I think it really depends on how we define "magic", both in content and scope. "Magic" can be only what we call arcane, or maybe it is everything that's not physical (and then it'd encompass the Light, shamanism, druidism, demonic stuff, etc.). On the other hand the Aspects, as far as I know, are restricted only to Azeroth - therefore the problem of scope. Demonic magic and the Light, for instance, seem to originate outside Azeroth, so they would not be under the responsibility of the Aspect of Magic. But if we define this instead as "anything that happens on Azeroth, regardless of its origin", then they would.

I'm not sure if there are any real answers for these questions in the canon, though.

The reason the Night Elves switched to Druidism, if I recall, was because the arcane magics drawn from the Well were what attracted the Legion. I suspect that they wouldn't have been so keen on Druidism either if it had to same chance to bring Sargeras back to Azeroth.

The nature of Elementals and therefore shamanic powers is interesting. We only know that Elementals are the physical embodiments of... well, elements. They don't actually die, instead being banished back to the elemental plane, similar to how many demons are banished back to the Nether, but the two realms are definitely distinct. The motivation of the elements always seemed like something of a mystery to me. On the surface it seems like all the lesser ones really strive for, if not bound to a master, is chaos. The agendas of the greater elementals however is never really clear. As mentioned previous in the thread, the elemental spirits that shaman derive their powers from are clearly different from the usual elementals we find wandering in the wild or working with the Shadow Council.

What if the Elemental Lords? Certainly they're suspicious at the least. Assuredly they still cater to the Old Gods, but it's never really explained why. None of them seem to be corrupted nor insane. A common interest between them seems likely. I don't think they're inherently evil, but rather inherently chaotic (which is usually perceived as evil).

Of course, then you take into account that many of the elemental spirits that communicate with Shaman often speak of natural balance and seem to be pretty orderly beings so long as some sort of calamity hasn't enraged them (which seems to happen rather often).


I think I went on a few tangents there, but you get my point. Elementals are definitely one of the hardest aspects of the Warcraft universe to grasp the motives of, and probably the hardest to understand in general (next to the Old Gods, perhaps).

Well being immortal doesn't mean you don't feel pain or desire power. Even if the Elemental Lords are unkillable they certainly seem to feel pain and desire.

Anyways, back to Emeraude's post and my own a bit earlier. I remembered something today. Ysera is Alexatrasza's younger sister. The relevance? Assuming there isn't some heebie-jeebie adoption (see Cenarius) thing going on today, Ysera is Green and Alexatrasza is Red. Seems to imply the color of a Dragon can be changed somehow. (Or they're only half-siblings, which is a possibility too).

All of the Aspects are brothers/sisters though. :O

# Malygos: UNTHINKABLE! The mortals will destroy...e-everything...my sister...what have you-
# Alexstrasza: I did what I had to, brother. You gave me no alternative.

Malygos referred to Deathwing as his brother as well in War of the Ancinents...you know before that whole annihilation of his flight thing.

They always talk to each other like that. Deathwing refers to Alexstrasza as his sister, and not the "Brothers-in-arms" type way, but that twisted Deathwingish affectionate way.

Twisted, yes. After all, isn't/wasn't one of his goals to capture Alexstrasza and Ysera for use as breeding stock?

Alexstrasza especially, he thinks she's wonderful. Was having all kind of delusional fantasies during the War of the Ancients. It was scary heh.

If you put together how they all use "family" type of names to one another (brother, sister), and couple it with the fact that WotLK presented us with a new gem of lore (Grakkarond), who is supposed to be the "prime dragon", from which all other dragon aspects were made, you can tie them all as having the same origin, and therefore, Family.

Kinda sad to see Neltharion and Malygos acting like best buddies in War of the Ancients until Neltharion completely gave in to the Old God's corruption, but hey, all families are dysfunctional.

He actually touched upon dragon rape in Night of the Dragon, where it was heavily implied that Deathwing raped his prime consort, Sintharia.

About dragon kinship, there's this quote from Well of Eternity:

So yeah, common ancestor or not, they're not related by blood.

There's plenty of lore in whichever book deals with Alexstraza being imprisoned in Grim Batol (Day of the Dragon?) which leads one to believe they don't reproduce asexually. The Shaman who has control of Alexstraza is very worried about losing the ability to produce more eggs from her because one of her older consorts (Tyranastrasz, I think) dies in captivity, and the only other mate they have for her seems to be on his last legs as well.

Yeap - just checked: Nekros Skullcrusher is the one in question. Deathwing also tries to steal Alexstraza's eggs in the hope of capturing a female to mate with, because he's supposedly killed all of his mates while getting his thing on with them, due to the changes made to him by unleashing the power of the Dragon Soul in the Well of Eternity series.

You would think that if they could produce asexually, that Deathwing would have knowledge of that.