So, making a new nightborn warlock to rp on and I am stuck. not sure why or how she’d become a warlock, I mean, the NB were under attack by the legion. What reason would she have to use fel magics? I thought maybe it could be necromancy, since I will be playing affliction, but, would that fall under fel magics?
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Why would they be a warlock? Easy-
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She could’ve been one of the Nightborne who originally sided with Elisande and embraced the fel, only to lose and kind of re-integrate as best she could. If she was just a rank and file warlock, it would make sense for her to slip under the radar and maybe even conceal the fact that she’s a warlock at all.
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In terms of “why did my character become the class they did?” there are many answers to that question. But one of the easiest ways to explain it, in broad terms, is to think of it like… a boulder in the road you wanna get past.
Some characters may wanna climb over it. Some may wanna smash it, some may wanna build a mechanism to wedge it enough to roll it.
Everyone has their goals, but every individual is gonna choose a different method to reach it.
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Mine became one to fit in with those loyal to Elisande so he could then pass information to the rebels.
And then stuck with it because it’s interesting.
They really should allow both traditional and fel-infused nightborn heritage armor… those fel-infused shoulders were sweet looking. =)
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I will throw this in?
The Fel is addictive as well as destructive. A Shal’dorei who was exposed to the Fel during their Withering could easily have developed an addiction and with so many Demons around, it would not have been hard to find, bind and siphon what they wanted to scratch their ‘itch’.
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Your character could’ve always learned from your new Sin’dorei allies. Originally hesitant, you realized that the Fel could be used for the benefit of Suramar, as Blood Elves use it for the benefit of Quel’Thalas.
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Adding to this, remember that what we know about the Legion and the Demons that both exist within and without this structure is incredibly limited.
We’ve survived multiple Legion invasions and while Sargeras is now sealed up in Throne of the Pantheon in the world’s most awkwardly hostile intervention known to reality with the rest of the Titans, there’s no guarantee that there isn’t some new General or Warlord rallying the Legion.
Studying the Fel, and the Legion as well as Demon-kind in general to try and fully grasp the nature of this immortal, ever-evolving force of sentient evil, is only logical, especially after surviving a near-extinction/corruption of your people and watching all of your friends and family start to wither before these crazy outlanders came in and gave them all magic fruit that completely cured their addiction to the energies of the Nightwell.
A brush with death along those lines tends to generate either one of two results. You either develop a phobia or aversion to the thing that nearly killed you and do everything in your power to keep it suppressed and away from you, or you become fascinated with it in an effort to understand and control this force so that you’re never threatened by it ever again.
A Shal’dorei taking up the art of the Warlock might do it to study the enemy that nearly consumed your own people after ten thousand years of hiding from this very force, you might do it after being awed and cowed by the horrifying power of the Legion and watching everything you ever knew and loved being burned down, corrupted or fed into monstrous devices that created unparalleled sources of power, or you were simply a conjurer before the Barrier fell and you find it remarkably easy to bind Demons as you did Water Elementals, and the sheer combat potential of the variety of Demon-Kind you can potentially bind to your will opens up whole new avenues that your previous calling in life could never even hint at.
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Feet got all tangled up in her robes, then she tripped and Fel
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Some possible reasons…
- Your character was a mage and under the occupation, you were directed to research Fel magic. You had a bunch of other important projects that you didn’t want to see end due to non-compliance, so you went along. You ended up finding it utterly fascinating. You’d been studying magic for thousands of years and heard the stories, but you’d never seen anything like this before!
- Your lover/family/inner circle was a big time collaborator(s) and under their influence, you too came to associate with the Legion, and even took up some demonology. It was the only way to maintain your existing social connections, and it didn’t seem so dangerous at the time. Even now, you can’t see what the big deal is with a little fel magic. You can quit any time you want. Seriously.
- Just before the Legion arrived, you were at the end of your rope. Unscrupulous political rivals had destroyed you. Your holdings had been taken. Your reputation was in shambles. When you were offered a job as a secret informant by the collaborative government, you shrugged and accepted it because you had nothing left to lose. In the months/year(s) that followed, you were able to get righteous vengeance on your former enemies, rise back up in status, and also begin down the path of fel magic. The experiences forged a powerful link between the two in your mind: Fel = success. Then the Legion occupiers were ousted, but now you’re struggle to hold on to that power.
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All of you have been a huge help, thank you all!
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This falls under a hubristic category you might not want to play, but the Nightborne consider themselves to be the supreme magical experts, so there’s a certain arrogant joy in using magic to enslave those who thought they could enslave you.
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