Brinella DeVrail

Brinella Maythene De'vrail
A young woman of twenty years of age, Brinella has achieved so little on the grand scale of things. Despite this, her thirst for knowledge that is found beyond the Greymane Wall has spurred her to continue seeking out the impossible. Though her training in the ways of the wilds has been fairly constant in using her forms for combat that puts her in the middle of the fray to exchange blows with an enemy or take the hits so that others do not have to, she has put a considerable amount of time into learning how to heal wounds others may suffer. She carries a 'no questions asked' policy when it comes to treating others, understanding that sometimes the best course of action is to say nothing and do everything.

=Background=

Youth and Dreams
Brinella was born to a farmer couple who moved to Gilneas in hopes that the better air and sea would help her sickly mother recover. Though Brinella was born without much difficulty, her mother never truly regained her health. It was a sickness that lingered over the entire family, but was never brought fully to light.Her elder brother, Clyde, spent most of his time treating Brinella as little other than just one of the boys; where he went, she followed. In her youth, she quickly became an independent child who knew what she wanted and was loathe to let go of a wish or dream just because someone tried to tell her it was impossible. This remained with her well into her teenage years, where she remained the steadfast and loyal friend to those who chose to get to know the farmgirl. While others danced and frolicked, fell in love and were wooed away from their parents, Brinella found little reason to do the same. Her intelligence made most of the simple farmhands uncomfortable, and her freespirit left most in the dust.

Despite her ways, Brinella did eventually fall in love, with a little help from her best friend. Knowing her friend like no one else possibly could know her, Adeline made certain that her elder brother was constantly put into situations where he and Brinella would be forced to interact. What started as a rickety friendship solidified when Brinella's mother passed away from the sickness that simply would not let go of her, and there was no surprise to either of them when Cor proposed one winters day two years later.

Two weeks later, Adeline happily announced her own engagement to Clyde. The two families that were nigh inseperable were finally set to become one.

The Worgen Curse
Six weeks before the couples were to be married in a double ceremony, Gilneas was fully set upon by the worgen. Terrified and aware that they could easily be one of many who would fall beneath vicious fang and claw, Cor and Brinella fled through the city in hopes that they could make it to the boats. They were seperated when the cry of a child was heard, Cor leaving to rescue the child after telling Brinella to continue on without him. It was during this period that Cor himself was bitten.

Brinella spent hours dodging those who had already turned, making little leeway through the grand city that had fallen to an inhuman darkness. In a moment of fear, she ended up chased into an alley with no exit. Cor appeared then, and the two were prepared to meet their ends together. The curse that had lingered in Cor's blood for the past several hours flourished beneath the stress, and Brinella became the first of his own victims. She lost conciousness beneath the pain.

When she woke in her own barn, it was with the muzzle of a shotgun pointed at her own face. Brinella's father stood over her, not knowing that the beast before him was his own flesh and blood. Feral instincts drove her, and Brinella slaughtered her own father and ran from the farm and city, into the nearby woods. She became one of many who would live and feed off of the survivors.