[Bio] Sotauni Shadowcall

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Name: Sotauni ‘Shadowcall’ Suncaller
Age: 233
Race: Sin’dorei
Gender: Female
Class: Warlock


Languages: Thalassian, Common, Orcish, some Demonic


Personality: Calculating and cynical, Sotauni cares little for anyone besides herself. While she devoted the majority of her time after the fall of Silvermoon to sustaining the Sin’dorei people, the final betrayal of Kael’thas left no doubt in her mind that however well-intentioned someone might act, everyone is ultimately in it for themselves. It was then that she decided she would conduct herself similarly. Outwardly, she continues to work for the benefit of her people, but these days it has far more to do with remaining useful to those in power than any altruistic motives. Her manners and bearing are cultured and refined, a hold-over from her youth, but when it comes to her pursuit of personal power she is ruthless and uncompromising. She never forgets a slight, however minor, and will often go to great lengths to take revenge.


Likes: Power- both fel abilities and authority over others. Sotauni was an avid reader in her youth and although the scholarly tomes have given way to shadowy grimoires, it remains a constant habit of hers.
Dislikes: Incompetence in any form. She has a very strict idea of proper etiquette and does not tolerate rudeness.


Appearance: At 6’3” Sotauni is quite tall for her race. She stands straight and unbent but is unhealthily thin, in fact she looks as if a good strong breeze could knock her over. She once might have been elegant, even beautiful, but a combination of time, grief, and dark practices has long since taken its toll on her. Her smooth, creamy skin has become a sickly, unnatural, pallid color one usually associates with a long term illness. At one time full and golden, her hair was now bleached and dull; it hangs in limp strands about her face. Her cheeks have a slightly sunken look to them and dark circles stand out prominently under her eyes, which blaze a bright fel green. Sotauni most often dresses in dark robes of black or violet and always wears a voluminous black cloak that almost seems to swallow her slender figure. She carries no weapons but a short metal scepter topped with a fel green orb.


Strengths: She is a powerful spellcaster; her corrupting and decaying spells that work over time are particularly potent. Sotauni is also extremely iron-willed and this has helped her not only overcome the numerous obstacles she has faced throughout her life, but also serves her well when dealing with lesser demons she must dominate or enslave.
Weaknesses: She is not a team player; often times when she is in a group or unit she is too preoccupied vying for a position of power over the others to focus on the task at hand. She is also exceedingly frail physically and completely useless in any sort of melee combat.


History: Born Sotauni Amberflame, she displayed a talent for the arcane at a young age and, as was normal for such children of the Quel’Dorei, was raised to practice the art. When she was older she attended Sunstrider Academy to further her education. It was there she met Falior Suncaller, a bright young magister who would later go on to teach at the school. They married after her graduation and spent several happy decades together.

After Arthas’ march on the Sunwell and the razing of Silvermoon, they thought themselves fortunate to both have survived when so many others had not; including the rest of their immediate families. Their relief was short-lived however, when their newly revealed arcane addiction manifested itself. Falior, always the stronger and more talented arcanist of the two, felt the pangs of withdrawal much sharper than Sotauni. Wracked with physical and mental hunger pains, he slowly began to descend into madness. Aware that his sanity was slipping away, he took his own life in a desperate attempt to keep from devolving into a Wretched.

Sotauni was left alone in the ruins of her homeland with nothing but her grief. In her sadness, she turned to darker forms of magic; taboo practices that had once existed only on the fringes of accepted society. Originally, she studied necromancy, scavenging or stealing any tomes on the subject she could find with the hopes of bringing Falior back. Fortunately, she gave up the pursuit when she came to realize that there was no restoring him to true life. Grief-maddened as she was, she could not bring herself to damning him to walk the earth as a mindless zombie or shade.

Finally forced to accept once and for all that she would never get him back, Sotauni sought comfort in the only place she had left, the dark magics she had quickly grown proficient in. She started to refer to herself as Shadowcall, unable to bear even hearing his name. Following the new mana-siphoning teachings promoted by Kael’thas, she began to lean toward more and more Fel practices, eventually finding that she was a much more gifted as a warlock than she had ever been as a mage.

While Kael’thas was in Outland, Shadowcall found new purpose in fortifying the Sin’Dorei people. She was among the magisters and warlocks who maintained the Fel crystals scattered throughout Quel’Thalas, helping to provide the Blood Elves with an alternate source of magic to satiate their addiction. These days, she continues her work in helping to maintain the ley-line sanctums and occasionally runs 'errands' for the local nobles or commanders; tasks that require her certain skill set.