2024-05-03 02:39:45 ¶ ●

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Happy late birthday!

My apologies but I have been holding myself back and I just need to ask:

What would Demon Hunters look like as a flight, with Illidan being their Aspect? 👀👀👀👀

Thank you!! <3 <3 <3

Ooooh hmmmmm. In my head I see them as originally a fel-tainted offset of green dragons, coming together to call themselves The Green Flame, or the Flight of the Green Flame. (I imagine Flight of the Fel’d could work too, but warlocks and Man'ari come to mind too so idk) However this flight is not made solely of green dragons ofc, any dragon who can make the required sacrifices and survive are welcomed within. You can identify these dragons from their empty eye sockets overflowing with fel, sawed off horns replaced by more demonic typically front-facing horns, glowing fel markings etched into their scales, and wings torn and shredded. Some have mutated limbs and tails, multiple distorted wings, the worst of them may be mistaken as corrupted by old gods with just how grotesque they’ve become.

While Wardens tails make up their glave when curled, Illidari cut off the tips of their tails to replace with actual warglaves. Some of the more mutated dragons develop multiple tails, which are also then fixed with blades, and make them especially dangerous to face in close combat. Replacing their old horns and tails are just one big step in turning away from the dragon you once were, you won’t find an illidari dragon who hasn’t done both.

Illidan was a green dragon, born with gold eyes and great expectations placed upon him he did not achieve. After turning away from the Emerald Dream and it’s protection he looked to the magics of the blue flight, and then, of course, to fel itself. We all know how this ends.

(im still workshopping Illidan’s original non-corrupted form, but i figured i’d doodle something to show the changes. I picture him looking more like his brother, sans antlers)