Nihala

Name
Nihala Clearsky

Race and Class
Tauren Druid of the Claw

Physical Appearance
Tall and strong, as is typical of her race, she one of the few pure white tauren. She has modest horns and a gentle face with clear green eyes, her long hair is tied loosely in two braids. Nihala is in her early adult-hood and is thought to be in her late twenties.

Her traditional garb is a humble cloth kilt, Tattered and patched leather shoulders and gloves and a tribal headdress. She carries with her a long stave which she prefers to use more assomething to lean on than as a weapon. She Also wears a tarnished silver necklace which was given to her by her mother when she left the tribe to train as a druid at Red Cloud Mesa. This outfit is worn generally within cities and towns and at clan meetings or gatherings.

Nihala also has battle armor which is worn when out on patrol, defending the territory or when riding out to meet a threat to the clan.

This outfit is Characterised by Spiked red shoulders and a large two-handed mace. The rest of armor is simple red white and black, well fitting allowing her to be agile and mobile in battle.

She hopes one day to earn the right to wear the traditional druidic armor of her people.

Guild
The Earthfury Clan

Background
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, 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 several 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 is currently a Member of the Earthfury Clan after a chance meeting with the shaman Vrakk who escorted her to the clans homelands of Stonetalon mountain.

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 within healing. Her mother and the Tribes healers taught her the basics of medicines and she can produce salves and bandages to help heal wounds.

Family Background
Her family were members of the Skyseer's tribe who wandered the barrens following the Kodo tribe. 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.

Current Status
Nihala is still under the training of Turak Runetotem as she continues her journey down the path of the claw.