Thread by @ResidentBishie

Finally got time to jump on this bandwagon
I don't nearly get to RP him as much as I'd like, so lets talk about my precious disaster ✨

1. Lothaelorn Brightshield, but he will usually tell people to just call him Tael... Unless he really dislikes someone, then he will make sure they use his full name ｅｖｅｒｙ ｔｉｍｅ.

2. Blood elf.
He calls himself a priest, but in an intentionally ironic fashion as he has a rather cynical view on both faith and the light itself.
The most accurate description of his "real" class would be something akin to a proto-demon hunter who can wield light.

3. "He was lean and well built, but where others of his kin were soft and gracious his features were weathered and sharp, defined by hollow cheeks, sunken eyes and a face haunted by constant exhaustion – youth destroyed by the insidious power of fel."

4. Just over 150, and still viewed as an irresponsible youngling by most adult blood elves (and even more so around night elves and nightborne)
When confronted about his age by another elf he will say that he is "almost 200"

5. A heart of gold and a weary soul.
At his core he's an innocent and kind person, perhaps a bit gruff and cynical but overall a good lad. However, he knows this and he hates it
Being good is hard, but even if he tries to be a jerk to escape it the facade never seems to last long

6. Much like his usual cold and mean behaviour his standard attire is mostly a facade to keep people away.
He usually scampers about in a large ragged burlap cloak, upper body only covered with some dirty bandages and the rest hastily wrapped up in old worn out leather armour.

7. Not many.
After a long streak of being used and lied to he grew averse to forming any kind of bond with people.
He does enjoy the company of some people he meets along his travels though, you just wont see him calling them friends.

8. At some point in his life he probably had ambitions, but after 30+ years of constant hardship all he really desires is some peace.
Unfortunately the only way to achieve that seems to be saving Azeroth and stopping the faction war for good... He's still working that one out.

9. Matured from lawful neutral into unrelenting chaotic good.

10. Not by choice.
He was dragged onto the battlefield kicking and screaming, and there – while killing others for his own survival – he discovered two things:
That he was really good at it, and that he never wanted to do it again...

11. Undeath, he has an irrational fear of one day waking up as a rotting husk and by extension he also fears the light itself as he has seen in way too gruesome detail how it can sear undead flesh.

(Hence why he doesn't use light if he doesn't have to)

12. Engineering, tinkering, outdoor survival, drinking and tea-making.
These may or may not be mutually exclusive activities depending on the day.

He's also very good at all of them, except one – which he's terrible at – but he wont tell you which one it is (until it's too late)

13. In the field- Saboteur and support.

During festivities? Professional food moocher

14. He can eat 80 manabuns in one sitting and he's proud of it

15. He grew up in a small estate at the far edge of Sunstrider Isle, he hasn't really called any place home since he left Quel'Thalas though, the road suits him just fine.

16. Never knew his mother (father didn't speak of her).
His father was a devout priest and about as compassionate as a literal rock.

17. Only child and it probably shows.

18. Spent being incompetent and vain.
His father desperately tried to get him into all of Silvermoon finest academies, even going so far as to paying some magisters to privately school him, but it was all wasted on him as he failed each and every one of the introductory courses.

19. "No"

"...That time and was drunk and started flirting with an ered'ruin doesn't count"

20. Not right now and probably not in the future either.
Let's just say he's not the kind of guy parents should expect grandkids from.

21. Never something he has had to be concerned with.
His time in the horde forces where he basically worked as a sell-sword earned him a respectable amount of coin, and with his simple lifestyle he's in no risk of running dry anytime soon.