Cynlan Dawnstrider

Full Name: Cynlan Athanidor Dawnstrider

Race: Sin'dorei (blood elf)

Age: 73 (or his early adult years in human terms), though 4 of those were spent in the future.

Occupation: Champion of the Blood Knight Order; one-time First Sword of the Sun’s Wrath battalion; CEO of DawnStorm Enterprises

Languages: Thalassian, Orcish, limited Common (due to neglect of use)

Alignment: Lawful good (though the Alliance would disagree)

Physical description: Long ebon hair is left unbound to cascade freely to his lower back, and a thin strip of finely groomed facial hair decorates his sculpted facial features. He carries himself proudly with his shoulders back, head held high, as much from his military training as from his noble birth. Though the fel power that threatened to consume him early in his career has since been purged of his body, the side effects of its taint remain in the form of his pale but powerfully muscular physique and glowing green eyes. While on-duty, he dresses in meticulously polished (and technologically advanced) powered plate armor with a sharpened sword strapped across his back. Off-duty, he wears fine-tailored clothes befitting a scion of House Dawnstrider, accompanied by the blood-tempered ranseur that denotes his membership in the Blood Knight Order. Though few would have occassion to see it, his sojourn in the future has added a black dragon tattoo to his skin that covers his back and drapes across his left shoulder.

Personality: Cynlan puts the “knight” in Blood Knight. He strives to follow the sin’dorei virtues of loyalty, love, valor and piety to the letter, but he doesn’t hold others to that high water mark unless they’re fellow knights. He unwinds with the best of them, and can sometimes be seen joining his friends in drunken revelries around Silvermoon City. He smiles often and laughs easily, but takes his honor seriously.

Champion Dawnstrider is fiercely devoted to the sin'dorei, referred to by him as "my people." He is loyal to the Horde, but not over the needs of the blood elves. Exempt from this consideration are the blood elven traitors who stood by Prince Sunstrider's side as he tried to destroy the world, who earn nothing but hatred from him. Only slightly less hated are the traitorous high elves that hid deep in the Alliance instead of devoting themselves to avenging their fallen brethren. He has no love for the Alliance, who he condemns for abandoning the elves in their darkest hour, or the Silver Hand that gave the world their greatest evil, Arthas the Lich King. He does, however, have a fondness for Gorlocs and Taunka, a wary appreciation for the Naaru, and a small measure of respect for the Argent Crusade.

Skills: Born a noble of House Dawnstrider, Cynlan is highly educated and instructed in various noble pursuits, including calligraphy, singing and court etiquette. As a grand master engineer, he strives for perfection in all of his creations, even going so far as to mine and smelt his own ore to ensure the highest possible quality. As a knight, he’s well versed in chivalric conduct and pursuits, as evidenced by his treatise on Chivalry and the Blood Knight Order.

Combat Tactics: Cynlan follows the rules of valor in his battles, ensuring that his opponent knows a fight is about to commence before the first blow is struck. If an opponent resorts to dishonorable means in combat, however, Cynlan pulls no punches and will use every resource at his disposal to best his enemy, all while ensuring that his own honor remains intact. His knowledge of high explosives has sometimes come in handy in such instances.

Phobias and Weaknesses: After having been manipulated by a fel influence for many years, Cynlan masks his fear of infernal power with a deep-seated hatred for demons. He also has a fear of failure that sometimes leads him to second-guess his actions and orders. His three greatest weaknesses are his code of honor, his bloodlust on the battlefield, and Sindrael.

Pet Peeves: Cynlan tries not to let the world ruffle his feathers, but there are several annoyances that eat at his fine control – dishonorable knights, know-it-all warlocks, and people who insist he take a course of action that doesn’t agree with his code of honor. Nothing raises his ire more, though, than self-righteous Alliance paladins and their precious "Church of the Holy Light.”

Special Possessions: Every engineering marvel Cynlan creates is special to him, and each is marked with the Dawnstrider crest as a symbol of quality. He also owns two horses – a warhorse named Darkheart and a charger named Justice – a flying machine dubbed Mechahawk Mark II, and a mechano-hog he affectionately calls Charger. He has a few scavenged possessions from the ruined remains of his family’s Silvermoon City manor, awards bestowed upon him in the course of duty, a suit of dragonscale armor made from the hides of his first dragons slain, as well as a specially crafted ring and sword marking him as one of the great dragonslayers of the world. Even that blade, however, pales next to the recently reforged Dawnstrider family blade, Zaram’Belore. His greatest creation in this era is the Dawnstrider Powered Armor System (DPAS), currently in its Mark III iteration, though he has an infinitely more advanced version of it waiting for him in the future, named (appropriately enough) the DPAS Mark ∞.

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