Gashuk
I took off on m'Worg and rode hard into t'wilderness o' Dragonblight but continued on, t'place was full o' Undead and I didn't feel any connection t'slayin' such. I continued further, ridin' entirely through the bitter cold and before me rose a great stairs leadin' into Zul'drak.
Again, as is with t'majority o' this land, undead immediately met me an' I took my time in blastin' them aside. Weak, mindless troll zombies, not worth anyone's Om'riggor. Continuin' easterly, I begun t'see signs of shrines, altars t'the Loa tha' t'Drakkari worship, o' worshipped.
Anyroad, I begun t'see signs o' life, a skeleton crew o' Argent Crusade remained stationed there an' despite neutrality, I manoeuvred around them carefully, until before me stood a huge altar with wha' looked like purple stained blood bursting from its higher peaks an' imagery o' a great snake.
The area was quiet, too quiet, a lot quieter than it would've been durin' t'War I bet. Corpses still littered t'ground, kept frigid an' fresh by t'weather, an' I spied in front o' me what I thought was another troll-zombie.
I dismounted Greytooth, drew m'dagger an' slowly approached, t'zombie wore a long dark robe an' was hunched o'er a corpse, it looked like it were eatin' it.
As I got closer, t'stench o' death faded an' I could sense t'warm emission o' fresh blood. I grunted t'alert t'Troll an' it turned t'face me, tusks stained wit' blood, an' I saw on t'floor a twitchin' corpse of a Orc o' t'Argent Crusade.
T'red was such a contrast against t'pure white o' his tabard, I could barely take m' eyes off it before t'Troll charged.
I don't speak much Troll bu' it sounded -mad-, an' as t'Troll leapt towards me, I tried t'boil t'blood on his tusks t'disintegrate them, but it didn't work. Somehow t'Troll 'ad countered m'blood weavin' an' charged me t'the ground, makin' this.
T'Troll seemed some sort o' Priest, as I was downed, 'e drew a twisted dagger from 'is belt an' begun t'weave -my- Blood. It curled up upon t'dagger an' circled around it, slitherin' like a snake, as t'Troll evoked shadows t'enter m'mind, weaponizin' my blood t'gain entry.
I tried with all m'might t'rise t'my feet, but as soon as t'Troll assaulted m'mind, I knew I couldn't. I was struck with images o' death, visions o' snakes crawlin' up m'body, feastin' on m'eyes, crawlin' into m'mouth...
All t'while I was under this illusion, t'Troll drew ever closer, an' lunged t'kris into m'other shoulder, hunchin' down t'feast upon t'gushin' wound, believin' me helpless.
It was t'pain o' that stab tha' shocked me awake, I expelled t'shadows t'Troll 'ad weaved, an' drew in energy from m'blood, exhalin' in incantment I managed t'curse t'Troll in agony, interruptin' it's meal.
I quickly drew in more energy from m'blood an' peered at t'dyin' Orc nearby, it's still twitchin' body turnin' t'view our fight, eyes mostly rolled back. As t'Troll screamed, attemptin' t'fight off t'progressive agonisin' curse, I looked directly into t'Orc's eyes an' saw t'light o' life flicker off.
It was like I could sense t'Orc's Spirit rise out o' him, an' as it did, I saw m'chance.
I channelled all m'focus into energizin' tha' Spirit an' as it formed a ghostly figure, I saw t'glint in 'is eye again and t'gether, we charged t'recoverin' Troll.
T'Spirit burst into an' through him, fadin' after doin' so', and I stabbed deep into 'is heart with m'dagger. Before 'e could do anythin' else, I begun t'drain t'Shadowpriest's Soul into this Soulshard. Fer better o' fer worse, this be m'trophy.
Given name: Soulfury
(A small drawing is made on the side, of an Orcs face with a snake wriggling out of his mouth.)