Kaegis von Shaunrich

Kaegis von Shaunrich currently serves faithfully as a Champion of the Steelmane Gang under the command of Edgar von Steelmane  . He is a well-known individual throughout the Ebon Blade for his persistant loyalty to Darion Mograine. He currently resides in the Fleshworks, located in Icecrown, where he conducts horrific tortures and experiments in necromancy.

Appearance
Beneath his saronite greathelm is a man with a pale skin complexion, a duelist beard wrapped about his lips. His hair would drape down to the back of his neck, neatly combed and parted in a dashing hairstyle. Not many are given the opportunity to see the Undead's suprisingly handsome features, as he refers to his armor as a second layer of flesh. He stands at 6'8", weighing around 265 lbs. If one were to look upon his face, they would predict him to be in his early 30's when the truth of the matter would be that Kaegis himself has lost count on his own age long ago. Not many scars from battle have reached his face, one scar from a blade stretching down from the left side of his forehead, skipping over his frozen blue eye socket to stretch further down his cheek and end at his chin. His second and final scar stretches a short distance down the right side of his upper lip to end at the base of his clefted chin. His elegant hair is a hue of dark blue, though looks onyx from a distance. Thick eyebrows sit above his eyes, his chest blackened from the bushy hair that occupies it, stretching down to the base of his toned chest. The Ebon Knight is very well built, his muscles no longer changing in his state of undeath, remaining as they were in life.

Kaegis proudly flaunts a saronite helmet upon his head, two gems stamped into the eye sockets to cover his icy-blue gaze. The gems are often concealed by an eerie fog that constantly flows in their midsts, the fog flows out of the eye sockets to dissipate into thin air after reaching a certain distance away from the center of the gems. Three saronite spires decorate the top of his helmet, two sprawling up on either side of the greathelm while the third sprouts up from the center, a large crystal shard similar to it's eye sockets glowing in the center of the third spire. At the base of the greathelm would be a row of small saronite chains, each one hooked to the undersides of Kaegis' pauldrons to keep the helmet from being unwillingly torn from his head during combat.

A saronite gorget stretches from the upper part of his chest to cover the majority of his throat from most projectiles and blades to the throat. After too many close calls dealing with his throat, he finally decided to forge a gorget to protect himself from attacks that would do serious damage.

Upon Kaegis' broad shoulders sit two large pauldrons, one adorned with three dangerous spikes as well as a rigid layer of saronite covering while the other was carved into a frightening symbol of undeath, each pauldron produces a frigid fog to swirl about Kaegis' body. The fog would reduce what moisture lingered in the air in his radius into delicate flakes of ice, which drop to the ground to be reformed into small puddles of ice.

Beneath his pauldrons are two silky, purple straps that lead down to a solid purple tabard with the claymore of the Ebon Blade stretching down it's center, bordered with a thin strip of grey around the edges. His tabard would be found neatly tucked in at the waist to hang lazily beneath his stomach. Occasionally, the tabard of the Steelmane Gang would rest tauntingly upon his chest rather than that of the Ebon Blade as if daring onlookers to approach him with complaints.

Beneath the elegant tabard would lie a thick chestplate made up of saronite, protecting his core from most physical and some magical attacks. Knicks and scars from countless battles are scattered over it's surface, indicating the Ebon Knight isn't a stranger to combat. The fur-lined chestpiece comfortably fits over Kaegis' body, ensuring maximum protection to his chest and torso regions.

Wrapped around his waist is a saronite belt, having really no true purpose besides matching with the rest of his purple garb.

Covering the majority of his legs are rigid, saronite legplates. Within every ridge are intricate swirls of decoration. At the knees of the legplates would be extra protection, acting as a brace against impacts that would otherwise shatter his bones. The inside of the legplates are lined with smooth fur, mainly because the Ebon Knight likes the texture as his internal temperatures are already freezing, a feature that comes with being a walking corpse.

His feet are covered by bulky, purple sabatons. A short lip curls out from the top of the front of the boots, skulls stamped into the lips for extra decoration. With every step, beneath his boots sprout icy-blue veins that spider-web their way through the ground beneath him ending around 6 inches away from the center of each step.

Strapped upon his back is a massive sheath, being 8 inches wide and 40 inches long. The sheath connects to the underside of his right saronite pauldron, stretching down to hang loosely behind the back of his left kneecap. Jutting from the top of the sheath would be a 10 inch handle, 2 of the 10 inches being made up of the decorative pommel. In the center of the pommel rests a fine-cut glowing gem, occasionally flashing a faint light blue color. On either side of the flashing gem sprouts out two small, pointed spires having the sole purpose of decoration. Stretching up the entrie 8 inches of the handle is a sandy colored grip-tape that ensures a tight grip during combat. The base of the actual blade is decorated with curled saronite, runes stretching all the way up the center of the blade to end at the forked top of the runeblade. Between the two pronged ends at the crown of the 40 inch blade sits a large orb of runic power, the nucleus of the runeblade's power. Once fully drained, the runeblade's color would be reduced to a lifeless shade of grey, the orb that once radiated a greenish-blue light would be completely diminished. After having the runeblade forged by Scourgelord Mardirum Blight, Kaegis named the powerful weapon after his primary talent, Bloodrend.

Childhood
Kaegis was born into a wealthy family within the protection of one of the once most largest cities in northern Lordaeron, Andorhal. Kaegis' mother, Katherine von Shaunrich was a well-known bakery owner while Kaegis' father was a propserous butcher. Between the income of the bakery and the meat shop, Kaegis' family was well over a middle-class family.



Kaegis was spoiled growing up, having everything he could possibly need at his fingertips thanks to the service of several house-maidens. Though he never saw his mother or father as they were busy with the agricultural trading business, though he never really minded. Kaegis was educated under the tutelage of Lord Auren Keel, a wise Paladin who was known for his heroic deeds against the Old Horde during the Second War. Auren was a seasoned war veteran who was covered in ancient scars from various battles. He somewhat favored an elderly Maxen Montclair, Duke of Westridge with his thick white beard, bushy eyebrows, and his neat, elegant hairstyle.

Kaegis was occasionally caught with tomes of necromancy by his house-maidens, who were sworn to silence after being threatened by the hostile young paladin. Lord Auren Keel constantly tried to steer Kaegis to the proper path, but his efforts were in vain. While continuing to floruish in his trainings he also continued to become more and more educated with the arts of necromancy.

The entire city of Andorhal was informed of Kaegis' actions before long, as he was the normally the main topic of discussion as the son of one of the most wealthy and successful families in the city. The young adult becoming more and more feared throughout the city for his dark and mysterious behavior. It became such an issue that Kaegis was required to be accompanied by an armed escourt throughout the city for fear that he would lash out at a citizen that looked at him in the wrong way. Having already finished his studies as a Paladin, he didn't have many activities or studies to keep him busy, giving him more time to brush up on his necromancy.

Conversion
As Kaegis grew older and matured, he slowly improved and became the hero that Andorhal had expected the day that he was born. Necromancy was a thing of the past, he was a changed man and had only one goal which was to get as far away from necromancy as he could. He began to be accepted by the citizens, performing small tasks to gain a positive reputation, whether it be helping a farmer tend to his crops or fend off dangerous creatures from the city's outskirts. He was enlisted in the Alliance's military, commanding armies against the might of the Burning Legion. He was rewarded for his brave actions with a swift climb through the ranks, ending the war as a Commander of the

Alliance's Military. He soon recieved word that Andorhal had been attacked, quickly assembling a small fighting force to strike back at the Undead Scourge. Kaegis wasn't aware on how outnumbered they were until it was too late.

The small force of 50 soldiers were horrified to find their city burning with ghouls and abominations running rampant through it's streets. They marched towards their impending deaths, being met at the bridge by a band of vicious ghouls. The group fought their way through horrific abominations, finally ending in the heart of the city. The group was now reduced to 20 men, Kel'Thuzad was both amused and impressed by them surviving this far, deciding against killing them to instead raise them as minions of the Undead Scourge. After the battle that followed their meeting, the brave soldiers lie slain before Kel'Thuzad. The powerful lich effortlessly rose the lot of them as servants of the Undead Scourge, Kaegis specfically as a Death Knight, a powerful instrument to serve beneath the Lich King.

Meeting Terygos
During his services to the Undead Scourge, Kaegis was recognized by Darion Mograine - a Commander of the Undead Scourge - for his unyielding ferocity in combat and expertise in combat, showing far more potential than his fellow initiates. Kaegis was given command over a band of Death Knight acolytes as well as Scourge Necromancers and instructed to patrol Dragonblight to raise the corpses of the slain dragons

as powerful weapons of the Scourge.

During their patrol through a frozen cavern in northern Dragonblight, they stumbled upon a group of 7th Legion Wyrm Hunters, who happened to be hauling behind a fresh captive. Their captive was Terygos, a mighty blue wyrm who was among the few survivors of the Blue Dragonflight. He was known for his ferocity and hostility throughout Dragonblight, feared especially by the citizens of Valiance Keep after suffering through more than one of his attacks.

The Scourge patrol slew the 7th Legion without remorse, raising their corpses as ghouls to accompany them on their hunt for frostbroods. Terygos was cut loose from his bindings but had already died due to

severe blood loss from being ambushed by the Wyrm Hunters. The Necromancers rose the beast as an instrument of the Scourge, binding the beast to Kaegis' temporary command.

After uncovering Galakrond's Remains, the Scourge decided it was time to report their findings to Darion Mograine. Kaegis was rewarded with his first frostbrood because of his impressive leadership, naming the beast 'Titan' to exhibit the beast's strength even further.

Battle for Light's Hope
Shortly before the battle for Light's Hope Chapel, Kaegis went on a crazed killing spree, fueled by the inspiration of the Lich King's words. The citizens of the Scarlet Enclave were ruthlessly murdered, the town burned and pillaged in the name of the Scourge. Kaegis was ordered by Darion Mograine to attend the battle of Light's Hope, being one of the few remaining Lieutenants of the Scourge.

After the battle of Light's Hope, Kaegis was ordered to travel to Stormwind to inform King Varian Wrynn of the events that occured that day. After being dismissed from his duties by Darion Mograine, Kaegis became loosely affiliated with the Ebon Blade, becoming more attached to small criminal organizations here and there.

He began to study the art of Plaguecrafting, using it in his battles to fight with concoctions rather than weapons. The strategy was successful for a good deal of time, but eventually he grew bored of the fighting style and reverted to using actual weapons.

The Steelmane Gang
After hearing more and more about the Steelmane Gang making a comeback from a long period of silence, Kaegis became interested in it's purpose, having grown tired of jumping from organization to organization. He finally decided to confront Edgar von Steelmane with the proposition of lending his aid to the Gang only temporarily, just to see how they worked. After many fights alongside Lord von Steelmane, he proved himself to be a worthy Champion for the Steelmane Gang. Kaegis finally wished to become a permenant member of the Gang, rewarded with a quick climb through the ranks due to his agressiveness and combat expertise. Having saved Edgar on many occasions, Lord von Steelmane was happy to have such a skilled Champion watching his back.