Relax, they couldn’t hit an elekk at this distance.
I got that reference, and I love it!
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A second seditious pamphlet by a presumed rebel and distributed by unknown means has bee found throughout Horde Territory, with reports of it having made its way into some Alliance outposts. The pamphlet would be written in every language of the Horde, legible to all.
Look with thine eyes,
It, all sense defies,
A Horde that’s striven to build,
A community of races, all shapes and faces,
A Warchief its honour disgraces,
It, all sense defies,
For fels sake look with your eyes.We are not valued,
Just cadavers for reuse,
We live in uncertain times,
We’ve heard this before, now without awe,
Is this what one might expect?
A once proud ranger, exposed to danger,
Warped and tainted by ruinous power,
Bonnie in life, she was a sight,
Though now, I’d claw out my eyes,
For she comes wailing, Forsaken all trailing,
Is this what one may call right?Look with thine eyes,
A Warchief despised,
The end of the Horde, Quite possibly nearby,
Think for yourselves, without her shackles,
This Warchief just isn’t rightSigned: Szaviels
An portion of a strongly worded letter from the Banshee Queens ambassador to all Horde police forces.
It is imperative this seditious and outright treachery be punished, swiftly, and without mercy to the traitors involved.
The Warchief will not tolerate any form of dissent, find this criminal and bring them to justice.
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[Through probably dubious channels Brother Lukas has also managed to observe these attempts at poetry and has managed to smuggle a translated response onto the Orgrimmar message board]
“I thought the Horde were better at poetry, what with Orcish tradition of song and the Elven tradition for music and Tauren tradition for story. So I have attached a haiku for you all.”
“Here, the Banshee Queen,
Has lead you all into the dark.
The Light shall save you.”
Fels sake really doesn’t work unless you mean to imply the horde populace ought to praise the Fel. That word has been getting abused more and more to fill in for modern slang and at this point it just looks silly, really.
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Indeed, “For ancestors sake” would fit better.
I’m not sure that necessarily follows; I assume the intended parlance is closer to “for f*ck’s sake” than “for the love of Christ”.
That said, I agree that “fel” is an awkward swap-in for most OOC curses. I’ve used “Bloody felfire!” as an exclamation, but it still doesn’t feel quite ‘right’.
I reckon syllabic count is probably also important to the author’s composition (I say, like I’m any sort of literary expert and not just an opinionated pleb whose character swears a lot), so “Ancestor” is one too many to replace ‘for fel’, “Light” one too few. “Sunwell” would fit, and seems an appropriate swap-in for a lot of devotional cursing, but possibly narrows the list of suspects down too much; dependent on the level of anonymity the author wants to keep, devotional curses are maybe a little too much of a clue to their cultural heritage.
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'For the sake of the Sunwell" may work better for a belf?
I don’t see why people avoid the word ‘Hell’ tbh, it has been used so many times in names - speech and otherwise.
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It is like as if the word “hell” is a taboo word in-game or lore-wise overall. Hmm…
Of Blood and Honor
Arden pleaded with him to submit. “My lord, please stop! What the hell is wrong with you?” he asked.
Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne - Undead Campaign
Sylvanas Windrunner: Give my regards to hell, you son of a /censored/.
Various in-game locations, i.e HELLfire Citadel, or HELLfire Infernal mount. Hmmm… 
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There’s absolutely precedent in the canon for using “hell” IC, I agree.
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Blood elves lose their golden eye glow if they use “hell” IC. Only “heck” is permitted.
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Hello 2013 here we are again.
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Yeah, but what losers want the gold glow anyway? 
Can’t say I disagree with you there.
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Everyone knows it is not easy being green. The prophet Ker’mit told us so. Only by testing ourselves do we become strong, so we must keep testing ourselves, by holding hard to the green eyes and not being swayed by the promise of “Ehhh, you don’t look -that- evil”. Stay Vigilant, Stay Strong. Stay Green. nods
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An attempt was made! Though I admit my poetry is rather lacking, I do believe that they are improving somewhat.
Blizzard patched Horde literature and art in BFA I’m afraid, To make room for our Voidies.
Never been a fan of Haiku’s myself, But I do like that one 
Perhaps, Though as said by others in the thread it would give a little too much of a hint as to who Szaviels is IC (Though I admit the anagram is not ironclad!)
You are correct! It was noted that the meter of the first poem was off, So I made sure that (for the most part) the syllables fit together. Admittedly I did rush both of them a little since I can only seem to write when my “muse” speaks to me, as such it is somewhat a timed affair 
Regarding the anonymity, I’d reckon maybe one or two characters IC who know Silv would suspect him, though probably not outright think it is him, though to many others it could be any other individual among millions of Horde citizens, Or maybe a covert attack orchestrated by the Alliance. Who knows?
Whilst I agree, I used fel mostly for the syllabic count as well as a little bit of sibilance (Where consonants are emphasised and repeated in the same verse or sentence)
As the wise monk once said, “H’ulk Smash!”, Words to live by if you ask me (Which certainly no one has :P)
It’s only sibilance if it’s soft hissing consonants (s, sh, ch, th, z, x, f and soft c, as well as Ll and Dd in Welsh, off the top of my head). So while this fits (f is a soft consonant) more generally it’s either Consonance or (if only the start of words) maybe Alliteration.
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You’re correct, You’ll have to forgive my mis-defining, I’ve not studied poetry or Literature for a few years now, Still rusty 
Rukkha halts her stroll through Orgrimmar’s dusty streets to examine a scrap of parchment and its verses. Her face breaks into a broad smile. A loud snort of laughter errupts from her lungs. Before long, she is sat limp on the ground practically howling with laughter, eyes watering. She waves the poem like a revolutionary banner at a startled peon.
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