Wynnic Lore #2

Introduction​

Welcome back to Wynnic Lore, likely one of the puniest consistent threads of threads to contain this much information. Thank you to everyone who voted on the poll and to Puzzler888 for the idea of adding more to the text. I was unsure of using any color beyond the default at first because not all of them are easy to read with different themes (light or dark). I have decided though, that since I have multiple polls I want to do, I'll make them on different threads, which I will add links to here.

[Poll #1]-------------------------[Poll #2]-------------------------[Poll #3]​

Aside from those polls though, I said last time that I would continue the legend of Bob. I was going to let that sentence be the last in this section, but realized that I haven't made enough unnecessary sentences like this for comedic effect.

The Facts​

This defense of Ragni was one of the first times in quite a while that Robert got to see real, not-a-master-of-magic-weapons people. He had been near normal people in Troms when training with Fier, but aside from that he hadn't talked to anyone other than Chak, Mael, Ethe, and Fier in twenty years. Back in Troms, Robert was often referred to as Bob, a name that both he, and most people he talked to thought sounded better. After picking up the name, before Bob left for Ragni, all four of his former masters appeared before him. They were smiling from how well he had done. Even Mael slowly nodded toward him. He had completed his training, and headed to Ragni.

Bob easily defended the city of Ragni from the next corrupted attack lead by Bak'al. Bak'al was nearly unbeatable when it came to his magic power, using corruption and dark magic rather than the slightly weaker, more light-focused magic that the few magic users of Wynn used. He had killed hundreds of innocent people for the hordes of the undead, and lead them in battle to kill hundreds more. Bob met this foul being at the eastern gate to Ragni. Bak'al, not recognizing Bob's power, sent a few zombies to kill him. Bob made quick work of them, using his spear to summon the power of Earth and strike the first wave with a massive earthen spike, before simply launching himself into the remaining undead to destroy them, creating a shockwave with the power of his attack.

With this, Bak'al attempted to retreat, to which Bob responded by chasing after him, quickly reforming his runic, black and green weapon to destroy any corrupt that got in his was with different kinds of magic. At that time, it was rare to see someone using magic at all, let alone the power Bob held. He easily caught up with Bak'ak, who turned on him and shot a bolt of dark magic his way. Bob near effortlessly countered it with a bolt of light magic, destroying the dark attack in a large explosion between the two magic wielders. Bob once again struck at Bak'al with magic, but the dark creature disappeared before the attack could reach him.

Never again did Bak'al attack Wynn. Bob continued to roam the province, acting as Wynn's private Demigod for the next ninety-eight years. His magic appeared infallible, until he discovered a dark creature, with magic similar to Bak'al's. He went to fight it, but soon after he left, a tomb appeared in a cliff face near Nessak, with a wolf temple appearing nearby to memorialize him.

This was the end for Bob's living self, but his soul can be found imbued in some rare weapons, rendering them nearly useless. His zombie, weak though it may be, occasionally roams Ragni's streets, with it's tears being the most harm it can do. Not everyone knows the full story; some believe he was killed by wolves, others do not wish to spread the story out of grief.

Speculation​

Bob was one of the most powerful and mysterious people from Wynn's history, but there are some thing about his past that are slightly easier to find. I didn't put anything in this section in the last thread, but for this second part of the celebratory story, I will put every bit of speculation or interesting piece of information I know of that originates with this story. I'll leave out anything that quests make obvious, or that I was directly mentioned in the story above.

Bob's masters specialized in specific weapons and clearly had some form of magic around them, as no one saw them but Bob. Funnily enough, there are weapons that share their names; Chak - Chakram, Mael - Maelstrom, Ethe - Etherial, and Fier - Fierte. Apart from Fierte, these were the most powerful weapons of their respective classes when they were first released. Fier instead wielded Scythe when first introduced to the lore of Wynn.

Bob never learned the magic of the shaman. This was not because there wasn't a master of shaman magic, as he eventually replaced Slycaar of Troms. Momo may have avoided mentioning Slycaar because she believed shaman magic was cruel or to dark, or maybe she just assumed Fier would point Bob in Slycaar's direction. Or it may simply have been because Slycaar wasn't dead yet. How selfish of him to not die.

Aaaaand that's about it. If anyone else has speculation to add, feel free to share it as a reply to this thread. I couldn't find much that wasn't obvious, and most people who read this have probably already figured out the weapon names trick.

The End​

Well, that's just about all for this Wynnic Lore post. Sorry about the lack of jokes. I hope it was somewhat enjoyable. Like last time, feel free to give a suggestion as to what topic I should cover next or what I should change about how I make these posts, I post on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fiertes -- sorry Fridays -- and here are the sources of the information I found. With links this time!

Ragni's Library

Wynn Plains Monument (wiki)

Wynn Plains Monument (video)

Bak'al's Destruction 1

Bak'al's Destruction 2

Bak'al's Destruction 3

 

Ya know, you could use third party polls instead of spamming the section with 6 separate threads. Strawpoll.me would be a decent one to start off with

 

Thank you. This will make future polls much easier.