Physali stood in front of the Vrykul-sized shield serving as her mirror, tensing her arms and staring in disbelief at the wirey muscles that had slowly appeared over the last year. Under Neduni’s tutelage, she at last had what she wanted. If you looked past the thick-rimmed glasses and the childish pigtails, Physali was strong. She at last looked like a warrior, and felt like a warrior, no longer needing levitation spells to carry her large swords or to wear her heavy plate armor. In the wilds of the Broken Isles, she has survived and prospered, fighting the Legion and their allies at every turn.
It wasn’t without its sacrifices, of course. Without her constant practice, her arcane abilities were beginning to fade from disuse. She could still do portals and scrying spells, her specialties. Those spells were burned into her memory and would take more than lack of practice to lose, but other spells she had once used daily were not as reliable as they once were. It wouldn’t be long before she lost them completely.
It was exactly what she wanted, in a way. She was leaving her old self behind, the foolish scientist and mage that had destroyed everything around her. She could leave behind her mistakes, creating the aggressive disease Animi Fermitas, standing aside as her horde friends were driven out or killed in Dalaran during the Pandaria campaign, abandoning the Black Claw, abandoning the Watchers.
She briefly wondered what became of the Watchers. She’d checked on the occasional Saturday, only to find static in her scrying of several members, as though they were no longer on this plane of existence.. But other times, she’d just see them living their lives, still relaxing by the pond or doing as everyone else was doing these days: Fighting the Legion.
Did they even realize she’d gone? Maybe that was for the best. They had enough to worry about, and honestly, so did s--
With a thunderclap, the sky outside her tent turned sickly green. Stormheim was being invaded. Again. Leaving her musing behind, she picked up her swords and trotted off to find Neduni. There was work to be done.
((ROUND TWO! Expect like.. six more of these. Probably not tonight, but soon (tm)
