Nihala

Name
Nihala Clearsky

Race and Class
Tauren Druid of the Claw

Physical Appearance
Tall and strong, as is typical of her race, Nihala was of the few pure white tauren. She had modest horns and a gentle face with clear green eyes, her long hair was tied loosely in two braids.

After the Earthfury Clan fell Nihala travelled to the frozen wastelands of Northrend where she gathered Supplies, headed out one day and vanished.

It was half a year before she was seen again, Nihala returned from Northrend much changed.



Her fur has turned from pure white to deep black and is much coarser, having lost much of its softness from her younger days. Nihala's horns have grown and matured curving down around her face and sharpened to hardened points fine cracks and small chips can be seen upon them. She appears to have many cuts and scars that can be seen through her fur; none truly distinctive more a combination of wounds that heal and are replaced without any real discomfort.

She now has mastery the forms leant to her by the spirits. No longer as innocent or naïve as she once was, Nihala has become cynical and grown into battle-hardened and formiddable foe. She Travelled to Orgrimmar hoping to find the tribal council of The Beastmaw Clan, and join the ranks under the banner of General Torakk.

Guild
Formerly of the The Earthfury Clan

Thought to be lost in the northlands for half a year Nihala Returned and Joined The Beastmaw Clan.

Background
Nihala was born in the Barrens to the wandering tribe known as the Skyseers (who would later settle in Camp Taurajo) she was raised to understand the balance between herself and the kodo her tribe relied on for survival. Throughout the seasons the tribe would move around following the migration paths of the herds. She was given the name 'Clearsky' due to the unseasonally good weather conditions that prevailed on her naming day.

She was in early adolescence when the third war began and was mostly protected from its horrors. As she approached adulthood she became accustomed to travellers seeking refuge within the camp, she heard snippets of their tales and grew restless within her tribe, and wished that someday she may see more of the world.

She was approaching the end of her twentieth spring when one evening when a druid arrived to take shelter at the camp. Normally when a traveller arrived Nihala was dismissed from the main tents of the camp whilst the elders of the tribe discussed matters such as news from the front or outposts with the travellers (It was during these meetings that Nihala would hover near the edge of the camps trying to listen in whilst pretending to tend to the guard-fires. It was these overheard conversations that sparked her desire to see more of the world).

That evening however her presence was requested. The druid explained that he had been sent to search the plains for new students to train in the path of the earthmother as a druid. He told her of the great power of their peoples, and their responsibilities to the earthmother to protect the wonders of our homelands. During his stay he demonstrated to her the abilities the earthmother and ancestors had bestowed upon him, and the forms that nature lent him to aid him in his protection of their way of life.

On the third day of his visit the druid asked the permission of the tribal leaders to take Nihala to begin her training at Red Cloud Mesa. It was agreed and Nihala left her tribe.

It has been many years since she made that journey and she has not seen either the Druid who delivered her safely to Camp Narache, or her family since.

She became a Member of the Earthfury Clan after a chance meeting with the shaman Vrakk, who told her about the clan and escorted her to the their homelands of Stonetalon mountain. Nihala remained a member of the Earthfury until the clan fell and fled Stonetalon.

Whilst most clansmen gathered in Orgrimmar, and rallied under the flag of General Torakk, Nihala instead headed north to Warsong Hold.

From there she gathered Supplies and headed out. It was more than 6 months before she was seen again and she had changed beyond recognition.

Nihala seems not to acknowledge the changes in her appearance and ignores or dismisses questions regarding this or the experiences she had during her prolonged absence.

Once kind and gentle, Nihala was a true child of nature. Since her return Nihala seems to have become much darker - she looks back on her previous self as Naïve and foolish. She constantly battles with torment and rage and as such is most generally found in the form of the great bear, She has become violent and quick to act - believing that hesitation will get you killed.

((Still Under Construction))

Skills
Whilst relatively young she learned to skin the beasts so that nothing would go to waste. She also learned to recognise plants and roots for their various properties and how to gather and store them so that others could use them both in rituals and as an aid to healing. Her mother and her tribes healers taught her the basics of medicine and she can produce salves and bandages to help heal wounds.

Family Background
Her family were members of the Skyseers tribe who wandered the barrens following the Kodo herds. Sometime after Nihala left, they settled in what was to become Camp Taurajo, however her parents cannot be found at the settlement, No-one knows what has happened to them, whether they simply still wander the barrens or whether a worse fate has befallen them.

Companions
Whisper - Whisper is a young worg-runt Nihala rescued as a pup from the blackrock orc's experiments within Blackrock Spire. She is light brown in colour and often can be seen running around the legs of Nihala's Kodo as she rides.

Swifthoof - Nihala's trusty kodo has borne her on her travels around azeroth. As Nihala's journeys took her to more dangerous grounds she had armor crafted for the great beast to protect it from harm.

Current Status
After The Earthfury Clan was sent their separate ways by Hrisskar the Younger, Nihala set out into the desolate wastelands of Northrend.

After her arrival in Warsong Hold she gathered supplies and set out, no-one knows where she was heading. She was not seen or heard of for some time.

She recently reappeared within the city of Orgrimmar much changed. She has since joined her former clansmen under the banner of The Beastmaw Clan.