User:Weisskrieg/Norse MacLeod


 * Name: Norse MacLeod
 * Race: Human
 * Title: Sergeant
 * Birthplace: Westfall
 * Religious Affiliation: Devout servant of the Holy Light
 * Occupation: Paladin peacekeeper in Stormwind's outer territories
 * Guild: Unity
 * Nicknames: Norsey
 * Server: Sisters of Elune

Early Life
Norse was born to Eric and Leia MacLeod on a small farm in Westfall. Only a few short months after his birth, the MacLeods moved north to escape the growing violence that was beginning to affect the region. This proved to be a fortuitous decision, as the First War soon engulfed the area.

Mr. and Mrs. MacLeod and their son, Norse, settled in the small town of Darrowshire, east of the large city of Lordaeron. Here they lived a happy life for nearly 20 years. Eric MacLeod was an accomplished blacksmith and was always busy around the town fixing horseshoes. Mrs. MacLeod devoted her time to raising young Norse, instilling him with a strong respect of the Holy Light.

Catalyst
This peaceful existence was shattered by the arrival of the Scourge. Those who were able to rose to the defense of Darrowshire, repelling the inital skirmishers. Norse was among those who patrolled the town's outskirts. The Scourge returned in force, this time employing the personal servants of Horgus the Ravager. Norse and the defenders clashed against these undead warriors, and were weakening when Davil Lightfire and his contingent of paladins arrived. Norse had been cast to the ground, severely wounded, while fighting a large monstrosity and was about to be slain when Davil intervened. That incident instantly sealed Davil in Norse's mind as a hero.

After this, the paladins and the defenders regrouped. Talking with one of the paladins that Davil had brought with him, Norse learned of an underground movement within the Silver Hand that was growing in response to the Scourge threat, a movement named "The Scarlet Crusade". The paladin told Norse that Davil was considering joining this secret organization after witnessing several disappointing losses to the undead menace. The converstion was interrupted by the arrival of Horgus himself and more minions. Davil engaged the mastermind of the terror and slew him, but not without being mortally wounded in the process.

Norse was unaware of this, due to the fact that he had been removed from the field of battle to have his wounds treated. He had been placed in the attic of his parent's home to await his mother, currently tending the wounds of the still-standing defenders. Norse slipped into unconsciousness, and was deaf to the massacre of Darrowshire.

He awoke into a nightmare far more terrible than any his mind had conceived. The entire population of the village had been slaughtered, down to the animal in the pens. Worse still, there were no bodies to be found. All had been turned into mindless slaves of the Lich King. Norse stumbled out of the now-dead town and happened across a tome in the field. In tiny print, on the inside cover, were scralled the words "Davil Lightfire". The power of the libram, or perhaps just it's presence, gave Norse the strength necessary to escape what is now called the "Eastern Plaguelands".

Norse slipped through Arthas's forces, who were blockading the city of Hearthglen due to suspected contamination, unchallenged. He was taken in by a paladin, who nursed him back to health. Norse turned over the tome he had found to the paladin, and in exchange, the paladin offered to induct Norse into the Scarlet Crusade. Elated at the prospect of joining the organization that his hero had thought of joining, Norse accepted without hesitation.

Consecration
Norse was transferred to the Scarlet Monastery, where he was trained as a paladin and indoctrinated by the Crusade. On year four of his studies, he was approached by High Inquisitor Whitemane for a special mission: infiltrate the Alliance and sabotage any and all attempts to disrupt the Scarlet Crusade's work. Norse agreed to the idea wholeheartedly, having grown to blame the Alliance for failing to send reinforcements to Darrowshire. After nearly a decade training at the Monastery, Norse quietly inserted himself into the lower ranks of Stormwind's army. He is currently climbing the ranks, having been recently dispatched to Darkshire.