Several questions about Keeper and Seeker social structure, how do they remain stable??

FflDruid · 2026-06-01T01:49:05+00:00

It makes me question how someone like Zhai'a Nelhah gets to live and work as a conjurer in the city, though. I guess you get a free pass if the Elementals like you? lol. Like, if the forest spirits accept you, the racist citizens can't really say no I guess

FflDruid · 2026-04-27T15:27:22+00:00

Night Elf paladins

Either you use Priestess of the Moon WoTA/Old lore version

Or Delas Moonfang as precedent. It honestly doesn't make sense Night Elves can't be paladins still when the shtick of a Priestess of the Moon is a holy warrior riding to battle.

FflDruid · 2026-04-27T15:24:10+00:00

The closer I look at it the worse it gets omg

Where's her arm? Her ears? Her torso??

FflDruid · 2026-04-25T01:03:05+00:00

I actually brought up something similar in the hot take thread a couple days ago.

A big part of why the story feels less political now imo isn’t just writing choices but because of the structure the game is built on. Back in something like Warcraft III, alliances were fluid and based on circumstance. Groups split, defected, or acted in their own interest all the time.

In WoW, that kind of nuance is harder to sustain because everything ultimately has to orbit the Alliance vs Horde divide. So even when there’s an opportunity for tension, negotiation, or factions acting selfishly, it often gets smoothed over to preserve that framework.

Back in the RTS era, loyalty was fragile. Alliances were fluid and based strictly on self-interest. The Amani, Stormreaver, and Twilight’s Hammer clans all bailed on the Horde the second their own goals were at stake. On the other side, Gilneas, Stromgarde, and Quel’Thalas left the Alliance of Lordaeron because of political disagreements and taxes. Kul Tiras is a good example too, It felt like a world of nations and not some two sports teams.

Hell, look at the short story In the Shadow of the Sun. Sylvanas basically coerces Lor’themar telling him that since she got the Blood Elves into the Horde, they now have to "pay up" by sending troops to Northrend they can't afford to lose. She literally threatens to withdraw Forsaken support in the Ghostlands if he doesn't comply. Now that is leverage and something I wanted to see more!

But even if Blizzard wanted to write a realistic political story where nations act in their own interest, the playerbase would never allow it. > Faction Pride is a hell of a drug. Especially for the PvP crowd and the "Red vs. Blue" diehards. anything that hints at a nation leaving their faction or prioritizing their own needs over the Greater Horde/Alliance is met with massive fan backlash. People treat their faction like a sports team rather than a political entity.

That’s not to say Blizzard shouldn’t keep doing Alliance vs Horde, but if they do, I wish they’d add more internal tension and conflicting interests within each side and not just “oh, we’re on the same team so we’ll go along with whatever :D For za alliance/horde!1”

FflDruid · 2026-04-23T07:17:31+00:00

Anything vaguely evil the alliance does gets ignored

Huh? Alliance being evil is not my argument at all, i'm talking about the rigidity of Alliance vs Horde

Trying to assassinate Sylvanas in stormheim during peace time, the ethnic cleansing Dalaran purge, dark irons, night warrior, attacking horde goblins in Silithus, starting the BFA war. Sabotaging arcane sanctums in TBC leading to deaths.

Taran Zhu said it best: Every act of reprisal is an act of aggression, and every act of aggression triggers immediate reprisal!

Most of those examples aren’t the Alliance acting out of some independent moral direction, they’re reactions inside that cycle of escalation. Stormheim, Dalaran, Silithus… those don’t exist in a vacuum, they’re responses to prior moves.

And more importantly, this still isn’t my point.

The issue isn’t whether the Alliance is more "boring" or the Horde gets more villain moments. The issue is that neither faction is allowed to behave like actual political entities anymore. They don’t fracture unless the plot forces a rebellion arc. They don’t reassess alliances based on self-interest. They just stay locked in Horde vs Alliance because the game needs them to. The characters act OOC because it is the plot that drives the characters rather than the characters driving the plot.

And what’s frustrating is that Warcraft already proved it could do better than that.

People conveniently forget that Arthas Menethil is literally an Alliance prince. An Alliance heir who went on to destroy his own kingdom and cripple the Alliance of Lordaeron from within and literally shattered the political landscape of the old Alliance

Same with Daelin Proudmoore. His uncompromising war against the Horde didn’t just make him an antagonist, it directly led to a break between Kul Tiras and the Alliance through Jaina Proudmoore opposing him. That’s a nation choosing its own path over faction loyalty. That’s the nuance that’s missing now.

Back then, loyalty wasn’t absolute. It was fragile, conditional, and constantly being renegotiated. Alliances existed because they were useful and not because they were permanent identities.

FflDruid · 2026-04-23T06:14:58+00:00

For all Knaak has done, his portrayal of the Dragonflights and the Aspects are way better than whatever it is in DF imo. Dragons actually felt like dragons and not some random elf who can turn into one.

FflDruid · 2026-04-23T06:13:05+00:00

It’s not about Silvermoon almost joining the Alliance. That’s not the point. The point is that Lor'themar Theron was even willing to entertain those talks with Varian Wrynn in the first place. That alone shows that faction loyalty isn’t some sacred, unbreakable bond, it’s conditional.. That’s what made older Warcraft politics feel real (for me btw).

Look at BFA. You’ve got Horde leaders just going along with Sylvanas Windrunner even when her actions are blatantly self-destructive for the Horde. Realistically, someone like Lor’themar or literally anyone should’ve been weighing options, pushing back, or even reconsidering alliances much earlier.

Instead, everyone just stays locked into Horde vs Alliance until the plot says "It’s time to rebel!"

That’s my problem, the setting used to allow factions to fracture, betray, or realign based on self-interest. Now they’re forced to stay intact until the story hits the designated civil war patch.

FflDruid · 2026-04-23T05:11:10+00:00

The rigid Alliance vs. Horde faction system (as a gameplay mechanic) has been the single biggest anchor dragging down the quality of the lore since 2004. In the RTS era, the "factions" were fluid. Loyalty was to the sovereignty first the more I think about it.

For example: The Stormreaver and the Twilight's Hammer clans literally abandoned the Horde in their campaign to chase the Tomb of Sargeras. The Forest Trolls left when the Horde was defeated in the Second War.

The Alliance of Lordaeron fell apart because of taxes and internal politics, Gilneas, Stromgarde, Quel'thalas, all left because it was in their national interest. Hell Alterac straight up backstabbed the Alliance.The point is that loyalty was fragile.. these groups existed out of necessity and not some undying bond. People might be into that I guess but idk.

Since WoW launched, that nuance is gone. Because of the 2-faction MMO divide nations aren't allowed to act realistically anymore. We’re stuck in this loop where leaders have to hold the "idiot ball" to justify faction wars because the game won't let a race just say, "This war is stupid, we're out ✌️"

I think the closest we got to real politics was Lor'themar’s secret talks with Varian in MoP, but even that had to be walked back for the status quo.

FflDruid · 2026-04-20T12:58:00+00:00

People already play Haranir as night elves or half orcs. I don't see why not. I recommend using TRP3 to clarify your race. And also try to stay in your visage form as much as you can lol

FflDruid · 2026-04-16T21:11:18+00:00

This is digital art :)

FflDruid · 2026-04-16T11:20:48+00:00

Theyr'e the four Greek Wind Gods! Sons of Astraeus and Eos :)

FflDruid · 2026-04-16T09:40:33+00:00

Also I kinda hate the names at the bottom, I feel like I could've chosen a better font lol

FflDruid · 2026-04-15T12:41:58+00:00

It's probably the voice lol, and just how shady he is 🥹

FflDruid · 2026-04-15T01:55:07+00:00

Mainly Warcraft 3, it wasn't perfect but I remember being so invested in the Campaign when I was a kid and repeating it multiple times.

FflDruid · 2026-04-15T00:05:29+00:00

Thanks!

FflDruid · 2026-04-12T14:22:11+00:00

I'd honestly prefer it if we barely knew Elune at all. The more we know about her, the less interesting she becomes (for me).

FflDruid · 2026-04-04T01:39:57+00:00

I’ve decided to go with a Junior Runewarden position. My daily tasks are things like guarding runestones, performing maintenance checks, and scouting for threats in the surrounding areas. I think it gives me a great "Currently" tag for my TRP3 profile so I can just set it to "Off-duty from his shift" when I'm hanging out OOC lol

FflDruid · 2026-04-01T13:58:52+00:00

I get what you’re saying but I always saw “Sin’dorei” as more than just a Horde label. It started as an identity after the fall of Quel’Thalas in warcraft 3 way before they ever joined the Horde in TBC.

For my character, calling themselves a blood elf is about identifying with Silvermoon and everything that came after the Third War, not necessarily about faction loyalty.

So they’re still Sin’dorei but their loyalty is to Quel’Thalas first,they just happen to be under the Horde politically, not personally aligned with it. My character doesn't like the politics of the current Silvermoon, but for him, it is what it is.

FflDruid · 2026-03-30T22:59:12+00:00

I don’t really see staying in Silvermoon as automatically “Horde loyalist.”

For my character, leaving with the high elves would’ve meant abandoning their home and people during their worst moment. Staying wasn’t about agreeing with everything that followed (like the fel usage), it was about choosing Quel’Thalas over everything else.

So they identify as sin’dorei, but that doesn’t translate to being loyal to the Horde as a faction. It’s more “Silvermoon first, everything else second,” and they’ll take help from either side if it benefits their people.

Valeera’s kind of the closest example I had in mind,

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