Ask Vol'jin

I be Shadow Hunter Vol'jin, Leader o' da Darkspear trolls in da Echo Isles an' Warchief o' da Horde.

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You still here, my good troll?

Dere be times it feels like I be gone, mon. Sometimes fo’evah. Da oddah side, especially now, be all sorts o’ twisted. Howevah, dis ol’ Troll nevah gonna stop fightin’ for ‘im people. Deat’ not gonna stop me from speakin’ to ya. Aftah all, Darkspear nevah die!

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I miss hear your voice... A lot.

Dough I can’t always answah ya when ya be wantin’ it, I do hear ya words an’ miss ya all.

It breaks me heart knowin’ I can’t always help ya da way I wish, but know dat even dough I might not appear when called, I’m not gone.

Darkspear nevah die!

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I can imagine youd know a lot about romantic feelings for a human hunter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Heh, ah, mon, I be an old Troll. I have lived a good long life. One filled wit’ equal amounts o’ pain and pleasyah. Dere’s not much I would take back, an’ romance of any kind certainly not be on dat list.

Ya, I know a t’ing or two about huntahs, human or no. But my knowledge aint limited t juss’ huntahs…

Like I said, I been livin’ a good long time in Azerot’, long enough to… Know people.

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I have a friend who is older than me. And.... dis friend had an accident in which his hand was cutted. Ya see... his hand didn't grew back. 'N I'm worried. Is that possible for a troll?

It actually be very possible for a Troll. Regeneration be a gift from da Loa, not a ting dat we all naturally have at birt’. Da Loa bless who dey want, an’ curse who dey wish. It be possible dat ya friend dishonahed da Loa in some way, wheddah he knows it or not, dat resulted in dem takin’ away deir gifts.

Dere be a time in me yout’, when da Loa tested me. I injahed my hand, an’ da Loa told me dat I couldno’ use me t’umb anymore. So, I removed it. It was up to da Loa to choose wheddah I be worddy o’ deir gifts, or not.

Luckily, dey saw fit to restore my appendage, but dat’s not always da case. Tell ya friend to pray to ‘im Loa, an’ beg for deir blessin’s. Perhaps he can undahstand why dey took him regeneration away, an’ how he can restore deir relationship so dey can restore his hand.

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Voljin. Got a question bout female trolls. My wife is pregnect and i have never had expirance with this. Will she show alot of aggression and what do i have to watch out for?

Ah, child birt’. Dere be somet’in truly magical to witnessin’ a new mon bein’ born into dis world. Seein’ what you and anoddah made, hearin’ dem cry out dier first cry. Ah, I love it. Children always bring hope for da futchya, an’ rarely fial to bring a smile to me face.

But I do not envy you, mon.

To say a pregnant Troll would be aggressive be one o’ da moss’ undahrated statements I evah heard. Dragons be known to show less fury dan a Troll goin’ t’rough birt’in’ pains.

Dere be a reason da Loa bless some Trolls wit’ regeneration, as pregnant mon hold none o’ deir strengt’ back when deliverin’ a child. Loss o’ limb not be unheard of in dese times.

Ya bess’ pray to ya Loa, an’ pray hard, for deir protection.

Ya gonna need deir strengt’

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You a cutie. Not something I would typically call a person of your magnitude. But. Status ain't change that. You a cutie.

I… Eh… Hmm.

… No?

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Great Vol'jin, I wish to ask for your wisdom, even if it is like this, in prayer. Some - many - would name me a betrayer. So be it. If your spirit sees fit to hear my words... I myself am human. A paladin. And against all I was made to believe, I had lost my heart. It belongs now fully to one of the Darkspear, to one of your hunters, who I love above all. Our path will not be easy. I do not ask for comforting words. But I do ask for your blessing. I do ask for hope, if there is any to be had.

it be not unheard of fo’ a human to fall for a Troll, nor can it be blamed. I meself have found humans to be… Intriguin’ from time to time. Curiosity can be a powahful ting, an from what I undahstand about engineerin’ form da Goblins, apparently opposites attract. It be, in a way, natural to find attraction to dem considahed ya enemies.

Howevah, what I don’ have experince in be da Light, an’ da ways o’ da Paladin. No trolls I know of have chosen dat pat’, so I have little to reference it wit’. I have seen many Blood Knights from Silvahmoon City, as well as da Sunwalkahs of T’undah Bluff, but dey be very different already.  I assume ya human Paladins have ya own ways and restrictions.

So in dat respect, I cannot say anytin’, I do not know ya laws, ya rules, or whatevah oat’s ya have made.

But, I do know a ting about love.

I know dat it beats all mannah o’ promises or oat’s. It dismantles hatred, an’ blurs lines drawn from war an’ even deat’. It be a powahful magic, strongah dan any we can control.

I also know it don’t need blessins to work. Ya have mine if ya be wishin’ it, but in da end, one ol’ Troll’s feelin’s don’ mattah. Da only ones dat do mattah are da Huntah’s who own ya heart, and ya’s.

Ya have dose two, den nottin’ else mattahs.

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Jus' learned dis a little while ago, an' it's... I gotta be gettin' ya advice on dis one. Some Trolls be worshippin' Elune, de Elf moon goddess, as a Loa. I be... -almost- sure dat ain't right. An' I don't be takin' well ta Trolls worshippin' false gods. *glances at a trail of slaughtered Sandscalps* So... Before I go an' do something I might regret, you think dis Elf god might be a legit Loa?

It’s not my place or ya’s to tell a mon who ta worship an’ who not to dat be up to da mon. Unless it be Hakkar, den ya juss’ got to kill dem before dey can kill you. If a Troll be wishin’ to call Elune deir god, dat be deir choice.

Howevah, I know many Loa, an’ Elune’s not one o’ dem. It be a great powah, I can’t deny dat. I have seen Night Elf priest magics, an’ dey be no laughin’ mattah, especially when da moon be full. But Elune be different dan da Loa, an’ I’ll tell ya why.

Loa be ancient spirit’s o’ da eart’. Dey be born walkin’ on da ground, swimmin’ in da watah, an’ soarin’ in da skies. Dey be flesh an’ blood, but also spirit at da same time. Dey be wit’ us here, in Azerot’, huntin’ and fightin’ and livin’ deir lives while feedin’ deir spirits. Loa be as much a part o’ Trolls as we be a part o’ dem.

Elune be not da same. She be as important to her Night Elves as da Loa be to Trolls, but dere be distance. She be da Moon, mon, not Azerot’. She be existin’ juss’ outside our realm, where no mon can walk.

It be difficult to explain it in full, but Elune be sometin’… Else. 

Howevah, I be no expaht wit’ Elven gods. Dat knowledge belongs to Tyrande Whispahwind.

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I really love you and miss you Warchief! 💗

An’ I love you, random mon!

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Will you ever hug Zalazane over there? I understand he's done the worst things imaginable. But don't deny who was once your brother since birth, take it from experience. I will never get that chance to speak to any one of my kin that have passed. You may have eternity in death, as does he -- it could be something for you both to talk and listen. Then come to a conclusion.

No Keevah, I will nevah embrace Zalazane unless it be wit’ a daggah in me hand. I know dat wouldno’ kill his spirit, but da idea do put a smile between me tusks.

I undahstand what ya be sayin’, dough, and whatchya be meanin;. Yes, dere be a time when Zalazane and I were closah dan broddahs. I would have wanted to share me life wit’im, fightin’ off our foes an’ defendin’ our home and people.

Howevah, I can’t keep me own desires ovah reality. It be unhealt’y fo me, an’ irresponsible as a leadah, to forgive Zalazane. His actions weren’t juss’ againss’ me, ya undahstand. Dey weren’t even juss’ againss’ da Loa, eiddah.

Zalazane tortured an’ abused his own people. My people! Dat is not sometin’ I can forgive. Garrosh did it, an’ we put dat dog down. Sylvanas be doin’ it, and we... We...

It don’ mattah how close any mon is, you do not harm my Darkspear Trolls an’ juss’ walk away. Not in dis life or da next.

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Do you think you will ever get the chance to forgive Zalazane over in the Spirit World. I can understand that he doesn't deserve it -- but you can't hold to old wounds so fiercely. Take it from me; I may never forgive Gul'dan, or perhaps Grom. The only difference between them, is one redeemed himself.

Ya know, ya be absolutely right. I have no given it much t’ought before now, but I see whatchya be sayin’ Keevah. Zalazane absolutely does not deserve it.

I be a patient mon, undahstandin’ dat people can change. I be proof o’ dat. Given enough time, a mon can change da way he tinks o’ da world and dem wittin it. Zalazane be once my friend, but juss’ like me, he changed.

I see whatchya be sayin’ about redemtion, especially wit’ Grom Hellscream. Howevah, da mon be needin’ to feel da want to change. Zalazane’s craze and hungah fo’ powah be what changed him from da friend I knew to da monstah ‘im became.

I have been granted many chances to forgive Zalazane, but I have an’ will nevah do it. Da Troll I grew up wit’ died somewhere between da Darkspear Isles an’ da Echo Isles, an’ I will nevah see him again.

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"Well, time of the grandest of holiday fastives is here.. well second.. nothing beats brewfest. Though I'm curious, have you ever scared the daylights out of any of your friends during Hallows End? Or they scared you?"

Me? Scare someone? Keevah, be ya implyin’ dat I, Vol’jin; Shadow Huntah, Leadah o’ da Darkspear Trolls, Warchief o’ da Horde, Servant of Bwonsamdi, have used my dark magics and Voodoo fo; such small an’ trivial pursuits as scarin’ me fellow mon?

Heh, ya know me so well, mon.

Aye, I suppose I have slipped into prankin’ me fellow Horde membahs once or twice in me life.

Hallow’s End be an interestin’ time for all mon in Azerot’. Goin’ back generations, each race be seein’ dis one event in different lights. Fo’ Trolls, espepcially dem practicin’ Voodoo, it be a time when da veil between our world and da oddah side be t’in, and we can glimpse an’ even make contact wit’ dem dat have passed on.

Howevah, when I heard dat oddah mon see it as a time to get ya frights out, well, I suppose I might have perhaps seen an opportunity to really get da blood flowin’ an’ deir hearts racin’.

I won’ go in to much detail about what all I did. Dere be too many instances where I got more noble and hardy mon to squeal like swine. Let’s juss’ say dat aftah I retook da Echo Isles, T’rall saw fit to leave me be durin’ dis time.

Dough he claimed it be fah spiritual reasons, I tink we all know da real reason he let dis Ol’ Troll alone durin dose dark nights… Heh eh heh.

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“What ya tink about us Zandalari eh?”

What do I tink about da Zandalari? Well, I tink ya be a noble race o’ Trolls. I tink ya be proud to be Zandalari, an’ proud o’ ya history. I tink Zandalari Trolls be honnahed to be da oldest Troll tribe in da history o’ da world, an’ proud to be so revered.

Yes, Kabali, I t'ink you Zandalari be very proud.

It be dat pride dat made ya feel more important dan da rest o’ da tribes. Dat pride dat made ya tink ya be bettah dan oddah mon in da world. Dat pride dat made ya feel like da rest of Azerot’ be ya’s to claim. ItBbe dat pride dat t'ought you could stand against da Horde an’ da Alliance, killin’ hundreds of oddahs juss’ to grab more lands an’ more powah.

And ultimately, it be da pride dat made ya lose. While ya stuck ya noses high in da sky witchya straight backs, ya didn’t see we Shadow Huntahs right beneat’ ya, delvin’ our poisoned daggahs in ya bellies.

But den, I suppose I be biased. I have nevah been to Zandalar, an’ seen ya golden cities. I suppose if I had been born Zandalari, I would have learned dat same pride, an’ made da same mistakes.

It also don’t help dat da only Zandalari I have met be on da battlefield and in Pandaria, where dey made sure to espress deir feelin’s for “lessah Trolls”. Heh, I remembah a time a Zandalari commandah ordahed her people to give me a bat’ an’ dress me in Zandalari robes as I be her guest. I don’t bat’, but seein’ da hate on deir faces as dey be forced to scrub me body be too much to pass up.

So, it might be dat my experience wit’ you Zandalari be narrow, an’ not all Zandalari be as proud as dem I faced.

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High King Varian promised to end the Horde if y'all stepped outta line again, but now Anduin's High King, so do you think there is a chance, however small, that Anduin might attempt fulfill that promise? I mean, corrupted to no, if burning the night elves' world tree/capital/main homestead doesn't count as stepping out of line, idk what does.

Dat be true, Varian Wrynn did in fact promise dis. I know he would have held up his end too, an’ I wouldn’t have argued against him. He would have not hesitated to bring war down upon da Horde. He would have pushed his full force into da fight, too, an’ Sylvanas would have used dat to her advantage.

Luckily for bot’ da Horde and da Alliance, Varian’s not da King anymore. Anduin Wrynn, a boy I have only met once or twice, be da new leadah fo’ da Alliance, an’ in me opinion, dat be a good ting. I hear he cares fo’ peace above all oddah tings, which sets him apart from many oddah leadahs in Azerot’. While moss’ would go for revenge, I feel he would stop a fight at any point, if it meant a peaceful end could be reached.

I know Sylvanas and many oddahs in da Horde see dis as a weakness, but dere be a true strengt’ fightin’ fo’ peace, especially when dat means not fightin’ at all. Dat be how Baine Bloodhoof acts, an’ I hold him as da wisest among Horde leadahs.

Heh, I be dat way too, to a point. I’ll hold off fightin’ until it can’t be held back any longah, but I do me bess’ to kill my enemy in da end all da same.

While I can’t speak fo’ da young lion juss’ now, I truss’ dat he won’ follow vengeance like his faddah. An’ even dough great attacks have been made agains’ da Alliance, I believe Anduin will only hold dem responsible, da be responsible.

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Vol'jin... I know this may be something rather difficult to swallow... and it isn't we didn't need her at the worst time of our lives. But, it's suspicious Sylvanas, out of Baine and Saurfang to choose, her of all people.. A woman that has no allegiances towards, and the 'spirits' said she was the one who should lead the Horde. I do not wish to judge you.. though, I think Sylvanas had some kind of part of controlling the spirits. It doesn't seem impossible. I just hope I'm not right..

I hear ya mon, and I know where ya fears be comin’ from. I knew many would not undahstand why I chose Windrunnah to accept da mantle o’ Warchief. Especially now, aftah all da tings she has done. She be a dark-hearted she-devil, dere be no denyin’ dat. She does what she be wantin’ first, den, if it be suitin’ her needs, she’ll help oddahs. I know dis.

I know she be powahful wit’ her dark magics, too. And I also know she’s not above usin’ oddahs to fur'dah her own plans. She’s done so before, an’ will likely do so again. I hold no doubts about dat.

Howevah, fo’ all her schemes an’ undahanded ways, I know wit'out a doubt dat Sylvanas Windrunnah cannot convince or influence da Loa spirits on what to do. Least of all, my Loa.

All Loa despise da undead. Dey see dem as abominations in deir territories. And an’ undead tryin’ to bargain wit’ a Loa, or even attempt to t'reaten one, be almoss’ laughable. No mon, Windrunnah did not convince da Spirits to make her Warchief.

Dey already had deir own plans in mind, an’ when day Loa have plans, dere be no convincin’ dem oddahwise.

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I wanted to thank You for being. Your insights and answers are one of the things that keep me going. When You haven't been answering for a long time not so long time ago, I was a bit sad and also quite worried about You. But now You are with us again, and everything seems better already. So... Thank You that You are.

…I… I don’t know what to say, hearin’ ya words mon. I don’ t'ink dere is anyt'in’ I can say, dat would express to ya juss’ how honahed I be to be t'ought of so highly. It was nevah in me to seek attention an’ recognition. I nevah wanted powah ovah oddahs, ‘less dey be dem wishin’ harm on my people. I nevah sought dis kind o’ praise.

But I be more dan honahed to receive it, an’ I be proud o’ what I was able to do fo’ my people. ALL o’ my people. I wish dere be more time in Azerot’ fo’ me, so I could have done more fo’ da Horde. But I be t'ankful o’ da time I had, and t'ankful o’ dem I met along da way.

Ya be sayin’ “t'ank ya fo’ bein’” to me, but in da end, it should be me t'ankin’ you.

T'ank ya, all o’ ya, for bein’ who ya are.

From dis Ol’ Troll, T'ank ya.

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The Thot patrol gonna take you out Vol'jin

T'ot patrol? Dat muss’ be some new Troll cult… I muss’ confess, I know many Loa, but I nevah heard o’ T'ot before.