Gilneah Steelgrip

Gilneah Steelgrip, born 25 February, 13 L.C, is a warrior, former mercenary for hire, and current Blacksmith as an profession.

He was an officer of The Talon, an organization that aimed to help the affected from the wars between the Horde and the Alliance and the invasions of the Legion. He cherishes the group greatly for what it gave for him, a reason to live.

Although he's young, he has seen much and he always looks to learn more from life. =Description=

'Gil' is a 6 foot 1 inch tall, muscled but lean human. He has long, brown straight hair that is almost always in a ponytail, and he sports a lenghty but cared for beard. Bright, blue eyes that scan everything along with a big smile.

Armor
His armor can't really be described since, as a Blacksmith, he's always making new sets with different designs of various places around Azeroth, Outland and Dreanor. Lately, after leaving his place of Officer in the Talon he is using more comfortable clothes.

Arms
He's trained to use almost all types of weaponry but his favorites are all types of swords. Long, swort, slim or broad, he will use them gladly.

=History=

Beginnings
Born in Stormwind by an unknown mother, he was found by the pair of dwarves he calls parents now.

His childhood wasn't the worst, but he was quite unfit on his teenage years, and being from a different race growing up around dwarves was a bit unpleasant. With time, though, his pleasant personality and kind nature grew on them, and he ended up having lots of friends and little enemies.

Around his fifth birthday his mother asked him if he wanted to work at the forge with him, and that changed his life forever. His passion for being a smithy grew along with his knowledge, and he ended up being as good as his mother at age 12.

Doubts
At age 18 he chose to leave his home in Dun Morogh and start from scratch, wanting to build his own story. That meant he didn't really know where to start. He went to Stormwind in search for a cause and the first thing he came across was that the Scarlet Crusade was recruiting. He didn't really know the horrors they caused but being a Paladin was something that intrigued him. He trained with them for some months but once he knew the atrocities they believed in he left, only the slight ability to heal being with him today.

First love, first heartbreak.
Around age 20-23, he met an amazing woman. She was a worgen, but her looks deceived people. She could be nice one moment and murderous the other. They went on adventures around Azeroth together and fell in love. One faithful day, in Dun Morogh, they were setting up camp when they were ambushed by thugs, searching for coin and supplies. They targeted his love and when she resisted, they aimed to kill her. He only got in front of her to take a part of the slash. All for naught, he was left with a scarred eye and a broken heart, and at the moment, a broken soul.

Recovery
Distraught, he wandered off until he returned to Stormwind, and if he hadn't found what he would consider his anchor to Azeroth, the Talon, his life would've been much different. He spent the beginning years of the Talon recruiting and making it big, doing assignment after assignment, mission after mission. If ye would ask him, he would consider those times the best of his life. Around this time he was cured of his blindness in his scarred eye by a great friend.

But after some disagreements with the leaders, he went out of the group willingly, tired. He would find out time later that his old leader and friend had apparently died in Draenor. He didn't really know what to feel or do, so he packed few things and set out to nowhere.

Travels and a new hope
Along all his 25th year of age he travelled across all of Azeroth, Outland and even Draenor, not really knowing what to do. He spent most of him time researching flora and fauna and camping. He felt lonely as ever, but it served as a lesson of what a lot of people feel when a loved one dies, even though he had already experienced it.

Winter Veil of L.C 37 turned his life around again. He went to Dun Morogh to spend time with his family and by chance he found his trusty companion, Tigah. Yes, don't ask him about his naming skills. The Snow Tiger was being surrounded by beasts, but Gil shooed them away and the cat instantly took him in as a father figure.

Return to Society
At the beginning of L.C 38, he returned to Stormwind, and what he found there was astonishing. His old leader was still alive, lucky as could be, but alive. He returned to The Talon with new hopes and a new leader, but more disagreements made him leave early. Around the time he returned to Stormwind he met Kimberlyne, the most amazing woman he had ever met, even more than his first love. He was infatuated from the start and he still is.

After leaving the Talon again he started to dedicate himself full time to his Smithing, and it's turning out for the best.

=Personality=

Gil is a big softie, he cares a lot about his friends and he doesn't mind showing it. But on his enemies or the enemies of his friends, he can be a fierce man, not afraid to beat someone down to a pulp. He's also known for being quite a cheesy guy, and big lover of bad puns.

Beliefs
He has believed in the Holy Light for most of his life, but that doesn't mean he hasn't had his doubts. For a while he thought the Light had abandoned him, but it hadn't. He's also known to use Dwarven Phrases and Exclamations about the Forge and the Titans.

Quirks
His scarred eye twitches sometimes when he's annoyed or very tired.

He's known to tell bad puns regularly.

He has a strong Dwarven accent, really uncommon for a Human.