Ysen

Name
Ysen the Bloodfang

(Formally Ysen Greenacre)

Race
Night Elf

Class
Savagekin Druid

Guild
The Cenarion Guardians

Physical Traits
Ysen is almost always in his bear form never showing his elf form only to those he trusts or if there is a great need for it. As a bear he looks like most other Druids of the Claw expect the features that distinguish a druid bear from a true bear are harder to spot. His fur is black and he has a white mane. His elven form is just as wild looking as his bear form. His hair is dark and untamed, often littered with debris. He wears little clothing as he rarely has need for it, just enough to keep some dignity.

He speaks fluent Darnassian and can commune clearly to those who understand the growls and body language of a bear. He cannot speak common and perhaps chooses not to learn it.

Background
Ysen Greenacre was once a wise and powerful Druid of the Wild who was a proud defender of Kalimdor. Born over ten thousand years ago, Ysen was alive during the Sundering and the War of the Ancients. He took part as a warrior against the first invasion of the Burning Legion before being granted his druidic abilities. Once the Legion was defeated Ysen along with the other druids began their long slumber and he wouldn't be woken until the Third War when the Legion began their second invasion.

When Tyrande the Priestess of Elune awoke the druids from their slumber, Ysen immediately helped with the defence of Ashenvale. However it wasn't long before he discovered that Cenarius had been slain by the Orcs. This drove Ysen into a feral rage, he drew upon the powers of the wilds to turn him into a soldier of the forests, granting him the form of a great black bear. Using this form Ysen quickly set about slaughtering the green skinned invaders, but the rage within him clouded his mind and judgement. Being with so much grief and anger Ysen soon forgot his purpose and eventually himself. He had become feral, a force of vengeance with no conciousness and only one thought in his mind, to destroy the greenskins. Ysen would remain in this state for several years, constantly attacking the borders of the Orc lumber camps. The perimeter grunts knew of the dark terror in the woods and Ysen earnt the name Bloodfang, from that point Ysen Greenacre ceased to exist.

Several years later a small group of Kaldorei warriors known as the Cenarion Guardians learnt of the dark terror that had been attacking the Orcs. They searched the forest until they had found Bloodfang on the outskirts of the lumber mills. The Guardians knew that this was no bear but a feral druid, a savagekin and decided to aid him. Bloodfang was captured and through their abilities helped him begin the slow process of finding himself again. Bloodfang had to start from scratch, learning to control the power inside him, the fear still in the back of his mind of what he could turn into and the urge to leave his skin and return to the wilds. Eventually he learnt to master his abilities again but the events had changed him, he had remembered enough of who he was to know that it was no longer that old elf. He saw what the world had become, the dangers that threatened these lands, the Kaldorei race had grown into an ignorant and selfish people. Knowing that could control his urges he named himself Ysen the Bloodfang and made the choice to return woods to become a defender of the Wilds

Ysen soon developed the ability to coordinate and commune with the creatures of the forest to a degree he never had before. He had a particular connection with the bears, he therefore made the choice to keep the bear as his new true form. Eventually he was able to form the normally loner animals into a strong pack that were able to defend the forest from the orcish advance. To this day he and his fellow Bloodfangs joined the effort of the Cenarion Guardians where they battle for their survival to this day.

Recently Ysen has felt disturbances in the earth, he can feel a great power rising in the bowels of Azeroth. Knowing that a threat looms in the air, Ysen has retreated most of his pack into the safety of Ashenvales forests.

Family


Greenacre: Little is know of the Greenacre family. It is quite possible that some of Ysen's old relatives still live but Ysen has no interest in looking for them.

Bloodfangs: Although not biological, the Bloodfang pack of bears is what Ysen considers his family. The pack is large and is run by both the alpha male (Ysen) and an alpha female. Ysen has only mentioned one member of his pack by name which is Mother Thistleback, it is presumed that she is the packs alpha female as well as his mate. (It is also unknown whether Thistleback is a true bear or a savage druid like Ysen as it is unlikely that he would mate with a true bear.)

Current Status
Living with his pack in Ashenvale awaiting the looming threat.