Theodryn Dawes

Theodryn Dawes is a mercenary harvest witch within the Blackbird Company. Come from Gilneas, she has been on the run from her older brother since the Greymane Wall fell. She is twenty-five years old. She has no known epithets.

Appearance
If there is one word to describe Theodryn, it would be lithe. Her frame stands five foot six, but only weighing in at one hundred twenty pounds makes the woman very thin.

Long, sable tresses are neatly tied, reaching down to the small of her back. Freckles adorn her face, bringing out her violet eyes. She has a simple beauty to her, clearly coming from peasant stock but something within her bloodline indicates that there was likely some noble in her.

Personality
Theodryn Dawes has often been described as a 'take no shit' kind of woman. She favors direct and brutally honest words rather than flowery, beating-around-the-bush kind of talk. While she maintains a respectful attitude towards her superiors, she will not be afraid to speak her mind when she believe something is in the wrong.

At first it can seem that she is rather rough around the edges, but those who know her closely (which is very few) can say that she is very sweet and thoughtful.

Weapons and Armor
Theodryn never truly had formal training in weaponry, but she has had very informal training from comrades with daggers and the short spear. In combat, she tends to favor the short spear, leaving the dagger to a last resort. She also has a long-barreled, six shot service revolver, which is always around her hip.

Other than that, she is able to make effective use of her various animal forms, whether it be soaking blows in bear form or unleashing her primal wrath in cat form. If retreating or running down an enemy is needed, she has always favored her bird form, but she knows stag form as well.

Theodryn has two types of armor -- one ceremonial set of armor in which she made from her time amongst the harvest witches of Gilneas and the other a more practical set of leather armor.

What she considers to be ceremonial armor is actually a set of leather robes interwoven with magically fortified plant fiber to make the armor a bit more durable in combat. It has the surcoat of Gilneas sewn in, thusly showing her allegiance towards her homeland. It is rare she wears this set of armor in combat, preferring to wear it during harvest witch gatherings or rituals.

Her more practical set of armor is much more durable to the impact of weaponry compared to her ceremonial - it also has magically fortified plant fiber woven in order to strengthen it further. The plant fibers can react with certain spells to temporarily make her semi-impervious to harm, but it takes up much of her mana to do so.

Childhood
Theodryn Dawes was born to a common family in Stormglen, Gilneas. She was the last of three children; Gordyn Dawes, ten years her elder and Rakanis Dawes, seven years her elder. Her father, Rufus Dawes, was a blacksmith like his father before him. He made decent money in the blacksmithing trade, but mostly made farming equipment. In times of war, he volunteered his time in the military as a blacksmith. Her mother died giving birth to Theodryn.

While Gordyn took up the family trade and Rakanis became pious and enamored by the Church, Theodryn spent her time in the woods of Stormglen. She never usually dared go into the Blackwald, but eventually found a coven of Harvest Witches. As she grew older, the more time she spent with the Harvest Witches. They taught her many things over her time with them, to the point of becoming a full harvest witch herself.

The Northgate Rebellion
In her twenties she began to partake with the harvest witches more and more. Suspicious of his sister, Rakanis followed Theodryn to the coven that she was a regular of one night. After watching the various witchcraft that they performed, such as the discussion of herbal medicines, a practice session, and a ritual, Rakanis fled from the coven to report this directly to their father.

When Theodryn arrived home, she was confronted by her family -- but her father and eldest brother Gordyn shrugged it off when news of the Northgate Rebellion surfaced. When Rakanis complained, Rufus told him that he would deal with the situation when he and Gordyn returned home. They left to join the rebellion.

During the rebellion, Rakanis took charge of the homestead and forced Theodryn in exile from Stormglen, forcing her to live amongst the coven of harvest witches. She increased her training, becoming a master of the healing arts through natural magic, herbal medicine, and potions.

When Rakanis was informed about the deaths of Rufus and Gordyn, he charged into the coven to confront Theodryn. While he took no weapons with him and surrounded by other harvest witches, he first implored her to turn her back on the harvest witches, but after his begging didn't work, he turned hostile and blamed her for the deaths of their father and eldest brother. He left the coven, threatening that if he saw her again he would kill her.

The Worgen
When the Worgen began to infest Gilneas, Theodryn was infected. She mindlessly aided in ravaging the countryside, but like many other worgen. Little by little, her subconscious was able strip away her feral mind until she was able to gain control over herself. She later hide herself away from the other Worgen in an attempt to gain control and shift back into her human form, much like the harvest witch ways of shapeshifting.

Fall of the Wall
After gaining control of her Worgen form, Theodryn moved back out into Gilneas to find it devastated by the Cataclysm and her homeland invaded by the Forsaken. She aided in the defense of her homeland, fighting alongside both cursed and uncursed Gilneans alike. She employed her unique skillset best here.

She encountered an officer, to which she was unable to save. On his last breath, he thanked Theodryn and gave her his service revolver.

As the Gilneans began to retreat to the Night Elf lands, Rakanis and Theodryn had a brief confrontation. Theodryn took several wounds before using the service revolve to immobilize Rakanis. As Theodryn was about to leave, Rakanis swore a vow that he would hunt her and bring her to justice.

Sellsword Harvest Witch
Upon arriving to the Night Elf lands, she left back to the Eastern Kingdoms to begin her vagrant ways. Never staying in one place, she found herself back in the north in Stromgarde healing wounded troops in order to keep herself fed. After showing some skill at healing several sellswords, they asked her to tag along for a couple of gold per contract. She accepted.

It was like this for the entirety of the Cataclysm and the events of Pandaria. She traveled the world with various sellsword companies, never staying with one for very long once Rakanis began to show up. There was one where she stayed on for several months, but that is only due to the fact that her lover at the time challenged Rakanis to a duel and won, forcing him to keep back and regroup.

She learned hot to effectively use a short spear, daggers, and her service revolver during this period.

During this period, she had several brief romantic encounters, experimenting with sexual encounters of her own gender. She understand her sexual attractions to both genders and continued romantic flings with both genders. Her most notable romantic relationships were with a hedge knight named Sir Gaerret Canmore and a Night Elf Druid named Leosa Glaivewing.

The Blackbirds
After separating from the Great Company (led by one Captain Perith) she traveled to the Stonetalon Mountains hearing of a campaign that was happening against the Horde. There she met Mattius Harrow, healed him, and eventually joined the Blackbirds.