Tabitha Chipperwing

Tabitha Chipperwing, or just Tabby, is a young Druid of the Claw who is currently working as a Conscript for the Blades of Greymane. A younger girl who is tall and larger than most her age, she is tanned and well built, and eager to prove herself alongside her animal companions, specifically a squirrel named Kisses. Born and raised in Gilneas and previously helping the Northgate Rebellion, she sees the Blades as her way to protect her family and her homeland, even if her primary focus is the whole of Azeroth. She is currently trying to find her place in the organization, and is regarded as being a friendly, kind, and bombastic woman with a particular hatred for the Undead.

Childhood
Born in the northest part of the Northern Headlands within the family's barn, Tabitha came to the world on August 12th, to a small family of three, then made four. The small farm planted corn, soybeans, and some other smaller crops, like onions and potatoes, in their personal garden, selling them to those living in Pyrewood Village, and sending shipments to the city. Tabitha began to work on the farm from the day she could walk, usually watched over either by her mother or her older brother, Micheal, who was seven at the time. She primarily spent time with him when helping out on the field itself, but helped her mother cook and clean in the house, kitchen, and barn, and learning how to work hard at an early age.

When she was only five years old, construction on the wall began. As it would require more wall to be built around the family's farm, the construction team simply built through the land, compensating the farm with a small amount of gold. This angered her parents for the loss of future crops and the loss of customers, and because they believed in the Alliance. It angered Tabitha as well due to it being an eyesore, and not letting her play in the nearby village with her friends. Without an outlet for her to spend her energy in besides working, Tabitha became a bit of a troublemaker for her family, sneaking off and playing in the forest, befriending forest creatures and causing problems. She was grounded often at this age, and the barn bears many scars from its time in the time out corner.

As the Rebellion developed, her family devoted more and more of their resources, until for a while it was known as a place to go for rebel soldiers to camp and receive aid and supplies. It was a prime point for attacks on the wall itself, and many attacks were planned via the living room of the family's small home. As the civil war progressed, and more and more victories came to the Loyalists, the small family was angered further. Despite Tabitha telling him not to do it, her brother, Micheal, decided to leave the farm and become a soldier. She was only nine years old when soon after, she found out he had soon died, fighting an unknown Blade's member. Heartbroken and defeated, the family retracted their aid to the rebellion, a month or so before it was stamped out. From this point on, she was forced to work extra at the farm, taking over a lot of her brother's chores, and began behaving well, for once.

The Drought
Sometime in her early teenage years, a drought spreads across the lands of Gilneas, hitting their farm harder than most. As the economy hit a recession, they struggled to make ends meet for themselves, as their crops withered and their soil blew away in the wind, empty of life. Desperate for aid, they looked to sell the farm and move to the city. However, this would not come to pass, as an old, elderly woman arrived on their doorstep one evening. Tabitha's parents, becoming more reclusive and wary of outsider's since their son's death, first tried to usher away the woman. but Tabitha heard her out. For a sum of five silver, she would restore their farmland, she said. Tabitha's parents declined, not believing her wild claim, but Tabitha, who had nothing to lose, chose to help them. Scrounging up her allowance, she gave the woman her silver. Within moments, the woman had cast a spell, causing rejuvenating rains above the field, and the plants that had previously withered away sprung up, full of life and greener than ever.

As the woman began to depart, Tabitha begged her to teach about what she had done. At first she was hesitant to take on an apprentice, but knew the rising need for new Harvest Witches, with the drought, and whatever would come beyond that, as they were a dying breed. They petitioned Tabby's parents, and after a night of long decision making, it was decided that she could go train as a Harvest Witch, so long as she returned often. From there, she and the woman, called Matron Eva Stormpelt, travelled to the Blackwald, where she began training directly under her. She trained under the woman up until the beginning of the Worgen Curse's spread, where she was one of the first to get afflicted.

Forsaken Invasion
she did things and stuff during this time

WIP

Druidic Training
After arriving in Darnassus along with other Gilneans, it was here that Tabitha decided to seek out greater druidic powers than her current mentor could offer her. Within Darnassus, she met Thistre Leafclaw, a Druid of the Claw and matron to a small clan of druids. Tabitha became her prime student, picking up her training effortlessly. In this time, she moved to Moonglade, where she was given her own room in the barrow dens, and learned how to create a guardian form, and feral form. In these two forms, she learned how to manipulate her body and cope with new senses to fight both defensively and offensively.

Trivia
- Tabitha received her nickname of Tabby from her older brother, Micheal. He used it as a pet name to annoy her, but after his death, she decided to use it as her primary name.

- As a result of watching one of her Shan'do's fellow students and a dear friend of her's get torn apart by a pack of ghouls in front of her very eyes, Tabitha has been scarred for life and has a deeply set Kinemortophobia, or the fear of zombies and the undead. She develops this fear like a cornered animal, and when she cannot attack them, she spits and curses them.

- Tabby enjoys collecting trinkets and other items, like old rings, wooden totems, pretty rocks...Her living quarters in Moonglade and her room in her family's home in Gilneas is covered with all sorts of trinkets and knickknacks.

- She can speak squirrel, songbird, cat, bear, and dear, as well as common.