Shenn Ironfoot

Name
Shenn Ironfoot

Physical Traits
Dwarf of average stature

Race and Class
Dwarven Paladin

Guild
Shenn is an Axe of Axe and Anvil

Occupation
Mining and Blacksmith, Axe of Sacrifice

Family
Youngest child of Probert and Garnet

Background
Two events have a key bearing on Shenn's life. The first happened just before adulthood, when he intended to follow the path of becoming a warrior. His brother and greatest influence on his life, Daine, was killed in combat. It was a routine raid by a roving horde gang on the Dwarven enclave in the Barrens. The news deeply effected the impressionable dwarf, and he fell into a deep bout of depression about this loss. For a long time after Shenn questioned so much about his life, his choices and the path he was supposed to follow. He could not let go of his brother. It took a trip to Ironforge to finally get Shenn to move past this part of his life. He witnessed a paladin at work in the Mystic Quarter of the Stronghold. Shenn was taken by the power he weilded, but also by the devotion to duty, and compassion to others. It set him on his path to becoming such a person himself. To lend aid and protection to those who couldnt help themselves, to those like his own brother.

The second event is what Shenn himself calls 'damn'd bizzare'. Many years later, on a trip to Loch Modan, he came across a Night Elf in a spot of bother. The young elf had gotten himself badly outnumbered by troggs in the area. He was close to death when Shenn came across him, and the Dwarf, knowing nothing more than his sacred oath to protect those in need, flew into action. Finally dispatching the threat, he was able to administer some help to the Elf. He made camp, and a fire, and put the badly injured Elf to sleep. For 3 days and nights Shenn watched over the Elf, until finally the fever broke, and was on the mend.

The Elf in troduced himself as Valanadil, a hunter from Darnassus, who was on his own quest to find out about his father. Valandil knew nothing of the man but rumour, and had been searching for him, or rumour of him. So far with no success. Shenn took the boy in, took him back to his parents home insisting he stayed till he was well enough to travel. There are many other stories involving these two, but the improtant part to this tale is that Valandil wanting to pay back the Dwarf's kindness offered him an oath of service. Shenn refused, wanting no person beholden to him. However he had a soft spot for the Elf, and offered him that which he had never really found himself. Shenn adopted the young Elf, and became his mentor, and father. Something Valandil had never really had the joy to experience.

Still to tihs day the Elf calls the Dwarf Father, and Shenn cannot help but hide the pride he feels in his 'son'.

Family Background
Shenn Ironfoot was born outside Kharanos. He is the youngest of the Ironfoot family, which is rather unusually large, having 3 brothers and 2 sisters (Daine, Gravin, Lucinda, Grollo and Micar). His parents, Probert and Garnet, were both in the trades, Probert an accomplished Blacksmith, and Rosey of a similar level in tailoring. They worked hard to provide a loving environment for their children to grow up in.

All the children had left the household when Shenn came along, he was something of a surprise to all of them, but he was still loved and looked after. He was heavily influenced by his brother Daine, who took a shine to you young bairn. Shenn held him as something of a hero, and intended to follow him into the calling of becoming a warrior. The young Shenn though did manage to get himself into quite a few scrapes, and knew the keen and feel of his father's belt. But it was the normal sort of thing young dwarves got themselves into.