Sylvaina

Sylvaina is the femslash ship between Sylvanas Windrunner and Jaina Proudmoore from the Warcraft fandom.

Wrath of the Lich King
During the disastrous Battle of the Wrathgate, Sylvanas' lead apothecary and her dreadlord "ally" stage a coup againast her and take over the Undercity. Escaping to Orgrimmar, she informs Warchief Thrall about the situation, only for Jaina to appear. Jaina began asking the two about what happened at the Wrathgate since King Varian Wrynn was preparing for war. Sylvanas explains to her about the coup, including how many of her people were lost and how she barely survived. Sylvanas soon joins a Horde assault force led by Thrall to retake the Undercity, eventually doing so. However, an Alliance force led by Varian was following close behind and the two were ready to come to blows. Before that could happen, Jaina - not wanting to see anyone die - freezes both sides solid before teleporting the Alliance force out.

Battle for Azeroth
The next time Jaina and Sylvanas would personally interact is when the latter had become Warchief and the Alliance launches an assault on Lordaeron to capture her following the Burning of Teldrassil. Jaina arrives during the fight and assists the Alliance in getting into the city before joining a group led by Anduin - Varian's son - into the throne room. In the throne room, Jaina witnesses Anduin try to talk Sylvanas down into surrendering, only to have to teleport the group out when the Banshee Queen blows the entire city up. Later on in the war, following the Alliance's assault on Dazar'alor, Sylvanas enacted a plan for revenge against Jaina (who was a key player in the assault): raising her older brother Derek into undeath with the intent of using him against Jaina. Sylvanas' plan is thwarted when Baine Bloodhoof - tired of the Banshee's warpath - takes Derek from under her nose and brings him to Jaina. When Jaina accuses the raised Derek of being Sylvanas' pawn, he and Baine tell her of what Sylvanas was wanting to do with him.

Fanon
Sylvaina is one of the most popular ships in the Warcraft fandom. This ship started gaining traction with the release of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, as that marked the first time the two of them had met in person. While they've had sparse interactions with each other since then, fans quickly took to putting them together due to the both of them having a tragic history with Arthas Menethil. Fanworks typically have the two bonding over their shared trauma of how Arthas wronged them. This ship is several rivals: on Jaina's side by the likes of Arthaina and Thraina, and on Sylvanas' side by Sylduin and Sylthanos.

On AO3, this ship is well-written for, with tagged entries in the 680's range currently. It's the most written ship for Warcraft as well as for both Jaina and Sylvanas.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jaina Proudmoore/Sylvanas Windrunner tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jaina Proudmoore/Sylvanas Windrunner tag on FanFiction.Net

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