Atlas of Snow and Sky

Atlas
noun
1. a person who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay.
2. a book of charts, graphs, etc illustrating aspects of a subject.

Herein are the collected works of Oski, otherwise known as 'the Sea Bear'. Many of these pieces were written at the behest of his master, Oti'eno the Virulent, and they provide insight not only into the mindset of one of the otherwise savage Drakkari but also tell the story of one so very removed from his homeland.

After witnessing where pure savagery had taken his people, Oski swore to follow a more righteous path. This proved to be easier said than done, and it is through rigorous control of his primal urges that he stayed true to himself. For him, writing was a kind of meditation, allowing him to ponder the intricacies of life even as he calmed himself.

It was also a form of worship for his gods, both dead and alive, in a time when making sacrifice would draw too much attention to himself. He could leave no altars and dead bodies behind as he wandered from one end of Azeroth to the other in Oti'eno's shadow, lest he rouse the wrath of the Horde and Alliance.

The age of the Drakkari empire is long past, but its heart still beats in the trolls surviving its destruction.

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The depictions of troll lore in this storyline are almost purely personal interpretation and in no way the 'correct' canon. Attempts have been made to stay true to the overall feel of the tribe, but this is not an attempt to create new lore to be used by anyone else. Everything that doesn't quite line up to Blizzard canon may be chalked up to Oski coming from a backwoods village in the mountains, far removed from Zul'drak.

• All poetry found in this storyline are done in the style of Nahuatl Poetry.
• All false Zandali makes use of Swahili words from The Kamusi Project.
• Photo of a black journal is from LeBaron Books.
• Banner source is a stock bg courtesy of google image search.