Auburn

Name: Auburn

Physical Traits: A short, broad-shouldered and unfemininely muscled young woman, past twenty though not by much. In full plate she might be intimidating, if it weren't for her shortness and her crooked banshee grin. Her accent and vocabulary are uneducated and native to nowhere in particular. Her hands have the callused and powderburned look of far too much practice in swordplay and goblin science. She carries a greatsword which she wields with unsettling efficiency.

Race and Class: Human Paladin

Guild: Her father served the Cathedral of the Light, and she has made it a point of pride to do the same. She takes her orders primarily from Lord Grayson Shadowbreaker. Recently she has also joined The Order.

Occupation: Though she does the occasional mercenary job to keep herself in food, kit and repair, the vast majority of Auburn's time is dedicated to fighting missions for the Cathedral of the Light, the Argent Dawn, or those members of the Scarlet Crusade who will deal with people not of their order. Though she serves faithfully, her temper and constant bucking at authority keep her in uncertain graces at best.

Family: mother Deirdre (deceased), father Trail (deceased), assorted adopted uncles and possible bastard siblings unknown to her.

Background: Auburn's mother died when she was three, leaving her to be raised by her father, a reformed mercenary who'd recently taken a paladin's oaths. She grew up on the road, with her father Trail and whatever old swords, idealists or reformees he picked up along the way. She was seventeen and just barely a soldier when the Scourge came. Her father's band joined the fight, and were nearly wiped out evacuating locals from plagued areas. Since then, she's made it her personal crusade to see the Scourge beaten and the men lost to it freed from undeath. Most of her time is spent up north in pursuit of that vow, at the Cathedral in prayer, or venting inevitable frustration on moonshine and obliging men. Her paladin vows are recent, given at the beginning of the summer. They include neither abstinance nor celibacy.

Family Background: Common birth, the daughter of a mercenary-gone-paladin and a Westfall farmer's daughter. No history of note for either.

Criminal Record: Assorted charges of drunk and disorderly, brawling, vigilante justice. None of these are more recent that two months ago. There is a private bounty on her in Booty Bay, mainteined by a local armsdealer and godfather. She has been implicated but never conclusively linked to the deaths or disappearances of murderers, rapists and other violent criminals the law has failed to touch.

Personal Notes: Auburn sees no conflict between her violent temper, her hedonist binges, and her devotion to seeing justice done and the Light served. She's quick to anger but rarely holds a grudge. She refuses to credit personal tragedy as an excuse for anything -- everyone has them, she says, there's no prize for having bum luck. She has no patience for hypocricy, prudishness, self-pity, or feminine waffligs. She prizes action and daring over any good intentions, and is viciously protective of her few surviving friends.

Current Status: Pursuing a personal vendetta in the Plaguelands and trying to keep the tension between Stormwind guilds and Scarlet missionaries from erupting into open warfare. In between picking fights for the Light she engages in functional drinking.