AU Time 2: Electric Boogaloo- What would Ibormeith's life be like if he grew up without the influence of The Folk? (Feyless Boglands or just Born Elsewhere however you wanna chew on it)
Oh, this is an ancient ask I forgot about. I literally can't conceptualize 'main stream' Ibormeith, like running around Ashenvale attending Elunite services. So it would probably be a Feyless Bogland situation. Given the types of things that dwell, it would probably be dangerous all the same. I like to imagine there would still be marsh walkers, that led groups to and from the main village. HOWEVER! Singing would be far less magical and any sort of magical properties to the tribe would be nonexistent. I can imagine they'd be fearful or untrusting of magic, even the more "acceptable" form of it. I still doubt they'd be super welcoming to things like large temples or Malfurion followers, so even druids wouldn't be a thing. Imagine they'd still have rites, but they'd be more centered around proving oneself a capable fighter and hunter. So, lmao, it'd be like the Shal'thera with 80% less sneaking about. Rite of Drowning would be replaced with sending an age group deep into the marsh and having them navigate back. I still think that without the fey, their culture would be deeply deeply DEEPLY interconnected with each other. The Thala clan would likely be replaced in some manner too-- maybe by some manner of creature that the dwellers tame as teenagers. Like the Thala, the 'line' of these beasts would work alongside the elf that tamed the ancestor. EG: Ibor tames a saber at like 18/19, and has that saber until it dies, but that saber's kittens are considered bonded to him. Less master/pet too, and more companionship. Which I realize that'd semi what already happens with Kaldorei but it'd of course have its bog-flavor on it.

















