User:Redeemed Life

Character Description
Corrian McElyea is a tall and barrel chested man with wide shoulders, tan skin, and strong hands. While lacking the beauty and grace of a nobleman, Corrian is not homely nor unattractive.

Some scars and shadows of previous wounds mar his skin and are a testament of a past of violence, though you feel no outward malice from his steady gaze.

Background
Corrian McElyea, or "Coins" for those who know him was born poor, and lived poorer for his first twenty years of his life. Before the fights in Stormwind were outlawed, his fists won him the coin to buy bread when he'd win, and his fingers became adept at stealing it when he'd lose.

As he grew older, his new opponents did not, and the times he'd lose a fight began to outweigh the times he'd win them. Corrian found himself filching his food more and more often, and as Defias influence and unrest grew in the stockades, they became an increasing unfriendly place to be sent.

Blessed with the ability to think on his feet, Corrian became a lanista of sorts and took to training new fighter in the brawls in exchange for a cut of the winnings they'd earn. Things went well for Corrian during these times, but when the arrogance and overconfidence of a young son to a powerful nobleman cost him his life in the fights, the Stormwind courts declared brawling too dangerous, and the hammer fell, making brawling illegal. Corrian lost his livelihood, and was destitute.

Hating the Stormwind courts and blaming the noblemen for his loss, it wasn't long before he took up with the Defias in their quest to reduce Stormwind to rubble and pay vengeance on its nobles for their arrogance. Thanks to his cunning and skill in combat, he rose quickly and quietly through the ranks of the Defias, and found himself a blackguard for VanCleef's Lieutenant, Bazil Thredd.

During his time with the Defias, Corrian was perturbed by the fact that save for the leadership, the Defias was comprised mostly of thugs, criminals, and those who sought violence for the sake of violence. Realizing the leaders were turning a blind eye to the those they employed in order to bolster their might made him very uneasy. Corrian feared that once the grand weapon was completed and the main objective was met, that the Defias would turn on itself like a serpent devouring its own tail, and would crumble from within.

VanCleef's single mindedness showed Corrian the folly of his own thirst for vengeance, and when he brought this up to Lieutenant Thredd after having too much ale, he was branded a traitor, and ordered to be hung. Corrian's only saving grace was that Thredd's memory suffered greatly from alcohol, and that Thredd found himself sent to the stockades soon afterward - where he was killed before he could order Corrian's death.

Wisely, Corrian has cast aside any desire for vengeance and the idea that bloody retribution can ever change anything in a person's life. He uses his cunning and skill in battle to seek out work as a sellsword, making his own way, without the dependence of others. Failure isn't the fault of anyone other than himself to Corrian, and any copper he earns he does so by his own merit. Corrian's life is his own, and he intends to keep it that way.