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((This could've gone in three different RP threads, so instead of spamming them out, I'm just going to go for bust and give it it's very own! Again, no chat log, conversations tweaked a bit, blah blah.))

Lahkin had barely returned from the assault on Hellscream's Watch when he was dragged out again to Hearthglen by a call put in from Erelyn. Three Horde were waiting for him, two of which he recognized.

The blood elf death knight seemed nervous as he explained to Lahkin his stance. While they understood defending the night elven homeland from orcish encroachers, they worried about Lahkin's true intents behind the attack in Ashenvale.

"Th' likes of Ragefang would love t'see us all dead," he explained.

"Can't abide that," put in Raoul.

"Y' might be gettin' caught up in troubles bigger than y'," Arothand continued, watching Lahkin anxiously for his answer.

Lahkin had heard it before, especially from Turrick, and he breathed a sigh in relief--the Horde here didn't want to incite conflict anymore than he did. And they knew. They understood what it was like to defend a home, or to hunt down a monster like Dreejin and the Modas without wishing harm on the civilians they hid behind.

And they were okay with it. Lahkin wasn't sure you could call it an alliance, so much as an agreement of conduct. The Razortalons were neutral to Terra Incognita, maybe even friendly, if they happened to pass each other by in the wide world. If they met each other in the battlefield, either defending or on the hunt, they'd go easy on each other. And they'd steer clear of certain targets, whether or not people like Ragefang did as well.

Neither of them wanted to see more innocents slaughtered.

Not even by Dreejin.

Lahkin struggled to keep a wide grin from appearing on his face. The Razortalons agreed to help find the troll, stating they had no love for him or his organization. Arothand told Lahkin to expect a letter from him shortly with any information they could find.

In return, Lahkin offered them access to Aerie Peak's famous ale, though he did have one caveat.

"And next time, could you just...tell us you want dwarven ale instead of smacking the dwarves for it?"

The Horde laughed. Lahkin smiled.

This was a good day.

((Aha, that went rather pleasantly well, I have to say :D ignoring the mean guards that tried to eat us when we were out in front of wildhammer yelling for the TI :*( ))

((I feel I've gotten a bad rap here! Dang it! LOL The only "innocents" Rage wants to kill are Forsaken in Brill! He's left orcs, trolls, and the rest alone out in Razor Hill and Bloodhoof Village, and that "old tauren" he mentioned killing in his last note dropped in Orgrimmar was an unfortunate and unplanned casualty. Sun's bright out in the Barrens, you understand... He's out there swinging a big axe, and he needs a lot of clearance, and a guard happened by, and... you get it!

Rage loves kittens and puppies, thinks orc children are kinda cute, has a strange urge to pet tauren younglings, and only mildly shudders when he sees troll kids. He wants peace!

He just knows the Alliance has to fight for it. >:) ))

((Sorry! D: I can edit things if you think it's too out of line! Lahkin has only met Ragefang briefly at the war council, and the rest was based on how the Hordelings reacted to it. ))

(( Well, Rage - as much as I've enjoyed the RPPvP occurring all around, and despite the fact that I don't usually clarify IC things on an OOC basis, let me say a few things - heh, one, that your 'declarations to the Horde' have not made you a nice guy in their eyes, alone.

Two, that the negotiations between TI and Razortalons last night were occurring between.. an undead Sin'dorei who relates more to the Forsaken, a Sin'dorei, and an undead Archmagus. In their eyes, the citizens of Brill are just that - citizens. Not to mention allying yourself with Aorune, who has ran around just murdering the Forsaken civilians in the Ruins of Lordaeron before. ))

((I was being facetious, Vanyris, which sometimes doesn't come across well in text. Ragefang is anything but a nice guy. ;) In fact, he's probably something of a warmonger: he has the right motivations, but the wrong actions, and we all know what can pave the road to Hell. Of course the Horde isn't going to think he's a nice guy. They shouldn't. He wants them to admit that Garrosh Hellscream's warmongering isn't the way to go, and that as long as they accept Garrosh as their warchief, they're complicit in his crimes. The same goes for Sylvanas: Forsaken who don't, well, forsake her, are complicitly accepting her own atrocities in his eyes.

That's what I'm hoping can make for some engaging RP; not everyone in the Alliance RP collective agrees with the degree to which Ragefang takes things. Pia Presidium has been staunch in refusing their assistance in any attacks he wants to make on areas like Brill, and there are still those who think that not enough has been done to sue for peace with the Horde, and think that Rage is taking things too far too soon.

Ragefang is a psychopath, make no mistake about it. He's also a patriotic zealot. His homeland of Gilneas has been razed by the Forsaken, the night elves who came to help his people deal with their curse have had their ancestral holy lands invaded and destroyed by the Horde, and he sees the wreckage of Southshore as a result of Sylvanas' heartless efforts, not noting that the Forsaken are doing what they can to clean things up a bit there, as they think that things went a bit too far in that instance.

So no, despite all my comically ironic protests, Ragefang isn't a nice guy. You're probably doing the world a favor each time you lay him low in PvP (and it happens more than I'd like, 'cause I'm honestly not very good at it!). He wants peace, but thinks at this point that the only way to get it is to completely remove the ones standing in its way. I would say he's closer to the way people accuse King Wrynn of being than King Wrynn actually is. ;)

This said, with the upcoming expansion focusing so much on the Alliance/Horde war, it's my hope OOC that we can really get things fired up on Cenarion Circle so the players have a chance to participate in it, and get some great RP going while we're at it. Let's make our realm the place RPers want to come because we have such great, cooperative stories going on!))

(( Aha! Sorry for the mixup. As a frequent user of sarcasm myself, it's probably a tad ironic that I didn't catch it, but, well.

That's communicating over text for you. All in all, yes, I have quite enjoyed the RPPvP - I've frequented it more on Arothand than Vanyris, here, but. Do keep it up! It's great fun, and really helps liven up these forums. ))

You're a hipster, its okay if its ironic.))