Qabian Grimfire

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Qabian Grimfire

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((Copy-pasted from the bio I revamped at TNG. Can't edit my old one here. All stories link to TNG versions.))

Full Name: Qabian Grimfire (pronounced K-B-N, né Amberlight)
Nicknames: Q (sometimes used as a signature, not commonly addressed as such)
Date of Birth: About 70 years before the destruction of the Sunwell. He does not make his birthdate common knowledge.
Age: Early 80s (young adult)

Race: Blood Elf
Gender: Male
Hair: Copper, kept long.
Eyes: Bright fel green.
Height: 6’0” (assuming average human heights)
Weight: 165lbs
Physical Features: Typical Sin’dorei, angled features, tanned, fencer’s build, missing most of his left ear.

Place of Residence: Silvermoon
Place of Birth: Silvermoon

Known Relatives:
Qynda Amberlight (mother - murdered)
M_____ Amberlight (father – dead)
A_____ Amberlight (sister – Farstrider, missing, presumed dead)
Ashtyn Amberlight (cousin)
Marniel Amberlight (distant relative - innkeeper at Fairbreeze Village)

Religion/Philosophy: Typical Sin’dorei, never truly convinced that Kael'thas was entirely in the wrong, refuses to submit to or consort with demons but content to abuse fel magic otherwise. Generally pragmatist, individualist, fatalist, determinist. He cares little for higher powers and more about power in practice.

Occupation: Magister
Group/Guild affiliation: The Grim
Guild Rank: High Inquisitor

Enemies: Any and all humans, the Alliance at large. No love for Trolls, but he will leave them to their business provided they leave him to his.
Weapons of Choice: Fire. Also magical blades.

Likes: Himself, fire, magic, power, crushing humans, cleanliness.
Dislikes: Humans, anything related to humans, gore, filth, wasting time. Also demons, and the obnoxiousness of the Light.

Favorite Foods: Sagefish cooked any way, fine cheeses
Favorite Drinks: Coffee spiked with bloodthistle
Favorite Colors: Red and gold

Hobbies: Researching, jewelcraft, fencing, bloodthistle, pyromania
Special Abilities: Talented mage, some minor fencing skills

Positive Personality Traits: Pride, narcissism, dedication, determination, intensity, loyalty (selectively), diplomacy (selectively), carefulness
Negative Personality Traits: Pride, narcissism, arrogance, cruelty, deviousness, insensitivity, wrath, fury, single-mindedness, cowardice
Misc. Quirks: Definitely a pyromaniac, highly fastidious outside of the heat of combat. After a run-in with the Bronze dragonflight for an indeterminate amount of time, all of Qabian's previous scars and illnesses were seemingly removed, with the exception of the loss of the better part of his left ear.

Played by What Famous Person: Cillian Murphy a la Dr. Jonathan Crane

Theme Songs: Basic History:

Once old enough to walk, Qabian was sent by his parents to work with the priests of a small chapel in Silvermoon in order to be taught and have access to a library. His affinity for magic was discovered there and he was sent as an apprentice to the Magisters. He studied with the Magisters, spending time alternately in Silvermoon and Dalaran until the destruction of the Sunwell. He lost his father, younger sister, and friends in the conflict and subsequent loss. He channeled that loss into a formidable hatred for the Alliance, and an intense hope for Kael’thas' eventual return and the supremacy of the Sin’dorei. Qabian’s efforts during the reconstruction of Silvermoon have earned him the title of Magister after many decades of apprenticeship.

In his youth he was something of a social butterfly, interested in parties and dances and attending important events with friends, but with the past years of hardship in Silvermoon, Qabian’s attitude has become considerably hardened to the society he once considered important. His priority shifted to the destruction of the Alliance and anything that does not involve advancing that goal is no longer worth his time.

After getting involved with a certain young Duchess and being asked to kill the Wretched who was once his best friend, Qabian was accused of the Duchess' murder and removed from the Magisters. Thanks to connections made through the Grim, and the aid of the Dawnspire family, Qabian was able to manipulate a wide variety of people, resulting in the death of said Duchess' husband and nephew, and the estate being left to himself. However, while engaged in those machinations, he also fell in with an unknown young woman who left him with a scar across his face that refused to heal properly.

Initial History with the Grim:

Having heard of the Grim's purpose and motivations, Qabian sought them out, eventually speaking with Lascivious and agreeing to do whatever was necessary to follow the Mandate. Within the Grim, Qabian has worked with all styles of magic in several different fields, although his preferences remain rooted in his past, as was made clear as his history continued to interfere with his attempts to construct himself as Grim first and foremost.

Qabian's mother, already in poor health after an encounter with a certain rogue, was murdered at Winter Veil by an unknown assailant with a candy cane. He had his suspicions about who was guilty of it, but was more concerned about improving the security of the manor than avenging someone he insisted he never cared about. An incident involving an Alliance witch and the tearing of his soul led him to seek help from a few fellow Grim and affected his opinions on such things as the nature of souls.

Qabian's involvement with Nymare Sunfire was difficult to define, especially based on their extended complex history over Qabian's years with the Grim. Over time he seemed to have embraced the idea of a fellow narcissist who was capable of both improving and adding to his own actions, motivations, and considerations, and of maintaining a very real interest in himself and his thoughts. Though he remains reticent to discuss the matter openly on the basis that it is no one's business but his own, their relationship was hardly a secret.

Qabian was made a Dreadweaver for bureaucratic reasons early in his time with the Grim. He eventually carved a niche for himself among the Grim leadership that went beyond the specific challenges of the arcane. Though Lascivious as the Mistress had a way of keeping him in line, he found her departure incredibly disappointing in terms of his original impressions and beliefs about her as a leader, and her absence left him less inclined to submission and more likely to speak his mind and take control whenever he deemed himself capable. Abric, it seems, recognized a certain capacity and created the new position of the Keeper which Qabian then took up.

Recent History with the Grim:

Qabian left the Grim without warning in the dead of night, no explanations made. He slowly became more and more reclusive, eventually disappearing for several years.

He returned suddenly, alongside one of the Araun's occasional appearances, but clearly a great deal about the mage had changed in the intervening time, including a loss of strength with which he continues to struggle. Qabian approached the Grim alone and repentant. While he was accepted back without question, the former Keeper volunteered to take the Supplicant trials again in order to learn how the Grim had changed in the years of his absence.

After completing his trials, he was accepted fully back into the ranks, but at his final Inquisition, Syreena suddenly demanded his ears. To the surprise of those in attendance, Qabian took a knee and accepted the Forsaken's demand. She sliced off one of his ears, and today Qabian wears the mutilation as a badge of pride, a symbol of his willingness to do whatever the Grim demand of him, something that he acknowledges has not always been the case.

With shifts in the structure of the Grim, Qabian once again found himself in a position of power, managing those interested in joining. While he had in truth never been High Inquisitor before, he had interrogated a certain number of prospectives before the Inquisition structure had been developed, and so others seemed to believe he had simply been reinstated in an old position. In the process of being named Inquisitor, Qabian learned just how serious Awatu is as the Grim's Commander, and came to have both greater respect and resentment for the Tauren. Qabian called in a favor and made Syreena his second, and for a time they stood as the gatekeepers for those who think they have what it takes to become Grim.

With the Nazjatar campaign, however, Qabian's conviction seemingly began to wane. He passed the torch of his responsibilities on to another and faded into the background. While he can still be found easily, he tends to keep his own company in the present.

Old Stories:

Worse than Defeat (Interior Monologuing): It's like a journal except it's in his brain. And it's just words. Nothing fancy. Generally summarizes his many thought trains.
And these are stories generally belonging to others or about others into which Qabian managed to add his two cents:
NEW STORIES:

Time Shattered (Interior Monologuing): Current quote unquote journal, not written anywhere.
New being annoying to other people
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Re: Qabian Grimfire

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[[ Absolutely fascinating. I have been planning on revamping Khorvis's bio in a similar fashion - I've been organizing all the stories in a google sheet with links. This is motivation to continue with the project. ]]
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