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• Wardens of Nothing by sagecyclone

  Fandoms: World of Warcraft  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  12 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Jaina Proudmoore/Sylvanas Windrunner
  • Jaina Proudmoore
  • Ulfar (Warcraft)
  • Sylvanas Windrunner
  • Dark Ranger(s) (Warcraft)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Thornspeaker Jaina
  • Jaina Proudmoore Needs A Nap
  • Druidism
  • Magic
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Major Character Injury
  • Trauma
  • Blood and Injury
  • Banshee Sylvanas
  • Undead
  • Death Magic
  • Necromancy
  • Torture
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • No Lesbians Die
  • strangers to enemies to friends to lovers
  • Slow Burn
  • Emotional Baggage
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • traumatic healing
  • Power Dynamics
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Femslash
  • Useless Lesbians
  • Sylvanas Windrunner Needs a Hug

  Summary

  Heavily canon-divergent AU.

  Exiled to Drustvar and trained by Thornspeakers, Jaina is flung out of Thros when a final battle goes awry—into a dead city where a relentless spirit offers a pact: rescue her family and avenge her people, and she’ll return the favor. From burned groves to winter crowns to Drustvar’s bramble, they'll learn trust the long way round—hopefully.

  Slow burn; grief, magic, eventual romance, & found family.

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