User:Selenium/Gaelene

Not to be confused with Galean!

Ahh, what was I before my untimely demise? Almost exactly what I am now. Save I had all my body-bits...

I was a pickpocket and a sneak-thief in Lordaeron and the surrounding small towns. My father's trade, the one of us providing distraction while the other slipped their fingers into a pouch or bag. I don't remember my mother. I think she was a barmaid somewhere and I not really necessary to her trade. So my father took me as he figured a baby, child, little girl makes an excellent assistant in thievery.

He got caught and swung for it. I was able to distance myself enough to where I was never thought of as an accomplice. But I kept up the trade even afterwards, though now I got to keep all I stole.

And then came the plagues, the chaos, the Burning Legion and the Scourge... insanity of that sort only makes-- made my job easier. People carried their life savings with them as they fled. But lo! Wonder of wonders, the son of the King, the heir Arthas had triumphed! A great celebration in Lordaeron... meaning rich people distracted by the heroic paladin with rich purses to plunder.

Yes. I was there when the Betrayer struck and brought about our ruin. I remember is the ringing of the bells in the tower, happy and triumphant. I saw him in the corridor below, people scattering rose-petals on him in their joy. He paused... and then marched on into the throne room. All eyes were on him. I was making a killing. No pun meant, of course. Not a soul noticed their purses being a touch lighter. Then screaming and chaos, bodies pressing in an attempt to escape, someone shouting about the king... I couldn't see what was going on in the massive crowds pressing and swelling against one another as they tried to run. A shadow fell over us from above. I can't recall there being any pain. Just pressure, a stinging burning sensation --

Then I woke. I was weak and my fingers not as nimble as they were (luckily they were all there!). I stumbled out of a crypt, of all things...

Thus began my new 'life'. Had I the power I'd take that traitor down myself.