Draeneic Kingdom

The **Draeneic Kingdom** (often called the **Draenei Kingdom**) was an island kingdom founded by draenei following their arrival on Azeroth via The Exodar after fleeing from Draenor. It was a short-lived kingdom, only surviving for seven years before being destroyed by orcs. Invading the island in an act of revenge against draenei, orcs set fire to the island and eventually destroyed the island's geographic so severely that the majority of the island fractured and settled back into The Great Sea. It was the adopted homeland of Lady Rose, who later became the Crown Administrator of the Kingdom of Stormwind. Lady Rose is amongst the only survivors from the kingdom's destruction.

## History

### Founding

After the destruction of Argus, debate arose within certain draenei communities regarding the draenei way of life, questioning if their societal choices had played a role in their seemingly never ending misfortune. Within these groups, doubt arose regarding Velen's leadership of the draenei, especially by a draenei named Toraonan. This sentiment worsened after crushing blows on Draenor left the planet uninhabitable. During the fighting with the Orcish Horde, several draenei vocalized their disapproval of Velen's leadership and the draenei culture they believed led to their civilizational downfall, though nearly all of them followed Velen's guidance to take refuge on The Exodar and find a new world.

Once The Exodar crashed on Azeroth, the group of protesting draenei peacefully separated from the larger group led by Velen. Though he disapproved of the separation and believed a severance of their race would not play out well, Velen did not attempt to stop those who chose to leave. Uniting under Toraonan's leadership, the group set out on handcrafted ships and set sail from Azuremyst Isle until arriving on an uninhabited, save for a small tribe of murlocs, island between Kalimdor and Pandaria. This island would serve as the home of Toraonan's group.

Within the first week of establishing their new homeland, scouts were sent to explore the surrounding territories. With the continent of Pandaria still surrounded by mist, scouts who traveled east never landed on the continent and returned home when supplies began to run low. Scouts who went west past Kalimdor, however, arrived in the Eastern Kingdoms, specifically the Swamp of Sorrows, and made contact with Stormwindians stationed there. Whereas the Kingdom of Stormwind had become aware of the draenei's arrival on Azeroth from their kaldorei allies, the fact that there were multiple groups of draenei surprised some. Royal watchers and military officials stationed in the Swamp of Sorrows alerted Bolvar Fordragon, who was serving as regent in the absence of King Varian Wrynn, of the draenei's arrival and of the draenei's eagerness to shed their old cultural ways and adopt new cultural norms, wanting to learn from those they had recently met.

Fordragon, seeking to learn more about these potential allies, authorized representatives from the Stormwind House of Nobles to immigrate to the new draenei land in order to help them accommodate to life on Azeroth. Though the general concepts of nobility were not unfamiliar to the draenei given their theocratic customs, the specific concept of a ruling class was intriguing, especially given the negative sentiments associated with Velen's leadership. Amongst the Stormwindians who immigrated to the new draenei land was Lord Theodore Scon. Lord Scon served as Stormwind's official representative to Toraonan's group, though he was joined by other nobles and advisors, including Lord Wilhelm Campbell, Lady Martha Scott, and Lady Bethany Smalltower, and these nobles introduced the Stormwindian concept of nobility to the draenei.

### Becoming Established as a Kingdom

Wanting to eschew from Velen's style of leadership and taking advice from Lord Scon and the other Stormwindian nobles, the draenei resolved to established their own form of nobility. Given there were few young to be raised as nobles and there was no real precedence for nobility amongst the draenei, Lord Scon and Lady Scott met with as many individual residents as they could and selected from amongst them those they felt that had the most potential as leaders. Amongst those draenei selected, four were selected to serve on the newly formed Draenei Royal Court, Toraonan, Aimere, Vel'as, and Auvar. Each of these four were then given sectioned partitions of the island to serve as their own villages in hopes of them developing into proper duchies. These lands became known as Haavish, Naaux, Roseburg, and Draenor, named after one of their former homelands.

Toranoann took control of what would become Naaux Village, Vel'as took control of what would become Haavish Village, Aimere took control of what would become Roseburg Village, and Auvar took control of what would become Draenor Village. The four draenei founded noble houses in their name and then legislated the Draenei Royal Court with assistance from Lord Scon and Lady Smalltower. Within the first year of the kingdom being established, each village was able to develop foundations which led to businesses, schools, offices, and homes from the villages' residents. Lady Smalltower was particularly instrumental in helping the shape the governance of the new kingdom, though she was far from the only human with hefty impacts on the new society.

Disenchanted with King of Gilneas Genn Greymane's isolationist approach to foreign affairs, Gilenan noble Lord Thomas Carson set out to Stormwind to explore the wider world beyond the Greymane Wall. In Stormwind City, Lord Carson learned of this breakaway group of draenei. By this time, Velen's draenei had been formally welcomed into the Grand Alliance, though Lord Carson found the prospective of learning about breakaways like himself too intriguing an opportunity to miss. Lord Carson, therefore, traveled to the draenei kingdom and was welcomed by Lord Scon's group of Stormwindian nobles. Taking interest in the evolving draenei society but noticing difficulties in communication, Lord Carson resolved to help educate the draenei on the common language. Between their learning from the Stormwindian nobles and taking common lessons from the Gilnean Lord Carson, the draenei residents soon began developing a hybrid accent, blending the Stormwindian accent with the Gilnean accent.

### Orc Invasion

Seven years into the kingdom's establishment, the Horde became aware of the draenei presence on the island. Druidic tauren scouts from Thunder Bluff noticed the increase ship traffic to the island after a tip from Horde spies stationed in Gadgetzan reported seeing vessels depart Gadgetzan and head towards the island. Unbeknownst to the spy or the taurens, the draenei had established an uneasy minor trade partnership with the Steamwheedle Cartel in order to bring certain unobtainable supplies to their island kingdom. After seeing the island, tauren scouts reported their findings to their orc partners, specifically to Varok Saurfang. Believing these draenei to be the ones who had joined the Grand Alliance under Velen, Saurfang ordered an immediate invasion of the islands and demanded their destruction, tasking Legionnaire Bugharz with completing the goal.

Legionnaire Bugharz's forces were the first to make landfall on the kingdom. The fleet arrived off the coast of Naaux Village and made landfall shortly thereafter, not permitting the draenei an opportunity to respond. Caught completely unawares, the inhabitants of Naaux Village were ruthlessly murdered as their village crumbled and turned to dust in the wake of firebomb campaigns by the orc forces. Lord Campbell was in the village during the ransacking and lost his life alongside the other residents of the village. Lord Toranon, who was still somewhat safeguarded at Naaux Estate, became informed of the orc's rampage and immediately alerted the other members of the Draenei Royal Court. Alongside Lord Scon and Lady Smalltower, who were meeting with Lord Toranon at Naaux Estate during the ransacking of Naaux Village, Lord Toranon barricaded the estate to the best of their ability. This, however, proved not to be enough as orc forces tore through the draenei defenses and ultimately murdered both Lord Toranon and Lord Scon, causing the kingdom to lose its two foremost voices and leaders.

#### Second Invasion Fleet

The deaths of Lord Toranon and Lord Scon set the kingdom into a spiral. Without a coordinated response due to communication delays, each village was left to fend for itself with whatever forces it could muster and with basically no intelligence about their invaders. Legionnaire Bugharz's forces completely leveled Naaux Village and then set out towards Haavish Village. Due to its large size, Haavish Village was able to mount a considerable defense against the orc forces. Initially holding back the invaders for several days, problems quickly began to arose, specifically a lack of supplies such as ammunition and even food. Though the draenei had been soundly defeated, Bugharz's forces were not without their own causalities. Bugharz's losses were significant enough to warrant back-up being sent to aid him in his conquest of the island, and a he formally submitted a request to Orgrimmar for such aid.

Being completely cut off from Naaux Farm and the fisheries in Draenor Village, the draenei of Haavish Village grew weak and were eventually sliced down one by one by what remained of the well-fed and powerful orc forces. Haavish Estate fell shortly thereafter. The explosions across the land ravaged what was once Haavish and caused tremors powerful enough for the land to sink back into the ocean, fracturing off from the larger island.

Meanwhile, Draenor Village found itself under attack by the second orc fleet which had arrived to help destroy the island. This fleet, led by Legionnaire Oggha, wasted no time in making landfall between Draenor Village and Roseburg Village. Having completely leveled what was once Naaux Village, Legionnaire Bugharz ordered his forces to chip away at the land through bombing campaigns. This torture to the land eventually caused the Draenor territory to suffer the same fate as the Haavish territory. During the defense of Draenor Village, the Salmon Lake Tribe came to the draenei's defense, though the orcs showed no sympathy to the murlocs and sliced them down like butter, ultimately leading the to extinction of the Salmon Lake Tribe and the destruction of their village.

#### Defense of Roseburg Village

With each of the other villages soundly defeated, those who managed to escape the initial ransacking made their way to Roseburg Village. Being more adequately prepared given the extra time, Lord Maaik led the draenei defense forces in holding Roseburg Village for as long as possible while civilians evacuated to Roseburg Estate. Lady Aimere worked with Lady Rose and Lady Yasaana, who had escaped from Draenor Village, in barricading the estate in the event Lord Maaik's forces were unable to successfully defend the village. Lady Scott had been at the estate during this time and lent the aid of her gryphon to Lord Maaik's forces. Lord Carson was also at the estate, giving common lessons to Lady Rose when the initial orc forces landed. Mitreisha, a draenei commoner farmer from Naaux Village, was amongst those who were able to barricade themselves in the estate while her brother, Maarthas, fought alongside Lord Maaik, though Mitreisha was far from the only commoner who had found refuge in the vast estate.

#### Evacuation of Roseburg Estate

Lord Maaik's forces fought until their last breath, though they were ultimately unable to defeat the orc forces, especially given Legionnaire Bugharz and Legionnaire Oggha had united their troops by this time. The united orc invasion forced proved too much for the draenei frontlines and both Lord Maaik and Maarthas fell at the hands of orc warriors. Seeing no clear path to victory, Lady Aimere ordered the evacuation of Roseburg Estate, though few were actually able to comply with the evacuation order given limited numbers of transport vessels. Others followed Lord Maaik's example and chose to take a warrior's death defending their homeland.

An extremely small number of draenei managed to escape the estate. Amongst them were two nobles, Lady Rose and Lady Yasaana, and a commoner farmer, Mitriesha. Taking Lady Scott's gryphon, Lady Rose fled and eventually arrived in Goldshire, leaving Lady Scott herself to perish at the hands of the invaders. Lady Yasaana managed to mount one of the captured wyvern mounts and unwittingly made her way to Marshtide Watch before being helped to Stormwind City. It remains unclear how Mitreisha was able to evacuate in the chaos, though she, too, eventually found herself in Stormwind City. Though Lord Carson attempted to evacuate by jumping into the Great Sea with hopes of finding a raft to bring him to safer shores, he drowned and lost his life.

### Modern Day

Little remains of the island which was once home to the Draeneic Kingdom. In the scarce amount of land remaining from the island, grass has begun to regrow in the shadow of the mountain range which had once surrounded Roseburg Estate. Though uninhabited, pandaren fishers eventually discovered the island and some have set up small fishing camps along its coastline. The Steamwheedle Cartel has been known to use the island as a resting point, though they have established no formal settlements on the island.

At some point after the kingdom's fall, knights of the Ebon Blade discovered the island and raised at least one death knight, Maarthas, though undeath proved too difficult a challenge for him and he eventually went rogue. Maarthas had arrived in Stormwind City as a death knight and reunited with his sister, Mitreisha, though he was slain by the Stormwind City Guard, which was ironically now under the command of Lady Rose, following his disavowal of the Ebon Blade. Mitreisha served in the Guard and was amongst those who slayed her brother. She, however, lost her own life and was also risen as a death knight. Before returning to Stormwind City, Mitreisha visited the island and raised half a dozen corpses of fallen draenei commoners. Mitreisha and her new ghouls returned to Stormwind City but suffered the same fate as her brother, being slain by the Stormwind City Guard after declaring themselves rogue undead.

## Settlements

### Draenor Village

Governed by House Auvar, Draenor Village was a small fishing village focused on supplying proteins to the rest of the kingdom by way of fish caught in the freshwater Lake Draenor located just south of the village. The village later expanded to include the Salmon Lake Tribe of murlocs' settlement. The few arakkoa which traveled with the draenei predominately made homes in Draenor Village, though most were prisoners. Through its fishing trade and without substantial native fauna to hunt, Draenor Village became the primary source of protein throughout the kingdom. Salmon from Lake Draenor was the most common form of fish; however, other sea fish were caught off the shores near the village. A mill was constructed near Draenor Village which served to produce paper and textiles for the kingdom. Aside from these necessities, the village also became the fashion capital of the kingdom due to the clothing goods and jewelry produced by the arakkoa in the village.

The village was completely leveled and burned by Legionnaire Oggha's second invasion force, though it was the second to last village to fall.

#### Lake Draenor

Lake Draenor was a freshwater lake located directly south of the village. The lake was predominately populated by salmon, though some other freshwater fish were also present. What little fauna there was on the island would frequent the lake, though the draenei did not hunt them out of fear of causing extinction and a subsequent ecological collapse. The settlers of Draenor Village carefully and respectfully shared their catches from the lake with the Salmon Lake Tribe of murlocs native to the island.

#### Salmon Lake Tribe Settlement

The Salmon Lake Tribe was a tribe of murlocs who were either native to the island or immigrated to the island a considerable time ago. Upon the arrival of the draenei, the murlocs were initially extremely hesitant. Prior to the arrival of their human mentors, Toraonan directed Auvar to make contact with the murlocs and determine whether they would be friend or foe. Despite being unable to communicate with the murlocs in a shared tongue, Auvar expressed to the murloc's chieftain, Mrgslgurgls, that they came in peace and wanted to establish a friendly relationship. Perhaps uncharacteristically for a murloc, Mrgslgurgls understood Auvar's desire and respected it, especially after the draenei demonstrated superior fishing methods to the murloc fishers. From this foundation of friendship, the Salmon Lake Tribe lived in harmony with the draenei of Draenor Village throughout the tenure of the kingdom, though when the Stormwindian nobles arrived, they were aghast that the draenei treated the murlocs as allies. During the ransacking of Draenor Village, the Salmon Lake Tribe came to the defense of the draenei, though they were ultimately defeated and wiped out alongside the rest of Draenor Village.

#### Draenor Estate

Draenor Estate was a massive abbey built in the styles of draenei architecture prominent on Draenor as an homage to the estate's namesake. Though the estate was predominately built by Lord Auvar, Lord Thomas Carson, a skilled architect, helped draft the blueprints for the estate and bring its reality to fruition. Aside from Lord Auvar himself, members of House Auvar included Lady Yasaana and Lady Zaalaria, two sisters selected by the Draenei Royal Court to serve as noblewomen. Lady Yasaana and Lady Zaalaria both took interests in humanitarian causes within the village, particularly with the local school. Draenor Estate served as the home to Lord Auvar, Lady Yasaana, Lady Zaalaria.

### Haavish Village

Governed by House Vel'as, Haavish Village became the largest of the four villages. The kingdom's main population hub, hundreds of draenei made their home in Haavish Village, a number significantly larger than any of the other three villages. It became the kingdom's business capital and was responsible for coordinating trade deals with the Steamwheedle Cartel, who helped to establish a port within the village in order to better trade opportunities and increase the cartel's market opportunities. A kingdom in need of many resources, Haavish Village served as a perfect gateway for goods to enter the other villages.

Haavish Village also served as the kingdom's magic hub. Powerful mages and novices alike settled in Haavish Village to be personally trained by Lord Vel'as, himself a powerful archmage. A magic school and training grounds was erected within the village to facilitate its residents' thirst to be trained in magical ways.

After Legionnaire Bugharz's forces leveled Naaux Village, Haavish Village was the next to fall. Despite serving as the central trade and economic hub, the village was poorly prepared to provide for itself in terms of food, primarily relying on the farms of Naaux Village and the fisheries of Draenor Village, which were cut-off by Bugharz's forces.

#### Haavish Estate

Haavish Estate was predominately constructed by Gilnean architect Lord Thomas Carson, though he predominately used Kul Tiran architectural influences in the building of the estate. Fortified as a sea castle, the estate had a sublime ocean view and was decorated with a green theme in homage to its Kul Tiran influences. The estate housed Lord Vel'as as well as Lady Bethany Smalltower, a Stormwindian noble settler.

### Naaux Village

Governed by House Toraonan, Naaux Village was a moderately sized village which focused on farming nearby land in order to grow edible crops and raise livestock with valuable produce. Lord Wilhelm Campbell, a Westfall noble who presides over farmland, was instrumental in helping establish the village as the kingdom's primary source of grain and food, importing sheep from Gilneas to serve as both a source of food as well as wool. The village itself had frequent farmer's markets wherein local farmers would sell their fresh produce. Residents from across the kingdom would come to the village for these markets due to the lack of availability of fresh produce in the other villages. The village also served as the primary lumber provider to the other villages, having access to the vast forests between Roseburg Village and Draenor Village. The only prison in the kingdom was located in Naaux Village, and it was known to occasionally require its prisoners to work in the fields, though they were always compensated for this work.

Whether or not the Horde invasion forces knew that Naaux Village provided the majority of the food in the kingdom remains unknown; however, Naaux Village was the first village to fall to Legionnaire Bugharz's forces, a fate which would await all the other villages as well.

#### Naaux Farm

Naaux Farm collectively referred to the various farms centered around Naaux Village. A large field of land was plowed and divided into sections which were then overseen by minor noble draenei and tended to by draenei commoners with assistance from Lord Wilhelm Campbell, a Westfall noble, and Muaya Harvesthoof, a tauren druid. These fields supplied the majority of the kingdom's produce, both vegetable and protein. Lord Campbell introduced sheep to the kingdom and they became a major source of wool and mutton, all raised on Naaux Farms.

#### Naaux Estate

Naaux Estate was modeled after the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind City. Built by Lord Thomas Carson, a Gilnean noble, the estate took major themes from the Kingdom of Stormwind, including a blue and silver color theme. The estate housed Lord Toraonan, Lord Theodore Scon and Lady Bethany Smalltower, making it the political capital of the kingdom. All meetings of the Draenei Royal Court occurred within the estate and most political offices throughout the kingdom were operated out of the estate, making it the de facto capitol.

### Roseburg Village

Governed by House Aimere, Roseburg Village was situated in a succulent forest. Trees from the forest were chopped down in order to help meet the building needs of the burgeoning and expanding kingdom, though the predominate source of lumber was Naaux Village. The nearby mountain range surrounding Roseburg was mined for resources. The Roseburg Mining Co. soon became a major economic powerhouse in the kingdom. Despite providing the kingdom with many raw goods, the village developed as the kingdom's cultural capital, playing host to the kingdom's most regarded artists, performers, bards, academics, and others.

#### Roseburg Estate

Roseburg Estate, built by Gilnean architect Lord Thomas Carson, was true to its developers' Gilnean origins. The estate was modeled after the Light's Dawn Cathedral in Gilneas City. Both the estate and the village utilized the red and brown color palette often associated with Gilneas. Aside from Lady Aimere herself, members of House Aimere included Lady Rose and Lord Maaik. Lord Maaik, a skilled warrior, took interest in training the village's militia while Lady Rose focused on expanding the village's art venues, placing emphasis on the importance of artwork, music, and education within the village. Lord Carson and Lady Martha Scott, a Stormwindian noble, both resided within the estate.

The estate often hosted large open house gatherings wherein both residents from the village as well as residents and nobles from the other villages would gather for elaborate parties and performances. A theatre was built into the estate and it was used nearly weekly to provide cultural venues for the residents of the kingdom. Those who visited the estate, regardless of class or race, were always treated with the highest respect and enjoyed superior service.

The estate served as the last holdout from the Horde's invasion forces. A heroic last stand took place on the estate's grounds, though it was all for naught as the orcs ultimately defeated the defenders and burned the estate to the ground before the ocean swallowed the land it once stood on.

## Culture

### Races

#### Draenei

The draenei race was, of course, the primary demographic of the Draeneic Kingdom. The draenei in the kingdom, however, had distinctly different perspectives on life and on draenei culture than did their counterparts on the Exodar. The draenei within the kingdom widely regarded their past as a failure, going so far as to distance themselves from any remnants of their former society with the notable exception of Draenor Village. Argus was not viewed as their home, nor was Draenor. These draenei were resolved to be distinctly Azerothian and were eager to adopt the customs of the humans they befriended on Azeroth.

##### Eredar

Most of the draenei within the kingdom took pity on the small number of eredar within the kingdom. Most eredar were given menial jobs such as shop clerks, farmers, or fishers. Despite this, and in keeping with their desire to move away from the previous draenei culture, eredar were not treated as a necessarily lesser race. They were predominately pitied rather than shamed or spoken of poorly. Whereas there were no man'ari within the kingdom, it can assumed that any demon, man'ari or otherwise, would have been met with extreme hostility given the draenei's experience with The Burning Legion.

#### Orcs

Based on their interactions on Draenor, the orcs were widely feared and hated by the residents of the Draeneic Kingdom, whether draenei, arakkoa, or human. There were no orc settlers in the kingdom, though any orc who dared try to make the kingdom their home would have undoubtedly be met with extreme hostilities. Though the draenei tended not to judge entire races, there was palpable distrust and dislike for orcs. This distrust proved well-founded when it was orc invaders who completely demolished the kingdom and sank it into the ocean.

#### Arakkoa

There were an extremely limited number of arakkoa in the kingdom; some estimates place the number as small as under a dozen. Of this small number, approximately half of the arakkoa were prisoners who were arrested on Draenor for various crimes. Both the prisoners as well as their family members were evacuated alongside the draenei on the Exodar. How, exactly, Lord Toraonan convinced Prophet Velen to permit him to take some arakkoa prisoners remains unknown, though, however it happened, there were arakkoa present in the Draeneic Kingdom. The draenei of the kingdom did not judge the entire race based on the action of the prisoners, though. The arakkoa which were not imprisoned were regarded as equal citizens to the draenei and some were even highly regarded for their ability to create fashionable clothes and jewelry.

#### Humans

Humans were regarded with the highest esteem within the Draeneic Kingdom. They were viewed as models of what the draenei could be and many draenei often showed deference to humans, regardless of social status. Though noble humans were the most prominent within the kingdom, even human servants to the human nobles were well-regarded by the denizens of the kingdom.

#### Murlocs

Almost unprecedentedly for their race, the native murlocs of the Salmon Lake Tribe reacted kindly to the new draenei settlers, though they were initially extremely hesitant. Prior to the arrival of their human mentors, Toraonan directed Auvar to make contact with the murlocs and determine whether they would be friend or foe. Despite being unable to communicate with the murlocs in a shared tongue, Auvar expressed to the murloc's chieftain, Mrgslgurgls, that they came in peace and wanted to establish a friendly relationship. Perhaps uncharacteristically for a murloc, Mrgslgurgls understood Auvar's desire and respected it, especially after the draenei demonstrated superior fishing methods to the murloc fishers. From this foundation of friendship, the Salmon Lake Tribe lived in harmony with the draenei of Draenor Village throughout the tenure of the kingdom, though when the Stormwindian nobles arrived, they were aghast that the draenei treated the murlocs as allies. During the ransacking of Draenor Village, the Salmon Lake Tribe came to the defense of the draenei, though they were ultimately defeated and wiped out alongside the rest of Draenor Village.

#### Vigilants

Vigilants, mechanical constructs originally created on Argus but later recreated on Draenor and then on Azeroth, were vital parts of society in the Draeneic Kingdom. These giant mechanical beings proved invaluable in helping with the construction of the four villages. Following their original construction uses, many vigilants worked to provide security for the various villages. Others were employed to aid in the transport of lumber and supplies between the villages.

#### Goblins

The draenei were never terribly fond of the goblins of the Steamwheedle Cartel due to their obvious ulterior motives, though they worked together in an uneasy alliance so long as the alliance was beneficial to both parties. There were a handful of goblin settlers in Haavish Village, mostly serving as observers for the cartel. The goblins were not well-regarded by the draenei they lived alongside of, and the goblins were eventually blamed for the kingdom's destruction. It was suspected by survivors that cartel goblins sold information about the kingdom to the Horde, though the reality was that the island was discovered by tauren scouts.

#### Taurens

There was no direct contact between the taurens and the draenei except for Muaya Harvesthoof, who settled in the kingdom as a nature observer before lending her druidic skills to the draenei of Naaux Village in order to help them farm crops. Thanks to Harvesthoof's assistance, she was treated well by the draenei and well-regarded by the Draenei Royal Court; however, the Stormwindian nobles who settled in the kingdom never fully trusted Harvesthoof due to her race's allegiance to the Horde. Unbeknownst to the survivors of the kingdom's ransacking, it was tauren scouts who reported the island to the Horde warchief, though Harvesthoof was also ignorant of that fact until she was returned to Thunder Bluff following the kingdom's destruction.

#### Naarru

Most draenei in the kingdom continued to worship the Holy Light and the naaru alongside it, though there were some draenei who questioned the Light's wisdom following Velen's claims that the naaru guided him during his leadership of their people. Generally, the naaru were regarded as godlike beings and regarded extremely highly within the kigndom's culture, some even suggesting that Velen fabricated his claims of being guided by a naaru.

### Politics

#### Foreign Relations

Upon his return to the throne, King Varian Wrynn was hesitant to formalize relations between the Kingdom of Stormwind and Velen's breakaway group, especially as he deepened his personal relationship with Velen. This lack of acknowledgement was supported by King Varian's close ally Turalyon. When King Varian died, his successor, King Anduin Wrynn, shared in his father's sentiments and made no formal move to recognize the Draeneic Kingdom. Other leaders from the Grand Alliance followed this lead. This left the Draeneic Kingdom with few dedicated allies aside from the foreigners who had temporarily taken residence there.

The Horde, on the other hand, cared not to make any distinction between the Draeneic Kingdom and the draenei on the Exodar under Velen's leadership. Initially confusing the two groups as the same, the Horde's warchief ordered the destruction of the Draeneic Kingdom in suspect of their allegiance to the Grand Alliance despite such an allegiance not formally existing given Alliance leaders' preference to form diplomatic ties with the Exodar. When Thunder Bluff tauren scouts spotted the island, they wasted no time in reporting it to the Horde military.

The majority of foreign relations facilitated by the kingdom were with the Steamwheedle Cartel, who were keen to take advantage of the draenei's large supply needs. In order to accumulate gold, the draenei sold goods they produced on their island to the cartel. The draenei then immediately spent that gold to purchase more goods from the cartel, leaving the goblins very satisfied with their arrangement.

Upon the fall of the Draeneic Kingdom, the refugees mostly found themselves in Stormwind. King Anduin was welcoming of their presence, treating them as refugees akin to those from Gilneas or Darnassus. Anduin took a special interest in one of the draenei noble refugees, Rose, who he later made Lady Rose and placed in charge of the Stormwind Crown Administration following a demonstration of her deep commitment to service to Stormwind.

### Religion

Most residents of the Draeneic Kingdom subscribed to the worship of the Holy Light, though there were some draenei who questioned the Light's wisdom following Velen's claims that the naaru guided him during his leadership of their people. Non-draenei residents of the kingdom subscribed to religious beliefs ranging from druidism to long forgotten raven gods. There were cathedrals dedicated to the Light present in each of the four villages, though there were no formal gathering place for practicers of other religions.

## Notable Residents

### Draenei Royal Court

#### Toraonan

A draenei from Argus, Lord Toraonan was regarded as the wisest and most respectable draenei from the group which separated from Prophet Velen. Knowing Velen well, Lord Toraonan was amongst the first draenei who questioned Velen's leadership, even back on Draenor. The loss of Draenor and fleeing to Azeroth was the final straw for Lord Toraonan, who proclaimed his independence from the Exodar draenei and inspired hundreds of other draenei to join his separatist movement. Eager to learn new ways, Lord Toraonan was a major advocate for welcoming the advice of Stormwindian and Gilnean nobles who were willing to share their ways. Serving in essentially the same capacity as Velen had to his people, Lord Toraonan was the de facto leader of the draenei of the Draeneic Kingdom until his role was formalized as the kingdom's government took shape. Lord Toraonan lost his life when Naaux Estate fell to the orc invaders.

#### Aimere

Calm, graceful, and calculated, Lady Aimere was the only female to serve on the Draenei Royal Court, though this was merely coincidental as notions of sexism did not exist within draenei society. Revered amongst her people as an icon for elegance, Lady Aimere was an obvious choice to serve on the Draenei Royal Court and help usher in senses of reverence for the newfound nobility. She took pride in training her protege, Lady Rose, in the ways of higher society and often found herself the talk of the town. Lady Aimere was not amongst the fortune few who managed to evacuate Roseburg Estate. She lost her life at the hands of the orc invaders who ransacked her village.

#### Vel'as

Lord Vel'as was originally born on Argus and was one of the first draenei to support Toraonan's severance from Velen. Though he was not a trained businessman and instead was a powerful mage, Lord Vel'as knack for personal interactions resulted in him being one of the most influential spokespersons for Toraonan's separatist movement. These skills again proved useful when Vel'as was appointed to the Draenei Royal Court and appointed to serve as the leader of Haavish Village. Lord Vel'as became a skilled negotiator and was the darenei's ambassador to the Steamwheedle Cartel for matters of trade. Lord Vel'as was slain during the defense of Haavish Village against the Horde invaders.

#### Auvar

Born on Argus, Lord Auvar was one of the few selected draenei to serve on the Draenei Royal Court. A stalwart ally of Lord Toraonan, the Stormwindian nobles who helped established the kingdom's government structure placed confidence in Lord Auvar as a leader worthy of nobility. Prior to fleeing Argus and then Draenor, Lord Auvar was a trained architect and craftsman who helped rebuild the draenei's civilization on Draenor and then again on Azeroth. Fittingly, he was placed in charge of Draenor Village. He perished alongside the other residents of Draenor Village when Legionnaire Oggha's second invasion force landed in the kingdom.

### Draenei Nobles

#### Rose

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Lady Rose was a draenei born on Draenor and was in her early childhood when the draenei were forced to evacuate on the Exodar. Orphaned by the time the Exodar arrived on Azeroth, Rose was an independent thinker from a young age and resolved to ally herself with Toraonan's separatist movement away from Velen, viewing Velen as a failed leader and a disgrace to the draenei people. She was identified by Stormwindian noble Lady Martha Scott as a potential leader for her people and was announced was one of the kingdom's youngest members of nobility alongside Lady Yasaana. Choosing to shed her draenei name and instead adopt the name of her newfound home, Roseburg Village, Rose served as a leader within Roseburg Village. She was one of the very few survivors from the kingdom's fall, being evacuated on Lady Scott's own gryphon while Lady Scott herself remained to be slaughtered.

#### Yasaana

Born on Draenor, Lady Yasaana was a pre-teen during the evacuation of Draenor and subsequent arrival of the Exodar on Azeroth. She lost both of her parents on Draenor and arrived on Azeroth as an orphan, though made she friends with other recent orphans, including Rose. When Rose pledged her support to Toraonan's separatist movement away from Velen, Yasaana likewise pledged her support to Toraonan, trusting Rose's judgement. Alongside Rose, Yasaana was selected by Stormwindian noble Lady Martha Scott to serve as one of the kingdom's draenei nobles, being appointed to rule over a portion of Draenor Village. During the evacuation of Roseburg Estate following the Horde's invasion fleet ransacking the kingdom, Lady Yassana managed to steal one of the Horde's wyvern mounts and unwittingly made her way to Marshtide Watch before being helped to Stormwind City, where she currently resides.

#### Maaik

Lord Maaik was another draenei born on Draenor. Regarded as extremely handsome by his peers, Maaik was a well-built and physically powerful draenei warrior who took pride in training the militia of Roseburg Village. His charm and attractiveness likely played a role in his selection as a draenei noble. He was known to have flirted extensively with Lady Rose, another draenei noble from Roseburg Village. None of that mattered, though, when he met his untimely end during the defense of Roseburg Estate.

### Draenei Commoners

#### Mitreisha

Mitreisha was a young girl on Draenor during the draenei's evacuation via the Exodar who later settled in Naaux Village. Though her parents survived the Exodar's arrival on Azeroth, Mitreisha and her brother, Maarthas, were somewhat isolated from other draenei by an insular family. Both of her parents were slain during the initial invasion of the kingdom and the burning of Naaux Village. Mitreisha and Maarthas both found temporary refuge in Roseburg Estate during the invasion. Whereas Mitreisha was amongst the select fortunate few who managed to escape the kingdom's fate, her brother was not as lucky. It remains unclear how Mitreisha was able to evacuate in the chaos, though she eventually found herself in Stormwind City and reunited with Lady Rose, whom she had met during the defense of the estate.

At some point after the kingdom's fall, knights of the Ebon Blade discovered the island and raised Maarthas, though undeath proved too difficult a challenge for him and he eventually went rogue. Maarthas had arrived in Stormwind City as a death knight and reunited with his sister, though he was slain by the Stormwind City Guard, which was ironically now under the command of Lady Rose, following his disavowal of the Ebon Blade. Mitreisha served in the Guard and was amongst those who slayed her brother. She, however, lost her own life in service to the Guard and was also risen as a death knight. Before returning to Stormwind City, Mitreisha visited the island and raised half a dozen corpses of fallen draenei commoners. Mitreisha and her new ghouls returned to Stormwind City but suffered the same fate as her brother, being slain by the Stormwind City Guard after declaring themselves rogue undead.

#### Maarthas

Like his sister, Mitreisha, Maarthas was a quiet draenei commoner who never expected much out of life after his new life in Naaux Village. His suppositions were proven correct when he unceremoniously met his end during the defense of Roseburg Village. Maarthas was later risen as a death knight and initiated into the Ebon Blade. Arriving in Stormwind City, Maarthas was able to reunite with his sister. Undeath, however, proved a difficult task for Maarthas, and, before long, he succumbed to insufferable mental anguish which corrupted his psyche enough to cause him to become a rogue death knight. He was eventually hunted down and slain by the Stormwind City Guard.

### Humans

#### Theodore Scon

Lord Theodore Scon served as the Kingdom of Stormwind's official representative to the Draeneic Kingdom. He was a human trained in diplomacy who had previously worked with as a diplomat to the kaldorei before being reassigned to the Draeneic Kingdom by regent Bolvar Fordragon. Amongst the first humans to arrive in the new kingdom, Lord Scon and Lady Martha Scott met with as many individual draenei residents as they could and selected from amongst them those they felt that had the most potential as leaders. Through his guidance, Lord Scon developed a close friendship with Toraonan and supported Toraonan becoming Lord Toraonan, leader of the Draenei Royal Court. Along with Lady Bethany Smalltower, Lord Scon helped lay the foundation for the style of government within the kingdom. Standing at Lord Toraonan's side, Lord Scon lost his life when orc forces defeated draenei defenses at Naaux Estate. When both the kingdom's most prominent leader and the kingdom's most prominent advisor fell, the kingdom spiraled into chaos which eventually resulted in their utter defeat.

#### Wilhelm Campbell

Lord Wilhelm Campbell was a Stormwindian noble from Westfall who was part of Lord Theodore Scon's group of nobles who settled in the Draeneic Kingdom. Through his management of his own farm in Westfall, Lord Campbell shared his knowledge of farming with the residents of Naaux Village and helped to import sheep from Westfall to the island in order to give the island a supply of wool for use in clothes. He also shared his immense knowledge of crop farming with the draenei. Lord Campbell developed an unlikely romance with Muaya Harvesthoof, a tauren druid who settled on the island. His life came to an untimely end when he was murdered during the first wave of the orc invasion, losing his life in Naaux Village while he was visiting to inspect its progress.

#### Martha Scott

In Stormwind City, Lady Scott operated a boarding school for young noble girls wherein she taught them the ways of high society. Placing an emphasis on etiquette above all else, Lady Scott was a stern perfectionist who expected nothing but the best from her students. Her reputation known to Lord Theodore Scon, who was tasked with helping Stormwind integrate the residents of the Draeneic Kingdom into their new life on Azeroth, Lady Scott was requested to join the group of Stormwindian nobles who eventually found themselves in the Draeneic Kingdom. She viewed this as the ultimate challenge in her career and gladly accepted the offer.

Lady Scott was assigned to work with all draenei residents on matters of etiquette and decorum, though she took special interest in the young draenei girls who had been selected to serve as members of the newfound draenei nobility. This included Lady Yasaana and Lady Rose, the later of whom she developed a great affection for. Taking residence in Roseburg Estate, Lady Scott was helpless during the Horde invasion of the kingdom. Sacrificing her own life in order to save Lady Rose by allowing her to escape on her gryphon, Lady Scott perished at the hands of the orc invaders.

#### Bethany Smalltower

Lady Bethany Smalltower was a Stormwindian noble from Elwynn Forest who studied government structures and institutions. This knowledge proved extremely valuable when Lord Theodore Scon invited her to settle in the kingdom as part of Stormwind's delegation and aid the draenei in establishing their own government in Stormwind's model. Lady Smalltower was one of the casualties of the orc ransacking of Naaux Estate.

#### Thomas Carson

Lord Thomas Carson was a Gilnean noble who was trained as an architect. Disenchanted with King of Gilneas Genn Greymane's isolationist approach to foreign affairs, Lord Carson set out to Stormwind to explore the wider world beyond the Greymane Wall. In Stormwind City, Lord Carson learned of this breakaway group of draenei. By this time, Velen's draenei had been formally welcomed into the Grand Alliance, though Lord Carson found the prospective of learning about breakaways like himself too intriguing an opportunity to miss. Lord Carson, therefore, traveled to the draenei kingdom and was welcomed by Lord Scon's group of Stormwindian nobles. Taking interest in the evolving draenei society but noticing difficulties in communication, Lord Carson resolved to help educate the draenei on the common language. Between their learning from the Stormwindian nobles and taking common lessons from the Gilnean Lord Carson, the draenei residents soon began developing a hybrid accent, blending the Stormwindian accent with the Gilnean accent. In addition to aiding the draenei in developing their skills in common, Lord Carson also served as an instrumental architect in the kingdom, his work being observed in sturctures throughout all four of the kingdom's villages.

Lord Carson attempted to evacuate Roseburg Estate upon Lady Aimere's admission of defeat. He attempted to evacuate by jumping into the Great Sea with hopes of finding a raft to bring him to safer shores, though he instead drowned and lost his life.

### Others

#### Mrgslgurgls

Chieftain Mrgslgurgls ruled over the Salmon Lake Tribe of murlocs native to the island. Chieftain Mrgslgurgls was initially hesitant to ally himself and his people with the new draenei settlers, though their kindness and willingness to share advanced fishing methods with his people ultimately led to him placing his trust in them as friends. Chieftain Mrgslgurgls was respected as a leader of the kingdom's murlocs, though he held no formal role in the kingdom's government. He was slain alongside the rest of his people during the Horde invasion.

#### Muaya Harvesthoof

Muaya Harvesthoof was a tauren druid who settled on the island after learning of the island from tauren scouts who served the Horde in Thunder Bluff. Curious to learn more of the nature of the island, Harvesthoof settled there as a nature observer. Though it was never her intention to become friends with the draenei and human settlers, she eventually began training the draenei of Naaux Village on effective crop farming methods and developed a romance with fellow settler and Stormwindian noble Lord Wilhelm Campbell, who shared in her love of nature. During the orc invasion, Lord Toraonan convinced Harvesthoof to pretend to be a prisoner. This gambit resulted in Harvesthoof being rescued and returned to Thunder Bluff rather than being executed by the invasion forces.