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[0zero-the-fool0]

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[gamingisalifestyle]

Anasterian Sunstrider by Tyler James

[lendasdeazeroth]

Anasterian Sunstrider

Anasterian Sunstrider: A Ascensão de um Rei Elfo O Legado dos Altos Elfos Anasterian Sunstrider era o monarca dos Altos Elfos e o último Rei de Quel'Thalas. Ele governou a magnífica terra dos Altos Elfos durante cerca de três mil anos, deixando uma marca indelével na história do seu povo e na luta contra a perene ameaça da Legião Ardente. A linhagem Sunstrider, da qual Anasterian era o herd...

https://lendasdeazeroth.com.br/personagens/anasterian-sunstrider/

[fio-renze]

TMI Tuesday: What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid. Do you think your kid self would like what you are doing now?

"Queen. It was both mine and my mother's ambition -- Queen Fiorenze Sunstrider, with all the power and prestige that would've brought my family. I almost managed it, too. Between King Anasterian's court and my schooling in Dalaran, the Prince and I crossed paths often. We tested the waters on occasion after state events. My eventual husband was a better match in the long run, even if he was not quite a Prince.

Now I'm nothing. A mercenary with no great renown, but my choices are mine. I think my kid self would be shocked, but thrilled."

(Thanks @cythion!)

[kaelsleftverdantsphere]

This is just a cute little fun thing- i really want to write Kaellidan getting married and I had a thought of the high elves absolutely being into tradition and shit. And what's traditional? Asking for a blessing. But Anasterian is dead, of course, so Kael delegated this duty onto his most beloved friend. Enjoy, luvs. <3

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The mage's sincerity

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"Sit down..." Rommath gestured to a living chair and the Betrayer awkwardly sat down. Even though blood elven furniture was clearly not made for him.

"What did you want to discuss, Grand Magister?"

"There's no need for such formalities, I'm not calling you by your title either, Illidan."

"What did you want to discuss, Rommath-?"

"The fact that your... well, well-deserved title, tells me you're not someone to be trusted."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"I don't think you're the best pick for the prince..."

"As if he wasn't able to decide that for himself."

"Of course he is fully capable of choosing his partners, however, I am unsure if he´s able to choose a king to rule by his side... And as his," Rommath's breath hitched for a short, but noticable moment, "most trusted advisor, I should have a say in the matter."

"Oh..." Illidan smiled. "Is that how it is? Gods, you blood elves are so stuffy-"

"Excuse me?" Rommath frowned at him.

"Well, you obviously think yourself more than an average night elf, don´t you? With all your jewellery and tacky furniture-... You´re an interesting kind of elf-... Yet you still manage to see me as the odd one?"

"That is not what this is about... All I am saying, Illidan, is that you are not... Made to be a king, to put it bluntly."

"Is this as blunt as you are going to get, Rommath?" He grinned.

"Would you wish me to be even more sincere?"

"Of course... As you yourself like to say, it's in your prince's best interest, isn't it?"

"Alright, Illidan... Let me be absolutely real with you for two seconds..." He smiled, his expression far too cool for a mage specialized in fire magic. "I am not going to stop at anything to destroy your miserable existence if you manage to hurt him... And I have never taken a liking to you, I have to admit... I don't see a single bit of what could've left Kael so charmed."

"Aww... you think I'm charming?"

"That is- the opposite of what I just said!"

"How lovely."

"Tell me one single reason for why you should marry the prince of the sin'dorei." Rommath was frowning again, his long eyebrows knitting together right above his nose. "Why should you be the one?"

"To be absolutely frank with you now... I don't know."

"You don't know?" He suddenly burst out laughing. "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"

"Well... I am serious. I never expected anyone to love me. And certainly haven't expected a crown prince to take a liking to me."

Rommath was giggling, looking at the much bigger elf, his composure lost, wondering what his next response should be. "You're so pathetic for a man who won against the legion... You cannot even win against yourself in that horned head of yours, can you?"

"If that isn't the truth, Rommath... I can't. The only thing keeping me from throwing myself off a cliff now that my duty is finished... Is him-"

"Well that makes the two of us..." Rommath sighed, turning his head away from the demon hunter. "Will you keep him safe?"

This question startled Illidan, he was unsure if he could keep Kael safe from himself, let alone anyone else... What he was sure of on the other hand was that Kael did not need protecting. "I can certainly try..." He blurted out after a long while of staring at the smaller elf.

"Very well then... I think I might have to have a word with him now..."

[ronqueesha]

I've been putting some thought into WoW Kallian's backstory. Given how similar the Grey Wardens are to the Illidari, a lot of these details fell into place incredibly fast. But if anything, I think Kallian's Dragon Age backstory, as tragic and painful as it is, might be a little brighter than the wow variant.

She grew up in Silvermoon, among the lavish palaces and estates of High Elven nobility. But she was not one of them. The Tabris family have long been proud servants of the House of Sunstrider, renowned for their fanatical devotion to the royal family, and can trace their roots almost as far back as the king's 7000 year dynasty.

Her family were all at King Anasterian's side when he was cut down by the undead during the scourge's invasion of their homeland. Young Kallian witnessed her parents slaughtered by undead monstrosities, only to rise again as moving corpses that tried to do the same to her.

Kallian's first use of a blade came when she had to destroy the shambling remains of her family. And then they rose again, even more ruined and desecrated than before. She had to do this multiple times until nothing remained but piles of rotten meat and a broken daughter.

All she had left was her loyalty to the Sunstriders, so she followed Prince Kael'thas wherever he went. When the newly-renamed Blood Elves struck a bargain with Illidan Stormrage and moved the majority of their fighters to Outland, she went too. No longer a chamber maid and washer of royal linens, but one of many fighters with nothing but the sword on her back and a deep hunger for vengeance.

Broken and twisted with rage, Kallian threw herself at the demons infesting Outland. Perhaps in a roundabout way to rejoin her parents wherever they were beyond this life. Or maybe her mind had simply snapped, and violence was all that was left. Either way, as Illidan secretly formed his private army of Illidari, he noticed the unusually temperamental Kallian among the otherwise orderly Blood Elf ranks.

It didn't take much convincing to pull her away from the fighting to endure the gruesome and excruciating process to become a demon hunter. Perhaps because she was told there was a high chance of death, or maybe because she was promised enough power to destroy anything that threatened her people.

Kallian refuses to cover the empty sockets that were once vibrant blue-grey eyes, no matter how much it hurts or how unsettling it makes her look to others.

As the years have passed, Kallian has cooled her suicidal zeal for throwing herself into battle and facing impossible odds. In fact, it seems as if small peeks of the kind young servant girl are starting to appear behind the hard and malicious surface. With the Burning Legion no longer a threat and the undead scourge kept at bay, her overpowering rage has begun to simmer.

[celedyn]

Celedyn’s Backstory: Extremely Annotated Edition

Very important disclaimer: while I enjoy deep diving into lore and using it as a foundation to make my own connections and conclusions, my connections are for my own entertainment and should in no way be considered “right.” If you have built different conclusions from the story, I absolutely love what you have done as well and truly, if we are RPing together I will not contradict you or tell you that you are wrong. Referencing canon can make some people feel on edge or scrutinized, but it’s important that while this post may go deep dive into where I pulled these bits of lore from it doesn’t mean my connection is the one true way. 

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! BACKSTORY SPOILERS! HE AVOIDS THIS SUBJECT A LOT SO YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO EVER PIN IT DOWN IN RP BUT IT IS STILL SPOILERS!

Regarding Celedyn’s age, while there are a lot of ideas about elven life spans out there, there is lore to support extreme longevity in the Quel’dorei. We had seen multiple examples of elves that were at least in the 2700+ range due to their participation in the Troll Wars (see in game book The Guardians of Tirisfal which is dated at 2700 Before Dark Portal and details historic events that take place after the conclusion of the Troll Wars. (https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Guardians_of_Tirisfal and backed up by Chronicles 1 pg 133) known participants : Anasterian, survived until 22 ADP. Galell survived until some time after 26 ADP. (Per Blood of the Highborne ch.1) Dar’Khan survived until 22 ADP then risen into undeath. (Per Blood of the Highborne ch.1) Liadrin, Lor’themar, Halduron (Per Blood of the Highborne ch.1) Alleria (Per the Warcraft Encyclopedia online entry confirmed canon by Sean Copeland and archived at https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Warcraft_Encyclopedia/Alleria_Windrunner)  survived to the current timeline. 

A real obscure pull is the Elven Engineers: survived from establishment of Dalaran (~2700 BDP per Chronicles 1 pg 134) to 22 ADP (“Prince Kael, the other engineers and I helped to build Dalaran's original defenses.” Warcraft 3 secret chapter The Crossing  https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crossing_(WC3_BloodElf) 

Of course all of those seemed really really old until we got Lorash Sunbeam born in Tirisfal Glades (A Good War pg 50) where the Quel’Dorei first landed in 7,000 BDP (Chronicles 1 pg 118) placing his birth prior to their 6,800 BDP immigration to Quel Thalas (Chronicles 1 pg 120 and https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Founding_of_Quel%27Thalas ) and survived to ~34 ADP along with his mother born an undefined time prior to that and survived until the scourge invasion of Silvermoon 22 ADP. 

All this is to say that Quel’Dorei have a lot of room for maximum ages. I personally like the headcanon that subsequent generations of Quel’Dorei are less long lived than their Highborne ancestors because it leaves room for people who like a shorter lifespan, but Celedyn is OLD old and much like Alleria who gave birth to Arator in Outland while she was at least in the 2800ish range and is flawless and beautiful every time Blizzard puts her in a cutscene, he does not show it. 

Celedyn was a participant in the Troll Wars in that I treat it as a period that all elves were participants. It was a time that they were under so much pressure that complete extinction was eminent (“Clearly the trolls were winning”… “without assistance from Arator, the trolls would soon destroy Quel’Thalas” … “Teaching the arcane arts to the humans could easily lead to disaster. Yet as much as this possibility troubled Anasterian, his own people were facing exctinction.” Chronicles 1 pg 130) and I handle it as a period of martial law where the entire combat capable population was drafted into service with no room for civilians.

In contrast with contemporary Quel’Thalas, even with 90% of the population wiped out in the aftermath of Arthas’s attack we don’t see that same level of desperation. The Horde and the Alliance are sending emissaries courting Quel’Thalas to join them and when Lor’themar sends his letter of acceptance following the Forsaken’s assistance with Dar’Khan; his tone is much more that he is pleased they will not look weak than one of compromising for the purposes of survival. ( https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/quest=9621/envoy-to-the-horde  and https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=23930/letter-sealed-by-sylvanas)

Celedyn has foundational training in magic, which I treat as just having been common in Quel’Thalan schooling and life, but he was not a particularly exceptional spellcaster and he is gentle in nature and cowardly and unsuited to combat. Instead, most of his service during the Troll Wars was as a messenger and scout, where he could take advantage of his talent for running away to find a military unit capable of protecting him.

The elves already knew that arcane magic attracted the attention of the Burning Legion. (“Many of the high elves grew wary of their rampant use of arcane magic, fearing it could draw the Burning Legion to Azeroth once again. Dath’Remar sent his most powerful arcanists to find a solution. Over several decades they built a series of monolithic Runestones around Quel’Thalas’s borders. This barrier was called Ban’dinoriel, or “the Gatekeeper” in the high elven tongue. It would prevent others from detecting the elves’ usage of arcane magic” Chronicles 1 pg 121) (“The shield was tied to a series of monolithic Runestones, relics that prevented the Burning Legion and other outsiders from detecting the arcane magics wielded by the high elves. They also weakened the powers of their enemies, such as the Amani trolls.” Chronicles 2 pg 162)

Ban’dinoriel is a term used inconsistently in lore. It seems to be a blanket name for all of the multiple systems of protection around Quel’Thalas, including the two elfgate shields and the protective monolithic Runestones. 

As best I am able to decipher, the First Elfgate is tied to the protection from magical detection, offensive spells, and supression of hostile behavior from animals that surrounds the full borders of Quel’Thalas and is powered by the Monolithic Runestones. When Orgim had Gul’dan dismantle the monolitic Runestone at Caer Darrow, it restored their magic and allowed them to storm through Quel’Thalas. (With the Runestone desecrated, the Horde’s death knights and other spellcasters regained their powers” Chronicles 2 pg 164) Some form of repair may have been done to this barrier or potentially only to the Elfgate itself, because Arthas had to destroy this Elfgate on his march.

An additional barrier around Silvermoon is described as being summoned by magi during Ogrim’s assault and powered by the Sunwell at the time (“Their fire washes over the city but does not touch it, and their claws are repelled by an invisible barrier they cannot break.” “It is the Sunwell,” Gul’dan commented, turning back to take part in the conversation. “The elven source of magic. It gives them immense power.” Tides of Darkness ch 15) by the time Arthas is marching through Quel’Thalas the Silvermoon barrier is supported by a series of mooncrystals and it is also called Ban’dinoriel (“Thus interconnected, the crystals created a field of energy known as Ban’dinoriel - The Gatekeeper.” Arthas: Rise of the Lich King ch 19) 

Sometimes the second elfgate is treated as being part of the protections around Silvermoon city and sometimes it is interpreted as part of the protection around Eversong woods that is represented in game by Eversong still being lush and green while the Ghostlands is withered after being burned down by the red dragonflight, but your guess is as good as mine. (“Silvermoon City was protected by a number of magical barriers. Two were the elfgates, which were positioned at strategic points on the main road to the capital. The third and most powerful barrier was called Ban’dinoriel. It was an impenetrable shield that derived its power from the Sunwell.” Chronicles 3 pg 63)

People may have multiple interpretations for what all this means or if one defense superseded another or if there was a continuity error, but for the purposes of this post I will use Ban’dinoriel broadly for all magical systems of elven protection, including any systems that suppress offensive magic and any systems that physically block attacks or invaders, and I will only use Runestones when referring to monolithic Runestones. 

Bringing this all back to Celedyn, he previously had a fiancé, Ardoras. Ardoras was what would be presently called a balance druid, an expert on the astral connections between nature and the arcane. His shan’do was one of the creators of the monolithic Runestones and had trained Ardoras to assist with and one day be his successor in their maintenance.  

During the Troll Wars the first human mages are trained, and they are wildly talented (“Although the humans lacked grace and subtlety in their castings, they possessed a startling natural affinity to magic.” Chronicles 1 pg 130) but following the Troll Wars, Ardoras was upset with he way the human mages had been handled, that they had been given power without warning and that their elven teachers had taught them how to function as weapons but had not taught them of the risks or offered guidance on defense. He discussed all of this with his fiancé Celedyn and it fostered sedition in the pair as things worsened and the formerly nomadic humans began to establish permanent colonies only to have them besieged by the Burning Legion, still without the mages aware that they were the cause of the attacks. (The Guardians of Tirisfal https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Guardians_of_Tirisfal) 

The Quel’thalan druids were particularly sensitive to these assaults. They remembered well the risks that came from unchecked magic, and the choice that the first druid Malfurion had made to banish the arcane affiliated Highborne (To clarify, while the Sundering took place 10,000 BDP, the exile of the Highborne was not until 7,300 BDP and I assume that there were druids trained in that time that due to family ties and other relationships or simply using arcane as part of their own practices; who went alongside the exiled Highborne.) They knew that sharing the exact secrets of Ban’dinoriel’s protection would put the elven kingdom at too great a risk, but they could not stand idly by; and so they decided they would extend the barrier of protection themselves.

They didn’t explain why they had offered to gift an elven artifact to the nearby settlement of Caer Darrow; and the Barov family certainly wasn’t about to question it. In secret they had built another monolithic Runestone, bound it to Ban’dinoriel and delivered it to the island. Unfortunately, they had greatly overestimated the Barov’s capacity for discretion, and soon word of this offering reached the ears of the magisters.

What the druids did not know is that the magi that ruled Quel’Thalas the Council of Silvermoon, were already well aware of the problem and had a solution of their own in mind, one that would allow them a level of political influence over the human kingdom (“Having agreed that they could not prohibit the use of magic, the Council of Silvermoon and the magocragy of Dalaran decided on another solution. Together, they formed a clandestine order to deal with the demonic invaders.” Chronicles 1 pg135) and the druid’s solution of simply extending Quel’Thalas’s protection threatened their ability to monitor and control the human mages that were rampantly growing in both numbers and power.

The Council’s retaliation was swift and succinct. Overnight; magisters capable of manipulating the thoughts and memories of others (See the interaction in the Silvermoon bazaar. https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Priest_Ennas   While some people feel this level of totalitarianism was reflective of Kael’Thas’s reign, it is important to note that Silvermoon was never under his direct rule. After learning Anasterian and the Council had died during Arthas’s march on Quel’Danas, he destroyed the corrupted Sunwell, named Lor’themar his regent and immediately departed for Dalaran and later Outland) were dispatched, the druids of had their minds overwritten, and the history of their contributions to Quel’Thalas were erased (This is meta commentary relating to early concept maps featuring a world tree in Quel’Thalas  https://twitter.com/manaborne/status/1449913597950300162?s=46&t=lRdyqF10RdSWO2uXdPr8Pw that was then downgraded Thas’alah to just being a pretty cool tree, and the original manual for Warcraft II Tides of Darkness saying that the Caer Darrow runestone was placed by Elven Druids https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness_manual#The_Runestone_at_Caer_Darrowwhich was later changed in the Warcraft Encyclopedia to “Elven Magi”) 

Celedyn was not directly involved in the creation of the Caer Darrow monolithic Runestone, but he accompanied Ardoras, and he knew that what the druids were doing was in defiance of the ruling powers of Quel’thalas. Shortly after their return to Silvermoon, he came to visit Ardoras late one night after an evening of partying and debauchery and he found his fiancé calm and content and not recognizing him at all. He ran to get help from Ardoras’s shan’do but found that he was calm and content and not recognizing him at all. When Celedyn returned to his own home, he noticed the door was very slightly ajar. He turned around and he started walking and did not stop and that was the last time he saw Quel’Thalas. 

Bonus content for people who made it this far and presumably just love obscure citations about druidic presence in Quel’Thalas: 

See Emmarel Shadewarden, sent by the Unseen Path to fight alongside Talanas Windrunner against the Amani (“I fought alongside its first wielder, Talanas Windrunner, during an Amani troll incursion.”  https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Rendezvous_with_the_Courier#Notes ) I personally don’t interpret this was the contemporary invasion associated with the Zul’Aman raid. We are told that the bow Thas’Dorah has been passed though multiple Windrunner generations of Ranger Generals (Including Grandmother Alleria her daughter Lireesa, and Current Alleria who refused the title but took the bow then lost it.) and while one may interpret that Talanas passed down the title and weapon while he was still alive and simply survived until the contemporary Zul’Aman conflict where he met Emmarel, I am not aware of us ever seeing elven ascension working that way. Anasterian and Lireesa both passed their titles on when they died and Anasterian is treated as being past his prime while still retaining the title by the time Arthas is attacking. By the time the ZA raid came out, the title of Ranger General had already passed down many generations and I think that is because Talanas was already long dead.

Dath’Remar did step down as LEADER following the creation of Ban’Dinoriel (Chronicles 1, pg 121) but not explicitly as King and the King of Quel’thalas has not been the political leader since the establishment of the Convocation of Silvermoon (“The Convocation of Silvermoon was founded as the ruling power over Quel'Thalas, though the Sunstrider Dynasty maintained a modicum of political power. https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Founding_of_Quel%27Thalas ) I don’t put an upper limit on the start or length of the Troll Wars but it is note worthy that Talanas was declared Ranger General in them; and Current Alleria who is at least three generations removed also fought in them but she was not offered the title of Ranger General until her mother Lireesa died in the Second War (“It wasn't until the orcs allied with the Amani trolls and turned their attention to Quel'Thalas that the Highborne understood the true threat. Many elven rangers--including Lireesa Windrunner, the ranger-general--died in a bloody attack.”  https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Tales_of_the_Hunt#:~:text=Tales%20of%20the%20Hunt%20is,lore%20about%20the%20hunter%20artifacts. ) and YES dear reader that does mean Sylvanas was not originally intended to be the military head and only held the role for 2 decades at the most and maybe that’s why she’s not very good at leadership.

All that is to say I think there’s good lore evidence that for one reason or another the druids of the Unseen Path had some level of involvement in the Troll Wars, maybe as an investigation into the heavy use of Loa delivered by the Zandalari (“tens of thousands of troll fighters exploded from the shadowy forests. Monstrous loa demigods marched alongside the Amani, infusing their troll adherents with supernatural might” Chronicles 1 pg 129)

[keranna-zerine]

Keranna Zerine

Appearance -

Gender: Female

Race: Sin’dorei

Height: 5′9″

Eye Color: Jade green

Hair Color:  Platinum Blonde

Build: Pin-up model old fashioned

Skin Tone: Porcelain

Piercings/Tattoos: Double earlobes, three helix stack on the right ear.

Scars & how they got them: None of note.

Common Accessories:  Enchanted stacking rings on some of her fingers, well manicured nails at all times, concealed daggers.

Likeness:  Hannah Waddingham

Personal Information–

Profession: Magistry Intelligence Officer

Languages: Thalassian, Common

Residence: Dalaran

Birthplace: Quel’thalas

Birthday: July 14

Religion:  None

Patron Deity:  None

Fears: Extreme heights, the deep ocean, the death of her loved ones.

Relationships ––– -

Spouse:  None.

Children:  She considers @fio-renze and @pyraelia to be daughters.

Parents:  Osric Zerine (deceased) and Melia Il'iquen (deceased)

Siblings:  Nyphele Zerine (deceased), Selaena Zerine (deceased)

Other Relatives: Cosima Sunmote (cousin, deceased). Fiorenze Sunmote (Second cousin, living), Pyraelia Sunmote (Second cousin, living).

Pets: Rue, Fiorenze's blink cat.

Sex & Romance ––– -

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Preferred Emotional Role: submissive | dominant | switch

Preferred Sexual Role: submissive | dominant | switch

Libido: Moderate

Turn ons: Confidence, creativity, success, intelligence

Turn offs: Hubris, over-inflated egos, weakness

Love Language:  Acts of service.

Relationship Tendencies: Keranna enjoys secret little affairs or flings, but when it runs its course she's not afraid to end it and will do so with ruthless immediacy.

Favorites –

Favorite food:  Traditional Sin'dorei street food

Favorite drink:  Champagne

Favorite artist:  Heltheon So'daras, former painter in King Anasterian's court.

Favorite scents:  Her perfume is a delicate blend of white peach and pear notes alongside honeysuckle and jasmine.

Favorite person:  @fio-renze.​

RP Hooks ––– –

Nobility - Keranna has long been in the noble courts of the Sunstrider dynasty and more recent Regency. As the third daughter of her own family, she served as a handmaiden to higher ranking cousins and eventually became governess to Fiorenze Sunmote who married into the higher ranking Tel'vaiel family. Being on the fringes of high society has made for an interesting life, even if her titles were always small and eventually non-existant.

Fine Arts - Keranna is a lover of fine arts and is herself a ceramicist. She is enjoying reconnecting with clay and can occasionally be found throwing pottery in studios around Silvermoon as she tries to find her favorite post-Dalaran.

[pooktales]

Aaah! **tww spoiler** In My Life For My Prince 4: The Fall of Quel'thalas, I did a thing where King Anasterian Sunstrider was afflicted with black blood. (TW: It's kind of a fancy murder mystery at the start, so there's a death scene.) Now there is a thing in-game called that! Great opportunity for me to weave it back into my ongoing fanfic 😀

I'll let you know when I post the next chapter of the continuation, The Fangirlverse!

[superanonymousthethird]

This mod also exists for CK2 and one time I played as Zul'jin to try and take over the Quel'thalas lands (in CK2 there's a specific casus beli for that + Zul'jin can call on troll tribes who are allied to him) and when I checked on Sylvanas, she was fucking engaged to Arator, who was 12 at the time!!! Sylvanas what the fuck!.. Another run I was Anasterian or something and Sylvanas was the only damn Windrunner who decided to marry a cousin and start making the family tree a circle.

I'd also rant on how Sylvanas if left to her own devices becomes a magnet for disasters but idk if it would be as interesting to you. (I'm just happy to see another mod player so I'm sharing. If it's annoying I'll stop)

So my friend (B) and I realized that the Warcraft mod for Crusader Kings 3 (Guardians of Azeroth 2, its very cool) updated recently with a few new mechanics. We had a longer running game where I played as Sylvanas and B played as Vereesa, but that game had gotten so slow it refused to run. So, we decided, why not restart? We picked the earliest start point, I picked Sylvanas and B picked Alleria.

Interesting moments from our game so far:

alleria becoming a witch and then instantly turning sylvanas into a witch

me: SOMEBODY IS PLOTTING AGAINST MY SIS--- wait. is it you?

B: yeah its me LOL

sylvanas has ptsd, feels canon

zul'jin and sylvanas ended up becoming rivals. sylvanas lost this duel so hard she had a mental breakdown, which led to her becoming a gym rat

B: Is our grandpa spending our legacy points? me: No... Wait. *I* am the family heir. B: Wait, really? Oh.... me: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

sylvanas being an incredible aunt, as expected

the scream i scrumpt, i was just trying to get her to not hate me after grandpapa's untimely demise

i saw this and was like. bro we have to take this man down, this is the last straw

cant avoid tragedy. at least lireesa's still alive?

and to round out the night, all hail the new regent-lady of quel'thalas!

other fun moments:

me deflecting the windrunner curse like my life depends on it. i dont know where all these men are coming from but BACK YOU VILE BEASTS

lirath's wife tried to kill him. in retrospect, her name was shar so i should've known this would've happened.

our uncle threw shit on me (because i killed grandpapa) so sylvanas now has the nickname "the Stinky". i will figure out how to change this, but unfortunately uncle paus windrunner will never see this >:)

i have a permanent religion debuff because B made a new religion that made polygamy holy, and sylvanas has a permanent "refusing to marry" trait

conversely, alleria has 3 husbands who wont stop accusing her of cheating despite polygamy being legal and encouraged

sylvanas finally ended up hooking up with a random elven woman in the woods during a hunt. good for her.

arthas somehow ended up being alleria's prisoner. he was in prison for 16 years before either of us realized it happened.

most of the original warcraft cast is dead. it has only been like 50 years. neither of us have any idea how this happened.

[0zero-the-fool0]

[da-zzi]

Anasterian Sunstrider

[freejamtime]

anasterian sunstrider did NOT die to that overgrown manchild for kael'thas to just barely win. GET HIS ASS!!!!!

Round 3

[kaelsleftverdantsphere]

Trans Kael bits and pieces in a modern AU teehee

Enjoy

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"Bro if you don't come like asap we're going without you"

"Hal, father is in my room, wait like 2 fucking seconds"

"Then tell him you need to run away from him real quick with your 3 boyfriends and to go fuck himself"

"OMG HAL STOP"

"What? We already drank a bit before going"

"WITHOUT MEEEE????"

"Well you gotta talk to your daddy first don't you"

"🖕🖕🖕"

"Omfg its starting to rain good sir"

"Stand in the rain then, it won't kill you 😉"

"I love you too Kael!!!!"

"MWAH BITCH"

"All I'm saying is you should start acting like an adult for once, darling..."

"I am an adult..." He was laying on his bed, looking in his phone, completely disinterested in whatever Anasterian was telling him.

"You sure are, in age atleast... But not in the way you act. Especially not recently."

"Belore, dad, will you just leave it? I'm trying, oh my gods..."

"All I'm saying is that you should be more responsible... I don't want to be worried about you running around, possibly coming back home pregnant or worse!"

"DAD??? Will you just cut it?"

"I get worried! And I don't want you ruining the image of our company..."

"Blah blah blah, epic, cool... you leaving?"

"Stop talking to me in that tone, young lady!"

Kael stopped in his tracks, sat up on the bed. "Will you just leave? I don't feel great..." He frowned at his father.

"What is it? Keelia, you know you can talk to me, honey..."

He got up and walked over to his father. "Please, leave me alone for two seconds!"

Anasterian sighed and walked out of the room. "Alright..."

Kael closed the door behind him and went to get ready for the night out.

He put on his binder and quickly put together an outfit for the day.

He wasn't feeling particularly confident in the look to be honest. He might've been feeling cocky and rude today, but the second the way he looked came into question? All that smugness goes out the window.

---

Kael blinked behind the mansion to the usual spot, with his friends already waiting for him, two of them absolutely drenched in rain while Rommath was the only one under an umbrella.

"Hi..."

"Just hi? The fuck, man?" Halduron hugged him.

"OH MY BELORE YOU'RE SO COLD!" Kael pulled back and playfully punched him in the shoulder. "How very dare you, sir..."

"Are we going?" Rommath said, looking up from his phone. "You look handsome, Kael..." He stated dryly.

"Thank you, you do as well..." He smiled at him.

"I think we should go before your dad notices you left..." Lor'themar chuckled. "And we really need some fire magic over here..."

"Rom could've dried your clothes already-"

"Why would I do that? They should've brought umbrellas..." Rommath rolled his eyes.

"Rommie..." Kael giggled.

"Ughhhhh... You act like you aren't the stronger one of us..." He said, slowly walking away from the house.

---

When they got to the bar (and dried Lor and Hal's clothes) they sat down at a booth in the corner. Immediatelly ordering some drinks to start with.

"How was your day, by the way? You were at home, right, Kael?" Lor'themar started, taking a sip.

"Oh yeah... I didn't have any classes in uni today so I just... Read a book and shit..." He smiled, also sipping on his drink.

"I will never understand... NEVER... How you can read books for fun..." Halduron joined in.

"That's because you're fucking dyslexic, Hal..." Rommath chuckled.

"Hey! That hurt! It's true but it hurt!" Hal was laughing his ass off trying not to spill his drink.

"And what did you guys do?" Kael asked.

"Well I went to class and later, Hal, Sylvanas and I went to archery practice..." He shrugged. "But nothing very eventful happened..."

"I went to class, to work and then I had a job interview for my summer job-" Rommath started.

"Belore dammit, Rommath, you have no chill." Halduron said.

"What? I would be bored just sitting at home like someone..." He smirked and looked over at Kael.

"I don't sit at home willingly! I just can't do a lot of shit because father would be worried sick..."

"And... why do you care if he's worried or not? You are an adult, Kael..." Rommath shook his head.

"I wouldn't care if he didn't make me feel so bad about it... He shouldn't even worry about me going out with friends every once in a while but noooo I have to sneak out like a sixteen year old..."

"I mean you do act like a sixteen year old sometimes... But that's not important..." Rommath took a sip of his drink. "You are constantly worrying about him worrying about you... that's not healthy for either of you..."

"I know... But me not being out to him is also not the healthiest situation now, is it?" Kael cringed at the thought. "He still sees me as his little... girl..."

"Ugh... What did he say this time, hon?" Rom moved one of his hands to Kael's knee and looked into his eyes. "You okay?"

"Of course I'm okay... I'm used to it by this point. He just called me a young lady again. Like using my deadname isn't bad already. But- he doesn't know so it's- so it's fine I guess..."

"It's not fine if you feel hurt by it... Even if he doesn't know..."

"Belore, Rom, can we just drink in peace without talking about my identity crisis?"

---

They sat there for a while, drinking their little cocktails, talking, when Hal had the genius thought of doing shots. And Kael had an even more genius idea of making it a competition between the two.

Kael was feeling more than just tipsy when he felt a slight tap on his shoulder. He turned around and froze.

"Keelia, what did I tell you-?"

"Dad, I-" Suddenly he felt as if his whole stomach turned.

"You what? I don't understand what you're trying to do by constantly acting like a-"

"Dad, I don't feel too good..."

"Oh my belore, sweetie..." Anasterian brushed back his hair.

"I mean-" And in a second or two, his stomach chose to leave the conversation right onto a pair Anasterian's expensive shoes.

---

He didn't remember much of last night when he got up on his bed in the morning with a raging headache. He was still wearing his binder and god did it feel like it was crushing his ribs after so long.

He slowly sat up and looked over at the side table with a piece of paper, a pill and a glass of water placed on it.

Kael reached for the paper, picking it up and reading the text on it.

"Don't do that again and call me if you need anything

-A.S."

Kael chuckled.

"I love you, dad."

[arctic-chestnut]

我目睹血海中立起飘扬的旗帜

我眼见光辉破碎在尸骨之上

我耳闻盔甲与长矛撞击的沉闷

接着我望向你

越过千万个世纪

art by 锋

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WoW Shadowlands

Ok, so, it's been shown that Kael'thas will be in Shadowlands and I'm hella hyped (they'd better not f*ck up again), but you know who else would be in the Shadowlands albeit not in the same zone? ANASTERIAN!. I really, really hope they bring Anasterian into it somehow, it'd be bloody amazing to see more of him, perphaps not likely, but plz Blizz?