Koranith

Physical Traits
This Blood Elf is obviously a Death Knight; his pale skin, blue, Scourge corrupted eyes and characteristicly distorted voice make that quite clear. His features are rough for an Elf and he has a certain look in his eyes that would suggest that he is a battle-hardened individual. When his eyes are not stone cold, they reflect considerable age, wisdom, and an emotional pain that runs very deep. Recently, though, a calm softness can be glimpsed on rare occasions. But in most situations, Koránith remains distant and silent.

Background
Anyone who is familiar with the Blood Knight order might recognize Koránith as being a former Blood Knight of some standing. In fact, he was one among the first High Elves to become Paladins after the Second War. He was also one of the first Blood Knights after the Third War, and for a short time, he was a Blood Knight instructor.

When the Scourge tore through Quel'Thalas and attacked Silvermoon City, Koránith was in the thick of it. Forced to pull back from Tranquillien and then Eversong Woods to defend the capital, he saw when the Scourge broke through the city wall and realized suddenly that they were on a set path, a straight line that started in Stratholme and would take them right though the city, past his home where his wife and son were. Quickly, he ran to his home and told his wife and son to flee to the Royal Exchange, but the Scourge caught up with him and as he fought to stay alive, his wife and son were torn apart and eaten roughly 5 meters from him. In his grief and rage, he fought the Scourge ceaselessly, nearly getting himself killed at least eight times. He only survived thanks to Liánquith Everbranch who stubbornly dragged him off the battlefield when he got too injured.

After the Scourge invasion of Silvermoon City, Koránith found himself without faith and without his Light-given powers. Even so, Koránith continued to fight to the best of his abilities, fueled by an all consuming hatred for the Scourge spawned from his grief. When Silvermoon had been rebuilt and the Blood Knight order was formed, Koránith was quick to join up, disregarding the knowledge of where the Light powers were coming from, simply to better fight to Scourge.

For a short time, Koránith was a Blood Knight instructor, and although he was quite adept at teaching his pupils, he loathed every minute he spent in the city rather than out on the battlefields fighting the Scourge. Those who knew him at this time knew him as a bitter and unforgiving Blood Knight instructor.

Eventually, Koránith managed to get out on the battlefield again and in the battles to retake Quel'Thalas from the Scourge, Koránith formed many plans and took many initiatives that turned the tides of several skirmishes. He even suggested, helped to plan and was part of an offensive that took him and a company of Blood Knights into the Eastern Plaguelands to interrupt the Scourge forces there and create a much needed desist in the constant flow of undead that were streaming up into Quel'Thalas. It would have been a good plan, had the Scourge not found out about it. They were ambushed and the entire company was slaughtered by everything from ghouls to nerubians.

Some days later, Koránith awoke on the Acherus as a newly raised Death Knight.

During his entire service to the Lich King, Koránith buried his emotions. A freezing numbness filled the void where his emotions once were and he obeyed the Lich King's orders without hesitation. After the revelation at Light's Hope Chapel, however, and the encouragement of two fellow Death Knights, he made the decision to break free from the Scourge and began the long journey of rediscovering himself.

Family
While Koránith has no living blood relatives, he was good friends with the Everbranch family and keeps a watchful eye on the last two surviving members.

He is also very close to a Forsaken woman whom he sees as a blood sister.

Personal Notes
Before the Scourge invasion, Koránith was a Lawful Good Paladin of the Silver Hand. While in service to the Lich King, he was Lawful Evil, doing evil at his master's command. Nowadays he walks the very fine line of Chaotic Neutral. On good days he can do decisively good acts, while on other days he simply does not care if what he's doing is good or evil, as long as the job gets done.

Guild
KnightCommander of the Crimson Sun Brigade.

Current Status
He has recently formed the mercenary guild the Crimson Sun Brigade together with the two Death Knights Groshnahk and Yngvar and is fairly swamped with paperwork.

Other
Koránith's favored ground mount, his Acherus Deathcharger, is a mare named Shadowgrief. Koránith holds a special bond to Shadowgrief, similar to the bond between a Paladin and his Warhorse. The bond is only strengthened by what they both endured at the hands of the Scourge.

Shadowgrief had a bit of a rebellious period not long after Koránith broke free from the Scourge, but has since behaved.