#mothan

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Trigon & Mothan44. “Look at me. Look at me.”

Waking up to the sounds of hysterical sobbing was not a sound Trigon would have ever suspected he would wake up to. His vision was grossly blurry, and darker in one eye than it was in the other. Not a good thing, he presumed.

The sobbing was coming from above him. Wind rushed against his face, threading through his hair. Trigon deduced he was being carried - but by who? He didn’t know anyone who would cry over him–

Whoever was carrying him choked on a breath; the sobbing ebbed to softer weeping, and Trigon soon found himself on the ground, barely held in their arms.

Mothan was too emotionally compromised to go on.

And of course Trigon should have known that Mothan would, and had, cried over him, multiple times, and always when he thought Trigon was unaware. It brought back many memories Trigon did not want to recall, not right now, and just as those memories - memories of watching Mothan soak bills and letters and papers with his tears, putting up a farce the next morning to assure his little brothers everything was okay - so too did the memories of what had happened just moments ago come.

“Look at me,” he croaked, mouth twisting in pain when he tried to move. Mothan blubbered, his hand tightening its grip around Trigon’s shoulders before loosening.

Trigon put everything he had into raising his arm and clapping it around the back of Mothan’s neck, forcing his brother to look at him, “look at me.”

Mothan tried. Trigon knew that he couldn’t see through his tears.

“I need you… to focus, Mothan,” Trigon said in a shaky whisper. He couldn’t tell if Mothan was shaking his head, or nodding it. Damn his own blurry vision.

“I need you to be strong,” Trigon continued, picking up on the sounds of the approaching hordes of undead; their feet rattled the earth, “like you are always strong. I need you to be as strong as you’ve always been.”

Mothan nodded his head; then nodded his head again when Trigon tightened his grip, shaking Mothan ever so much.

Like that, his tears stopped. The despair in his face was replaced with a hollow anger. His oddly colored pink eyes darkened, then lightened, and lit up brilliantly. Black tendrils swayed at Mothan’s back, and when he stood, back to Trigon and shoulders squared against the flaming sky, Trigon closed his eyes to rest.

Nothing would survive Mothan’s wrath.

Tazari admiring some troll hunters cuz she loves those who can tame beasts lmao she has a very picky style due to her preferring animals over people it takes a special person to catch her interest.... and then there’s Mothan because he could definitely be someone she would be able to stand.

the first two and last male trolls are @airanke and the 3rd one is @whiteincite 

10. “staring at the other’s lips, trying not to kiss them, before giving in”

I cut the start of this one out because it’s a lot of unnecessary exposition. Hope you enjoy! 

@blueriveas-horde

😱 Make a silly face at my museMothan / Tazari

Great One, these meetings were boring. Normally Mothan would lounge, but here on Azeroth he wasn’t granted that same luxury. He sat prim and proper next to Baine Bloodhoof while the large tauren had a tense back and forth with one of the archmages of Dalaran. Sighing soundlessly, the assassin turned his head to look out into the street–

Was that… Tazari?

Standing outside the window?

Making a face at him?

Mothan was caught so off-guard by the appearance of the pretty stable master with her eyes crossed and tongue sticking out that all he could do was stare wide-eyed for a solid four seconds.

Then he pressed his lips together as tightly as he could to avoid laughing. A puff of air escaped his nose and he fluidly brought a fist to his mouth to feign a cough. The conversation stopped and he raised a hand in apology, “sorreh, just had ta cough. Continue.”

For about a minute, he managed to ignore looking back out the window.

But his curiosity got the better of him when he realized that Tazari was still standing there, and this time when he looked, she pressed her finger against her nose and pushed it up, giving him the absolute most hilarious grin he had seen in quite some time.

This time Mothan doubled over, choking on a laugh, and sunk into the shadows. He rose up again on Baine’s side and clapped a hand to the tauren’s shoulder. The younger man was looking at him with concern creasing his features, “Motha–”

“I’m sorreh. I have ta excuse myself. Dere be dis feelin’ dat if I stay, I’m just gonna’ be more cause ta distraction.”

Baine nodded his head, still concerned, and Mothan gave the archmage across from Baine a polite, two-fingered salute.

The troll was gone in seconds, outside the walls and standing where Tazari had been. Naturally, the moment Mothan had disappeared from his place next to Baine, she had taken off - all Mothan had to do was close his eyes. Magic, thin and strong like a spider web, raced out from one of his feet.

He tracked down Tazari in no time, grabbing her around the waist and hefting her onto his shoulder.

“There I be, tryna’ have a serious meeting,” he announced while Tazari broke into unstoppable laughter, “and then, dere be this stable master! An’ wouldn’t you believe! Dat she kept makin’ faces at me!”

Tazari repeatedly slapped her hands against Mothan’s back, though her laughter refused to subside. He confidently walked toward the streets with her slung over his shoulder, arm secured around her to prevent her from escaping. The two started to get some very curious looks from bystanders.

“An’ now lookit dis! She be gettin’ aaaaall dis attention~” he chuckled as Tazari pushed herself up, hands firm against his shoulder. Her face was bright red, but despite her attempts to frown, her smile was another thing that refused to leave.

Mothan cocked a brow at her, “wat? Dis is wat you get fah makin’ me leave.”

In one swift motion, he had her cradled in his arms, something akin to an expression of adoration crossing his face. Tazari drew her hands to her chin for a moment, eyes sparkling as she looked at him, then she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in the crook between his chin and shoulder.

Who thinks ridiculously extravagant gifts are the best and who prefers the heartfelt, sentimental gift?Both prefer the quiet, heartfelt gifts over anything else.

Who won’t stop saying “I love you” and making big, goopy puppy eyes?Neither do this. Tazari is too shy, and Mothan - while he IS a joker - is more of the soft and sensual “I love you” sort rather than the goofy “I love you” sort.

What’s the most extreme thing either would do for a kiss (or Klondike bar)?Mothan will shadow-hop indefinitely to find Tazari and this can have a very negative effect on him (like locking him in semi-shadows for an hour or so) but sometimes the boy’s gotta’ have his kiss y’know?

Who gets the obligatory cute stuffed animal?I can actually see Tazari getting Mothan the obligatory stuffed animal. She IS a stable master, after all. She could totally get one made for him on the side while pretending it’s for one of the animals.

Who would get a big bouquet of red roses?Tazari would get the big bouquet of red roses. And other roses. And it was probably a bouquet of yellow roses the first time.

Who would eat an entire box of Valentine’s chocolate?MOTHAN CAN AND WILL. AND THEN HE’LL EAT ANOTHER ONE.

Who writes the really sappy, romantic poetry?THIS IS WHERE MOTHAN’S JOKER REAR’S HIS MIGHTY HEAD. HIS SAPPY POETRY WOULD BE H I L A R I O U S .

Who actually likes those chalk-tasting hearts with cornball messages?Mothan enjoys them but only if Tazari will feed them to him. Totally not because he would teasingly nip her fingers if she’s not paying close enough attention.

Who sneaks home early to put up candles and scatter rose petals everywhere in the name of ROMANCE?Mothan does because he can just slip into the shadows and BAM he’s there. I’m sure that Tazari does something similar but in the bath instead ; ) Boy works hard, and so does she (and with animals), bath time is probably… A  LARGE CHUNK OF THEIR QUALITY TIME TOGETHER.

Who is the wine connoisseur that insists on “only the best” for their meal?MOTHAN LAWD. He can actually drink… a lot… and not get drunk (he’ll get tipsy, but that’s as far as it gets. You’ll never see Mothan actually drunk). He knows his drinks in and out though, Tazari will only get the best (if she even LIKES alcohol, and in that case, she’ll still only get the best punches and coffees and teas. Mothan’s got a good palette).

Who believes that Valentine’s Day is a corporate, soulless Hallmark holiday but still secretly enjoys it anyway?I think Mothan does, but what does he honestly care? What does anybody honestly care LMAO.

Do they watch bad chick flicks or horror movies (any excuse for close cuddling)?They’ll watch bad chick flicks. Mothan kinda’ sorta’ enjoys them.

Do they make reservations at the expensive, ritzy restaurant or prepare a home-cooked meal?Reservations! Mothan really likes to plan night’s out and when your gf is a stable master it’s kinda easier on HER if she doesn’t have to worry about cooking anything and stuff and things.

Do they go to bed early or stay up all night?Stay up all night.

Oh @bluerivea ……….. you have no idea how much I love Mothan, he is my bby.

I mean look at him how can I NOT love him? He’s probably one of my only successful joker characters that I’ve created.

Seriously.

He’s also one of very few characters I’ve made who’s not outright flirtatious (well, the same can be said for Trigon. The brothers are all very subtle and low-key about their flirting). Aaaaaaaaaaaa I have so much I can say about Mothan that I don’t know where to start, so I guess I’ll go back to him being a joker. He can take things seriously when he has to, but only when he has to - otherwise, tough luck getting him to “behave”, so to speak.

Mothan’s also quite charistmatic, so it’s easy for him to turn a situation around (and dispel anger. He’s really quite good at dispelling anger - and like, not getting rid of it entirely, but bringing it down to a point of “okay well I GUESS you have a point but I’m still mad” and this is a good thing because his brother Trigon has Anger Management Issues).

Unfortunately due to events in his past, Mothan is terrified of magic, particularly fire magic (Za’hal, his king, also has a terrible temper and since Za’hal will spontaneously combust when he gets angry… Mothan had the unfortunate experience of being RIGHT next to Za’hal when that happened, while he was trying to bring his king’s temper down. Needless to say, the result was burns worse than the third degree across his entire body. Thank goodness this is a fantasy setting and all the damage was reversed??? ///BRICKED). This isn’t the only reason he’s afraid of it though but I’ll get into that later.

I don’t have any finished FULL images of Mothan but I do have this thing sitting around, which is kinda old but also I can’t draw right on paper anymore, my anatomy is whack:

Mothan in his full armor, but I mean as you can see he has five fingers - of course he’s a half-breed! Mothan’s father is a greater demon known as Matadox (//cough cough he and his siblings spell “MATAD” with the first letter of their first names), and his mother (who still has no name because I’m bad at female chars LOL) is a legendary sorceress (well gee this explains where Trigon gets his magic capabilities from).

Of course this makes Mothan half-demon - or well, on Ether, it makes him a nephilim (half-mortal, half-demon OR half-angel). AND THAT’S PART OF WHY HE HAS FIVE FINGERS INSTEAD OF LIKE THREE LOL. But because he IS half-demon, it makes him a target for warlocks since a warlock CAN form a pact with a nephilim (if the nephilim so desires to make a pact. One cannot force a nephilim into servitude - but, sadly, not all nephilim understand this and most of them get caught in abusive pacts with a warlock).

Which is what happened to Mothan (and his two little brothers, Trigon and Diagoth). Mothan was barely pushing adulthood, and their warlock was female, so in order to keep her from being more physically abusive toward his brothers Mothan let her take advantage of him, for lack of better wording :’ ) This warlock’s interest was primarily in Trigon as Trigon was quite handsome for someone his age, but she at least had some sort of moral boundaries and fucking a minor was one of them, so she settled for Mothan. And yep you guess it, as a result of this, he shies away from romantic interactions and grows easily uncomfortable when people try to push up on him and what not. He can’t give people a hard “no” or “stop” unfortunately so he tends to turn it into a humorous situation in which he can escape via a joke.

Or just flat out melting into the shadows HAHAHA.

Annnnd back to why he’s a joker again, much like how Trigon covers all of his emotions with anger, Mothan covers all of his emotions with humor. He’s considered a royal assassin and has the title “King’s Shadow”, and tends to do his own thing, but obeys Za’hal with little question, and will also take orders from Trigon. Oh um, and yeah since he’s half-demon he DOES have a demon form! It’s not something he likes to show though, he has enough trouble hiding from warlocks as it is (luckily for him he found a warlock to trust that he formed a pact with, but that’s an entirely different can of worms - and especially since I’m reworking Ether and removing the Sleepers from the race roster, just because?? Making everything OP is Not A Good Thing To Do You Guys).

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Every single expression from this SMIRK meme!! Which I love!! @whiteincite and @sleepysmeargle helped me decide on which chars to draw for it!! (At least, the ones I couldn’t decide!)

Also omg @madmadameem, I uh, totally see that smirk Vol’jin is making (the fifth one RIP these will look so much better when I get the chance to add color / lighting) being something he gives to either Mandokir or Farbreath.... SAVE ME.................

Anyway, in order of smirkers here we go: Shion Rejamike, Eli, Aleksander, Mothan, Vol’jin, Hal, Nascent Morningwhisper, Amita Dakini, and Trigon. Such a mix of chars, all ones I love!!!

I’ve come to realize I’ve never drawn Shion in his armor but it looks sexy as fuck some save me from this troll hell....