Karstraxiona

''"Ah.. the Lost Daughter. She was one of my most.. perfect.. creations. Though, sadly, her rage and hatred of having her eyes being opened has rendered her.. unstable.. unpredictable.. and most of all? Deadly efficient. Ahhh.. I still remember her screams upon her ascension. Her pain was.. exquisite." — Faraq D'Clino, High Priest of N'Zoth''

The Beginning
"I remember.. the forests. The trees, and the beasts of the wilds.

''I remember.. my people. My father tending to the plants outside my old home, my mother offering her prayers to the statues of Elune.''

''I remember.. fighting... battle.. death.''

My parents were slain.

I was taken.

''I remember.. chains. Pain. Fear.''

''Then there was darkness. Something was put over my head.''

''I remember.. being led somewhere. Murmuring all around me, like needles in your head all rapping against the inside of your skull.''

Fear gripped me.

''I remember.. my arms and legs being attached to something.''

''I remember.. words being spoken above me. I could not understand what they were saying.''

And then..

 

''I remember.. a sharp, jabbing pain my chest. Something being pulled out, something being put inside.''

''And then.. pain. Lots of pain. My head was splitting with agony. My joints were sore and aching. My stomach hurt.''

''And then.. I remember.. waking up.''

 

''I was no longer who I once was. I was no longer who I used to be.''

I was a monster.

I was transformed... 

''...I was angry. Very, very angry.''

''I killed them. I killed all of them.. and I chased those who fled. And I killed them too.''

''I knew my purpose. Then. And now. My purpose was to end them. And all things like them.''

''They took everything from me. And I will return the favor.''

I will not yield.

... 

I...

...remember..."

Karstiella Nightglow was once a young kaldorei huntress who lived with her parents in Ashenvale.. the exact location not even she can remember. For centuries her family lived separated from any conflicts, hidden somehow and somewhere within the thick woods of Ashenvale.

During the Cataclysm her home was attacked by members of the Twilight's Hammer Cult where her father and mother were both killed and she was taken captive and brought to to an unknown location.

She was chained to a sacrificial alter as she was the resource of a terrible dark ritual in which her soul was utilized as fuel for something to which she still to this day has no idea what they did as her head was covered. All she remembers is being turned into the creature she is today, and in her rage she killed her tormentors and fled into the wilderness where she hid herself away from the realm of both man and beast for several years.

When she finally emerged again it was several years after the incident.. she had spent that time hardening her will against the whispers which threatened to take her over, and had decided to spend her time hunting down those whom had sworn themselves to the service of the Old Gods--and killing them.

She knows that no kingdom, no people, no group will accept her; all will attempt to kill her. And even though she knows only the Old Gods will ever accept her, she refuses to submit to them.. she will either live long enough to see every Old God purged from the world (heedless of the damage it will cause to the world), or she will meet a true and permanent end at the hands of either the Old Gods or at the hands of 'heroes'.

Will of Iron
For years after emerging from her isolation she had spent it following the traces of whispers, heeding them to their source only to silence them forever; covens of loyal followers to the Old Gods, sleeping horrors, amalgamated masses of corruption and madness, and even C'thraxxi fell beneath her vengeful might. With each kill she absorbed their essence--both drinking upon it deeply to sustain herself as well as robbing them of their power to prevent their rebirth in the eyes of the Void.. adding it to her own.

Whilst she was a threat to the Old Ones.. it was N'Zoth in particular whom took interest in her activities. A creation of the Void--immune to its whispers and control, able to slaughter their strongest and absorb their powers to increase her own, and one whose fanatical devotion to slaughter was as enticing as it was intriguing. From the moment she made her first kill He was watching. Decades into the future he saw and planned.. and when the time drew near for his prison to be opened he had lured the hateful abomination into a trap of His choosing which saw her captured and detained.

Wastelayer Korag'maul was tasked with incapacitating the Void-Slayer and had only a small cabal to work with; when the trap was sprung all but Korag'maul was slain, and he only managed to barely stop her before she had ended his life as well. She was taken, at that moment, and drawn partially between realms; one half still within Azeroth--her anchor--and the other half within Ny'alotha, the Waking City. It was here that the forces of the Oblivion Crusaders were tasked with bringing her into the fold and so they began.. Takran the Fool was to begin, and as he attempted to force his way into her mind to break her will she resisted with such force that he was able to hold it at bay--only for apparitions of her parents to begin appearing.

Korag'maul forced Takran out of the ritual circle and took his place--but quickly found himself overwhelmed. It was the Paragon, Ex'elakun whom threw him out of it and took his place and only then was the will of Karstraxiona made bare.. a will that the Aqir struggled to break, and in the end, he too realized that her will simply could not be broken by conventional means. Her rage, her hatred and her vengeance unleashed upon him in a single and solitary powerful blast that greatly wounded the Aqir that forced him to the ground; bleeding from his orifices, though he was healed by the Forefather and allowed to continue in his task. When Ex'elakun attempted to lash back out in an assault it was N'Zoth whom prevented his strike, instead informing him to affect her perceptions as directly attacking her merely strengthened her will and made her even more defiant.

As the final image of her past emerged--a doppleganger taking on the form of Korag'maul; it was revealed that Korag'maul was the one whom had initially taken the lives of her parents.. and was the one at the center of infusing her with the intense powers of the Twilight Dragonflight.. seeking to use her flesh and soul as a vessel to bring back one of their powerful twilight dragons but failed, resulting in creating the Aberration that she is today.. this doppleganger slew Korag'maul instantly, shattered her prisms and fled into the Void itself. Escaping and leaving the dragon behind.. though she had rendered herself unconscious with her fury, and it was Paragon Ex'elakun whom, under the guidance of N'Zoth, began to alter her perceptions.. weakening her and distracting her long enough to work into her mind.

Rather than simply breaking her will he began to alter her memories--replacing visions of fighting Cultists and C'Thraxxi with facing and slaying Tol'vir and Earthen, and slaughtering Titan Watchers. It worked.. she began to forget who she once was and when she awoke due to the Paragon infusing her with the Void to 'mend' her mind, she demanded to know what had happened and he knew.. the most single off-putting word would ruin all of his work, as it was still fresh and new. He convinced her that she was saved from the prison of a Titan Watcher, and she was badly injured in battle against their kind; to which she believed him. With the Master's Will now set in stone.. she now stands at the sides of the Oblivion Crusade against the mortals of Azeroth.

...but not all is well, as even now the brainwashing risks being overwhelmed--and there are those still present upon Azeroth whom knew her well enough to know she would never join the forces of the Void so easily.. and if the Oblivion Crusade wishes to keep her on their side? They will have to eventually contend with this individual.. or individuals, at a later date.

For now.. the Lone Hunter fights for them.

The Separation
On a chance encounter she had stepped through a gateway to meet with one of the Oblivion Crusader's void dragons.. though she knew not her name, the two spoke for a time before the one ventured off to 'hunt' and Karstraxiona was left behind to ponder if she should follow.. she opted to do so, but decided to watch from afar and not involve herself. The two bantered, and a kaldorei woman discharged a beam of fire towards her position which forced the Aberration to the ground and a short scuffle happened in which the kaldorei was clearly the loser in such a competition. The Void Dragon was forced to flee after Kaelorin landed a telling blow upon her and abandoning Karstraxiona to her own devices.

...then a visitor of the past arrived.

Lunaeries Dracopetra; a ghost of her past. And he bade her to lower her void energies, to which she stated for all to drop their weapons first. She obliged and the two spoke; but the words chosen by Lunaeries caused the brainwashing imparted upon her to fade as she began to remember her true memories, the magics of illusion and perception erased. And it was then that N'Zoth himself decided to intervene; through a battle of wills and magic, Lunaeries utilized potent titan magicks he had somehow obtained to attempt to destroy the rift and release Karstraxiona but N'Zoth had foreseen such energies. He ripped all of Karstraxiona's powers and abilities from her and returned them to Ny'alotha in which he reforged them into her own image.. a doppelganger. One loyal to him, his views, and his power.

The real Karstraxiona still lingers outside of the void.. no longer allied to the Oblivion Crusaders, whilst her 'Spectre' lingers in flesh form, calling itself the True Karstraxiona.. whereas, Karst.. now deciding to return to her original name of Karstriella Shadowglow, was left on Azeroth to recover.. and to remember her memories. She was effectively powerless and helpless to stop the Oblivion Crusaders now--as her other essence, the being now calling itself Karstraxiona, continues to fight in the Void Gods' name.

Shortly after this separation had occurred Lunaeries utilized a spell that managed to 'rewind' time around the two halves.. forcing them both back into one being; but with the addition that the memory wipe was thusly.. removed. She remembers who she was, she remembers battling C'Thraxxi and slaying them.. but at being thrust back into Ny'alotha, she is beginning to question if Azeroth is truly the home she wished to fight for. She has gone into hiding, for the time being, only emerging when beckoned forth by the Harbinger, Kath'ruulon; or the Paragon, Ex'elakun. She will ignore the commands of all others.. save N'Zoth himself.