A/N: Special thanks to monaman, Sidetrack, the other sans, Amethyst Blade, Housecarl of Clan Drops, Booster Spice, GamerGoddessDin, and Kitsuja for your comments last chapter! I do hope to hear from you in the coming chapters, and I hope you all continue to enjoy!
I'm going to be a bit busy with real life for a little bit, but I wanted to give you all something so here is another of my meta bits for you all.
Expect many, many pictures.
Hope to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
To begin with, some music!
Character songs for this coming arc:
Trixie
Trixie has awakened her connection and teachings from Princess Luna, so expect her to unleash that power upon her foes now, especially since she won't have to hold back against the Undead like she likes doing against living foes. Trixie may still be a goof, but she is going to wreck those she comes across who aren't too far above her in level.
Jerid vs Vanessa
It's an AMV for the former, since in his own series he is hunting a child to take revenge for them killing everyone he cares about, and so he and Vanessa are going to be going at it pretty fiercely. Jerid's character arc is a mirror of that of Vanessa, someone who is a bit of a jerk who lost people they care about and seeking vengeance. How Vanessa responds will determine her character growth, for now she's on the receiving end of blind fury. The song also works in reverse however as Vanessa's issues with wrath will see her retaliating. Since I do love mirroring original character arcs however, do be warned that if one takes a fine tooth comb look through this video that they may figure out where certain future chapters will go.
It's taken a bit of build up, but now the rivalry begins.
Avitus
While Jerid is a personal threat to Vanessa, the one that will be a larger threat to the group as a whole will not be him but rather his ally Avitus, whose cynicism will bring him to complete odds with our hopeful heroes and cause him to be relentless in not only pursuing them but killing them outright rather than waste any time messing with them. He is not Mograine and will not waste his efforts to try and personally gain from the matter, he just will unleash a never ending hail of fury (aka, gunfire) down upon his foes. Tense times will arise from this, and it wouldn't be out of the question to think that his standoffish nature will bring him to blows not only with foes but with allies as well.
Now, I know what people are thinking after last chapter...
THEY DID IT. THEY FINALLY KISSED.
And I know, right? It took long enough...though...
In my very first drafts of the overarching story, Trixie and Kael wouldn't get together until after the initial Burning Crusade material, but given that I have had major plot rewrites since then (mostly as I come up with ideas on how to expand previously small or minor things) and things have gone in a way that I thought it'd be stupid not to have them get together, they are together now.
Now, there's something I don't do, and that is love drama. This can be seen by how I framed the romance in the first place: it hasn't been "will they or won't they", it was "when will they". Even the inclusion of Jaina is not there to be a third wheel instigator of a love triangle, but rather to be there as a part of the major lore of the setting. Man I hate love triangles. So now that Trixie and Kael are together, don't expect them to go through any stupid drama. Kael's the sort that can hang in there and still love a woman who has no affection whatsoever for him, so him actually having his feelings returned by Trixie means basically eternal devotion. On the flip side, Trixie is so starved for validation and love that she will sponge whatever feelings are given her way by him and return them in full. So we have a mutually beneficial relationship here, and this is really just me letting you all know that now that it's a thing, I won't be going back on it or pulling any stupid relationship drama. Will they agree on everything or never get mad? No, but that's just how people work.
I know I've had my love for other series and things ruined by writers placing unnecessary relationship drama in it, so I'm not going to do that to you all.
We are currently at stage 5 of this. Let us wait for stage 6.
Couple of things to look forward to in our coming arc without spoiling too much...
Some people are going to die.
Instead of a large, multiple chapter spanning dungeon expect one or two chapter dungeons in terms of content. This way we get a larger sampling while still getting a taste for them. Also, expect to see some more major cities such as Orgrimmar and Undercity.
Oh, and the Crusaders are coming for them. Think of them as enemy aligned player characters occupying the same space as our dear protagonists, in that they will be enemies of most nearly everything the protagonists come across as well, but they will be trying to kill the protagonists while they do their thing in different dungeons and places.
Oh, this made me think, and how about we do some character images again? Here are ones who have had recent mention or will have some kind of importance soon, so you have a vivid image to associate with each of them.
Trixie Lulamoon, Princess of Equestria
Trixie with Princess Luna
Kael'thas Sunstrider, Leader of the Blood Elves
Vanessa VanCleef, Leader of the Defias Brotherhood
Lavitz Slambert, Knight of Stormwind
Karl, Hired Mercenary and former SI-7 Agent
Dirge, Defector from the Scarlet Crusade
Nana, Team Pet turned Child (younger one in image)
Cookie, Vanessa's Murloc and cook
Grand Moff Tarkin, Emissary from Equestria
Aria Blaze, Criminal earning freedom by serving Grand Moff Tarkin
Adagio Dazzle, Criminal earning freedom by serving Grand Moff Tarkin
Aria and Adagio
Jerid Messa, Scarlet Crusader
Mouar Pharoah, Scarlet Crusader
Jerid and Mouar
Avitus, The Blood Raven of the Scarlet Crusade
Renault Mograine, former Commander of the Scarlet Monastery
Sally Whitemane, High Inquisitor of the Scarlet Crusade
Mograine and Whitemane
Brigitte Abbendis, present leader of the Scarlet Crusade
Saidan Dathrohan, Missing Grand Crusader of the Scarlet Crusade
Oskar von Reuenthal, Co-leader of the renegade Outland forces
Mitter'meyer, Co-leader of the renegade Outland forces
Mitter'meyer and Evangelin
Sayaka Miki, supposed fan of Trixie's (true motivations unclear)
Kazuma Kuwabara, Useful idiot who stumbled into the wrong universe thanks to Hela's manipulating events
Anavel, former soldier under the Kael'thas Sunstrider of Tempest Keep
Tony, Karl's brother and technical adviser in Outland
Chromie, Member of the Bronze Dragonflight
Jaina Proudmoore, Mage of the Kirin Tor
Varian Wrynn, Missing King of Stormwind
Anduin Wrynn, Prince of Stormwind
Lady Prestor, Royal Adviser of Stormwind
Bolvar Fordragon, Regent of Stormwind
Thrall, Warchief of the Horde and leader of the Orcs
Sylvanas Windrunner, Leader of the Forsaken
Varimathras, Adviser of Sylvanas
Lor'themar Theron, Regent of Silvermoon City
Kargath Bladefist, Warchief of the "True" Horde and servant of Illidan
Illidan Stormrage, Leader of the Illidari of Outland
Garithos, Deceased leader of the Humans of the Eastern Kingdoms
Arthas Menethil The Lich King, Leader of the Scourge
Helya, Ruler of Helheim
Edwin VanCleef, Former leader of the Defias Brotherhood
Yang Wen-li, Innkeeper
Princess Luna, Ruler of Equestria, Asgard, and Jotunheim
Loki, Trickster God and Ruler of Asgard, Jotunheim, and Equestria
Luna and Loki
I'm Hela sure I forgot some people, but the above list is pretty big as it is and I think it's alright for the time being. We have a giant cast!
Now, something else that might be on people's minds:
Is Lavitz actually Vanessa's uncle? Was Dirge correct?
Yes, Dirge was correct, because Dirge may be a canon character who has yet to reveal his true identity, but his OC bits are drawn from Doctor House and thus in turn come from Sherlock Holmes (who House is based after). I've been working at hinting it for quite awhile, but Lavitz has a sister in this universe (unlike his original) and both he and his mother don't like talking about her. This can be seen when they visit Lavitz's house and Kael notices some things like Lavitz having a picture of his family which happens to include said sister.
The characters of the story are all interconnected in their own ways. Funnily enough, it's not that they are all connected mainly to Trixie or Kael, but rather many of them branch off of Vanessa in one way or another...though this makes sense in the way that Kael is specifically hiding from the people who really know him, and Trixie is in a new land so people don't have many direct connections to her yet. So, as the third most important character, Vanessa is the one who has the most connections: first to Reuenthal as the man who slew her father, next to Lavitz as the brother of her mother, and there are more that I am waiting for people to notice. There's another major one that will make a coming arc quite hilarious.
I decided to use Reuenthal as a basic adventurer of the Vanilla World of Warcraft material such as the original low level Deadmines, since Kael and Trixie's little adventure doesn't start at the beginning of Classic/Vanilla WoW but rather towards its end: someone had to have done the material they didn't do, and I wanted a face to put on it. Furthermore, it ties into his original universe incarnation's character to have a woman seeking revenge on him, so it made him an even better candidate for being on the receiving end of a revenge plotline.
For Lavitz, he is a simple but great character at heart as a best friend and loyal knight, the guy you want by your side on an adventure...but he didn't have much beyond that since he's from an old JRPG with a large cast and his story is really just on the first disc of a four disc game. So, by giving him a single extra family member I have given him room for growth: he sees his sister in Vanessa, and a knight of Stormwind is now trying to look after a member of the Defias, their sworn enemies. It won't be easy though for him, since Vanessa already has a bond to Trixie (and by proxy, Kael) so she isn't as willing to get over her pride to receive Lavitz's familial affection since she is already receiving it from another source. If she was starved of it she would begrudgingly latch onto him, but in their present situation Lavitz is going to have to try and earn his niece's love.
The next major connection? I already gave my hints, so I'd just say to look at hair and eye color. And irony. I'm big on irony. Just remember everyone, I do. But you've already probably picked up on that.
It was noted by someone last time that Chromie was in Vanessa's notebook, and for that there is a good and simple explanation...but I apologize that you may have to wait awhile before we get to that. It was just a hint of future things to come, but time warping shenanigans will ensue.
If you really want another clue, I put it back at Chromie's first appearance at the arena. No, I'm not kidding. Go look and search carefully. Then you'll be like super ahead in knowledge.
Oh, returning to the subject of Romance, expect to get some clues as to where perhaps some other romances will be going now that the Trixie/Kael one is locked in.
For the pairings, expect them to be either straightforward or delve into the realm of my love for irony. I'll leave it up to you all to figure out what that means, but I will be giving bits and hints to that effect soon.
One example though of a romance is one that's happening so offscreen it's in another story! Luna married Loki from Marvel? When did that happen? Well, I kind of have an entire story based around that, which culminated in Trixie going to Hel, meeting Kael, people shipping them, and me creating this story for the two of them, so I'd recommend going and reading that if you want a quick answer. If you don't though, don't worry, I've got you covered. All will be unveiled with time, I just need to do it bit by bit since you all could see how difficult it is to do just plain exposition for awhile.
In Loki's own myths though he has a child with a horse, so I kind of just twisted them to my own needs.
So, Helheim, am I right? What's up with that?
Well, if one looks back one will see that I have been very insistent from the very start that Trixie's referring to "Hel" rather than "Hell" was on purpose. The best way I can explain it is that the "Hell" of this setting is an amalgamation of the many different Hells, Hels, Hades, and other things of the sort from across the multiverse. There are entities who control each of the sections, such as Helya controlling the Helheim connected to Azeroth but not the Helheim connected to Asgard. The Asgardian one is controlled by a woman known as Hela, who is the daughter of Loki and Luna and who is a timeless embodiment of death itself. She is the top god in terms of "Hell", and she came to set things straight when Helya tried to wrongfully claim Trixie's soul, enlisting in her aid a Night Elf who died before he was ever born, a man who has fought demons and been to a hellish realm (Kuwabara), and an angel of sorts who has experience with death itself. Perhaps if she had more time she could have used her powers to bring more souls to aid her against Helya, but she kind of was in a rush since Helya was already having her Kavaldir (the giants) going after Trixie.
If one thinks for a moment, Hela's rush to aid Trixie is curious thanks to Trixie remembering being tortured by Hela the last time she was in a Helheim, but may come a bit clearer when one remembers they are sisters by marriage: Luna took Trixie in and made her a Princess underneath her, meaning that Trixie has a direct tie to the top god of Death.
Keeping that in mind, one may begin to see why she might be so special compared to the others in Azeroth. It is not the complete picture, but it is a piece of the puzzle to keep in mind.
It is also why every single party member they have had and nearly every single referenced character in the story so far (not 100%, but many of them) died in their own series. Don't believe me? Lavitz, Reuenthal, Karl, Vanessa (allegedly, revealed just recently in Legion to be alive), Kael'thas himself, Tarkin...the list goes on, but Trixie is currently surrounded by people who should be dead. Not only are they out of place in terms of where they are, but they ought to be suffering in Hel or living nicely off in Valhalla right now, but instead they are here with Trixie on her quest to make the most of this second chance of a life.
While I intend to follow character arcs as they were in their original series, don't expect things to be automatically like how they were there. I mean, Karl died in his debut appearance in Die Hard right before he could kill the hero (or in this instance, Mograine) yet here he stands. So just because they died in their origin series doesn't mean they have a death sentence here...but similarly just because someone ought to live doesn't mean they will do so here.
And yes, I do think so far ahead to have set Sayaka's appearance up nearly thirty chapters ago when I included her at the arena. I tend to do stuff like that a lot whenever possible.
Oh, and in case anyone was curious what the monster she summoned looks like, if you can't make it out accurately in her picture above, here it is.
Only requires the sacrifice of your heart!
Thats an awful lot of pictures, though one link doesnt work because the site blocked FF?
That Syaka summon though, the method and then the entity following, someone mustve been in ER to come up with that thing?
Lets see how Trixie does. I take it in WOW, its one of those abusiv games where you are forced at spear point to tramline through the game without enough levels to give any advantage, never mind excessive or steamroll over the opponants at any time?
What are Crack Elves?
The one with Luna & Loki is hilarious.
Let me post this first before I forget:
Well, there's freakin Avitus in this story so yeah, death will come. I'm just relieved he doesn't have his Terminator armour available, he'd be nigh unstoppable if he did.
Is it just me or does that picture of Dirge look like a chick? I thought Dirge was a Human Male not a Drow Female (with Fel Green eyes no less)
My first thought upon seeing the picture of the Innkeeper:
Still waiting for someone to have "the talk" with Trixie.
True she can do it for most Undead but I jsut actually have to wonder if there'll be a time when the Undead aren't afraid of her like say those 'living' with Sylvannys. I do wonder if her philosophy is that if it's Undead, it should be ok to kill it right?
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Nah, she probably just wants to get rid of the bad people like an (possibly) Undead Garithos. Everyone wants him dead and staying that way.
Alright, everyone knows this is going to be coming and coming hard. But after going through with my 'fine tooth comb' I found deathdeathdeathdeathdeathdiedeath. Yeah ok, basic premise but I think I sense another ironic moment coming up. Jerid will get the chance to kill Vanessa but is gonna be saved by either Lavitz or Reuenthal taking the blow for her and getting seriously injured. More irony points for Reuenthal of course but both have irony points distributed now we just have to see which one tips the scale in the long run.
I'll just leave this here:
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As for continuing off, yes, he's a power house to watch out for but he can be killed. In melee. Granted he's still tough in melee you'd probably have to teleport to get... near him... Actually, I don't think that'd be a smart move even for Trixie. Then again, smart moves aren't often in this story. Yet.
Yes, yes they did.
just placing this out here, guaranteed Antagonist vibe even before the time fix by Chromie. Not just because of the picture but because she's an evil enchantress that'll turn you into branches... Ok yeah, I forgot the lyrics Pinkie sang for that. But you get the point.
They so have to meet him, it's gonna be awesome and I can feel it in my bones like how they met Chen. Now they have to meet Li Li and Chen together. Because Panda. Not Thrall but he's cool.
He's gonna be facing off Trixie. I can also feel it in my bones not because he was an Antagonist in WC3 campaign but he's basically an evil Dreadlord who schemes too much for his own bad. Err, I think that works since for his own good doesn't make proper sense in abstract context since he is evil and was lore revealed as one of the race that acted as the Lich King's jailers and etc.
And stay down.
I say it's the Queenie line that was first said. Though granted I first suggested Trixie became the queen of the Dragons but it didn't happen in this universe. Although she did piss off quite a few dragons that they sought to kill her before her rise to epic power status. I expect massive amount of butthurt dragons to occur.
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There are the sentient Undead, such as Sylvanas and the not yet appearing Lich King, but there are also mindless ghouls who are literally just reanimated flesh. Trixie won't care so much about putting them down.
As for possibly Undead Garithos, what, you think I'd bring back a thematic villain from the dead who fits not only into Kael's story but Lavitz's? Why would I do something like that?
There will indeed be many casualties, since cycles of revenge tend to do that. You killed someone I love, so I kill someone you love, which causes you to kill someone I love, back and forth until everyone is completely miserable or dead. As for Reuenthal saving Vanessa, remember that he's basically on a different planet presently so he won't be interfering with any attack from Jerid in this arc. That leaves Lavitz of course, so we'll have to see if you're correct on him saving Vanessa...but no, it's not the irony I spoke of in any of those cases.
Our Spehss Mareen will be shredding at range indeed, but as you say he's no slouch in close combat either. He wants his foes dead, and he doesn't care how really.
And about time, eh?
What, you mean Prestor doesn't seem like a nice lady? How could you even think such a thing? Just look at her. Doesn't she seem nice? Bolvar seems to like her, and he's a great guy!
They so have to meet him, it's gonna be awesome and I can feel it in my bones like how they met Chen. Now they have to meet Li Li and Chen together. Because Panda. Not Thrall but he's cool.
That's who I forgot to include, Vol'jin. Ehhh, he doesn't do anything until Cataclysm, so I'm kind of safe on that. Anyways, yes, a Thrall encounter is upcoming and it will be great. As for Chen and Li-Li, we've got a ways to go before they pop up again. The Pandas are supposed to be rare until Pandaria, so they will remain rare.
Oh? Why Trixie specifically? He's got more of a beef with other characters after all, particularly since he's scheming with the Grand Crusader of the Scarlet Crusade...who knows how far the corruption goes? It's hilarious though how in-canon Sylvanas doesn't really seem to think he'll betray her when she's a betrayer herself, so she should know when others harbor similar feelings.
No promises!
It's not Queenie, that was a joke about Chromie confusing timelines and not knowing what to say in which one since she doesn't know which version of someone she's met yet, something she does a little of in-game but I decided to emphasize for comedy's sake. So look again at that whole scene related to Chromie.
7754308 Don't worry, Vanessa will have one off-screen with Trixie, a complete reversal of how the situation should be
7754195 Dirge has Elven blood in him, so pointy ears, and using magic makes people's eyes glow usually in Azeroth, so glowy eyes. You are correct, however, and he is Human. Just not purely Human.
My first thought whenever I see the innkeeper is this:
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7753544 Yeah, I knew I had to include the Loki/Luna comic bit when I saw it again the other day Not too far off from how things are in my other story too.
7753416 Crack Elf is a joking term used by the game developers of World of Warcraft in their game files to refer to the Blood Elves who have fallen to their addiction to magic and have become insane lunatics who kill others for their magic. Magic is like their drug, and they need it to live, so they are labeled Crack Elves as a result.
7753260 Some pictures work for some and not others. Don't really know why, sorry.
Sayaka has an interesting story behind what she summons, but I won't spoil it here and now. If you want though, watch Madoka Magica, I highly recommend the series. For this story though, we'll eventually come to the point where it's explained in full, but for the time being it'll be unknown blood magic That so happens to summon a giant, powerful magical entity that will fuck up her enemies.
In WoW leveling is a real bitch and it's hard to get ahead without expressly going out of your way to grind and do things that award a lot of exp per time invested, so you're kind of right. If you play WoW the way it's "intended" leveling takes forever, so Trixie's on a slow rise to power, but she's definitely on her way especially now that she's unlocked a lot of her potential. When you do outlevel a foe though you can often crush them without effort given the scaling, which is why there is so much currently that Trixie can't even comprehend in terms of fighting since it's that high above her current level.
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Need I say more?
Dang, I was thinking of the irony that you mentioned before of a Stormwind guard now protecting their hated enemies the Van Cleef clan. Ironic because they're related but yeah. Cycle of gurt continues. Until Trixie decides to kick the cycle in its face because it's a wheel. Poor Griffon, we hardly knew ye. Granted Trixie was fatter then... *starts looking around suspiciously*
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Well let's see... She and Kael (more Kael really) beat up his brother who stole a human body and is leading the Scarlet Crusade. Irony point there since in game Dreadlords are classified as Undead units. He'll eventually learn of it and will try to scheme a way to get rid of her but with Sylvannys interested in her it's not gonna be so easy.
Announcer voice: *Please refer to the top of this comment for your indulgent experience, thank you*
Well, time to do research. Assuming I don't forget. Again. Why must work be so... work?
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What, it's not like they're about to fight some Undead (Scourge specifically) anyways. How could I possibly bring Garithos into things?
The irony I said had to do with hair and eye color, so take a good look again at how I've described characters This one I won't give you on a platter, but it should be fairly obvious, particularly with some repeated bits I've focused on in my writing.
Bolvar's really a good guy, and he trusts Prestor, so why shouldn't you?
Varimathras definitely is going to get involved in matters, but I think you'll be surprised with how things turn out As for his brother, good job spoiling that for everyone Good thing most people don't read through these. But yes, Dathrohan is actually Balnazzar...though Dathrohan was defeated and is completely missing, so what's Balnazzar up to? He didn't reveal himself like he could have and wiped the floor with everyone, so arguably the most intelligent/manipulative Dreadlord has to have something up his sleeve.
I just wanted to show people what Garithos looked like. No other motivation whatsoever
To save you a bit of time, Chromie wasn't alone when she helped out at the arena.
7754660 What? off-screen? I just made a shit-ton of popcorn.
7755307 I only reference lewd stuff, I don't actually go in-depth I find it funny to joke about, but I'm the sort who would be grossed out by actual lewdness (rather than just little jokes), so any NSFW stuff will remain offscreen. Sorry! Besides, leaving it to the imagination may be for the best, since nothing can top the idea of Vanessa giving Trixie the talk even though the latter is an adult and the former is a child.
7754664 Maybe so but they don't usually glow FEL GREEN!!! (Outside of Demon Hunters that use Fel Magics) Still doesn't explain the looking like a chick part. Full blooded elf guys looking like chicks is one thing, half elf guys looking like chicks ought to be quite the rarity (and one that results in much teasing even from his allies.)
7756643 Looking like a chick is perfectly acceptable for Blood Elves since male blood elves are literally mistaken for female within the Warcraft universe (specifically, by Garrosh, who isn't actually the dumbest Orc around). This being said, I don't have official art of Dirge so I just grabbed an image. No need to make a big deal out of it.
Dick Cheney didn't need one, and he's still around!
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Maximillian of Northshire too.
7763713 And Sayaka it seems!
phew, over the last week, I've been spending a few hours daily re-reading through this whole thing and catching up. I have to say I am enjoying the story quite alot, mostly the story between Kael, Trixie, and Vanessa. The others are interesting, but not nearly as endearing to me.
I wonder if Trixie will wind up leaving in three years, I don't see it ending up that way though, now that she is admitting to herself about her feelings. It is amusing that Vanessa seems to be their adopted kid at this point, good practice for the future...if Trixie ever understands anything about the birds and the bees.
I felt pretty bad for Jarid and his friends, they seemed to be the ideal people to one day help the Scarlet Brotherhood get back to it's original values. Morgraine is an idiot, yeah, his idea of using allies to weaken the enemy is valid, but if he gets most of his forces killed in tactics like that, he's not going to be trusted with any command positions. A leader doesn't last long if they get a reputation like that.
I...preferred Nana as a Mana Wyrm. But, I find kids annoying in general.
Also, I have intentionally ignored the meta chapters, beyond pictures and songs. I'd rather not find out about things out of story. This last chapter, the one Trixie waking up in Hell...It...wasn't for me. A ton of random characters get introduced with, at best, a few sentences of backstory, random gods and other timeline stuff all over the place merging. It was just annoying to me and I couldn't really follow most of it. There was just so much with so little explanation or sense.
Mind you, it's also not really the plot I care about either, I just want to see how Kael and Trixie work to unite the blood elves and get Kael back on the throne. Luna, the background flashes where Trixie is her student, it's not where my personal interest lies. Parts of it make sense, but, when stuff like last chapter happens with those random gods showing up, and the bare bones explanation that Trixie has made friends with a bunch of random gods....it feels like I was reading midway into a different story. Valhalla, hel, hell, and Tartarus? Why are all these random cosmologies coming up in this story when it's hard enough to expect your reader to know much about even one of them?
Trixie herself talks about nonsensical things as well that always throw me for a loop. Why does she know about anime, or earth even? I would get it if she was from Equestria girls...though I always assume that to be a different planet myself, but she remembers herself in pony form, so that doesn't work out either.
Don't get me wrong here, I really, really, REALLY like the story. Kael, Trixie, and all their companions and enemies, they are all great and interesting to read about. I want to see what happens when they reach Scholomance *Stopped playing WOW about two years ago, but started when the game first came out so this is all blasts from the past to me*, but all these schewed talks about different gods and timelines..well..it's the major reason I stopped playing WOW in the first place. Trixie started out with amnesia and the goal to become famous while helping Kael save his people, and that's what drew me in. That scene with the gods and random people that showed up just had me lost in all different directions and didn't feel like it belonged.
I know you're gonna do what you wanna do, it's your story after all, but I just felt like I had to comment on this, considering how much I am enjoying the story and how long I spent going through it this last week. Good luck on future chapters!
7770628 Thank you for the thoughtful comment, and I hear what you are saying. I will begin by stating that this story was created as a sequel to my other story "We Remember Everything" thanks to the Trixie/Kael pairing there being well received, so they got their own spinoff which became this story.
Trixie's reason as to "why" she is in Azeroth hinges on a multiverse level plot that is going on without her knowledge thanks to her amnesia, but this story will still remain about her struggles and adventures in Azeroth: it just is the case that Azeroth has gods and the ilk who are on the level of said multi-verse and are dealing with it, and they see Trixie as a problem thanks to it. Since a part of Azeroth is its gods, be it Odyn, Helya, or even the "Old Gods" such as C'thun and Yogg, when such elements arise so will the nature of Trixie's true origins. Outside of this, Trixie is intent on her current journey and life and as much as she misses home, her current goals all revolve around remaining in Azeroth, so you need not fear her directly working towards going home.
I've said it elsewhere in my comments, but I have content plans/ideas all the way through the newest expansion Legion's content, which is why Helya has made her appearance: she is a dungeon and also raid boss that has entered the game just recently. This obviously implies that Trixie is not going home, at least not anytime soon, but the journey truly is learning how and why we get to that point.
All of the major story arcs and events are Azeroth focused, and Trixie's multiverse connection is simply a fleshed out and long explanation as to why and how she came to be where she is. The entirety of said explanation (or at least, a large part of it) is in the story which spawned this one, We Remember Everything, and part of the reason we have only seen glimpses of said content is a mixture of Trixie just relearning some of it and also that there already exists an entire story detailing said events: Trixie will give a summary for some when she gets the chance to chat with Kael alone, but for the most part that's all just my way of having an explanation for something others might just handwave or give no actual reason for. Trixie has a reason for why she is where she is, and part of that specifically is making a new life for herself: something she intends to do.
Trixie, Kael, and Vanessa are the three primary characters, so I am glad that they are well received by you, for they are also the ones I have put the most thought into. Vanessa is in many ways an already adopted member of the family, since Trixie has a need to be loved and to be admired, meaning she is surrounding herself with people who care for her and will give her the validation she needs. Similarly, Vanessa has her own issues which are partially solved by having a true parental figure in her life, though baggage remains from what happened with her last family. For Kael, he is the sort to become highly devoted to someone or some idea, so his personality plays directly into Trixie's needs, while her reciprocal behavior gives Kael the devotion he seeks as well even if Trixie until now has been too stubborn to admit it.
As for our current antagonists, Jerid and his friends certainly are what the Scarlet Crusade ought to be more like rather than the idiotic zealot filled organization it became. There is obviously going to be more problems arising from how Mograine's group treats their allies, and it'll unfortunately be Jerid and his group of rookies who are going to suffer because of Mograine's ambition. One can only hope that despite being caught between fighting our protagonists and dodging backstabbing plots from his allies that Jerid makes it out alive, along with his new partner Mouar and the other recruits they will be receiving. If it wasn't for Mograine's selfishness though, our heroes might not have made it, so in some ways they are fortunate at the Crusade's expense.
So, all in all, on occasion the truth behind Trixie's origins will come up and so you will have to deal with that, but for the most part things will remain Azeroth focused for that is what every plotline I have planned is centered around up through Legion. I hope you will continue to enjoy as we continue onward, and I apologize if it may be a week or maybe more before I can update again: school is very time consuming at the moment as we enter finals and so my writing time will be vastly reduced.
Thank you for reading
7771153 Huh, I was unaware of it being a spin off from another story. I would check out the other one to get more insight to what is going on, buuut, that is a half million words I do not wish to tackle.
I will appreciate that, summaries are marvelous things, though my god I can only imagine how much Kael is going to think Trixie is messing with him at first. I am sure I would have understood more if I read through the meta chapters, but I don't like spoiling myself on what is going to happen in future chapters if I can help it.
My god, and Trixie and Kael aren't even CLOSE to going to Outland yet. This is going to be a long ride.
Agreed, you just did a very good job of making me feel bad for some members of the Scarlet Crusade, and wish Mograine wasn't such a monster to others. Admittedly, that means I hate him, which means he is a very good villain.
I'm going to laugh a little if the next time Trixie looks to turn back from a pony, she instead becomes a Dratini after her concerns about them being better looking than herself. I can also see her glaring and shooing away any Dratini's that could possibly try to join her little group.
Admittedly, this still doesn't explain trixie's knowledge of anime and her other odd sayings, but I suppose with universes colliding, I have a better clue now how she could.
Good luck on finals, I look forward to seeing Trixie's 'attempts' at being in a relationship with Kael. Yes, from what you said, there will be no love triangle or other drama, but with Trixie's utter cluelessness on love, and her having never dated before, I can imagine it's going to be funny.
7771314 Hahaha, yeah, the main story is 80 chapters and an epilogue, and Trixie doesn't make an appearance actually even until twenty chapters in, so it's a long read. To give you an idea, Trixie is to that story as to what Vanessa is to this, basically the third main character who appears later on once the status quo has been somewhat established. I still recommend the story if you ever find the time, but it's not technically necessary as I will continue to sprinkle in the information required to understand things all throughout this story, particularly in summary like formats as previously stated. One who reads both will gain a deeper understanding of the other, but one won't be necessary for the other if that makes any sense.
I think Kael has had to put up with so much and has already come to terms with the fact that Trixie is a horse so that her explaining her backstory to him won't exactly shock him at this point As in, "Oh, I was guessing it'd be weirder than that".
We're actually only about 20 levels from the Outland content. We'll be doing some more dungeons, confronting the Scarlet Crusade, and visiting some major cities before then, but we're actually not too-too far from Outland. Just got to clear up the rest of the Classic content on the plate. But yes, it is going to be a long ride.
I am glad you can differentiate between antagonists, since a lot of people don't seem capable: Mograine is a flat out villain, while Jerid is a bit of a jerk who happens to still be a Human being who cares for other people. Case and point, he was a bully towards Vanessa, but that of course doesn't mean he deserves to lose his best friend and the woman he loves. Things would be a lot better if her were one of the people in charge, but it's people like him who want to legitimately work their way up to the top who get taken advantage of by more cutthroat members like Mograine, someone who even killed his own father. Glad you hate the villain though that's meant to be hated! Means I'm doing things right if you can feel sympathy for the correct villains and hatred towards the others.
I had forgotten I made that Dratini joke, but yeah, Trixie may be a bit jealous when she sees the Dratini women. Got to love that Blood Elf vs. Dratini rivalry which Trixie out of ego/pride won't mind playing into.
Trixie's half aware of her past at this point, so she's got enough knowledge in her head to know some anime and other references (Luna in We Remember Everything happens to be into gaming and things in her free time, but it doesn't come up much since it's not plot important). Thus the calling Draenai Dratinis and thinking Kuwabara sounds like Vegeta (since there are many Dragon Ball Z games and Vegeta's voice actor is the same as Kuwabara's). Again, all will be known with time, but that's just a small explanation for the time being.
Thanks for the well wishes on my Finals. I'll need it. When I do get to the point where I can write more though, I will look forward to writing more Trixie/Kael...particularly how Trixie has no idea what she's doing. To be truthful though, not much at all is going to change: they essentially already were acting a bit like a married couple minus certain activities Trixie doesn't understand, so about all that might change is that they are a bit more physical with kisses and hugs. Her not knowing how to act though (and not realizing that she had already been acting like a married couple) will result in the humor you expect though, since she might try to overcompensate.
7815489 Well, there are only so many characters with yellow and orange hair. Plus you've got Aria listed in the characters for this story, so it being her was likely.
7815523 Oh I know, but not everyone actually pieces these things together I've now added Adagio to it since I've been meaning to but hadn't yet.
Also, random note, you should amend your vote on Spacebattles since OmegaPaladin didn't finish their own vote and you copy-pasted theirs
7815583 I'll get to that at my next chance. And speaking of said forum...up to Episode 7 for IBO. Will watch more over the course of the weekend.
7815786 Nice, nice. If you need any info on the show or anything else for IBO let me know, since I've been putting a lot of research into it in my free time Always willing to help out and explain stuff that perhaps the show doesn't.
Also, you're almost to the point of the major Gundam references in this story too!
7815790 Sweetness.
7828812 No, a poisoned Kael is not good
Hopefully he gets better. Of course, it won't be a simple matter...
Avitus does sound like a Blood Raven, "FUCK YOU, im killing these people."
And damn! Lots of pics, though serisously, still not a pic of Movie Tarken? I found the cartoons don't do him justice.
Those are like the only two references i got...
I still have some questions like who the night elf was, the family tree with Luna Trixie Hela etc and how Trixie randomly ended up there. I do hope next meta chapter will include some kind of family tree.