Kestrel

Name
Kestrel. Since the name is a Common word, there's absolutely no way she was born with it.

Physical Traits
Skinny, scruffy, all bone and sinew. Her ashen skin is riddled with minor scrapes and bruises in various stages of healing, and callused where badly fitting armour has chafed it -- a testimony to her violent and reckless lifestyle. She moves in sharp jerks and spurts, and never looks people directly in the eye. Her hair has been hacked shot with a knife, to keep it out of her eyes. She is not attractive by any stretch of imagination.

Her weapons are usually worn and mismatched, her armour values practicality over snazzy looks. Dirtlines and chafe marks on exposed bits of her skin suggest she sleeps in her armour. She rarely carried gear besides weapons and armour.

An equally skinny, scarred and completely feral black direwolf follows her wherever she goes. He has no name, and she insists wolves don't need them. He generally bites people who try to pat him.

Race and Class
Night Elf Hunter

Guild
None. Kestrel doesn't play well with others.

Occupation
Hunter, tracker, scavenger, mercenary, vagabond. Kestrel has next to no use for money, and prefers to trade what she needs for either goods or favours. The one person to mistake the last for an invitation to intimacy needed a healer to reattach his ear.

Family
Unknown. She doesn't talk about them, and given the fake name, finding information is hard. She has supposedly mentioned a sibling.

Background
Kestrel appeared under that name a few years ago, on a ship from Auberdine with her friend Nardja. They associated for a while with a band of pirates and smugglers, which is where Kestrel probably picked up her Common and extralegal practices. Nardja has since vanished, presumed dead.

She was arrested in Stormwind for smuggling and other offences ca. one year ago, and imprisoned in the Stockades. Released into the custody of sir Welden of Wigamor under his personal guarantee, and spent a year under oath serving his brotherhood (Circle of Seven) as a scout and pathfinder in the Plaguelands. She caused no trouble in that time, with the exception of stalking Nomine for a time while the Scourge Invasion brought her to Stormwind. Rumor is it had something to do with a very young female druid, and she threatened violence several times but never actually got caught acting on it. The situation ended when Kestrel resumed her duties up north.

She has allegiances to the Cenarion Circle, and has been known to hire mercenaries for their business. She's dealt with Silnaen of the Dragonslayers in this capacity, and there appears to be other unfinished business between them too. When the Dark Portal reopened, the Circle sent Kestrel as an agent to assist the Cenarion Expecition in Outland. She has remained there since, exploring the new lands.

Criminal activities aside, Kestrel has a reputation for being practical to the point of ruthlessness, good for her word, and not overly concerned for her own safety. She despises civilisation and formal manners as a dishonest, deceitful and conceited thing.

She has a world of personal antipathy for demons and high/blood elves, for reasons she has never cared to share.

Criminal Record
Reputation as an accomplished smuggler in Booty Bay.

Convicted in Stormwind for possession of contraband, assault, resisting arrest and endangering the public (feral wolves in a city aren't really liked). She was released into the custody of sir Welden of Wigamor, on his personal guarantee for her good behaviour. Responsibility for her has since passed to the Cenarion Circle. Stormwind still considers her free on pain of good behaviour only (though whether they can enforce this outside the city is debatable).

Current Status
Assisting the Cenarion Expedition in Outland.

Personal Notes
Kestrel is an antisocial character. She will be short with most people she meets, and picky about who if anyone she befriends. Yes, there's more history and background to her. No, I'm not sharing it in a public profile.