the commander was the bright-eyed child of a dragon minion, raised to defeat the elder dragons. they are one of hundreds of their kind, never intended to be more than mindless thralls. mordremoth is their mother’s creator, but mordremoth feels no affinity for the sylvari. it tears their minds apart and repurposes them as it sees fit. the commander retaliates, tearing it apart from within. all the way until the bitter end, mordremoth refuses to acknowledge its fate at the hands of the child of its child.
aurene was the bright-eyed child of a dragon minion, raised to defeat the elder dragons. she is the only surviving one of her kind. kralkatorrik is her mother’s creator, and kralkatorrik recognises her. he sees her potential. as kralkatorrik is being torn apart from within, he talks calmly with her. sympathises with her. asks gently for an end to his suffering.
as kralkatorrik is dying, he says to aurene:
“Child of my child. I only hope you never have to kill what you love.”
after finally leaving behind the trauma of the maguuma campaign, just to be shown how gentlya meeting with one’s elder dragon creator can be resolved… i feel like this would utterly break the commander’s heart.
the commander never receive the closure that the scion did, but the scion will never know her own siblings. at the very least, they have each other.
Can we talk about how much fun Aurene was having destroying airships when we fought the aetherblade fleet. Saying stuff like “she thinks I’m your pet!” while chuckling as she obliterates another 5 people at once. Aurene was like “ok I regret not getting involved in icebrood saga” and immediately was ready to kill and I think that’s very funny.
