Alison Wayfarer Back Story
I realized I never talked about Alison on here. I deleted the blog that had all her backstory. So here's a NOT SO SHORT post about her!
Alison was a mage studying in Dalaran at the time Khadgar was! She's around his age, only a year behind him, and so she was 15, he was 16, when they met. They met due to Alison's meddling; she noticed him in a lecture hall, noticed how incredibly beautiful he was, and had to speak to him.
She "accidently" ran into him with all her books, which led to them all toppling and the two meeting eyes as they stooped to catch them. A real hollywood meeting, but it worked. Khadgar was enraptured by her, and she found him beautiful. (I base him off the old Drew Winchester drawings from yore, which I can't post but they are very, very old.)
They quickly started courting, meeting in secret, and then out in the open. Towards the end of Khadgar's stay, they actually moved out of shared dormitories and rent a room in Dalaran proper; a tower room.
Alison is naturally gifted with Arcanogeology, and this was her choice of study. Khadgar was gifted at everything, naturally so. He required very little study, and was always sticking his nose into unwanted places.
Alison's gift with barriers and defenses actually led her to creating her own birth control, but…that's neither here nor there. :)
Khadgar is sent to apprentice. She makes him promise to write, and he does; but he letters never reach her. She writes to him as well, but her letters never reach him. Both of them are worried sick about the other, and eventually, Khadgar returns, a changed man and aged before his time.
But it's him! She recognizes those eyes! She would recognize that face, too, under any amount of line and wear. She calls after him as he pushes his way through the crowded streets. He couldn't believe she still wanted him, and offered her a chance to leave; he was an old man after all.
She wouldn't hear any of it. Khadgar was hers.
The Second War wore on, and afterwards, the pair reunited for some short respite before packing up and moving to Stormwind. Here they marry, and try for a child, but no luck. Khadgar blames it on Medivh's curse, and Alison blames it on herself, but the fact remains: They can't have children, at least not easily.
It was pretty lucky they DIDN'T have a kid, as they were thrown threw the dark portal. Khadgar tells Alison she should stay behind, and she tells him here, snarling, that she will never leave his side again.
The pair are assumed lost for decades. Here, after the sundering of Dreanor into Outland, Khadgar falls into a deep depression where the only thing he focuses on is his work. Alison cries nightly, trapped on a doomed planet in a marriage with a man she loves but she feels doens't love her back.
He does, though. He's just…so tired of all the pain. It takes the Dreanei priestess in charge at Aldor Rise to slap some sense into him, and the pay reconcile. They gradually fall into their old ways, a pair of best friends, lovers, and husband and wife, thick as thieves and concealing nothing.
Of course, they move back to Azeroth when able, though it takes many years for them to feel comfortable doing so. Khadgar was…leery of returning. So much responsibility, so much changed. He was worried about the overwhelming reality. He had to learn about the scourge, and it's second rise to power, and Deathwings sundering of the planet once more.
But they manage. They rebuild. They are given fantastic quarters in Dalaran, and Khadgar and Alison have a sizeable fortune in gold. All seems relatively peaceful; the Pandaren conflict is so far away…they can try and raise a family.
NO DREANOR TIME. This time Khadgar WILL NOT let a second invasion happen, and he's ready for it. The pair go through with the rest of the force and settle in that tower we all know. She also learns a lot more of her craft from the local artificers.
It's in Legion, around the time of the uhhh Broken Shore Patch, that Alison finds out she's pregnant. But some…miracle, at her "advanced" age (She's like in her 40s.) she managed to finally get pregnant. Khadgar attempts to say she won't leave the city, but she shoots that down quick, and he smiles, realizing his error in trying to control his wife. They do, however, keep her pregnancy a secret with illusion spells as much as possible.
She gives birth to a baby girl, whom they name Leyla. The war with the Legion was still raging, and during this time Alison was apart from her husband during the critical moments, but not while they were on the Vindicaar. Here, she reunites with old friends. Alleria is very happy to see her baby, and Turalyon is ecstatic.
Then…the Alliance and Horde begin fighting again. And the pair fade away, wishing to retire. Khadgar and her spend some time in Karazhan, but it's no place to raise a baby girl. They rent a house in Stormwind, and Alison grows close to the former Queen Kayleigh, now Lady Kayleigh, and Leyla gets to play with her kids. Her son, Torstan, is several years older then Leyla but he enjoys messing around with her and playing in the castle grounds.
But…life moves on, and Khadgar is asked, or demanded, to rejoin the Council of 6. So he does. He again attempts to get a spot for Alison, but she refuses on grounds that two council members cannot be married. (I also don't want one of my OC's over throwing canon characters <3)
Dragonflight happens. They spend a lot of time exploring the isles, it's a rather peaceful campaign after all. Many years have passed, and Leyla is a teenager now.
And then it happens, and they both die together, leaving Leyla and orphan.
