The burning of witches came along with the mass conversion to the Light; treating the druidic Old Ways as heresy and disposing of the damned in a bright and holy blaze arranged in similar fashion to the wicker men meant to allow you to dispose of your troubles in fire.
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This is entirely my personal headcanon, but I like to imagine that the Sentinel archer model in WC3 Reforged depicts Riena Wintermist, Lintianâs late mother.
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Coincidentally similar facial features, skin color, long blue hair and relatively short ears. It even fits the backstory, in which Lintianâs mother was one of the many, many Sentinels who died protecting the World Tree from the Legion.
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Mommy? Sorry. Mommy?
Headcanon as extrapolated from questing:
Kaldorei ambushers, not at all adverse to guns despite assumptions, but finding them detrimental to their usual tactics have invented the suppressor. Unlike its real world quivalent, it does considerably muffle sound though most prefer to use their magical bows for equivalent degrees of harm.
Itâs quite a rare weapon all things considered and some argue for it to be banned and all copies destroyed.
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The rich, red âwineâ of the Venthyr is in fact the most potent, heady byproduct of sin absolution. Like the liquid squeezed from grapes, it is gathered and refined, bottled and served.
Not quite anima, this liquid is given flavour by the particularities and weight of the sin wrung from a given soul, and the Venthyr aristocracy have some broad preferences.
Reasonably decadent as they are, trends shift quickly and thereâs rarely intense demand for a particular sin to savour. The Countess has some sway over this and part of her job is to subtly manipulate what is and isnât fashionable.
This doesnât stop a few ambitious individuals from stockpiling bottles of their favourite sin, no matter the scandal were they to be exposed. Nobody wants to be known as the one who tarnished their House with overindulgence so it remains an open secret as to who likes what, and how a special gifted bottle might win their favour.
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Though it originated in Arathi, the practice of making bovine blood wine was adopted by Gilnean nobles.
However when the wall closed off Gilneas from the rest of the Easten Kingdoms, they turned to sheeps blood instead, as the sheep population was larger and more readily available. Eccentric Gilnean nobles would often times be indulging in this flavourful alcoholic beverage, known for its slight metallic after taste.
The drink even found its way into more radical groups of harvest witch covens.
The wine fell out of favour when a sheep influencer caused a country wide outbreak, the death toll wasnât high but many nobles were put out of commission, leading to a minor nationwide crisis as the usual governing bodies were recovering from the infected wine.
The wine still exist despite this, with a select few speciality breweries still producing the once famous drink, however the blood has since been replaced with a mix of varies forest berries, which maintains the deep blood red colour, but not the metallic taste.
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Itâs noteworthy that the orcish habit of blending blood and alcohol has given the practice considerable stigma among their long-time Alliance foes. Itâs regarded barbaric and even demonic in some circles, and as such itâs of course distressingly popular with young warlocks.
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Itâs perhaps not typical headcanon, but it is part of a project of mine on a certain server. Left is the national heraldries of its respective nation, right is that of the royal house. The four stars on Alteracâs banner represents the four cantons that make up Alterac - the lowlands, the foothills, the uplands and the mountains. And the Perenolde crown symbolises their kingship over the nation of Alterac.
The Trollbane Hawk heralds their Alteraci heritage.
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Following Arthas murdering Terenas, people of blonde hair were not looked kindly upon, forcing them to either dye or shave their hair.
I couldnât get his one out of my head so maybe someone here will dig it. 
Rapiers with their unique design and characteristics compared to the traditional swords of other kingdoms are a product of advanced Gilnean metallurgy and the design was carried with them to the colonies and kul tiras in particular.
The ever popular sailorâs cutlass and sabre have a shared origin in kul tiras, though the latter is a development of the former into a cavalry sword. Any claims that some designs may have been influenced by orcish raidersâ blades from the Second War is dismissed with loud indignance.
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Furthermore, single edged, curved swords in their current form were an ancient kaldorei invention in emulation of the lunar crescent. The particular, typical weapon of that sort is distinct from sabres and similar blades and is thought of as an elven or elven-style sword.
The falchion, as a side note, is the human attempt to copy this style.
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The Worgen curse is still very much active in the afflicted gilneans, so much so the alliance take extra precautions when dealing with food, medical and inflicted injuries.
In fact worgens who are fighting in the alliance shared forces are discouraged from using their claws and teeth during training against live opponents.
worgen as chefs and medics are also under special supervision in case their infectious blood or similar affliction carrying agents donât accidently end up causing a new outbreak.
So far these precautions have worked out well, but there is always rumours floating about one unlucky person catching the affliction through some means or another.
Luckly should any of this prove true, the Night Elves and Gilneans know how to step in and prevent the worst case scenario.
But the fear a gilean might infect you is real among the more paranoid people of the alliance.
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With the global surge in hope following the end of the Fourth War and the Forgotten War, three years of lulling calm has had many settle down with the false illusion of lasting peace.
This has led to a demographic explosion with birthrates surging. A baby boom, if you will. Predictably, this eventual swelling of the worldâs armies, resource shortages and crowded homelands will lead to catastrophic conflict, so jokeâs on the optimists.
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Orcs in particular struggle with this due to the desolate nature of Durotar, their innate desire for blood and battle as well as the fact orcs tend to have many children that also reach adulthood far sooner than most other races.
With the resources of Azshara soon depleted, it wonât be long before a new generation gazes at Ashenvale with envious eyes.
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Void elves, by some mystical change in their very nature, at times gravitate toward colder drinks and food. Voidblend is one example, but theyâre also partial to cold cuts and icecream is practically bait to catch them.
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Dracthyr are quickly climbing the ranks in various social circles
as it turns out their military like upbringing and strive to perform as elite soldiers translates really well into other crafts they settle their mind on.
the Dracthyr smith dedicates everything to become the best smith they possibly can.
They also absorb knowledge at an alarming rate, adept quickly to new situations as well as possessing a high perception allowing them to catch minor mistakes most other races would not see or ignore.
This has for better or worse given already established artists sudden and steep competition in their respective fields.
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Following the encounters with the shadowlandâ brokers, many exotic goods have poured onto the market. That much we know from before.
However, a new market has sprung up for fake goods. Especially eager to capitalise on the rumours of infamously sharp implements from Bastion, kitchen knife sets like âStewardâs Slicersâ and various toolboxes of alleged forgelite standard and artifice promise to be the winter veil gift of the year for dads across azeroth!
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I reject Shadowlands (head)canon!
But as always, nicely detailedđ
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More kul tiran headcanon to moisten your day:
Of all people in Azeroth, the tidesages have perfected aquamation. Placing the body in certain blessed vessels filled with sea water and a curious alchemical compound, theyâre reduced to naught but dry bone and the remains are washed out to sea. Those that choose this view it as returning to the Sea in body and spirit.
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Caitlin Doughty approved.
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Dragonflight headcanon: the newly-arrived dracthyr, a strange group awakening from stasis after a long war wielding poorly-understood magic, have found a strange kindred with demon hunters. Despite their seeming vast differences, reckoning with the complicated legacy of their creator and a world they are willing to die for but know will never fully accept them has left each with a deep, primal understanding of the other.
The two can occasionally be seen outside of civilisation flying together, as the dracthyr teach their woefully underscaled friends how to fly and using blue dragonflight magic to maintain their tattoos, and the former and current Illidari teach the Neltharian-made constructs how to resist the influence of the Void that claimed their creator.
Dracthyr havenât got the hang of warglaives, though. Why cut what you can burn?
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