Annika Ravenwood

Lara Quinn is a retired SI:7 Operative and Sergeant Major in Stormwind's Army. Records of her past are sealed and only available to those with top secret clearance in SI:7 or Agents of the Crown. Though she is officially listed as retired, whether or not this is true remains unknown.

Description
A striking woman of fair complexion with long, reddish hair and hazel eyes. She is tall and well-endowed, possessing an almost cat-like grace and agility. She tends to favor dark leathers or exquisite corsets that have been tailored to accentuate her figure, particularly her ample bosom.

Seldom seen without a blade of some sort, when dressed for "work" the pouches on her hips contain various "tricks of the trade" and anything she might need to accomplish the task she has been set upon. Even when wearing civilian's garb, those with a keen eye will notice the dagger in each boot.

Personality
Simply put, Lara is a chameleon, capable of being anything an assignment or situation dictates. As her life often depends on pretending to be someone else, It would be quite rare for someone to get close enough for her to reveal even a shred of who she truly is.

Background
Lara was born Caitlin Quinn, only child of James and Jenelle Quinn of Grand Hamlet. Filled with verbal and physical abuse from a drunkard father, hers was not a pleasant childhood by any stretch of the imagination. Her father, James was a disabled war veteran who lost his left arm in service to the Stormwind's Army during the first orcish war. Her father blamed the world around him for the loss of his arm and would often spend his days at the local tavern, returning late in the evening and so intoxicated that he would rarely remember things he said and did. As a result of the beatings and her mother's willingness to constantly forgive her father, Lara spent much of her childhood as far from their cottage as she could get, returning only when she was required and sometimes remaining with neighbors for weeks at a time.

Military Career
Shortly after her father drank himself to death, Lara left home at the age of sixteen and enlisted in the Stormwind Army. When she began her training, she swore she would never again allow herself to be in a position where she was unable to defend herself. Drawing on years of misery and resentment, she pushed herself harder than even her drill instructors might have, resulting in a fierce determination to excel in everything she did.

By the time she reached her twenties, Lara had also reached the rank of Sergeant Major and was soon recruited by the 7th Legion, where she served as part of an elite strike force. She often regards her time in service to the 7th as the best years of her life and learned more about warfare in those years than most people do in a lifetime. It was around that time that time that she trained in marksmanship, becoming proficient with various types of rifles at long range.

Capture and a new path
At five-and-twenty, Lara was severely wounded during an operation on Kalimdor and the 7th Legion listed her as killed-in-action after the battle ended. She was discovered on the field by an orc shaman, bleeding from several wounds and near death. The shaman tended to her wounds and she was brought to the orcish encampent, where she would spend the next sixth months as a prisoner of war. During her captivity, Lara was subjected to all manner of torture and unpleasantries while the orcs repeatedly attempted to extract information from her. Her chance to escape did not come until one of her captors attempted to have his way with her. As he unlocked her pen, Lara let him believe she would not fight him as he sated his desire. Waiting until his guard was down, she slew him with her bare hands and dispatched three other orcs before she was discovered missing.

On foot, with only her wits and what clothing she still had, Lara managed to reach the Goblin port of Ratchet, where she secured passage on a ship to Stranglethorn Vale. After reaching an alliance outpost, Lara sent word of her escape to her Commanding Officer and a team was sent to meet her. Among those sent to meet her in the South was an SI:7 Operative who was so impressed by the fact that she had managed to escape, he insisted on speaking with her several times over the course of the next few weeks. The Operative told her that if she was willing to undergo intense training for the next two years, she could do things for her Kingdom that truly made a difference and after weeks of contemplation, Lara accepted his proposal and began her training.

SI:7
After completing two years of specialized training, learning her trade craft and various new forms of hand-to-hand combat, Lara was accepted into SI:7 as a field operative and her military record was sealed. What she has done while serving Stormwind Intelligence is a closely-guarded secret, the records of which are only available to those with the appropriate clearance. What is known is that she was recognized by a former comrade at Wintergarde Keep during the Northrend campaign and later spotted in the Twilight Highlands. After nine years of service to SI:7, Lara is officially listed as retired, though the truth of this remains unknown.