Ooh, a very cool idea! Amazing music, too. I had a hard time deciding between two characters – might even post the other one here later too, in case she iterests you more – but here.
Name: Maelonn
Race: sylvari
Class: engineer
Story: Maelonn is an eternal optimist. Nothing can bring him down, and he will personally straighten you up if you ever dare lose hope. He’s a typical Noon Bloom, always rushing ahead and preferring actions to words. He’s not one to sit still for very long when there’s so much to do, and can be very impatient if events take too long to unfold. Despite this reckless behavior, he’s very caring, gentle, keeping each of Ventari’s teachings close to heart and defending anyone who needs it. He makes friends rather easily, although he has some trouble getting people to take him seriously because of his appearance – particularly non-sylvari. Even to his kin, at least the older ones, he’s often just this cheery brother figure who’s fun to be around.
He used to be very naive, trusting everyone to be good and rushing off without thinking about consequences first. Meeting Gavin showed him the world isn’t always sunshine and rainbows, making him more considerate of his actions and considerably calming him down. It was also first of the many things to confuse him with its grayness – the Nightmare Court is evil, but Gavin kept calling him friend, just as Ventari was a centaur, but travelling to Kryta forced him to defend against and kill many other centaurs. It’s all so very not black and white, and Mae still doesn’t really understand why the world works as it does – which is why he busies himself with the battle against the dragons, as it is clear and easy to understand. He tends to take every failure personally, even though people repeatedly tell him there was nothing he could have done. This often leads him to try harder and be better, even at the cost of his own health.
Mae was eventually drawn to the Durmand Priory in hopes of gaining understanding of the world in ways he couldn’t achieve on his own. His cheery demeanor and thirst for knowledge immediately earned him friends and respect in the ranks of the order. Joining the Priory also took him to the Shiverpeaks, which fascinated him to no end – for a little sylvari who’s only vaguely glimpsed snow, the experience was overwhelming. (He actually tried to bring snow back to the Grove to show to little saplings, though obviously that plan majorly backfired.) He still frequently freezes his ears and foliage because he’s an idiot who forgets to wear hats, but that doesn’t stop him from hopping up and down the Shiverpeaks in search of lost things and people to be helped.
After the fall of Zhaitan (a battle he took part in as a Priory Explorer, subsequently promoted to Magister) Mae continued working as a Priory-based Pact operative, earning a promotion to Commander for his efforts against the Molten Alliance. Since then he actively assisted in the ongoing battle against Scarlet Briar and her minions, both in the field and with relief efforts. Taking the fall of Lion’s Arch personally, as he takes many failures, Mae was among the first to rush in to evacuate the city. In his haste to help, he came down with a fairly bad case of miasma poisoning, which he survived – but also suffered permanent damage to his respiratory system.
Over time, he’s become this sort of a mentor character both to the saplings back at the Grove, as well as the younger researchers at the Priory. He’s an adventurer at heart, but if you asked him, he would say that the best part about being away is being able to return back home and see all his friends and the familiar, safe gardens. He’s made a habit of telling stories to saplings, detailing all his adventures and bringing souvenirs from wherever he’s been if possible. He also makes frequent visits to the Noon gardens to spend time with the White Stag he helped rescue. He finds life in the Grove stable, something he can always return to even after all the terrible things that have happened.
