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Warcraft: Beneath the Waves

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Many are the sagas and tales told of those who walk upon the dry land Azeroth, yet the record is...
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    Many are the sagas and tales told of those who walk upon the dry land Azeroth, yet the record is largely silent on that which occurs beneath the ocean's waves. Here too the varied races fight and bleed to, for conquest, for honour, for their dark gods or simply to protect their homes. Far from the sight of the airbreathers they have grown cities of coral. Ever balancing upon the precipice of annihilation as their flourishing empires disturb the resting places of the slumbering leviathans of the deeps.

    Now it is their turn on the stage. Select a actor The story of the Naga begins

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    [X] Naga, the High brought low: Once the most exalted of the elven Highborne, the invasion of the Burning Legion and subsequent Sundering brought them crashing to the bottom of the sea. Only the warping of their mortal frames by the terrible energies unleashed during the cataclysm allowed them to survive the experience, leaving them changed completely, only faint traces of their elven heritage remaining in their physiology.
    • Semi-sane(?) Immortal God-Empress: One of the most powerful mages ever to set foot upon Azeroth, Queen Azshara can hold her own against the likes of Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden. And she seems only to have grown in power when she shucked off her elven form. Though her beauty may be gone, power is always eternal. Yet all is not right. Those closest to her have noticed her behavior growing more and more erratic since the Sundering. Perhaps this is simply the result of her twisted form, or perhaps the Old Whisperings have another source altogether...
    • Immortality: Like their revered queen, many of the other naga have also gained immortality from their metamorphosis allowing them to continue to accumulate skill and power over the eons.
    • Sea Giant Enmity: Sea giants regard the Naga as usurpers and defilers, leading to many clashes between the two.
    • Ur-Arcanists: The Highborne were the first arcanists of Azeroth, and as the Naga they still remain the premier practitioners of the Art. Perhaps only the Burning Legion and the best of the High Elves can truly challenge their expertise.
    • Low population and growth: The Highborne were never numerous to begin with, and not all, or even most, of them survived the events of the Sundering. And the low elven birthrates seem to have only been worsened by their new hybrid bodies, conception becoming even more difficult.
    • Matriachy: For whatever reason females tended to came out of the naga transformations with more of their memories, intellect and personalities intact when compared to males, pushing them into dominance of naga society. The females are the brains where the males are the brawn, though exceptions do exist. Certainly the greatest male mages still remained so and are still a force to be reckoned with.
    • Early Start: The naga awaken not long after the Sundering and are ready to begin reclaiming their former glory soon after.
    • Advanced: Compared to Murlocs and Makrura, the Naga have mastery of such advanced concepts as abstract mathematics and writing.
    [ ] Murloc, Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!: Neither fish, man nor frog the Murlocs are a bizarre combination of all three. The hunched humanoids have wedged themselves into every nook and cranny of ocean, lake and river through sheer bloody minded persistence and a prodigious growth rate. Wherever there is water, there you will find murlocs, speaking their incomprehensible gibberish, banging rocks and worshiping the biggest local fish.

    It is perhaps better not to know their true origins, for what hints there are point to horrific master lurking in the lightless depths of the ocean. While perhaps less advanced than others, murlocs are as intelligent enough even their gibberish language bars others from realizing this. All they need is a push in the right direction to grasp greatness...
    • Adaptable: The murlocs can adapt themselves to nearly any environment, given enough time. The pressures of the ocean floor, the frozen reaches of the north, everything except true waterless desert will eventually fall under the shadow of the Murloc.
    • Babies everywhere: Where do they come from? Is there a end to the endless waves of Murloc? No, no there isn't.
    • Non-threatening: Murlocs aren't weaklings exactly, but it seems their biggest defense against extinction is a high reproduction rate, the ability to flee into the water from land-based threats or onto land from water-based threats, and appearing relatively non-threatening. Hopefully everyone has bigger priorities than the local frogfish humanoids
    • Perfect information security: No one can understand the Murloc. Both blessing and curse.
    • Primitive: The huts aren't for show.
    [ ] Makrura, the Most Delicious under the waves: When the Naga first ventured out of the Maelstorm rift they found the Makrura waiting. They also found the Makrura delicious. Now this favoured Naga delicacy is desperately defending their racial Capital of Mak'aru from the depredations of the Naga, their natural hostility blazing into a bonfire of hate of all that is Naga. They will destroy the Naga, and then they will drive their damned Murloc co-conspirators out of the oceans! The hunted shall become the hunter!
    • Delicious: Seriously, why do they taste so good. The most scrumptious of shellfish.
    • Even more primitive: Uses rocks to smash clams open. Piles rocks on top of other rocks to make accommodations. For everything else there's giant pincers.
    • Natural Armour: Every single Makrura is blessed with a suit of platemail as tough as iron. This has done wonders for their survivability.
    • Matriarchy (Again): Each male can mate only once, while the females spawn clutch after clutch of offspring. Presumably the familial dominance allowed their rise to prominence.
    • Belligerent: Everything softer than a Makrura was meant to crushed mercilessly. None can be trusted, all desire the flesh of the Makrura! Everything harder than a Makrura needs to be crushed even harder.
    • Feuds: ALL NAGA MUST DIE. Murlocs must be exterminated from the oceans!
    Turn 1
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    State of the Naga 1
    Turn 2
    Results
    Battle: The Lurker in the Dark 1;2;3
    State of the Naga 2
    Turn 3
    Results
    State of the Naga 3
    Turn 4
    Results
    Character Sheet
     
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    • [X] Murloc, Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!: Neither fish, man nor frog the Murlocs are a bizarre combination of all three. The hunched humanoids have wedged themself into every nook and cranny of ocean, lake and river through sheer bloody minded persistence and a prodigious growth rate. Wherever there is water, there you will find murlocs, speaking their incomphrehensible gibberish, banging rocks and worshipping the biggest local fish.

    I.AM.MURLOC!!!
     
    [x] Murloc, Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!: Neither fish, man nor frog the Murlocs are a bizarre combination of all three. The hunched humanoids have wedged themself into every nook and cranny of ocean, lake and river through sheer bloody minded persistence and a prodigious growth rate. Wherever there is water, there you will find murlocs, speaking their incomphrehensible gibberish, banging rocks and worshipping the biggest local fish.
     
    [x] Murloc, Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!: Neither fish, man nor frog the Murlocs are a bizarre combination of all three. The hunched humanoids have wedged themself into every nook and cranny of ocean, lake and river through sheer bloody minded persistence and a prodigious growth rate. Wherever there is water, there you will find murlocs, speaking their incomphrehensible gibberish, banging rocks and worshipping the biggest local fish.
     
    [X] Makrura

    Hold the Gates, with Pincers and Hate. Seriously, these guys sound like the Imperium of Man, undersea edition. I love me some grimdark.
     
    So Murloc seems to be winning currently. If they do win, I'll have a vote for their general environs(as in deep sea/coastal/lake etc) while the other two choices' starting location would be pre-determined, for those who might be interested.
     
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    [X] Makrura

    I don't want to play the fish/frogmen.
    [X] Naga
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