Tol Barad, The Hinterlands, Swamp of Sorrows?
Has your muse ever committed a crime? Were they caught?: Answering for: Anoki Grovestep and Kayeshi Lotusfang Anoki, in his younger years, stole rations for himself. This was when he was a young, wily bull. I won’t try to rationalize why he did it. It was bad. He was hungry. Was he starving? No, he wasn’t. He had no excuse other than to eat more. He wasn’t caught, but he’s learned from his mistakes in the past.Kayeshi, however, spent most of her youth stealing, robbing, marauding, etc. Halfhill and surrounding towns. She was involved with a bad group of kids, that grew into a bad group of adults. They’d steal produce, money, and other valuables. The townsfolk knew of the band of ruffians, but didn’t know their identities. One day, one of her cohorts was caught, and gave them her name. She was sentenced to work hard labor in the fields to repay what she stole, so long as she would never steal again. She reluctantly agreed. Of course, she didn’t keep this promise. Inevitably, she was caught again. The villagers agreed it would be best if she left and never returned. She was evicted, and was left to her own devices to travel Pandaria. I wrote something about her eventually stealing from some Goblins, who gave her the choice to either work for them, or die. Of which she chose to live.
Does your muse have a preferred mount or animal companion?:Answering for: Anoki, Kayeshi, Finny, Sechen, Mourai.Anoki has a yak named Nancy that he caught and tamed himself in the Kun-Lai mountains. He has a cat named Marble, who lives at his home in the Jade Forest, as well as a goat named Beth who also resides there. He has some monk friends that take care of his animals while he’s away. He recently rescued a terrestrial turtle who was stranded on a log floating down a river. He has yet to name him!Kayeshi has a parrot which she picked up at a market in Booty Bay, while she was traveling with her Goblin employers. She named him Grabby, and she helps her pickpocket. Finny has a orange tabby cat that follows him around. He has a warm, emanating aura that animals are sometimes attracted to. If he’s in his Worgen form, the cat keeps its distance, but if he shifts back it’s all over him. He doesn’t know where it came from, but he calls the kitty Orange. Sechen has a turtle named Baiju. It’s one of the big Dragon Turtles the the Pandaren use.Mourai has a tiny electric croc named Tubbs. On one of her journeys, it kind of just…showed up? It really likes her electric magic, and gobbles up her spells. She has to be careful that he’s not around when she really needs her spells. He’ll just slurp it up like spaghetti.
What was the darkest point of your muse’s life?Answering for: Anoki, Layde LoveboltAnoki’s was his time after he was rescued from the POW camp. It took a lot of mental and physically recovery to even remotely return to the man he once was. He was in a state of mental and physical anguish for years afterwards, and still struggles with it. Of course, then, so was the time after his son died. But he had more mental resolve to make things right. It spurred him on to get better.Layde’s was when she ended up following in her mother’s footsteps. Her mother was addicted to some not-so-good things, and was, well, a sex worker. Her boyfriend enabled her bad decisions, and it spiraled out of control. If it weren’t for her adoptive uncle, Layde would probably be dead, or worse. It was a huge struggle for her to climb out of the hole she dug for herself, and the withdrawals were terrible, but she did it. She’s now a jewel crafter making enough to live a comfortable life.
Thanks, @kinagosa ! These were fun to answer.