Koranith

Physical Traits
This Blood Elf is obviously a Death Knight; his blue, Scourge tainted 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.

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.

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. Koránith was never the same after that.

In the battles to retake Quel'Thalas from the Scourge, Koránith, fueled by an all consuming hatred spawned from his grief, took many initiatives and was even part of an offensive that took him and 65 comrades into the Eastern Plaguelands. It would have been a good plan, had the Scourge not found out about it. The entire company was ambushed by everything from ghouls to nerubians. Everyone died.

Some days later, Koránith awoke on the Acherus as a newly made 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 thought or 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.

Personal Notes
While Koránith has no living blood relatives, he is very close to a Blood Elf warlock brother and sister, the children of some old friends who died in the invasion and whom he thinks of as a nephew and a niece.

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

Current Status
Due to a recent discovery Koránith made in the ruined parts of Silvermoon City, he is a little more distant than usual.

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 from the Scourge.