#Vol'jin AU

[druidonity2]

Vol'jin and Garrosh screaming at eachother

[airanke]

Is there some reason you wanna make a full pair of OCs? Like, to make a story to sell or something? Because I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having fun and finding joy in your OC, regardless of if she’s in a borrowed universe with a borrowed character! You seem to have a lot of fun with Abi and Dabi and I think that’s rad. It’s not like you’re any lesser for it. What matters is what makes you happy!

Not to say you shouldn’t try and spread your wings if that’s what you really want, but like, it’s not like you’re less of a creator because you like playing best in other people’s universes!

Aaaah, well, thank you. I do enjoy the content I make for Dabi/Abiteth. As for selling I'm not sure... I don't like making money off of my creativity (weird, I know).

I might be mentally preparing myself for Dabi to die in the canon, which will impact the amount of content I do for Dabi/Abiteth going forward, if not end it all together (at least in my experience with another franchise axing my fav character, and a year later me essentially dropping the OC x Canon story I had for that character all together). I guess you could say I'm scared of losing it because I did already lose something similar that meant so much to me at the time.

So I may try to work out a way to create a character that is but isn't Dabi, though I doubt I will have much success.

[izzythefantasyartgurl]

Hoh’Ro , the childhood friend of Vol’jin. She grew up with him and Zalazane. A skilled warrior, the daughter of a healer and shadowhunter. Please enjoy!

[manglednatalia]

So in my AU Vol'jin still gets wounded, but instead of dying he needs lots of time to recover he has two shaman wives of course they won't let his go so soon. He'd decide to check on things mid bfa and it's like this:

[artistgem]

O, P, T, U for the ask!

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of? Ultralife by Oh Wonder is Renathal and Molly. Heck, I see quite a few songs from Oh Wonder with those two. P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fuckin' aaa...fuck it road trip au for bugsnax where everyone meets up post-game to go on a fun roadtrip to Somewhere TM, just to catch up and make fond memories. Within the first few miles it is already chaos. T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

Venthyr purr and can make big cat noises, and are (usually) very highly social creatures. Being left alone long term is emotionally and mentally damaging.

Spending prolonged periods of time in a specific afterlife realm as a mortal can physically alter their appearance, especially for magic users. Has never been observed before since the link between the living and death worlds was closed...until recently of course.

Grumps purr as well among making other noises, and also partake in more primal behaviors like social cleaning and grooming, huddling in sleep piles and even courtship displays. Levels of these behaviors depend on the individual though.

Renathal, Theotar and Snorpy are autistic. They are my comfort character and as an autistic person I am claiming them for the autistic community. U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

World of Warcraft- 1. Renathal, himbo vampire prince who is trying his best with his empty head, he is so scrunkly my favourite blorbo. A comfort character. 2. Theotar, another comfort character and I see myself in him quite a bit. Chaotic vampire crechur I found him drinking water out of a muddy puddle in a parking lot. 3. Vol'jin, that's my troll dad Bugsnax- 1. Snorpy, holy fuck I see myself in him too much this is wild. I am just staring into a mirror and staring back at me is just a tall yellow trash can mouth muppet. Okay but in all seriousness, Snorpy is an amazing character and I really vibe with him. 2. Beffica, I am fu c k ing gay and I love her bitchy attitude I love snarky and sassy characters with a softer side they try to hide to not be vulnerable. 3. Filbo, how can you not love Filbo?? he is a dumbass but he is my dumbass baby boi

Owl House- 1. Eda, please fucking just fucking step on me my queen holy shit I love you. Harpy Eda got me acting up, she is just too gorgeous and sassy and powerful, so powerful. 2. Darius, dadrius dadrius dadrius. Sassy, bitchy man who has such good vibes and style, absolute fucking king I wish/hope to see him punch Belos in the face 3. Raine, an absolute dork and a sweetheart and can also kick ass and take names, they are too powerful and they have every right to be.

[thefoldedbird]

Slightly NSFW Scenario under the cut

You already know it’s all about the best Warchief we ever had. Why bother asking?

Okay, so Vol’jin. For context: he’s dead. In the process of being reincarnated. Probably into a loa. Possibly into the new loa of kings (thanks Rezan) or maybe even the loa of shadow hunters.

Finally he gets reincarnated as a loa, has a temple, has worshippers. The whole shebang. First of all:

“Let your Loa take care of you.”

That is such a raw fucking line as a precursor to sex and I’m over here living for it.

Second of all -and it’s been floating in my head all morning- the idea of a group of budding shadow hunters noticing his wife (my OC Orla) being a rather frequent visitor to his temple, drugging her, kidnapping her, dolling her up in your typical two piece sex appeal offering (see: Princess Leia), and chaining her to his altar as an offering for his favor.

All while having no clue who she is. She’s just an easy target to them. This idea also easily works with Tyrathan for all those that ship them.

First of all, by this point in their relationship they’ve mellowed a lot and this is something that Orla would find downright fucking hilarious. Despite being a rather powerful Mage -with a patron deity to boot- and easily able to free herself. She doesn’t. It’s too damn funny and she wants to see the look on Vol’jin’s face when he gets back and finds his wife chained to his altar like a sacrifice.

Of course, he’s a bit peeved at the blatant audacity of his worshippers and actually wants to deal a hefty punishment, but Orla talks him down from it. She finds the groups of the to-be shadow hunters interesting. Not to mention the looks of abject horror on their faces when they realize they kidnapped their Loa’s wife? Priceless.

Vol’jin ends up stripping the group of one of their arms each and a deep slash across the chest as punishment -which will take a few days to regrow and heal respectively- and let’s them go with a warning. Don’t ever fucking try this again.

And of course, Vol’jin and Orla have vigorous sex on the altar and call it a good day. He very clearly doesn’t find it as funny as she does, but eventually admits it’s a little humorous.

Smaller side note, loving the -very realistic- notion that you can’t jump straight in the sex with trolls if you’re human. Wayyy too big. Tongue, then fingers, then cock for safety purposes. Be OSHA compliant when fucking the horde races please <3

[old-cincearts]

Commission: Full Paints for (@)Airanke of their OC Amita with AU Vol’Jin

Twitter: (@)halibearish

[silver-soo]

Why... I dunno...

I just love Tyrajin xD

[fatherentropy]

I woke up angry over Vol’jin apparently

[lunartidesmagic]

Just imagine Tyrathan and Vol'jin as Morticia and Gomez Addams.

Tyrathan: *says something in common*

Vol'jin: Tyrathan! Dat be common! *starts kissing Tyrathan's hand*

[steblynkaagain]

also please look at this epic meme hell from @contrite-of-spirit <3

[airanke]

Nah, I understand where you're coming from, you explained yourself well -- and I'm really sorry the reason is so awful and sad. Losing characters we love is always super difficult, especially when we put so much of ourselves into them. I totally understand the fear, as Dabi is my intense emotional support blorbo. Ironically, I had a character kinda like that in WoW, though he was a much smaller character. I got wildly attracted to Putress in BC when I was a wee little lass playing WoW for the first time (I admit it was very shallow - I love undead and the warlock tier they put him in was and still is my favorite and it was SO GOOD) and I promptly sat about writing a bunch of stories featuring his character and my own. Come WotLK, suddenly he had a much bigger and cooler role than just as a plague investigator man. Which was so cool! And then, uh, they killed him. I'm usually pretty damn good at just existing in my own head and ignoring canon, but it did get to be pretty hard. I feel like losing a character like Vol'jin would be much worse, considering he actually had some like... y'know, development! So: all the condolences. ): It makes me sad to imagine you stopping with your stuff, cause I really enjoy it. I love seeing people embrace the whole canon x oc thing so much -- but I also know how hard that can be when we're at the whims of other creators. I'm really sorry you're having a bad time of things, and hope you can find some peace and happiness -- and that your cool WoW AU treats you well!

Hrrr yeah I think that's the hardest part for me right now - like it almost makes me wish I wasn't so invested in the series as a whole, then it would make ignoring the canon easier haha! It was really weird to me to fall for Dabi as hard as I did, I'm still confused about that to this day 😂he's the only reason I have any interest in BNHA.

Oooh man, Putress was amazing!!! (Listen, undead + warlock + THAT WARLOCK TIER = G O L D so I DO NOT BLAME YOU for your attraction to Putress <333 also HIS VOICE??? //swoon).

God yeah, WotLK would have been such a hard hit :( I think Putress is like, one of the few "villains" that Blizz actually did right by, but damn. You def know exactly how I feel 😭Vol'jin was even worse cuz they ended up bringing him back (sort of) in SL, and it just made me? Angry? Because like... why'd you kill him off then if you were going to turn him into a Loa (I literally HATE IT).

Aaaaaa //// I'm glad you really enjoy it, I think a lot of my uncertainty too is affected by my RL right now (I'm surrounded by a lot of negativity esp at work - not directed AT me, just around me, which I absorb like a sponge).

I'm getting pretty far with WoW AU!!!! I'm getting a lot of the hardest stuff out of the way (aka: Lineart), I could talk about it for hours haha (BNHA x WoW = Air Has The Strongest Ideas). Dabi/Abi's inventories are SOOO stressful because of all the tiny details, but for now it's treating me well!! I'm about half-way through the line-art for Abiteth's druid forms, then I'll tackle Dabi's inventory, then probably start doing some spell sketches for him. I think if I get the line art done I could have it finished by either the end of March or April.

[izzythefantasyartgurl]

Inspired by a comic done by @airanke

Hoh’Ro singing Vol’jin a song as he passed on in her arms.

I’m sobbing.

[manglednatalia]

Fuck it, in this AU of mine Vol'jin is also alive. Why should I hold myself back

[thefoldedbird]

Weather Whipped

The darkspear live in a tropical climate. Always have. Always will. So Vol’jin really isn’t having a good time on their sea voyage north.

No warnings, just cold grumpy bastards

“Aww, poor baby all bundled up. So cute.”

Vol’jin shot the mage a withering glare, pulling his furs tighter around his body. The tips of his ears were painfully numb and the inside of his nose felt like it was growing frost.

Orla chuckled again and knelt down beside him. With a grumpy little grumble the troll shifted away, refusing to look at her.

“Now, now,” she tsked, “don’t be stubborn.”

Vol’jin huffed at her, batting her hand as she tried to cast a spell, interrupting it. She rolled her eyes. “You’re being very dramatic.”

“Dramatic,” he spat dryly, “I’m not dramatic.”

“Ohoho? Then what would you call it?”

The troll merely grumbled and burred his nose deeper into what little warmth he’d managed to build. With a humored snort the mage knelt close and drew a perfect circle of light where his furs covered his shoulder. Orla made a few more adjustments and within seconds warmth bloomed from nowhere, heating his cocooned body.

“Is that better?” She murmured beside his ear, pressing a kiss to it.

“Hmph, thank ya.” He shifted, the cold uncomfortable ache in his bones finally subsiding a little.

“Sure, anytime.” Orla chuckled and took a seat on a nearby crate. The thick fur that lined the inside of her cloak kept her warm enough, though by her admission, she was well used to such temperatures anyway. Vol’jin shuddered. He preferred the tropics thank you very much.

“I assume it’s safe to say that sailing north isn’t your new favorite activity?” Orla prodded, idly offering the same warmth rune to another nearby darkspear. They took it gratefully.

“No sane troll be fond o’tha cold.”

“Tell that to your ice variants.”

“Frostmane trolls,” he scowled, “never liked them.”

The woman rolled her eyes, though they held no malice.

“Other tribes aside, we’ve got another day and a half of sailing. So try not to go ‘donating’ your furs to the others tonight.”

“But-.”

The woman lightly bapped the troll’s mouth, “you’re the most self-sacrificial little shit I’ve ever met.” She scolded, “it won’t kill you to be a little selfish every once in awhile.”

Vol’jin shook his head, “leaders should suffa’ instead o’ dere people.”

“It’s a noble thought,” she conceded, placing a hand on his shoulder, “but it’s also the kind that can lead to unnecessary suffering, or death.”

“If that be what it takes, then it be so.”

“Such a stubborn troll.”

“You agreed ta’ our mating. Ya knew what you be gettin’ into.”

“False, you told me we were married.”

The darkspear leader had the decency to look abashed at her rebuttal, “I apologized fer that.”

“Many times, yes. Doesn’t change the fact that we were technically married for weeks before you thought to mention it.”

“We live together! Dere be one roof ova’ both our heads. Seemed clear ta’ me.”

She patted his shoulder with a coy snicker, “well, it wasn’t.”

Orla stood up and stretched, grabbing her staff. “I’m going to make some rounds with the heat rune, see if anyone else wants it.”

Vol’jin rumbled lovingly as the mage pressed a kiss to his head, brushing his hair back as she did so. He pulled his furs a bit tighter and he watched her wander off towards the lookout.

The other Darkspear were far more used to her constant presence these days. Most no longer questioned it. He wasn’t quite sure if he could call her entirely welcomed into the tribe, but the effort to reach out was observable from both parties.

She offered magic lessons and taught runes to some of the younger trolls while also training some of the elder children in what few sword techniques she picked up from alliance soldiers. Outright she considered herself a neutral between horde and alliance affairs, she spent too much time with Jaina not to be, but he knew better. She leaned horde and she always would.

She still felt outcasted from them from time to time. Not being able to take part in certain festivities or being too shy to perform for the tribe beside him as the mate of their leader.

“You sure we shouldn’t have left her behind? Not that I don’t trust Rokhan, but…” Zalazane broke his leader from his thoughts, nodding towards where Orla awkwardly knelt beside a rather fussy goblin.

“Rokhan will do fine, he’s a natural leader. He’s led before.” Vol’jin surmised, thumbing the beads of his beard. “Why? Don’t want her along?”

“Didn’t say that.” Zalazane shrugged, “she’s a powerful ally…though that goblin looks like he’s going to beat her ass.”

“She’s capable of taking care for herself.” He murmured, catching her eye. She gave him a quick wink back. “She’s fine. Besides, it’ll be her first time in Northrend.”

Zalazane huffed, “and?”

“Once she’s been, she can portal there again.” Vol’jin cocked a brow at his advisor, “what’s up your ass?”

“…cold.” He muttered, “and Northrend isn’t anywhere near Darkspear business.”

“If the Horde says it could be, then we go. Take precautions.”

Zalazane made a noncommittal noise but otherwise didn’t protest. Both were aware of their other’s opinions.

“Wow, didn’t think we’d see you above deck today, Zal.” Orla chuckled, preparing another heat rune as she approached.

“What crawled up tha’ goblin’s ass?” Vol’jin asked.

“Ah, he was asking about the runes,” Orla sighed and passed the rune to Zalazane, “he was very convinced that I’m trying to set his ship on fire.”

Zalazane hummed appreciatively as the rune dispersed the length of his body. “He be a goblin. I’m surprised tha’ ship isn’t already on fire.”

Orla lightly smacked his arm, rebuffing. “Be nice.”

“Hmph, why? He’s only after ya’ cause yer human, mona.” Zalazane huffed.

“You don’t know that.” She sighed and sat back down on the crates, idly reenforcing Vol’jin rune with a flick of her fingers.

Vol’jin shot Zalazane a warning look before the witch doctor could start a fight. Again. The troll sighed and sat down heavily beside them both. “So long as tha’ ship be gettin’ dere soon, he can think whatever he want ta’. It be too damn cold fer’ swimmin’ the way.”

Orla snorted, “agreed.”

[captainkaprozyx]

AU, where Vol'jin is solved Zalazane's madness without killing him. It returns to him not only childhood friend, but loyal advisor and powerful witch doctor, what helps him as Darkspear chieftain too. Reference/look find for Zalazane adviser AU. I make a reference for the design of the adviser Zalazan from AU Spend half the day to studying Darkspear armor to adapt and combine a lich-Zalazane design to look him more recognizable. So i'm good with that.