Navras

Name
Navras Benediction

Physical Traits
Navras has long blond hair, a short blond beard and Emerald green eyes. He is the average height for a human male and has well toned muscles. He does have quite a fair bit of strength but depends more on speed and quick reflexs in combat, also his power over the Light. His plate armour resembles the armour worn by Theramorian marines, being a former Sergeant of the Theramore Task Force. If you looked at his bare back, you would see seven old yet large scars from a punishment from when he was a Private of Theramore. Navras is likely to have a few healed scars and cuts on his face from recent combat. His skin is fairly light and depending on his mood, his expression could be anything. He speaks decent Common and is not thick, yet he is not the smartest man around. He is at the age of 21, he origonally was told he was 25, but a birth document was recently found with his age and weight, useless information and nothing of his real parents was found.

Race and Class


Human OOC: Paladin IC: Paladin, Ex Marine (Sergeant)Currently an Argent Templar.



Guild
Navras was a member of the Theramore Task Force but is now currently guildless

Occupation
Navras does not have an occupation as such. He fights alongside very few people in a war against Morbid Faith.

Family
Navras has no relatives that live. None by blood at least that he knows of. He was adopted as a child by a line of Paladins by the name Benediction. The man who adopted Navras was a human named Repetan and his wife Angelina. Repetan was a Paladin of the light who was born and grew up in Andohall. He trained and quickly became a natural in combat in the name of the Light. Angelina Redbarn was Repetans wife. They both met in Darrowshire and raised their son Makios there. Repetan found a boy lost in the forest who had no memory of his past. Repetan as a paladin saw to adopt him and train him as a paladin who would fight for the light. He named this child 'Navras'. They moved to Stratholme shortly after they adopted Navras, soon after they prefered the peace of Darrowshire and moved back there. Navras quickly became a large part of the family known as Benediction.

But soon all was engulfed by shadow and darkness as the scourge invasion struck Lordaron. Angelina, Makios and Navras moved quickly to Lakeshire to escape the invasion... But Repetan was to consumed by the will of the holy light and decided to stay and fight the upcoming Scourge and he did not wish that the place his son was born and grew up in to be a feeding ground for a large ammount of monsters and traitors. Repetan fought in the battle of Darrowshire... But soon after constant combat he failed... As he met his match soon after the start of the battle. He became wounded from being struck by the Death Knight, Marduk Blackpool's Blade, yet doing so he saved the rest of his family, giving them chance to escape. He crawled off only to be found by Necromancers and dragged to the nearest Slaughter House to be used as some kind of sick and twisted expererment...

His wife Angelina Redbarn was in grief... She traveled from her house in Lakeshire to fetch wood from the nearby Lumbermill to use as a fire which had became a obsesion after seeing many villages and farms burning in flames on her way to Lakeshire. She had no doubt gone mad from the sights she saw. Although lucky enough to shield her childrens eyes from most of it, she had clearly came out of it the worse. Unexpectedly on her way there she was ambushed by a group of Black Rock orcs. Considering she was in depression, her skills in combat were even worse than they were already and she was cut down and found trampled on, crushed and crippled upon the road leading to the Burning steps. Only Navras and Repetans son, Makios hold the name Benediction and both hold the path of being great paladins and representative of the light.

Later, Repetan was released as a Humanoid Aboination, he was designed to kill Light wielders, eventually to be tracked down by Navras and Makios, they managed to kill him yet Makios was badly wounded in the fight, eventually dying. This leaves Navras as the last man to hold the name 'Benediction', the two had their ashes spread across Darrowshire by Navras. Their swords can also be found to mark as graves in Darrowshire, Holy Light sparkles around the two blades, protecting them from Unholy creatures.

Return to Darrowshire ((A quickly written memory of Navras' past as he returns to Darrowshire))
Navras, a large group of marines and the Regraves, walk through the Plaguelands, the soil under their feet... covered in blood and bone, the air so thick, that not only was it like having a pillow against your face to breathe with, but you could only see cloud and a heavy fog around you. As follow the cold, red stone path, you see a small fork in the road. As you come near the writing becomes clearer, but not by much... yet it is not to difficult to make out the name 'Darrowshire' on one of the signs. Making the turn Navras sees the roof of one of the old buildings over the small hills, he smiles behind his helmet and shuts his eyes. He can remember the clear blue sky, his elder brother Makios Benediction sat outside alongside his father, Repetan in the center of the town. He opens his eyes as he and the rest of the marines make way around the hills, yet he could see something as a clearing came to be and the fog turned lighter... Two Scourge banners impailed in the thick blood coated soil. His eyes saddening, his face turning paler than his skin colour already is and his hand moving to one of his flintlocks...

Upon entering the town he looks to see the old well... once used regulary to obtain clean fresh water, now only gives blood and flesh from it's depths should one bring up the old bucket that was once used. Skeletons lie around like leafs under a large autum tree, some still recognisable. Orders were bellowed to set up camp and unpack the caravan. Navras sighed sadly and obeyed like a obedient dog. He grabbed the largest crate on the caravan and took it to the storage hut, dropping it on the floor, littered with skeletons and crushing the skull of one on impact. A thick crunch is heard as Navras' plated boots move through the old dark hut, stepping on several bones and who knows what else in the darkness...

To the southern end of the village was a ruined building. The walls were preety much torn down, the chimney was preety much all that remained. Navras walked towards it, his fringe covering his eyes and a shadow over his face. Stepping inside, images of his childhood came to be, himself and his brother, sat happily and locked in a seperate room with his mother. His mother was packing quickly, himself and Makios, speaking in feint whispers trying to think why she seemed to be so nervous. Outside was dark, the stars shined down and the lanterns alight. Outside was many of the local villagers, some were paladins such as Navras' father, Repetan. They all stood with blades drawn, the night quiet. Not even the sound of wildlife could be heard until suddenly the lantern flames seemed to fade away... only the starlight gave the village any sense of sight.

Soon after only screams could be heard, images of the door being blasted open before Navras, Makios and his mother, standing in the doorway shon two cobalt blue eyes. The figure was completely black from the darkness, a large blade could be seen, now high in the air. It came towards Navras and Makios, there mother screaming in horror. Then flashes of his father came to his head, swinging at the death knight, disarming him for several seconds and saving his life, but then... a thick shine of red came, his father had been hacked in the stomache by the figures rune blade, his blood splashed onto Navras' face, in his eyes and hair... his father using his last ammount of strength to give his family the chance to run.

Navras then opened his eyes, looking to the ruin once more and shaking his head. Turning towards the storage, he noticed a Meat Waggon outside... broken it seems and with no Scourge in sight. Closing his eyes once more he saw fire and smoke everywhere... the green grass now becoming painted with blood, a human like creature, pouncing on a near by child and then lunging it's teeth into the small childs neck, blood leaked from her throat, and the creature turned. Navras looked in horror, seeing ribs sticking out of it's sides and it's skin seemed rottern and fangs covered in blood. The creature hissed savagely and behind it, several carts came from the hills... only there was something different about these... they were covered in red and had several blade poking from the fronts. To his side he saw the man who struck his father, him picking his father up by the back of his neck and passing him to a hooded figure saying "This ones got spirit... break it and turn him into an Abomination for me, the Slaughter House needs more like this one... I'll go fetch it's first meal in the mean time for your return... " The figure turned towards Navras and Makios, a sick grin could be seen on his face before Navras' mother ran at them, grabbing them and then dragging them away towards the main roads. Navras opened his eyes, wanting to forget the past he shook his head and sighed, turning to see the Lt.'s and Captains entering the large neighbouring house.

Background
Navras was moving to stormwind, a so called city of oppertunity and greatness, despite all the time Navras had already spent at Stormwind, visiting the Cathedral to train alongside his brother, he acctually believed this nonecence that Stormwind was a great city. He was on his way from Lakeshire, leaving his home, only to notice an unusual storm and coal black sky above Elwyn forest, in the middle of the day as well... He paused and realised. There has been reports of various attacks from incoming scourge turning people into zombies and also reports of the "Headless Horseman" attacking Goldshire. Upon passing Goldshire he noticed many paladins attempting to cure people of the illnesses the scourge had introduced here from the North, turning people into mindless ghouls. He heard that most the people were ill who lived in Goldshire anyway without the problems the scourge were causing... He noticed that outside Stormwind that a large necropilis was floating above and many ghouls were beings transported inside the city from its reaches. Clearly stormwind was the first Alliance city the Scourge decided to attack. With out any question he decided to stay inside the city Ironforge while it was safe and occasionaly cure any weaker illness that had traveled to Ironforge using the tram. The scourge managed to every now and then send in small forces, but the Dwarves managed to hold them off with out any problems. Eventually Navras was felt it safe to return to the human lands and look for some way to assist the Alliance against the Scourge. His life seemed to revolve around the undead and the invasions they started. Eventually the forsaken had found a cure for the illness and all seemed as well as things could get. Navras lived amongst the paladins of Stormwind Cathedral and train under them, also trainging with his favourite teacher since he first moved near to Stormwind, Brother Alskai Surge.

After moving to Stormwind, Navras began to do task for the local Paladins. Slay monsters, bring back 10 wolf flanks, kill Hogger and the sorts of pointless stuff they needed doing... Untill one day he saw on the steps of the cathedral of light the Theramore Task Force attempting to arrest a criminal. He was interested by the way these people acted, saw something special about them and decided to research this group. He saw that they were very militant and could help disaplin him and build confidence to help build a good name for himself in honour of his lost father Repetan, not to mention the skills in combat he would build, and of course... free plate armour and weapons. It took many days for him to build up the courage to apply for a position personaly, being quite shy at the time. He sat in a interview with Lieutenant. Danthr Dunathor and managed to get a position as a recruit... But did not pass with flying colours mind. One of his first task was to join the force on a large expedition with many other guilds including the Mountaineers and Free Company. There they had many battles against the scourge. In between it was a perfect chance to get to know the others in the force and start proving himself to the commanders. There at Caer Darrow they found the strange person who went by the name "Lombard" Unknown was his purpose but there was something wierd about him. Shortly after their return to Theramore, Death Knights were starting to roam Theramore and some were even attempting to kill some of the forces Marines, and on one occasion even the Major and Navras, yet the two took the creature down in seconds. The following day the force was ordered to assemble outside the garrison. The commanding officers refused to tell Navras or any other marines the purpose of the mission. The group walked to Caer Darrow from Theramore, there they were ambushed by a group of Death Knights and others. This group turne out to be The Dark Embrace after some research was found. Navras was nearly killed at that battle but was saved by Lieutenant. Ceadric Clayworth at the last minute. He started to battle more Death Knights while getting pummeled by mind flays yet his attention was towards one man being acompanyed by one of the Theramore Task forces Priest. The man was Lombard only this time the spoke normaly insted of a murloc attempting to speak common... Upon his return to Theramore he became annoyed at the fact that he was defeted by a Draenei woman and began training constantly but when off duty he tryed to test new weapons. He started to pick up larger two handed blades and hacked at target dummys cutting them to pieces.

Navras now started to grow cocky and overconfident... yet he was more powerful than when he started, he seemed obsessed with fighting. He began slaughtering several Death Knights who opposed Theramore, the up hand experience in combat beginning to rub off and Navras, making him more and more powerful by the day, following by the constant training he did, toning his body as best he could. He had now become fairly loyal to Theramore, knowing Stormwind as 'Sewerwind'. Navras was now a Private, every week he would attend a combat training where he would spar against other marines, a tactics training where he would learn about each race and many differnt combat tactics, he would also travel to Northwatch in the Barrens as part of his duty.

The end of the year had came quite quickly, Navras had not been invited to the yearly 'Winter Veil Ball', and he was quite keen on going and meeting some of the people there. He spent a large ammount of his own time creating a fake invitation, not knowing anyone who would acompany him so that he might get in as a guest. Navras managed to get in, but he hated it, he was wearing a tuxedo and got mistaken for a waiter several times, then the crowds started to cause him to get annoyed, not seeing anyone he knew so easily, every time he spoke to his friend Caiden, her cousine and friends began to pester him, claiming he was perving on her, though Caiden did not believe him. Her cousine, Yvar 'Boots', seemed to not like Navras too much and attempted to do the same again, constantly failing. Navras how ever did not seem to notice a young girl in the crowds, not much younger than himself acctually, she had blonde hair and lightish skin, clearly well looked after and quite attractive for her age as well. Everytime she came near or saw Navras, she blushed greatly, Navras how ever, did not even notice her. There was then a play... Navras hated it, he wanted to stop it somehow as it began to fustrate him with boredom, then how ever, his night was made with the ending. The Mountaineers firework display, a one in a kind thing to see, it made Navras smile and feel better at least.

The Marines were called into battle, assisting the Free Company, Mountaineers, Peace Keepers and a large number of other Alliance forces against a large Horde attack on the Night Elf settlements in Ashenvale. The Theramore Task Force stood in lines, shining plate armour and weapons held proudly, they looked stunning in front of the Alliance. In the line, the girl from the Ball, whom also turned out to be a marine was stood next to Navras, she had a tiny bit of red on her face, yet Navras failed to notice yet again, instead he placed his helmet firmly onto his head and infused holy Light into his blade as he stood ready for the Horde forces arrival that had been reported, coming from the Mountains near by. The Horde came, Navras and the rest of the marines and Alliance charged forward, ramming into the Hordes line, shields fist, blades following, then lines of blood also following from the Hordes side, the Alliance now outnumbering them greatly. Now the main force was killed, many of the Horde fell back, Theramore and the Mountaineers, two powerful allies, search the trees for any sign of the Horde survivors. Navras looked back to see the girl, speaking to an elderly looking man in robes. Navras did not think much of it and carried on with the rest of the marines, killing any Horde scouts he found, eventually finding a small group of Horde survivors. Both sides pointed loaded guns and bows at each other, Major Kaijan Vaylor came up front, attempting to get any words he could out of the orcs, instead the fingers holding the triggers of the rifles and holding the strings of the bows slipped and the two sides ended up fighting each other once again. Eventually the small Horde group was taken care of, Theramore and the Mountaineers falling back, now satisfied with the results and taking any wounded back to Theramore for treatment.

During one of the combat tactic lessons, many people were attending such as, Kelran... one of Navras' first friends in the Force, a dwarf female, the two Corporals, Alrandath and Cynndia, a girl with blonde hair, tied up out of the way of her face, wearing light armour and seemed rather quiet, sitting casually on the edge of the table we all sat around, Navras did not realise this was the same girl at the ball, but merely due to the fact he did not notice her at all then. A few more marines was also there. One of the questions was 'What would ye' do if there was a very, very large army of Scourge sat outside Theramores gates?' the dwarf seemed to believe that she could take them all with a single steam tonk, Navras with his ego grew angry and began arguing with her about this, another private then claimed that he was picking on her due to her being the rank of recruit. Navras became very close to punching the man in the face, instead he walked off, steaming with rage and heading for the Inn, calming himself with beer. The girl came into the inn and saw him, this time she seemed to not blush, seeing the anger on Navras' face. She walked towards him, asking him if he was alright, Navras seemed quite closed and not very social in his anger... yet, he was polite in return, it was against his teachings off his father to be angry at a female member who had do nothing wrong. As the two spoke, she seemed to understand him, calming him down and making him feel at ease, the two started to talk more personally as they introduced themselves properly, learning they had some things in common, such as both being adopted as a child and being paladins of the Light. The girls name was Bestila Regrave, she spoke of her family and friends to Navras, one particular friend was named Bhava'kar. What she spoke of made no sense to Navras at the time, the name Bhava'kar just slipped from his mind... the two left the tavern as fairly decent friends that night.

The next day, Navras found Lt. Bearclaw speaking to a reporter for the paper 'The Quill and Cobble', asking about Theramore and how they reacted with the Horde, Bestila was with him also. Navras came near just as the reporter was leaving, not looking satisfied with the information he had. A night elf came from behind and spoke, asking for a marine to assist him, Navras agreed, walking off around the side of the inn with him. The night elf began speaking random gibberish, he kept looking behind Navras, now becoming confused, Navras peered over his shoulder, as he turned back the elf was running at him with a knife in his hand, making a stab at him. He missed and Navras drew his own blade. Bestila came from behind, asking what was going on, she was then grabbed by the elf and he held a knife to her throat, grinning at Navras, claiming that he said that he wanted Navras' life, but would take Bestilas if he would not give it, Navras dropped his weaponry and asked for him to be taken, yet the elf seemed to ignore him, focusing on Lt. Bearclaw and Lt. Clayworth approaching. Navras got tierd of the waiting, using the chance he had while the elf was not paying attention to him, he walked around the inn, behind the elf. Pulling a knife from his belt, he stabbed the creature in the back several times, the elf turned into a cat, letting go of Bestila and then slipping away into the shadows, revealing himself to be a druid. For this, Navras was punished for going against orders to stay still and let the Lt.s handle it. He was publicly lashed with a whip seven times in front of the other marines, Bestila being one of them. She out of them all seemed the most shocked from Navras' punishment.

Two days later, Navras was training early in the morning, an elderly man came near by, peering constantly at him as he training. Navras asked if he wanted something, turned out he was looking for his daughter, Bestila. He shook his head, not seeing her that day, he then began to speak to the man, mentioning that Bestila spoke fondly of him now he realised he was Zeiko Regrave, Navras introduced himself, finding out the Bestila was very upset about his punishment. Later in the evening, Navras saw two figures, an night elven male and a human woman. They came up to him, the woman was mid asking him the direction to the inn but then stopped mid sentence and began jumping up and down franticly, point at Navras saying 'It's him, it's him!' She began asking him questions such as 'Have you kissed Bestila yet!?' Navras seemed very confused by this, shaking his head. The elf laughed saying 'Fork it over woman!' The woman gave the elf a hand full of coins with a glare. The woman turned out to be 'Bhava'kar', one of the people Bestila spoke fondly of, the other 'Salabadon', another person Bestila spoke of. The woman Bhava'kar came close to Navras saying 'Bestila had her chance and missed it!' Placing her hand on Navras' chest, he had no idea how to reply yet thankfully Salabadon grabbed her and pulled her away. 'Not a good idea to come onto an on duty marine, Bhava'kar...' he said before letting go of her. She pouted before Navras decided to go off to bed, confused by all these people, talking about Bestila.

Over the next few days, Navras and Bestila spoke often to each other, her father there sometimes, 'accidentally' blasting her into him with an arcane blast before using vanishing magics to leave the two be, Navras was still confused, yet could see that she was constantly blushing in the time they spent togehter.

A few days later, the Force was ordered to go to the mountains, investigating the Horde in the lands there, wondering why they attacked Ashenvale, yet the Force came heavily armed in large forces. The Horde came in even greater numbers, they had higher land and a great advantage over the marines, slaughtering many of them, causing them to fall back, Bestila was slightly wounded, as was Navras. Navras and Bestila were behind the rest of the marines, limping through the Barrens towards Northwatch.

Items that belong to Navras
Shield of the Task Force. - Made by Ragnar Bearclaw as a gift for Navras. T.T.F is engraved on it along with R.B

Longsword - A basic longsword given to Navras by Theramore to use alongside his shield.

Paladin greatsword - Navras' first paladin weapon, a basic greatsword given to Navras by the Cathedral after a certain ammount of time of training under the Light in the path of Retribution.

"Irondenter" flintlock(s) - A gift from Elrok. Hand and custom made, no safety, eight inch barrel, gripped handel and the Irondenter attachement. Navras has two of these, one attached to each leg. Navras has two straps attached to his belt for quick reloading when using his flintlock(s)

Platemail armour - A basic plate armour set. Navras' chest piece has been enchanted by the mage, Zeiko with arcane energys, giving him magic resistence, yet not full magic resistence.

White Neck warmer - Navras can usually be seen wearing a white neck warmer that can by used to cover his mouth and nostrils for what ever reason (Such as not wanting to breath in plague from Lordaeron)

Holy hand grenades/Light bang greandes - The equal to a flash bang, holy light energys are crushed inside

The Decapatator. - Navras' second Paladin weapon. Very heavy and sharp and permently enfused with light from the cathedral of Light.

Flask - Attached to his belt, usually containing water, sometimes it contains alcohol, but very rarely.

The Marine Field Manual - A thing all Marines should have with them! Even though Navras is no longer a marine he still has this item as a memory.

Sharp dagger - A 6 inch knife, one side is smooth and sharp, the other side has sharp, jagged teeth, the initals N.B are carved into its flat.



Small amulet. - An amulet it seems, hanging around Navras' neck and over his plated armour or what ever he is currently wearing over his chest. It is small yet pleasent looking and is used to communicate with simple thoughts to the person holding the identicle talisman.

Repetan Benedictions greatsword 'The Blessing of Benediction' - The sword held by Navras' father until he fell in the battle of Darrowshire, recently found in the Plaguelands by Brother Surge and given to Navras. The Blade shines a pure silver and on the blade the name 'Benediction' is carved into its flat in large bolt text, the name 'Repetan' in small text just above the handle. Eventually the Holy Light in it was lost in the battle against the Abomination form of Repetan, turning the blade corrupted. Navras enchanted it with his own Light, cleaning it and then took it to Darrowshire alongwith the blade belonging to his brother, Makios. The two swords stick into the ground, marking the graves of the two.

Navras Benediction's Lightforged Blade.- Holy Light shines brightly from the blade, the letters 'N, M, R, A' are engraved onto the blades shining flat. It is forged with fragments from Repetan and Makios Benediction's blades, crafted to near perfection in honor of Navras's family.

Companions
Mana Wyrmling - A gift from Bestila for Navras' birthday. It took several months to tame and is a creature that fights alongside Navras, feeding off mana, shooting arcane bolts at anything that threatens Navras and if Navras was desperate, he could drain a large ammount of mana from the creature for his own use. Navras gave it the name 'Spark', due to the creatures body crackling with arcane energys when it was about to cast and its glowing aura. Zeiko calimed that it was teh sort of name he expect a child to gi- oh, neveermind.

Charger - Navras' horse, he can summon the creature when needed, it is also used to hold things such as weapons and supplys.

Cat - Navras saved a small cat from a gnome death knight far back, giving it to Bestila as a present. The cat still has no name and is just known as 'Cat'.

Family Background
The Benediction Family traces back to the very first of the Paladin community. Repetan Benediction was killed at the battle of Darrowshire and years later, made into a humanoid Abomination, designed to kill Light users. Navras and Makios tracked him down and put him to rest, yet in the fight, Makios was wounded several times, eventually dying after changing dramaticly throughout the day and admitting he did care for Navras and saw him as a brother. Repetan and Makios were later burnt with Holy fire, their ahshes were spread in Darrowshire, their swords are also placed into the ground on a small hill besides the graveyard there, Holy Light surrounds the two blades and are pierced deeply into the ground, the Light protects them from being moved by anything Unholy.



Criminal Record
Navras has no criminal records at this time. Yet that is because he has never been caught doing something that would be recorded as a criminal offence.



Personal Notes
Quotes

"Come again, the Major will have ye' head!" - Navras has his first encounter with a Death Knight which intrudes upon Theramore isle. Navras is ordered to kick him out.

"Can't a man of the Light sit in the Darkness of his cathedral?"



Influences The well known Final Fantasy characters (The blondies) Navras was inspired by as my own creation and own attempt in making a character based from the Final Fantasy games and the main characters from them, Cloud, Zidane and Tidus are prime examples. I always liked the idea of the 'preety boy' if you would call it that as a character, one who had something unique about them and was skilled with a sword, a character who grew up and learnt quickly, his own personality and had a unpredictable future. Never giving up and usually doing the right thing in the end. Navras' love for the worlds surroundings and beauty was inspired by Tidus' love for the amazing sights he saw on his adventure, such as the Moonflow if I recall correctly, where as his anger and combat skills... and hard head, was inspired from Cloud.

Navras in the game is majorly influenced by several people such as Zeiko Regrave, Erenar Shadowbane, Kaijan Vaylor, Ragnar Bearclaw, Alexabella Swiftlight and even his brother Makios Benediction. The person who most motivates Navras at this moment is the woman he is in love with and engaged to Bestila Regrave, she is the only thing that has kept spirit in him through his recent life against Aodhan, yet if she was the be majorly hurt or killed, a large part of him would be gone and leave him majorly wounded inside.

Alot of Navras' actions and traits are based off myself in reality, such as hair colour, most of Navras' personality and attitude to some things, also what I would do in that situation, although this does not count for everything about Navras.

Current Status
Navras is currently fighting against Morbid Faith alongside several others.