Caeryn
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[edit] Vital Statistics
Name: Caeryn Matilda "Peyton"
Title: The Blind Assassin
Race: Forsaken.
Class: Rogue
Professions: Mining and Engineering
Age: 30 at death, 32 now
Eye Colour: None
Hair: Dirty Blonde
Skin-Tone: Pale with a greenish tint
Height: 5'7" when standing straight, 5'4" with usual posture
Weight: 100lbs
Alignment: Neutral Evil. ((Explanation on Alignment: Caeryn is Neutral Evil in the effect that she is ultimately selfish. Everything that she does is weighed out by how it best benefits her. She's not all LOLMURDER.))
Appearance: This woman's expression is nigh near unreadable. Her hair is dirty and matted to her forehead. The armor she wears is likewise filthy and covered in various stains. Two weapons hang at this Forsaken's side - the blades of which are black with poison residue. The index finger on her left hand is longer than most; when inspected closely, it is without a single joint.
[edit] Life Before Death
Very little is known about Caeryn's life before the plague took it. Caeryn will say that she grew up in Stormwind and then left around her twenty-eighth birthday. She often mentions a brother and her mother and father. When asked about her brother, she will simply say that he went missing around the time she left Stormwind, and that her parents died soon after from apparent heartbreak.
Caeryn closely guards her given surname. In fact, it may be noted that until recently, she introduced herself simply as Caeryn, but in the past few months, she has begun introducing herself as Caeryn Peyton. Whether Peyton is, in fact, her actual surname, is up for debate.
[edit] Caeryn's Human Family
Caeryn grew up the second child and only daughter of the Ashwood family - wel respected Masons, and regarded favorably by much fo the Stormwind city elite. Caeryn's father, Victor Ashwood, passed the family business dealings over to his son, Edward around the time that Caeryn was twenty-six years old.
The human woman, living as a spinster with her aging parents, was the bride in two failed engagements organized especially to further elevate the Ashwood family status. After the second failed engagement, Victor and Helen Ashwood decided they could no longer bear any further embarassment by the merchant and aristocratic houses of Stormwind and instead continued Caeryn's education in the hopes that she could find work as a school teacher or the like.
Caeryn's older brother, Edward Ashwood, was a brash man who spent much of his time socializing. Edward married Adelaide, the youngest daughter of a wealthy merchant family. The two were said to spend "lavishly," and eventually squandered much of the family fortune by throwing parties and other social engagements. As he was the head of one of the Mason families involved in the rebuilding of Stormwind, Edward and Adelaide felt justified in their spending, believing to be eventually rewarded handsomly for their efforts.
However, when the Stormwind nobility refused to pay the stonemasons for the city's rebuilding, Edward and Adelaide Ashwood were cast out of the city along with Edwin VanCleef. The two were never heard from again. To this day, Caeryn considers her brother and sister-in-law to be alive and believes them to have allied with the Defias Brotherhood.
The family business ruined, and any fortunes squandered on frivolities, the remaining Ashwoods felt they could not remain in the city. The three traveled to Westfall with plans to establish themselves within the farming community. Soon after the three left Stormwind, Victor and Helen Ashwood passed away, leaving the now twenty-eight year old Caeryn to fend for herself.
[edit] The Goldshire Players
After leaving Stormwind, Caeryn did find work as a waitress and "Entertainer" at the Lion's Pride Inn in Goldshire soon after her parents' deaths. She worked at the Inn for approximately one year before a fellow by the name of Stephan Wolffe arrived and recruited the human for his burdgeoning theatre troupe 'The Goldshire Players'.
The Goldshire players were a dinner theatre troupe and revue started a little over one year before the plague hit Lordaeron. Stephan Wolffe, the leader of the troupe, was much loved by the entire company, and from Caeryn's stories of the man, it seemed that the two were a bit more involved than is let on. Something Caeryn keeps as a guarded secret is that she and Mr. Wolffe were actually engaged to be married.
In the year before the Plague, The Players traveled all over the Human and Dwarf lands of the Eastern Kingdoms, playing in several Inns and at festivals. After each performance, they were paid far less than was promised and asked not to return. An incident which Caeryn has made public at one of the Curse storytelling events was The Players first and final foray into Ironforge.
[edit] Oh Arthas, Where Art Thou?
The Players had been hard at work on their latest play entitled Oh Arthas, Where Art Thou? Their first performance was to be in the Inn in Ironforge. Stephan had barely finished his first monologue when a stein came flying across the tavern and hit him squarely in the forehead. He was knocked unconscious, and a Priest was called in for healing. After Stephan had recouperated, The Goldshire Players were escorted out of Ironforge by armed guard. Caeryn was given a note written by the advisor to the King of Ironforge, where he asked that they not return to Ironforge as their safety could not be guaranteed.
Despondant, Stephan wrote to all of the Inns of Lordaeron, asking if they desired some entertainment for their guests. None of the Lordaeron Inns had heard of The Goldshire Players, and the Innkeeper of a small establishment in Tarren Mill invited The Players up immediately. They gave a performance of Oh Arthas, Where Art Thou? to a quickly emptying house, and the Innkeeper apologized, but she could not pay them their fee. She offered instead some bread she'd made while the performance was going on.
The bread was made with poisoned grain.
[edit] Life After Death
Caeryn came into unlife missing several things, the most notable of which being each of her eyes. Unlike some Forsaken who are able to use magic to grant them the power of sight, Caeryn remains blind to this day. While learning the fine art of subtlety, stealth, and opportunism may be difficult, it took Caeryn a terribly long time to learn due to her inability to see her prey. As such, Caeryn's victims are often unrecognizeable when found, due to her deadly inaccuracy.
Caeryn has spent a long time learning the cities she frequents. Most notably: Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Booty Bay. In other cities, she relies almost completely on her horse Gable to lead her around. The neutral city of Shattrath in the Outlands is nigh near innavigable by Caeryn alone, so she is often seen riding her red skeletal warhorse.
As far as memories, she has a mind like a steel trap - that is, when she's in control of it. She remembers most of her childhood, and will often dream in old memories. However, any recollection of her time under the control of the Lich King has been either forgotten or blocked from her mind.
[edit] The Royal Apothecary Society
Beyond her missing eyes and skin around the jawline, another notable feature can be found on Caeryn's left hand. The index finger on her left had has been replaced with a raptor talon - She often uses this as a weapon when forced to grapple with any sort of living being. She keeps it razor sharp, but rarely talks about it.
Caeryn lost her left index finger in an accident, and decided that as a replacement, she would use one of the talons from the raptors in the Arathi Highlands (where she was currently stationed). She knew the Royal Apothecary Society would be able to help her in this regard: attaching the talon to her hand so that it may become a functional finger.
The RAS was happy to perform this task for Caeryn for a price - she would do all she could to help the Apothecaries in their research on the New Plague. Her supervisor was a woman by the name of Tabetha Wilson-Greaves. Caeryn was highly unhappy about having to work for the Apothecaries, as - at the time - she highly disagreed with their ethics. Being an employee of the Society had certain benefits: Caeryn had two skeletal horses custom made for her. Flynn and Gable were each designed with the ability to understand cardinal direction, remember roads and paths once they'd been traveled on one time, and to remember how to get from point A to point B. Although Gable is a considerable upgrade for Caeryn, the Rogue still prefers the slow and steady pace of Flynn.
When Tabetha contacted Caeryn regarding her negligence in her "work," Caeryn began begrudgingly working for the Society collecting samples and the like ... but her work in the Apothecarium began to grow on her. She began thinking about all of her interactions with humans since her un-death: the several times she'd been spit on, tripped, had things thrown at her, been insulted and attacked by humans; and the hypocritical teachings of The Light. These revelations caused a shift in Caeryn's bearing, being and morality.
With the help of Tabetha Wilson-Greaves, Caeryn began collecting "samples" of humans for the Apothecaries to use in their experiments. Tabetha only encouraged the work and soon had her collecting dwarves for the same purpose. As the weeks and months passed, Caeryn was ordered to bring in a handfull of gnomes and night elves as well.
[edit] The Uskglass Incident
Caeryn is a member of the Zephyr Crew, and, at one time, worked as a bouncer at the Drunken Kodo. Over her tenure as bouncer, as well as subsequent trips to the tavern, Caeryn became quite close to Saraquael Uskglass. Caeryn felt comfortable enough with Saraquael to dispense with the formalities and had begun calling her (as everyone else did) "Sara." Caeryn was fiercely loyal to Saraquael and considered her a good friend.
Tabetha Wilson-Greaves, however, had a different idea. Tabetha, seeing Caeryn's loyalties torn between those of the Zephyr Crew and that of the Royal Apothecary Society made a stand. In a closed door interview, Tabetha contracted Caeryn to kidnap Saraquael Uskglass and bring her into the Apothecarium for experimentation. Caeryn protested, but when the contract was drawn up under penalty of execution, she relented.
Weeks passed where Caeryn began to observe (as well as one can without eyes) Saraquael, as well as working to distance herself from her only friend. However, she did not succeed in her endeavors without arousing some suspicion. Bloodaxe questioned Caeryn heavily regarding her behavior, and Drosh Derling looked into Caeryn's thoughts and saw a brief glimpse of Caeryn's contract. Others in the Crew began watching her actions closely, and it was Huata Wildmane who managed to stop Caeryn as she stood behind Saraquael ready to knock her unconscious.
Bloodaxe managed to weasel Caeryn out of her contract by using the often forgotten court system, as well as confronting Tabetha about her loyalties. Although the majority of the Zephyr Crew saw Caeryn as being in a tight spot and having little choice, some of the Crew is still wary around the Rogue.
[edit] The Zephyr Crew and Other Relations
Caeryn is painfully formal. She alludes to her "proper upbringing" in the city of Stormwind as to the reasoning behind her formality. She addresses nearly everyone by a formal title (usually Miss or Mr.), and tends to keep everyone at arm's length. This behavior has only increased since her employment with the RAS, for fear of someone using her friendships and loyalties against her again.
Caeryn considers few people as friends, and she wrestles with the idea of keeping people too close to her. She is much more comfortable interacting with people on a superficial basis, and yet becomes highly insulted when assumptions are made by others regarding her character.
Caeryn considers herself a member of the Zephyr Crew above her membership to the Horde in general. She is fiercely loyal to Drosh Derling, as well as any other Forsaken in the Crew. The Rogue answers first to the Crew, then the Dark Lady, and finally any other leader in the Horde. To other people not in the Crew, Caeryn borders on being cold -- and is most likely highly untrustworthy. However, Caeryn maintains that she is not a dishonest woman, and gets by only on bending and withholding truth when necessary.
Caeryn is very bitter about "romance" and serious romantic relationships. She seems to view "love" as a human failing and a waste of time. Although the origins of these feelings remain unspoken, Caeryn makes no qualms about airing her opinions on the matter.
