CULT OF FORGOTTEN SHADOWS - Have they ever blindly followed someone or something? What was it that blinded them?
WORLD OF WARCRAFT THEMED MUSE Q’S
Greymane. She was born and raised behind the Wall and knew nothing other than Gilneas for the longest time. She'd been brought to the Manor by her estranged uncle at the age of 13, using his connections to find work for her and to keep her away from Minerva. While there, Gin would watch the Greyguard with awe. These people were trained to protect others...to keep them safe.
Watching them lead to her very early vow to keep others safe in a way she was never given, no matter what that meant.
At the age of 16, she lied and said she was 18 in order to join the trainees. Gin would soon learn what Greymane, his nobles, and the Greyguard were keeping from the citizens of Gilneas. It was to keep them safe, they were told (ordered). Why should she question it?
Her main goal was to keep others safe...
The feral worgen are controlled through the hunts. Greymane can control his curse, it won't spread past him, it won't. It can't.
To this day, she believes that had she and others spoken up about Greymane's curse earlier, a cure could have been worked on prior to their country being attacked from the inside, outside, and underneath. They wouldn't have had to use the prisoners that Gin and a few others ultimately freed from the basement in Duskhaven.
She cut ties with Greymane shortly after arriving in Darnassus, only to be drafted (blackmailed) back into his ranks when the Legion returned. Gin was finally able to leave for good after her ordeal in the Nightmare.
She will never again blindly follow any leader, but she still keeps the same vow: