User:Kenir/Narnathirin Bloodyknuckles

Appearance and Personality
Yalin appears as most any dwarf does, with a large brown beard, neatly trimmed, and his long brown hair pulled back into a pony-tail. He wears simple leathers, sometimes mail, and carries a bow and twin axes at his side. Often, he is seen alone, though from time to time he has a new pet following closely at his heels. Druids and other Hunters commonly refer to him as "Sharpeye", as that is the animal's name for him.

The features that separate him from the rest of his race are three scars crossing across his blind left eye (the left is a gray color, as opposed to the brown right), the burn scars covering his face where the hair doesn't (which isn't much), and tattoo's on each shoulder, the right bearing the mark of the Wildhammer clan, and the left the seal of the Order of the Silver Hand.

History
Yalin Narnathirin Taloneye was born in Aerie Peak, in the year 57 BTFT (based on assumptions about the alliance calendar in SI:7). He lived there into his early "teens", having a close relationship with the animals of the wild and the gryphons. After an argument he fled his home, and left to Southshore, where he got on board with a crew of Blackwater Raiders. A year later, the ship was attacked at sea, and most of the crew was wounded or killed. "Narn" ,as he was now called, was one of the few to come through unhurt, and it was noted that he had defeated all those he had fought with his fists alone. He took charge, and became the new Captain, called "Bloodyknuckles" by the crew now. At the next port he kicked off the goblins and took on a new crew, having the ship repainted in Red and White, and naming it the Red Dove.

In the year 17 BTFT, Narn gained custody of a young elven girl, by the name of Daliah Brightsong. Disguised as a gnome, he named her "Darie Darktide", and he acted as a father to her for many years.

In the year 9 BTFT, after attacking many Blackwater ships, an unknown crewmember sold out Narn, and he was attacked coming into port in Booty Bay. Of the crew, only Narn and Darie survived. Narn traveled North with the girl, leaving her in Stormwind, and moving on to Lordaeron. There, he took his old name back, and became a paladin. He served in the Order until the time of Arthas' betrayal, when he fled alongside Jaina Proudmoore. In an early battle on Kalimdor, it became apparent that Narn was more than just a paladin, as he seemed an able marksman and a much more brutal fighter. HE revealed to Jaina that he had been a pirate, and she instantly recognized him for who he was, but rather than arresting him, she gave him a job as commander of a group of marksmen and scouts. Narn fought in the battles on Kalimdor, including the battle at Mount Hyjal, where a succubus tried to claw out his left eye, leaving it blind.

After the War, Narn vanished until rumor began to circulate about the remains of the Red Dove being brought up from the depths. Repainted, rebuilt, and renamed "The Bloody Dove", Narn began to sail again, and soon controlled a fleet of twenty-seven ships. He led a suicidal attack on Booty Bay, and lost all but five ships and many good captains and crewmates, but in a lucky stroke snuck into the city and cornered Revil, just to remind the goblin that he had not won yet.

Narn currently wanders most of his time, in and out of retirement. He has gathered a fanbase of sorts, among them even members of the Horde. This annoys Narn to no extent, as he'd rather just disappear and go back to his old life. It's debated among his friends and enemies if he could really give it up.