#banshee queen

[gamingisalifestyle]

Sylvanas Windrunner by Moonee Art

[boufsy]

I missed you my Queen.

[disarmonia]

Lament of the Highborne 💧 Hey there, long time no see, I've been too busy (still am) with things I cannot yet show. But here is a piece from about a year ago that I am finally allowed to post - fan art of my one and only Lady Sylvanas Windrunner painted for a World of Warcraft inspired charity project. I had this idea in my mind for many many years and I'm glad I finally had an opportunity to draw it, and for a good cause. I hope at least some big WoW nerd will see the reference and the deeper meaning/ details of this piece, and if not - I am still proud of it. In other news, tomorrow (Jan 24th) is my birthday and I don't feel very good about it, not because I am obsessed with age or youth/getting older, but because the past three years were practically taken away from me by the russian invaders, I could not proceed with the plans I made before 2022, I was displaced for a while, I still struggle to fully back on track with work and obviously existing in constant grief is not good for anyone's mental health, and yet I cannot simply pretend nothing is happening, not when I hear explosions every other day. I just thank our defenders for the fact that I'm alive. I try to find joy in little things, even though it rarely works. Yet we still stand in strength, unbroken. There's no other choice.

[himepups]

happy holiday

[pootaku]

How I think Sylvanas would have confronted Alleria about her embracing the void if she were to be the Warchief :

"Enough with your hypocrisy, sister.
You speak of judgment and righteousness — as if the words still mean something coming from you.

You had a choice. I never did.

I stood alone defending our homeland while you were off chasing whispers across the stars.
Tell me… did the void sing you lullabies while our people burned? Even in death, I was denied the honor I had earned.

I was tormented — twisted into this hollow vessel, a mockery of what I once was. I thought ending Arthas would bring peace… would silence the hatred that consumed me.

But peace is a comfort for the living, is it not?

Even in death, my fate is not my own. My afterlife — just another cruel jest for powers beyond our knowing.
But you — you embraced the void with open arms.

And now you dare to stand there, wrapped in whispers, judging me?

I did not choose this existence — I mastered it. I forged purpose from ruin; I did what I had to, for those who could not choose at all.

While you forged excuses. I have carried the weight of a people. You carry only your vanity — glittering, like the void that owns you.

So tell me, sister… what makes your reason more noble than mine?"

I am still so sad with the turn they took with Sylvanas, Alleria is like the boring version of her. No hate on Alleria, what I mean is that, they didn't need to discard Sylvanas if they were going to add another 'morally gray' elf regardless. And I really hate the hypocrisy between the 'void' and the 'undead'.

While writing this, I used 'Edge of the Midnight' short story and 'Three Sisters' comic as my sources of inspiration. If you haven't read them, I highly recommend you to do so 💖

[lethargicmarigold]

thrall and sylvanas, class sketches with ink and marker

[kats-chaotic-wonderland]

Wip working on a new summer piece, get ready for a banshee in a bikini

Bonus points if you see it

[artie-dartie]

sylvanas