Louise

Name
Sister Louise.

Formerly Miss Louise Cook.

Physical Traits
A stunning darkhaired beauty, almost constantly hidden behind her paranoid, stupid, or bad tempered expression. Louise is 19 years old. Her skin glows with a light tan. She has deep brown eyes. Her time at Tyr's Hand left her very skinny and sinewy but she has now returned to her normal weight.

On duty, Louise wears the Scarlet Crusade uniform, weapons and tabard. In battle, she carries a two handed sword called "Destiny", enchanted for a Crusader. On occasions of hearing public confession and public preaching, Louise can be seen wearing her red priestly robe.

Louise has several scars on her body, notably on her thigh which was cut to the bone during an encounter with the Scourge in Andorhal. She also has scars on her back from floggings at Tyr's Hand. She has a small scar on her ear and another on her temple. Louise walks with a pronounced limp, which is easing over time.

Race and Class
Human Warrior.

Guild
http://www.scarlet-missionary.com/index_files/image006.jpg Scarlet Missionary. Knights divison.



Occupation
Ordained Missionary Knight of the Scarlet Crusade, Stormwind Mission division.

Mediocre blacksmith.

Occasionally found hearing confessions in the Cathedral of Light, at voluntary work in the Stormwind Orphanage or preaching in Stormwind.

Family
Father: James Cook - Deceased. Winters Veil Eve from natural causes. Daughter Louise was at his bedside, as was the Scarlet Missionary Imoenak.

Mother: Donni Anthania Cook. Living in the area of Northshire. In mourning. A little bit mad and likes to eat cats. She provided the funds for Louise's 19th birthday party, and did the catering.

Brothers and Sisters: Louise is the eldest of eight children, her next nearest sister is Aydith.

Her horse, Night, was lost during a battle in Andorhal, and Louise now borrows horses from the Scarlet Crusade Stables near the Monastry.

Background
Miss Louise Cook arrived at the Scarlet Mission from the sleepy town of Northshire, following a dream vision. Arriving in Stormwind with a soft heart, it has grown more guarded, due to continual verbal attacks made whilst simply walking the streets.

Louise was involved in a near drowning accident on New Years Eve, when Brother Thepol mistook her for being drunk. Sister Shirah Senior Knight of the Mission and High Emissary Habeus questioned Brother Thepol, who was disciplined for the action. Louise was also involved in an incident in Stormwind when she knocked herself unconscious briefly in a temper at the state of the dirty scarlet refectory. ((See: Louise's Temper.))

Recently Louise questioned some of the beliefs of the Scarlet Crusade, rebelling against their rules. She took up smokinga pipe for a while. High Emissary Habeus caught notice of the rumours surrounding Louise's dabbling with rule breaking and ordered her to Tyr's Hand for a period of training. Studying hard in Tyr's Hand, Louise at first rebelled against their strict rule. However, after several days, she started to become indoctrinated by the constant sermons, exhausted from battle practice, prayer and work on the libraries. She learned to direct the Light for healing.

Louise's sister Aydith turned up in Stormwind, masquerading as Louise, and shot a nasty shadowbolt at Imoenak. Imoenak beleived that Hejin had corrupted Louise to the Shadow, and violently assaulted him in the Cathedral of Light. Their fight was witnessed by a horrified Louise, however the three have since reforged their friendships.

Louise delivered a report to Imoenak giving praise for her improvement at Tyr's Hand. Imoenak sent Louise back to Tyr's Hand to collect her few belongings and return home to Stormwind. Louise was sent on one last reconnaisance trip to Andorhal, Western Plaguelands by Tyr's Hand, where she was involved in a skirmish and captured. ((See: The Andorhal Plot.))Louise was freed from the Scourge by a team of Scarlet Missionaries and others, including Kisun, Ulgarf and Ormsby. She was taken to Stormwind, badly injured, to recover.Louise was very shaken by the events in Andorhal, which left her in pain for several days. She feels very defensive and mentally exhausted by the tortures.

Significant Friendships


Hejin - This man holds the most important and secret relationship with Louise. Their relationship started over time, beginning with many frank discussions, circling each other like cats. Within weeks, Louise had traded away her niaivity to his seductive elusiveness. She beleives that he holds a flicker of light within his spirit, and despite seeing him fighting with her best friend Imoenak in the Cathedral of Light, Louise still clings to the hopes that he will see the Light.

Imoenak - Her sister in the Scarlet Crusade, Imoen was present at the death of Louise's father, James Cook, and remained close to Louise ever since. When Imoen was kidnapped by the Sin'Dorei, Louise exhausted herself trying to rescue and find her. Louise trusts Imoen with her deepest secrets, and loves her as a best friend.

Thepol - This brother in the Mission tends to wind Louise up into a bad temper just by existing. They have a love/hate relationship, and Louise cares very much for him, when he isn't winding her into a temper.

Kisun - Count Demont, Kisun, the leader of the Shylock Blades, met Louise when she attended him at a street injury in Stormwind, impressing him with her medical skills. He repaid the debt when he rescued her from drowning in the canals on new years eve. They have had a strange friendship ever since, both caring much for the other, yet neither admitting so. Their friendship was nearly severed when Kisun made a confession to Sister Louise that he was in love with Lady Elizabetha Istro-Withamhall. Louise beleives Kisun is dead due to being told this by an elf called Derrin.

Criminal Record
Louise has no criminal record. Although she has a bad temper, she usually only unleashes it in the company of her closest friends in the Crusade. She has been known to unsheath her sword to protect her brethren.

Personal Notes
Louise has taken vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

Louise recently learned to read and write at the Scarlet Monastry and Tyr's Hand. She writes in Rounded High Script.

Louise has a soft heart for the city orphanage and organises occasional cleaning sessions there.

Louise once tried to take up smoking a pipe, which she hated, in an attempt to be seen as more mature.

She is quick to anger, and is often seen stamping around the Cathedral in a bad temper, pulling Draenei tails, dwarf beards and elf ears and accidently standing on gnomes.

Current Status
Louise has been seen writing many sermons lately in Rounded High Script handwriting, preaching in the Stormwind Trade District, and copying tomes in the Cathedral.

She has been very withdrawn lately due to food poisoning from her mother's strange cat recipes, and due to hearing of the deaths of Ormsby and Kisun. She felt much better after finding Ormsby and Kisun both alive and spending some time talking with her best friends Imoenak and Hejin. She recently spoke to Elizabetha on a private matter.

Diary
Louise's Private Diary http://sisterlouise.livejournal.com/

((None of the information found in the diary can be used in-character, unless your character has direct first-hand knowledge of the event/s. ))

Influences
I took the influence of classic teenage rebellion, and added in my own experiences of religious indoctrination to create a character who was dedicated to the Crusade, testing the boundaries, yet never imagining leaving the Crusade.

This is what Louise looks like if you ever manage to catch her without her face screwed up in rage, suspicion or teen angst: