Rhonya Steelheart

[Rhonya]

Name: Rhonya Steelheart
Alias: Rhon
Rank: True Blood Gosh'kar

Age: 28
Gender: Female
Race: Orc
Clan: Warsong (Doesn't know this ICly though)
Class: Shaman


Family: Therak Duskstalker (Former mate), Skorm+Mirek (Sons), Mira+Vaala (Daughters), Srelok Grimtide (Cousin), Sadok Sharptongue (deceased former mate), Grekthar Earthstorm (Former mate) , Kogra Windwatcher (Bloodsister) Gashuk (Mate).
Known Friends: Shrika, Sinami, Belthran, Lo'gush.
Known Enemies: Martur Von Hickory, Diederich, Dunderholm, Sarrif, Haluthious, Other old Cult of Shadow members, Blackblood tribe members, Luk Vileclaw.

Appearance:
Rhonya sometimes seems to be older than she really is, her expression is one of wisdom beyond her years, even though she still has a very youthful face.
The inner rim of her irises are a bright red color, while the rest of her eyes are a bright blue.

She doesn't stand tall in height, on the contrary. She's quite small, compared to other females. She doesn't have much muscle mass either, her shapes being soft and round instead of the normal bulkiness of most orcs.

Little bones and beads adore her belt and clothing, as well as feathers. Her body betrays she's given birth multiple times already, though she is still in very good shape.

Her black hair is long, reaching past her waist, sometimes adorned with some small braids and trinkets. One lock of hair at the front is white.
On her back is a complicated tattoo, formed of blue and black ink, runes twisting and turning around each other in a circle form. It covers most of her back.
The rest of her skin is oddly free of scars, almost unnaturally so, aside from a rune burned into the back of her right hand.

She carries a dagger with a rune on it, the steel shimmering with an odd light, almost as if it's alive in some way.

She wears a necklace with four beads on it, all in a different color, carved by hand clearly. A second necklace on a leather string is adorned with boar tusks.

Personality:
Rhonya is usually a very kind Orc, calm and quiet in nature. She's always ready to help others, even if it asks a lot from herself. Usually she sets the tribe and its members before her own needs and health, which has gotten her in trouble a lot of times already.
Rhonya is a very good listener and secretkeeper. She truly enjoys just talking to others and listening to their stories or their troubles and she'll always do her best to help them with their problems.
However, if someone manages to get Rhonya angry, her personality might suddenly shift. She can get very angry and lose herself in it, setting things on fire on accident or throwing with things, accompanied by a lot of yelling and cursing, something she almost never does normally.
Rhonya is still very insecure, if she thinks she's hurt someone when not meaning to, or did something wrong, she can become extremely shy and even start to stutter, or try lie her way out of things, though she's a very bad liar.
The past years have changed her a lot from the overly naive orc she used to be, to a more determined and more sure of herself orc. The soft edge is gone, revealing someone who knows more what she wants and what she fights for, albeit the insecurity still rears its ugly head at times.



History:
Rhonya's youth was a simple one, for her. She was raised by her uncle, Skar'lok Bloodaxe. He kept her away from most other orcs and races, actually keeping her hidden usually. Very early he discovered her shamanistic powers, but twisted and turned them, teaching her Dark Shamanism instead. Skar'lok was a Burning Legion follower, and seeing the inner strenght Rhonya had, he planned on turning her into the same direction. Because she was kept in solitude, Rhonya never learned this was the wrong way. Her uncle kept moving, staying out of the hands of the humans and other enemies, playing foul games, but keeping Rhonya safe.
When Rhonya was still young, he found a place for her in the Blightskull Clan, lead by a Shadowcouncil member warlock, Morkosh. He saw a potential in Rhonya, naming her his personal apprentice. Though soon he saw more in her than just that, tutoring her but also making her trust him with gifts and attention.
She trusted him blindly, naive and young. He kept her locked up inside huts, later inside Demonfall Canyon when things turned bad with the Cult of Shadow. The Forsaken hated Morkosh, blaming him of attacking them, and Rhonya was an easy target to take their anger out on.
Wasting away in the Canyon plagued by demons, Rhonya's only friend at that time was Shrika, who came to visit her often. Morkosh eventually handed Rhonya over to the Blackblood clan, arranging for himself a high position amongst them. At that time, Rhonya found out she was pregnant and she fled, following Shrika to Silvermoon.
There the Cult caught up with her and tried to kidnap her. However, some of the Red Blades who were in the city for business heard her screams and came to rescue her.
Grek'thar took her under his wing and convinced her to join the tribe in their travel to Nagrand, for the Kosh'harg. She kept herself aside, afraid the tribe would kill her if they found out what she was and that she was dragging along several demons in her mind.

Eventually after several months the tribe found out. However, Kozgugore and the Elders offered a place among them instead as a newblood, so they could help her with her problems and keep an eye on her. Rhonya saw no other choice than to accept. She swore she'd change her ways, and in her time as newblood she took the time to get back into good grace with the elements. This took about half a year before they finally answered her again.
After that her rise in the tribe began, Gosh'kar first under tutor Sadok Sharptongue.

Rhonya got more and more friends in the tribe, though she always carried the insecurity with her that she was still plagued by the demons and her past, always afraid Morkosh would come back for her and claim her firstborn son, Skorm, who was his blood. Also the Forsaken kept messing with her, following her, kidnapping her and cursing her whenever they got the chance.
Eventually Rhonya became High Shaman of the rebellion, found her mate Therak and served as advisor and leader of the spiritual things in the rebellion.
After the Rebellion she was awarded with the position of Thur'ruk, and took this somewhat reluctantly, not believing as much in herself as others seemed to do.

That Kosh'harg Rhonya finally got rid of the demons for good with help of the tribes Elders and Gashuk, banishing the demons after all those years they'd been with her. This took a very heavy toll on her though. The rituals also caused her hair to go from black to white, due to the sheer energy and life force it took from her to get rid of the demons.

Rhonya's mind has never been very strong after all this, but she keeps it hidden with a more tough posture and nearly never talks of these things. While on the surface she may seem very strong and secure about herself, this shatters quickly if pushed only a little.
She herself finds she's got a good and secure position in the tribe at the moment, even though she's still insecure about herself and her powers.

Her time in Draenor with the tribe was a messy one, where she got seperated from the tribe but found them soon enough again. Her bloodbrother Bloodmark dissapeared, but she gained a new one, in the form of Chieftain Kozgugore Feraleye. She never expected him to accept her offer, but seeing they'd grown rather close those months, to Rhonya's surprise, he accepted. The months in Draenor were hard for her, because she aided in some emotional rituals as well as losing her mate, Therak, due to an argument in which she realised things had been going bad already for a while. When Krogon died, Rhonya took the last hard blow to her feelings and emotions, shoving herself back behind a wall, focusing completely on the tribe and her duties, instead of on herself.

In the battle of Tanaan, Sadok suddenly confessed to her that he had always loved her and couldn't keep it to himself anymore. Rhonya was reluctant at first to accept this, knowing he had a pregnant mate, so she lied to him and told him she didn't return the feelings. Eventually she couldn't keep lying to herself and to him when he kissed her once, but she took a long time to actually accept it and get used to the idea.
During the battle with Akesh Rhonya nearly died, getting hit by a curse which caused her to start bleeding out. Makaroth saved her from this with bloodmagic, and later Srelok and the other menders managed to mend her further. Since then she's gotten pretty close with the ex-warlock, one day even accepting a bloodbond, calling him brother. Sadly Makaroth was lost to the legion, not too long after.

The stormpeaks was a big trial for her when the tribe crashed, orcs getting affected by the old gold whispers, turning against each other, near starving and freezing. She was very happy when they managed to find their way back to the Grizzly Hills, aquiring a new bloodsister as well, Kogra.

When the Tribe was apart from one another:

After Sadoks death Rhonya followed the tribe for a while still, but she felt herself drifting apart from them more and more. Especially when they set out to Outlands, she felt useless and not on her place. The Forsaken Belthran, who surprisingly is a good friend of her, came to visit and he presented her with a harsh but true truth, perhaps it was time for her to move on. He reminded her of the children she had back at home, of the hut she left behind in ruins where Sadok died, of the lands that were still under demon attack close to her children. Then and there Rhonya made the choice to take her distance from the tribe and go her own way. Nine children, five not her own, still depended on her and Sukeenah, the Troll that helped with taking care of them all.

And thus she moved back towards the Barrens, rebuilding the hut and moving all the children back there. Often she aided in the medical bay in Orgrimmar as mender, glad to at least further her job she used to have in the tribe. She was also regularly seen in the Crossroads and at Razor Hill, getting supplies and aiding with injuries there, the orcs knowing they could call on her if needed. She's been there for the past 8 months, strenghtening her bond with the spirits of water and fire even more and rebuilding the land from the damage done by the Legion.

Now the time has come though to start a new chapter again, as the spirits have called on her to move away from her home once more, towards an unknown fate in Stonetalon.


Things you may know about this character:
- Rhonya is very easily manipulated, either by using her weak spots or misusing her trust. Some outside and even some inside of the tribe already made good use of this in the past.
- The tattoo ward on her back isn't something she often speaks about, nor is she very willing to mention what exactly its for, or who made it.
- Rhonya has one child with Morkosh, two with Grek'thar, and one with Therak.
- Rhon has the reputation that she sets new bloods on fire. This only happened once, but it's still something the tribe likes to remind her of. They find it hilarious.
- She dyes her hair black, after it turned white due to the demon exorcisms.
- Rhonya refused to fight alongside the Abominations made by the Forsaken during the rebellion, after a fight she got in with Rargnasha, throwing several mugs of ale in his face.
- Rhonya has an extreme fear of dragons. And anything that resembles them.


Things you may not know about this character:
- Rhonya is extremely afraid of heights.
- Once the rumor started that Rhonya never wore any underwear. Several orcs of the tribe tried to check if this was true in the most weird ways, to Rhonya's great dislike.
- She's broken Theraks neck once by pushing him off a waterfall.
- Rhonya trades her own energy for aid of the spirits. A few times she's already nearly mended herself to death to keep others on their feet. In extreme times of need she's able to connect with someone else and spiritually sap their energy instead to channel it into more spiritual aid. A very basic sort of spirit bonding. She's so far only done this with Rargnasha, he's one of the very few knowing about this power.


Memorable Quotes:
- If asked what she is up to, and she knows it's something bad, she will often shuffle her feet, blush and just answer with: "Stuff."

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