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star — born world at her heel  /  forgotten .

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#motherswrath  is  an  original  character  set  within  a  high  fantasy  /  sci-fi  world.  Though  originating  from  World  of  Warcraft,  this  blog  is  highly  canon  divergent  &  assumes  most  are  unfamiliar  with  its  source  material.

this  blog  features  dark  themes,  including  but not  limited  to :  psychological  manipulation,  abusive relationships,  child  death / murder,  trauma, imperialism,  as  well  as  violent  &  sexual  themes.

by  Kasz ! ∣ she / they  &  25+ ∣ MEMES .

IMPORTANT :  I am slowly returning from an extensive writing hiatus.  things will be slow for a while as I settle back in & update stuff.  thank you for understanding !  ❤  ( ic tag ! )

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ngl, the toughest bit about the World Saga lore is Not inserting dragons everywhere. first time the Haranir were like "we tend to the roots of the world trees (:" my brain went "ok so did the red / green dragons know about this, or...."

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returning from two months of semi-working on a four decade old ship (mostly handing my father things down into the engine room), and I stand by my unspoken thought that Xarentia herself avoids anything marine related like she does accountability. big momma won't be caught dead in a little metal barrel on the open sea, thank you. though I unironically think it'd do her good to get thrown into having to learn how to take care of a ship or even house by herself, because even during the golden age she was already so used to delegating. it's not that she isn't hands on - quite the opposite - but there are definitely a lot of small things that never occurred to her, both from lack of experience and simply not being human. (zero idea about plumbing or electricity, and very selective knowledge about heating.)

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not sure if I've mentioned it before, but Warlords of Draenor did absolutely not happen in Xarentia's empire. MoP did, to a degree, including the Timeless isle, but she had much too tight of a stranglehold on the Bronze Dragonflight for Kairoz's schemes to go uncontested. I gotta replay / reread the exact storyline again, but the events leading up to WoD were thwarted before Garrosh could set foot in the past. I'm playing with the thought that instead of whatever that stupid mess was, it sets in motion some events that lead to a large campaign involving the Infinite Dragonflight, which then can cause some other time shenanigans. Aside from how wretched of an expansion WoD was, I don't inherently have a problem with "bad guy goes back in time to rewrite things", but I loathe how they went about it. On top of that, it's really inconsistent. After the Cataclysm, the Bronze Flight allegedly got cut off from the timeways (which I partially ignore), but then Kairoz can just send Garrosh back? And the rest of the flight does nothing? I have the same beef with the Death Knight mount quest. You go to slaughter the Ruby Dragonshrine, desecrate their dead just like Arthas did, and the Red Dragonflight does nothing. I know it's the player character / "champion", but maybe don't make questlines like that if you have to pretend there would be no consequences.

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xarentia's elemental form becoming physical. when the last unicorn wailed "I can feel this body dying all around me". in this essay, I will---

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the first phase of Xarentia's first combat encounter has string instruments + quiet chanting (mortal visage). the second phase is drums + proper choir (hybrid visage). the second encounter is technically more her brood than Xarentia herself, so the OST varies, but she does Show Up. the third & final encounter has string instruments + choir + drums (true form). those with a good ear for music would be able to tell that This Isn't It. Until the truly final encounter, it always feels like something is missing; like there hasn't been a crescendo yet. you'd think her leitmotif are the string instruments, but it's actually the very subtle sound of what can best be described as tumbling stones in the background of it all; something deep and resonating that is incredibly difficult to hear until it shows up full force like a landslide for her true form.

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hey can i kill your brother if he asks stupid questions?????? asking before something more important like the trout population is devastated.

the trout population will be fine. in fact, I am sure it and the rest of the world will thrive in the absence of that angry mountain.

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who needs the old, eldritch gods whispering in their ear when you have a sibling.

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You. Dirt queen. Why is he still breathing. Do your fucking job already.

not my division.

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creaky old gecko.

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finally Ethereal lore / patch and I'm surrounded by Shadowland's discount version of them that got shoehorned into it. I hate it here so much. I need blizzard to stop touching my faves.

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yeah.

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been playing e:33, and I am still not over the similarities between Renoir and Rakarion. it is genuinely no exaggeration when I say they are nearly 1:1 in motives and mannerisms alike.

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gotta flesh this out more, but trivia from a while back : there is a law, within imperial space, that puts any newly discovered artifacts / trinkets of a certain level of power into the empress's ownership. not only if those who discover it are working under her. the only conditions, in layman terms, are for it to have been found within her region of space, and to exhibit a certain level of power. however, that in itself is also determined by her people, and thus you are required to report any such findings anyway.

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💭

mother primordial meets stormchild and thus it echoes : liar, liar, liar. deceiver, bold and arrogant. mortal flesh clad in essence of kin — what have you done to them ? ( why does the smell of her own children cling to you ? ) something familiar clawing at her instincts, rumbling 'neath simmering wrath of a matron scorned in a desperate bid to be noticed; frozen waters against churning volcano, recollection rises with the steam : blood of own age, when the world was whole. heat hisses; perception blurs. indignation ! do you think her a fool ? awoken from slumber, great mother knows : her age of glory has long passed. there is no mortal kin anymore, only a mirage. you are nothing but a lie.

❛ ♛ ❙ A THOUGHT / @stormbcrn

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developing tia's kids is really hitting me with the "they'll always be children to me" energy. especially because of how most of the time long-lived characters are visually portrayed as eternally young to some degree (elves in particular). but plenty of Xarentia's offspring have mortal visages that reflect their greater age; who have grey hair and clearly mature features; who look as though they are grandparents, and many are. sure, to her and the first clutch, they might as well still be children, but if we take humanity's lifespan as an example, whether a dragon is a thousand years old or five thousand; at some point the nuance simply gets lost if your own species is not made for such a lifespan. I'd like to think it's very telling when a long-lived creature chooses to appear as an elder of a mortal species; as one many cultures look to for guidance and wisdom. but at the same time it also gives them a perspective on mortality; something that is so distant to them.