Kery'nael Thorngale
 Kery'nael Thorngale | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Night elf (Humanoid) |
| Level | 70 |
| Class | Druid |
| Resource | Mana |
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Alliance Horde Alliance Horde |
| Former affiliation(s) | Druids of the Flame |
| Location | Smoldering Copse, Emerald Dream[38.0, 47.2] |
| Status | Alive |
| Relative(s) | Thaeldus, Solarys, Lyandris (siblings) |
Kery'nael Thorngale is a night elf member of the Druids of the Flame who planned with her sister Solarys to leave the cult. While Solarys went first, she expected her siblings to come as well. When they didn't come, an adventurer, sent by Solarys, found him at the Smoldering Copse in the Emerald Dream, surrounded by Slain Lunarwing Darters, a Singed Lunarwing Juvenile, and a Innocent Lunarwing Hatchling.[1] He reunited with Solarys at Central Encampment and began taking care of Amir'relo, the faerie dragon hatchling mentioned.
Kery'nael then attended the gathering in Amirdrassil when it bloomed on the Dragon Isles after Fyrakk's death. He stayed in Bel'ameth afterwards, along with Amir'relo. He can be seen speaking to an Ashen Druid and a Druid of the Claw.
Quests
[70] A Silver Lining 
Objective of
- Needs to be found in [70] Burning Out.
Quotes
- Main article: Burning Out#Notes
- Main article: A Passed Torch#Notes
- Central Encampment gossip
After all that has happened, I am admittedly struggling with what comes next. Where do we go from here? Who could possibly forgive the things we've done?
Why did you join the Druids of the Flame?
- My siblings and I joined the Flame out of desperation. After... after Teldrassil, we lost our connection to nature. We could only conjure fire. It was as though we were haunted, cursed. We became outcasts among the refugees.
- Then, we were approached by a face we knew from Teldrassil -- Firodren, our Shan'do from our herbal studies in Darnassus -- who offered us a place we could belong. A place we could make a difference for our people.
- Why would you believe them?
- We were desperate. Thaeldus was always one of Firodren's promised. He sought drive, a goal.
- Solarys just wanted to protect us. Before we went to the Flame, she warned us that there would be no turning back. I think she was suspicious from the start. But their honeyed words convinced us otherwise.
- I... I wanted to stay with my family. I missed our An'da, who died saving us. I pledged to follow my siblings to the ends of the world.
- When we joined, it was admittedly a relief. Maybe, after all the pain, we could find peace again! Oh, how I was mistaken.
- What do you mean?
- My idealism made me naive. I thought that I could create a world where nobody would lose their home like we had. My siblings felt similarly.
- We never knew immortality like our elders had. The thought of new life coming from of[sic] the ashes of a world that has never been kind to my younger generation, a phoenix's dawn--that is what swayed us.
- I watched as the Prophet and even Firodren twist the tenets of druidism to their own gain. What were lessons of renewal and hope became corrupt, consuming.
- They told us that we must unify into one, to disregard our individual needs for the greater cause. That if we must, we were to be the fuel for the flames ourselves. To martyr ourselves so others may achieve victory.
- How do you feel now that you've escaped?
- I feel as though my convictions are my own, now. If it weren't for Solarys constantly questioning our orders, I would have given in to the Flame.
- She realized that we were blindly repeating history, but we could not escape before we entered the Dream. I shudder to think of the horrors we'd have committed, had we stayed.
- The Druids of the Flame are not misguided. They are malicious, greedy, and prideful. It is the same hubris that cost past generations their immortality.
- I'd like to ask something else.
What will you do now?
- I want no more part in senseless violence--I want to preserve what's left of my family. I have countless regrets for my actions, and I first must take responsibility for them.
- I am scared, but hopeful. We are young. There's much to discover still. I do not know where our paths will go. The uncertainty of change is intimidating, yes, but an opportunity nonetheless.
- It will be hard to heal, and hard to right our wrongs. But it is all we can do in the face of our past actions.
- I'd like to ask something else.
Patch changes
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Added.
References
- ^ [70] Burning Out