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ADRASTEIUS AGE Several hundred years; looks to be in his 20s HOMETOWN Quel'thalas SPECIES Sin'dorei (blood elf) FAMILY Parents (deceased); twin brother Aurelius (somewhat deceased) HEIGHT 5'3 WEIGHT 110 lbs LANGUAGE Thalassian; Common; Darnassian; Orcish; Gutterspeak OCCUPATION Magister; priest of the Light; agitator DISLIKES the system LIKES justice

Adrasteius was born in Eversong Woods, the great forest surrounding Silvermoon City. He lived a life of relative peace until his early adolescence, when both he and his twin brother joined the military. Adrasteius trained as a combat medic, while Aurelius became a warrior. Although Adra was born with an inborn talent for fire magic, he was more drawn to the Holy Light--introduced to the population of Quel'thalas by the humans of Lordaeron. He went on pilgrimage to the cathedral in Stormwind, and became a fervent believer in the Light's message of grace, hope, and acceptance. As a young man, he was idealistic and kind, with a burgeoning intensity both for his faith and the good work it called him to perform. However, the atrocities of war eventually hardened his passion into something sharper, more aware. He saw the growing arrogance and complacency of his people; their cruelty; their carelessness. He saw his brother, becoming overindulgent, falling to various addictions. Adra left the military, frustrated and disillusioned, but with no clear channel for action. He took more frequent pilgrimages; prayed on it. And then the Fire Nation Scourge attacked, and everything changed. 90 percent of the quel'dorei died. Their Sunwell, the source of their magic, was corrupted and destroyed. Their forests burned. Their city was in ruins. And, in the aftermath, they were weak and sick, suffering from an addiction they didn't even know they had. It was in the crucible of this tragedy that Adra became the person he is now. In the immediate wake of the Scourge's genocide and the demon blood cocktails, Adrasteius fell into despair. He had lost his parents to the fire, and he had lost his brother to an unstoppable spiral of addictions--to magic, to alcohol, to sex, etc. During this time, Adrasteius lost his connection to the Light. He turned instead to the unrealized potential for magecraft inside him, got tattoos all over his body, and came back to Silvermoon with a vengeance. He developed an intolerance for intolerance, and as the situation in his city worsened (becoming essentially 1984 with elves), his fury grew. In the course of this, he found the Light again, more powerfully than ever. He became a Magister, he shouted on the streets, and he spent a lot of time cooling his heels in jail. As can be surmised, Adrasteius is an intense personality. He hates injustice, hates greed, decadence, apathy, corruption, nationalism, snobbery, nobility as an entire concept, etc. Adra is forceful and often brusque in speech, and he backs up his views with action: if he can't get a law passed to increase the flow of food and supplies to the starving and the sick, he'll go and distribute those things himself. He will never deny anyone the help they need: healing, food, shelter, whatever he can do. If he had the physical capability, he'd invite every needy citizen into his house every night for dinner. As it stands, his house is well-visited. However, his warmth can be overbearing. Although age and experience have cooled his tendency towards snap judgment and bettered his patience, he has limits, especially for anything properly defined as 'shenanigans'. He is definitely that friend who thinks he knows what is best for everyone, and who gets irritated if his ideas are rebuffed. He also has a very clear and rigid notion of what is right and what is wrong, and swaying him from his perception of morality is difficult. He is extremely religious, even after coming to understand that the Light is more fallible than it seems, and very devoted to his faith. Ultimately, though, he simply believes in the basic, intrinsic value of life itself. Everyone is worth something, because life is a miracle, and the possibilities are forever endless. Anyone can choose good at any time. Anyone can be loved and forgiven. He believes this deeply: he has to believe it, because it's what he wants for his brother, and it's what he wants for himself. POWERS PRIESTCRAFT Adra considers himself a priest above anything else. He is a healer of considerable skill, having studied the Light for literally hundreds of years. He can heal both minor and grievous wounds; cure diseases and dispel bad magic; shield others & himself from damage; and he can get you back up if you fall unconscious. He also practices Shadow magic, albeit with extreme caution, as its power can easily lead to madness. He once rejected the darkness entirely, but recent revelations have lead him to understand that its usefulness cannot be denied, and that it is an indelible part of the Light he so dearly loves. MAGIC DRAIN Like all blood elves, Adra is capable of eating magic. He can sense its presence in a person, creature or object, and he can draw it out for consumption. He is not fond of taking magic from the living, but, in desperate times ... WEAKNESSES DOES NOT LIFT Physically, Adrasteius is not much to write home about. He's thin and has only the barest wisp of muscle tone. Having always relied on magic and being possessed of generally lesser stamina than the average bear (/resting vegetable), he needs a training regimen, stat. MAGIC ADDICTION All of his people are addicted to magic, and Adra's no exception. Though the revived Sunwell has helped ease this sickness, Adra's craving has not left him ... and it'll likely become more pronounced now that he is far from that holy fount. His extraordinary discipline allows him to go without for longer than average, but not even he can resist it forever.

( codes by whambam )