User:Suzaku/Backstory

Rough outline:

He was conceived during the Second War, his mother a member of the Shadowsword clan and his father a human soldier and envoy who was killed in battle shortly after. He was raised amongst the Shadowsword clan and was not a victim of the discrimination sometimes common amongst half elves. He was trained as a warden, and made use of his natural gifts with shadow magic, a trait common to his clan.

He was killed and raised during the invasion of Quel'thalas by the Scourge, an incident which he would later consider a blessing, as the surviving Shadowsword would go on to turn traitor, forming a pact with the Burning Legion.

In undeath he became a rogue, employing the skills and abilities he'd formerly cultivated as a warden. Showing both solidarity with his people, now called the blood elves, and commemorating his 'rebirth' as a Forsaken, he abandonded his old name and adopted a new one, taken from a fabled phoenix. Rather than "half-human, half-high elf", he considers himself "half-Forsaken, half-blood elf".

He now wears the red and black of the blood elves and acts as a liason between the Farstriders and Deathstalkers, reporting to Sylvanas and Halduron. He conducts various covert operations (scouting, spying, abduction, and assassination) on behalf of the organizations and also works with related factions, such as the Scryers, Sunreavers, and the Hand of Vengeance.