Grace Silvershield

Information

Player: DoctorDaveMD

Character Full Name: Grace Silvershield

Character In-Game Name: Grace

Nickname(s): Amazing, The Shield-Maiden

Association(s): Stormwind

Race: Human

Class: Warrior

Skills and Abilities: She has mastered the art of using any type of shield with masterful movement and strength along with spears and swords in combination with shields.

Age: 24

Sex: Female

Hair: White

Eyes: Brown

Weight: 140lbs

Height: 5'8"

Appearance

A little above average human height, with snow white hair and dark-tanned skin. Almost always seen wearing thick, black plate and a large tower shield on her back. Also wielding a longsword or a spear attached to her person. Under her armor, she is extremely muscular and toned as her farmhand past and general training has taken its toll on her body. Her mood can vary greatly and can usually be judged on her face.

Personality

Alignment: Neutral Good

Generally very well-mannered and attentive, she is the definition of a proper soldier, albeit at times can become very cheery, or the opposite. She doesn't keep grudges and is generally very forgiving and light hearted, sharing her shining smile to whomever is willing to accept it. When feeling betrayed or worse, she will usually go into an extreme fit of rage, resulting in possible damage to her well being as she tries her hardest to avoid hurting her friends and allies.

History

Born into a normal household in the Redridge Mountains, she was your average farmgirl. She tried her best with helping around the house and that was what really mattered, to her at least. Often overshadowed by her stronger and generally faster brothers, she always managed to keep up with the work laid before her. The extra work gave her strength equal to that of her siblings and often outmatched them in games of strength and endurance.

Being from Redridge, orc attacks and gnoll raids were much more common than anywhere else, and being up north didn't help with the problem. Fortunately, her brothers and father kept them safe with the help of patrolling guardsmen. While she sat in the back and watched, her secret burning desire to help would be doused by her gender and rather sexist father.

One night, the usually group of orcish raiders attempted to sack the farm. The usual procedures followed, but something different happened. The orcs were successful and took her family back to their encampment as hostages. Grace acted near immediately and requested a group of soldiers to help her family. The soldiers didn't hesitate and Grace didn't either as she followed closely behind the patrol. She grabbed a broken off piece of barn door that she strapped to her arm like a shield along with a family heirloom blade, planted over the fireplace.

Once at the orcish encampment, the soldiers didn't hesitate to charge head-first in and began slaughtering them all. Meanwhile Grace, rather than follow their lead, snuck into the cave that more than likely held her parents and siblings. The cave was quiet and dark, and as she got further down a light could be seen. As she turned the corner all she saw was a large brutish orc wielding a battleaxe standing above four corpses - her family. Obviously blind with rage she snuck up behind the orc and slammed him in the head with her shield, knocking him out.

She chained him up and slowly began to mercilessly torture him in any way she could, only orcish screams would echo throughout the cave until eventually they stopped entirely as Grace walked out of the encampment bloodied and tired. She had no home left and no family either. She sold off the rest of her family's property and joined up into the military as there was no other option for her at the time. She continued to train using more defensive tactics in combat for several years, gaining knowledge of shields and how to use them.

She eventually set off outside of the military to look for more suitable work.