The Embrace is an extraordinary celestial
event when Azeroth's two moons — White Lady and Blue Child — are in an
extremely rare conjunction, happening approximately once every four hundred and
thirty years. It is so named because it appears that the Mother is holding the
Child.
According to legend, the Dragon Aspects
were first created during an occurrence of the Embrace.
As the blue dragonflight debated how to
appoint a new Aspect of Magic to replace Malygos, one popular theory espoused
that this celestial event was important to that task. Some felt it was crucial
to the proper working of the magic necessary to facilitate the alteration of a
normal blue dragon into an Aspect. Others simply deemed it good timing. Arygos
argued that the ability to become an Aspect may be in the blood.
It turned out that neither bloodline nor
intellect was important to the process. During the following Embrace, Arygos
acted with brashness and arrogance, while Kalecgos simply beheld the beauty of
the Embrace with the other dragons. The wonderment of the Embrace came from
grace and rarity rather than the offering of dominance or power. Its light
shown down on those gathered at the Nexus, causing them to glow with magic. As
the radiance faded from them, it intensified around Kalecgos, bestowing him
with the powers of an Aspect. In the same vein as the name of the celestial
phenomenon, the ritual was about the heart of the blue dragonflight and what
they felt.
Speculation
Neither Dawn of the Aspects nor Chronicle
Volume 1 mention the Embrace event. The legend may be a part of the cover in
which the Dragon Aspects decided to hide the truth about Galakrond and the
creation of the Aspects. However, the fact that Kalec did indeed get his Aspect
powers during the Embrace may mean there is some truth to it, even if the
detail was not mentioned in Dawn of the Aspects or Chronicle.
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