Black Dragon Nemesis /Cataclysm RP

[grimzor]

Alright, take a good look at him. That is the proposed nemesis for the Banepaw Fellowship, and her allies, once Cataclysm hits. In order for this to work out, we need to make a few things happen. First, we need to run Sartharon with all three drakes up, successfully. Now, the more people we get 'draked', the more people who can rotate in to Roleplay the Villain. And of course, the greater the rotation, the more often EVERYONE gets a chance to stand against it. Meaning, if you're the villain on monday, you get to be the hero on tuesday, so long as enough people have the drake mount to relieve you.
Next, we need to establish a few guidelines for how to Roleplay the dragon. What he can and cant do, what abbilities and skills he will posess. A name would be worth coming up with as well.
Remember, the goal of this conflict is to give the Banepaw In-Character motivation to progress through the new content, as well as unifying and honing our RP in the process. I want everyone to be as involved as possible, and I know you all do too. I realy think that with a little motivation, and the skills I KNOW we all posess, we could forge a LEGEND from this RP. So, with this new thread, let's start some brain-storming.
-Grimzor

[Rakumn]

You're not going to go out and make it blatantly obvious you're a dragon, unless the situation calls for it for one.

Your guise has limits.

You're not immortal for gods sake.

"No, im not going to ride you."

Those are my quarrels.

[grimzor]

I'm less worried about the 'Hai guyZ I r a dragon' effect, than the others, due to the very nature of Cataclysm. I dont see too large a limit on how openly black dragons will be assaulting settlements blatantly. After all, the Black Prime himself is attempting to out-right sunder the very world. So, one or two of his spawn will be out and about, tryin to curry favor in their zealous fervor.
However, yes. Guises have limits. I do not foresee a real need to have 'Humanoid' guises, but thoser are more than available.
As for immortal? No. Just smart enough to run away and fight another day, when needed. A few good ass whoopings back and forth, then the innevitable demise.
And I dont worry about the 'riding' bit too much. We just ignore the character that rides the mount for RP purposes, and continue.

Another thing we need to establish, is just how powerful the bad guy will be. He's a dragon, so I suspect severe breath weapon, good str/agi, but what about his magical arsenal.

[Rakumn]

Red dragons have the greatest grasp over fire and self preservation.

Green dragons have toxic breath and the greatest grasp over nature magic.

Black dragons have a damn good grasp over fire breathing, and likely are talented screachers. (think shockwave from the mouth?) and are the 'better' dragons when it comes to melee.

Blue dragons have ice or arcane breath, and have the greatest grasp over arcane magic.

[shirafune]

There's also the standard cleave, bite, tail swipe, wing buffet and fear (this is prominent for Black Dragons, too).

Also something to consider is the Netherwing, they are originally Black Flight stock so they might have an interesting position in this conflict. Some might align themselves with "our" side, some might ally with Deathwing out of familial loyalties.

[grimzor]

Alright. Let's stream-line. He's a black dragon. So, Tail Swipe/Cleave are in. So if a fiery breath, some serious bite/claw and buffet. What about Earth? Since Deathwing and his ilk have been in charge of that realm for ages...?
What about a name? Red Dragons have a fairly easy formula for naming. Blacks seem to push towards mineral-based or 'black' based names. Any suggestions?
Furthermore, I've decided to not be the one pushing this RP, since I have little/no pull. If we're going to do it, it'll happen when it happens.

[shirafune]

Usually Blackflight dragons also have the -ion suffix to their names (Naltharion, Nefarian, Saltharion, etc.) for males who seem to have exceptionally high status. Females seem to be named after gemstones or the feminized form of the "-ion" suffix as "-aria" attached to their names.

[grimzor]

Alright, now we have to come up with a solid list of people willing to Raid to get us some dragons. Lemme know in-game, I'll create a tally sheet or something.
My schedule's shifting again a little bit, so we'll see what we can work out.