Derek Renn

Where are the Cavalry?
Where is the rider? Where is his horse? Where is his shield? Where is his sword? Have they all gone? Have they all fallen? Have they all passed? Have they forgotten?

Background
Derek Renn was born shortly before the fall of Azeroth to a mercenary of Stromgarde (Adrian Renn) and his humble housewive (Alenna). His father was often hired away with his comrades to deal with brigands and rogues living in the Wetlands and Hinterlands before the Orcs invaded. At only three years old, his family was among many that fled to Lordaeron in front of the Orcish advances. With the victory of the Alliance secured a year later, Alenna and Adrian Renn were reunited in the ruins of Stromgarde, along with many other Arathi refugees and their warrior sons, brothers, and fathers. Adrian had lost an eye and had gained many scars in battle with the Orcs, and was still recuperating when Thoras Trollbane left for the Dark Portal. For the next 12 years, Adrian taught his son the many ways of combat. One in which Derek took a particular fondness to was that of the cavalry, as Stromgarde employed their own to cover the vast plains of the Highlands. With the return of the Horde, Adrian Renn went off help secure the internment camp now called Hammerfall. He was injured in the orc rebellion, but was killed during the upheaval and invasion of Stromgarde by the Syndicate and Ogres. Derek, now 17, would join the disenfranchised Law Enforcement arm of Stromgarde, hoping to secure the farmlands and homesteads of the Arathi while Galen Trollbane and his warriors retook the city. Derek was a simple Outrider for three years until being promoted to Deputy status, first for three years patrolling as the Second Deputy of the Highlands -- Thoradin's Wall and then for the next four years as the Deputy Marshal of the Arathi Highlands -- South Sector, which included many skirmishes with the Witherbark trolls as well as a joint investigation and military raid against Dun Modr with a dwarf from the Menethil Militia.

Derek was fourth in line for a promotion to the coveted Marshal of the Highlands position, and none of the four haggard war veterans above him were going anywhere anytime soon. Desperate for more action and fueled by the desire for combat many of Strom shared, he offered a brazen as obvious plan for a promotion for himself, but was rather intricately woven. Noting the loss of the Knights of the Silverhand, and hearing from adventurers over the years of the problems down in Stormwind, Derek proposed the creation of a new Arathi cavalry militia to aid their Arathi cousins in Stormwind. Since Stormwind never fully reformed the Brotherhood of the Horse, he figured that the need for a fast-acting law enforcement, military, and security force would be a welcome boon to the weary citizens outside of Elwynn. His plan was scrutinized and finally given the OKAY, with two stipulations: Derek would have to pay for the expenses himself and would have to recruit for the force from Stormwind locals.

His paperwork transfer of authority to Stormwind took three weeks and most of his savings and inheritance, but eventually Deputy Derek Renn became Marshal Derek Renn, serving the Alliance in Stormwind. He hopes to work closely with the Stormwind Guard and Stormwind lancers in spreading the martial and civilian law of Stormwind across her former territories. Currently he is investigating Defias and Horde movements and smuggling through Duskwood.