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09-02-2008, 04:56 AM
My name is Saerrina. I have no surname which I know or have ever been told, simply Saerrina. I am told I am quite an accomplished priestess although my training occurred with something akin to whirlwind speeds and I sometimes still reel from this and question my own abilities.
I was but a lowly apprentice in the tailor's shop in Silvermoon City. My parentage is questionable as I was left to this apprenticeship at a very young age with no connection to whomever it was that left me there, even before the coming of the Scourge and rebuilding of our lovely city. I strove to do everything I could to help out in the shop and earn my keep, until the day my natural affinity for healing was discovered. A visitor to the shop had pricked her finger. To prevent the blood from staining the fine cloth with which she was working, I instinctively reached out and touched the finger. The small wound closed instantly with no sign of ever having existed. The small deed was reported to the priests in the Court and I shortly received a direct command to begin my training. By my people's standards, I was and still am a very young blood elf and hardly deemed mature enough to begin such training in the normal course of things. Life's hard knocks and on the job training have taught me well, although I still have much of life to experience.
Even during the course of my priestly training, I continued to ply my needles to every cloth imaginable as I came upon it and I have studied many new and wondrous patterns. I also learned it was possible to add magical enchantments to the pieces I was crafting as well. I pursued this interest avidly and have become quite accomplished with both my tailoring and enchanting. In addition to these trades, I have also taken up the hobbies of cooking and fishing. I find cooking enjoyable while fishing is quite dull, even if useful. To enhance my abilities as a healer, I have also mastered the art of making bandages for those times my mind is dazed and I simply cannot weave another healing spell.
It is worthy of note that my professions led to a meeting that was also lifechanging. When I first began to pursue enchanting, I sought the assistance of a blacksmith for certain materials I needed. I asked only for one particular rod necessary at the time. This young man was exceedingly generous and knowledgable of those I would need in the coming weeks as I developed the skill. He provided me with every last rod I was ever to need without accepting payment. My jubilation over this kindness prompted an exuberance I had not realized I had. I practically pounced upon the young man with hugs. I backed off, somewhat embarrassed, and offered my sincerest thanks. Weeks would pass before I saw him again but he was often in my thoughts. So during the season of love and friendship, I sent a token of my esteem. And received a lovely, thoughtful gift in return. Contact was re-established between us and I soon learned that he had watched over me during this time, from afar. He always knew where to find me and always seemed to appear when I was in dire need of assistance. By the time I had completed no more than half my training, Alfin and I sought one another out at every chance we had.
I joined his guild and when he made a decision to pursue more difficult goals, I followed. By the time I completed my training, he was heavily involved in some of the most difficult and risky endeavors known to our worlds. And I had properly trained to be able to join him as soon as I was sufficiently outfitted. This guild was known as Relentless for their relentless pursuit of new and more challenging trials day by day. Our preoccupation with these endeavors reached the point it was impossible to find personal time. Then came the day everything sort of boiled over and he parted company with our guild. I was at loose ends, friends with some of the people while not particularly caring for others. And missing him very much.
I was dazed for probably about two weeks, in which time almost everyone I had known seemed to simply fade away. There were only four remaining that I could clearly remember: a friend of my childhood, Neely; an orc whom I had befriended when he was down on his luck, Durkham; a hunter with whom Neely had trained at one point, Protesilaus; and the tauren shaman that was Durkham's combat partner, Stormaker. An odd best friend for a blood elf priest perhaps, this rough orc. But there could be no better friend than he ... and these. Neely had a tenuous association with a guild known as Bloodhoof Brigands and led the five of us in that direction. My recovery from this daze took a few weeks more and now I have recovered finally. Only to find the principles of the Brigands were ones by which I could not abide and I have now parted company with them. If I am asked directly, I will try my best to explain. But the parting is a bit painful to put in writing at this time.
It is the honorable conduct of which I read in Ironsong's tenets that draws me to the Tribe so strongly. That and reputation of the Tribe as a close-knit family despite being peoples of many races and followings. Although I have yet to have any personal interaction with Tribe members, your reputation preceeds you and thus I seek to find out if there is a place for me within the Tribe.
I am asked about the trials I have faced, goals I have set, desires I wish to fulfill, and the whys and wherefores behind these. Despite all the evil forces I have faced and helped to conquer, separation from my friends is probably the most difficult thing I have ever had to endure. One of my greatest trials has finally come to an end as Alfin and I were reunited only a few days ago and I no longer feel quite so lost as I did for those weeks I had no word of him. I currently have no specific goals other than to enjoy and fully appreciate the time I am given with my friends and loved ones, that and to attempt to find a place which we can all call home. That is perhaps my greatest desire at this point, a guild which will be a family to all of us - Durkham, Stormaker, Protesilaus, Neely, Alfin, and myself - without being uncomfortable for any. From the tales I have heard and the reading I have done, I believe the Tribe might just be that home. The reading included a piece titled Code of Conduct; I agree wholeheartedly with these principles.
Some day, I would like to continue tackling new and difficult challenges and perhaps even defeat the evil Kael'thas, Archimonde, Illidan, and Kil'jaeden themselves. But above all, my greatest joy comes in having the people around me that I care for the most and being able to spend time with them, whatever we may be doing. And making new friends along the way.
((A little OOC explanation of who we are. Saerrina was transferred from Sisters of Elune, where she raided heavily with the guild Relentless. I have stepped back from the heavy raiding for a while, in large part due to a need for a different time schedule - and fewer raids! - than Relentless had. Neely, Durkham, Protesilaus, Stormaker, and Alfin were also transferred. Saerrina and Neely are both my characters while the other four are played by individual friends and long time guildmates. Four of us are members of Alahni lo Andu, have thoroughly enjoyed past adventures opposite Ironsong and the friends we have that "play both sides" with these two guilds. (The fifth, Stormaker, is my son.) If the Tribe will have us, it just seemed fitting that we "come home" to where so many of our friends play on the flip side. Personally, the principles of The Ironsong Tribe appeal to me greatly and I look forward to finding out how good the fit is. *grin* ))
I was but a lowly apprentice in the tailor's shop in Silvermoon City. My parentage is questionable as I was left to this apprenticeship at a very young age with no connection to whomever it was that left me there, even before the coming of the Scourge and rebuilding of our lovely city. I strove to do everything I could to help out in the shop and earn my keep, until the day my natural affinity for healing was discovered. A visitor to the shop had pricked her finger. To prevent the blood from staining the fine cloth with which she was working, I instinctively reached out and touched the finger. The small wound closed instantly with no sign of ever having existed. The small deed was reported to the priests in the Court and I shortly received a direct command to begin my training. By my people's standards, I was and still am a very young blood elf and hardly deemed mature enough to begin such training in the normal course of things. Life's hard knocks and on the job training have taught me well, although I still have much of life to experience.
Even during the course of my priestly training, I continued to ply my needles to every cloth imaginable as I came upon it and I have studied many new and wondrous patterns. I also learned it was possible to add magical enchantments to the pieces I was crafting as well. I pursued this interest avidly and have become quite accomplished with both my tailoring and enchanting. In addition to these trades, I have also taken up the hobbies of cooking and fishing. I find cooking enjoyable while fishing is quite dull, even if useful. To enhance my abilities as a healer, I have also mastered the art of making bandages for those times my mind is dazed and I simply cannot weave another healing spell.
It is worthy of note that my professions led to a meeting that was also lifechanging. When I first began to pursue enchanting, I sought the assistance of a blacksmith for certain materials I needed. I asked only for one particular rod necessary at the time. This young man was exceedingly generous and knowledgable of those I would need in the coming weeks as I developed the skill. He provided me with every last rod I was ever to need without accepting payment. My jubilation over this kindness prompted an exuberance I had not realized I had. I practically pounced upon the young man with hugs. I backed off, somewhat embarrassed, and offered my sincerest thanks. Weeks would pass before I saw him again but he was often in my thoughts. So during the season of love and friendship, I sent a token of my esteem. And received a lovely, thoughtful gift in return. Contact was re-established between us and I soon learned that he had watched over me during this time, from afar. He always knew where to find me and always seemed to appear when I was in dire need of assistance. By the time I had completed no more than half my training, Alfin and I sought one another out at every chance we had.
I joined his guild and when he made a decision to pursue more difficult goals, I followed. By the time I completed my training, he was heavily involved in some of the most difficult and risky endeavors known to our worlds. And I had properly trained to be able to join him as soon as I was sufficiently outfitted. This guild was known as Relentless for their relentless pursuit of new and more challenging trials day by day. Our preoccupation with these endeavors reached the point it was impossible to find personal time. Then came the day everything sort of boiled over and he parted company with our guild. I was at loose ends, friends with some of the people while not particularly caring for others. And missing him very much.
I was dazed for probably about two weeks, in which time almost everyone I had known seemed to simply fade away. There were only four remaining that I could clearly remember: a friend of my childhood, Neely; an orc whom I had befriended when he was down on his luck, Durkham; a hunter with whom Neely had trained at one point, Protesilaus; and the tauren shaman that was Durkham's combat partner, Stormaker. An odd best friend for a blood elf priest perhaps, this rough orc. But there could be no better friend than he ... and these. Neely had a tenuous association with a guild known as Bloodhoof Brigands and led the five of us in that direction. My recovery from this daze took a few weeks more and now I have recovered finally. Only to find the principles of the Brigands were ones by which I could not abide and I have now parted company with them. If I am asked directly, I will try my best to explain. But the parting is a bit painful to put in writing at this time.
It is the honorable conduct of which I read in Ironsong's tenets that draws me to the Tribe so strongly. That and reputation of the Tribe as a close-knit family despite being peoples of many races and followings. Although I have yet to have any personal interaction with Tribe members, your reputation preceeds you and thus I seek to find out if there is a place for me within the Tribe.
I am asked about the trials I have faced, goals I have set, desires I wish to fulfill, and the whys and wherefores behind these. Despite all the evil forces I have faced and helped to conquer, separation from my friends is probably the most difficult thing I have ever had to endure. One of my greatest trials has finally come to an end as Alfin and I were reunited only a few days ago and I no longer feel quite so lost as I did for those weeks I had no word of him. I currently have no specific goals other than to enjoy and fully appreciate the time I am given with my friends and loved ones, that and to attempt to find a place which we can all call home. That is perhaps my greatest desire at this point, a guild which will be a family to all of us - Durkham, Stormaker, Protesilaus, Neely, Alfin, and myself - without being uncomfortable for any. From the tales I have heard and the reading I have done, I believe the Tribe might just be that home. The reading included a piece titled Code of Conduct; I agree wholeheartedly with these principles.
Some day, I would like to continue tackling new and difficult challenges and perhaps even defeat the evil Kael'thas, Archimonde, Illidan, and Kil'jaeden themselves. But above all, my greatest joy comes in having the people around me that I care for the most and being able to spend time with them, whatever we may be doing. And making new friends along the way.
((A little OOC explanation of who we are. Saerrina was transferred from Sisters of Elune, where she raided heavily with the guild Relentless. I have stepped back from the heavy raiding for a while, in large part due to a need for a different time schedule - and fewer raids! - than Relentless had. Neely, Durkham, Protesilaus, Stormaker, and Alfin were also transferred. Saerrina and Neely are both my characters while the other four are played by individual friends and long time guildmates. Four of us are members of Alahni lo Andu, have thoroughly enjoyed past adventures opposite Ironsong and the friends we have that "play both sides" with these two guilds. (The fifth, Stormaker, is my son.) If the Tribe will have us, it just seemed fitting that we "come home" to where so many of our friends play on the flip side. Personally, the principles of The Ironsong Tribe appeal to me greatly and I look forward to finding out how good the fit is. *grin* ))