Druid of the Flame Quest in 10.2 - Battle Pet Reward and Why Some Night Elves Joined After Teldrassil

PTR Posted 2023/10/21 at 1:38 AM by DiscordianKitty

Solarys ThorngaleKery'nael ThorngaleKal'anduBurning OutSolarys is alive? Thank goodness! She disappeared days ago.
She told us that the Flame was just using us, that there was nothing for us with them. She wanted us to escape, but Thael argued we'd be abandoning our only chance at a new home.
Would a new home require us to burn innocent creatures? Solarys was right. This is no family. This is a cult.Kal'anduAfter all that has happened, I am admittedly struggling with what comes next. Where do we go from here? Who could possibly forgive the things we've done?
Why did you join the Druids of the Flame?
My siblings and I joined the Flame out of desperation. After... after Teldrassil, we lost our connection to nature. We could only conjure fire. It was as though we were haunted, cursed. We became outcasts among the refugees.
Then, we were approached by a face we knew from Teldrassil -- Firodren, our Shan'do from our herbal studies in Darnassus -- who offered us a place we could belong. A place we could make a difference for our people.
Why would you believe them?
We were desperate. Thaeldus was always one of Firodren's promised. He sought drive, a goal.
Lyandris, compassionate and kind, saw the opportunity to help others. Losing her healer's touch devastated her.
Solarys just wanted to protect us. Before we went to the Flame, she warned us that there would be no turning back. I think she was suspicious from the start. But their honeyed words convinced us otherwise.
I wanted to stay with my family. I missed our An'da. who died saving us. I pledged to follow my siblings to the ends of the world.
When we joined, it was admittedly a relief. Maybe, after all the pain. we could find peace again! Oh, how I was mistaken.
What do you mean?
My idealism made me naive. I thought that I could create a world where nobody would lose their home like we had. My siblings felt similarly.
We never knew immortality like our elders had. The thought of new life coming from of the ashes of a world that has never been kind to my younger generation, a phoenix's dawn--that is what swayed us.
I watched as the Prophet and even Firodren twist the tenets of druidism to their own gain. What were lessons of renewal and hope became corrupt, consuming.
They told us that we must unify into one, to disregard our individual needs for the greater cause. That if we must. we were to be the fuel for the flames ourselves. To martyr ourselves so others may achieve victory.
How do you feel now that you've escaped?
I feel as though my convictions are my own, now. If it weren't for Solarys constantly questioning our orders. I would have given in to the Flame.
She realized that we were blindly repeating history, but we could not escape before we entered the Dream. I shudder to think of the horrors we'd have committed, had we stayed.
The Druids of the Flame are not misguided. They are malicious, greedy, and prideful. It is the same hubris that cost past generations their immortality.
What will you do now?
I want no more part in senseless violence--l want to preserve what's left of my family. I have countless regrets for my actions, and I first must take responsibility for them.
I am scared, but hopeful. We are young. There's much to discover still. I do not know where our paths will go. The uncertainty of change is intimidating, yes, but an opportunity nonetheless.
It will be hard to heal, and hard to right our wrongs. But it is all we can do in the face of our past actions.

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Comment by FkungIf you're going to complain about this weird cycle of trauma, then fine. But WoW's narrative problems have never and WILL never be "not enough evil races that are always evil."Comment by Tyneic

You'd rather we go back to warring with each other? I'm sure everyone would love that.

Comment by Wildshots110Can we get Nightborne Druids? Learn from ValeWalker Farodin and have the Nightborne find the teachings of Arcan'dor which balance arcane and nature.
Nightborne share the same religion as the night elves before the sundering so they all believed in Elune and the well of eternity.
They are much the same elves as the Night elves. Also Nightborne know nature magic especially High Botanist Tel'arn, so other Nightborne can learn nature and arcane and become powerful balance Druids through the Arcan'dor and Farodin. He can bring back the order that created the Arcan'dor and as well go back to the emerald dream and receive the blessing of Cenarius to learn Druidism. Elune can't abandon her forgotten children who had to protect themselves with a bubble. There are signs of Elune and Nightborne acknowledging her.Comment by Kcoplin

You'd rather we go back to warring with each other? I'm sure everyone would love that.

Comment by SalrohSo if the Thorngale's are going to rejoin the Night Elves does this mean the red flame druid skin will be available to players?Comment by AlixieHow about instead of Druids of the Flame - another group of night elf victims turned evil after their genocide - they're actually Forsaken of the Flame? Forsaken that got sick of all the carebear Kumbaya, Weenie Hut Jr. hugboxing going on, and joined Fryak just to burn things down for the lulz.

A group of renegade horde that enjoyed terrorizing the alliance makes more sense than another group of angsty teen night elves that want to crap on a heritage that protects them from becoming recolored humans.Comment by primalmatterIt just rings a bit hollow... garrosh for example even with all the narrative whiplash his writing got at least had a motivation that made sense. You could understand his perspective.

The problem with trying to make them seem confused and vulnerable is well... they are &*!@ing druids made of fire. It's like trying to make a seven foot tall dwarfed. It's not easy to do.Comment by SoeroahIt just rings a bit hollow... garrosh for example even with all the narrative whiplash his writing got at least had a motivation that made sense. You could understand his perspective.

The problem with trying to make them seem confused and vulnerable is well... they are &*!@ing druids made of fire. It's like trying to make a seven foot tall dwarfed. It's not easy to do.Comment by tupolew519oh cool.Comment by KelskoreI love the idea of having major historical events have not only mental and physical scarring but magical as well. I'm really enjoying the new writers fleshing out the impacts of past events on the populations of the world. In shadowlands we were kind of cut off from all the events of azeroth so this has been a breath of fresh air.Comment by Nulgar
What set Warcraft apart back in the days was the fact that you could play traditionally evil races such as Orcs & Undead, among others. It was an enormous pull factor to be EVIL.NOT

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