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lookingformore2014-07-26 03:20 pm
seesbosscrotch) wrote in lookingformore2014-07-26 03:20 pm
Behold the Orb of Noitisopxe, much like the Mirror of Erised!
[The paladin in his Lightsworn armor looks fairly grim -- coincidentally enough, the exact sort of look you'd expect from someone who spent a week dodging capture by hostile forces. Despite this, he looks none the worse for wear, no visible injuries or exhaustion. Behind him, his borrowed nightsaber yawns and stretched lazily, somewhat damaging the dignity of his message.]
[He is sending this message out to each sanctum, indiscriminate in his supply of information.]
I have mentioned this to a few people, but history is not proceeding according to how my modern studies of it say it should. The emergence of demons from the Well of Eternity is supposed to have led to certain events that have not occurred or have occurred differently in Azeroth. That, in and of itself, isn't surprising, since Azeroth's timeline has been riddled so full of holes that Kael'thas Sunstrider's mental state looks solid in comparison. But it does lead to certain questions.
To seek the answers, I borrowed a nightsaber from the Silverglen elves and have spent time traveling along the outer borders of what I know the Dragonsworn to have experienced, to determine what else is out there. I found what I more or less expected to find -- four hostile empires, inhabited by three different races, which appear to correlate with what history told me I should expect. The trolls broke the aqir, the Kaldorei broke the trolls, and now the demons are close to breaking Kalimdor itself... so it's education time, and I hope you're listening.
The aqir were a race of insectoid creatures, alien to us in many ways and yet as intelligent and disciplined as us. If not more so. They are, and I must stress this very highly -- [Mar taps the scrying orb, to make the point clear] -- creations of the Old Gods, and as such, their loyalties lie entirely with those great evils. They are not invincible, though. The actual aqir empire, Azj'Aqir, has been broken by the troll empires after a very long war, and now they exist in two or three separate places.
[To help the view orient, Mar shifts backwards to point to his left.] The northern descendants of the Aqir are the Nerubians, who maintain an empire far greater than it looks because it's primarily underground. They're pretty fervently xenocidal, but actually make very little appearance in the history books after the Sundering until just recently since they ended up in Northrend, where many other races that would oppose them weren't. For all their power, however, they are unable to win a war of attrition. If the Burning Legion reaches them, they will fall to its superior numbers just as they fell to the resurrecting waves of the Scourge in my time. That may be our only hope to persuade them to aid us.
To the south, the quiraji are probably holed up in an old Titan research center they call Ahn'Qiraj. [Mar grimaces slightly.] I say 'probably' because there was no way I could reach it to confirm, but I have no reason to doubt that history has fallen out here as it did as I know it. They're much worse than the Nerubians because of this, since AQ -- [Yep, he just used the initials] -- is the prison of the Old God C'thun, and remember who made these guys to begin with? The only advantages we have are that first, historically speaking, they won't muster the strength for another massive war for several millennia after the Sundering, and that second, they're no more allies of the Legion than we are.
[The paladin allows a moment for absorption, but then continues on. The news doesn't really get any better, after all.]
On the other side of the continent, we have the trolls. The trolls are one of the most ancient races of Azeroth, perhaps the original humanoid race -- without getting into the races created by the Curse of Flesh, at any case. My guess is that the progenitor tribe of trolls, the Zandalari, is already in hiding by this point in preparation for the Sundering, leaving us to deal with two of its descendent empires, the Amani and the Gurubashi.
I'm not privy to the histories of the night elves, who... I should probably mention are descended from the trolls, but changed by the influence of the Well of Eternity, much the same way as we Sin'dorei are descended from the Kaldorei and changed by exposure to the Sunwell. [That's right -- the fair-skinned, shorter elf is a distant cousin to the ones you've all been meeting!] Judging from the present boundaries of the Amani Empire, the Kaldorei have cut through it just as history speaks of. I'd expect to find them on the decline internally, although they certainly mustered enough of a response to keep me from any investigating. The Gurubashi empire is stronger and more cohesive, probably because of its location.
Keep in mind that these twin empires defeated Ajz'Aqir and broke the power of the aqir, and yet with the power of the Well of Eternity behind them, a small splinter sect broke them effortlessly. [A snap of the fingers punctuates the statement.] This is the force we have to deal with, augmented by the might of the Burning Legion.
I also am going to emphasize that all four of these empires are hostile. Not one of them took my effort at diplomatic contact as anything other than an opportunity to capture me, and it's only because I had a borrowed nightsaber and am experienced in running the hell away that I'm here to deliver this message to you. Do not approach them on your own.
[Mar is being serious, which should tell anyone who knows him just how much he means his words.]
Another thing to consider is that several races I should have been able to find, I did not. The mantid, the vrykul, and the mogu are probably the biggest three missing races. The mogu and the mantid may simply be buried behind the Gurubashi where we're presently unable to pass. but the vrykul... the vrykul are odd anyway.
I'm giving everyone this information not to encourage you to go running off to see the cool other races of Azeroth, but so you have the information, and so it informs us all as we continue to make decisions and efforts to oppose the Burning Legion. Be mindful.
[And at this, Mar rests a hand on the orb -- dismissing his message, but remaining present so anyone else could speak to him further if they so desired.]
[He is sending this message out to each sanctum, indiscriminate in his supply of information.]
I have mentioned this to a few people, but history is not proceeding according to how my modern studies of it say it should. The emergence of demons from the Well of Eternity is supposed to have led to certain events that have not occurred or have occurred differently in Azeroth. That, in and of itself, isn't surprising, since Azeroth's timeline has been riddled so full of holes that Kael'thas Sunstrider's mental state looks solid in comparison. But it does lead to certain questions.
To seek the answers, I borrowed a nightsaber from the Silverglen elves and have spent time traveling along the outer borders of what I know the Dragonsworn to have experienced, to determine what else is out there. I found what I more or less expected to find -- four hostile empires, inhabited by three different races, which appear to correlate with what history told me I should expect. The trolls broke the aqir, the Kaldorei broke the trolls, and now the demons are close to breaking Kalimdor itself... so it's education time, and I hope you're listening.
The aqir were a race of insectoid creatures, alien to us in many ways and yet as intelligent and disciplined as us. If not more so. They are, and I must stress this very highly -- [Mar taps the scrying orb, to make the point clear] -- creations of the Old Gods, and as such, their loyalties lie entirely with those great evils. They are not invincible, though. The actual aqir empire, Azj'Aqir, has been broken by the troll empires after a very long war, and now they exist in two or three separate places.
[To help the view orient, Mar shifts backwards to point to his left.] The northern descendants of the Aqir are the Nerubians, who maintain an empire far greater than it looks because it's primarily underground. They're pretty fervently xenocidal, but actually make very little appearance in the history books after the Sundering until just recently since they ended up in Northrend, where many other races that would oppose them weren't. For all their power, however, they are unable to win a war of attrition. If the Burning Legion reaches them, they will fall to its superior numbers just as they fell to the resurrecting waves of the Scourge in my time. That may be our only hope to persuade them to aid us.
To the south, the quiraji are probably holed up in an old Titan research center they call Ahn'Qiraj. [Mar grimaces slightly.] I say 'probably' because there was no way I could reach it to confirm, but I have no reason to doubt that history has fallen out here as it did as I know it. They're much worse than the Nerubians because of this, since AQ -- [Yep, he just used the initials] -- is the prison of the Old God C'thun, and remember who made these guys to begin with? The only advantages we have are that first, historically speaking, they won't muster the strength for another massive war for several millennia after the Sundering, and that second, they're no more allies of the Legion than we are.
[The paladin allows a moment for absorption, but then continues on. The news doesn't really get any better, after all.]
On the other side of the continent, we have the trolls. The trolls are one of the most ancient races of Azeroth, perhaps the original humanoid race -- without getting into the races created by the Curse of Flesh, at any case. My guess is that the progenitor tribe of trolls, the Zandalari, is already in hiding by this point in preparation for the Sundering, leaving us to deal with two of its descendent empires, the Amani and the Gurubashi.
I'm not privy to the histories of the night elves, who... I should probably mention are descended from the trolls, but changed by the influence of the Well of Eternity, much the same way as we Sin'dorei are descended from the Kaldorei and changed by exposure to the Sunwell. [That's right -- the fair-skinned, shorter elf is a distant cousin to the ones you've all been meeting!] Judging from the present boundaries of the Amani Empire, the Kaldorei have cut through it just as history speaks of. I'd expect to find them on the decline internally, although they certainly mustered enough of a response to keep me from any investigating. The Gurubashi empire is stronger and more cohesive, probably because of its location.
Keep in mind that these twin empires defeated Ajz'Aqir and broke the power of the aqir, and yet with the power of the Well of Eternity behind them, a small splinter sect broke them effortlessly. [A snap of the fingers punctuates the statement.] This is the force we have to deal with, augmented by the might of the Burning Legion.
I also am going to emphasize that all four of these empires are hostile. Not one of them took my effort at diplomatic contact as anything other than an opportunity to capture me, and it's only because I had a borrowed nightsaber and am experienced in running the hell away that I'm here to deliver this message to you. Do not approach them on your own.
[Mar is being serious, which should tell anyone who knows him just how much he means his words.]
Another thing to consider is that several races I should have been able to find, I did not. The mantid, the vrykul, and the mogu are probably the biggest three missing races. The mogu and the mantid may simply be buried behind the Gurubashi where we're presently unable to pass. but the vrykul... the vrykul are odd anyway.
I'm giving everyone this information not to encourage you to go running off to see the cool other races of Azeroth, but so you have the information, and so it informs us all as we continue to make decisions and efforts to oppose the Burning Legion. Be mindful.
[And at this, Mar rests a hand on the orb -- dismissing his message, but remaining present so anyone else could speak to him further if they so desired.]
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