I kind of like the idea of there being wild, outlandish sailor’s tales for kul tirans to wistfully but excitedly regale the mainlanders of how the great Lord Admiral sailed across the uncharted reaches of the Veiled Sea, strangled a kraken with its own tentacles, saved the Sea Elves from the tyranny of the Crab Emperor, of course turning down the offer of the cerulean skinned princess’ hand in marriage and swam back to the homeland with nothing but backstrokes.
Many of these stories are seamlessly tacked to Tandred these days for either political or generational reasons.
Having legs is considered shameful among elementals. This is why Ragnaros hid his for millenia. It’s also why elemental legs are always as short as possible in order to not draw attention to the possession of legs.
Draenei aren’t goats and it’s ignorant to call them that. They don’t terribly mind it, being very long lived with long form concerns and bigger issues like near extinction to consider and a religion of being the bigger person so Azeroth’s people calling them local livestock is at most an endearing quirk. Mostly.
Draenei are cervine; talbuks passively uplifted by Argus just like the pandaren springing up from local wildlife on Azeroth and many more. They’re not “spacegoats” but in fact spacedeer.
The talbuks of Draenor and the talbuks of Argus are actually different species, but they resemble one another so closely that the draenei simply referred to them as talbuks.
More old headcanon; other planets having bog standard wolves, deer, great cats and whatever else is titan meddling, seeding worlds with standard template animals.
The question is whether such worlds also gave rise to local variants of Azeroth’s people. Space elves are a given.
I was going with convergent evolution. “Ah yep, that cat-like bauplan is the most efficient way to be for a ambush hunter, hi draenor tigers-like, Argus panthara, Azeroth many felines, etc.”
You are right, as Shadowlands so gracefully showed us
I can blame everything on smurf satan instead.
Speaking of the Jailer.
Headcanon: The jailer hadn’t planned as far ahead as we were lead to believe, in fact the vast majority of events were just happenstance dumb luck which he took credit for.
sure he may have set something in motion but more than anything he knew an opportunity when one would present itself, then to hide his lack of foresight he pretend to have a cosmic plan.
Sub-headcanon: The jailer only pretended to be the ultimate schemer because otherwise his dreadlord minions would think they could manipulate him, which they probably could, I mean they tricked Sargeras.
Now that would be funny. Because that would mean that he’s no different than anxious people who pretend to be very wise and clever, taking credit for every coincidence that comes to their benefit or detriment as if they either planned or foresaw it all coming just so they can believe they have everything under control, including all things beyond their reach. It does go with the whole domination theme too, because that means he just likes to feel like he’s in control at all times.
We have precious little insight into the war doctrine of the factions in general but it’s demonstrated in MoP’s krasarang campaign how the Alliance forces hold to a rigid top-down command structure that the Horde exploits. The latter seems to value soldier initiative to a greater degree, operating with a less top heavy and more flexible way of war.
It’s hardly a secret how the Horde is inclined to guerrilla warfare to a greater extent but both factions have elements to close the gap in tactics. Forsaken fight much like the humans they once were and the kaldorei live by ambush tactics.
What isn’t covered by what’s on hand is done with mercenary “adventurers”. Inherently untrustworthy, prone to stray from objectives to go looting and so on, they at least tend not to switch sides that often. Tactical wildcards, they’re played and spent as needed with the unfortunate side effect of the few who manage to accomplish great things inspiring disunity and desertion as regular troops want to go and be “heroes” that topple lich kings and punch gods rather than put up with a shouty commanding officer.
Such people have a dreamy, silly view of adventuring if they’re not the wild eccentrics that thrive on it. They often barely know how to fight independently and want to meet their heroes and/or crushes, often crushed in the process.
In short, adventurers do what others can’t or won’t and have a bad reputation.
With the world in a near yearly cycle of crisis, the average person is troubled by an uncertain future. Economic downturn follows as many don’t dare to act on ambitions, invest and create, form families and plan ahead.
Another reaction is observed among the especially religious. The events at the Broken Isles a few years back and the formation of the priesty conclave has some adopting a more ecumenical approach to the faiths of the world while others dig their heels in to reassert old ways.
One comparitively small movement budding from the Church of the Holy Light has taken old reverence for Mereldar to the level of sainthood and latched onto another event from the Legion invasion;
King Varian gave his life for his people in an act of sacrifice worthy of Tyr himself. Why should he not be revered in death? As his body was never recovered, their assertion, or assumption, is that the Most Holy enveloped the warrior king and ascended him bodily into the Light’s embrace in the moment of his fall.
In this dark time of the door to death itself being flung open and myriad heresies pouring forth, the true king, Varian the Blessed awaits his people’s return to righteousness and will return when his people are worthy to smite down all who threaten the faithful.
wizard who had one job (khadgar)