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Redyn

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aliasesRedyn, Redyn Brown

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Human · Alteraci · Rogue · Subtlety · Worgen-cursed

Redyn

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Identity

  • Full Name: Redyn Perenolde
  • Known As: Peregrine
  • Family Name: Perenolde
  • House: House Perenolde

Vitals

  • Born: 5 ADP
  • Condition: Worgen-cursed

Appearance

  • Gender: Male

Human Form

  • Apparent Age: Adult
  • Height: Average
  • Build: Athletic
  • Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Skin: Fair
  • Facial Hair: None

Worgen Form

  • Height: Tall
  • Build: Bestial
  • Fur: Brown
  • Eyes: Blue

Overview

Redyn Perenolde is an Alteraci rogue, concealed worgen, Ravenholdt assassin, SI:7 attached specialist, and the last known living member of the Perenolde bloodline. Born around 5 ADP into a minor offshoot of House Perenolde, he is genuinely of the house but holds only a remote place in Alterac’s succession. He never knew a functioning Alterac; the nationalism and inheritance attached to his blood were taught to him by others.

Peregrine

The Syndicate discovered Redyn as an infant, murdered his non-Syndicate parents when they refused cooperation, and took him before he could remember them. They raised him as a political instrument, conditioning him from childhood into an elite assassin and teaching him that the northern human lands had betrayed Alterac, that Lordaeron and the other human kingdoms rightfully belonged to him, and that Alterac’s restoration was inevitable. Within the Syndicate, he was primarily Peregrine: an imposed operational codename for the weapon and claimant they manufactured. Their ambition was sincere, but they intended to possess a Perenolde who legitimized their restoration rather than rule freely.

Ravenholdt and SI:7

Cracks in that conditioning begin around 23 ADP. By the following year, Redyn has uncovered both the remoteness of his claim and the fact that the Syndicate murdered his parents and stole him as a baby. He defects to Ravenholdt, which already opposes the Syndicate and can use his intimate knowledge of its leadership, safehouses, methods, and habits.

Redyn tells Fahrad directly that he is Redyn Perenolde and that he was the Syndicate asset called Peregrine. Fahrad brings the truth to Lord Jorach Ravenholdt, and the two remain the only Ravenholdt figures initially entrusted with it. To everyone else, he is Redyn Brown: a highly capable young Alteraci Syndicate defector. Defectors are rare enough that his skill, intensity, knowledge, and drive against the Syndicate explain the attention he receives from Ravenholdt’s senior figures without revealing a dynastic secret. The Brown identity protects him from recovery, assassination, political exploitation, and treatment as another asset.

Through Ravenholdt, he later becomes a trusted Alliance operative and attached specialist for SI:7, retaining broad freedom because he was never a conventional Stormwind-trained agent.

Jarcey and the Worgen Curse

During the Gilneas and Silverpine fighting, Redyn accepted the worgen curse under desperate battlefield conditions and kept the truth extremely private. Jarcey became one of the earliest people to know and one of the few whose judgment Redyn treats as nearly final in the field. Their partnership is not sentimental in expression, but it is one of the central loyalties of Redyn’s life: infiltration, assassination, sabotage, overwatch, traps, engineering, and demolition work become far more dangerous when the two operate together.

Fahrad and Lord Jorach Ravenholdt also keep Redyn’s condition in confidence. Within Ravenholdt, no wider disclosure follows from his service or from his earlier identity as Peregrine.

Tinks

Redyn first encountered Tinks during Tinks’s early involvement with Ravenholdt. Tinks knew only Redyn Brown, the severe young Syndicate defector. Their first meeting was minor and neither man thought much of the other: Tinks found Redyn dour and too controlled, while Redyn found Tinks brash, peppy, and improvisational. It was not a rivalry. Any later trust or professional respect must be earned across the years that follow.

Pandaria

In Pandaria, Redyn and Jarcey serve with the Alliance expedition, especially in the fighting that follows its arrival. Redyn’s work centers on SI:7 intelligence, reconnaissance, infiltration, and sabotage, while Jarcey provides overwatch, traps, engineering, and support for Alliance troops. Their work keeps them close to the expedition even as other allies are drawn into Pandaria’s older dangers.

Relationships

  • Jarcey - permanent operational partner, trusted keeper of his worgen secret
  • Tinks - early Ravenholdt acquaintance; later regard remains to be earned
  • House Perenolde - bloodline and inherited burden
  • Syndicate - former handlers and enemies
  • Ravenholdt - original professional order
  • Fahrad - first Ravenholdt figure entrusted with Redyn’s Perenolde and Peregrine identities; later keeper of his worgen secret
  • Lord Jorach Ravenholdt - Ravenholdt leader and the only other initial keeper of Redyn’s secrets
  • SI:7 - attached operational service
  • Wrathion - former patron whose manipulations Redyn no longer trusts plainly

Affiliations

Timeline

  • Born around 5 ADP into a minor offshoot of House Perenolde.
  • Was taken as an infant when the Syndicate murdered his parents for refusing to surrender him.
  • Raised as Peregrine, the Syndicate’s assassin, claimant, and political weapon for a restored Alterac.
  • 23-24 ADP - uncovered the Syndicate’s manipulation, his parents’ murder, and the intended limits of his supposed sovereignty.
  • 24 ADP - defected to Ravenholdt and began using Redyn Brown as a protected cover identity.
  • 24 ADP - revealed his Perenolde identity and Peregrine past to Fahrad, who brought the secret to Lord Jorach Ravenholdt.
  • Classic Campaign - remained a recent Ravenholdt recruit, constructing an independent life while his Perenolde and Peregrine identities remained closely held secrets.
  • Classic Campaign - met Tinks during Tinks’s early Ravenholdt involvement; neither made much of the brief encounter.
  • Began working frequently with the Alliance and SI:7 through Ravenholdt.
  • Met Jarcey during the Gilneas and Silverpine fighting of the Cataclysm era.
  • Accepted the worgen curse during Crowley’s campaign and concealed the condition from nearly everyone.
  • Became Jarcey’s permanent operational partner; their methods combined assassination, sabotage, overwatch, traps, engineering, and demolition.
  • Became Wrathion’s chosen Ravenholdt operative during the Fangs of the Father campaign and acquired Golad and Tiriosh.
  • Killed Fahrad after Wrathion provoked the corruption in him to manifest.
  • Resolved never again to trust Wrathion plainly after concluding that Wrathion had used him as an executioner while withholding the full context.
  • Went to Pandaria and carried Alliance intelligence and factional operations alongside Jarcey, especially during the earlier campaign.
  • Received Xuen’s blessing through the Celestial Artifacts.
  • Participated in the Siege of Orgrimmar with Jarcey in infiltration, reconnaissance, sabotage, and targeted elimination roles.
  • Followed Aibhinger and Jarcey through the red Dark Portal during the War Against the Iron Horde.
  • Joined the Uncrowned during the Third Invasion of the Burning Legion, becoming a Council of Shadows member, principal field champion, and Shadowblade.
  • Privately revealed his worgen condition to Tess Greymane and the necessary members of the Greymane household during Tess Greymane’s Worgen Trial after Jarcey persuaded him that Tess’s request to take the curse deserved serious counsel.

Notes

  • Redyn occupies the Irieth Shadowstep position among the Alliance Argent Tournament faction champions. He represents Stormwind as an SI:7 operative temporarily loaned to its delegation.
  • During Pandaria, he and Jarcey carry much of the Alliance military and intelligence player-avatar material while Yurric takes the continent’s wider Sha, Celestial, mogu, and elemental stories.
  • Advised Tess during Tess Greymane’s Worgen Trial as someone who had voluntarily accepted the curse under desperate circumstances.
  • Served alongside Jarcey during the Clessington Crisis and the reconstruction of the Defias legacy.
  • Joined Morrivar Company without abandoning Ravenholdt, SI:7, or Uncrowned ties.

Honors, Recognitions, and Accomplishments

Hooks

  • Establish the exact chronology of Redyn’s Alteraci upbringing and break with the Syndicate.
  • Define the precise moment and circumstances of his formal Ravenholdt induction.
  • Determine when his SI:7 relationship becomes regular and effectively official.
  • Decide the physical and magical details of his Xuen-blessed Celestial Artifact.
  • Explore how long the Greymane household keeps his worgen condition private.
  • Preserve Redyn’s willingness to cooperate with Wrathion without ever again trusting him plainly.

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