Vivian Tapp

Appearance
Golden curls rest atop Vivian Tapp's head, spilling around her face and framing her visage. Sometimes, they are pulled back out of her face, but usually, she allows them to do as they please, twisting and coiling every which way.

Her body type is average. She is slim—not waspish, but attractive—and her form is graced with subtle yet elegant curves that are often (though not always) hidden beneath her plate armor. She is not one to flaunt her body; she prefers to keep the secrets of her figure away from prying eyes. If she allows you to see what lies under her attire, she must trust you very much. You won't betray that trust if you know what's good for you.

Her skin is pale, and it carries no natural blemishes on its ivory surface aside from the few freckles that run across her form. More condensed freckles dot her high-boned cheeks and petite nose, giving further vivacity to the already lively grey-green eyes that rest just above. A faint scar cuts around the left side of her face, starting just above the end of her eyebrow and gliding down around her eye, then stopping when it reaches the bottom of her cheekbone. This scar has a story behind it, but it is not one she often tells.

Clasping her cloak around her neck is a simple-looking pin. Its base is golden and round, and a silver Naaru design is etched on the front.

Personality
Vivian is an intelligent woman, and she makes no effort to hide it. She can be a bit outspoken at times, but she has a heart of gold, and she doesn't particularly enjoy verbal conflict. When it comes to defending what she believes is right, she can be quite tenacious, but offending people is not something that she can easily forgive herself for. Cross her first, however, and she won't hesitate to retaliate with due force.

Accent
Her voice carries a faint hint of her former accent from Lordaeron. Although it has been diminished to nigh nonexistence over her many years spent either in Stormwind or serving the Argent Crusade, it is not entirely gone. Every once in a while, the trained ear may be able to pick up on the small flourishes of the tongue that hint at her northern origins.

Life in Lordaeron
Vivian Tapp was born twenty-four years ago to a middle class couple of Capital City: Raymond and Lucia Tapp. She grew up a good, hearty life; she was spared the hardships of poverty as well as the greed of wealth. Her childhood was brightened by friendship, dampened by sadness, and enlightened by education, just as would be expected. Since a young age, she had dreamed of becoming a mage of the Kirin Tor. Though her parents were not poor, the cost of being educated in Dalaran was a difficult one; it took a lot for them to put their daughter through school when she was old enough to begin lessons.

In her mid teens, however, as she was visiting home for a short while, sickness spread throughout much of Lordaeron, infecting many of its citizens. The afflicted died, and they soon rose again as shambling corpses. The Scourge struck Lordaeron hard, shattering Vivian's teenage years and shocking her with harsh reality. Finishing school in Dalaran was no longer an option.

Her parents were slain when the Traitor Prince returned to Capital City, slaughtering its residents and raising them to fight in his army. A neighbor of Vivian's managed to help her and a handful of her friends escape unnoticed, but when said neighbor went back to rescue more of the children, he was caught and killed. Vivian had developed a romantic interest with a boy of her age, but he was one of the many unable to be saved.

Seeking Refuge
Vivian and her friends fled south, managing to find a group of fishermen kind enough to take the refugees with them as they sailed for Stormwind. Vivian was most certainly -not- a boat person, but she struggled through the journey and arrived safely at her destination.

She and her friends managed to find work at various points around the city; they shared their incomes with each other and shared living quarters to get by. Vivian, looking to avenge her fallen loved ones and determined to prevent similar tragedies from occurring to others, sought someone who could teach her the ways of a Paladin. Rather than push her away from the Light, Vivian's experience with the Scourge drew her closer to it. Faith became something of a trusty companion.

Becoming a Paladin
She found a woman in her mid-to-late forties who was willing to take Vivian under her wing. It was from her that the young woman learned how to wield the powers of the Light, so that she could vanquish the beings that murdered her family and lay to rest the poor souls who were tormented by undeath.

The Third War came to a close, and years passed as Vivian continued her arduous training. She proved herself quite adept with a shield and sword, as well as with healing, which she grew rather fond of.

When it was time to go to Northrend, Vivian was in her early twenties. She signed up without hesitation to join the Argent Crusade, and her years of hard work came to fruition. She fought in many difficult battles and lost many friends—some of whom were her dear ones from Lordaeron, who had chosen their own paths and taken up arms against Arthas as well. In the end, victory was won, and Vivian came out of the war with a certain experience and hardiness that she did not possess in times past—along with a formidable scar across the side of her face, earned during a particularly hard fight in Icecrown that she abstains from talking about to most people. She remained loyal to the Argent Crusade, choosing to stay neutral rather than rejoining the Alliance. At the same time, that is not to say that she was inactive in times of war. She did what she could to heal the wounded, though she refused to actively fight in open Horde-versus-Alliance war.

Recent Times
She did not know what happened to her parents, but she suspected that they were slain at some point during one of the many battles of Northrend. However, she did not overlook the possibility that they could be Forsaken serving Sylvanas. That thought haunted a plethora of her dreams at night. Recently, she discovered the fate of her mother, but she does not often speak of it, and she still is clueless in terms of her father's fate.

She eventually rejoined the Alliance, casting aside her neutrality, and became a knight of the Silver Hand. Her time under the Silver Hand Arch-chapter has come to an end, but she will not forget her roots. Now, she has taken up a more active cause: the work of the Radiant Vigil.