Aendral Stormsong

"May the leaves whisper her name in her splendor. Oh, great Dreamer watch us in our slumber. Rest now, in the Mother's embrace."Aendral Stormsong is a kaldorei born 10,147 P.C. is an ancient Druid of the Cenarion Circle and a Elder of the Kaldorei Nation. Born in the ancient city of Zin-Azshari to a Highborne mother and a Kaldorei commoner, Aendral was of noble blood but not a Highborne because of his muddied heritage. He was a gifted sorcerer having inherited his mother's great arcane prowess and as such was a member of the Moon Guard through the war of the ancients until he renounced his ways over the arcane to learn Druidism under Shan'do Stormrage.

Aendral is a wise figure in the Druid community. Having been in the dream for extended thousands of years and having learned directly from the Green Flight. He is seen as a beacon of progression in the Circe having advocated for woman Druids for a long period of time, even going so far as ignoring the Archdruids command to cease teaching them.

Aendral is also a brilliant military commander having been in the Moon Guard combat division and defended both the mortal world and the eternal dream from a myriad of threats. He relies of his command of nature to battle his foes, nature itself rallying to his command.

Aendral is neutral on the views of the Alliance and Horde on the exception of the Hordes incursions into Ashenvale and their dominion of Azshara seeing it as an affront of Kaldorei power. He has made his voice be heard numerous time to the Kaldorei government and the Cenarion Circle. It is said, he himself has participated in the massacres of large amount of Orcs, being dubbed Amau'dae orcish for Moon Demon and the Druid of the Red Forest by the sentinels of Ashenvale for after his involvement the forests would be painted red by the blood of orcs.

Personality
A calm individual that is slow to anger, prefering dialogue and diplomacy over any form of combat. But if forced, he will become relentless as nature's own wrath against those who would do harm to Azeroth. A master tactitian that commanded large forces in the wars across time from the War of the Ancients all the way to the Draenor campaign, Aendral has a long military record and he is a well versed fighters and diplomat.

But in all he most than all wishes to share his knowledge to those that wish to learn, he believes that he must prepare the new generations for their troubles would be great and he wishes to prepare them for the task ahead.

Early Life
Aendral was born with deep violet skin, silver eyes and green hair. He was a healthy Kaldorei child, he was named Aendral in honor of his great grandfather Lord Aendral the Stormwind, a commander of the Kingdom's military forces. Aendral took his arcane tutalages seriously ever since he was a young child as well as his mother's imparted love for the mother moon and the Arcane Arts. His mother a powerful and influential Highborne in the court of the great Queen Azshara could not be seen with a child born from the seed of a lowborn soldier and such gave Aendral to the Moon Guard.

This was the bliss of his early years, he learned and grew under the tutelage of the greatest sorcerers of the Empire even learning from his mother the forbidden spells of the Highborne. He would rise through the ranks of the Moon Guard not just because of his heritage but rather his tremendous power over the arcane and great charisma. It was said he was even groomed for the position of Sorceror Lord. But such things never came to pass, as the Legion came.

War of the Ancients
Aendral was extremely active during the War of the Ancients, taking command of a large force of Moon Guard. He was known to have combated powerful Eredar Warlocks in duels of magic that leveled villages. He was not part of the main force for a large part of the conflict. Only joining the main force during the siege of Zin-Azhsari. Where he would display his command over the arcane defeating many demons, as he attempted to make sure Malfurion and his allies would be able to close the way.

He survived the great battle and reunited with the remaining forces of the Kaldorei people after the sundering. It was during these moments where he began to doubt the power of the Arcane, as it had been the cause of the great calamity it had on it's people. When Illidan created the new Well of Eternity he was outraged and was one of the persons that advocated for the immediate execution of the betrayer. He was of course over-ruled by the Druid Malfurion. He bowed to his wisedom and ceased.

Druidism & New Life
Aendral was one of the first to accept the call of Malfurion to learn Druidism. He long harbored repressed feelings about his abilities in the arcane, believing them to be corruptive and instrumental in the destruction of his people. He took to Druidism and unlike Arcane he was a slow learner, as Druidism was everything Arcane was not. Arcane bended the powers of the world to their will and Druidism worked alongside them.

Aendral persevered and while he made progress he was severely setback compared to his peers, something which caused a deep grudge inside of him. But having taken the mantle of a Druid, he had a duty to safeguard to the dream and as such he was placed inside the barrow to sleep and safeguard the Eternal Dream.

Inside the Dream, the druids were received by the Green Flight who taught them their charge. Aendral even here was a slow learner. But he was tenacious and worked harder than most others, this brought the attention of the Great Green Wyrm, Ysaron. The Great Wyrm disguised himself as a very elderly Kaldorei and approached Aendral. Aendral was very suspicious of the elder, but the Elder informed him, he would be his Shan'do and that his training would be brutal but that he would make him a powerful druid. Aendral agreed.

Ysaron took Aendral away from the main group of Druids, into a forest within the Dream, there he would explain no one would save him and if he wanted to be free he would need to become more than he is, failure would mean death. Aendral saw this as a challenge and agreed. The elder smiled and gave him a cup of a green liquid and commanded Aendral to drink which he did. The liquid burned down his throat and his dreamform convulsed. The Elder informed him, he must cleanse his body of all doubts and impurities before he is able to proceed and if he fails of cleansing his body, he would die in the dream and in the mortal world.

Aendral would roll in agonizing pain for hours, his Shan'do or murderer would just have his eyes closed meditating ignoring his pleas for mercy. Aendral would attempt to call on his druid magic, but he could not. This went on for what it felt like hours, until finally he decided he would die. He quieted his mind, and then he felt it. A presence distance but all around him, he felt some hope and tried to quiet his mind more and listen to the world around him. That is when it connected with him, he felt the trees and leaves whisper, he pleaded instead of twisting for their power and they in turn gave him the power to cleanse him. Ysaron clapped once, and continued on his mediation.

Aendral would continue on his training for hundred of years, surpassing many Druids that were taught by mortals. His mastery over Druidism would dwarf all but the most powerful of Archdruids.

War of the Satyr
Aendral would be an active participants during the War of the Satyr. His control over nature allowed him to reap carnage into Satyr and Demons alike. His power was so dangerous even other druids would fear him, as his attack would end the enemy in a massacre. He did not believe in mercy for those who sided with demons. His Shan'do imparted his mindset of the absolute protection of the forest, and thus Aendral was not merciful he was ruthless in the protection of the forest.

Aendral was present during the creation of the Cenarion Circle, his voted in assent towards their creation but he quickly resumed his post inside the dream after the war's conclusion where he would rest for thousand more years.

Druid Forms & Items
Owl Form: Aendral flight form is that of a crested owl with purple plumage. It is the most common form he assumes as he relies on it to travel across places. He is quite swift in this form allowing to travel faster than any other owl, as he pleads the wind to carry him quicker.

Saber Form: Aendral control over nature affect his druidic forms, in his saber form his body is made out of Iron Bark. His body is covered in bark instead of fur, this allows him to meld better into forested regions and allows for better protection and offense.

Bear Form: His bear form would be a large bear formed out of pure Stone, allowing him for better protection at the sacrifice of speed.

Treant Form: Aendral in extreme circumstances can take upon the form of a powerful Ancient of Knowledge, allowing his vast controls over the restorative power of the forest, allowing the natural energy to flow through his body. This causes great strain on his spirit and he cannot maintain the form for a large amount of time.

Saha'nir: A staff born of the branches of the world tree Nosdrassil and blessed with the holy waters of the ancient moonwell in the Temple of Elune. It is said that if held the spirits of the wilds commune with the holder.