Tharngriu

Names
IC

Tharngriu

The Excorcist - Title

Tharn - Shortened name, commonly used by friends.

Xangriu -Mage name, no longer used.

the Vigilante

OOC

Jenkins

the Explorer

the Argent Champion

Appearance
Short Black Hair, green eyes, black facial hair, average human male height. Several scars, although the most 'eye-catching' is the scar that runs down from the bottom of the right side of his neck to halfway down his torso.

Race, Class and Level
IC: Human Male. Excorcist.

OOC: Human Male. Paladin. Level 80.

Guild
Currently a trial-member of The Wanderers

Occupation
OOC: Mining (450) and Jewelcrafting (420) All secondary professions. IC: Has been a mage of dalaran. Has been a soldier. Has been a miner. Has been a mercenary. Currently works for no one.

Family
Father: Taelo. (presumed alive, residence unknown)

Mother: Annie. (presumed alive, residence unknown)

Wife: Eleveen. (dead)

Children: Arus and Emi. (dead)

Brother: Marhin (location unknown. For now)

Childhood
Tharngriu was born in Southshore, Hillsbrad, under the name Tharngriu68.36.40.159 04:37, June 13, 2011 (UTC). As a child he was often found in the fields, helping his father with his work. When he was merely ten years of age, he managed to save his younger brother, Marhin, from a hostile bear by suddenly letting out a burst of magic. It was on this day he discovered his natural talent as a mage. He was soon contacted by the mages of Dalaran, and within the month he had been sent to study under the great minds of the Kirin Tor. He never saw his parents again.

Dalaran
Nine long years past, and during this time Tharngriu was in Dalaran, never let out. As the time went by, he began to be called by his mage name, Xangriu. And when that time was up, he was indeed a very powerful mage. One of the stronger students. It was not long after this in which he met a fellow student, Eleveen Maten. They soon fell in love, and married. They then had two children, Arus (M) and Emi. (F)

After Marriage
Three years later, now 22, Tharngriu soon became a teacher to some other students at Dalaran. He then discovered one of his students, the elf Syalashia, had great potential, and Tharngriu took a student-master liking to him.

Moving South
Then two years later, he, his wife and his two children moved south to Lakeshire. Whilst he was there, he met a rogue named Triac, and they did some mercenary work around the Eastern Kingdoms. But soon, his favoured student, Syalashia, corrupted the local orcs and sent them to attack Redridge, in a desperate attempt to slay Tharngriu. Tharngriu survived, as he had been at the roads south of Lakeshire. But as he heard the screams...the sound of war, he ran to his family's aid. When he arrived, he saw his wife slaughtered by one of the orcs. It was at that moment he had felt a sharp pain in his back....and seen nothing but black. He awoke some weeks later, and realised he could not perform any magic. He had lost his natural talent. And he had forgotten much of his past.

The RP begins
Tharngriu wondered around aimlessly for several days, eventually arriving in Goldshire. Here he met a half-elf friend of his, Serra Darkheart, and as an amazing coincidence, bumped into Triac. But he soon discovered it was no coincidence. Syalashia, or the entity known as 'The Betrayer,' had taken control of him. But Tharngriu only discovered this when it was too late. Triac defeated him a fight and sent him down to the deepest pits of hell. But in a last desperate burst of magic, he was sent back to Azeroth, but at a cost. He no longer had any of his arcane power, so he went back to his birth name of Tharngriu. He was a shell of what he had been.

Revival
He met an old, crippled man known as 'The Lorespeaker,' who befriended him and helped him to remember his past back. When he found Triac again, he knew who he was. After this, along with Serra Darkheart, they had many attempts to defeat 'The Betrayer.' But the last resulted in Tharngriu being slain.

The Excorcist
The Lorespeaker arrived from nowhere, and whispered some words to him. Then he suddenly stood, and a blade known as Del'kesis came to his hand. The Lorespeaker referred to him as 'The Excorcist,' and told him it was his true name. The Lorespeaker then banished the Betrayer with one word; and it was never seen again. Tharngriu questioned the Lorespeaker's power, and over much time it was revealed he was Nor'kali, the master. And he had control over those who had ever served him. He then tried to force Tharngriu into his service. Tharngriu managed to resist, and then Nor'Kali became an enemy.

Death of a Master
They had a final confrontation in the tombs of Stormwind Cathedral, and it ended as Tharngriu slew the Lorespeaker and sealed him in the tomb. But before he died, he told Tharngriu, 'You are the master excorcist. It is the written in the laws that you shall end where I am now.' And then he was gone...

Nikaro
Nikaro Darkheart, Serra's mother, soon met Tharngriu. Nikaro wished for Serra to become undead, like herself. Because Tharngriu protected Serra, Nikaro saw him as an enemy. Their conflicts lasted many months, until after a chain of terrible events, the two of them had a final confrontation. They fought atop the Temple of Winter in the Storm Peaks, and because Tharngriu (at this point in time) had his excorcist power taken from him, he was fairly easily overpowered. Tharngriu was kicked off of the peak, but he pulled Nikaro with him. They both fell down into a deep pit with an icy lake at the bottom. Tharngriu was nowhere to be seen, and Nikaro found Daeni (The Seer, known through legend as the rival of the Excorcist.). He told her she had failed him, and buried her beneath the icy surface. She has not been seen since.

Currently...
Tharngriu encountered an old enemy, Daeni, otherwise known as 'The Seer,' who had a confrontation at the bottom of the Exodar. Tharngriu threw himself and Daeni off a jump within the ship, but before they collided with the floor Daeni imprisoned himself within Tharngriu, which forced him into a coma for a year and a half. When he awoke, he was no longer Tharngriu, but a shell of his body controlled by Daeni.

Tharngriu's spirit managed to convice his friend from before the Coma, Serra, to seek out Daeni within the Storm Peaks and defeat him there with his own blade. He did not tell her, however, that in defeating Daeni she would be cursed with the power of the Excorcist. Before he died, Daeni told her Tharngriu had used her. And later, Tharngriu admitted it, hoping her trust in him would blind her from the fact he used her. She rejected him as her friend, saying losing him had been like losing her father, and she wished he hadn't come back.

But maybe he hadn't come back. Not really.

Tharngriu flew off into the distance, never to be seen again. Word is he is dead, some say he is just hiding. Word has reached Marhin Piken, who understands that he was killed, and he wants revenge.

Notes from Me
There are probably a lot of fictional/real people out there who influenced this character's personality, but, in my opinion, the one who made the biggest impact has to be Doctor Gregory House, from the TV series 'House.' Whilst I will admit House is no armoured excorcist, the one thing they share in common is that they do both tend to make sarcastic remarks at people that they perhaps aren't best friends with. (Well, actually House makes remarks about everybody, but that's not the point.) And also, they both have terrible things which have happened in the past which they do not like to talk about. Sometimes I feel they react quite similiarly too. But not always. But as I said, he's just one of the people who forms a part of Tharngriu's character.

I couldn't be pissed to put up ALL the RP I've done, partly cos I can't remember half the names. I've left the RP open for continuation, just in case I decide to come back.

P.S. The Picture isn't amazing, I know. I just found one from the old, unopened files that lurk somewhere with the WoW folder. At some point I'll try to get some better ones. P.P.S. I have a link to my User page (but it's pretty barren atm) User: Tharngriu