During the raid on Menethil Harbor, Zalindae ran into Brak Durnad. Brak had been a friend of the family prior to the Alliance turning it’s back on the Sin’dorei. Brak had turned her father into Captain Stoutfist, who later hung her father.
Today she sat over the body of Brak Durnad, whose throat had been slit from left to right. She grabbed a drink from behind the bar and lifted the mug above her head and said “To da dirty scroundral Brak Durnad. Ye be a good thief, but ye turned yer back on me father. Therefore I slit ye throat in his name.” With that Zalindae went into a daydream about her life growing up:
Zalindae born to Malie and Anthonise in a far off land. Her mother Malie a priestess and her father Anthonise a sailor and both followers of Z'ha'dum Lord of the Darkness Behind the Shadows. Zalindae rarely saw her father, due to him being away spreading the word of Z'ha'dum. Her mother stayed home working the local mines and helped the refuges of the Azeroth war.
While growing up with her mother, Zalindae helped her in daily duties of a priestess and worked in the local mines to provide food on the table. During her tenure there she learned how to prospect and turn precious ore into jewelry. As the seasons went by she dreamt of being with father at sea.
The time came for Zalindae to depart her mothers arms and join her father. Living on a boat with her father, life was dull. She learned that not only did her father work as a deckhand, but the captain of the ship also had other ideas. They ramsack other ships, kill the crew and take what was in the precious holds as their own. After they were done, they would sink the ship.
On one trip, they pulled into Menethil Harbor. After they moored to the pier and offloaded the hold, her father had told her to meet him at the inn. When she walked in, she saw her father sitting at a table in the far corner sitting with a dwarf man. This mans name was Brak Durnad, her father said he was a friend of the family and should be trusted.
As the night was growing cold, her father looked into her eyes and told her, “Tomorrow night at the stroke of 12 bells, meet me by the piers on the northern end.” Zalindae was curious, but realized the look in his eyes and she was not to question him.
The next night, she meet her father and Brak at the place indicated. He then said:
“Zal there’s something we need to talk about” said her father. “What is it daddy?” Zalindae inquired.
“Well you are about to follow in the family traditions and the teachings of Lord Z'ha'dum the bringer of the Darkness Behind the Shadows.”
“Really daddy, didn’t Mom teach me what I needed to know.”
“She only taught you the beginnings of our belief Zal, Now tonight you will accompany me.” Stated her father.
“What shall we be doing daddy?” “Well Zal, I’m gonna teach you the true teachings of Z'ha'dum. It will start tonight” With that Brak whispered something into her fathers ear and was off into the night. Zalindae did not know what her father had entailed for her, but this night would change her life forever.
“Zal tonight we start your training. You have learned much about ropes and line on the ship. You will work with me until I feel it is time for you to move on. Now there will be no words exchanged between us until morning. Do you understand?” Zalindae nodded her head in understanding. “May the Lord Z'ha'dum guide us through the Darkness Behind the Shadows” With that they disappeared into the night.
A few seasons later, Zal and her dad worked on the ship and conducted business ashore as the Lord of the Darkness behind the Shadows dictated. They were returning Menethil Harbor and meet Brak at the inn as they had on numerous occasions before. But this time was different, Brak didn’t seem himself, he was nervous and sweating profusely.
Her father told he didn’t feel right about tonight and sent Zalindae back to the ship. She protested and her father wouldn’t have any of it. As she headed back to the ship, Zalindae decided it was best to follow her father Brak. She caught up to them and stayed in the shadows. Brak had never went with them on missions into the night, but tonight her accompanied her father which was strange.
They entered a military compound, also known as the Keep in the Harbor. As her father and Brak snuck into the Keep, Zalindae followed them. They entered a room and perched on the window sill, she saw it all go down. As they entered the room, her father was looking for the safe and Brak went to the door and opened it. As he opened the door, guards entered the room and all Brak said “There he is, get the thief against the Alliance.”
Captain Stoutfist entered the room, gave Brak a pouch and arrested her father. The next morning, her ship prepared to get underway, but Zalindae went to the Harbor square. There Captain Stoutfist had her father on a stage with a rope around his neck. She sat there and heard the Stoutfist say that her father was an enemy of the Alliance and ordered his death. She watched he father die by hanging that day and vowed to avenge his death.
As she returned to the ship, she could hear someone yelling, it was Dergs “Grot Zalindae get to my position now.” With that Zalindae came out of her remembrance and looked at the body of Brak, “Ye dealt yerself a deadly hand mi friend, never should’ve turned yer back to us.” Zalindae returned to the battle at hand and slit the throat of some unknowing druid.
More to come…