Bertrand Aspenwood

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Name:	Bertrand Aspenwood

Gender:	Male
Race:	Human
Class:	Hunter
Role:	Damage
Faction:	Alliance Army, 7th Legion
Professions:	mining, engineering
Homeland:	Stormwind
Player:	Luridel

RP Hooks

Former 7th Legion: His unit was at Wintergarde during the siege and the events of Wrathgate.
Birdwatcher: He knows about birds.

Appearance

Tall, medium-length blonde hair usually worn tied up or tied back in some way, and blue eyes. Conventionally attractive; could probably have been a model if he'd ever had any interest. Excellent balance, reflexes, and athletic ability. The least formal of the Aspenwoods in behavior, mannerisms, and dress.

Personality

Quick ◆ Adaptable ◆ Romantic ◆ Perceptive

Openly easygoing and upbeat, doesn't take himself too seriously. What he does take very, very seriously is the well-being of those he is responsible for.

This Character Cannot Be Romanced

History

The second son of Lord William Aspenwood and Lady Clara Aspenwood.

Bertrand grew up first in Stormwind and then on a farm, while Stormwind was being rebuilt. He joined the army at twenty, interested in being a scout, and rose to the rank of Major over the years.

Was accepted into the 7th Legion's 11th Expeditionary Unit in year 27 at the age of thirty-three. He resigned in the year 28, after the defeat of the Lich King.

Married Priscilla Moore in the Aspenwood Vineyard on June 23rd, year 28.

Relationships

Priscilla Aspenwood / Scilla

Priscilla Aspenwood / Scilla
Wife.

Amadeus Aspenwood / Deus

Amadeus Aspenwood / Deus
Big brother. Lost.

Colson Aspenwood / Cole

Colson Aspenwood / Cole
Little brother.

Cressidha Aspenwood / Cress

Cressidha Aspenwood / Cress
Little sister.

Mordecai Aspenwood / Mordecai

Mordecai Aspenwood / Mordecai
Cole's husband. Hard to nickname. Skittish.

Gardenia Aspenwood / Denny

Gardenia Aspenwood / Denny
Amadeus' widow. Has two kids.

Writings

Title	Summary
(2026-01-07) All Quiet on the Whirlpool Front	Rozalin writes to Berdie and Scilla, catching them up and what she's been up to recently. Things are rough, but Rozalin remains optimistic.
(2025-08-16) Wartime Babies	Rozalin writes to Bertrand and Priscilla and gives them a little gift for baby Angelica.
(2025-02-13) Alms for the Poor	Rozalin founds a new non-profit charity organization! She sends some copies of an informational pamphlet to Bertrand, Arric, and Sil to try and secure their support.
(2024-05-17) Stewing Thoughts	Birdie's first day on the job with Cobalt Company. Racing thoughts. Too many problems and not enough people. ~600 words.
(2024-05-17) From a Humble Guy to a Normal Guy	Count Elohad Ference writes to prepare Lord Bertrand Aspenwood for some very normal guy type activities.
(2024-05-11) A Letter From Just A Guy From Elwynn	Birdie, some normal guy from Elwynn Forest, accepts a job from Sir Elohad Ference.
(2024-05-09) A Message With Cobalt Company's Seal
(2023-02-23) A Letter from the Front: Bertrand	Bertrand Aspenwood writes a short letter to his fiancée before he leaves for Northrend.
(2022-08-20) Bertrand	Bertrand Aspenwood receives a letter from his fiancée.

Title	Summary
(2025-06-30) Greetings to Speech - Fallon Gala Year 29	The initial meets and greets and general mingling before the speech of the Fallon Charity Gala Year 29. 17k~ words.
(2025-06-30) Auction Foyer - Fallon Gala Year 29	The conversations within the rear foyer around the auction times in the Fallon Charity Gala of Year 29. 6100~ words.
(2025-05-08) The Rescue of Solari Farrens (Red String Game Fight)	At long last, the strings that have tied and bound both Almeiria Fey and Lathrik Dinnsfield into a web of connections, have been pulled to the center of a conflict years in the making as a team formed of friendship and love take on a powerful Void user known as the "Shadow Man" to end his imprisonment of Solari Farrens, and once and for all break his hold on the one he calls Valendra. Action and Personal Plot RP. The conclusion of the Red String Game Fight. 30k~ words.
(2025-05-08) The Reckoning and Aftermath (Red String Game Fight)	After a brutal multi-front fight against a Twilight's Hammer stronghold to rescue Solari Farrens, that had bonus captives freed from the Shadow Man's hold, the entire team returns to the Highbank Keep Inn to recover and come to terms with revelations from the fight. Part of the Red String Game plot. 8600~ words.
(2025-05-05) Red String Strategy	Following Blue Squad's successful raid on the Twilight Citadel, Dane and Shine return to Highbank, and Dane immediately gets wrapped up in Red String. The team comes together to talk strategy and make plans.
(2025-04-25) Mingling in Highbank	On the day of the Red String team's arrival in the highlands, a few of them (Aszera, Averlena, Bertrand, Joelle, Merelda, Oslynn, Siamus) gather in the common room to make better acquaintance of one another. Some new friends are made? ~6100 words.
(2025-04-23) There Is Too Much, Let Me Sum Up	In preparation for action, allies are assembled to be informed of the current state of the Lathrik curse situation. Lena is there to summon the druids, Merelda and Oslynn. Then Siamus, together with Lathrik and Peril, brings the aforementioned as well as Aszera, Bertrand, and Emerine up to speed. Miss Curran is there as well, assisting Lathrik. ~5400 words.
(2025-04-19) The Wolf Is The Real Surprise	Rozalin invites Bertrand over for dinner, and he is surprised to learn she has a pet wolf. Oh, and she's pregnant. Bertrand is as always a gentleman, but he is not allowed to do the dishes. ~3.3k words.
(2025-03-26) The Deadmines: How Many Times We Gotta Set That Thing On Fire?	Dane Atley, Bertrand Aspenwood, Colson Aspenwood, Ben Hazan, and Gwenivene Whittle go to the Deadmines in search of Vanessa VanCleef. Elohad listens in on a better buzzbox than the one he used to have a few years ago. The Defias have built yet another ship. It does not survive. ~8k words.
(2024-11-12) A Visit to the Aspenwoods	Rozalin drops by the Aspenwood vineyard to say thanks to Bertrand and Priscilla. She brought some gifts too!
(2024-11-01) Past Meets the Present	Slicket meets up with Natlee and Birdie in Ironforge HQ to ask for help with his goblin problem. He's not the only one who encounters a surprise from the past. ~3100 words
(2024-10-05) Tea at Night	Bertrand visits Zath Tyrrell at Drakewatch.
(2024-08-17) The Butterfly Camera	Priscilla and Bertrand invite Natalyah to the Aspenwood Vineyard to catch up with the lepidopterist and see a long-planned gift from one friend to another finally delivered. 5800~ words.
(2024-07-28) These People Are Stupid Rich	Bertrand takes Rozalin to the Aspenwood vineyard to stay while she gets back on her feet. She becomes acquainted with Priscilla and a few of the staff. The scale and refinement of the place is a bit off-putting at first.
(2024-07-27) Double The Rescue	An investigation team including Berdie, Sil, Ally, Atley, and Lathrik head down to Stranglethorn Vale to pick up on their lead of Rozalin being captured by an orc.
(2024-07-26) Return to the Deadmines	Arric, Birdie, Glyphe, Kenelly, and Slicket head into the Deadmines to clear out the leadership of the newly-reformed Defias, and they find that the old place has a lot of new tricks. Arric gets a nickname. Glyphe is quite the firebrand. Slicket commandeers explosive machinery. Kenelly encounters a variety of smells. Birdie is a great communicator. ~4500 words.
(2024-07-21) Who Watches the Watchmen	Bertrand, Silvestre, Alasia, and Lathrik go to Stormwind to ask the guards who attempted to apprehend Rozalin, Paul and Jimmy, a few questions for their investigation.
(2024-07-20) The Graufowl Crime Scene	Bertrand, Mayellen, Lathrik, and Natalyah head to the Graufowl farmstead to investigate the scene and try to determine the truth of what happened there on the day of the murder.
(2024-07-19) Rules Lawyering	Bertrand comes to see Jocoza at HQ to figure out what was up with that newsletter mentioning Rozalin. Fortunately, Jo has recently learned that some people may be more invested in supporting a particular version of events than in determining the truth. ~1500 words.
(2024-07-17) A Friendly Visit	Brendol, Jenzelle, Lena and Shine travel to visit Priscilla, Bertrand and Cressidha by horse, picking Sil up unexpectedly along the way. RP of a peaceful, pleasant day. ~10k words.

Title	Summary
(2025-12-14) Cuergo Says If You Try Hard And Believe In Yourself, Anything Is Possible	Natalyah invites Aze over for a chat before the start of the week of Winter Veil to ask for some advice, and to maybe get a little maudlin. She makes sure they are well fortified with wine and cookies and tequila to counterbalance. Or swing them even more wildly around. One of those. Plans are made. 9800~ words. Personal Plot RP.
(2025-08-11) To the Raceway!	Slicket meets up with Natlee to discuss his latest problems. They form a plan to acquire cash and facilitate some redemption arcs. ~1300 words.
(2025-07-23) An Interesting Afternoon	The Map Mystery continues as Natalyah Kensington-Whit and Aszera Sunstrike set up to watch the docks of Stormwind Harbor where someone got the map delivered to the Fallon's pile. The two unusual ladies discuss what they've learned so far, and get to know the other a little better. 5800~ words.
(2025-07-09) Two Artists, One Blank Canvas	Priscilla, cleared by her physician to engage in 'light activities,' comes to visit Finley after the Charity Gala to have an artist-to-artist chat, and get some of the story of how Finley achieved the unusual view of the Deepholm sky. 3400~ words.
(2025-07-01) Try to Relax, It's a Party	Just before the explosive news, Alaisa and Aszera share a dance, where they chat about people they've seen at the party and elsewhere. ~1800 words
(2025-06-30) A Little Window (Fallon Gala Side Scene)	In between conversations with various guests, Priscilla flags down Finley to talk about his painting offered up on auction. 900~ words.
(2025-06-03) Contested Brooding Spot	Aszera Sunstrike and Zath Tyrrell find themselves in the same brooding spot. This leads to a friendly chat about work, the fel, demons, and the blood of the innocents, among other things.
(2025-05-25) Wyrmrestless Night	On the first night at Wyrmrest Temple after breaking through the siege, Shun and Estel have a chat about what they may face. Also Cress shows up for a bag order. ~2700 words
(2025-05-10) Look How Normal Everyone's Being	The battle for Solari and the end of the Shadow Man has passed, which means it's time for Lathrik to start picking up the pieces of his life and finding out how they all fit together again now that he's gone from effectively living as an orphan to a man with a full family, complete with parents and aunts and uncles and cousins. It's not going to be easy, but when has it ever been? 11k~ words. Personal Plot RP.
(2025-05-09) Beautiful To Be Home Again	Siamus Fallon comes home -- truly comes home -- to more than a house on the coast, but in every way -- back to a world lost for over a year. Romance and Personal Plot RP. 4800~ words.
(2025-05-06) Joelle Letters: Twilight Highlands	Joelle writes to Finley and Mordecai to update them on his current situation.
(2025-04-25) Examination of Phylogenetic Relationships and Physiological Adaptations of Mutual Survival	A study of survival mechanisms, and their implications for conservation strategies, of the Natalyah Kensington-Whit and the Lathrik Dinnsfield specimens, through an exploration of and insights into species origin and evolution in a comprehensive review of the mutualism between the two specimens. 4400~ words. Romantic subplot of the Red String Game plot.
(2025-04-23) The Patient Sentry Ghosts	Emerine heads for the highlands to give Shine a break from playing friendly ghost.
(2025-02-18) Capable of War and Peace	Cressidha finds Silvestre in Ramkahen and the two share their thoughts on current and past events, both personal and wider-reaching.
(2025-01-21) Dances 1 Through 3 (Dance Dance Part 1)	At last, it is the afternoon of Aze's dance party! The guests arrive, necessary introductions are made, and the dancing commences with an array of classical Lordaeron and Stormwind dances from the Galop to the Waltz. There are exciting War Talk party corners, friends catching up after long times no see, mysterious (invisible??) horses and birds in the ballroom, word magics, and new rapports and friendships made. 30k words. Part 1 of 4.
(2024-12-21) Twin! Boys! Arrive!	As Winter begins, the cusp of the darkest, longest night of the year, House Fallon adds to its increasingly full house with two awaited individuals. Some things are the same, and some things are different, as the previously unfamiliar has become known. After all, she's done this once already, and now Avrenne knows what to expect. And this time, her seawall and sailor are there from the very start. So, she might as well get some work done, and a little political maneuvering, and do a little market business analysis, and -- Oh, right, give birth. 8600~ words. A birth story, lighter on the details this time around.
(2024-12-05) Finley's Training Montage	Given a chance to be something other than a butler, Finley has accepted the position of a social spy for House Esprit-Fallon, to gather intel and play a part with the highest social mobility. All that remains is receiving the training to pull it off. 7800~ words.
(2024-11-27) (Un)expecting	Rozalin pays Jenzelle a visit as she has been feeling a little sick recently. The cause of her symptoms comes as a shock to both. It seems Rozalin's life isn't settling down just yet.
(2024-11-06) We Always Take Care of Our Own	Slicket comes by Ironforge HQ and finds exactly the man he was hoping to find, Sir Elohad Ference. Advice is had on several topics, and new plans are devised. ~3200 words.
(2024-10-28) An Unlikely Friendship	Siamus Fallon goes to see a man about a house. Peril Farrens makes an extremely unexpected friend.

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