Lina'ven (Azeroth)
| Lady Lina'ven Sunglare | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Lina'ven (Shadowlands-Current) [AI] | |
| Personal Details | |
| Age | 528 |
| Birth Date | 488 BDP (6312 Y.S.) |
| Race | Appears as a Sin'dorei |
| Class | Warlock |
| Faction | Horde, the Sin'dorei, though she considers herself largely Independant |
| Roleplay Info | |
| Status | Active |
| Occupation | Lady of House Sunglare (defunct), Independant Warlock
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| Location | Currently in Eastweald
Y'lygari (home in the Void) Formerly Ghostlands |
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Calendar Note
The Azeroth Calendar here uses the After Dark Portal (ADP) system, where Year 0 marks the Dark Portal’s opening, and Year 20 ADP aligns with the Culling of Stratholme during the Third War. The current year is 40 ADP (or 6840 Y.S, Years of the Sunwell). Lina'ven was 508 before the Scourging of Quel'thalas, with her birth year being 488 Before Dark Portal (BDP) or 6312 (Y.S.).
The Northern Kingdom's custom months (e.g., Springtide for March, and Verdantfall for August) overlay this timeline.
Biography
Lina'ven Sunglare, or just commonly known as Lina'ven (or Lina) came from a rich and noble family in Southern Quel'thalas (Ghostlands) known as House Sunglare. They were active for over two millenia, and their golden age was after the Troll Wars. The noble House had influential arcanists, leyline analyzers, enchanters, and they were in the jewelcrafting, rare ore & mineral, and enchanting markets in the Southern regions too, which is how they obtained their wealth. While they primarily held influence over part of Southern Quel'thalas, they had a seat in Silvermoon's noble circle, and influence in the surrounding areas of the city - even if they didn't dabble too much into politics.
After Lina'ven was born into the family lineage 488 BDP (or 6312 Y.S. in the Thalassian calendar), she worked at her family's Enchanting and Jewelcrafting shop in Tranquillien in her early years, and enjoyed a privileged and comfortable lifestyle that her Houses' well over nine-figure income can afford. Even if she didn't get along with some of her siblings, she had good relations with her parents, and did whatever to make them proud. She was eventually sent to Silvermoon to learn arcane magic and become an arcanist, and potentially even the rank of Magister. She attended special classes, and had special and talented tutors and mentors paid for by the deep pockets of House Sunglare. Things went smoothly and were largely uneventful for the next 230 years, where Lina became a Arcanist and was on the path to become a Magister for the Silvermoon Magisters.
300 years ago Lina'ven's parents, the Lord and Lady of House Sunglare, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Members of the family and the House, along with Lina, were devestated and shocked. Especially since the House was now missing a Lord or Lady, or a guiding figure. Lina left Silvermoon and the Magisters to return home to the Houses' estate. Despite numerous and extensive investigation by authorities, no cause was found, and no perpetrators were caught either. Lina believes this was foul play, potentially politically motivated and was no normal disapearance, but Silvermoon shut down investigations quickly after not finding anything of note. Lina quit the Magisters for good, and continued to reside in Southern Quel'thalas. She fell into a slight state of depression, and avoided the public eye as she grieved the disappearance of her parents. However despite her broken heart, she still continued to master the magical arts, just without the help of Silvermoon or the Magisters. While she remained close to the estate - she traveled around Quel'thalas and beyond, looking around libraries and forgotten nooks for tomes of the arcane, forgotten techniques and teachings, and eventually forbidden magic.
There was a lot of internal debate and struggle over who will take over the House, because of the Lord and Ladies' untimely disappearance (presumed death) - there was especially a power struggle between Lina'ven and her siblings. Eventually it was determened Lina'ven was the rightful inheritor of the estate and its' assets, and she was pronounced as Lady Sunglare. Lina tried her best to manage the House in her parents' stead, however she was very uncertain and a little worried at first. She was anxious that she wouldnt live up her to parents' expecations, especially since this is a monumentous responsibility that suddely fell on her shoulders. She struggled quite a lot in the beginning, but with support from a couple close friends, she made it through her grieving and difficult times running House Sunglare.
During this time, and despite her new responsibility leading the House, she still focused on her magical studies and goal in becoming a powerful spellcaster like her parents' would've wanted her to. She eventually also discovered the existance of shadow magic, which she took a liking to and was infatuated with. So she secretly began to learn this new magic and this was her first steps in becoming a shadowmancer (and eventually a warlock). It was mostly because of her internal struggles, her parents foul disappearance, and her growing dislike of the Magisters that she persued dark magic - as well as a desire to become even stronger. Gradually becoming a proficent and advanced arcane & shadow mage.
During the events of the First War Lina didn't think much of the war going on in the human kindom far South. It wasn't until she looked deeper into events - and how it was aliens from a far off planet invading the kingdom with demonic magic that her interest was piqued.
Appearance
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Roleplay History
- ((Roleplay history with Lina'ven started in early-mid 2020, during the second-last quarter of the Battle for Azeroth expansion))
- Lina'ven was returning to her estate after killing and getting the bodies of murlocs on the coast of the Ghostlands to use in her rituals. Despite the Fourth War going on, and being alligned with the Horde and the Sin'dorei, she couldn't care less about the conflict - and wanted to stay neutral and independant. She would only enter if it threatened the safety of Quel'thalas. When she was almost home, a strange portal opened near her and two kul tirans popped out, one male and one female. Before she could react, the female viciously and brutally murdered the male, and that's when Lina knew something was wrong. After a quick battle Lina'ven subues the kul tiran, and brings her to a magicaly warded cell under her estate (in the prison). After interrogating and divining information out of the kul tiran, Lina determined that she was called Alpia, and she's a malevolent drust spirit out for revenge against kul tirans, and somehow got transported to the Ghostlands from Kul Tiras.
- Alpia was kept in the cell for weeks as Lina uncovered more information, and Alpia was under watch with Lina's demons. She found out the drust spirit took over a kul tiran's body, and the original soul was still trapped in the body. So Lina extracted the original kul tiran's soul with dark magic and placed her in a soul shard, and the soul explained who she is. She's Julia Sterntide, the daughter of Angus Sterntide who Alpia killed. Sometime later when Lina was away, Alpia was secretly using drust magic to weaken the wards of the cell, until eventually she phased right through it. A chase ensued between the demon guarding her and Alpia, but she was eventually able to run out of the underground prison. She was stopped by a powerful barrier around the prison building on the surface, and that's when Lina confronted her, however Alpia used a powerful drust spell to break the barrier leading to her to teleport away to Thros.
- Inbetween this time Lina'ven joined an organization that focused on nuturing diplomatic and peaceful relations between the different factions of Azeroth, mainly the Alliance and Horde. It was something that seemed promising to Lina because she didn't like the constant fighting and conflicts with the Horde and Alliance, thinking it's very foolish and pointless. However with some pressure from the Silvermoon govornment, Lina'ven slowly withdrew from the guild - because this was in the middle of the faction war.
- Lina'ven eventually tracked Alpia down in Kul Tiras, and she brought Julia's soul with her to get her body back. On the way they met a tidesage called Leshthiria the Greater, who Lina learns is a friend of Julia. There was a brief misunderstanding when Leshthiria saw Julia's soulshard, but the soul de-escalated things after she explained the situation. Leshthiria joins Lina'ven in hunting for Alpia, and they eventually track her down to an abandoned port. Lina fights the drust spirit, with the tidesage and Lina's trusted voidwalker helping her, where she manages to beat Alpia out of Julia's body. Before Lina had a chance to capture Alpia's soul, a harpy sorcerer (named Shar) and her army appears and saves Alpia's soul. The army overwhems Lina and so she had to errect a barrier around herself and Leshthiria, eventually having to teleport everyone away, including Julia's body. Everyone except for the voidlord, who she assumed they would kill. After teleporting everyone to safety, Lina'ven transfers Julia's soul back to her body, and Julia and Leshthiria reunited in person. They thank Lina'ven for her help.
- What Lina didn't know was her voidwalker wasn't killed and sent back to the Void, but was instead captured by Shar. He was easily persuaded to give up information on Lina'ven in exchange for being set free, which was a huge betrayal for Lina'ven who thought the voidwalker was her most trusted warlock demon ("Demon" in quotes, since Voidwalkers aren't technically demons). Lina'ven went back to the spot where Angus was killed and where his body was, and used soul magic to bring his soul back temporarily from the Shadowlands, where he explained what happened prior to exiting the portal, and information on Alpia, and how much of a threat she is to Kul Tiras. Lina'ven promised the man she'd deal with the drust spirit. From this point on Lina and Alpia became bitter and brutal rivals, where they considered eachother their worse enemy, and faced off multiple times, while Shar helped Alpia in the background (until Shar was eventually banished to the Shadowlands by Ellienore and Nashlette sometime before November 35 ADP).
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