Aquatic Wild Gods

The following lore clarification was written by Seiryoku, for the purposes of clarifying the various aquatic wild gods and their worms. Included below are also the details of how to attain these forms, and the various nuances of each nature spirit.

## **Gaining Forms**

While most of these forms, if not all, can be obtained through normal observation, communion and understanding of an animal, one can also obtain a form through other means as well.

Gaining a form, generally via Druid means, can also be done either by direct communion with the Wild God, such as with Troll druidic forms, or a ritual connecting yourself to the god or greater spirit, such as with several of the normal retail forms (bear and cat I think). The forms listed below are what you'd obtain from communion or a ritual involving that specific Wild God, though you can also obtain the form via other means as mentioned above. Even the fish-type kraken form, in theory.

The information below is written like it is fact already though I mixed actual lore with custom lore in writing much of it.

## **The Wild Gods\***

#### **\*The Tidemother / The Deep Mother / Spirit of Water**

This is the asterisk on the title. All three names would be for the same being or force in this example. The Spirit of Water being probably the more “correct” name to use. The essence of water itself over all Azeroth. Not an elemental or the elementals, but simply the spirit of it all. FORM: N/A

#### **Oacha'noa**

The kraken sea goddess of the Tuskarr. She is NOT the creator of the Tuskarr but creator of the fish-type Kraken. Oacha’noa started life as a primordial fish that, due to chance or fate though likely due to the worship given to her, grew into a powerful fish-type Kraken. She was worshiped by the trolls as a Loa but, over time, reverence of Oacha’noa dwindled. Having been all but forgotten by the trolls, she soon became known to another race, the Tuskarr and became one of their deities.

* FORM: Kraken, *in theory*.

#### **Krag’wa**

The giant frog loa of Zandalar. At some point in the ancient past, Krag’wa came into conflict with the walrus Wild God Rosmarus. Rosmarus had ventured south from his arctic homeland and came into the great frog’s territory. Conflict ensued and Krag’wa was wounded. His blood and slime from his mouth mixed in large pools on the ground during the battle and from this mix rose the first Gorlocs, the race of big-mouthed frog creatures that would eventually lead into the Murlocs, Deep Sea Murlocs, Jinyu and Ankoan races.

* FORM: Frog/Toad

#### **Gral**

The shark loa of the Zandalari. He was originally a shark that grew and was worshiped, gaining loa status at some point in the primordial past the way many animal Wild Gods had begun.

* FORM: Shark

#### **Tortolla**

The giant turtle Wild God veteren of the War of the Ancients and patron god of all those who move between land and sea. The only Wild God to come out of that battle without any serious injuries but otherwise weakened. Tortolla is the creator of the Tortollans though perhaps accidentally. Tortolla, near the sea, laid his eggs (which is canon. Likely some magical asexual aspect) on the beach near an estuary connected to a river that led from the Well of Eternity’s pools. While undoubtedly too weak to have any magical potency by the sea, this was not the case for a group of hatched turtles that somehow found themselves going upstream instead of out to sea. As they got closer, the magical waters’ potency grew and changed them eventually into the Tortollan form.

* FORM: Dragon Turtle, both variants.

#### **Torga**

Torga is another turtle Wild God, this time a loa of the Zandalari. He died but has since been reborn as a much smaller turtle and now resides with the Tortollans who revere him. Torga and his counterpart, Tortolla, may have known each other at one time, but both are so old, they likely have forgotten about each other. FORM: Sea Turtle / Normal Turtle

#### **L’ghorek**

L’ghorek is an Ancient and maybe even a Wild God though different in nature. It is a creature of the Abyssal Maw and Neptulon rather than of nature and the Emerald Dream. This God is dead and, given how it died, questionable if it will ever be reborn. If anything, it rests in a weakened state somewhere in the Abyssal Maw.

* FORM: None.

#### **Nespirah**

Another Ancient, just like L’ghorek and possibly kin to the deceased god as well. While it might be friendly to fellow friends of the sea, it is unwise to attempt to enter it due to events of the past. Best to commune from the outside. It is a creature of the Abyssal Maw and Neptulon as well, and not a true beast.

* FORM: None.

#### **Kuo’toa the Colossal**

This is the first of three more custom Wild Gods. Kuo’toa is a massive lobster Wild God and creators of the Makrura. Kuo’toa lives in a deep, underwater cavern in the North Sea waited on by his Makrura children. Due to Kuo’toa’s age and size, he is unable to leave his cavern home or move well. As such, his children attend to him by bringing him food and helping him molt. How much longer this can be done before even the massive cavern is too small for the titanic god is unknown.

* FORM: Makrura (Moonkin replacement, but not necessarily)

#### **Rosmarus**

Rosmarus is a massive walrus that hails from the northernmost regions of Azeroth in unexplored frozen wastes near the pole. He is generally a lazy god, lying around with his harem around him and thousands of children on the ice. As the indisputable alpha, he forces his children and mates to obtain food for him. At some point in the ancient past, Rosmarus, when he was much younger and smaller, ventured south from his arctic homeland and came to be in the territory of the great frog Wild God, Krag’ma. Conflict ensued between the pair and Rosmarus was injured, along with Krag’wa. Many of his children came with him but due to the prolonged fight, many of the walruses strayed and found homes on the northern coast of the super-continent. Over time, these walrus evolved and eventually became the tribes of walrus-men, the Tuskarr. So much time has passed, in fact, that even the memory of Rosmarus is lost to the current tribes of Tuskarr.

* FORM: Walrus / Lion Seal (There is no walrus model in WoW, but the Lion Seal does a good job of working as one, even if that’s really an Elephant Seal)

#### **So’bekko**

So’bekko was a crocolisk loa of the Gurubashi in ancient times. He was a normal crocolisk that grew large and began to be worshiped by the early Gurubashi trolls. Overtime, he became dangerous, like many loa, and was fed sacrifices regularly to appease him. So’bekko did not aid the Gurubashi in their time of need after The Sundering, yet he still demanded worship and sacrifice. Eventually, the Gurubashi heard the whispers of another god who -did- promise to aid them. 1,500 years before the opening of the Dark Portal, Hakkar the Soulflayer gave secrets of blood magic to his worshipers with the most loyal becoming his priests, the Atal’ai. Two gods actively demanding regular sacrifices was one god too many and, seeing a chance for great power, the Atal’ai sacrificed the great crocolisk Wild God and used his blood for profane rituals. So’bekko now rests in the Emerald Dream, awaiting the day he will be able to reincarnate, but with no worshipers and having been greatly weakened due to the dark rituals of the Atal’ai, it is unlikely that day will come anytime soon. Only So’bekko’s spirit through druidic, or otherwise, ritual will allow for the crocolisk form connected to So’bekko, otherwise another greater crocolisk spirit would need to be communed with for the form, like usual.

* FORM: Crocolisk

#### **Hears The Tide "He Who Pinches"**

Hears The Tide is a giant makrura Wild God native to the jungles of Feralas. He is a child of Do'brim, The Elder Stag, an ancient dream walking moose that assisted in the growth of the Great Tree in Feralas and is the suspected reason for the spread of the jungle and diverse wildlife there. In the distant past, Hears The Tide's fought off a megalodon-sized shark while he and other makrura were feeding on the ocean floor. Because of this feat of strength, all of his people and him were able to get away safely. As Hears The Tide had proven himself to Do'brim, the great Elder Stag blessed the noble Hears The Tide with great power, connecting him to the Emerald Dream and tasked him with watching over the shores of Feralas.

* FORM: Makrura