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Post by Aldrannath on Oct 28, 2009 18:33:49 GMT 1
Please first send your profile to Aldrannath and Caliyen for approval. Once we're happy you can post it here. Note that "approved" means the content is acceptable, you've included all the important information and left out the stuff we don't want/need to know. It doesn't mean "perfect." Please do continue to review, revise and improve your character profile. Especially those whose written English is not the most elegant are encouraged to keep working on the style of their profiles as well. ;D Feel free to ask if you want help tidying stuff up. No need for anything very long - in fact, apart from the background section, try to be as concise as possible. For good, long examples, take a look at the profiles of Caliyen, Celegil and Aldrannath - but there's no need to write this much if you're not feeling very inspired. There are some shorter examples below, which you are very welcome to use or adapt if you like. Just remember to include the following: Essential: - Name
- Race and Class
- Observable traits (includes physical description, but also any other noticeable details)
- Family
- Background (personal history - please think about how to tie the biography in with the major events of Kaldorei history, especially for older characters)
Optional: - Personal notes (non-obvious qualities - mainly for your own reference)
- Rumours and reputation (if applicable)
- Criminal record (if applicable)
- Powers (for Priestesses and Druids; a description is nice, but nothing too mighty please)
- - and anything else you consider relevant
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Post by Aldrannath on Dec 7, 2009 13:47:55 GMT 1
((Sample character profile. Feel free to steal or adapt this for your own character!))
((This is an example of a young, low-level character who would naturally become a Novice and undergo training with the Way of Malorne. After a while, and having reached level 60+, he would undergo tests before graduating to the rank of Ranger.))
Elendos Savageclaw Kaldorei Druid of the Wild Age: about 180 winters
Description: Elendos is young and vigorous, but a little clumsy at times. He is of average height, with dark blue hair and quick, darting eyes. He can give the impression of being nervous, but this may simply be because he is full of energy and rather highly-strung.
Family: Mother: a Sentinel of Ashenvale. Father: Druid of the Talon, died in the Third War. Younger brother: Apprentice hippogryph trainer in Auberdine.
Background: Elendos was raised in Ashenvale, in a small settlement near Astranaar. He enjoyed a close relationship with his often-absent father, a Druid of the Talon, but learned the ways of the forest and the Kaldorei from his mother and her comrades in the Sentinels. He became a forester, but travelled further and further afield in Ashenvale, spending weeks or even months alone in the forest, trying to commune with nature. After a while, his father suggested he might become a Druid, so he began roaming the forest intently, learning to feel the growth of the trees and the flow of the Balance. Not long before the Third War began, he returned to Moonglade and passed the tests to begin his training as a Druid.
Being untrained for battle, Elendos helped with several evacuations and other logistical matters during the War, while his parents fought. The death of his revered father at the hands of Archimonde's demons only left him more determined to follow in his footsteps as a Druid.
Restless in Moonglade with the slow, meditative training he was receiving there, Elendos was encouraged to seek out the Way of Malorne and their more vigorous and violent style of Druidism.
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Post by Aldrannath on Dec 7, 2009 14:12:48 GMT 1
((Sample character profile. Feel free to steal or adapt this for your own character!))
((This is an example of a middle-aged character who would naturally become a Ranger in the Way of Malorne. A lower-level character could fit this profile if she is recovering from a severe injury or illness that prevents her from fighting as she otherwise could.))
Calina Swallowflight Kaldorei Rogue (Huntress of the Sentinels) Age: about 1500 years
Description: There is a stillness about Calina. Unremarkable in looks or build, her most striking feature is her motionless silence when at rest. Her eyes, however, move constantly, flicking from place to place; she often seems reluctant to make eye contact with others. When at last she moves, she does so with the swiftness and silent grace of a swallow.
Family: Mother: Huntress Captain, died in the War of the Shifting Sands. Father: unknown Younger sister: Sentinel Captain
Background: Calina and her sister were raised for war. Their mother, who never told them who their father was, had them running through the forest and leaping from tree to tree from an early age. Calina inevitably joined the Sentinels, and spent many years serving as an Outrunner. She remembers these times as perhaps the happiest of her life.
Calina was still happily serving as an Outrunner, long after her younger sister had been promoted to Huntress, when the War of the Shifting Sands brought her first experience of large battles and of dark magic. Her mother fell in the War, and her sister earned a battlefield promotion to Captain, which remains her present rank. Calina's anger at her mother's death fired her with a fresh determination, and she began training hard in the more violent arts of the Sentinel. She became a full Sentinel, and an expert user of stealth and sudden violence.
Calina fought with distinction in the Third War, and was promoted to the rank of Huntress. However, she was disgusted by the hubris of her erstwhile commander, Fandral Staghelm, in ordering the creation of Teldrassil. She feels that the things she fought to protect in the Third War are being squandered, and that her sisters' sacrifices are going to waste. She has little hope for the future of her race, but on hearing of the Way of Malorne, decided to see whether this strange old faith could offer her a more positive outlook.
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Post by Aldrannath on Dec 7, 2009 14:41:36 GMT 1
((Sample character profile. Feel free to steal or adapt this for your own character!))
((This is an example of an old character who would naturally become an Elder in the Way of Malorne. A lower-level character could fit this profile if she is recovering from a severe injury or illness that prevents her from using her powers normally.))
Ferende Starwater Kaldorei Priestess Age: over 8000 years
Description: Ferende does not look particularly different from other Priestesses. She has a blandly pleasant face, a calm manner, and a gentle smile. A perceptive observer might notice an extra wrinkle about her face, or a slight slowness in her step, compared with other Kaldorei. But in her eyes there is a terrible weariness.
Family: Parents long dead. No brothers or sisters. She never had any children.
Background: Ferende has been the perennial bystander of Kaldorei history. She witnessed the relationship between Tyrande and Malfurion, the treachery of Illidan, the arrogance of Staghelm and the destruction of the World Tree. Characteristically, she played no significant role in any of these events; then as now, she kept her mouth shut and acted only to perform her duties as a priestess.
In her youth, Ferende dabbled in the Way of Malorne, which she was led to by her Sentinel mother. She had learned from her mother a nostalgia for the ancient times before the Kaldorei first built themselves a civilisation, and the time-hallowed Rites spoke quietly to something deep within her. During the Long Vigil, however, her observance lapsed, and she fell into a kind of very quiet depression.
Ferende is a sad chronicler of the ancestral hubris of the Kaldorei. She has seen that her people have learned little from the foolishness of their predecessors, and has come to consider the Kaldorei to be a fallen race. She hopes only that through the Way of Malorne, a last remnant might still hold true to the old calling of the Kaldorei, and perhaps preserve a last fragment of Elune's Balance until the bitter end.
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