Player: Ammay Contact: plurk: tscarasm Age: 25+ Current Characters: N/A
β CHARACTER SECTION β
Character: Celdori Brightreaver Age: 23 OC Type: MMO OC: World of Warcraft Point Taken:Battle for Azaroth 8.0 β post most patch storylines.
World Building:
Here is a link but, uh, a summary is most likely called for. World of Warcraft is an online MMO that (generally) takes place on a planet called Azaroth. While when all the nonsense in this universe started is a point generally up for debate, the most important things to know are this: Azaroth is, in effect, a sleeping god. Forces of the Void have attempted to corrupt her in the past, and that's bad. Another god decided that this would be bad, and then went evil and has attempted to send his demon army after Azaroth for at least ten thousand years. His name is Sargeras, and his army is called the Burning Legion. And he has a hard-on for destroying Azaroth and everything that lives on it.
This has ended up going badly in a few ways. For the sake of brevity and for understanding Celdori, the two ways most influential are the opening of a portal between Azaroth and a world called Draenor that allowed orcs to come to Azaroth, and the creation of something called the Lich King β an undead commander of a zombie horde.
The first results in β after several wars and the second attempted invasion by the Legion β the formation of the Horde. It's a group of races that have been the outcasts of Azaroth up until that point, consisting of trolls, orcs, tauren, and undead who'd managed to shake off the shackles of the Lich King. Several other races would join over time, most notably the goblins and the blood elves. The Horde stands as a counterpoint to the human-led Alliance, and they fight a lot when there's nothing to band them together against a common enemy. Hence "World of Warcraft."
The second β the Lich King β is a little more personal. Once a human man, Prince Arthas grabbed a shiny sword named Frostmourne and then proceeded to become the Lich King: in charge of undeath and frost and a lot of other really bad stuff. He then proceeded to destroy his own kingdom and then moves onto the kingdom of the high elves and proceeds to kill ninety percent of the population off. After their prince renames them blood elves, he goes off to learn about using fel magic (a magic connected to the Burning Legion) to replace the addiction to a magical well called the Sunwell β something that was destroyed by the Lich King.
Azaroth is a mix between high fantasy, some weird elements of science fiction (one faction crashes a spaceship into Azaroth), and all around needing there to be some sort of huge conflict every few years in order to provide content for players. And side quests. Lots of side quests.
Backstory:
I've gone with a mix of in-game storylines for the player character and crushing mediocracy to create some semblance of a reasonable background for Celdori. It's just as excessive at points as one might think coming from an MMO, however, and please feel free to ask me to tone some of it down.
Celdori Brightreaver was born to a uncharacteristically large family for the high elves of Silvermoon β she had two older siblings and one younger; although it must be said that the older members of her family were well into their first hundred years of age before she was ever born. All was well and good until a horde of undead swarmed Silvermoon, and Celdori lost her entire family within the space of half a week. Pure luck saved her from meeting the same fate of about ninety percent of her people, but not the mana addiction that took the place of drawing natural magic from a thing called the Sunwell.
Alone and angry, Celdori quickly decided to follow the prince of the high elves and become a blood elf β renaming herself in memory of those they lost. Sometime after, still frighteningly young for her race, she joined up with a group called the Blood Knights and began using a sentient being to power themselves with the Light β the be-all end-all holy power of Azaroth. Of course, joining the Blood Knights by lying about your age comes with consequences, and she was quickly taken under the wing of another member of the paladin order who helped her mellow out and let go of her anger and hate.
Eventually the Sunwell was restored to a clean state, and Celdori began using the Light in ways that didn't involve abusing a sentient being. With the change, she'd matured enough to start approaching the world in a different way β one where she swore to be a more positive force. While her mentor kept her away from most dangerous situations, Celdori helped in the campaign against the man who controlled the zombie horde that destroyed her home before returning to a more simple lifestyle. Like going to an alternate universe version of a planet, but in the past.
Her life changed far more rapidly with the third invasion of a demon army called the Burning Legion. Called to join a reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the other champions of Azaroth, Celdori managed to be entrusted with a powerful artifact named Ashbringer. She fights demons, helps turn back the Legion, and then breaks the all-powerful, lore important sword into shards. It's fine, though, she can still use it. Sort of.
After bonding with members of the Alliance and banding together to fight perhaps the biggest threat to Azaroth, things start to devolve for Celdori β the Alliance and the Horde are fighting again, and the current Warchief burns down the tree home of the night elves as Celdori watches, horrified. She's spent her time since then trying not to think about it and concerning herself with helping the Horde gain new allies and figuring out how they got to this point in the first place.
Personality:
If there's one word to describe Celdori, it's "bubbly". She's cheerful, upbeat, and with a knack of getting herself in and out of trouble through her blatant disregard for personal boundaries. She's only got the one life, and she's going to enjoy it as much as she can β other people should too! Youthful exuberance is the name of the game, and she's obnoxiously friendly with everyone she meets. Making friends and harassing them in the name of good fun is great, and Celdori attempts to be as much of a bright ray of sunshine as possible.
it's a better option than wallowing in her anger, fear, and sadness.
Beneath the sunny exterior is a woman who watched her entire family, the majority of her entire race, die in horrific ways. Her younger siblings drowned on a boat meant to carry them to safety, an older sibling died while trying to pull her to safety β the undead tearing them apart in front of her. Her mother vanished on a routine patrol before the Scourge destroyed Silvermoon, and her father has never been heard from or found since it fell.
Celdori has trudged through her feelings of resentment and anger with help to come out on the other side resembling something of a functional being, but it's not difficult to see flashes of it if one catches her off guard. The Light is important to her, and injustice must be answered swiftly and with strength; in those moments it's clear that there is more to her than cheerful bubbly youth. Furthermore, Celdori tends to avoid talking about the fall of Silvermoon's impact on her, personally. Vague terms are easier to cope with, and what happened to her personally is something she is extremely reluctant to talk about.
But for all her youthful demeanor and trauma, Celdori is dedicated. To the Blood Elves, to the Horde, to the Blood Knights and the Silver Hand, to her friends β no one is going to separate her from those she cares about ever again. She bears her responsibilities to the organizations as best she can, and takes her oaths and loyalty to each group seriously. For a woman who's had all of her stability and support stripped away at a young age, keeping the connections she's made since is vital for her to continue on, and she will defend each until she's no longer capable of doing so. Blood elves are resilient as a whole, and Celdori is no different.
Of course, through all that, she is still a blood elf β which means that by turns she can be snobbish, materialistic, and haughty. All while still being bright and cheerful about it; she doesn't really mean any harm by putting down things she deems as ugly or gross, it's just how her culture is. There's a deep desire for the finer things in life, for things to be expensive and to her tastes, that she can't shake. Sure, it might make her a blinding mass of glowing gold and red, but that's just part of being a blood elf.
Overall, Celdori is a bubbly individual who hides a fair amount of trauma under her cheerful exterior. Her youthful exuberance and stuck-up nature can make her off-putting, but her deep devotion to groups and causes balances out her overall personality. She hopes.
Abilities: eldori is primarily a Retribution Paladin, which is focused on doing damage with her sword and holy power. She has a few basic healing spells, but they are mainly used for healing herself, not others. If she (say through meditation) switches to a Protection Paladin, her spells and attacks are more defensive, focused on redirecting the focus of enemies to her and surviving the brunt of attacks. She cannot switch between the two in combat, and will require a one-handed weapon and shield if she wishes to use her talents as Protection.
Of note, she can also summon a steed to ride on for six seconds twice, and has an attack that is known to be able to stun demons and the undead. By virtue of being a blood elf, Celdori can also steal a single magical effect from someone, but not very often.
Alignment: Peromei. The blood elves, and Celdori's history and story overall, are about rising up from the pits of despair to believe and hope in one another and that there will be a better future for them, that they will rise again. Lor'themar Theron, the current Regent Lord of Silvermoon, sums it up nicely: "The blood elves will endure any hardship, overcome any obstacle, and emerge stronger than before." Celdori finds that hope from her despair and grief, and uses it to keep herself going forward. Also: it's pretty emblematic of paladins in general β the Light will always be there, even when things seem hopeless.
Other: Celdori will arrive with her armor, her sword β the broken Ashbringer, various other worthless knicknacks and food, and an urn of ashes of the former Warchief of the Horde. It has no magical properties, it just is.
β SAMPLE SECTION β
General Sample:
It isn't that Celdori doesn't like helping people out now and again β Lera made that very clear that it was supposed to be a priority for paladins β but normally she just sort of stumbles across them. Minding her own business doing something like getting twenty dragonhawk hearts or killing a demon that terrorized the local village. Sometimes, very rarely, were things organized on boards. And never like this.
She wants to take five, just because she knows she can handle it. But apparently everyone needs a chance to want to help, or so she's been told, so Celdori skims the list for things that look familiar, or rewards she can use. None of them offer a one handed weapon or a shield, not even anything like a mount β something she could actually use. Her mentor's voice chimes in her head again, and she sighs before lighting up β there's one that's offering her a chicken as a reward.
That was close enough to hawkstriders to be a good pet, right? The night elves might have tried to make fun of them with a crate of them, but they were kind of cute in a weird, beady eye'd way. And the quest itself just had her running around delivering letters. That was something she knew she could do easily.
Her mood brightens, and, out of the corner of her eye, she sees some flowering vines, well. Flower. She's not sure that's how this is supposed to work, but who knows with floating cities like this one. Dalaran could have had flowers bloom when someone looked at them. The thought of something familiar only makes her brighten up more, and this time a gentle breeze waifts over her, bringing both the sent of the flowers with it, and a chime from windchimes somewhere else.
Celdori grins, nodding to herself. Yes, she could get used to it here, it, and everything about it, was nice.
Emotion Sample:
Her mood brightens, and, out of the corner of her eye, she sees some flowering vines, well. Flower. She's not sure that's how this is supposed to work, but who knows with floating cities like this one. Dalaran could have had flowers bloom when someone looked at them. The thought of something familiar only makes her brighten up more, and this time a gentle breeze waifts over her, bringing both the sent of the flowers with it, and a chime from windchimes somewhere else.
Questions: None, but if WoW confuses you, just let me know and I'll try and explain!
Celdori Brightreaver | World of Warcraft
Player: Ammay
Contact: plurk:
Age: 25+
Current Characters: N/A
Character: Celdori Brightreaver
Age: 23
OC Type: MMO OC: World of Warcraft
Point Taken: Battle for Azaroth 8.0 β post most patch storylines.
World Building:
Backstory:
Personality:
Abilities:
eldori is primarily a Retribution Paladin, which is focused on doing damage with her sword and holy power. She has a few basic healing spells, but they are mainly used for healing herself, not others. If she (say through meditation) switches to a Protection Paladin, her spells and attacks are more defensive, focused on redirecting the focus of enemies to her and surviving the brunt of attacks. She cannot switch between the two in combat, and will require a one-handed weapon and shield if she wishes to use her talents as Protection.
Of note, she can also summon a steed to ride on for six seconds twice, and has an attack that is known to be able to stun demons and the undead. By virtue of being a blood elf, Celdori can also steal a single magical effect from someone, but not very often.
Alignment:
Peromei. The blood elves, and Celdori's history and story overall, are about rising up from the pits of despair to believe and hope in one another and that there will be a better future for them, that they will rise again. Lor'themar Theron, the current Regent Lord of Silvermoon, sums it up nicely: "The blood elves will endure any hardship, overcome any obstacle, and emerge stronger than before." Celdori finds that hope from her despair and grief, and uses it to keep herself going forward. Also: it's pretty emblematic of paladins in general β the Light will always be there, even when things seem hopeless.
Other:
Celdori will arrive with her armor, her sword β the broken Ashbringer, various other worthless knicknacks and food, and an urn of ashes of the former Warchief of the Horde. It has no magical properties, it just is.
General Sample:
It isn't that Celdori doesn't like helping people out now and again β Lera made that very clear that it was supposed to be a priority for paladins β but normally she just sort of stumbles across them. Minding her own business doing something like getting twenty dragonhawk hearts or killing a demon that terrorized the local village. Sometimes, very rarely, were things organized on boards. And never like this.
She wants to take five, just because she knows she can handle it. But apparently everyone needs a chance to want to help, or so she's been told, so Celdori skims the list for things that look familiar, or rewards she can use. None of them offer a one handed weapon or a shield, not even anything like a mount β something she could actually use. Her mentor's voice chimes in her head again, and she sighs before lighting up β there's one that's offering her a chicken as a reward.
That was close enough to hawkstriders to be a good pet, right? The night elves might have tried to make fun of them with a crate of them, but they were kind of cute in a weird, beady eye'd way. And the quest itself just had her running around delivering letters. That was something she knew she could do easily.
Her mood brightens, and, out of the corner of her eye, she sees some flowering vines, well. Flower. She's not sure that's how this is supposed to work, but who knows with floating cities like this one. Dalaran could have had flowers bloom when someone looked at them. The thought of something familiar only makes her brighten up more, and this time a gentle breeze waifts over her, bringing both the sent of the flowers with it, and a chime from windchimes somewhere else.
Celdori grins, nodding to herself. Yes, she could get used to it here, it, and everything about it, was nice.
Emotion Sample:
Her mood brightens, and, out of the corner of her eye, she sees some flowering vines, well. Flower. She's not sure that's how this is supposed to work, but who knows with floating cities like this one. Dalaran could have had flowers bloom when someone looked at them. The thought of something familiar only makes her brighten up more, and this time a gentle breeze waifts over her, bringing both the sent of the flowers with it, and a chime from windchimes somewhere else.
Questions:
None, but if WoW confuses you, just let me know and I'll try and explain!