imagine you’re dragon riding around, off in the distance in the water you see a volcano on a small island. you fly over to check it out. as you get closer you realize it isnt a volcano, it is a mountain sized candle. you land and find a small village of kobolds, they aren’t aggressive, in fact, they are as smart as you are. you learn they found this island generations ago, with 2 hives of bees on it. over the years they have collected hives from all over azeroth and raised them. The bees are docile because they are well taken care of, on top of that the kobolds give you a special tea that makes you smell friendly to the bees. these kobolds have been eating the magical honey from these bees and over time it granted them intelligence. They know eating too much honey from any one type corrupts, so they blend it all together and enjoy the benefits. They are led by the bee sages, 3 human sized kobolds that work together to lead their tribe.
so now you can work with these kobolds, culling bee mites, fending off krolusk incursions, stopping honey crazed nerubians. You help the kobolds feed the bees and harvest the honey, they trade candles to all the other kobolds and you deliver shipments.
each hive has a queen, and after you’re worthy the hives recognize you, granting you mounts and battle pets, and hunters pets to tame. These bees wouldnt take much to set up, there are at least 3 skins readily available that could just be recolored. Theming the colors and honey could be fun.
Frost bees, blue effects, the honey when eaten causes random frost nova
fel bees, green effects on black body, the honey causes fel nova
void bees, violet effects on blue/black body, honey causes random pull in on player.
cosmic bees, blue effects on black body, honey causes random knock back
life bee, green effect on brown/green body, honey causes random mass entangle
light bee, gold effect on gold/white body, honey causes random blindness
death bee, bring back corpse fly, honey causes random 5 second slow plague
arcane bee, light blue/white effects on purple body, honey causes random speed increase.
sha bee, black/white effect on black/white body, honey causes curse of recklessness.
combine all the honeys, or purchase the honey when exalted/max renoun, honey gives will fed, stam, and chance on hit to do random elemental damage with random added effect. give cooks a chance to learn recipe so they can craft a hearty version. or let them make mead with interesting effects.
let us get a candle toy to turn into a kobold too.
lets face it, im bored and winging it.