Valen

Information

Player: timmyd123

Character Full Name: Valen Sunweaver

Character In-Game Name: Valen

Nickname(s): Val

Association(s): Silvermoon City

Race: Blood Elf

Class: Rogue

Age: 117

Sex: Male

Hair: His hair is a dark, near black colour and is short by elven standards. he wears it spiked up and has long and rather bushy sideburns.

Eyes: His eyes glow a faint jade colour, fainter than most Blood Elves as his addiction to magic is lessened, though is still present.

Weight: 149lbs

Height: 5'9

Alignment: Neutral good

Appearance

When in the city and not on a mission or job so to speak, he will usually be seen wearing casual clothing such as silk shirts and other elven finery, however while Valen is outside the city he would usually be wearing his leather armour which is mostly red and black in colour with lots of straps and many rogue tools such as knives and lock picks fastened upon it. He will also often cover his face making him unrecognisable to others unless they know him by armour or have other means of identifying him.

Personality

Valen Sunweaver is a mercenary of sorts, actively looking for and taking contracts in work such as private detective work, contracted thievery and assassination. Valen might be a mercenary, who works for payment, yet he is driven by a strong moral compass, and while he tries to prevent this from influencing his work, it can often affect whether he will take up a contract or not. He believes in doing things for the greater good and things that would benefit the Horde and his people but also believes the best bounty hunters are dependable and will meet all contracts with an open mind making him very conflicted about who he really is.

Generally Valen is a social and friendly character who is keen to meet people. He feels that many typical, quiet mercenaries and bounty hunters that revel in their solitude are missing a valuable edge to the 'business', because they are limiting the contacts they have. Despite the morally grey work he does, Valen himself feels that he is a good person and will stand by his friends and the people close to him, much preferring to do the right thing over the wrong... though if the reward is great enough and the temptation strong enough he will succumb to it as there is a side to him that is greedy in nature and this makes Valen easily manipulated or controlled.

History

As a boy, Valen had a happy childhood and was party to a closely knit and warm family, however Valens father would often disappear for many days at a time on 'business' with little or no explanation for his frequent vanishing acts. Valens mother never seemed to ask any questions about it and every time Valen tried to, the questions would usually be dodged and Valen was left with no answers, until one day Valen and his curious nature decided to take things into his own hands.

Valen took it upon himself to find answers and so when he was presented with an opportunity, he snuck into his father's study, a room forbidden to him explicitly and within that he found the answers he had been looking for, but not what he had expected. He found numerous contracts, contracts for all manner of 'foul' deeds ranging from murder, to theft and to couriering illegal packages. Shocked by what he had found he continued searching for more answers and then discovered, within a small hidden room a set of imposing armour that looked incredibly well crafted, it was adorned with weapons and tools the likes Valen had never seen before. It was then that he felt a hand upon his shoulder. His father had discovered him.

'I was wondering when your youthful curiosity would get the better of you my son. I was going to wait before I introduced you to this, but it seems you're ready' Valens father said softly, without trace of anger in his voice. And so it began from there... Valens father told him he was a mercenary and a rogue, told him of the distant lands and adventures his work took him to and soon afterward, Valens father had asked his son, if he wanted to learn the ways of the rogue and be his apprentice.

In the years that followed Valen studied under his father with a dedication rare in someone so young. In time and after many years of training, the father and son duo, would take contracts together, working as one to fulfil them, until the scourge lay siege to Silvermoon City, which is when everything changed.

Amidst the chaos and the fighting, Valens father was mortally wounded and as he lay dying, Valen stayed by his side. The words upon his last breath were “My son… At last your training is f-finished… You have been my equal for sometime now and there is nothing left for me to teach you… It is time to begin crafting a journey of your own. T-to fulfil your own destiny though there is one last thing I have yet to give you… Do you remember the armour I left hidden away back at the house? You saw it many years ago… It is now yours, wear it proudly as you have earned it”. And with that, Valens father passed away and was no more.

Many years have past since that day, Valen has been filling his time doing as his father did, seeking out contracts and fulfilling them and trying to provide for his mother who's health is ailing due to taking her husbands death hard and her magical addiction. Valens addiction is much less serious, and controllable than most, as he spent long periods of time away from home and has never indulged in casting magic himself, he feels this makes it his duty to assist his people, that are suffering more greatly than he is.