#baalemos

[samiesan]

13 & 19 for ohulan

What gets them flustered

Before, not a whole lot. He was pretty self assured and confident in himself, that nothing seemed to phase him. Now a days, it would probably be a compliment, like someone mentioning that he was looking good today, or he was particularly on point in battle. Something to boost his confidence.

That and his future son / Kasmia.

People they’ve hurt or indirectly killed, and how it affected them

Well, number one person would have been his dad; Baalemos. For those of you that don’t know the story behind this, Baalemos became a shaman to help out the draenei during their time in Zangarmash. Due to his innate skill jewelcrafting, he really took on the element of earth (of course, this was after Nobundo introduced the skills to the draenei). Of course, this didn’t sit well with his Vindicator son; Ohulan, who after find out what his father did, disowned him.  

Years and years later, they finally made up, only to have Baalemos be reduced to ash thanks to a blast of Fel fire.

Ohulan really regrets keeping his father at bay for so long. If he could only drown his pride and suck it up, they could have more than a few days to make up for lost time.

[samiesan]

20. What-if/Alternate Timelines for each of your Draenei characters!

So, since it was the thing to do to come up with  “AU Dreanor versions of your orc and draenei”, I kinda came up with a few for my space goats.

Vivaaldi’s easy: She was never born. That’s right, she’s one of a kind between both universes. Her mom didn’t jet off to some seedy bar one night and got some “wood” from her carpenter dad like she did in the MU timeline. No, Vivaaldi’s mother stuck to the “plan”, got married had the twins and continued to be “Worst Mother of the Year”

Reithie’s life would be TOTALLY different. If her Great Grandmother had succeeded in keeping her sons in line, she would have absolute and total say in Reithie’s upbringing. That would have to mean that her father never met her mother and this Reithie would be the total copy of Reith’yln. Her grandmother would make sure she have the utmost training and education possible, she would groom the woman in tactical thinking and politics. 

There was one scenario that myself and @jaraxxus came up with, that Reith’yln sends her granddaughter to the AU Dreanor to “help integrate” the Sargerai with the rest of the Legion. Only for Reithie to end up killing AU!Jovakor without the slightest bit of remorse. 

So, now that Reithie’s story has been explained, then I can venture forth with Ohulans. Which would be somewhere around the same scenario. Baalemos would have stayed with his wife on Argus, they would have become Man’ari and served in the Legion. Ohulan, much like his MU counterpart, would have probably become some sort of military leader, or head honcho guy, when he grew up. There is a possibility he could be arranged to married AU!Reithie, since a strong military leader and the up and coming, promising granddaughter of a respectful council woman, would be a political match made in the Nether.

[samiesan]

Baalemos and Vivaaldi network if ya can!

Network : Are they connected to the people? How much do they reach out to others?

Baalemos, not so much. Once the discourse happened with this son Ohulan, he more or less closed himself off. Becoming more of a hermit inside the Exodar, offering his services as a jewelcrafter to adventures and heroes alike, but refusing to learn other languages aside from Eredun (draenei, whatever you prefer to call it). He didn’t have a lot of friends, just a few acquaintances and one Peacekeeper that would -begrudgingly- translate for them.

It was only late in WoD that he decided to reach out to his son again, and while it ended in a sort of reconciling in a sense, it also ended in his death.

For Vivaaldi… well…. that depends…. 

She has a couple of people that she considers friends, literally two people. She HAD a couple of apprentices, but due to something that’s beyond her current control, she’s decided to send them a SURPRISE out of the blue and declare that she will not mentor them. (only to go mysteriously trudging through the Swamp of Sorrows for “reasons”)

Aside from that, she has a few people she keeps in contact with, business wise. She still uses her “exotic” -IE: manipulative- charms on other mages to get things that are not obtainable by herself, only to dump them on the curb with the rest of the trash the next day. 

She’s brilliant, but she’s ruthless and those that want to keep in her good graces are constantly reminded of that.

[samiesan]

Now all I have to do is write the story where Baalemos dies and Ohulan get’s half his face burnt off. 

Because I love seeing my characters suffer. 

[samiesan]

20, 46, 57 for Baalemos

20: Do they have any habits? Do they overuse any particular word or phrase?

Not really, he does tend to swear a lot. He also doesn't know the names of most of the races or creatures on Azeroth, so he tends to try to explain them in quite a vague manner. 

46: Who do they count among their friends? Do they have a best friend?

No friends, friends get in the way of business, friends take time and effort. No one really needs friends, they just get in the way.

57: What’s their sexual and/or romantic history like?

In his younger years, Baalemos was a bit of a player, a tom cat if you will. It wasn't until he really got into his family business, that he became too into his work to date again. 

That is, until he married his wife and they had their only son, Ohulan. Then the Legion came, his wife left him, and he was left to traverse the universe with their infant son. 

Since then, he hasn’t been too interested in anyone and has been solely focused on his work.

[samiesan]

Some more work sketches for tonight. Grandpa Baalemos and Vivaaldi.

[samiesan]

@Ohulan - Truth: do you resent your father?

“Yes of course I do!

He’s a selfish man! He basically guilts me into coming with him when our precious city was being attacked! Then turns around and becomes one of those... those... shamans! I was prepared to give my life for my people father, but you just carelessly threw yours away! 

And for what?!

Some ability to talk to the earth?

It was that primitive thinking that got the Orcs into trouble!

So look at you, holed up in the Exodar, refusing to learn new languages and such. To old to care anymore. Well, you sure seemed to care a whole lot when it was about you! 

There are some days I wished you had left me with my mother, back on Argus.”

[samiesan]

Kitchen (muse of your choice)

I’m going to go with Baalemos on this one, since I don’t talk about grandpa much.

Kitchen:

What is the character’s favourite food?

He mostly like sandwiches (or whatever the draenei call sandwiches). That’s what he made mostly for himself and Ohulan, since he was a single dad and wasn't the best cook.

Are they good at cooking? How good/bad?

Bad, not a good cook at all! Like I stated before, poor Ohulan mostly lived on sandwiches and the draenei equivalent of a corn beef hash, kind of meal. Every once in a while, someone would take pity on the poor lad and make them a decent meal, but it was sandwiches and hash. 

Do they leave the dishes out?

Despite being a god awful cook, Baalemos was all about tidying up. Much like his work space, you have to keep it clean and tidy to be efficient. So that’s how he kept his house; clean and tidy and no leftover dishes. 

What kind of food is in their refrigerator?

Sandwich making things? Lettuce, some cold cuts, cheeses, some other vegetables. Maybe some eggs and some condiments too. Not a whole lot.

Do they cook, eat out or get take-away/delivered food more?

Baalemos had TRIED to cook in the past, but that didn't work out. He mostly tries to make home meals, to save money of course, but sometimes you end up getting sick of sandwiches and hash, and have to order out something good and warm.