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Who is Q'onzu, the Mysterious Wild God Turned Loa of Change?
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13/10/2023 à 23:11
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The Emerald Dream is home to many Wild Gods of Azeroth. In 10.2, we meet Q'onzu, a particularly strange Wild God known as the Loa of Change.
Q'onzu
We first approach Q'onzu to ask for help against Fyrakk and the invading Druids of the Flame. They tell us they are the harbinger of change, and as such, they're uninterested in stopping the change that the invaders promise to bring about.
What have we here? A mortal whose mere presence changes the realm?
You are very interesting, indeed.
Who are you?
I am the cool, fresh scent in the air just before the rain. I am the face you can't quite remember.
I am the harbinger of change. I am the reaper of consequence.
I serve the unending flow of Life, and I am the victim of its stagnation.
Do I speak the truth, mortal? Or do I deceive you with my grandeur? I was hoping you would tell me.
Merithra requests your aid in defending the World Tree.
Q'onzu says: Now why would I want to stop the Dream from changing? I think I will wait and see what happens. Try not to die, mortal.
Later on, Cenarius sends us to try learn more about the strange creature. This turns out to be challenging - Q'onzu refuses to tell us much more themself, and we have to rely on rumors.
Q'onzu May or May Not Have Left the Dream
The Wild God Aviana, the mother of harpies, does not seem to like Q'onzu at all, and seems particularly annoyed that they were "allowed back into the Dream".
Don't get me started on that good-for-nothing owl.
Refusing our call to assist against the Druids of the Flame is not the first time they have shown cowardice in the face of evil. They claim that their domain requires them to stay out of such conflicts, but I find it convenient how their choices always lead to their own comfort.
Surely they're up to their old tricks again. I'm still trying to figure out who allowed them back into the Dream!
I do not wish to speak about Q'onzu any longer. Begone from me, mortal.
The greater wilderness spirit Aessina, Ysera's companion, repeats the rumor that Q'onzu "dug their way out" of the Dream - though she personally doesn't believe it.
Q'onzu? Ahe yes. Ysera is... quite familiar with that one. As familiar as one can be with such a creature.
I'm afraid I know little for certain, but I believe that Q'onzu has always been in the Dream.
There were once rumors that they dug their way out. Preposterous. They can change many things. but they cannot change the nature of this place.
The juiciest gossip comes from some Dryads, who claim that after Q'onzu left the Dream, they spent some time hidden among mortals.
Gossiping Dryad says: Q'onzu? The Wild God?
Gossiping Dryad says: Of course, the Wild God. Do you know any other Q'onzu?
Gossiping Dryad says: I heard they're demanding to be called a 'loa' these days,
Gossiping Dryad says: That is so like them. Could never settle.
Gossiping Dryad says: Weren't they imprisoned by Ysera?
Gossiping Dryad says: No, no... I heard they were spending time hidden among the mortals!
Gossiping Dryad says: Perhaps that's where they picked up "loa"!
Gossiping Dryad says: Wonder what else they picked up there...
While Wild Gods have appeared to mortals in Azeroth before, the way Q'onzu's time outside of the Dream is discussed suggests they did something unusual - even impossible. Wild Gods are usually connected to the Dream, even when visiting the mortal realms, but Q'onzu sounds like they managed to somehow get away from it completely, at least for awhile.
Wild God / Loa of Change
The Dryads also mention that Q'onzu is calling themself a Loa "these days" - suggesting it's something new, or at least something that only started after Q'onzu returned to the Dream. They speculate that Q'onzu learned this phrase from the mortals - and this gossip at least seems to be correct.
Later on, when speaking with Q'onzu ourselves, they mention they were called "Loa" by their "First Devotees". "Loa" is the name that Trolls give the beings that they worship, suggesting Q'onzu was known to Trolls.
Why are you called a loa?
Why are you a ? Why are you called a ?
It's who you are. Loa is who I am. It's what I was called by my first devotees and it's what I have chosen to embrace.
<Q'onzu swivels their great head around, their eyes narrowing in a cheeky expression.>
Mystery is certainly delightful... isn't it?
I have met and aided many spirits of the Wilds and those that worship them. You, however. are new.
Doesn't that make this all the more exciting? An unfamiliar droplet in an ocean of ordinariness!
The Wild Gods, the August Celestials, even the many loa you are familiar with! Instead of perceiving me through the lens of what is known, consider an alternative.
The tree of life is vast, her crown reaching high and her roots sinking deep.
And you. Huntmaster, have only seen a few of her many branches.
Who Are They?
Based on all these puzzle pieces, we get an idea of what might have happened:
At some point in the past, Q'onzu, Wild God of Change, somehow managed to escape the Emerald Dream completely. They spent time hiding among the mortal Trolls of Azeroth, who named them Loa. Recently, they've returned to the Emerald Dream, still using the name Loa.
As a Wild God, they're new to us, but is it possible we would recognize them as a Loa?
At this point, it's only possible to speculate... wildly. As a being of change, if Q'onzu was hidden among mortals they could have been any one of a number of mysterious Loa.
For example, the infamous Hakkar the Soulflayer is a winged Loa whose origin happens to be a bit of a mystery. According to the Legion legendary
Corruption de l’écorcheur d’âmes
, "The origins of the Soulflayer remain unknown. There are no mentions of him in any of the Titan records." When Hakkar was defeated yet again in Shadowlands, Bwonsamdi said we'd see him again - sooner or later. While it is a stretch, all the hints that Q'onzu could be someone significant that we might even recognize would work for the famous antagonist behind the corrupted blood incident.
Alternatively, Akil'zon is an Eagle Loa of the Amani Trolls as well as an encounter in the Zul'Aman dungeon. Strangely, that Loa seems to have taken his name from the troll who plays host to him in the dungeon, an unusual origin for a Loa's name. There is also another Eagle Loa with a similar name, Akil'darah, who uses she/her pronouns. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that both Loa are one and the same, with just a flexible approach to pronouns - and in the Emerald Dream, Q'onzu goes by they/them...
It's also possible that Q'onzu spent time hidden among mortals as, well, a mortal. Or that they've always been known as Q'onzu and we've just never happened to encounter them before. Or that Aessina's right and they've never left the Dream at all. As we said, all we can do for the moment is speculate.
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