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WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (10/?) Medivh
As for me, I came back to ensure that there would be a future, to teach the world that it no longer needed Guardians. The hope for future generations has always resided in mortal hands. And now that my task is done, I will take my place...amongst the legends of the past.
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"There is news— news from the Alliance. One of our information gatherers has learned something he insists you must know." Thrall disliked the term "spy," but he had spies nonetheless, as he was certain Jaina Proudmoore had her spies in his lands. It was to be expected, and was often worthwhile. Seldom had one of his gatherers insisted on seeing him like this. Something important must be happening indeed.
"Show him in, and leave us," he said. Eitrigg nodded and a moment later, a small, scrawny, nondescript human male was brought in. He looked exhausted, undernourished, and terrified.
Thrall rose to his full imposing height without thinking, then realized he might intimidate the human. "Will you take food or drink?" he asked, keeping his voice gentle.
The spy shook his head, then amended. "W-Water, if you please." in a voice that cracked. The Warchief himself poured a goblet and handed it to the man, who gulped thirstily, then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"My thanks. Warchief." the spy said, sounding a bit calmer.
"Your news." Thrall said.
The man paled. Thrall sighed inwardly. He would never be so brutal—or so foolish—as to kill a messenger for bringing bad news. Such behavior merely resulted in no one's wanting to serve as messenger. He smiled in what he hoped was a reassuring fashion.
"Do not fear. Your news, good or ill, is welcome if it aids me in protecting my people." he said.
The man looked slightly less distressed. He took a deep breath. "My lord," he said. He hesitated, then continued grimly, "The draenei have come to Azeroth."
Thrall was puzzled. He exchanged glances with Eitrigg, who shrugged. "Some draenei have been in Azcroth for years." he said. "They are nicknamed the lost ones. We know about them. This is not news, friend.
The man looked stricken. "You don't understand," he said, urgently. "Not those pathetic creatures— draenei! There—there was ship. From the skies. It crashed like an infernal stone two nights ago."
Thrall inhaled swiftly. No one had missed seeing that strange object in the night sky. looking like a star crashing to earth. So … it had not been a star, nor even an infernal. It had been a vessel….
The man was still talking. "Proudmoore has agreed to aid them. There is one among them—pale, noble, his presence commanding, though he is not physically strong. They call him Velen."
Thrall stared. The draenei? The Prophet Velen? Here? He sank slowly in his chair as the full significance struck him. The worst enemy the ores had ever known had come to Azcroth. Had been welcomed into the Alliance. How could there possibly be peace between Horde and Alliance now?
"Ancestors save us," Thrall whispered.
⸻ The Rise of the Horde, Christie Golden.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (1/?) Sylvanas Windrunner
I have walked the realms of the dead. I have seen the infinite dark. Nothing you say or do could possibly frighten me.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (8/?) Lor’themar Theron (requested by @victory-for-sylvanas)
All we can do is walk the road we are given with such dignity as we can muster, each to our own glory or demise, and pray that there yet remains something of our own hearts when all is said and done.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (3/?) Archmage Khadgar (for ino✨)
There is no sword as sharp as a vengeful spirit, no armour so thick as a righteous cause.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (6/?) Tyrande Whisperwind
Goddess make me fast and accurate, let my aim be true, and if today is truly the day you call me home, let me die with an empty quiver.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (2/?) Jaina Proudmoore
The Kirin-Tor will come down so hard on Garrosh his ancestors will reel.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT • CHARACTERS (9/?) Thrall/Go’el (requested by @magicino)
We came to this world as exiles and outcasts, but together, we can be more. A weapon to break the chains of oppression. A bastion for the hunted and the lost. A family bound by blood and honor.
