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The Legend of the four blades
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Post by
Lordplatypus
Backstory of Judgement, Blade of the Avenger and it's 3 sister blades
In essence, The four blades are a symbol of rebirth. told through 4 parts.
Armageddon: Desolation
Apocalypse: Destruction
Judgement, Redemption
Genesis: Creation
Each is linked to one of the primodial sources of magic in this world.
Armageddon Represents Corrupt, Fel and Necromantic magics.
Apocalypse Represents the Base magics, Arcane. and Elemental
Judgement Represents Magic of a more righteous source, Holy
And Genesis Represents Natural Magic. As well as Spiritual
They were the key to The world. Hidden upon Azeroth.
Armageddon was found within the depths of the world by the nerubians.
Apocalypse was found on draenor, by a group of draenei magi and orc shamans, neither group knows where this blade is.
Judgement was found in a stone in Lordaeron, in the land to become the plaguelands, it's magics created a safe haven from the undead.
Genesis currently resides with the Naga.
The legend goes like this
"There will be four.
One Lost of Sanity to end them.
One Without Companions to shatter them.
One Forgotten of Mercy to judge them.
One Lacking Purpose to Create them.
The Reaper
The Unmaker
The Avenger
The Savior"
It's a Work in Progress, I'd like some help on any weakpoints.
Post by
Adamsm
Wouldn't it make more sense for the blade of magic to be found with the Naga, since their leader is the most powerful magi on the planet right now? And to have the Natural/Spiritual one be found on Draenor, since the Orcs were the original Natural race and the Draenei are the kings of the Spirit?
Post by
Lordplatypus
The Naga used to be night elves, And you forgot that the most powerful magi is currently either velen (A Draenei) or Kael Jaedan (A Man ari). Your giving azshara too much credit.
Post by
Adamsm
Um...what? Azshara was the most powerful mortal Magi, which is the reason why she was the leader of the Highborne and the Night Elves; she was equal in power to Archimonde and Mannoroth(said so right in the War of the Ancient books), and since then she has received an Old God upgrade; with Malygos dead, and the Aspect's powers gone, she is the most powerful magi on the planet. And Velen is a Priest, not a Mage.
Edit: Also, before her Old God upgrade, Azshara held back the force of the ocean itself from crushing her castle after it fell into the ocean following the Sundering....and she did so for at least a week before her magic started to give out, which is when the Old God extended it's tentacle to offer her a new 'life'.
Also: The Night Elves were the ones who knew the most about Magic on Azeroth; the Draenei are more focused on Light and the Naaru compared to magic...since you know, that whole big thing with 80% of their race being transformed into Demons because of their skill with Magic.
Post by
Lordplatypus
Bwah?
Aszhara is still MORTAL, And we already know kil jaedan is archimonde's equal.
Plus, how much magic of that was hers, and how much was residue from the Well of eternity? we may never know.
The Night elves know next to nothing of magic, having banished all their arcane casters in the form of the blood elves. and the Draenei are still very proficent magi, far superior to the elves. Simply saying they're focused on the na'aru is like saying the Night Elves are nature-lovers and nothing more, (which is suprising innacurate despite what currnet characterization says, they are also xenophobes with a devotion to elune)
Post by
Monday
Aszhara is still MORTAL
As far as I'm aware, no she's not.
In addition to their natural longevity, a number of naga develop mutations that increase their life spans even further. Some are immortal.
Source: Dark Factions
Plus, how much magic of that was hers, and how much was residue from the Well of eternity? we may never know.
The fact that EVERYONE was powered by the Well of Eternity, and she's still the most powerful one suggests that yes, she's the most powerful mage.
The Night elves know next to nothing of magic, having banished all their arcane casters in the form of the blood elves.
Except for the Shen'dralar, of course. You know, night elves that practiced magic with Queen Azshara and then hung out in Eldre'thas since the Sundering, and are now back with the Night Elves.
and the Draenei are still very proficent magi, far superior to the elves.
Post by
Adamsm
Yeah...but the thing is? The Naga aren't the Night Elves, and as Azshara has been getting stronger in the thousand years since she was turned into an Old God servant, her Naga race was learning more and more magic; compared to any other native race on Azeroth, they know the most about Magic; you can't just ignore something like that if you want whatever story you are writing to fit into the Lore of Azeroth.
Also...while Azshara is 'mortal'; Lore has already said that the Night Elf version of her was the equal to two of the top commanders of the Legion. So far, we've never seen any Draenei with that type of magic, since again, pretty much all of the Draenei who were corrupted by magic ended up as Man'ari and aren't with the Exiles.
Honestly, if you want to write a story that's believable and makes sense, you need to learn more about the races.
Post by
Lordplatypus
Look, it being with the naga only means it's on their sunken island.
It's not like they know about it or anything. Are we really gonna make it that corny?
And i know your a Nelf lover so i'm not gonna really talk about that anymore, but do learn more about azeroth than how Nelfs are gud and all else is bad.
Post by
Adamsm
Look, it being with the naga only means it's on their sunken island.
It's not like they know about it or anything. Are we really gonna make it that corny?Not corny; more realistic and matches with the Lore.
And i know your a Nelf lover so i'm not gonna really talk about that anymore, but do learn more about azeroth than how Nelfs are gud and all else is bad.
And we know you hate the Night Elves, the Blood Elves and the Orcs....so does that mean we ignore everything you say and talk about? Seriously; I do like the Night Elf race, but that's because I find them interesting and there is a lot of good lore there.
Look, honestly, these four blades just scream Mary Sue self-inserts to me. From being 'sacred to all powerful' to the whole 'no one knows about them' they are nothing but the standard sword and sorcery cliche. Those stories are rarely done well, but if you have to make them in the Warcraft universe, at least try to match things up better then what you have there.
Post by
Lordplatypus
Look, honestly, these four blades just scream Mary Sue self-inserts to me. From being 'sacred to all powerful' to the whole 'no one knows about them' they are nothing but the standard sword and sorcery cliche. Those stories are rarely done well, but if you have to make them in the Warcraft universe, at least try to match things up better then what you have there.
They aren't all-powerful, they're relics of course but yeah. And ofcourse, we all know about the first, armageddon. The second one Apocalypse is already in the hands of a death knight who we're gonna meet soon, and genesis hasn't been discovered yet.
It's a prophecy. simple as that.
Not corny; more realistic and matches with the Lore.
Having the blades pop up with the culture that fits them is a bit over-the-top unfortunately. so i picked two and swtiched them around.
Post by
Lordplatypus
Anyways, it's a straght translation of a legend, it's gonna have a in-universe POV as a result.
And because i want Genesis the be the last one found.
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