Chronicle of the Azure Aspect.
Part I: More Than A Feeling.
The group arrived to a scene of utter chaos. Azure drakes circled overhead, while the streets of Dalaran were filled with magi fighting smaller blue dragonkin and whelps.
"Jaina; take us to the Hold. Onyxia and Ysondre; help take care of the aerial assault," Uther barked commands and the two dragons nodded and hurried to find a safe place to transform. "Tell the mages not to shoot at the black or green dragons!" he yelled at a passing mage, who looked at Jaina before complying.
"It's just like Stormwind all over again!" Sylvanas said quickly, as they dodged the near-constant spell fire raging around them. "Malygos must really want to wipe out this city's occupants."
"The Kirin Tor magi are the main magic users in Azeroth, and he believes that magic is not for mortals," Uther replied. "He clearly wants to make an example to the world, and this is his best option."
"Sister!" a voice called, and they were quickly joined again by Vereesa.
"Nice to see you again so soon," Sylvanas beamed.
"Here to help defend the Hold?" Jaina asked.
"Yes. I was the one who sent the messenger to you, I knew you weren't far from Lord Uther," Vereesa responded, quickly unlocking the door to the Hold, and ushering them inside. "Rhonin and Antonidas are protecting the artefacts; they asked for you to defend the Hold."
"Let us hope we are successful," Uther breathed, as they stopped inside and looked around.
The moment they closed the inner doors, they were plunged into an unnatural silence. The only clues of the battle raging outside present inside the chamber were but the bodies of Azure dragonflight and Kirin Tor magi that littered the floor, as well as rubble from the walls and ceiling of the prison. Remarkably the cells were still sealed, and the occupants were still trapped inside. Suddenly three swirling blue portals appeared at different points around the room, and Azure dragonkin flooded out, immediately charging toward them.
"Don't let them escape!" Vereesa yelled, casting a spell and sealing the doors, with a protective shield appearing over the cold metal doors. "Keep them away from the doors."
Uther unsheathed his swords and channelled the Light into both of them, before taking the lead in facing the oncoming Azure swarm. Whilst Uther engaged in physical combat with the blue drakonid that emerged from the portals; Jaina, Sylvanas and Vereesa stood behind him, providing ranged backup for him.
"Kill the ones standing by the portals!" Sylvanas yelled, channelling the Light into her bow, and firing arrows at the three portal guardians.
"Good call!" Jaina cheered, as one of the guardians fell, and the portal vanished, cutting a drakonid in half as it collapsed.
Her revelry was cut short as another two opened in different places. Uther let out a frustrated growl and plunged Ashmourne into the ground, and sent a holy/unholy shockwave outward toward the Azure dragons. The shockwave hit and sent them flying backward with such force, that the front line smashed into the portal guardians, and crushed them against the walls. The walls reverberated with the sounds of bones breaking against stone.
"Careful my lord, using it too much is dangerous" Sylvanas urged him.
"I know, it was a spur of the moment decision," he sighed. "But as you saw, it was both holy and unholy in power."
A single portal opened and a lone blue dragon hurried out before it closed. It hurried over to the largest of the cells and cast several arcane blasts against the magical barrier.
"Kill it quickly; it's trying to free Lavanthor!" Vereesa urged her sister, but it was too late.
The barrier fell, and the saboteur disappeared. The large, two-headed core hound strode out of its cell and roared in triumph. Uther quickly charged the beast, and heard his female companions moving to assist him. Lavanthor snarled and belched fire at Uther, who instinctively slammed his swords in front of him, casting a holy shield against the fire.
"I'm not going to let it burn me like its master did!" Uther grunted, as he felt the fire hit his shield like a fist.
The heat of the fire seemed to bring the scars left by Ragnaros' fire back to life, and they stung all over his body.
"Go for the eyes, blind the beast!" Vereesa commanded, as Lavanthor continued to bathe Uther's shield in fire.
Sylvanas nocked four arrows and fired. The arrows glowed gold, and quickly extinguished Lavanthor's yellow eyes, completely blinding both heads and ceasing its flame breath. The beast roared in pain, vivid orange blood pouring from its empty eyes and it staggered blindly, before focusing on Uther's scent. Uther however was not going to endure another bath in elemental fire, and quickly darted forward, slashing the hound's front legs, bringing the two heads down to the ground.
"Back to your master you go!" he yelled triumphantly, before plunging his swords into the core hound's heads.
"Impressive," Vereesa commented, as Uther walked back to them. "I can see that your fearless attitude is still intact, no wonder the Kirin Tor praise your efforts."
"I faced Ragnaros and survived, that hound pales in comparison," Uther said smiling. "It is nice to see I am not forgotten by the Kirin Tor."
"Have you faced a child of Malygos before Lightbringer?" a voice asked calmly behind him.
He turned and they all saw a female Sin'dorei standing on the balcony above them, smiling coldly with burning blue eyes.
"No, I cannot say that I have," he chuckled, trying to keep things civil for now, though the voice in his head was whispering other ideas.
'-Kill her! Raise her to serve you like Onyxia and you will have an inside agent against the Spellweaver!-' it urged. '-And another Aspect under your thrall.-'
"But I have faced and defeated children of Deathwing, and saved a child of the Emerald flight from the Emerald Nightmare." He said proudly, and the woman smiled back, though her look was still icy and aloof.
"Though I will admit that slaying the children of Neltharion is worthy of you," the woman said coldly, as ten portals opened on the upper level, and Azure drakes stood guarding them. "They and the Emerald flight are weak compared to the Azure kin, and I am one of Malygos' oldest and strongest children."
"A pleasure I'm sure," Jaina said flatly, and the woman gave her an icy stare of suppressed anger. "Why is your flight attacking Dalaran?"
"I think it is obvious, you claim to be masters of what you have no right to," the woman laughed, now standing before them in her ocean blue dress, which coursed with energy. "The Spellweaver has ordered your city be razed to the ground, and all knowledge destroyed. The destruction of your paultry city will as a warning to the mortal world that magic is only for the worthy, and no mortal race IS worthy."
"Destroying one city will not have any impact on the whole mortal realm!" Jaina said coldly, stepping forward to confront the arrogant dragon woman in mortal guise. "Magic is too widespread to suddenly proclaim banned, there are Gnolls, Ogres and Trolls who practice magic, and will not care if Dalaran is destroyed."
"Foolish mortal!" the woman spat, back-handing Jaina and sending her flying across the room, impacting against one of the cells and slumping to the floor. "The Spellweaver has foreseen this, and as we speak, all magic is being drained from Azeroth, soon only the Azure dragonflight will practice magic!"
"I doubt that!" Sylvanas laughed. "Uther will stop you, like he stopped the Lich King and the Scourge!"
"That is why I came here personally," the woman smiled. "When we received word that the Lightbringer was defending this prison from my kin, I decided to end your interference personally."
"Bring it!" Vereesa laughed.
"Gladly." The woman said curtly, before blasting them backwards with an arcane blast, and changing into her natural dragon form. "Destroy them my children!"
Sylvanas leapt back against the wall and watched as her sister and mentor were attacked on both sides by Azure dragonkin, whilst facing the large blue dragon leader. Something shifted inside her as she watched her companions becoming surrounded and overwhelmed, and before she could think any more about saving them, everything was enveloped in a brilliant gold light.