Krovennan

Name
Krovennan Darksabre

Physical Traits
Krovennan is about 6 feet tall, medium/heavy build and has black hair tied back into a ponytail. Krovennan also has a curved scar above his right eye,

Race and Class
Krovennan is a Male Human, aged between late 20's and early 30's.

Guild
Heralds of The Onyx Rose, a guild which will do a variety of jobs either under Krovennan's orders, or at the request of others for meager fees.

Occupation
Because of the nature of the Heralds, Krovennan's current job varies, it can be as wide ranging as from healer to murderer in seconds if the circumstances allow.

Family
Krovennan's parents were both Light wielders, his father, Relaka, was a retired Paladin who had turned to politics and had become a minor noble, Krovennan's mother, Anita, was a former Priestess, well known for her ability to heal others, Krovennan's parents were both happy people, and treated Krovennan kindly, as such, they gained a close bond.

Both parents died when the Scourge ravaged Lordaeron, Relaka died fighting off a mass of Ghouls in the forests bordering Lordaeron, and Anita died to an Abomination.

Krovennan had a younger sister, Sina, she was a Paladin, inheriting her parent's powerful use of the Light, she survived the Scourge invasion and moved to Stormwind until the war had ended.

Background
Krovennan's past is mysterious, there are large gaps that Krovennan will not talk about, and he seems reluctant to share the parts he will tell.

Before the invasion of Lordaeron, Krovennan had been in his parent's house, Sina had been given time to return to Lordaeron as she was usually away training with the Silver Hand, Krovennan, having no ability to use magic whatsoever, had been in the guard's training court, attacking a hand to hand combat dummy. Though not an official guard, Krovennan belonged to a division of elites known as the Lordaeron Avengers, they weren't interested in being well known for their efforts, they cared only to protect their families, who were all residing in Lordaeron.

Krovennan had been in his parent's house when Relaka received a letter warning of the Scourge invasion, at first Relaka was reluctant to get caught up in another battle after he had retired, but Krovennan reminded him that Lordaeron was their home, and as such it was precious to them, and Relaka agreed to fight.

Anita went to the Infirmary nearby to help with any injured, while Krovennan, Relaka, and Sina all went to the wall to fight the Scourge forces, Krovennan went east to join the rest of his squad, Sina went to the west with other Silver Hand forces and Relaka stayed in the center by the main gates.

Krovennan met up with the rest of the Lordaeron Avengers in the bordering forests, they had received word from scouts that a large force of Scourge forces consisting mainly of weak infantry such as Ghouls and Skeletons would be passing through the thick forest to avoid detection and mount a surprise attack, Krovennan and the others clambered into the trees, hoping to attack from above when the Ghouls passed.

Suddenly, a man's scream resounded from beside Krovennan, he looked and saw one of his comrades was gone, the trees nearby rustling as if something moved through them very quickly, another scream tore the silence, and the warrior that had been there a moment ago was gone. More screams appeared in quick succession, and very soon Krovennan looked throughout the powerful dark branches and saw he was alone.

Suddenly he heard a female scream from below him, the only female member of the Avengers (The Lordaeron Avengers made it very clear they cared little about someone complaining they didn't have enough women in their ranks and that they were only concerned about the individual's skill) was clutching the ground as it slipped through her fingers as she was dragged into a bush by an unseen force, Krovennan dropped to the ground and grabbed her arms, trying to pull her away from whatever had grabbed her, but alas, the force pulling her into the undergrowth became stronger, and Krovennan lost his footing, and then his grip.

Krovennan could only watch as the woman was dragged screaming into the undergrowth, disappearing into the bushes forever, as after a few more seconds of blood curdling screaming, a Ghoul revealed itself from the bush, fresh blood dripping from its mouth and claws. More Ghouls appeared, some with similar blood on them, Krovennan took his weapons, two huge broadswords, and defended himself against the horde of Ghouls that charged him, viewing him as little more than prey.

Krovennan defended himself with all his might, hacking and slashing left and right, Ghouls fell in droves around him, but more came to replace them, Krovennan was beginning to tire and his movements became sluggish, the Ghouls took advantage of this and he started to take wounds to his body, and just when it seemed he was at his limit, a blinding flash of light burst forth and incinerated a Ghoul in front of him, more flashes of light appeared, followed by a huge hammer crushing the skull of a Ghoul, Relaka Darksabre had arrived.

With his father aiding him, Krovennan continued to destroy the Ghouls that were now impossible to count, until Relaka told Krovennan to get out of there, Krovennan initially refused, but Relaka told him that the wall had been breached and that Anita was in danger. Krovennan reluctantly complied, and escaped through a break in the sea of ghouls while Relaka fought with hammer, shield and Light. However, the Ghouls just kept on coming as others fell, and before long, a man's scream of agony resounded throughout the forest, Krovennan felt as if his heart was about to drag itself out of his chest.

A deep hatred of the Scourge cemented itself in Krovennan, he kept running, cutting down any Scourge in his way until he reached his home, Anita was inside, her arm badly wounded and bleeding heavily, Krovennan moved over to help her, but before they could leave the house, an Abomination broke through the doorway and blocked the exit, Krovennan tried to attack the monster but it broke his blades with a single swipe of its chain.

Krovennan reached to his right and grabbed the only weapon left, his father's hunting knife, Krovennan charged at the Abomination, ducking under another chain swipe and readying a stab for the beast's gut, but the Abomination was unharmed, and before Krovennan could attack again the Abomination backhanded him, sending him flying through a window, Krovennan fell out and landed on something hard, as the world started to turn black the last thing he heard was Anita's scream, as she was rent apart by the Abomination. After that, all was darkness and silence.

There are many rumours circulating among the more imaginative people in Azeroth, some think he lived in the wild and hunted any animals who had not become Scourge, others think he somehow made it to Kalimdor and spent time with Alliance friendly natives, some even think that he gained a lover during his disappearance that had been killed in battle, and Krovennan returned to exact revenge on anyone who would harm him or his allies again. So far, nothing has been proven, and Krovennan adamantly refuses to talk about what happened.

The next confirmed sighting is after the Battle of Mount Hyjal, outside Stormwind, Krovennan was seen limping to the gates, his armour was cracked and dented, and he was covered in deep wounds, he continued to walk towards the gates, desperate to return, however, just before he reached the gates, he collapsed and fell to the ground, he wanted to move, to get up and stand with his own kind once more, but his body forbade him, all he could do was lie face down in the dirt, his strength finally gone.

Then Krovennan felt a hand on his back, over a huge puncture wound, he felt a familiar warmth emanating from the hand, the healing powers of the Light were working on him. Remaking muscle and bone and knitting skin back together.

Krovennan wanted to move, to see what was happening, but his body still refused to move, so all he could do was stand still as the hand moved to each of his wounds, healing them one by one. Krovennan then felt a second hand haul him up, some of his strength had returned, and with help, he was able to stand and lean on a pair of shoulders, the deeper wounds wouldn't heal as easily, he needed medicine for them.

Krovennan looked over to his right, and saw a face he thought he'd never see again, Sina Darksabre, Krovennan's little sister. With Sina helping him, Krovennan crossed the threshold and entered Stormwind City.

For the next few weeks Krovennan was bedridden to recover from his wounds, some of which were difficult to heal, when he finally recovered fully with help from Sina, his first order of business was to head to the libraries, while he was happy that he had found his sister, he was hurting with the loss of his parents, early salvage parties had recovered items from the smoldering rubble of Lordaeron before the demons and later Forsaken completely secured a foothold, they recovered Relaka's shield, and a silver and ivory artifact belonging to Anita, it took the form of a curved torch with the large end shaped into a lion's head, when a Light user channeled the Light into it, the silver lines would change to gold running up to the lion's head, which would release a large flame from its roaring mouth.

Krovennan read and read for months on whatever he could, amassing a large knowledge of the world he lived in. Sina however, became worried that Krovennan was spending too much time in the books, especially since a lot of the information he read was quite morbid. So Sina voiced her opinions to Krovennan, Krovennan was initially unwilling to give up but he quickly saw that it was distressing his little sister, and so, he resolved to spend more time with her and be there when he needed her, and she resolved to be there when he needed her. This inevitably led to them joining the military, taking up sword and shield again.

For two years, Krovennan and Sina enjoyed a happy life together, their teamwork made them incredibly deadly on the battlefield, with Sina's great healing powers and Krovennan's battle prowess, many fell to their blades, the pair didn't really live anywhere, as their assignments usually had them travelling to far off lands, so they slept in Inns or wherever would have them, they didn't mind, as they were content with what they had.

Their jobs provided them with good pay and meals, they were defending the citizens of the Alliance, to make sure they didn't have to go through what Krovennan and Sina had, and this motivated them to continue, as time wore on, the depression and self-loathing Krovennan felt for his powerlessness at his parent's deaths was cast off, and Krovennan emerged a better man, he was grateful for what he had left, and felt that all was as it should be.

It was not to last.

Two years after Krovennan had reunited with Sina, they were both called to aid an assault on a Blood Elf settlement, Krovennan and Sina agreed and set out immediately, for the first few days everything went fine, but on the fifth day, a high ranking noble bought half of the force stationed with Krovennan and Sina from the army and called them back to Stormwind to be spread among him and his high class friends as personal guard forces, leaving Krovennan and Sina stuck in a seriously outnumbered regiment, which seriously demoralised the troops.

The Blood Elves they were attacking saw this and took full advantage of it, attacking the force with numbers far greater than their opponent's, Krovennan and Sina, both furious at this outrage, directed their anger at their enemies, they felled a large portion of the opposing force, but the overwhelmed soldiers were slowly being swarmed and picked off, in the end, barely fifty soldiers remained.

The remaining soldiers regrouped and fought like the desperate men they were, throwing all they had into their opponents to avoid capture or death, but it was all for naught, as they fell one by one, Krovennan had been facing a group of Elves, when one of them attacked Sina, the Elf disarmed and restrained her, she cried to Krovennan for help, but just before Krovennan reached her, he was hit by an Elf in the back of the head, and fell unconcious, the Elves, believing him to be dead, captured or killed the other soldiers with ease, by the time Krovennan woke, the Elves had left, the soldiers that hadn't been captured lied dead around him, and Sina was missing.

Krovennan howled in anger, slamming his fist into the ground, he had lost his parent's to battle, he vowed he would not lose the only family he had left the same way, with that in mind, Krovennan stood up, and set out for the place he knew he would find out where the Elves had taken Sina, Silvermoon City.

Krovennan traveled for three months, keeping a low profile and only stopping to eat or every two days to sleep, when Krovennan finally arrived at Silvermoon, he kept his identity secret through the use of a hooded cloak he wrapped around his body, obcsuring every feature that made him look Human, anyone that saw him mistook him for a passing Blood Elf and left him alone, Krovennan's first place of business was a local tavern, hoping to overhear any sort of gossip pertaining to Sina's whereabouts.

Krovennan sat down by a table in the corner, taking care not to draw attention to himself, by chance, their were a pair of prison guards at the table right next to him, he overheard some conversation about a female prisoner, how she put up quite a struggle before they did unspeakable things to her, Krovennan initially was scpetical they were talking about Sina, until one of them held up a pendant he had took from the prisoner's neck, the very same pendant that was now hanging from Krovennan's neck.

A simple, circular, silver pendant on a small silver chain, on one side of the pendant was Krovennan's family crest, on the other, Sina's name and position as a Paladin etched in black. Krovennan suddenly filled with rage, it took all he had not to cut the pair of guardsmen into pieces on the spot, but he knew that would be suicide in an enemy city. Instead, he waited for the guardsmen to talk more, as he endured how descriptive the pair were, he eventualy was rewarded with information, one said that Sina would be at the main square today and that they should go there as well.

Krovennan followed the pair as they made their way to the square, making sure to keep his distance, as he reached the square he saw a sight that made his heart shatter, in the middle of the square, where Sina would be, was a raised platform, and on a wooden pole on that platform, dangled a hangman's noose.

Half an hour later, when a crowd had formed, they dragged out Sina, her beautiful golden armour was now dulled and dented from where they had beaten her, Krovennan could do nothing but watch as a Blood Elf noble listed off absurd and derogatory accusations against her, Krovennan almost managed to tune out the accusations until the noble read out the sentence. Death. Krovennan almost broke down right there as he heard it, what saved him from revealing himself was his sister's final words.

"May the Light have mercy on those who wronged me, because I know my brother will not."

It was then that Sina Darksabre died. The cheers of the crowd blanketed the area, as they started to loot and defile the body, Krovennan stepped through the crowd, forcibly throwing anyone in his way aside until he reached his sister's body, he couldn't cut her down or he'd be discovered, so he took a pendant from Sina's neck and walked away, seething inside with anger, anger at the Blood Elves for killing his sister, anger at the Horde for harbouring them, anger at the nobles of both sides who watched as his sister died horribly.

At this point, he disappears from public view for a few months, what he did then is unclear, when he did resurface, he carried a curved scar above his right eye, so far, it has refused to heal.

To Be Continued.

Family Background
The Darksabre family records dates back to the days when the Arathor clan humans where absorbing neighbouring clans into themselves, according to records, the Darksabres originally lived in an area where black roses grew, leading to their family crest involving a black rose head.

The Darksabres apparently had very strong warriors, but the Arathor clan outnumbered them ten-to-one and overwhelmed them, the Darksabres joined the Arathor but never lost their sense of identity.

A custom in the Darksabres was to have a special pendant forged for every man and woman who took up any form of combat as a profession, these pendants were always circular and flat, the Darksabre family crest was emblazoned into the front of the pendant, then the wearer's name and the group which they fought for (e.g. the Guardsmen, Argent Dawn etc etc) was inscribed into the back, Krovennan curently wears both his own pendant and that of his little sister, Sina.

Criminal Record
As of yet, Krovennan has not been convicted of any crime, and has kept a low profile to keep suspicions away.

Personality
The deaths of his parents and sister have drained Krovennan of any mercy, now he is cold and calculating, known to have a sarcastic and occasionally taunting sense of humour, Krovennan likes to use his quick wit and silver tongue to avoid confrontations and/or sway people to his way of thinking, but when confrontation arises, he'll use his opponent's strengths against him, and won't hesitate to break someone's neck in a bar brawl if he feels its the only way to end the confrontation.

Krovennan has a deep rooted hatred of the Horde, Blood Elves in particular.

Krovennan believes that both the criminals and the Guards of Stomwind are waging a ceaseless war of pride and that innocents are left in the crossfire, hence why he created the Heralds of The Onyx Rose, designed to take missions from both sides of the coin, Krovennan believes he can provide a balance by adding this "grey" third faction to keep the "black and white of these streets" in balance.

Krovennan likes to approach people who are dorwn on their luck or have been wronged by one side or the other, persuading them to become interested in the Heralds, sometimes he'll simply plant the idea into their heads and walk off, leaving them to seek him out again.

Krovennan takes very unkindly to betrayal and this has resulted in more than a few people disappearing, some of them have reappeared however, floating face down in the canals with a fatal stab wound somewhere in their body.

Current Status
Roaming the streets of Stormwind, working to remake the Heralds.

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Krovennan, like the Jabberwocky, likes to berate or unnerve his opponent through speech, the point being to make them more prone to making mistakes, or unable to fight altogether if he finds a particularly "delicate" opponent, therefore avoiding combat or making it easier for him. This can continue even throughout the battle if Krovennan is successful, in order to further unnerve his opponent.



Cad Bane
Cad Bane is a mercenary, like Krovennan, however, the reason Cad Bane is an influence is because of his personality and tactics, Cad bane has no fear of Jedi, just as Krovennan has no fear of the Guard or the Crime Lords, and although he will try to avoid combat (See Jabberwocky), he will enter it willingly when he has no choice.

Also like Cad Bane, Krovennan knows that it is very rare that a plan goes perfectly, and as such, can think on the spot and create a new approach very quickly.