The book ‘‘Arthas: Rise of the Lich King’’, iirc.
Yeah? They should’ve had full beards as an option from the beginning.
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Dalaran, in its position as a shiftingly politically independent city state nestled in the clouds far from most danger has emerged from the Legion crisis a famous, or to some, an infamous tax haven.
Without the turning gears and levers of a landlocked, earthbound nation state churning out red tape, all sorts of wealthy merchants, nobles, robber barons, criminals and anonymous hoarders hide their wealth in the magically secure vaults of the city of mages.
The uncrowned hiding in the lower levels of the city naturally take advantage of this and have subtly come to control the assets of several important people in global politics. Their influence as a shadow cast by and enveloping azerothian society keeps growing as a result.
Some are very wary of these devevopments whether it be out of political, financial or highly personal self interest and as such lobby as individuals and as a group to have Dalaran land and be part of a wider society when in fact, it’s only to break the bank. Figuratively, or by a spectacular heist!
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While we’re on the subject of Dalaran, my headcanon is that it’s the hub of commercial portal traffic, on both Alliance and Horde side. From Dalaran, you can get access to a portal to just about any major Alliance or Horde settlement… for a price, proportional to the size of your goods. When Jaina banished the Horde from Dalaran in 5.1, the loss of income from merchant fees was one of the reasons why others in the Council of Six were unhappy with her decision, and it profit was one of the motivations for inviting the Horde back at the start of Legion.
Thorium Brotherhood essentially has like no lore added since Classic WoW so it’s safe to say they’ve fully joined up with the remaining Dark Irons that joined the Alliance and are no longer a ‘neutral’ organization.
Secondly, it’s very likely the Thorium Brotherhood has had dealings with Ironforge before the defeat of Ragnaros, due to the gryphon master being a Bronzebeard dwarf. And iirc in Classic she says something along the lines that she doesn’t feel too comfortable around them. Still, there’s no lore that doesn’t say the Thorium Brotherhood didn’t have dealings with Ironforge and maybe even other lands/kingdoms. Though the flight master in question could also be a Wildhammer.
Thirdly, the Dark Irons still have slaves. Whether it be Horde prisoners or just enslaved beasts/humanoids from the surrounding regions.
Think about it. Lorewise there shouldn’t be that many Dark Irons left by now, you had the War of the Three Hammers, the whole Ragnaros business and some of them can be seen joined up with the Venture Co. and Twilight’s Hammer; two factions which we’ve continuously fought in multiple expansions. So yeah, someone’s gotta do all the mining, considering golems, mole machines and all that aren’t made out of thin air.
MORE SLAVES FOR THE DARK IRON EMPIRE
MORE
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Headcanon:
Since the introduction of Forsaken to the Horde and the understanding of ferriers and horseshoes, some highly-traveled Tauren (or at least those going out of their natural plain-like habitats) have begun to get shoeing done to protect their hooves under heavy punishment.
As such, it’s given the Undead shoers (and those of the living willing to learn about architectural smithing) a bit of a boom in business! After all, if even a quarter of the population decided to get into it, that’s a full hoof-care treatment every 6-8 months on Workhorses, and probably FAR sooner for the adventuring Tauren!
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Until it was destroyed by the Alliance and Sylvanas’ self-destruct mechanism, much of Tirisfal was agricultural in nature, as the Undead continued their lives to the best of their ability.
They would herd their sickly sheep, plough barren fields with skeletal horses, sow seeds that would never grow, and generally live in a depressing and unproductive way of life in an attempt to retain the identities they had in life, but also escape the mind-numbing boredom that happens when you don’t need to eat, sleep, rest, or really relax. Most of them also did so out of pity, believing that their farm animals, much like them, need a purpose, and would suffer if they were left with nothing to do.
These farms would frequently be pillaged by the Scarlet Crusade, only for another undead to move into the dilapidated farmhouse and continue as if nothing had happened, usually bringing their own set of livestock and dying crops with them.
Many of the “farmers” were found to be in the later states of deteriorating to the mindless state by the events of Cataclysm, and were largely left alone. Some of the more productive farms attempted trade with Silvermoon and the Argent Crusade, but were rejected by both.
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Headcanon:
The “Whispers” or “Voices” that speak to Void Elves vary tremendously from individual to individual. Most Void Elves hear the voices, and the more powerful the Void Elf is the more strongly the voices will come on, creating a clear double-edged nature to the entire process of becoming Void Elves to increase their power.
As seen with Alleria, the voices also speak far more “loudly” and urgently when they want something in the immediate. The voices are usually a low level irritant, little more than intrusive thoughts, but get increasingly aggressive when they sense opportunity or threat - as such, a very powerful Void Elf who spends that power in dangerous adventures will suffer far more to the whispers than a barely-magical Void Elf who spends their time sitting around drinking voidbooze and staring at swirly shapes in the skies of Telogrus.
Less intensive voices are still considered very dangerous, as a Void Elf might be tempted to lower their defenses. The voices being completely silent is extremely uncommon and considered a very, very bad sign.
Also, one of the first things a “brand new” Void Elf will have to learn to master is sleeping in spite of the whispers. Sleepless nights and months of generally terrible sleep are quite common after the transformation, and the price of [Dreamless Sleep Potion] has skyrocketed on Alliance auction houses.
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Headcanon: The scourge near-total genocide of the high elves in the Third War left surprisingly many elven families intact.
Rather than taking a few members of each family, like many seem to expect, instead the outcome was that most families were completely destroyed while those who did escape - usually by simply being in the right place at the right time - often managed to do so as a whole.
One of the results of this is that the old Thalassian power structure in terms of noble politics was essentially eradicated. Vast numbers of various dwellings - ranging from humble to ostentatious - stand empty and abandoned, their holdings and power scattered to the winds, no heirs or relatives left to take them over.
The elves, of course, intend to reclaim all this over time as they rebuild their population. Contrary to popular belief, the Thalassian government ensures that looters and scavengers are brutally punished, so that they can better rebuild their lost splendour when given the chance.
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This is both wholesome and intensely depressing.
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Best headcanon I’ve ever read. I’d upvote you a lot more times if I could.
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Call your uncle, make it canon!
Tandred Proudmoore has a burly Roughneck girlfriend who pretends her gryphon can talk to her.
(I’m not sorry.)
“Wildhammer dwarf” is the preferred nomenclature in 2019
I ain’t one of those Windrunner elfs! I date within my own species thank you very much.
Dwarves have way more class.
Watching a vulture eat a dead plant beast on Draenor leads me to believe that the Primals were sufficiently fleshy to be considered more animal than plant.
Extrapolating on this, the transformation of Primal influence on Grond’s Breaker kin that produced the flesh of ogres and orcs (among others) means that orcs and ogres aren’t just earthen constructs interlaced with plant matter made magically fleshlike. Their unique circumstances interacting with the primals produced a “natural” variation of the Curse of Flesh, genuinely and fully transforming stone elementals into flesh and bone over time and part of why orcs have an infamously dense skeletal structure.
This is why the orcs are no less fleshy than Azeroth born races or even draenei (able to interbreed!) except for blackrock stony scales which they seem to share with the zandalari, a condition pointing to their race’s possible origin as constructs as well. Similar transformations produced many of draenor’s fauna which is why those hippo looking creatures and goren have stony plates on their bodies. The latter does in fact have a fine mineral structure akin to draenei crystalforging as artificier Andren comments in quests.
This origin story is actually widely known to the orcs but due to their reliance on oral tradition via shamans (their bond with the elements of Life and Earth powerful due to their heritage) to preserve history, the truth is diluted and scant. As canon states in Nagrand; orcs believe that they borrow their bodies from the Earth and return it upon death. This is what remains of the mythologized fact of their origins as constructs.
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The Greatfather Winter’s that we see in Orgrimmar and Ironforge are the same person and they just shapeshift to appeal to the faction that they are dealing with.
They do the same thing when they visit murlocs.
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During the ten thousand years spent under the dome, Suramar had strict population control laws because of limited room. There was a maximum allowed population number at any given time, and new births were only allowed to offset lives lost to accidents, crime, and the like. Parents who produced a child without a birth license were punished by exile, along with the child. There were cases of corruption, when birth-tracking officials issued extra birth licenses to their own families or those of powerful nobles; some of those were caught and punished accordingly.
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It’s me. And when i visit Thunderbluff, i tend to copy Unclemito’s appearance via pickpocketing him-
Oh wait.
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And the unofficial Argent Dawn headcanon award goes to…
It really goes, it’s such a good headcanon I wish it was actual canon.
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