Enalen

Enalen
Status	Active
Race	Elf
Gender	Female
Guild	Cleric
Instance	Prime

You see Temple Maiden Enalen, an Elven Cleric.
She has pointed ears, limpid blue-grey eyes and a small nose. Her white hair is long and fine, and is worn pulled back in a loose ponytail bound with a wide white satin ribbon. She has copper skin and a slender figure.
She is short for an Elf.
She is adult for an Elf.

She is wearing a wide white satin ribbon, a darkened steel arm knife with a silk-wrapped handle, a plain eggshell brooch decorated with a small somber grey jackal, a blackened steel hip chain dangling with tiny cambrinth jackals, a silver jadeite gwethdesuan, a white gold pendant with an etched star sapphire set into a mirrored backing, a ghostly white jackal, a belted kidskin baldric tooled with sinuous maiden's tress vines, a bone white cotton haversack embroidered with cherry blossoms, an oilcloth rucksack, a pale blue Elven silk dress overlaid with frost-white lace, a simple pewter bracelet, and an Elven silver anklet.

Currently resides in and is a citizen of Zoluren.

Origin

Born at sea in 379, Enalen enjoyed a normal, happy River Elf existence onboard her family's ship until the age of 12. It was then that an unfortunate episode of childhood idiocy resulted in her being knocked overboard during a raging storm. By some miracle, or a bit of Immortal intervention, she survived the ordeal and washed up on Zoluren shores near Arthe Dale a few days later - alive, if only barely. A local halfling cleric found the elf child and cared for her like family until his death in 412. This is how the little village became her favored refuge, and why it was only natural for her to take the pledge as a Sister and officially join the Guild after his passing.

Having lived in Zoluren for most of her life now, she's witnessed much of the worst it's had to offer, and very little of the good. So she keeps to herself, helping here and there, wondering all the while if there's still hope for this corner of the realm.

Meanwhile only faded memories remain of her family: a larger-than-life merchant vessel, a sandy haired father, a mother with warm amber eyes, and an older sister's voice laced with thunder as she cried out in alarm on that fateful night, too late to change anything.

Appearance

A full blooded river elf, Enalen is shorter than others of her race, standing just under the average height of a human man at 5'4". Possibly due to trauma, her hair is unusually pale for her kin, and she has a small collection of hair ribbons to keep these long, unruly locks out of her face. Shades of blue and white are her favorite colors and she incorporates them into her little, if slowly expanding, wardrobe. She has even been known to wear shoes. On occasion.

Psychology

Somewhat shy, Enalen has a mild temper and is slow to show her anger and frustration. This temperance is probably her greatest strength. Whether by virtue of her river elf blood, clerical upbringing or a combination of the two, she avoids petulant displays of arrogance and anger and is more likely to try to mediate or ignore a feud altogether than take a side. As for where her loyalties in particular lie, it's hard to say. With no interest in politics, and no love for war, she's unlikely to engage in either unprovoked. Whatever loyalty she has for her home has yet to be put to the test. This suits her just fine.

That's because Enalen has a deep-seated fear of death. Her childhood brush with briney demise did not leave her unscathed, and though she doesn't always realize it, it's this fear that motivates just about everything she does. When her clerical studies introduced her to Eylhaar, her focus shifted from the familiar lady of the seas to this light aspect of Urrem'tier. She understands more than most that what lives must die and, selfishly, she wants hers to come without suffering. For one as naturally long-lived as the elves, it seems unlikely thing.

In-Game Developments

Having visited the Void and gained the sacred power of resurrection, Enalen's unbecomming attitude towards death rarely presents itself as quickly as it once did and she manages to go about most days content and at peace.

When her training sent her north, she spent some time as the ward of the Therengian Court Historian (now resigned). Natural curiosity and her time spent in his care have awakened in Enalen a certain fascination with human bloodlines - particularly ones that span centuries and survive into the present. She is ever eager to learn new things about any human family that has somehow managed a sort of immortality to spite their brief individual existences.

Progression in her Clerical trade led her to taking up residence in the Crossing Temple. There, she spends her days tending the altar to Eylhaar, studying Holy influences and walking among the graves where she reflects on mortality. But Every now and then she can be found walking the boardwalks in the city or even making her way to Ilaya Taipa to play in the harbor. Though it changed her life forever and lies at the heart of her greatest terror, the sea still beckons her like the call of family long lost. She can't quite resist it's pull.

Profile Info

RP Stance: Heavy
PvP Stance: Closed
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