Dakara

Information

Player: Duraza

Character Full Name: Dakara Nightrunner

Character In-Game Name: Dakara

Nickname(s):

Association(s): Darnassus

Race: Night Elf

Class: Hunter

Age: 584

Sex: Female

Hair: Short, coming only to neck's length. Purple in color.

Eyes: Bright, shining silver

Weight: 227 lbs

Height: 6'7

Appearance

She wears anything from leather to mail armor, often dressed in the usual Sentinel garb.

Other: Usually she has a bow and quiver, sometimes a sword or axe but usually she leaves those to her saber to carry.

Personality

Dakara is often rough on the outside, only ever managing a half smile, never bringing herself to laugh, hating when all she can do is cry. Life has made her hard but she often interprets herself as soft, making her attempt to become harder. Seeing her sisters with their own mates often brings sorrow to her eyes, sometimes even tears. Dakara truly is soft at the core but she often tries not to let it show, afraid that it is a weakness that will bring about her downfall.

Of all things, duty is one of the emotions that Dakara is willing to show, willing to cry for, willing to argue over. She feels that she has failed her own duties much too many times in life and so must fight to be worth anything, to prove to herself that she can succeed.

History

Dakara was born and raised on Darkshore. It was there that she was taught the ways of the huntress, spending decades practicing the different styles of different weapons. She learned how to use axes, swords, and the bow. Of the weapons she practiced with she became most familiar with the bow, relying more heavily on her skill as an archer than her skill in close quarters combat. Her stress on archery made her a great shot but it also made her confidence with the blade lessen, as well gave her a dislike for battles that she could not control from a distance.

As she continued her training to become a Sentinel she moved to Ashenvale. It was here that she first started to practice mounted combat on a black stripped saber she named Kull. He grew along with her and as years passed the saber became her close companion. She also caught and trained her own owl. Named Zane, when she was off without other Kaldorei at her side it was Zane and Kull who remained by her side.

Time passed and eventually, as Dakara approached her 500th year of life she found a mate. He was a druid and the both of them quickly realized that they were to be bound forever. She became a sentinel with the duty of watching over the bodies of the druids who entered the Emerald Dream. She remained vigilant, knowing that her own mate was one of the bodies she had to keep safe. For 47 years she remained happy and in love, taking care of her mate while he was in the Dream, listening to stories of wonders and the beauty of the world when he was awake.

Then, after the 47th year, her mate became one of the Unwaking. Dakara didn't notice it at first, having become too comfortable with her duty. The thought of the Nightmare was far away, she was only in her own bliss. When one of the other Sentinels realized that something was wrong, she did not want to believe it, but his body was rapidly weakening and she knew there was no other explanation. Dakara was only able to keep her mate alive for a few days after she had discovered his state. She did not know how long he had been taken, only that she should have realized sooner. Dakara blamed herself for the death of her life-mate, knowing that never again would she find another.

Afterwards sadness overtook her, but she didn't want to let it show. She buried everything she could deeply, wanting to live up to her proud heritage, wanting to be the strong huntress that her sisters had for generations. By the death of her mate she had failed her duty once. Dakara did not want it to happen again. She joined the Silverwing Sentinels, fighting off the Horde invaders in Ashenvale. To them, to any who would risk her failing duty again, she could be cruel and without mercy. Her bow would shoot down any Dakara felt was an intruder, and slay any number of Orcs if only to never fail again.

But it would not last. Months after turning 584 she was attacked by a group of Saytr. She was alone with Zane and Kull when they attacked, coming down on her with felish spells and cruel might. She tried to defend herself but could not, her bow was knocked away and there were four. She had Zane fly off and tried to get Kull to go as well but the saber would not. It attacked the Saytr, brutal with fang and claw, killing off a few of them and leaving room for Dakara to escape. But Kull died in protection of Dakara and when she returned to the site she found his corpse on the ground.

Zane returned to Dakara and she buried Kull away. She had failed to protect her saber, her companion. Once again, she was incapable of fulfilling her duty. Dakara was shattered but it only made her grow all the harder on the outside, skin all the thicker to pierce though with kind words or happy times. Thanks to the kindness of another Dakara now has a new saber but she shudders at the idea of mounting her for combat, at failing again. She left the Sentinels, feeling that she wouldn't want to fail them as she had others.Now she works independently, trying to fight whatever injustice she can.