Nyx Guild Lore
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:19 pm
WHO IS LADY NYX
Lady Nyx is an old soul. Over 13,000 years old. She is feared and revered by all that know of her, for not everyone does. Few were lucky, or unlucky enough to have seen her. She is an immortal who often shifts through planes of existance which has earned her the title of Lady of Shadows. She was once a Highborne, but can use a variety of female disguises. She is related to Lady Sylvanas and is revered by Thrall. She has formed a legion of members of the horde - The Guild of Nyx.
If you ever have the honor of meeting her, or just hearing her - she will no doubt seem: All powerful, all knowing, feared, awe-inspring, impatient, and putting it mildly - bitchy.
She is her minions source of pride, honor and even power.
Background
Born to a noble family line in Zin Azshari before the Sundering. Her father - Akanyaar, was a scholar who specialized in Dragonkin lore. This is when the Dragons were good and Neltharion the Earthwarder wasn't corrupted yet. Before the War of the Anients, Neltharion's daughter Onyxia was friendly to the Highborne and taught those who she got to know much. Akanyaar and Mikalynii, Lady Nyx's parents, named their daughter Onyxia, after the current Brood Mother's true name.
Onyxia, our Lady, grew up awash in ancient knowledge (even back then it was ancient, but all but forgotten knowledge today). Before her adluthood really started at age 300 Deathwing's betrayal and the sundering shook the world to it's core, and her family and most those she knew perished in the Maelstorm that followed.
Lady Nyx, with the few surviving members of the Highborne court fled to found the kingdom of Queldanas. For the first couple of hundred years there she helped found the new Sindorei nation. Following in her mothers footsteps she became a priestess, but retained her father's lust for knowledge and studied what she managed to salvage of his writings.
<fill in 10,000 years of history here, mention her supposed love affair with Prince Kaelthas>
One day she was experimenting with the power of Shadow using the Sunwell's energy. She was completely in a trance and astrally projected in the shadow plane when Arthas attacked and corrupted the Sunwell, destroying it. Her body and spirit were forever transformed into what she is today - a Lady of Shadow, with amazing mental power. Her transformation and the destruction the Lich King brought to her homeland made her bitter and angry, and she would never show the splendor of a radiant smile again. While she is bitter about what has happened to her, she is passionate about the well-being of Azeroth and determined to oppose those that threaten it.
She was a high elf, but now she is more like a Shade of a Highborne Elf with great power. Although there are limits to her power. She is still considered "all-powerful" by her followers. Her areas of mastery are ones of knowledge and the ability to connect directly with an individual’s mind. She can inflict great mental anguish, knows what the person is thinking, can project her own thoughts, and to a degree, influence a person’s thoughts. She is stingy in how she divulges what she knows because she wants to say in control of how her knowledge is used. She directs the actions of her followers, but she has limited ability to act on her own behalf because her corporeal body is weak and she has limited ability to take physical action.
Personality wise, she is a bitter immortal. Impatient, and unmerciful most of the time. She commands respect and when she receives the honor she demands she's less likely to release her angst fury. But for her loyal subjects, she cares for them deeply, and might yell at them more then others... out of love. She expects greatness from all her subjects.
99% of Lady Nyx's history is unknown to her subjects.
ORIGINS OF THE NYX GUILD
Nyx was founded when a mysterious lady of shadows appeared before Wakanda Tallbear, a noble druidess, and tasked her with leading the most heroic, chivalrous and mighty members of the Horde. This happened not long after the Forsaken were admitted into the Horde.
Over the years Lady Nyx, and her chosen Leaders. created her tribe to be stronger, mightier and the most noble guild in the Horde. Their conquests have become the stuff of legends.
Lady Sylvanas, her cousin, bequeathed upon Nyx charge over her very own Twilight Umbrage - a guild of heros devoted to fighting the Old Gods and their followers the Twilight's Hammer cult, and by extension due to the link with Sargeras behind the formation of the Twilight's Hammer cult, Sargerasand the Shadow Council.
Thrall gave the Nyx a building in Orgrimmar to use as their Library.
Research characters have done in character about Lady Nyx:
Eyesore the Wizened, Maledicta Ebonharte, Grellix, Warburn Smoketusk and others set out to discover what they could about her.
The First Discoveries into Our Lady Nyx’s History
A Find in the Ancient Ruins of Zoram Strand
Barefoot and Astorialla later discovered two more vessels in Azshara ruins with artifacts containing information about Nyx's childhood.
The first vessel
The second vessel
Recent Lore
Strands of Fate
* Strands of Fate whole story line from the Alliance perpsctive
Rumor from Booty Bay - led Nyx to suspect the alliance was planning oin building a new tunnel into the Undercity. The Alliance forces of Alshar Lo Dorano and Kingship of the East was met in Tristfal Glades.
Captured Enemy - Khargh tracks the Leikos Darkwood - an alliance commander and gathers intel as to when he will infiltrate Durotar. A dozen or so Nyxians lay a trap and captured Leikos. He would be later traded for a mysterious artifact.
Nyx scribes and loremasters immediately started looking into unlocking the artifacts mysteries. Scribe Eyesore was sent with an escort to the Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore to seek a scoll. This is when mysterious runes started appearing on various Nyxians.
The return to Azshara - was when more Nyx loremasters were dispatched with a security force to gather clues as to the source of the runes and the artifact. An alliance war patrol intercepted the Nyxian forces.
Artifact, artifact, who has the artifact?- Artifact research continues until one day Azimsuddenly steals it in the middle of the night. Oracle Aitana Tallbear attempts to track him but gets captures by Alshar Lo Dorano forces.
Aftermath thread - is 8 pages long covering all the events starting from the release of Leikos, Azim's being brain washed by the black dragon flight, Aitana's capture and release and finally the destruction of the artifact.
Warburn gets kidnapped - on his way to Blackrock Mountain to meet the rest of the Nyxian forces and destroy the accursed artifact. A valiant rescue was executed to spring the Oracle out of the Stormwind Stockades.
The First Nyxian War
Blood and Thunder: The First World War (Open RP)
How the World War Began.....
Lady Nyx is an old soul. Over 13,000 years old. She is feared and revered by all that know of her, for not everyone does. Few were lucky, or unlucky enough to have seen her. She is an immortal who often shifts through planes of existance which has earned her the title of Lady of Shadows. She was once a Highborne, but can use a variety of female disguises. She is related to Lady Sylvanas and is revered by Thrall. She has formed a legion of members of the horde - The Guild of Nyx.
If you ever have the honor of meeting her, or just hearing her - she will no doubt seem: All powerful, all knowing, feared, awe-inspring, impatient, and putting it mildly - bitchy.
She is her minions source of pride, honor and even power.
Background
Born to a noble family line in Zin Azshari before the Sundering. Her father - Akanyaar, was a scholar who specialized in Dragonkin lore. This is when the Dragons were good and Neltharion the Earthwarder wasn't corrupted yet. Before the War of the Anients, Neltharion's daughter Onyxia was friendly to the Highborne and taught those who she got to know much. Akanyaar and Mikalynii, Lady Nyx's parents, named their daughter Onyxia, after the current Brood Mother's true name.
Onyxia, our Lady, grew up awash in ancient knowledge (even back then it was ancient, but all but forgotten knowledge today). Before her adluthood really started at age 300 Deathwing's betrayal and the sundering shook the world to it's core, and her family and most those she knew perished in the Maelstorm that followed.
Lady Nyx, with the few surviving members of the Highborne court fled to found the kingdom of Queldanas. For the first couple of hundred years there she helped found the new Sindorei nation. Following in her mothers footsteps she became a priestess, but retained her father's lust for knowledge and studied what she managed to salvage of his writings.
<fill in 10,000 years of history here, mention her supposed love affair with Prince Kaelthas>
One day she was experimenting with the power of Shadow using the Sunwell's energy. She was completely in a trance and astrally projected in the shadow plane when Arthas attacked and corrupted the Sunwell, destroying it. Her body and spirit were forever transformed into what she is today - a Lady of Shadow, with amazing mental power. Her transformation and the destruction the Lich King brought to her homeland made her bitter and angry, and she would never show the splendor of a radiant smile again. While she is bitter about what has happened to her, she is passionate about the well-being of Azeroth and determined to oppose those that threaten it.
She was a high elf, but now she is more like a Shade of a Highborne Elf with great power. Although there are limits to her power. She is still considered "all-powerful" by her followers. Her areas of mastery are ones of knowledge and the ability to connect directly with an individual’s mind. She can inflict great mental anguish, knows what the person is thinking, can project her own thoughts, and to a degree, influence a person’s thoughts. She is stingy in how she divulges what she knows because she wants to say in control of how her knowledge is used. She directs the actions of her followers, but she has limited ability to act on her own behalf because her corporeal body is weak and she has limited ability to take physical action.
Personality wise, she is a bitter immortal. Impatient, and unmerciful most of the time. She commands respect and when she receives the honor she demands she's less likely to release her angst fury. But for her loyal subjects, she cares for them deeply, and might yell at them more then others... out of love. She expects greatness from all her subjects.
99% of Lady Nyx's history is unknown to her subjects.
ORIGINS OF THE NYX GUILD
Nyx was founded when a mysterious lady of shadows appeared before Wakanda Tallbear, a noble druidess, and tasked her with leading the most heroic, chivalrous and mighty members of the Horde. This happened not long after the Forsaken were admitted into the Horde.
Over the years Lady Nyx, and her chosen Leaders. created her tribe to be stronger, mightier and the most noble guild in the Horde. Their conquests have become the stuff of legends.
Lady Sylvanas, her cousin, bequeathed upon Nyx charge over her very own Twilight Umbrage - a guild of heros devoted to fighting the Old Gods and their followers the Twilight's Hammer cult, and by extension due to the link with Sargeras behind the formation of the Twilight's Hammer cult, Sargerasand the Shadow Council.
Thrall gave the Nyx a building in Orgrimmar to use as their Library.
Research characters have done in character about Lady Nyx:
Eyesore the Wizened, Maledicta Ebonharte, Grellix, Warburn Smoketusk and others set out to discover what they could about her.
The First Discoveries into Our Lady Nyx’s History
A Find in the Ancient Ruins of Zoram Strand
Barefoot and Astorialla later discovered two more vessels in Azshara ruins with artifacts containing information about Nyx's childhood.
The first vessel
The second vessel
Recent Lore
Strands of Fate
* Strands of Fate whole story line from the Alliance perpsctive
Rumor from Booty Bay - led Nyx to suspect the alliance was planning oin building a new tunnel into the Undercity. The Alliance forces of Alshar Lo Dorano and Kingship of the East was met in Tristfal Glades.
Captured Enemy - Khargh tracks the Leikos Darkwood - an alliance commander and gathers intel as to when he will infiltrate Durotar. A dozen or so Nyxians lay a trap and captured Leikos. He would be later traded for a mysterious artifact.
Nyx scribes and loremasters immediately started looking into unlocking the artifacts mysteries. Scribe Eyesore was sent with an escort to the Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore to seek a scoll. This is when mysterious runes started appearing on various Nyxians.
The return to Azshara - was when more Nyx loremasters were dispatched with a security force to gather clues as to the source of the runes and the artifact. An alliance war patrol intercepted the Nyxian forces.
Artifact, artifact, who has the artifact?- Artifact research continues until one day Azimsuddenly steals it in the middle of the night. Oracle Aitana Tallbear attempts to track him but gets captures by Alshar Lo Dorano forces.
Aftermath thread - is 8 pages long covering all the events starting from the release of Leikos, Azim's being brain washed by the black dragon flight, Aitana's capture and release and finally the destruction of the artifact.
Warburn gets kidnapped - on his way to Blackrock Mountain to meet the rest of the Nyxian forces and destroy the accursed artifact. A valiant rescue was executed to spring the Oracle out of the Stormwind Stockades.
The First Nyxian War
Blood and Thunder: The First World War (Open RP)
How the World War Began.....