness.
Place of Birth: A villa not far from Tranquillen, something of a holiday home for his well to do family.
Known Relatives: Though many of Therean's house died to the scourge invasion, his house was a large and prestigious one. He makes it a point of order not to look into it, but it is quite possible that members of his family live on.

Religion/Philosophy: Since being brought back from the brink of oblivion by the charity of a member of the grim, Therean's philosophy is markedly humble and penitent for a Blood Elf. He sees the very fact that he is alive (in a meaningful way) a debt to the Grim. As such he serves it with the highest of priorities- albeit with considerable self doubt.

You wouldn't say he's turned away from Silvermoon or his kin- so much as he forsook them already when he crumbled into wretchedness. He sees that life as a past one- and as such he doesn't feel it to be a betrayal to serve the Grim and maintain divorce from Silvermoon city. He'd be far to ashamed to ever return there, let alone serve the place. That said, he is still subject to mortal sentiments- and doubtless feels sympathy for Quel'thalas, it's people and it's goals. It's just that he dismisses this a kind of nostalgia.

Occupation: Indeterminate. For more than a hundred years Therean used to be an accomplished mage prior to the advent of the scourge- reaching even the station of magister- as well as sitting on the Silvermoon High Court. The corruption and the destruction of the sunwell destroyed all of that. He slipped into wretchedness, where his occupation could be summarised as begging and petty thuggery for arcana. Since his rebirth in the Grim, Therean has struggled with forging a new path. Abandoning Magery, along with arcane sustenance, he has tried his hand at becoming a soldier of the Grim. However to date he has fared less than well. His weakened post-wretched form is too frail to wield mighty Orc weapons, or wear their forged steel armours. He continues to strive to better himself, and has found some success with smaller lighter weapons- and techniques similar to those of his days of thuggery.
Guild Rank: Supplicant
Known Associates: It was Ryanica and another unnamed mistress of the Grim who snatched him from the street and, with blade upon neck, openned his eyes to the possibility as a new life as a weapon of the grim. His Inquisitor, however, is Ashenfury- perhaps because the Grim did not wish to cushion Therean's induction with familiarity.
Known Nemesis: Such a character would no doubt have accumulated many- but most things to do with his past life, Therean doesn't elaborate upon it.

Special Skills: From his years skulking on the streets, Therean has picked up a decent ability at slinking, stealing, and infiltration. More recently, to compensate for only having the strength to wield smaller weapons, he is mastering the ability to wield two at once.
Positive Personality Traits: He is very loyal to the grim. He is dedicated, and a snapping jaws of oblivion chase his heels, propelling him always to better himself.
Negative Personality Traits: He has a powerful addiction, which certainly he has renounced, and wrestled into submission, but by no means is 'broken'- the cravings are always there. Though he has turned this into a motivator, there will always remain the risk that he will relapse. He knows this, which is part of the reason he avoids Silvermoon city, and no longer practices magery. He is rather anhedonic, and gets little pleasure from life. Since renouncing arcana, everything feels dead and grey. As such, he is little pleasure to be around. His loyalty to the grim could be a negative trait in so far as he has espoused it as his fixture of order, expectation, and stability. Consequently, he fervently follow any orders given to him- even if they were obscenely criminal, immoral, or even against the mandate.

History Before The Grim: As described, Therean, under a different name, was once a stately and potent magister, judge of the Silvermoon high court, and wealthy noble. When the Sunwell was corrpted and destroyed, he quickly slipped into wretchedness (having had an even greater immersion in the arcane than most). He lost everything. In a moment of clarity, he fled Silvermoon so as not to (further) disgrace his name. Eventually he made his way to the bustling streets of Orgrimmar, where he had no doubt hoped to find powerful Horde magicks. It didn't pan out so well, and he ended up begging and prowling on the streets as a misplaced wretched elf. Crime lords would occasionally toss him arcane essences to engage in criminality against rivals and enemies. Though Therean never mentions it, he ultimately ended up doing some work for the Burning Blade, in return for the chance to feed on their demonic fel energies which they had in such abundance.
History In The Grim: Ryanica and an unnamed mistress of the Grim stumbled across Therean begging in the streets of Orgrimmar, by the auction house. Ryanica apparently saw something of use in this broken elf, where as her dark accompaniment offered the mercy of a quick death. In the choice between swift death, or new life Therean was able to leave his old life behind, endebted to the Grim. He sequestered himself in a cave for several weeks, burning off the immediate grip his addiction had on him. He emerged gaunt, tortured, trembling, but in control. To his surprise, he was paired not with Ryanica, but with Ashenfury, a wise, but stern and unforgiving Orc as his inquisitor. Since then Therean has struggled with consistently disappointing his Inquisitor, and is plagued with self doubt. He intended to leave the mantle of magery behind and become a weapon of the Grim. However the years of wretchedness, as well as his torturous recovery, have let his body stretched thing, gaunt, and wasted. He lacks the strength to wear and wield the forged steel ensembles of war. For now, he is trying to compensate by dual wielding lighter weapons, and focus on his mobility.
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