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'Dis ain't about pickin' sides no more. Horde. Alliance. We need t'fight for de world we live in. We'll settle it all after. But we 'afta 'ave a world to settle in first!'
-Keizyn, Zandalari Paladin
Keizyn was your stereotypical prelate of Rezan. He believed in Zandalari superiority to the rest of the world... but he wanted to believe more in his Princess, despite her insistence in bringing in outsiders to their land. Seeing all these strangers brought him unease along with many of his people... but he believed in her. That she was doing something more than their sloth of a King wouldn't.
However when Rezan was slain, he and most of his fellow prelates were stripped of their power, feeling an ennui and despair in this, especially after the false blood god G'huun had arisen. In this time though, he saw these strangers to his land fight to protect them despite the feelings of many Zandalari. The strength of these newcomers helped slowly break the feelings he had. However, when his King fell despite all the power he and his loa Bwomsamdi had. To see his Princess take up that burden. To see these newcomers still fight despite all that.
His belief in his Princess and his people reignited the power inside of him, his Light shining despite his own loa having been slain. Joining the strangers in chasing down the leaders who did this to his country. And in the process, earning his own Heart of Azeroth and showing that he also had the power to save this world.
...damn that was a lot of text for someone who just hits people really hard, and loves gardening and accidentally stripping enchantments out of magic items. XD
Done by the -phenomenal-
howlite when they opened for commissions... just... just god damn. God DAMN.
I was blown away. Thank you so much.
-Keizyn, Zandalari Paladin
Keizyn was your stereotypical prelate of Rezan. He believed in Zandalari superiority to the rest of the world... but he wanted to believe more in his Princess, despite her insistence in bringing in outsiders to their land. Seeing all these strangers brought him unease along with many of his people... but he believed in her. That she was doing something more than their sloth of a King wouldn't.
However when Rezan was slain, he and most of his fellow prelates were stripped of their power, feeling an ennui and despair in this, especially after the false blood god G'huun had arisen. In this time though, he saw these strangers to his land fight to protect them despite the feelings of many Zandalari. The strength of these newcomers helped slowly break the feelings he had. However, when his King fell despite all the power he and his loa Bwomsamdi had. To see his Princess take up that burden. To see these newcomers still fight despite all that.
His belief in his Princess and his people reignited the power inside of him, his Light shining despite his own loa having been slain. Joining the strangers in chasing down the leaders who did this to his country. And in the process, earning his own Heart of Azeroth and showing that he also had the power to save this world.
...damn that was a lot of text for someone who just hits people really hard, and loves gardening and accidentally stripping enchantments out of magic items. XD
Done by the -phenomenal-
howlite when they opened for commissions... just... just god damn. God DAMN.I was blown away. Thank you so much.
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They were very xenophobic and they did used to rule the world, and many still feel they have divine right to it all. The Loa are powerful embodiments of nature themselves in primal animalistic form. And while Rezan is gone, Keizyn's belief in his Princess and his people give him the drive he needed to regain his Light.
I know it's... super cliche. But I like it. :)
I know it's... super cliche. But I like it. :)
How WoW handles Loa vs. like... the role of Loa in real-world religious traditions such as Vodou is really interesting.
WoW Loa are powerful beings of their own right: some very weak and of little significance, others extremely powerful, like Bwonsamdi, whose name and domain are probably inspired by Baron Samedi, who also deals with death. Which isn't to say Loa in Vodou are not extremely powerful and prominent: Baron Samedi can prevent a death simply by not digging someone's grave. But WoW Loa are at the top of their cosmological hierarchy. There is no greater deity with whom they intercede.
Loa in Vodou are powerful figures that intercede with a distant and relatively uninvolved creator, Bondye (derived from the French Bon Dieu). This role is not entirely different from that of saints in Catholicism, from which Vodou derives a considerable amount of inspiration and influence.
WoW Loa are powerful beings of their own right: some very weak and of little significance, others extremely powerful, like Bwonsamdi, whose name and domain are probably inspired by Baron Samedi, who also deals with death. Which isn't to say Loa in Vodou are not extremely powerful and prominent: Baron Samedi can prevent a death simply by not digging someone's grave. But WoW Loa are at the top of their cosmological hierarchy. There is no greater deity with whom they intercede.
Loa in Vodou are powerful figures that intercede with a distant and relatively uninvolved creator, Bondye (derived from the French Bon Dieu). This role is not entirely different from that of saints in Catholicism, from which Vodou derives a considerable amount of inspiration and influence.
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