Guild Plot Starter Story: Korresh's Memoirs

This is the story I wrote to kick off our next guild-wide plot, enjoy.

Genavie groaned into her rotten palms, then rubbed her empty eye sockets with her fists. Finding a stray peppermint candy stuck behind where her tear ducts used to be, she plucked it out and flicked it across the wooden table in front of her irritably. The wax candle in front of her flickered, the melted wax oozing down its outside making her think of sand falling slowly through an hourglass.

After watching the candy skitter off the edge of the table Genavie levelled her gaze the small, leather-bound notebook resting on the table in front of her and heaved her chest in her best undead imitation of an exasperated sigh. Until recently the notebook had belonged to Korresh, her former Lieutenant in the Scythe, upon his execution for treason Genavie had taken possession of the book in the hopes it would contain vital intelligence about the schemes Korresh was most certainly involved in.

Reaching forward, Genavie began flipping through the pages. The small size of the notebook belied the volume of its contents; however, since even after several minutes of just glancing over pages Genavie had yet to reach the back cover. Geavie marvelled at the seemingly unlimited insight the book offered into the entirety of Korresh's unlife; all his research, thoughts, desires and secrets were laid bare before her.

Roleplay Possibilities for Val'kyr Made Forsaken vs Third War Forsaken

I've often spoke of how the Val'kyr serving Sylvanas was a major lore addition for us Forsaken roleplayers. I've written quite a bit about the Val'kyr, but the big thing to take away from their role in Cataclysm (I think) is that we now have two different flavours of Forsaken. But what are the strengths and weaknesses of each in roleplay? If you're rolling a new Forsaken character, should you give them a long history and make them one of the old Forsaken, or pick up a Val'kyr risen and go? Let's compare the two in terms of background and history:

Old Forsaken: You have the option of having lengthy background, if you're a lore nut; or, if you're not very well versed in the lore, there can still be some major Scourge involvement in your past. To be clear, when I say 'major Scourge involvement' I mean that you may have been present at many major events in the  Scourge's history, not that you were a major figure in the scourge. In fact, I would council against claiming to be a major figure in the scourge since that is something that is difficult to justify and may not go over well with other roleplayers. Also, while you can have a lot of depth and length to your story by playing an old Forsaken; not wanting a long, in-depth story doesn't mean you shouldn't play an old Forsaken – you can always go the amnesia route.