Why I Started This
Headcanon is a great term. And it's something that applies a lot in World of Warcraft Roleplay. Lots of people have their own headcanon for characters and events in the world, and a lot of the time the headcanon can lead to some interesting interactions.
So what, why did I start this tumblr? In spite of claiming I hate the tumblrs with a passion?
While I was running a plot for the ICMC back in January, we were handling a situation in Ashenvale. The Horde was mostly withdrawing from the forest and limiting their lumber campaign in the wake of the Siege of Orgrimmar, but there were stragglers to handle. The plot wasn't entirely fleshed out as far as what questing was going on and why the Mercenary Camp was involved, so I threw some ideas at it. At the time, it was headcanon. It only made sense:
The Kor'kron were pushing to recover from the siege, and those whom were not slain during the battle in Durotar were most likely trying to rebuild a powerbase.
Various subgroups in the Horde were either biding their time to see whom would take control, or vying to take control themselves.
Refugees were not just women and children; many loyal Horde warriors stationed close enough to Orgrimmar to know the situation, but far enough not to be immediately affected by it, were bound to have mixed loyalties.
So I took my headcanon and made it part of our quiet effort to formally retake Silverwind Refuge in Ashenvale. It gave the group purpose, meshed with the geopolitical situation in northern Kalimdor, and hopefully gave us a base to work with in the future. I threw in some of my usual flair (Kesh'ka Moltenedge, Randrice Frostcowl, Friggut Cursesworn, and other previous Horde characters of mine) mixed with some support NPCs (Delas Moonfang, a kaldorei priestess from the RPG books, and named after one of the random hero names in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos).
Then in March, Blizzard released a short story; The Untamed Valley. Which fully supported the headcanon I had established and gone to great lengths to justify. Then comes the datamined information for Warlords of Draenor, with a mercenary contract for a kaldorei Priestess named Daleera Moonfang ("Daleera's sister is a powerful Priestess of the Moon. She is out to seek her own way to the light.")
Yeah alright. I get it Blizzard. I'll go get my tinfoil hat and tumblr account and start looking at lore from a broad-ranging, serious standpoint.
But I swear, if you take Kesh'ka from me, we're going to have such a problem.
