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rhaemaya-valwynn · 8 days ago

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Dawnseekers- A World of Warcraft Fanfic

Okay, so not going to explain in detail up here, but I'm on a World of Warcraft binge again since starting Season of Discovery a few months back and doing the Tirion questline for the first time (As i had been only 9ish when WoW classic came out so i never experienced more end game stuff) and it reminded me of an ANCIENT fanfic i wrote when i was like 12/ 13? Where I shipped an OC (Scillea Rightworn at the time, now named Scillea Dawnseeker) with Arthas Menethil n stuff.

Well as you can guess, the hyperfixation hit again and in honor of my younger self I have broken down the old fic and rewritten it/ updated it to my more experienced standard. So I guess if you like AU's in the WoW universe and some very flexible takes on some characters, please read below!

So, as Warcraft has gone on, I've come to heavily dislike them turning the Light into just another 'morally bad' thing like all the other forces. Its okay (in my mind) to have pure good forces and pure bad forces (give or take some outliers) but making the light Authoritarian really sat bad in my mouth.

Now before i get into extreme detail, please be aware Ive tried to hone things down to wow's timeline somewhat but some things may not be 100% accurately placed. It is an AU for a reason! I'm working out a lot of kinks but some of them are just there. So bear with me here. In my AU there is a divide in the 'holy' / 'light' side of the cosmos. There is The Light, which is what it is now currently in WoW, and then there is The Benevolence, a force of pure good that seeks to help rather than contain or control. (Light powers = Gold while Benevolence powers = Silver (or a pure White for the family known as Dawnseekers which is explained below) The Benevolence was kicked out from the holy part of the cosmos and came to Azeroth in its own coffin to rot and finish dying (the shard of light from SoD), but instead was met by graverobbers and vandals who sought to break it down for gold.

There it destroyed those who were impure, burning them away from its gravestone. All except one. This woman (Listrainne Rightworn) was found pure of intent from the others as she had only joined them in an effort to gain gold to feed her family. The Benevolence offered a pact to her. It would aid her in caring for the sick and wounded if she offered her body to house its essence in return so that it would not die. Listrainne agreed, as she had no other option to save her family and while a follower of the Light, she could sense no true malice from the being inside the shard.

The crystal melted and infused itself within the water, and baptized Listrainne with its essence. Upon awakening from the ritual, Listrainne was renamed Dawnseeker from the being inside. "For one who sought the Dawn admist darkness." Her and the god, were as one. Its powers flowed through her and through her it saw humanity in a new light (given that it had been so weak for so long.) It came to understand their strife and as it grew in power over the years within Listrainne, it stayed instead of leaving. "To help the lost, defend the weak, and bring prosperity to you and yours." it had told her.

When Listrainne died, the Benevolence was inherited to her children, and her children's children. (The begats like in the bible.) From their inheritance they learned to make weapons and relics from the dwarves and through the god within them they infused these items with pieces of the Benevolence's essence, making what would eventually be passed down to the first generation of Paladin's (Librams, hammers and blessed armors) The Dawnseeker's were renowned for generations for their work and curing of ailments. For their mark was that of bright white holy light and from them sprung forth the worship of the Benevolence which contended with those who worshiped the Light.

Till the troll wars happened. There, when the Highelves reached out for aid, Arathor sent a Dawnseeker to aid in the war. Unbeknownst to the world, a Dawnseeker was more than just a healer, but a formidable and nigh unstoppable warrior. For any wound inflicted upon them would be healed immediately through the gods powers regardless of how fatal they would be to any mere mortal. Through fire and fury the Dawnseeker, Aliastor, aided the elves in bringing down the amani, only for their allies (the high elves) to realize the true power within this sacred Dawnseeker that the humans cherished so much was something they wanted.

In the last battle, a lesser general struck at Aliastor in attempts to take the power by force as his leaders have openly conversed about seizing it themselves. This nearly broke the newly forged peace between humans and elves. But to the generals dismay, the Benevolence did not take kindly to those who would take it by force.

Here it is merely passed down (or stated) that the god struck the ambitious down and set half the Eversong woods ablaze in its wrath. Or that the magic which the general used (his name wiped from history due to his betrayal) caused an explosion when it countered the gods. Needless to say, the destruction wrought was a bitter topic for both sides. While the humans did not agree with the elves striking against their own saint, the elves were dismayed that such a force existed and so easily destroyed a chunk of their homeland.

It is unknown why the elven king at the time relented, but it was rumored that he had sworn on the Benevolence's own name to abide and honor the alliance made between the two races.

What is known, is that the elves grew imbittered over time and believed it was their right to own the power within the Dawnseeker's. After the war, they disappeared for a while, seemingly moved into hiding till the tensions subsided.

it was 40 years later when Aliastor reappeared in the newly made city state Lordaeron. Here it is noted that he was a lunatic, raving about the new kings lineage being doomed and tried to usurp Torgran Menethil from his newly appointment throne. Though easily dealt with, it was the final lynch pin into sealing the Dawnseeker's fates. Bound by a blood oath to serve Lordaeron for the rest of their days by being the kings hidden blade, making weapons and armor for them should another war arise, but doomed to exile. Those that worshiped the Benevolence died out as their religion was tainted by what happened and their counterparts (those that worshiped the Light) took this as an opportunity to seize control over the shattered faith.

After all of this, things go quiet for a long time. Weapons/armor are made and sent to Lordaeron and the Dawnseeker's are kept hidden in exile. It isn't till the first war happens that they reappear. Daldaron Dawnseeker and his son Tarkhim join the field and while most things play out the same as in canon, it is to be annotated that these wars happen sooner than they do in actual Warcraft.

Daldaron passes soon after the first war due to a wound he acquired from a warlock and his son Tarkhim goes into seclusion not venturing forth during the second war due to having a child during it. Her name is Scillea. At the same time Arthas is born to Terenas and while Varian loses his father before he could even have met him (due to the wars happening sooner) Terenas raises the young prince alongside Arthas to keep him from being made a pawn from the house of nobles (and while Stormwind is repaired)

While this is occurring, Tirion Fording is exiled for accusations of being involved with the Orcs during the second war. An aging paladin by this time, Tirion had lost his son Taelan years ago (during the first war) to red lung (pneumonia) at the age of 5 while he was gone to war. Upon returning Tirion found that his wife had left him, accusing him of abandoning them at their time of need and refusing to waste anymore of her life (as I'm aging her up and having them married longer) with him. Tirion went into a deep depression and by the time the second war occurred, he was set upon dying heroically while fighting the orcs in order to 'do something right in his life.' During such a fight he is saved by the Orc Etrigg who is abandoning his post due to his sons dying from poor leadership sending them back into a fruitless battle. Tirion is outraged by this and tries to fight the orc, only for them to be evenly matched. It is during this fight that Tirion remains honor bound as they fight one on one, not taking the quick kills he could have taken, to which the orc returns the gesture.

It is only when they are both sorely winded (being aged) that the orc speaks to him in common, stating that: "You have the eyes of one who's lost a son." to which Tirion realizes that the orc too bears such a pained look in its own eyes. Here they talk about their past and in it Tirion finds courage to keep going and promises to leave the orc alone after it explained what is going on in the horde. Unbeknownst to him, Barthilas (whom had come to save his teacher) sees them talking and reports it.

When Tirion returns to camp, he is immediately put into chains and court-marshalled. He stays in jail till the end of the war to await his trail where he barely escapes the death penalty. There, Tirion is promptly stripped of rank and excommunicated from the Silver Hand and sent into exile.

It is during his journey into exile, that Tirion is met by a young mute child no older then 4. A girl who goes by the name Scillea Dawnseeker. She and her father Tarkhim end up showing Tirion how to build a new home though Tirion doesn't feel everything is right with Tarkhim given how he is aloof to his daughters state (unkempt, unclean and covered in mud and worn clothes) or caring for her safety.

During the child's 5th year, she took her first trip to Lordaeron with her father to deliver weapons and have her first blood oath binding. It is there that she meets Arthas, the young prince eager to make friends after his step brother Varian is sent away to be openly raised by the other founding kingdoms, exchanging hands per season till his 16th birthday.

Arthas and Scillea make a strong bond immediately, both finding in the other what they needed. A friend. Someone to play tag with, or hide and go seek, to climb trees and explore with wonder the castle walls. Even after it is revealed she is a Dawnseeker, Arthas does not believe her to be ill or evil and promises to meet her every year for her visit, to 'play again.'

When Scillea returns home, she goes to Tirion and asks him (through sign language) to teach her how to talk. He agrees and Scillea begins to spend more and more time with him. Eventually one night Tirion can no longer turn a blind eye to her state and begins to take care of her as if she were his own daughter.

It is here that I plan to start the story (thought maybe some back tracking on certain things with the prologue and first couple of chapters.)

I thank you if you've stuck around this far! There's much more than this in the story but I felt getting some of the groundwork out might be a good starting point in posting more about it (if i have the courage to, ha! I really need to work on just posting my thoughts and not caring.)

Till next time folks!

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