Ethne Woodward

[category: alliance] [category: The_Scarlet_Battalion] [category: human] [category: Paladin]

= Ethne Perrine Woodward =

Nation: Lordaeron, Stromgarde Race: Human, Female Affiliation: Scarlet Crusade, Lightbringer Division (Guild: The Scarlet Battalion) Date of Birth: 26th Day of the Eigth Month of the 600th year

= History = A child of the celebration of the Second Great War's end, Ethne was born in Hillsbrad to a doting mother (from Stratholme) and a now-former sergeant halberdier from Strom.

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It was through the support of her father's fomer comrades that the 'Axe-Breaker of the Wall' would never need to worry for a place for his daughter after her visiting Alonsus Chapel in Stratholme with her mother and her devotion towards the Light.

Squire
Ethne's mother fought in the Third War amongst the lines of what became the Scarlet Crusade. Her mother had arrived following Arthas' Purge, and from her Ethne has derived her inspiration towards their cause. Her father's death in the fight to hold Thoradin's Wall alongside her, bringing her to pick up his fallen warhammer and hold the line along with her betters until sent to Strom for more propper training.

Present
In the seventh month of the year 620, Ethne bowed her knee before Brother Crowley, and swore an oath of allegience that she would seek out and strike at the marks of heresy and corruption where she found them, that she would not rest until Lordaeron was free of the traces of the walking dead, and of allegience to the Crusade in the form of service to the Lightbringer Division.

She remains a squire, but as a bonded squire with her new oath taken. Where her further instruction will be from is yet to be seen. Will it be from old hands of the Order of the Silver Hand, or will the members of the Scarlet Crusade be her mentors?

At best a somewhat misguided, but devoted follower of the Light in its dictates of the virtues of Respect and Tenacity, but begining to falter in her sense of compassion. Her mother's position with the Scarlet forces in Crusader's Square has only increased their influence over her, as the only member of her family she knows survived the initial strife in Lordaeron. It is uncertain, however, how much influence the New Order of the Silver Hand, which is whispered of being formed, has or will have in her course. Her philosophical aims are somewhat muddled, but by no means forgotten. She does face the paradox of the Crusade's actions, but her sympathy for her mother (whom she knew as among the most devout and devoted followers of the Light, as she grew up) serves as only another reason to be sympathetic to the Crusade

At her worst, she is suspicious, somewhat arrogant, draconian in efficiency and steadfast in her sense of duty. She does not view that honor is paramount in all things, and as such does make it as great a consideration on the battlefield for the living - and has no place against the undead. The rumblings of organizations such as the various Ordos have furthered her paranoia of the governments in Stormwind and elsewhere, as providing proof of the inherrant corruption that crippled humanity in the war and prevented it from victory on its own terms. She is highly sympathetic to the Inquisitorial Orders, which stand to be greatest influence to her outside of her history and the Crusade. She abides, as a rule, by the rule of law, as a rule, but does so primarily out of a sense of order and respect for the rule of law as a human institution of strength. She would not be discouraged however, from the summary execution of a grave robber or necromancer, even if it does not fall under the auspices of the Magistrates or the Law's grasp. She is willing to work with bloody hands to cleanse the organs of humanity herself, if the need presents itself.