Newest to the list is Cass, the Zul'Daran Hex Hunter, or as I've started endearingly naming him, the Mardi Gras Rougarou!
Context: I have this running gag in my head about WoW characters from completely retconned, abandonded, or de-canonized lore for WoW and one that i thought was interesting was, in this case, the Island of Zul'Dare, a suspiciously Troll-ish sounding island off the coast of Gilneas in the original WoW alpha/rpg. Almost no lore for this island exists except that it sounds like a Troll Island, there MAY have been Forest Trolls there, and after they left humans settled there, before being evacuated during the Second War. So this is where the headcanon comes in.
HC: Zul'Dare was an island occupied by Forest Trolls for hundreds of years, who worshipped the now lost Serpent Goddess Loa Ula-Tek. However in a ritual gone wrong, most of the Zul'Dari were lost in an attempt to summon Ula-Tek to the island, to conquer the nearby human kingdoms, leaving the survivors to flee to the mainland, eventually absorbing into the Revantusk and Witherbark.
Fast forward a few decades, and the human settlers of what was then Ancient Gilneas find the ruins of the island with no signs of life except some fractured artifacts, and a series of statuettes, altars and other iconography depicting Ula-Tek. The Gilneans settle this region and as time goes on, Ula-Tek, being a cunning Goddess, whispers to the Gilneans about the power of the Voodoo and begins influencing all elements of their culture, in an attempt to bring about her summoning once again. Over time the Human Zul'Darans begin incorporating Voodoo and other elements of typically trollish culture into theirs, and even begin providing offering s to Ula-Tek.
However, her plan for summoning would ultimately be foiled, as the events of the Second War would bring about the Kul Tiran Navy and the Horde to blows, forcing the Zul'Darans to flee, some resettling in Kul Tiras, others in Gilneas. (Note, Zul'Daran refugees in Kul Tiras would begin referring to themselves as "Kul'Darans")
After the world, the Island of Zul'Dare would be left destroyed, and some Zul'Darans believed that Ula-Tek herself coiled around the island, and drug it to the bottom of the sea, never to be seen again. To this day, very few believe the legends of Zul'Dare, and the Zul'Darans remain a very minor, tight-knit community wherever they go, ever protective and suspicious of outsiders who would question their ways.
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Ultimately the inspiration for Zul'Dare and by extension Cass is very Creole in origin, mixing elements of the Gilnean and Troll culture, parallelling the real life admixture of French/English and Afro-Carribean cultures, and I really enjoyed crafting so much story out of what is essentially not even canon anymore lol, but I hope anyone who sat through this all enjoyed it! And feel free to incorporate the Legend of Zul'Dare in your own writings, if you wish.
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