| “ | Time may pass, but the Dream is eternal. | „ |
| ~ Ysera |
Ysera, also known as The Awakened and formerly The Dreamer, is the former Dragon Aspect of the Green Dragonflight and the former ruler of the Emerald Dream in the Warcraft universe. Originally a proto-dragon alongside her sister Alexstrasza and their siblings Nozdormu, Malygos, and Neltharion, they were transformed into the Dragon Aspects with the purpose of protecting the world of Azeroth, after they had proven their valor when they defeated Galakrond. Ysera was given dominion over the Emerald Dream, which she was bounded to, by the Titan Eonar.
She served as a wise and revered mentor to the druids of Azeroth until her corruption by the Nightmare and the satyr Xavius, which transformed her into a dragon of nightmare, forcing Tyrande Whisperwind and the Cenarion Circle to slay her. Following her death, her soul came to reside in Ardenweald within the Shadowlands until she was revived by the Winter Queen, now binding Ysera to Ardenweald. However, she was able to temporarily return to Azeroth when Malfurion Stormrage took her place, allowing her to aid her fellow Dragon Aspects in stopping the Primal Incarnates. After the blooming of Amirdrassil, which allowed the Aspects to regain their divine powers, Ysera returns to Ardenweald and is succeeded by her daughter Merithra as the new leader of the Green Dragonflight.
Personality
Ysera is a peaceful dragon who has a disliking for combat, especially within the Emerald Dream, which she had dutifully protected against the Emerald Nightmare for ages. When she does enter combat, she rarely kills her targets, rather putting them to sleep instead. She prefers neutralizing her enemies and then banishing them from the Emerald Dream.
She was't really that much active, as she isolated herself within her domain in her realm, rarely making an appearance in the real world, but would only do so for important/necessary matters. Ysera is also known to be paranoid, impulsive, and terrible when angry.
Powers and abilities
Ysera can travel from mind to mind to travel anywhere she wishes by entering the dreams of any living being sleeping. She may enter the dreams of a target to communicate with or warn the sleeping creature. Ysera has the ability to planeshift between the real world and the Emerald Dream.
She attacks with a greenish breath (which Malygos recalled as a breath weapon akin to that of Galakrond's, if not so debilitating).
Biography
World of Warcraft
Ysera fell silent when the Emerald Nightmare began, and some of her most trusted lieutenants (Lethon, Emeriss, Taerar and Ysondre) were warped by a dark power within the Emerald Dream. In fact, she, Malfurion, and Cenarius continued to fight the Emerald Nightmare in the Dream.
Wrath of the Lich King
Ysera appeared at the Emerald Dragonshrine in Dragonblight. Recently, Nishera the Garden Keeper asked Ysera for help against the Scourge — who were raising frost wyrms at the other dragonshrines. Instead, Ysera, believed by Nishera to be affected by the Nightmare, commanded the defenders of the Emerald Dragonshrine to attack anyone not of the green dragonflight.
During the battle against Yogg-Saron in Ulduar, Ysera appeared in night elf form, along with the other Aspects, during a flashback of the creation of the Dragon Soul, ten thousand years earlier. Oddly enough, Ysera's eyes were open in the vision, the reverse of her usual habit; they were also blue, a change from both Ysera's green and the night elf norm of silver or gold.
Cataclysm
Ysera helped Malfurion Stormrage and Hamuul Runetotem to protect Mount Hyjal and Nordrassil. She later aided in the restoration of the world tree and the war against Ragnaros.
Ysera was present at both the meeting of restoring Nordrassil and the wedding of Thrall and Aggra.
Twilight of the Aspects
During a meeting at Wyrmrest Temple, Ysera arrived unannounced, her eyes open. Now known as Ysera the Awakened, she revealed that she had seen a vision of the Hour of Twilight, and the end of all life on Azeroth. In order to prevent this terrible future, she called upon the aid of Thrall, setting him on a quest to find Nozdormu within the timeways.
Ysera later joined Thrall and the other Aspects in the battle against the twilight dragonflight in the skies above the Dragonblight, and helped defeat the chromatic monstrosity, Chromatus.
Charge of the Aspects
Following his Elemental Bonds ordeal, Ysera realized that Thrall had established a connection with the earth that went far beyond mere communication with the elements. She helped the shaman understand and test his new abilities.
While meditating, Ysera had a flashback to the creation of the Dragon Soul. Realizing that it might be the only weapon powerful enough to defeat Deathwing, Ysera conferred with the other Aspects. Kalecgos suggested that the artifact could be modified to harm Deathwing, while Nozdormu proposed a plan to retrieve it from the past when it was in its purest form - during the War of the Ancients.
Hour of Twilight
Ysera participated in the battle for Azeroth, which ended with a final attack from the Dragon Soul, infused with the essence of each Aspect, completely obliterated Deathwing. Alexstrasza stated that by averting the Hour of Twilight, the Aspects had fulfilled their great purpose. With their ancient powers expended, Ysera and the other remaining Aspects became mortal.
Legion
When Cenarius began to succumb to the Emerald Nightmare, Malfurion, Elothir, Koda Steelclaw, and an adventurer in place of Thaon Moonclaw summoned Ysera to ask for her aid. Ysera believed that the only way to save the Forest Lord is with the Tears of Elune, and sent an adventurer to a nearby temple of Elune to retrieve them.
However, Xavius attacked the temple and stole the Tears of Elune before Malfurion could use them to save Cenarius. Without the Tears, Cenarius succumbed to corruption, and Malfurion pursued Xavius in his rage at the loss of his shan'do. Unfortunately, Xavius was not done taking from Malfurion: when Ysera and an adventurer located Xavius, he was able to use the Tears to corrupt the former Aspect herself, turning her into a dragon of Nightmare. Xavius and Ysera retreated with Malfurion held captive, followed by the adventurer and Tyrande Whisperwind.
A reunion with Tyrande is something Xavius has longed for for many years. With Malfurion held captive, Xavius gives the High Priestess an ultimatum: she can pursue him and spend her husband's last moments at his side, or she can return to the Temple of Elune and protect it from Xavius's forces which will be led by Ysera. Mournful and distraught, Tyrande chooses her goddess and the oath to her order over her love, though the decision hurts her. At the temple, Ysera is put to rest, and with her last breath she states that the nightmare felt so real.
Upon her death, Elune reached down and cleansed Ysera's spirit and body as well as the Tears of Elune. Ysera's spirit was seen lifted by tendrils of moonlight and disappeared in a dragon-shaped constellation, leaving the outline of her body in new plant growth.
In the final battle against Xavius, the Dream of Ysera helped adventurers fight off the Nightmare. After the Emerald Dream was cleansed following Xavius' defeat, the ghost of Ysera could be seen walking towards a Void-touched flower in a cave.
Shadowlands
Ysera's wildseed was one of the last to arrive in Ardenweald before the Arbiter ceased operating. She was eventually revived by the Winter Queen personally, at the request of Lady Moonberry and Ara'lon. The Winter Queen made comments about Ysera being "[her] sister's pet". According to the Winter Queen, Ysera is now bound to Ardenweald and will share its fate. While the Night Fae performed a play introducing their new members from Azeroth to the rest of their Covenant, Ysera was in the audience and expressed horror and despair at both Sargeras stabbing Azeroth and the Burning of Teldrassil, stating in shock that she thought the latter had only been a nightmare she had. She also was disappointed in the Alliance and Horde going to war again. After the play was over, Ysera said that she had dreamed of Tyrande undergoing the ritual of the Night Warrior and was worried that her hunt would only end in tragedy.
Ysera had been having dreams of night elf souls tortured in the Maw, Tyrande consumed by vengeance, and the destruction of Ardenweald. She asked the Night Fae adventurer to meet up with Shandris Feathermoon to find Tyrande, as she felt the Night Warrior would be the key to saving both the night elves and Ardenweald.Although Shandris and the Maw Walker could not convince Tyrande to give up her hunt, they did save many souls of night elves who had died in Teldrassil. Ysera said she would investigate a promising whisper she had heard regarding someone who could aid Tyrande.
Upon discovering that Thiernax, was once a Night Warrior in life, she sent Shandris and the Maw Walker to seek him out. The pair subsequently met with the former Night Warrior, and his husband Qadarin. While speaking with them, they were attacked by spriggans, and the leader of the band cursed Qadarin with its dying breath. Part of the counter-curse required a token of lost love, which Ysera believed could be found with Alexstrasza as something she had been given by her last prime consort; Korialstrasz. However, while Alexstrasza had indeed loved Korialstrasz, she had never loved anyone more than Ysera. Thus the Dragon Queen gave the Maw Walker [A Small Carving of Ysera], which deeply touched Ysera when she saw that her gift was the token of lost love. This would ultimately prove a sufficient 'token of lost love' to help break the curse on Qadarin, and the husbands joined Ysera in her efforts to save Tyrande.
Ysera joined Ara'lon in trying to save Gweyir from the Drust curse, by sending the Maw Walker to Ulfar for guidance. However this would be for naught, as it was discovered there was no way to liberate those possessed by the Drust. Sometime later she sent the Maw Walker to rescue lost kaldorei souls from the Maw, a task which saw the liberation of Astarii Starseeker, Jandria, Denalan, Ferryn, Anaris Windwood, and Ilthalaine. Following this when Flutterby sent the Maw Walker to obtain [Anima Embers] from Torghast, Tower of the Damned, Ysera sent them to rescue Kaldorei souls that still languished within the Maw.
After Thiernax deduced that the power of the Night Warrior could be dispersed amongst the past Night Warriors, Ysera sent the Maw Walker to acquire an expert tracker of the Wild Hunt from Lord Herne. She subsequently warmly greeted Huln Highmountain, who promised to not rest until he found the other Night Warriors. She later revealed that Bwonsamdihad arrived, and through her dreams had glimpsed that he had come for the Maw Walker. She was filled with joy upon learning that Ashamane, Hir'eek, and Shadra had been freed by the Maw. She further remarked that none could say what fate had in store for Vol'jin, whose spirit had become entwined with the essence of the fallen loa Rezan, and that the path he had embarked upon had never before been walked by a mortal soul.
After the Wild Hunt had seemingly driven the Drust back to Darkreach, and receiving reports that Gorak Zhar was among them, Ysera sent the Maw Walker to join with Lord Herne in dealing with the matter. However in truth this was a ruse conducted by the Drust, with "Gorak Zhar" in reality being a Drust-possessed Ara'lon with illusions in place to make him appear as Gorak Zhar. While the Wild Hunt was focused on Darkerach, the Drust sought to claim the Grove of Awakening. Ysera joined with the Wild Hunt and aided them in the battle against the Drust, while personally delivering the Maw Walker to the Winter Queen at the Heart of the Forest. She then joined the counter-attack against the Drust, which ended in the death of Gorak Zhar, and joined the Winter Queen's court in celebrating their victory. Ysera was pleased to have helped safeguarded Ardenweald and warned that they must remain on guard, for all was not right in the Shadowlands. She then stressed the Maw Walker must remain ready, for she foresaw that they would be needed for the coming challenges.
Chains of Domination
Ysera comforting Tyrande Whisperwind after [60] The Battle of Ardenweald. Ysera aided the convents in defending Ardenweald from Sylvanas Windrunner and the Mawsworn. As the fight between the Night Warrior and Banshee Queen neared its end, Ysera stepped in to aid and comfort Tyrande after Sylvanas and the Mawsworn left the battlefield. Shandris Feathermoon hoped that Ysera would be able to keep Tyrande stabilized long enough for them to save her.
As a result of the covenants working more closely together, Huln was able to pinpoint the location of two of the Night Warriors, and informed Ysera to send the Maw Walker to him in Maldraxxus. Thus Ysera sent a message to the Maw Walker and sent them to Huln at the Sepulcher of Knowledge, while encouraging them to hurry as she was unsure as to how long Tyrande could handle Elune's power. After the Maw Walker recruited Khaliiq and The Stonewright, and they arrived at the Heart of the Forest, Ysera thanked them for their aid and explained that Tyrande was in dire straits. She subsequently aided them in the ritual to cleanse Tyrande of her Night Warrior's powers and as the ritual neared its ends, witnessed the Winter Queen and Elune converse as well as the creation of the Sisters' Tear. She then returned to the Heart of the Forest and bore witness to the Winter Queen using the newly created tear to remake her sigil and restore the Heart of the Forest.
With peace returned to Ardenweald and Tyrande saved, Ysera sent the Maw Walker to report to the Primus and inform him of the rebirth of the Winter Queen's sigil.
Eternity's End
Sometime later, Ysera witnessed Tyrande's meeting with the Winter Queen within the Grove of Awakening within Ardenweald, where Tyrande received the Sisters' Tear, which had become a vessel of renewal, and that the night elven souls who had been saved from the Maw rejected the eternal tranquility in the boughs of Ardenweald by becoming a new beginning for their kin, with the seed thus embodying the cycle of death and life.
In the aftermath, Tyrande, Shandris, and Ysera spoke about the seed, to which Ysera revealed that it had been touched by the the Dream as well, making it a symbol of the crucial balance between life and death. She thus revealed that the seed should be brought to her daughter, as Merithra should know where it should be taken. When Shandris questioned if Ysera would return to Azeroth with them, Ysera revealed that as she is bound to Ardenweald, she would not able to leave without a great sacrifice, rejected Tyrande's offer for aid as she felt that the kaldorei needed them, and stated if Elune willed then she would soar Azeroth's skies again.
Dragonflight
As Ysera carried out her tasks in Ardenweald, her grandson Gerithus had devised a means to return her to life, and had recruited Tyrande Whisperwind and Malfurion Stormrage to aid him in this task.
Meanwhile back on Azeroth, the Primalists through the trickery and deception of Rymek were able to gain access to the Emerald Dream portal upon the Ancient Bough, successfully claiming the area and preventing the defenders from being able to breach the ice barrier around them. Though Rymek's magic prevented them from entering the grove, Merithra realized that there was a way in from death. Somnikus blaming himself and in intense grief from his son's death made his way to the Shadowlands, where he informed her of the troubles faced and offered to take her place, so that she could defend the dream. However as he did not have a connection to Ardenweald, and thus could not take her bond with the Winter Queen, he was unable to take her place.
Though eager to defend the Dream, Ysera would not dare ask anyone to take her place, unless they would accept the consequences, as she did. Thus she was silent in the face of Tyrande's pleas, while Malfurion realized that he alone would have to make the switch with her. Though initially against it, Malfurion was able to convince Tyrande of the matter. With their agreement made, Ysera instructed Somnikus to inform Merithra that once they reached the Dream, they would make way for the defenders. Following his departure, she and the others went to the Winter Queen, who was initially hesitant but ultimately agreed and switched her bounding from Ysera to Malfurion.
With the trade complete, she and adventurers made their way into the Emerald Dream, where they found it under attack by the Primalists. As they faced them and secured the path to the Ancient Bough, Ysera reflected that her connection to the Dream felt different. After reaching Azeroth, she took the fight to the Primalists, while directing adventurers with weakening the barrier and liberating the imprisoned dragons, the latter of which allowed her to reunite with Gerithus, who informed her that Rymek was at Lunedane. As Ysera prepared to break the Primalists barrier, she revealed that while the Dream must be restored, it was her that had the power to do so. Following the barrier's destruction, Ysera was reunited with her daughter, Merithra, who noted that she was different, that she had been touched by Death.
With Ysera returned to them, the green dragonflight moved as one to save the nascent World Tree from being destroyed by Rymek. Before they departed Merithra revealed to her mortal allies that Lunedane must be secure in order to eradicate the Primalist from the Emerald Dream, and that an ancient artifact within would have the power to expel their enemies all at once. However, she admitted that she didn't know if her mother had the power to use it and command it anymore but that it was something they would have to deal with once Rymek was stopped. For her part, Ysera declared that she was no longer connected to the Dream as she had once been and that someone new must arise to take her place.
Following Rymek's death, mother and daughter turned their attention towards healing the Dream. When the time came to activate the power within Lunedane, Ysera encouraged her daughter to step out of the shadow of her wings and spread her own. Merithra initially refused, pointing out that the Dreamer had always been Ysera and that she wasn't ready for it. In response, Ysera remarked that few ever think they were ready, when the time came, and gave her daughter one last encouragement. Thus Merithra stepped forward, activating the power within the Lunedane, destroying the Primalists forces, and securing her place as the new Dreamer.
Following this, Ysera admitted that from the moment she reentered the Dream, she knew things were different, and that it was only fitting that her daughter would be the one to ascend after she had taken care of the flight since her death, that she must in fact lead the Emerald flight. Thus when Merithra offered to return "The Dreamer" mantle back to her, Ysera refused, and declared that Merithra was the leader of the green dragonflight and that when they reclaimed their full powers, she would be the Aspect. With that declaration Merithra accepted the position, pledging that she would do her best as leader of the green dragonflight and do whatever it takes. Following this mother and daughter took to the skies and flew together once more.
Ysera was amongst those who gathered at the Ancient Bough to enter the Emerald Dream to protect it from Fyrakk. She thanked adventurers for coming to their aid, while expressing her pride at seeing Merithra standing up as leader of green dragonflight. Soon after entering the Dream, she joined her allies at the Central Encampment.
At some point, Ysera and Alexstrasza traveled to the Eye of Ysera, where they attempted to heal Gracus. However, after realizing it was his time, Ysera sent adventurers to defeat the memory that haunted Gracus the most. With this memory defeated, Gracus shared his final moments with his loved ones, before peacefully passing away.
After receiving word that the djaradin were laying siege to the Eye of Ysera, Ysera was amongst that rushed to its defense. Though rejected by the Eye, Ysera was able to use it stabilize a shield around her allies. While Merithra continued to lead the counterattack against djaradin, she continued to work upon the Eye, even as she struggled to understand why it was rejecting her. As part of Merithra's plan to defeat the djaradin, she dispelled the shield over the Eye. Convinced of their victory Galok Wingslicer led the djaradin into an assault on Eye, only to be defeated by the green dragonflight and their allies. Following Galok's death and the djaradin retreat, Ysera realized that the Eye had rejected her because of Merithra's rise. She thus convinced her daughter that she had to take her place and commune with the Eye.
Ysera traveled to Amirdrassil after it blossomed into Azeroth and during the subsequent celebratory party, she sat with the Dragon Aspects, Sabellian, Wrathion, and Emberthal. After the celebration concluded, she made her final farewells to Alexstrasza, Merithra, and Tyrande Whisperwind before returning to Ardenweald.
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