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| - Naga are testament to the power of arcane energy gone awry. Once beautiful kaldorei, a curse warped them into the naga. As they were permanently altered, so was the world— the Well of Eternity imploded and brought the surrounding land crashing to the seafloor. While the Well was destroyed, its power was not — it left behind residual energies that wrought changes on the newly-born naga. The mutations these energies bring do not manifest the same way in all naga; while they share many characteristics, each naga develops different mutations. Often, these mutations are cosmetic: A naga might have soft spines sprouting from his shoulders or swirls of indigo in his skin. In some naga, the mutations prove useful: some grow to monstrous size, while others are infused with spellcasting power. These
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| - Naga are testament to the power of arcane energy gone awry. Once beautiful kaldorei, a curse warped them into the naga. As they were permanently altered, so was the world— the Well of Eternity imploded and brought the surrounding land crashing to the seafloor. While the Well was destroyed, its power was not — it left behind residual energies that wrought changes on the newly-born naga. The mutations these energies bring do not manifest the same way in all naga; while they share many characteristics, each naga develops different mutations. Often, these mutations are cosmetic: A naga might have soft spines sprouting from his shoulders or swirls of indigo in his skin. In some naga, the mutations prove useful: some grow to monstrous size, while others are infused with spellcasting power. These mutations are fairly common among naga; indeed, many naga women are born with four arms. In some naga, however, the residual power wreaks even greater changes. Some naga are barely recognizable as related to their cousins. They may grow enormous, unable to enter normal naga buildings. Often, their powers are reminiscent of the sea creatures with which they dwell: Some sprout squid-like tentacles and can foil their enemies with clouds of ink (in the case of Queen Azshara); others develop urchin-like spines tipped with deadly poison. These are naga anomalies and are some of the strangest creatures in a strange race. Few anomalies are alike and, as they grow and develop their powers, they diverge even more. Occasionally, their mutations prove fatal for them but, more often than not, they prove fatal for their enemies. The arcane energy in the Rift magnifies existing traits and grants additional powers that play to a creature’s strengths or minimize its weaknesses; it doesn’t often kill those close to it.
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