#Vol'dun

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[serpenlupus]

Akunda vs Kimbul

So I’ve had to postpone a bunch of projects  because I just, don’t have enough time. But there is a headcanon explored on the Kaia comic that I really wanted to share and talk about with others, so I’m gonna go ahead and just do that XD

I think that the Temples and cults of Akunda and Kimbul on the desert of Vol’dun are not there despite it being a place for criminals, but actually take a function there because of it. Let me explain!

So, for starters, I always found it curious that Akunda was stated to be the Loa of Storms and new beginings (edited for correction), and took away the painful memories of those who asked for it in his temple. Like, weirldy convenient that people that are sent to this place because of their “mistakes” or wrongdoings can just, forget about them.

Then on the Temple of Kimbul you have his teachings written on a visible spot and being very focused on courage, strength of will, not thinking you’re above nature, and just generally very noble values? And I’m assuming those are the ones the followers held when the Temple was inhabited.

And there is their placement on the map. Here I put my character on the entrance of each temple, in front of each Loa, and then compared.

It gave to me the impression that they were possitioned opposites of each other both geographically and also “morally”? As in, if we follow the logic of the Temples being there because of the outlaws, in one place they’d be forgetting their past pain and starting anew, while on the other they’d be faced with a specific set of morals that could revolve about facing their wrongdoings and rectifying them. Like, imagine rehabilitation.

Runing away from your mistakes vs facing them, sort of metaphor

(Obviously the out of game, IRL reason as to why the lessons of kimbul are so visible is for the player to have clues to complete the shrine of the ring quest, and Akunda erases memories to have to recover them for an important character, but I’m jsut havig fun here so xD)

Although, I don’t think all of the outlaws that Zuldazar sent to Vol’dun would go to either of the temples, nor all the people living in those temples would have been criminals. There’s always exceptions and variety.  We also don’t exactly know what crimes entail banishment to Vol’dun, and if you know about caste social systems you know some ““crimes”“ can be bullshit, so... I won’t speculate on that end.

There’s also an object called [Chain of Exemption] that implies you can only leave Vol’dun with a special permit, so I’m guessing an exiled couldn’t easily leave Vol’dun, or maybe could never leave, but life on the temples is a better alternative than the desert for sure (this item was added on shadowlands though).

The fall of the temple of Kimbul must have upset the balance at some point, given how he refused to accept new followers until the last ones were avenged. And we don’t know when exactly the Sethrak started to turn hostile (I didn’t consider Sethraliss in this equation because I couldn’t find a Troll follower of her in game), so this is a headcanon I have of the past of Vol’dun, and not of current. It gets a bit more explored in the comic as I say, but this is the gist of it ^^

What do you think, too far fetched? Maybe some of it makes sense? Let me know xD

Also, noticed the modus operandi of the Naga when it comes to Kimbul and Gral? Kill their followers while the Loa is away, leave their temple in ruins? What’s that about, are we gonna get more of Naga vs Trolls in the future? I think I’ll have to make another post regarding that.

[panjya]

Decided to draw my vulpera character! Her name is Kyuuzu and she's a frost mage who rides a polar bear. She lives in Northrend cause she was like "SCREW LIVING IN A DESERT", and went to the polar opposite. Also here's a WIP for a big wagon piece I'm doing... Gonna color it tomorrow and have her sitting on it, cause I needed someone to be sitting there after all.

[falaandu]

[belastrastravels]

Unexpected yet welcome allies

[bluesunsdusk]

--// Went to an event yesterday and am still super sleepy even after a good night's sleep, but also I was COOKING!

[galderthefuzzy]

The Sands of Vol'Dun

”Since the end of the Fourth War, the Faithless found themselves defeated by the hands of the Vulpera, Sethrak, and the Horde. Years followed, and the Sethrak rebuilt their ancestral murals and shrines to their beloved Goddess: Sethraliss. Vathiss stands proudly before the mural, for it alone sparks a new beginning, hope that the Sethrak will stand united once more and see the world beyond Zandalar. Praise be to Sethraliss!”

I had the pleasure to paint this piece for the wonderful SnekOfVoldun. Sethrak are an amazing race and definitely need more attention. I'm firmly in the camp that supports them as an Allied Race. Blizzard please?! It isssss TIME!

[eriada]

Background, setting eriada.bsky.social https://eriada.tumblr.com/ Characters, details, post-processing karukuji.bsky.social

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[arthdruidheckyeah]

Trolltober 2024 - Costume! Joji decides to dress up for Hallow's End like the spooky zandalari pirates from Vol'dun! Using a wee bit of magic and alchemy to hide his original tattoos for a cool white paint tehee. First time I am doing an inktober like this.. EVER! Thank you @little-viking-draw for making this fun drawing challenge! The original post for anyone wanting to participate themselves: link

[angryelbow]

Kolto, little trickster, dubious creature of vol'dun, complete dumb of ass 

[thetantiger]

Quick Bio: Ghost

Race: Vulpera Class: Monk Specialization: Mistweaver Pronouns: They/Them

Ghost is a gray-and-white furred non-binary Vulpera with light teal eyes and a mysteriously quiet and scratchy voice. They are able to wield the power of Azeroth's mists, allowing them to teleport, levitate, fly (though at a slower speed than most species on Azeroth capable of flight), heal and even cause hallucinations. Underneath the mask they wear on their snout at all times is a long, deep scar from the bottom of their chin all the way down their esophagus, evidence of their death wound as they were tortured and slain by Sethrak in Vol'dun, which is also the cause of their strange voice. Ghost was able to return from the Shadowlands in a spiritual form as a mixture of pity from fate itself, as Ghost's entire life had been nothing but misery, and pure, unbridled rage and thirst for vengeance blazing in Ghost's soul. Ghost now slays Sethrak and keeps parts of their bodies as trophies, and also assists the Warblade Clan out of sheer boredom, even if they call them weird and mysterious sometimes.

Links: Ghost body ref Trans day of visibility 2024

Related Characters: N/A

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[sekhithefops]

This had to happen. >w< I am NOT sorry.

But yeah, Sekhi is native to the Island of Zandalar, Vol'dun specifically, and until the end of Battle for Azeroth had never even left the desert. She'd never encountered gnolls before now because she simply didn't have enough time to explore Azeroth before everyone went to the Shadowlands.

[eldridgecandell]

Send me a face claim and I will use that face claim to make an NPC in my muse's life, as well as talk about their relationship, connection, and feelings towards my muse.

Toby Regbo, Alyssa Campanella and Craig Parker.

The Children of Nimeuh

A trio of the new court of san'layn that Nimeuh has slowly trying to rebuild in the face of the fall of Dreven. Her near death at the hands of the Order of Embers led her into the depths of Vol'dun in hopes of recuperating and healing. Months turned into years, biding her time as she built her family up once more from the lost and downtrodden who sought the darkfallen out.

Now having gained a foothold with her new family, she has begun to send forth her agents in a much more clandestine manner than previous attempts. The blood court shall rise again, the Crimson Hall will suffer no more, and the black rainbow will dance across the sky.

Menius, the Thirst played by Toby Regbo

Natelda, the Hunger played by Alyssa Campanella

Oborus, the Need played by Craig Parker

@phyghyver

[sekhisadventures]

Leza, Apprentice Fire Mage

(Artist's Rendition of Leza by xHyperwolfx )

Important Stories:

Firefox: After meeting the mage Nelen Fullmoon, Leza is gifted some of his collection of books to feed her love of reading... one of which is Nelen's spellbook from when he was an apprentice at Dalaran.

Azure Light in the Winter Sky: Leza, now Nelen's apprentice and a fire mage, and her teacher are at the Azure Archives when Alalestria Wintersky attempts to use the power of the Archives in a bid to kill Samantha Montebank.

Race: Vulpera

Class: Mage, Fire School

Eye Color: Pale violet

Birthplace: Vol'dun

Residence: Her family's cart, wherever it may be at the moment.

Abilities:

Apprentice in Fire Magic: Leza has only recently awoken as a mage and has wound up apprenticed to Nelen Fullmoon. Despite him being a member of the Alliance he feels sympathy to the young vulpera after helping to save her from a mob of Primalists following her accidentally setting fire to her family's cart when she first awakened and lost control of her magic.

Null Bracers: As a safety precaution during her training, and at Leza's request (she is afraid of accidentally doing damage to her family's home again,) Nelen worked with Nitika and Jaie to craft her a set of bracers with enchanted Malygite crystals set in them. When Leza says a specific phrase the bracers enforce a magical null on her, essentially silencing her magic. She can turn this off and on at will, which gives her a feeling of security while she learns to control her new powers.

Bookworm Vulpera: Leza is a big reader, which is a rarity among the vulpera. While they would keep written records of their cart stock, cooking recipes, and medicine ingredients reading for pleasure is a rarity among them as cart space is limited and most caravanners from Vol'dun would prioritize trade goods and essentials out of necessity. Leza loves reading and is quite eager to see her teacher's library when they get the chance.

Spellfire Phoenix: Since her travels to the Isle of Dorn Leza is often accompanied by a familiar in the shape of a hummingbird made of flames. She is able to transform it into a larger hawk-like bird, big enough for the vulpera herself to ride on. She can indeed ride it, or she can fight alongside it, the phoenix able to use arcane fire magic the same that Leza can. Its her familiar so any spell she knows, it knows, though it can only use fire based ones. Doing such advanced spellwork is incredibly draining to Leza, and she can only keep it manifested for a short time. She will often collapse once the phoenix vanishes.

History

Leza is the second of four children, born to the vulpera Atu and Risala. She grew up as part of Kiro's cavern in Vol'dun with her elder sister Sekhi and her younger twin siblings Zato and Eeda. When she was very young her older sister heard the call of the elements and became a shamaness, eventually joining a group of mercenaries calling itself Savage United.

Five years after this, her family was trading on the Dragon Isles when she met one of her sister's friends. A worgen mage by the name of Nelen Fullmoon. The mage showed her how he had an extensive library that he could access using a hand-mirror to create a portal big enough to reach through, allowing her to borrow several of his tomes. Among them was an apprentice's spellbook from his own childhood at Old Dalaran before the original city fell to the Scourge during the Third War.

Nelen had done this at Leza's request, thinking it harmless. Unless one had the potential to use arcane magic it was just an ordinary book… but it turned out Leza had that potential, and she almost destroyed her family's cart and nearly injured her mother. Terrified by what she'd done, she fled into Thaldraszus before she could lose control of her magic again.

She was found by a group of primalists, one of their sin'dorei members able to sense arcane magic use. The primalists were set to kill her for the crime of using "Titan Magic," but she was rescued by her sister and several of her allies. Upon seeing what the primalists had done to her the normally more reserved shamaness became enraged and unleashed the full extent of her shamanistic power on the primalist mob that had found her sibling, creating a tremendous sandstorm that killed them to a man.

Afterwards, Nelen offered to take Leza under his wing, making the vulpera girl his apprentice. He gifted her a spellbook penned by his own hand, along with a novice's wand crafted by another of their friends and a set of bracers set with Malygite stones that could be used to create an artificial magic null that Leza could activate if she feared losing control of her magic again.