Vorrek Threnvain
Basic Information
Bloodline Ability
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Physical Description
Vorrek stands tall and lean even by drow standards, his obsidian-dark skin offset by close-cropped white hair worn far shorter than any Drow Noble of standing would typically allow. His eyes carry the deep red glow common to his bloodline, though he has trained himself to keep them half-lidded and unreadable in mixed company, a habit that, paired with his stillness, earned him his nickname. He dresses with deliberate plainness: dark grays and blacks, unadorned, with a pair of curved short blades worn openly at his hips rather than hidden, a quiet statement that he has nothing left to conceal. Where most Drow Nobles move to be noticed, Vorrek has spent years learning to move as though he were never there at all.
Across Vorrek's left shoulder runs a faded scar where a House Threnvain crest-tattoo once was, not removed cleanly, but scratched out by his own hand the night he fled. He rarely speaks of it, and the few who have asked have only ever gotten silence in return. True to his nickname, he can hold a watchful, unblinking stare for unsettling lengths of time, a side effect of years spent standing guard in total darkness where blinking meant missing something that could kill you. Children, oddly, are rarely bothered by it, if anything, they seem to find it reassuring, as though nothing could possibly sneak past a man who never looks away.
Personality
- Unshakeable vigilance, even in calm moments
- Calm and methodical under real pressure
- Honors agreements exactly as stated, no more and no less
- Discreet to a fault, secrets are simply not repeated
- Surprisingly gentle and patient with children
- Treats every post as though lives depend on it
- Deep, reflexive mistrust of nobility and politics
- Emotionally guarded to the point of seeming cold
- Holds himself to standards few others could meet
- Uneasy with surface customs and casual etiquette
- Dark, dry humor that unsettles those unused to it
- Struggles to delegate, assumes he'll do it better alone
"In my house, the children who blinked first were the ones who didn't get a second chance to learn from it. I would rather stand at this gate for forty years than let that happen to one more child."
"You hired me to watch the door. I will watch the door. What you do not need is for me to also watch your dinner conversation, though I will hear it regardless."
- Quiet nights and predictable routines
- Maintaining and sharpening his blades
- Gardens after dark
- Being given a task and left to do it
- Earned trust, given plainly
- Court politics and those who play at them
- Cruelty toward those who cannot fight back
- Being patronized about his heritage
- Large, unscreened crowds near his charges
- Orders given and then second-guessed