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Tandava
Tandava is a Shatterspear Troll who was a priestess of Hir'eek in Shatterspear Vale before it was opened up and destroyed by the Night Elves. She and a few others managed to escape the slaughter, but not unscathed. Most of her face, neck, and forearms are burned beyond healing.

After the Shattering
The few Shatterspear survivors saught refuge, fleeing south and into the arms of the Horde - their new allies. Some - those that could - stayed in Ashenvale to continue the fight and avenge their people. Others like Tandava were brought to the Darkspear Isles to heal and learn.

The new philosophies of the Druids spoke to her deeply, and she embraced the idea of worshipping all of the Loa. She feels that they need all of the Loa. She prayed for weeks to Hir'eek to approve her new shared loyalty and for Gonk persuade Him as she persued her new path.

She revels in shapeshifting though her other forms are still marred by the burn scars.

Asceticism
After her recovery and conversion to Druidism, Tandava took on an ascetic lifestyle devoting her existance entirely to her faith and to the Loa. She refrains from sensual pleasures and the accumulation of material wealth. She eats only what she can hunt or forage for herself and regularly fasts. Renouncing the need for a home or material indulgences, she feels this astere lifestyle gives her a greater clarity of thought and closeness to the power of the Loa, Nature, and that which connects all things.

This isn't to say she doesn't do her part to aid the Horde nor that she feels she has all the answers. She strives to aid her allies to the best of her ability. Being the devotee of so many Loa can be confusing with conflicting messages. She's torn on how to react to the Night Elf Druids in Moonglade. In a sense, her asceticism is also a form of escapism from what happened as much as a devotional tool.

Personality
Tandava was a very lighthearted playful soul back in the day. Today, even with her somewhat severe lifestyle and disfiguring scars, she clings to the ideals which made life in the Vale so beautiful. She isn't always successful in this but she strives every day to laugh, dance, and live in the moment when possible.

OOC
Walk up RP is always welcome!

Tandava speaks without accent in Troll. When speaking Orcish, she does have a thick-ish accent because Orcish is more difficult and less familiar to her. So if you're playing a Troll and in the habit of using the accent regardless of language, please don't be surprised that Tandava's accent is situational. :)

Tandava is named after a sacred dance. Shiva's dance of Creation and Destruction that makes up the physics of the universe.

This character was conceptualized months before the official lore on Troll Druids was revealed and I was working under the hopeful assumption that their lore had something to do with the Shatterspear and before it was revealed what happened to Shatterspear Vale. So while her history is quite different and certainly darker than initially planned, she's still the same nature Loa lovin spirit.