Arienne

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Player: MstrCorvus

Character Full Name: Arienne Dura’thil

Character In-Game Name: Arienne

Nickname: Ari

Association(s): House Senn’raethi, the Fin’alah

Race: Sin’dorei

Class: Mage

Age: 783

Sex: Female

Hair: Red

Eyes: Blood Elf Green

Weight: 76 Kg

Height: 173 cm

Scale: 1

Appearance

Arienne is built averagely for a blood elf, with muscular legs and arms. Her bright red hair is thick and wavy, normally kept up in a loose bun when she’s working. Her facial features are feminine but not delicate in any way.

Personality

Arienne takes her duty as a bodyguard very seriously, having a strong silent type quality about her when she’s on duty or training the soldiers in her charge. When she doesn’t have any current responsibilities placed on her, she’s a lively and social woman who enjoys talking to others and enjoying elven nightlife. On the other turn, she’s also quite tame when not in a partying mood, preferring to read or take walks on the beach and enjoy some peace and quiet away from everyone. Despite her very macho and butch exterior, Arienne likes to spend free time baking sweets or playing with small woodland animals, including her pet rabbit Tibblets.

Alignment: Neutral Good

History

Arienne was born into a family that had very close ties with the Senn’raethis, with her mother being a high-ranking Fin’alah and her father being a merchant who gave tribute to the family in return for the protection and business partnership they gave in return. Arienne grew up around the Fin’alah, her mother’s comrades and friends, and found an admiration for them. Her mother began training her young in the art of magic as well as how to wield many different types of blades including shortswords, rapiers, longswords and bastard swords. When Arienne came of age to meet all the requirements for entry to the Fin’alah, she followed her mother’s footsteps and passed her initiation with flying colours, earning her place in the ranks of the close-knit order.

Early in her career, she became close to Lady Ashilynn Senn’raethi, the Matron of the house. The pair struck up a fast friendship and they spent much time together, both formally, serving in the same unit of Fin’alah, and informally, going out to enjoy the elven nightlife. Arienne served loyally and with skill, rising in fame among the Fin’alah as being both a fierce warrior and a caring sister-in-arms. After several centuries of service, and surviving wars many of her comrades did not, Arienne was placed as the captain of Ashilynn’s personal unit of Fin’alah. Thankfully, Arienne did not lose her mother to war, but instead to a peaceful retirement away from any combat to come.

A time when she was in her mid five hundreds, Arienne met a Farstrider named Inaaria. Confident, strong and with a beautiful heart. Arienne couldn’t help but fall head over heels with the woman. She decided to pluck up her courage and ask to court Inaaria, getting an eager response. They were close and spent much time together sharing interests and wrapped in their passion. The pair courted for several months and they were happy. That was until Arienne came to visit the love of her life one day and found Inaaria ‘entertaining’ another woman. The Fin’alah was heartbroken and the added blow came when Inaaria tried to blame Arienne for not being the lover she deserved. Despite this crushing blow to her spirit, Arienne continued to attempt to court for many decades. There was Hilari the Arcanist, who turned out to be using Arienne to make her ex-husband jealous. Next was Jideera the wild woman, who was in it for the sex and got bored after a few weeks.

Arienne had many lovers in about as many years, all ending the same way, with Arienne left cold and alone. The next supposed ‘true love’ came in the form of Isilith Summergaze. Arienne was desperate to try and make it last, not wanting to lose the second woman she had truly loved. She took time away from her duties, bought Isilith as many gifts as she could afford, and then some. It got to the point where Isilith felt too smothered by Arienne’s affections and broke it off with her, giving her best wishes but she may as well have told Arienne to chew broken glass for the way it made Arienne feel. The fire in her spirit was dampened but not extinguished and Arienne continued to search for ‘the one.’

For centuries, Arienne served as Ashilynn’s second in command, closest confidant and truest friend. Despite the difference between their social classes, the two remained the strongest of friends even to this day. After the Cataclysm, Ashilynn felt it necessary to take on a personal bodyguard for day to day activities and it went without doubt or debate that Arienne was the woman for the job. Arienne still retains her duties within the Fin'alah, now having the additional responsibilities to do managerial tasks for several units of Fin'alah outside her own such as organising training rosters, doing checks on the state of the soldier's arms and armor and assisting in training new recruits when a big bad boss is needed to bring them in line.

Skills and Abilities

-Battlemage: Arienne combines the use of arcane magic with wielding swords and wearing enchanted cloth armor.

-Baker: Arienne’s highly skilled in the art of baking and decorating sweet treats.

-Macho Woman: Arienne is a strong wrestler and nimble unarmed combatant, going so far as to have won the Fin’alah Wrestling Tournament thirty years running.

-Fin'alah Captain: Due to her ranking within House Senn'raethi's personal security force, Arienne has the ability to command a unit of roughly twenty-five other Fin'alah soldiers. Her influence allows her to be the final word in many matters concerning her troops, however Lady Ashilynn has the right to veto Arienne's decisions. Her position as Lady Ashilynn's bodyguard also causes some of the Fin'alah, even outside her own unit, to see her as a sort of 'Head Fin'alah' though this title is entirely informal.