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• A Taste of Power by Cethleann

  Fandoms: World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft - Various Authors  

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

  15 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Anduin Wrynn/Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Character(s) & Original Character(s)
  • Anduin Wrynn
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Characters
  • Faerin Lothar
  • Wenren Althal
  • Xal'atath (Warcraft)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • World of Warcraft: The War Within
  • Romance
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Slow Burn
  • Childhood Friends
  • POV Third Person
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Pining
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Angst
  • Sexual Content
  • Fluff
  • no beta we die like vol'jin
  • Adventure
  • OC-centric
  • Alyza Bowblaze
  • Developing Friendships
  • Character Study

  Summary

  Anduin Wrynn has lost many things over the years. Comrades, friends, family – himself. After his sins in the Shadowlands, he cannot bear to call onto the Light. But a remnant of his childhood, one he never realised he has not lost, returns to him and perhaps this is his sign to start fighting for the living and the present.

  Elena Harrowstrider comes as both a stranger and a friend. A slate not too clean, not too sullied by the burdens of champions, to help Anduin embrace his new reality.

  But who knows how years apart can wear on old bonds.

  The story follows a human rogue who’s just making the best out of the circumstances outside of her Stormwind army pay. As she follows Anduin to Khaz Algar, she finds that throwing a few knives is enough to fight for the Alliance, but not for Azeroth.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Harrowstrider

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  119,305

  Chapters:

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