Aelfirth Rulfgar

Aelfirth Rulfgar, also known as Aelfirth the Cursed, was a personal bodyguard in the Gilnean Royal Guard and an adviser to King Genn Greymane.

Since the fall of Gilneas, Aelfirth left the Royal Guard for reasons unspoken. He rejoined the military later and found placement in a tactical division. He engages in mercenary work when there isn't a war on.

Description
Aelfirth was the archetypal Gilnean warrior. He grew into the body of an ox, and had the strength of a team.

Silverpine eyes sit beneath a Blackrock brow. His beard was messy and black like charcoal. His skin was worn and knew each day's weather well. All of the bones that were broken climbing to his peak have reformed into more formidable positions.

Biography
Not much can be gathered and collated about his past, but, this may be possible to know for the right people...

Aelfirth was raised in wealth. His father was a knight in the royal guard and his mother was the daughter of an industrial arms salesmen. He was raised in the city - the good part.

When he turned six, he started as a page for his father. By twelve, he was his squire. By eighteen, Aelfirth was knighted and was placed in charge of a small home defence unit.

He was promoted shortly after into the Gilnean Royal Guard with his father, where he spent most of his years. As he grew, he became closer to the royal family. By the time the Northgate Rebellion came around, he was in a position to lead. He became a close adviser of King Genn Greymane.

The Worgen curse broke out in the high time of his life. Although Aelfirth helped to save his people, it was those events that saw him leave the royal guard too. He successfully avoided being bitten by worgen, but, in all irony found a much worse curse to live with.

Little is known about this time in his life.

Some time later, he rejoined the Grand Alliance military and serves to this day in the Seventh Legion's Bloodland Five - a classified group.

"The Cursed"
For those that were there, Aelfirth came under a cursed pact shortly after the fall of the Greymane wall. Aelfirth made a deal with one of the wild gods of Gilneas while he was fatally struck by the blight of the Forsaken. He cried out to a death god and made a pact.

The details are unknown but it was an unholy deal. Aelfirth was granted the means to defeat his enemies, to suffer their wrath, but gave up much in return.

The Warrior
Aelfirth is in an elite standing. His prowess on the battlefield is bolstered by his years of experience, and crucially, his understanding of fear, weaponry and magic.

Armor
Aelfirth wears a suit of ghost-steel armor. He nailed a demon's skull down onto his pauldron sometime at the beginning of the Legionfall War. The ghost-steel regulates the flow of the Fel energy and radiates with it. It seems to have had positive effects on its efficacy.

Weaponry
• Greatsword: 5'9" long and weighs 2.7 kilograms, Dark Iron & Mithril edge.

• Bastard sword: 3'3" long and 0.9kg, Fel-Iron.

• Dagger: 13 inch long, steel.

• Single-action revolver, .45 calibre.

He also has a series of other trinkets, engineering gadgets and so forth for specialist situations.

Magic
Aelfirth has some skill in shadowmancy and the dark craft. He isn't a warlock by any means, but his curse has helped him hone abilities that would otherwise be deemed unnatural. Among these curiosities is his physical attributes.

Aelfirth's curse has given him unnatural endurance, strength and swiftness - attributes he ought not have. Unfortunately, these attributes have made him vulnerable to divine and natural magics. His soul reacts negatively to positively charged magics.

The Badass
Aelfirth has a strong personal philosophy. He's a man of principle and lives by a moral code. But, he has a way with foul-language and a demeanour that is brutally honest. Aelfirth won't stand for anyone's bull. He says what he means and does what he thinks is right. This is somehow a rare quality. Perhaps, it's rare due to the bullish nature with which he proceeds.