Bullying the Dragon Aspect

A little something I wrote here...as a part of the short story I'm writing.

Khadgar is rather dumbfounded by Neltharion.  And well, there's a reason.

He just learned that pretty much ANYONE can bully Neltharion and get away with it.

Unless they destroy his home, kill half his flight, and make his wife annul their marriage.  Then he goes apeshit.


But yeah, it's sad, Squishy can be bullied.

    “Though I suppose being allies with a black dragon might be beneficial in getting resources,” said Khadgar.

    “It is.”

    “I suppose you’ve benefited some allies with that particular talent as well.”

    “I have, in my attempt to show that I wasn’t Deathwing,” said Neltharion. “Though at times, it seemed to backfire in my face.  They would either keep coming back, asking for more, or think they could demand it from me because of a perceived notion of ‘you owe us’, or they would bully it out of me knowing that if I ever tried to retaliate against them…well…they’ll use that as proof that Deathwing wasn’t completely gone.”

    Khadgar tilted his head at the last statement, his blue eyes widening.

    “Wait…mortals have bullied you?” he asked.

    Neltharion drew in, staring at his paws.

    “On more than one occasion,” he said.

    “And they got away with it?”

    “Uh-huh.”

    Khadgar blinked several times, staring at the Earth-Warder, bewildered.

    “You just let them pick on you?”

    “What else am I supposed to do?” Neltharion asked.

    “Punch them?”

    “Well, if I ‘punched’ anyone, I would turn their bones to powder,” he said. “If not make their entire bodies explode in a mess of blood just from the sheer force of impact from my…fists.”

    “Alright…I see your point.  I suppose you can’t really…defend yourself.”

    “Well, I’m pretty much invulnerable,” Neltharion said. “Physically invulnerable.  But you’ve probably already guessed what my actual weakness happens to be.  People striking me with clubs hurts in another way.  I don’t retaliate against them because I am not allowed to.  At least when it comes to mortal society’s rules.  How dare someone as horrible as me retaliate…don’t I know that I deserve what I’m getting?  Shouldn’t I be happy that everyone is at least allowing me to roam freely?  Because it is obvious, I do deserve much worse.”

    He huffed heavily.

    “Even my own kind agrees with the rest of the world.”

It's so sad, guys.  

Khadgar is starting to find out that Neltharion is a far cry from Deathwing.


I mean does that look like the kinda guy  you wanna piss off?

Nope.

Khadgar learned that when he decided to piss off Deathwing.  Luckily he used the right method to do it.

"You may have won this battle, I give you that. But hear this, and hear it well, I have seen you, mage."

 Khadgar gulped, unable to tear his gaze away.

"I have burned your face into my memory," Deathwing continued, his voice reverberating along Khadgar's bones. "I will haunt your dreams and your waking moments alike. Rest assured, I will come for you, and when at last I do, you will beg me for your death as the only respite from your terror."

 His mighty wings unfurled again, his claws spasming open to release both Gruul and the skull, and Deathwing took to the air, his wings beating hard as he fled the mountains. Khadgar's legs, which had been shaking, finally collapsed and he sat on the ground for a long moment, gasping and acutely aware that he'd just been terribly, terribly lucky.

Yeah, even after his win, Khadgar was pissing in his pants with fear.  You do not get on Deathwing's bad side. 

But Neltharion?




See da face?

He's meek, timid, scared, a sad little Earth-Warder.

 You don't get on Neltharion's bad side either, but...his bad side only includes you killing people he cares about.  Not really himself.  You can kinda get on his bad side.  You can beat him up.  You can scream at him.  You can do a lot of things to him.  

Don't fuck with his kids though.

“I have let you live long enough, Garrosh Hellscream!” a powerful bellowing voice called down from the ash cloud.
“The Worldmender,” said Baine.
“And he sounds pissed,” Vol’jin said.
“Yah think?”
“I gave you clemency!” the voice said. “This never would have happened if you surrendered.” 

And don't ever call him Deathwing.

I'm loving the Squishy again.

He needs it.