#tanria

I was telling myself earlier that I had no idea how to approach BoFA and that I didn’t have any characters who would care/be affected by the War of Thorns, so I’d have no reason to look into the expac.

THEN CORRECT ME OR I WILL FOREVER THINK THAT

The short version was that Tanria and Taldin were... rudely interrupted by a roaming band of trolls while spending some R&R at a oasis in the middle of the Tanaris desert after spending the last couple of days in Un’goro Crater.  (She was in the middle of her magus test.)

After a short tussle where things didn’t end well for them due to being severely outnumbered, they were taken prisoner and all their things were taken.  And I do mean all their things.

But after discovering the trolls were planning on sacrificing them both for really bad things, she figured out how to disguise herself as a sand troll via illusions and the two of them managed to escape after some troll murder to get her staff back and setting half of their war camp ablaze.

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What is it with your mains and trolls? HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS

(Again, assuming for Tanria)

Meanwhile on the complete other end of the spectrum…

Tanria’s good ending/golden end would involve her coming to terms and not only accepting what’s happened to her, but being in a position where she’s comfortable about it.

It’s been several years since she’s been killed and raised back from the dead against her will.  In that time, she has come to accept her fate for what it is. However, she still remains uncomfortable with her undead state.  She remains uneasy around other priests and paladins.  And she is especially nervous around other Draenei—no matter how many times kindness and understanding have been shown to her, instances where her own kin have shown intolerance towards her “condition” remain burned in her mind.

Over the years, she has slowly opened up more to others regarding her undeath.  And it may be many more years until she is comfortable with who she is.

The true test would be if a means to reverse the necromancy that was placed upon her were discovered and she was given a choice to return to life, or to remain as an undead.  If she could consider such an offer and still turn it down in the end, perhaps then she’ll finally be at peace with herself.

(I’m assuming this is for Tanria.)

Although Tanria fears facing death a second time, having that fate befall her wouldn’t be considered her bad ending.

Her bad ending involves the worst of her qualities being brought to her light—her hatreds, fears, and paranoia getting the best of her.  Old hatreds are rekindled and she desires revenge on those that had wronged her.  What may begin as perhaps a few orcs, or a few men and women who identify with the colors of Stromgarde, could escalate further.

With each attack, she’d become more paranoid of those around her.  Every question starts to feel more like a slant against her.  She hears their words, but the intention is subtly twisted by her paranoia.  She does not find comfort in her friends and loved ones, but in the Shadows.  She lets go of what little Light she had and begins to delve deeper into a power she has little understanding of.

In her mind, she justifies this as an act of self-defense and self-preservation as she alienates herself further.  She may even begin to strike out against her own people—the Draenei—fearful of what their Light could inflict upon her.  She becomes a hollow shell of her former self and there is no love left inside of her.

By the time she realizes how far she’s gone, it’s already too late.

A4 inked!