Aileenya Stormcrow

Name
Aileenya Stormcrow, Guardian of Cenarius, Druid of the Claw, "White Raven"

Physical Traits
Aileenya's hair was once deep purple, but age has long since turned it white and coarse, it hangs long to her waist and is unkept.

Her Tattoos are like three dark claw-marks inked into her skin, they are dark deep purple.

Her fingernails are Long and thick and sharp, much more akin to claws than the well-kept hands of her healing bretheren.

Around her eyes are deep lines as testamant to her age. Her eyes these days are more silver than the gold they were in her youth, Like her hair they have lost their colour with her advancing years.

Despite being nearly nine thousand years old, she is still physically strong and fit. She stands tall for a female at 7ft 3 inches.

She often has an air of stillness around her, Akin that of a bird, perched watching the comings and goings of the world.

Race and Class
Kaldorei Druid

Guild
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Family
Emlirath Moonsorrow - Mother - Deceased

Althuridas Nightpaw - Mentor, Shan'do, Step-father (In the sense he became Emlirath's companion). - Deceased

Background
Memories are blurred by time as such Aileenya's history is more snapshots of her past.

Some of Aileenya's earliest memories were of the anger of the elders. As a child she was shielded from much of it.

Born not long after the Sundering, Aileenya lived in the settlments in Ashenvale with her mother, she barely remembers her father. The only memory she has of him is of a distant figure, who seemed to not wish to acknowledge her or her mother. She also remembers standing with her mother on the shore watching the Quel'dorei leave on their ships banished from Kaldorei Lands, Her father was among them.

Aileenya's mother was a huntress and Sentinel by the name of Emliriath Moonsorrow. She taught Aileenya the way of the huntress, instilled in her a great respect for all Elunes creatures, and told her of the legends and beliefs of Malorne and the Balance.

A century or two after the Quel'dorei left, Emlirath took a new companion. A druid by the name of Althuridas Nightpaw. He saw gold in Aileenya's eyes and trained her in the path of the Druids.

Although females were not part of the Cenarion Circle, a number did follow the path.

He became Aileenya's mentor and filled the role left by the departure of her father when she was so young.

As is traditional when Aileenya reached the rite of passage her face was to be Tattoo'd. Aileenya was marked with the claws, three long stylised scratches over each eye, symbollising animalistic sight. When freshly inked were blood red in symbolism to natures red claw,( they have now faded to a deep purple)

Althuridas had by then joined his bretheren in the Emerald Dream. He would wake intermittently, though never for long.

During the Long Vigil Aileenya spent centuries living in the wilds, close to the Barrows where Althuridas slumbered, watching and guarding and perfecting her craft.

Aileenya continued to adhere to the teachings of her mother Emlirath, always upholding the balance of all things, and defending the wild.

During her years in the wild she often took on the form of the the great cat. She was no pacifist, her mother had preached to her in her youth, that to be to too gentle would also disrupt the balance, "Nature is red, in tooth and claw".

Just over a thousand years ago the Long Vigil came to an end, the Druids awoke to help face down the threat rising in Silithus.

Emliriath reunited with Althuridas, left Ashenvale along with Aileenya to join the forces in Kalimdors most southern province.

The day Southwind Village was attacked Aileena stayed with the main force to hold the line against the unending swarm. Emliriath and Althuridas went as part of a battilion with Valstann Staghelm to defend the village, and met the same fate as all who fought there. It is rumoured that the spirits of those lost still haunt the ruins. Aileenya has never been to check.

The war of the sands would rage on for months, eventually falling back as far as Tanaris before the Dragons came.

Victory did not bring solace to Aileenya. At the end of the war she went into the wilds of Feralas and did not rejoin Kaldorei society until the third war a thousand years later. She saw Cenarius slaughtered by the blood-crazed orcs, and the Wisps of the wild rise up to defeat Archimonde.

Despite all the sorrow of her years, she is gratefull for her time. She is beyond joyous to have lived to see Malorne return.

Personal Notes
Reaching such a great age, and having seen so much sorrow and pain, Aileenya tends towards optimism. Time Heals all wounds so they say. She is often humours and kindly, prone to gentle teasing and causing embarressment to her companions.

"A friend once told me You are as you as the Male you feel. I cant imagine what she meant..."

She rarely Angers having generally come to the conclusion that it solves nothing and it will all blow over sooner or later (Later even pertaining to centuries).

Aileenya is dedicated to the balance of the Wild and nature, and is fiercely protective of her allies.

Regarding the younger races of the Alliance, she is polite and kindly towards them, viewing them as no more than children to be protected and educated.

Current Status
Alive and Well