Silvermoon City's Invitation
Just as Zul'ra was unexpectedly making many predictions about the world and planning for the future, a sudden change occurred: Quel'Thalas sent someone to Zul'Aman with an invitation to Zul'ra. 💝✋ ♜🎯
The invitation was for a banquet, but Zul'ra noticed something interesting: it didn't specify that it was a special invitation to him; it was more like a gift to Amani than to him.
When the Alliance extended an olive branch, the Sin'dorei hosted a grand banquet and invited Amani. Zul'ra could tell from this action that Quel'Thalas already had plans to remain neutral.
Zul'ra accepted the invitation because of Quel'Thalas's intentions, as Amani needed the Sin'dorei to remain neutral or even join the Horde, but he would not go in person, because of Amani's reputation.
Zul'ra believed that he was equal to Kael'thas in terms of rank, and that Silvermoon City, which had just been rebuilt, was only staffed by deacons such as Rommath and Lor'themar. It would be beneath his authority to personally go there.
In the past, Sangra yielded to the Sin'dorei only in emergencies. In this official situation, Zul'ra would not lower himself to such a level. If he were to have an equal dialogue with Lor'themar and the others, that would have to wait until Kael'thas explicitly betrayed the world and Lor'themar and the others truly became the leaders of the Sin'dorei race.
Zul'ra sent the invitation to the Aman'Shuli Council, asking them to decide on a person of importance to go. In the end, the task fell to Broken-Tooth.
This was the first time that Broken-Tooth had attended a diplomatic public event as a representative of Amani. To be honest, Amani, and even the entire Trolls race, had never had much diplomacy in the past, let alone such a public event. Therefore, she was very worried and asked Zul'ra about the relevant matters.
"You don't have much to do this time. Just show your face and demonstrate Amani's style. As for Quel'Thalas's stance, as long as you don't lose your manners, others will take care of the rest." Zul'ra had very low expectations for Broken-Tooth.
"How do we demonstrate our style, in terms of etiquette..." Broken-Tooth her head a little. Although she was now considered the second most important person in Amani, she was still fundamentally a chieftain of an indigenous Horde. Although she possessed sufficient military strength, she couldn't help but feel somewhat intimidated when facing the Sin'dorei and humans in terms of cultural comparison.
"Regarding etiquette, show respect to those who deserve it, and don't say things you shouldn't. Also, um, you need to be dressed appropriately; this outfit won't do." Zul'ra looked at Broken-Tooth's white and blue leather robe and his stiff purple hair tied in a ponytail, and shook her head slightly. Amani had never made much progress in this area.
"Then I..." Broken-Tooth looked at his clothes and thought about his appearance, feeling a little lost. As a strong woman, she had never paid attention to her appearance.
"Let's get a headdress first, then a set of clothes. I don't have any good ideas about that either," Zul'ra shook her head, then smiled and spoke again.
"However, I can recommend a packaging designer to you."
Zul'ra had little experience with how to dress. He dressed very casually. When he met Chen, he wore a long open-fronted coat and a belt with a jade buckle, except for his pants and underwear. This was his usual outfit for a long time.
Zul'ra doesn't understand girls' dressing and grooming, but it's good that Tarecgosa and Anveena have come looking for them. Although one is Blue Dragonflight and the other is an avatar of the Sunwell, they are still females and should pay attention to their appearance.
As Zul'ra expected, the Blue Dragonflight Girl and the Sunwell Girl were also very interested in dressing up the female Trolls and quickly got the hang of it. However, neither of them had any experience in clothing design, so they needed Zul'ra to give them some advice.
Because it was a diplomatic occasion, the style of clothing could not be that of the Sin'dorei or humans. In this regard, Zul'ra chose the Zandalar style of clothing, with a belt, a skirt, armor, and a robe. For convenience, some simplifications were made, with the front of the robe and armor cut off, leaving only the back hem, and then decorated with wrist guards, leg guards, and other accessories.
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After removing the clothing, there was also the headdress. Zul'ra chose the pheasant crown from her previous life's Hanfu, adding voodoo and deity patterns to the brim, and finally inserting a long eagle feather as an embellishment. Coincidentally, Broken-Tooth was also the priest chosen by Akil'darah.
After much effort, the sketches for Broken-Tooth's clothing were quickly finalized and handed over to craftsmen and tailors for rapid production. The clothing was primarily made of fur and other animal parts to highlight its wild style, while the belt, hat, and wristbands could be made of gold and jade—a sum Amani could now afford.
Soon, a set of clothes was completed, and Broken-Tooth officially changed into them. Looking at Broken-Tooth after the change, Zul'ra realized for the first time that female Trolls weren't so ugly after all.
Zul'ra had seen female Trolls dressed up before in Zandalar, but those Zandalar women were all dressed in gaudy gold, adorned with animal teeth and skulls. From his aesthetic point of view, they looked both rustic and barbaric.
But things are different now. After his new outfit, Broken-Tooth is wearing a red fur short coat, leather shorts, and an open-front long coat over it. A leather belt with gold and jade buckles is tied around his waist, and the back of the long coat hangs down behind him. He is also wearing a jade pendant at his waist, as well as leg guards and wrist guards. On his head is a voodoo eagle-patterned feathered pheasant crown, which makes him look both dashing and beautiful.
After changing her clothes, Broken-Tooth looked at herself in the mirror and felt extremely novel. With the praise from Tarecgosa and Anveena beside her, she was finally satisfied with her outfit.
In fact, Broken-Tooth originally wanted to add a spiked shoulder guard, or add animal teeth or skull decorations to his belt and bracers, but he had to give up due to the unanimous opposition of Zul'ra, Anveena, and Tarecgosa. He could only do what Zul'ra did and stick a short sword at his waist to prove his strength.
After quickly tidying up his appearance, Broken-Tooth set off for Silvermoon City with a mix of trepidation and excitement. Zul'ra stayed in Zul'Aman, while Tarecgosa and Anveena, on a whim, designed clothes for him in their own style. Zul'ra patiently played along with them, looking at their sketches and offering his opinions.
"Well, I don't need the hat. As a woman, Broken-Tooth is short, so it doesn't matter if she wears a crown. But it won't suit my height. I'll just use a forehead ribbon!"
"Use silk for the belt body, and set it with an opal or white jade. The belt should have a voodoo style; of course, if you think the pattern is too eerie, just make the lines softer. Also, wear jade or jadeite at the waist; the color is up to you..."
"Hey, Zul'ra, have you ever done fashion design before?" Tarecgosa asked Zul'ra, who was giving her suggestions, as she sketched out a draft. Although she said she didn't know anything about dressing up, it seemed that she was always the one coming up with the ideas.
"Ah! I've never done that before!" Zul'ra denied immediately. He had never been involved in fashion design. Besides, did such a profession even exist in Azeroth?
"If you didn't have any, how did you come up with these?" Anveena couldn't contain her curiosity. These styles of clothing were unheard of, and they all looked very nice to her, at least better than many human Elves clothes. Well, she hadn't seen many human Elves garments either.
"The more you see, the more ideas you get!" Zul'ra raised his eyes. The clothing styles he came up with were all borrowed from Hanfu and Zandalar clothing from his previous life.
There's nothing left at night.