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Gilthas looks like the trees and the forest he
is the guardian of, his skin slightly gnarled like the bark of a
tree, his green hair moving like leaves in the wind. His eyes look
at the world with quiet intent, his features have something feral
over them, making you wonder at times whether there is some animal
within him looking at you for its next meal.
Gilthas Moonshadow
Used to wandering the forests of the world on his
own, Gilthas is at ease with just himself for company. He does like
company from time to time, though, especially when his mood turns
dark and his memories turn to times long gone, to a different world...
The animal within him is close to the surface at
most times, showing itself and threatening to come out at the slightest
provocation, snarling and spitting at the world. He also has a more
gentle, melancholic side, though, which comes to the fore when he
is amongst friends and fellow Kaldorei. He has retained some knowledge
of songs and tales from previous times, and will share those gladly.
Ancient memories
Gilthas first came into the world in the years when
the first World Tree, Nordrassil, was still young. He grew up in
the forests at its feet, feeling a connection with nature, and rejoicing
in it. He was a young elf when the last of the Highborne were exiled
from the Elven lands, and set his first steps on the path of a Druid
guided by the Keepers of the Grove. The cycle of the years moved
slowly on, and he was content. He danced in the moonlight, travelled
through the lands of Kalimdor, and slowly learned more about what
it meant to be a Druid. One day, he was called to the sleep the
long sleep, and wander the infinite paths of the Emerald Dream.
The long sleep
His sleep was longer than most. For untold years,
Gilthas wandered the Emerald Dream. He has no clear memories of
that time, though. He does recall hearing the Horn of Awakening,
when most of his fellow sleepers were called from the Dream to defend
Nordrassil. His own paths were more twisted than those of others,
and he found his way out when all was lost, and the world was changed
once more.
Awakening
He emerged from the Emerald Dream with little power,
and had to start his training as a Druid again in the unfamiliar
lands of Teldrassil, newly raised from the waters of the ocean.
In travelling there he discovered that not all is well, the great
tree infected with some taint, the balance lost. He has some doubts
about Feral Staghelm, Master of the Cenarion Circle. The connection
Staghelm has with Teldrassil might mean the taint has spread to
him as well.
Many of his loved once from ancient times are gone,
and slowly he is discovering the new nation of the Kaldorei, nurturing
them as he once did his trees of old, and looking for allies both
within as well as without his ancient people.
For a single lonesome tree, however deep its roots
might dig, however wide its brances might spread, will fall more
easy to the storm than when it is in the middle of the forest. And
Gilthas feels that a new storm is coming...
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