| Portrayed by Regé-Jean Page |
| Name: |
Costentyn Shine |
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(kos-TEN-tin) |
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| AKA: |
Shine |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Race: |
Human |
| Class: |
Rogue |
| Role: |
Damage |
| Faction: |
House Fallon, (formerly) the Proudmoore Fleet |
| Professions: |
mining, engineering |
| Homeland: |
Bridgeport, Tiragarde, Kul Tiras |
| Player: |
inkie |
RP Hooks
Anyone who has visited Fallon House may have encountered Shine there; the one-eyed first footman cut a memorable figure.
Anyone who knew Siamus Fallon in his days with Proudmoore's Fleet might also have known his First Lieutenant.
Anyone who was acquainted with Siamus Fallon in his time at Proudmoore Academy undoubtedly knew his best friend.
Basically, if you know Siamus, there's a chance you know Shine as well.
Members of Cobalt Company may be acquainted with him; he is a relatively recent member himself, but has been active in Cobalt missions against the Dark Horde in the Burning Steppes, in the Stratholme action of year 28, and currently as a member of Blue Squad.
Appearance
Shine is a brown-skinned, black-haired man who stands a lean 6'2" tall, his posture military-straight even when relaxed. His most memorable feature is, perhaps, that he is missing his left eye. He wears a black eyepatch over the scar.
Despite that potentially piratical feature, his manner whether in well-kept armor or crisply tailored clothing is composed, courteous, and attentive.
Unless he's in a fight.
Beneath the polished armor and the genteel manners, he has quite a lot of tattoos.
Across the knuckles of both hands, the letters W I N D W I S E.
Around his left wrist, a knotted rope; on the back of his left hand, a pair of crossed cannons with, inset between their upturned muzzles, a single black spade and the letter A.
On the back of his right wrist and hand, a kraken superimposed over a compass rose. Between thumb and forefinger of his right hand, two dots — one slightly larger than the other — above a little segment of waveform line.
On his inner right forearm, a swallow perched atop a nautical star, wearing a banner that says HOME AGAIN SAFE.
On his left pectoral, over his heart, an abstract whorl of clockwork and gears; as they spread outward from a central watch-face, they lose form, shifting here into a spiral nautilus shell, there into a ship's wheel or a coiled kraken's arm.
Personality
DISCIPLINED * ATTENTIVE * SHREWD * SELFLESS
Shine's loyalty can be won but cannot be bought, and once won, it is steelbound. There is no faster way to lose all face with him than either by disparaging someone to whom he has given his loyalty or by expecting him to betray them, whether by action or by simple indiscretion. As corollary to this, however, he is disinclined in general to positions of leadership; he prefers to be the discreet advisor at your shoulder, to feel part of a team or a crew, to play the loyal sidekick or fearsome henchman. One of the easiest ways to win his loyalty is by offering him that role. Make Shine your right-hand man, and have a devoted right hand for life.
He refrains from rash action or hasty decision, and is skilled at outwardly schooling his emotions; he can serve as a steady, tempering influence on any brasher or more quicksilver personality. Despite his reserve, the occasional glimmer of dry, deadpan humor will show through, and anyone close to him will encounter an acerbic wit, a sly sense of fun, and a man who appreciates a challenge.
He is religious — a native-born Kul Tiran and a former marine, he follows the Tidemother — and also something of a closet nerd. His chief personal passion is watchmaking.
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This character is in a committed relationship, and not romanceable.
Shine is in a monogamous relationship with Lena Coit. Whether Lena is yet convinced of this remains to be seen.
Shine is bisexual. He is willing to engage in casual relationships, but these are more likely to be a good-natured species of friendship — an "arrangement" between friends — rather than romance.
For serious relationship purposes, Shine is a formal, courtly romance, and likely a slow burn. He does not necessarily require monogamy, but he will not enter into any polyamorous arrangement lightly; it would have to be a narrow, negotiated one with a few deeply trusted parties. A sense of mutual, collective loyalty is crucial to his comfort. His general preference leans toward a traditional, devoted monogamous relationship.
He is neither a demanding nor a commanding partner, but an easygoing and supportive one who tends to be drawn to more forceful or vivacious personalities. He appreciates warmth, wit, demonstrated loyalty, and observant and considerate personalities. He will shy away from callousness or lack of consideration, humorlessness, cold or imperious personalities, or self-centeredness. He tends to be drawn, by virtue of his own nature, toward those who seem to require a strong support.
His steadfast loyalty also means that he will not enter any relationship that is a potential conflict of interest with the people to whom he is already devoted. (Sorry, Aldous Lescovar.)
History
Costentyn Shine was born the third of four children of Bridgeport ferryman Jago Shine and his wife Kerensa, a rope-maker. From a young age he had a fascination with the sea above and beyond his family's practical and professional familiarity with work on the water. He spent time as a boy traveling on his father's ferry between Bridgeport and Boralus — where he was perpetually awed by the green-sailed ships of Proudmoore's Fleet, and the disciplined ranks of marines in their green and gold — and as his two older brothers drifted in their teen years toward work as a fisherman and a ferryman themselves, the 10-year-old Costentyn declared his own intention to be a marine.
When Kul Tiras entered the Second War as a member of the Alliance, Shine counted two maternal uncles (both able seamen, neither a marine) among the shocking losses suffered by the Fleet at Crestfall. Rather than deter him, this only cemented the boy's determination to go to sea in service of his country.
His parents, patriots both — and feeling the same righteous grief and rage as the rest of their nation — were proud to support this ambition. Jago took his son out more and more often to teach him finer attention to water and weather and current, and some humble but practical skill in rope-handling and sail-mending, if not the workings of a great ship. His mother bargained an apprenticeship for him with a retired navigator who worked as a maker of navigational instruments, Piran Roan; Piran instructed him in their use and their technical workings. It was from his mentor and these lessons that Costentyn developed his side fascination with horology.
At 16, Costentyn passed the entrance exams for Proudmoore Academy with flying colors and, indeed, was put forward a year based on the foundation of knowledge he already possessed. Because he was the mere son of a ferryman and a rope-maker among a number of highborn youths, his advancement did not make him entirely popular. He kept his head down and stuck doggedly to his studies.
In his second year at the Academy, his class was joined by another prodigy: Siamus Fallon, the 15-year-old son of Admiral Simon Fallon. The younger boy had been advanced two years due to the fact of his actual prior naval service aboard his father's ships, and so he and Costentyn found themselves in the same class, a pair of pariahs among their peers. In Fallon's case, despite his equal social footing with their classmates, there were whispers of nepotism and favoritism.
Siamus Fallon was not, however, the sort of youth who kept his head down and stuck to his studies in the face of his peers' disdain — he had, as Shine has observed, "a mouth on him" — and Shine found himself drawn in not only by the other boy's similar outsider status but by Fallon's confidence and absolute personal certainty. They were soon fast friends.
(It helped that Fallon also proved to be deeply nerdy, and had a really cool watch.)
By the time of their certification in year 14, Fallon had either charmed or browbeaten his way to genuine popularity, and Shine was there at the center of the group as his best friend and right hand. They remained as close as brothers through their first couple of years as officers in Proudmoore's Fleet, despite serving on separate ships.
Shortly after his certification and official entry into the Fleet, Shine married Samara Mory. He was 22, she was 23. After six years of marriage, they divorced in year 20, shortly before Kul Tiras entered the Third War.
Along the course of their professional ascent, Shine managed to steer Fallon — younger and brasher — off the rocks of various personal dramas: strings of ill-advised affairs, clashes with estranged family or (very rarely) his father, the more-than-occasional impulse to speak his mind freely to senior officers. Shine's moderating influence was responsible in no small part for Fallon's professional success when what the other young man possessed in skill and daring, he lacked in tact or restraint.
For his part, Fallon was not a man to stint with acknowledgement or gratitude any more than he was anything else, and Shine received not just credit where it was due but a devotion at least as firm as his own. When Fallon was made Post-Captain at the startling age of 25, Shine was right there as his friend's First Lieutenant.
He was, in that capacity, aboard Fallon's ship Wind-wise during the Battle of Theramore — a battle that proved traumatic to many of its Kul Tiran survivors, Shine included, and not least for the loss of his eye. He remained with Fallon when the other man affirmed his allegiance to Stormwind, but could not bring himself to return to active duty. Instead, he joined the Fallon household as a senior member of staff, where he helped to manage a different sort of crew and continued to offer prudent counsel and protection of his friend's interests.
In the year 28, after some household upheavals and in the aftermath of the Nightmare, with the encouragement of the Duchess Esprit, Shine resigned his position in household service to return to active combat as a member of the mercenary Cobalt Company. He continued to live at Fallon House among his family by loyalty if not by blood.
He also began a quiet, dogged pursuit of Fallon Fleet warlock Averlena Coit. Lena had first caught his eye in Theramore years earlier; she caught his interest upon better acquaintance as a member of Fallon House. Aware of her complicated personal history, Shine embarked on a slow and patient courtship of late-night conversation, sailing lessons, and attention to detail.
In year 29, Shine stepped up as a member of Cobalt Company's Blue Squad to serve against the Twilight's Hammer and the Dragonmaw orcs in the highlands of Khaz Modan.
In early April, he and Lena became engaged.
BIRTHDAY: June 30th, 584 KC (8 BDP)
Relationships
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Miss Lena Coit
After much patient cultivation and a number of sailing lessons, Shine's fiancée. Warlock, formerly of Cobalt Company, now of the fleet and resident at Fallon House. Smart, capable, sharp-witted, and wary. He was smitten from the first. Well, from the second; he'd known her previously by sight in Theramore. |
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Admiral Siamus Fallon
Oldest and closest friend, former commanding officer, then employer, now just friend again. He has Shine's unswerving loyalty; sorry, Lady Sintha. |
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Lady Sintha Fallon
Fallon's little sister, acidly funny and charming, and cleverer than she lets anyone give her credit for. Shine is both protective of her and admires her cunning; he often served as her unobtrusive eyes eye and ears when spying observation of houseguests or visitors was required. |
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Duchess Avrenne Esprit Fallon
Fallon's wife, and an equally beneficial and tempering influence on him. Possibly the only person who understands Fallon better than Shine. It might be witchcraft. Not bad at billiards, either; Shine is teaching her to keep her husband humble. |
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Lady Ery Fallon
Fallon's firstborn, his pride and joy, a tidesage in the making. A strong-willed and cantankerous infant, she clearly takes after her father despite a physical resemblance to her mother. Shine quietly dotes on her; she is, after all, basically his niece. |
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Miss Moirin Meade
Housekeeper at Fallon House for longer than Shine has lived there, despite the fact that he has a decade on her. Tirasian, and something of a little sister to him. |
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Miss Annai Curran
Fallon's assistant-secretary-clerk-watchdog. Possibly even more loyal than Shine himself. (Possibly a toss-up.) Tirasian, thornspeaker. Mild-mannered and prim if you don't know any better; terrifying if you do. |
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Delwin Vane
Former Fallon House footman under Shine's supervision, current butler. Tirasian, fellow ex-marine. Terrifying if you don't know any better; affable and even-tempered if you do. |
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Miss Isla Lenaire
One of the Duchess's wards; a sunny girl with a wild imagination and no sense of self-preservation. Forever trying to find the haunted room in Fallon House. (There isn't one, but if she keeps it up she's going to convince Burren.) |
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Mr. Finley Boutille
Another ward of the Duchess. The Fallons mean to make a young gentleman of him for ulterior purpose. Protective of both Her Grace and Miss Lenaire, otherwise takes pains not to be known. Which is itself a tell. |
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Miss Ralaea Westwind
Fallon's ward. It suits; they have a great deal in common. (Mostly the bad.) Betrothed to a death knight, and overall as peculiar as that sounds. She came to Fallon House for her own safety during her fiance's murder trial, and has been absorbed. The Duchess seems determined to polish a diamond from her. A quartz might be possible? |
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Brother Eli Brisbane
An older cousin of Fallon's through the Parrish line, he came with the elder Lord Fallon from Stormsong to Stormwind, and has remained to serve the Fallon Fleet under the younger Fallon's command. A skilled and powerful sage, he serves as spiritual guide to the family, including Shine. |
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Captain Zath Tyrrell
Former captain, now sergeant of a 7th Legion scouting unit. In that capacity, formerly Lady Sintha's commanding officer, now her subordinate. Someone should probably get the man a great deal of liquor. Sometime lover of Fallon's, erstwhile lover of the Duchess. A forbidding gentleman, just how Fallon likes them. |
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Captain Skylarke
Fallon's trouble. Met in his first year as a captain in Proudmoore's Fleet when he captured her ship and then she captured it back again; too much of a challenge for him to resist. In several ways. Funny, sharp, excellent sailor, bad news. |
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Lady Alaisa Lysander
Close friend of Lady Sintha, a semi-regular visitor to the House, frequent guest and dance partner of Sintha's at parties. A sharp, intelligent young lady, but with a curiously unfocused quality, like you're never quite looking directly at her. |
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Sir Dane Atley, the Red
Knight of Stormwind, member of Cobalt Company, Shine's current squad leader. First met during the Cobalt assault on Stratholme. Terse, experienced, gets a job done. Wields Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker. It's noisy. |
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Bran Stillwall
Dwarven Light-mender of Cobalt Company, member of Shine's current squad. Is somehow always paying attention to nothing and everything all at once. Full of stories, most of which he is happy to relate in the midst of active combat. Has a bad time with Old Gods, which to be fair seems reasonable. |
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Oranna Stormbreaker
Dwarven sniper of Cobalt Company, member of Shine's current squad. Extremely skilled, extremely anxious. Lovely ink. Spends a lot of time trying to reason with Iphindra, which seems like a losing game. |
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Iphindra
Member of Shine's current squad. Baffling in all regards. Does peculiar things with both plants and animals. Seems nice enough, but probably wouldn't invite her for a drink. Extremely eager to volunteer for things, extremely immune to common sense. |
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Lady Priscilla Aspenwood
Closest friend of the Duchess, once a long-term guest at Fallon House. Gifted artist, charming lady, informal. |
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Lord Bertrand Aspenwood
Fallon's closest acquaintance among the Aspenwoods, betrothed to Lady Priscilla for something like a decade, now finally wed. Was for a time a guest at Fallon House on his return from Northrend. Pleasant, informal. |
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Miss Aszera Sunstrike
Guest of Fallon House, something of a pet of Fallon's and a project (even if a distasteful one) for Her Grace; sin'dorei convert to the Alliance. Trying very hard; at what is not entirely clear. |
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Lady Cressidha Aspenwood
Lord Bertrand's sister, acquaintance of both Lady Sintha and Her Grace, member of Cobalt Company. The absolute model of a mainland young lady. Conscientious and remarkably cold-blooded. (In the most admirable sense.) Worked with her in Stratholme after joining Cobalt. |
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Lord Colson Aspenwood
Lady Cressidha's twin brother. Was an officer with the army in Theramore. Member of Cobalt Company. Was also at Stratholme, and came to Miss Sunstrike's dance party at the House. Eerily similar to his sister. Or she is to him. Or something. |
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Lord Mordecai Aspenwood
Lord Colson's husband. Light-priest; was an army chaplain and medic in Theramore. Came to the dance party with Lord Colson. From a notorious family, extremely skittish, should be approached slowly and with care not to startle. (Both literally and metaphorically.) |
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Lukas Rhenardt, Lord Graves
One of the Gilnean worgen refugees, a new acquaintance of Fallon and the Duchess. Another forbidding gentleman, just as Fallon likes them. |
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Miss Tabiana Lynds
A young lady originally of Lordaeron, whose family were sworn vassals to the Morningdews. Gotten with child out of wedlock, Miss Lynds has sought Fallon House's support, pledging her family's fealty and their service as retainers. Extremely formal. |
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Casker John
Kul Tiran ex-marine, now a priest of the Light; unclear what he's doing here. Allegedly converted at Crestfall, which seems pretty f*cking disrespectful. Did prove useful to the family during the Nightmare crisis, so that's something. |
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Lady Dara Tennerow
Younger sister to Lord Tennerow of Redridge, Lady Dara was once a striking flirt and belle of the society circuit, and then rather surprisingly both found a calling with the Light and joined Cobalt Company as a mercenary. Shine worked with her in Stratholme and the Burning Steppes and finds her a competent and capable — if still outwardly delicate — young lady. Smitten with Lady Sophiette in starry fashion. |
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Lady Sophiette Valonforth
Daughter of the late Captain Luc Valonforth of Lordaeron, and a paladin. Shine worked with her in Stratholme and the Burning Steppes and finds her a skilled and serious fighter, though with some old-fashioned storybook fancies of knighthood. Lady Dara's gallant. |
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Lireen Cloudskimmer
Cobalt dwarf with the Stratholme team. Imagine your sweet gran. Now imagine your sweet gran could drink grown men under a table and carried a hammer and shield. That's her. |
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Reniya Hartrim
Stormwind Guard, father of Miss Lynds' child, object of Fallon's interest in more than one way. Stormwind-raised Tirasian, tidesage-blooded. Seems like kind of an asshole, but in fairness so can Fallon if you don't know him. |
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Joelle Ebek
Stormwind Guard, devoted to Hartrim. Has become friends with Finley. Peculiarly childlike, but sharper than he seems. (Not in a deceptive fashion, just a quiet one.) |
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Mercy
Death knight from the Stratholme mission. "Not personable" seems like tautology. |
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Harvey Morningdew
Death knight fiancé of Ralaea. Definitely raises some questions about Ralaea. |
Writings
| Title |
Summary |
| (2025-11-17) A Question of Manpower |
Shine meets up with Admiral Fallon for a drink and some discussion of current events. |
| (2025-09-01) Forecast |
Shine notes a change in the weather. |
| (2025-08-29) Downtime at Paw'don Village |
Atley, Brannagen, Erixa, Estel, Nanaat, Ralaea, and Shine meet up with local Peixin to explore Paw'don Village. |
| (2025-08-24) The Control |
Shine's feelings are normal. |
| (2025-08-21) A Top Secret Mission |
Letters from Captain Sparkwire to the squad members Brannagen, Erixa, Oranna, Shine, Azizia, Estel, Gwenivene, Ralaea and Shun! It's time for a top secret mission! |
| (2025-06-08) No Place |
Shine is dead. It is unexpectedly complicated. |
| (2025-06-05) Sentimental Horsekeeping |
On the eve of the final battle (but hopefully not the FINAL battle), Shine writes to Lena. |
| (2025-04-22) A Calm Reply |
Lireen responds to Shine's bad news. |
| (2025-04-21) Weird News, Bad News |
After Blue Squad's dragon-packed Sunday, Shine wrote home to Lena. Before returning to Fallon House for the week, there's one more order of business he needs to attend to. |
| (2025-04-21) A Short and Perhaps Slightly Annoyed Letter |
The evening before Shine is due to return from the Highlands, Lena receives a second letter. |
| (2025-04-15) Response to Not Quite Digested |
Lena writes back to the shocking letter from Shine about how the Wildhammer wedding went. |
| (2025-04-14) Not Quite Digested |
Shine writes to Lena with an update on Blue Squad's latest. |
| (2025-04-06) Swimming |
Shine can't sleep. Siamus is an early riser. |
| (2025-03-18) Highlands Update |
Shine replies to Lena's reply. It's becoming a correspondence. |
| (2025-03-17) One Hat Here for Now |
Lena responds to Shine's letter about the squad's work in the highlands. |
| (2025-03-16) Many Hats, Handle It |
On the evening of Blue Squad's big arrival in Highbank, Shine writes home to Lena. |
| (2025-03-13) Call to the Highlands |
After the recent request from Admiral Fallon, Jo sends letters to Bran, Dane, Iphindra, Oranna and Shine to assemble a team for the Twilight Highlands. |
| (2025-01-21) Discretion (Before the Dance) |
Costentyn Shine is going to a party. |
| (2024-10-11) The Interpersonal Element |
The evening after Lena's sailing lesson, Shine reports to Siamus on some business he was asked to look into. Siamus attempts to look into some additional business. |
| (2024-08-03) A New Map |
Costentyn Shine returns from his foray into Stratholme with Cobalt Company, and shares a drink with Siamus Fallon and Brother Eli. |
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| (2026-01-18) The Road to Kun-Lai (S19 E1 - Both Squads Log) |
Cobalt Company's forward squads follow Lorewalker Cho's invitation up the Veiled Stair and into the steppes of Kun-Lai. Which are mostly on fire at the moment. |
| (2026-01-04) Introduction to the Order of the Cloud Serpent |
Arric (and Rica), Gwenivene, Lena, Shine (and Bun) and Shun attend a welcome meeting hosted by Elder Anli of the Order of the Cloud Serpent at the Arboretum. They learn about the order's history and strategies of serpent training, as well as how cute the cloud serpent hatchlings are. ~4100 words |
| (2025-12-25) A Perfect Place |
To celebrate Winter Veil, Lena takes Shine to visit a pretty place she's found in the north of the Jade Forest. They discuss holiday traditions of their pasts and imagined future. ~3600 words. |
| (2025-12-21) A Focused Arrival (Avrenne in Pandaria) |
Avrenne arrives in Pandaria at long last, reuniting the Fallons after a four month separation. 3033 words. Romance RP. |
| (2025-11-30) VICTORY FOR BUN (S18 E7 - Blue Squad Log) |
All of Bun's training and prior heroics have led to this moment: It is time for him to save Stoneplow. (And, honestly, all of Pandaria.) Blue Squad helps. (White Squad, though absent, also helped.) |
| (2025-11-23) Empires and Insects (S18 E6 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad checks in with Sentinel Commander Lyalia, and find themselves contending with mogu, magic, and a whole new threat. Prince Anduin is getting on Bran's last nerve. Everyone has feelings about feelings. The animals are probably going to need their own spin-off show. |
| (2025-11-16) Cats and Dogs (S18 E5 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad heads back to Crane Wing Refuge to help some neighboring jinyu. Everyone relates to Tired Shushen. They receive disquieting news from the Alliance, and head to the harbor beach to help out. Florande does not control the weather. Bran hopes the Admiral has dry socks. Bun knew that bug looked suspicious. Befound is proud but also soggy. |
| (2025-11-09) An Ecosystem is a Delicate Mechanism (S18 E4 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad addresses some local ecosystem problems on behalf of the Alliance. They learn that it is bad for a species population to explode either numerically or physically, and that the navy has boats for its boats. They get a raft for a raft. The rafts do not get progressively larger, to Florande's disappointment. |
| (2025-11-02) The Way of the Red Crane (S18 E3 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad is dispatched deeper into the Krasarang Wilds, where they find the fabled Temple of the Red Crane... and a familiar -- but very unexpected -- face. They learn a great deal of pandaren wisdom. Well, they learn some pandaren sayings, anyway. The wisdom is up for debate. Another of Pandaria's Sha is vanquished. And no, I don't know whether the correct plural is saurok or sauren, but Blizzard doesn't seem to know either. |
| (2025-10-26) The Pools of Youth (S18 E2 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad heads down to help at the border of the Krasarang Wilds, and ends up pulled up into an unexpected kaldorei expedition. Oranna is skeptical, and Befound is hungry. Florande was immortal as a tween. Bran's curiosity knows no danger. Atley is great at smashing things. Shine is silently effective, and Bun is leaning into adventure. ~7800 words |
| (2025-10-19) The Mighty Cobalts (S18 E1 - Blue Squad Log) |
Cobalt Company ventures out of the Jade Forest and into the sunshine of the Valley of the Four Winds. And then Blue Squad rides straight out of the sunshine and into the rain at Zhu's Watch. Some good butt-punchin' gets done. |
| (2025-10-18) New Lands to Explore |
Atley, Brannagen, Elston, Gwenivene, Lena, Mi Shu, Shine, Shun, and Skylarke meet up in Paw'don Village to chat about how things are going in Pandaria and welcome the newcomers. It looks like the squads will be heading inland soon… ~4400 words. |
| (2025-10-12) Facing Doubt (S17 E7 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad returns to the Temple of the Jade Serpent to see what steps they can take to help make amends for last week's disaster. It turns out the Temple very much needs their help, and they can make some pretty direct amends. |
| (2025-10-07) Buried Purpose |
Following the events at Serpent's Heart, Atley checks in with the final member of his squad. Shine has, as usual, been thinking about stuff. |
| (2025-10-05) Errors and Amends |
Atley rides straight from Sunday's catastrophe to Paw'don Village to consult with the ranking Alliance officer present, now that the other ranking Alliance officer has dropped a monument on himself. Lena lends her expertise. Admiral Fallon delegates. No one says Admiral Taylor is a bonehead, but the subtext is there. |
| (2025-10-05) Buried Shadows, Shattered Peace (S17 E6 - Blue Squad Log) |
Last week, Blue Squad got their promised visit to the Temple of the Jade Serpent, and encountered some wonders. This week, Blue Squad returned to their Alliance duties, and encountered a horror. |
| (2025-09-21) Everything is Jade (S17 E5 - Blue Squad Log) |
An old lady living in the woods has a surplus of jade on her hands. Nobody else has enough jade. Blue Squad evens the score. Oranna gets to ride so many kites. Everyone gets orange slices afterward, but nobody's mom remembered the juice boxes. |
| (2025-09-14) Patience is a Virtue (S17 E4 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad learns to meditate, despite Lorewalker Cho's help. Anduin behaves badly and SI:7 once again fails the day. We learn why Atley is so pink and hairless, that Erixa walks like a mogu, and about a mysterious place called the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. |
| (2025-09-12) Golden Times |
Atley, Shine, and Lena catch up in Paw'don Village. Lena has a brilliant hypothesis. Atley has missed some news. Shine has a tanuki. |
| (2025-09-07) Training Montage: The Eye of the... Crocolisk? (S17 E3 - Blue Squad Log) |
Blue Squad gets some bad news from SI:7 and Admiral Taylor; they offer their aid to the jinyu in an effort to neutralize the threat. A potential lead emerges in the search for Prince Anduin. It seems like kind of a gross lead, but a lead is a lead. |
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| (2026-01-01) A Knight of Astute Observations (Avrenne in Pandaria) |
Avrenne takes an opportunity to sit down with Sir Dane Atley the Red to get a read on his opinions and observations about Pandaria, and what he sees of the future. It's like magic scrying, but with a military crystal ball, the way the martial mathematical minded duchess prefers it. 4600~ words. World Plot RP. |
| (2025-12-23) Don't Worry Your Mother (Avrenne in Pandaria) |
Although officially there for business and political reasons, Avrenne is, by nature, an efficient multi-tasker, and so while she is in Pandaria, she takes the opportunity to spend some of that time visiting with her family, who also happen to be engaged in those political and military efforts (efficiency!). World Plot RP discussion. 6k~ words |
| (2025-12-21) The Spirit of Pandaria's Diplomatic Endeavors of Trade (Avrenne in Pandaria) |
Avrenne and Siamus share an evening of reuniting after a long four months of absence, doing things together they enjoy such as the obvious, like spontaneous verbal contracts of exchanges of unknown and interesting knowledge and innovative military technology items in the spirit of recent Pandaren diplomatic trades. You know, Fallon things. Romantic RP. 5500~ words. |
| (2025-12-15) See Each Other As We Are (Orastan In Pandaland Part 1) |
After nearly a year since the two first met in a dream, and since a confession of feelings in letters, Oranna Stormbreaker and Thalstan Stouthammer meet in Pandaria, this time as a romantic couple, learning about each other anew in a romantic context after so long as friends. On a picnic free of Pandaria's usual (and unusual) danger list, they talk about nicknames, self-perceptions versus external ones, and recent adventures. Thalstan shares more about some of his doubts, and his hopes, and Oranna explains more about how for her there are no absolutes, including even the big things like truths and lies. They get to Dwarven Second Base (beard touching). 14k~ words. Romance RP. |
| (2025-12-14) Storytime with Lorewalker Cho |
Atley, Almeiria, Brannagen, Gwenivene, Lena, and Shun meet up with Lorewalker Cho at his home for an afternoon of tea and stories. ~5k words |
| (2025-12-12) The Logistics of an Expected Arrival |
Avrenne sends a last letter with the details of her arrival logistics for Pandaria, as well as a request for her travel after that arrival, and all the latest updates of House Fallon's occupants. She also sends along one more coded art, meant for a weary Admiral to tide him over a few more weeks until his Winterveil present arrives: his wife. 2800~ words. |
| (2025-12-01) Reality and Stories |
Oranna writes Thalstan from the relative peace of The Lazy Turnip inn, about stories, books, experiences, expectations, adventures, and alarmingly large bugs that are totally fine now. 5k~ words. |
| (2025-11-25) An Anticipated Arrival |
Admiral Fallon finally finds a moment to write back to the Duchess Esprit. |
| (2025-11-23) Protecting the Weak |
In the wake of grief, the Sunwalkers' mission takes on a new direction. Dezco is determined not to betray his promise, while Kor is still distracted by conflict. Meanwhile, Sela tries to hold on to hope for a brighter future. ~3800 words |
| (2025-11-23) Chasing Anduin |
After Blue Squad's work on Sunday is done, Atley meets with Siamus to discuss what should be done about Anduin. The two of them and Lena consider the various forces at play in Pandaria; Siamus is going to need his notebook and a better map. Everyone agrees it's time to call in the Spooky Specialists. |
| (2025-11-22) Dancers Reunite |
Florande happens across an unexpected Raschal! Is it time to bring their unusual style of dance to Pandaria? ~2100 words. |
| (2025-11-22) Birds in Krasarang |
Almeiria finds herself in over her head as she explores the wilds of Krasarang. |
| (2025-11-15) Letters to Teachers |
Florande writes letters to her teacher Caspis and grandteacher Imrolane about her recent work in Pandaria. ~800 words. |
| (2025-10-27) Letter Home from Pandaria |
Florande writes to her mother Sarandis about her recent work with Cobalt Company. |
| (2025-10-15) A Rolling Broadside of Crises |
Admiral Fallon writes home belatedly to his wife. His excuse for the delay is that Pandaria kind of exploded in monsters. It is a critical moment for the free market to rise to the occasion. |
| (2025-10-12) Overflowing Emotions: Oranna |
After a difficult day fighting the great Sha of Doubt, Oranna considers something that was said, and arrives at an almost-realization in a full tub of emotions literal and figurative. Note: Romance plotline content. 4k~ words. |
| (2025-10-06) We'll Call It Foreshadowing |
Oranna writes to Thalstan about what Blue Squad has been getting up to, rising to the occasion, thrusting forward into temples, and so on. 2k~ words. Main Blue Squad plot summary. |
| (2025-10-05) Report on the Events at Serpent's Heart, Jade Forest |
Admiral Fallon reports to his superiors in Stormwind on the battle at Serpent's Heart, with Sir Dane Atley's firsthand account and subsequent assessments. |
| (2025-10-01) A Mysterious Ailment |
Jo asks to meet with Bran about a mysterious ailment she seems to be having. It is not what she expected. |
| (2025-09-25) Life is an Adventure, No Doubt |
It took a while for Oranna's letter to wend its way to the mainland and then to Outland, and for a reply to follow the same track back. Today, though, Thalstan replies to Oranna's letter. |
