Miranda and Mara Warcrest, The Undead Sisters

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Shared Background Between the Characters: Miranda and Mara were born to a family of mages of Kirin Tor in Dalaran. Their parents, Gwen and Gerold were running a store, crafting and selling wands and staffs for the mages at Dalaran. They both wanted to give their daughters a good childhood and while they were growing up the family was happy.

When they were young it was discovered that Miranda and Mara also had an aptitude for magice and started their studies really early, giving them a headstart by getting to learn magic at Dalaran from their early age. Both girls were eager and ambitious to learn, wanting to follow in their parents' footsteps. Mara decided to specialize in fire magic, while Miranda chose the arcane.

Unfortunately for the family, Gwen and Gerold caught a rare illness and saving their lives proved to be impossible, they passed away, leaving the store to their daughters. Miranda who had just turned 18 had to step up to raise her younger sister and take care of their futures. Being unable to study and run a store at the same time she was forced to sell their parents' business to afford a small apartment in Dalaran for the two of them. Miranda had very little free time after becoming the caretaker for her younger sister. Her time was spent between looking after her sister and studying arcane.

Years later when they reunited as members of the Forsaken the roles have reversed. Miranda was distrusted for practicing necromancy before she was turned undead and Mara was tasked with looking over her older sister, making sure that she doesn't go back to the service of the Lich King even though the older sister swore that she tried to leave the Cult of the Damned before it was too late. Nowadays the two sisters are trying to find their place in the world, living in a small place in Undercity.

First Character: Miranda Warcrest. Age: 33, turned undead at 26. Gender: Female. Sexuality: Asexual biromantic, she is interested in the romantic parts of a relationship not the physical ones as a result of her undeath. Race: Undead Human.

Appearance: Miranda is 5'6" (168cm) tall. She has chin length fluffy black hair. Her eyes are glowing and yellow, they were green before turning undead, she inherited the eye and hair color from her mother. She has an old Cult of the Damned tattoo on her arm which now is a brand and a mark of shame. She has a scar over her heart. Miranda is wearing glasses. She has pale greyish skin and nails painted black. She is often wearing dark makeup. She has no skeletal parts visible, her body is whole.

Clothing: Miranda prefers to wear long dark coats with many belts and decorative elements in them. She doesn't wear armor and prefers more comfortable clothing. She has a similar style like her sister.

Combat Style: Miranda uses mainly necrotic magic in combat against her opponents, she prefers to stay away from her enemies at all cost and whenever one gets close she blinks away to continue casting spells.

Personal Background: Miranda always wished she didn't need to sleep ever since she was turned into Mara's caretaker, she disliked the limitations of her mortal body. While in Dalaran she met then Archmage, Kel'Thuzad, she was interested in his teachings of necromancy and started taking lessons from him. She wondered if she could turn herself undead so that she wouldn't need to sleep or eat anymore and would be able to fully focus on her studies.

After some time Kel'Thuzad decided to leave Dalaran after Kirin Tor cracked down on necromancy. Miranda left Dalaran without saying a word to Mara as Kel'Thuzad forbade it. She continued following the man when he created the Cult of the Damned and also started to become proficient at necromancy, being able to raise and command undead.

When Miranda learned of the plague and what the Cult planned to do to the world she was horrified, regretting following Kel'Thuzad. Miranda tried to escape it and warn the Kirin Tor. Her betrayal was discovered and she was killed by the same man whom she followed and raised into undeath. She lost her free will and was forced to serve the Scourge for years, commiting many crimes in the process.

When she regained her free will, Miranda decided to join the Forsaken in their fight against the Lich King, she proved herself with her knowledge of necromancy, but soon somebody recognized the tattoo on her arm, only the members of the Cult had it. Some wanted to end Miranda for being a willing member of the Cult years ago, but it was that day when she was reunited with Mara. Miranda's younger sister swore that she will watch over her older sister, making sure that she will stay loyal to the Forsaken. Miranda was glad to see her sister, but also wished that it didn't have to happen, wishing that she could turn back time and never follow Kel'Thuzad.

Personality Traits: Unlike most of the Forsaken, Miranda actually prefers her undead form as it removed the limitations of the mortal body such as needing to eat or sleep. Despite that she doesn't want her body to decay and is taking good care of it, she believes the possible decay to be the biggest downside of undeath. She and Mara often argue about undeath and its downsides and upsides. Miranda wishes that she could have become undead without ending up as a slave o the Lich King.

Ambitious, a trait that never disappeared from Miranda even after making the mistake of following Kel'Thuzad. She still wants to master necromancy to benefit the Forsaken. She wants to help her people with the knowledge she aquired over the years. She continues her research, but now Mara is overseeing her, making sure that research stays relatively moral and that Miranda doesn't hurt anybody.

Regretful of past choices. Miranda considers following Kel'Thuzad to be the greatest mistake of her life, she never wanted to lead to the destruction of Lordaeron. Leaving Dalaran also led to Miranda abandoning her younger sister, which she considers the worst part of her choice. She wants to atone for her past by helping the Forsaken. She wishes that one day Mara will truly forgive her.

Introverted, Miranda was never a social person, she preferred to keep tighter social circles, she greatly values closer connections rather than making aquintances just for one day. She is talkative around people she enjoys spending time with. When around people she cares about she can bring herself to smile, which she rarely does.

Miranda likes reading romance novels about forbidden love, it's her favorite literary trope even if she knows that it's cheesy on purpose. She usually spends her time reading while resting, especially when Mara is choosing to sleep. The stories made her yearn for companionship and connection other than the family one she has with her sister.

Miranda is loyal to the Forsaken and especially her sister. She appreciates that her people chose to give her a chance to atone for the sins of her past. She wants to prove herself to them to make them feel that it was the right choice to give Miranda a second chance. She wants to build a future for herself and Mara among the Forsaken, not wanting to abandon her sister again, she wants to stay in contact no matter what.

Miranda has a surprisingly soft voice for an undead. Undeath didn't damage her vocal cords and other than her voice having an echo she sounds the same way she did in life. She often uses metaphors while speaking to others, sometimes causing misunderstandings.

Second Character: Mara Warcrest. Age: 29, turned undead at 22. Gender: Female. Race: Undead Human. Sexuality: Asexual biromantic, she is interested in the romantic parts of a relationship not the physical ones as a result of her undeath

Appearance: Mara is 5'8" (173cm) tall. She has chin length fluffy red hair. Her eyes are glowing and yellow, they were amber before turning undead, she inherited the eye and hair color from her father. She has a few scars on her body from arrows. She has pale greyish skin and nails painted black. She is often wearing dark makeup. She has no skeletal parts visible, her body is whole.

Clothing: Mara prefers to wear long dark coats with many belts and decorative elements in them. She doesn't wear armor and prefers more comfortable clothing.

Combat Style: Mara uses fire magic in combat against her opponents, she prefers to stay away from her enemies at all cost and whenever one gets close she blinks away to continue casting spells.

Personal Background: Mara was 19 when Miranda disappeared, she was shocked when it happened, not wanting to believe that her sister could abandon her without saying a word. She decided to leave Dalaran as it brought back to many memories of the people she lost and it was too painful for Mara to bear. She decided to become an adventurer and perform reserach on magic while travelling.

The Kirin Tor decided to find Mara a protector, Astelle Silvershield, who took the assignment as the Silvershields owed Warcrests a lot. Astelle swore to protect Mara for as long as she is standing. Mara was known for enjoying field research and often went on adventures, the Paladin was supposed to prevent her from getting hurt in the field.

The two quickly became good friends and enjoyed adventuring together, Mara was able to do her research and practice magic and Astelle helped people like she always wanted. Astelle was also able to train her squire that way. Trio duo joined two other adventurers and made a good team. They were working together for a few years, doing different kinds of mercenary work for three years before the Scourge came.

At first Mara and the group tried to help defend Lordaeron, they were investigating the Cult of the Damned, thinking that it was much smaller and less dangerous than it really is. They hoped to uncover its secrets and ventured into Stratholme, having no idea about what was about to happen in the city. When the purger started the group tried to help as many people as possible to escape the city. The five adventurers were quickly separated, unable to find each other. Mara escaped after leading a group of civillians out of Lordaeron. She returned to Dalaran to help in its defence. She perished in battle and was raised as undead.

Mara was forced to serve the Lich King until she regained her free will when her master weakened. She joined the Forsaken to fight the Scourge. Some time later Mara heard about a trial for a Forsaken who once was a member of the Cult of the Damned, Miranda, her older sister. Mara decided to come in her sister's defence, swearing that she will make sure that Miranda doesn't betray the Forsaken.

Personality Traits: Mara misses her old adventuring pary, she only learned that Astelle died in Stratholme, she doesn't know whether she was turned undead or not. She hopes that the others are doing okay wherever they are. A part of Mara hopes that they are alive and didn't have to become undead like she did.

Adventurous, Mara enjoys travelling the world and going on different adventures, people always considered her a risk taker, but she knows when the risk isn't worth it. She often stops Miranda from undertaking riskier experiments and research. She doesn't like when her older sister chooses to practice riskier aspects of necromancy, but appreciates that Miranda is trying to make the existence of the Forsaken better thanks to her research.

Mara loves her sister no matter what Miranda chose to do with her life, but she cannot bring herself to truly forgive Miranda for leaving her when Mara was 19 without saying a single word just to continue practicing necromancy. She is still holding a grudge over it and often reminds Miranda of what the older woman did all those years ago when Miranda wants to do something Mara doesn't like.

Talkative and sociable, Mara was always the more outgoing sister. She always enjoyed meeting new people and learning more about them while spending time together. She still does so even in undeath. She is often trying to have Miranda go out more instead of spending all her time studying or reading alone.

Mara dislikes being undead, she misses being one of the living. To stay sane she is eating and trying to sleep even though her body doesn't need it. She is often having dreams and nightmares while sleeping, usually of her force servitute to the Lich King, but also about the painful memories of the past like Miranda leaving without a word or her parents dying. She is taking great care of her body so it doesn't decay.

Mara is loyal to the Forsaken, she appreciates Sylvanas Windrunner for giving people like Mara hope that they may be free and that they may build something again and keep going. She is missing her time in Dalaran and hopes that one day she could represent the Forsaken among the Kirin Tor. Mara would only leave if she knew that Miranda wouldn't end up alone, she would also write to her sister often, not wanting to lose contact again.

Mara enjoys drawing. She carries a notebook with her at all times and sketches portraits of the people she encounters as well as the views she sees on her travels. She is also writing short stories in her notebook, which she sometimes shares with her sister.