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XD iwantallforvandobutyoucanjustdotheonesyouwanttoanswerforhim //sweats

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//cracks knuckles

OKAY HERE WE GO, all of the headcanon meme thing for Vando Althil! (All the other ones will be under the cut!)

1. Their physical weak spots

Definitely behind his knees. He’s a big guy, so hitting him there will cause him to fall HARD, and it’s difficult to recover from that when you’re his size. Plus, wearing plate armor contributes, making it more difficult to move - of course, he was a high ranking warrior before he was killed and risen as a death knight, so hitting him there is hard to say the least, but not impossible!

2. Their emotional/moral weak spots

Vando has battle protocols, but when he cares for someone, he is known to break his own rules - he also refuses to admit when he cares for someone, which can really come back to bite him.

3. Scars or painful spots

See the thing is I haven’t actually decided if Vando has scars yet or not. Given he was a warrior in his previously he should have SOME but his closest friend, Rusabar, was a restoration shaman when HE was alive... and ever since becoming a death knight, he’s grown all but immune to pain.

4. Best places to kiss on their body

His fingers, neck, and sternum/upper chest/collarbone area. He’s most receptive to kisses placed there. Biting those areas will make him especially aroused, ngl.

5. Guilty pleasures

Pain. Vando is a masochist (hence why BITING him gets arousal out of him LMAO). He is notorious for getting under the skin of others for the sole purpose of having them physically lash out at him. Naturally, this also means he deliberately takes hits in a fight.

6. Their vices (physical or emotional)

Vando lacks empathy, and to an extent sympathy. He cannot easily process the emotions of others, but at the very least understands when he has crossed a line. Generally, he does not make obvious attempts to amend these moments, due in part to his masochism; if he’s already hurt someone, then it becomes easier for him to entice them into attacking him depending on what he says.

7. Their tickle spots

He’s thick skinned, but if someone runs their fingers up and down his neck - particularly behind his ears - they will get a few twitches out of him, and if they continue, he will eventually start laughing. He reacts the same way if this action is performed on his ribs.

8. Bad memories/experiences

Not long before Arthas became the first death knight, Vando was forced to kill the love of his life. She was a night elf and had been captured by his tribe, and did not want to die at anyone’s hand but his. His relationship with her was not one that anyone knew of - not even Rusabar - but the last kiss he shared with her was filled with nothing but blood (this is also why he hates being kissed on the lips).

9. Humiliating memories

The above also served as a humiliating memory for him, especially since tensions between night elves and trolls were at their all-time high. He was avoided by other tribesmen, with really only Rusabar staying by his side. He takes pride in this moment now. THERE WAS PROBABLY FUNNIER TIMES FROM HIS CHILDHOOD BUT I AIN’T GOT MUCH ON HIS CHILDHOOD ATM, ONLY HIS ADULT LIFE RIP (actually I can guarantee that this man did some DUMB ASS SHIT when he was a child / teenager and you can bet your ass Rusabar will tell stories at length and Vando WILL BE TRYING TO MAKE HIM SHUT UP THE WHOLE TIME).

10. Fears/phobias

He IS afraid of admitting that he cares about others, or that he feels any emotion at all. It does not help that he was a death knight under the Lich King’s control for YEARS until Arthas was finally defeated, and so believes that, as a death knight, he should not and is not allowed to feel.

11. Bad or petty habits

He has a bad habit of not caring who he sleeps with really, due in part to the fact that he stopped caring about himself and gave up his convictions after he was raised as a death knight. Additionally, he is prone to digging his fingernails into his arms, especially when he is in a stressful situation and “needs” the pain to distract his thoughts. He will sometimes draw blood when he does this.

12. Grudges and vendettas

The only time Vando will develop a grudge / have a vendetta is when someone he has genuinely come to care for is threatened. This is especially true if Rusabar is targeted. He does not take well to anyone going after his dear friend.

13. What gets them flustered

If he catches on to the fact that a woman is courting him, he gets flustered very quickly, especially since courting generally falls to the man (not that Vando cares much for traditions. It’s more of a subconscious ‘that’s my job’ thing). Also toying with his hands and offering no explanation when he asks what you’re doing, OR kissing the back of his hand can cause his train of thought to derail. Gentle affection can garner this response too.

14. Ingrained habits/forces of habit

Because he was once a warrior, Vando tends to assume command or bark orders, especially if the appointed leader is soft-spoken and/or has been injured (or, has already fallen in combat).

15. What it takes to make them cry

Kindness. Vando does not expect it nor does he believe he deserves it, especially given how he treats others. Buying him gifts at any point may also make him teary, but this will especially happen if someone buys him something for his birthday or during Winter’s Veil.

16. Dark secrets/’skeletons in the closet’

Unknown to all (at least, until Rusabar shows up in the story but I digress), Vando had committed suicide shortly after he was forced to kill his love. He had always been teetering on the depressed spectrum, but was kept up by Rusabar. Unfortunately, even the strongest fall, and Vando took his own life when his love’s sister attempted to kill him herself. He only avoided anyone knowing by using her dagger to slit open his stomach and then wedging it back into her hand before he let himself bleed out.

17. Regrets

He could never return Rusabar’s love for him (while he loved and loves his friend, he does not love Rusabar, though Rusabar does love him). To an extent, he also regrets killing himself because Rusabar’s grief over Vando’s death is what ultimately also led to Rusabar falling in battle (his thoughts were all distracted and he wasn’t paying attention until it was too late).

18. Things they’ll never admit

He will never admit that he has a sweet tooth. Nope. Not this man. He will admit that he cries like a baby when someone gives him presents but not that he likes sweets. The only sweet he will admit to like is pumpkin pie. He loves pumpkins.

19. People they’ve hurt or indirectly killed, and how it affected them

Vando is relatively unaffected by death he’s caused, mostly due to the fact that he has lived as a warrior and death knight for so long. One eventually becomes numb to death. The only person he was affected by indirectly killing was Rusabar, as all Vando wanted was to die and stay dead, not cause his closest friend to also die.

20. What-ifs/Alternate Timelines

If Vando had never killed himself, there is a chance perhaps that, in the end, he would have eventually fallen for Rusabar. It would have come far too late, likely after they had both settled down with someone else, but it is entirely plausible to have happened. He likely would have been chilling with Rusabar one sunny day and looked at him and thought “spirits I love this man” AND THEN MAKE A “WAIT WHAT” FACE HAHAHAAHAH. Rue would have noticed and gotten the story out of him, and then they would have both just been hella embarrassed LMAO. Definitely would have both been like “SO WE’LL JUST NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT..........................”, man it would have been pretty funny in retrospect XD

Alternatively, Vando could have also not killed his love and instead died at the same time as her. He would have fought tooth and nail to try and keep her safe. Again, though, this would have likely also resulted in Rusabar’s death, as Rusabar would choose Vando over all else, and support him until he no longer could.

21. Turning points in their life

When he cut his way across an entire battlefield to raise Shion from the dead (young troll hunter that Vando takes a shine to, for the fact that Shion is what Vando imagined one of his children to be, if he had had a child). He had noticed Shion had gotten himself into a bad spot, and Vando was able to get to him right as he fell, hence why the death knight was even able to bring him back (I HC that there is a time-window on resurrection, as in the soul has to still be lingering near and/or attached to the body for a resurrection to work. Also yes! Death knights have a spell / ability called Raise Ally! So Vando is able to resurrect his allies).

It was at this point that Vando was forced to accept the fact that he DID CARE about others.

Another turning point in his life was when he met Fayura, but that is another story for another time (let’s just say Vando DOES get a happy ending).

22. People who’ve influenced them greatly

Rusabar mostly. Also definitely his father, who would have been a renowned warrior but would have also likely died while Vando was still young (the tribe had stories though)! And, to a lesser extent, people like Talibah, Thanallian, Eldreath, and Shion also rubbed off on him.

THERE YOU GO BLUE EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR BAE--

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