[Spoiler Discussion] I dont get the Klaxxi/Mantid

[Golden Yak]

bugs are never really smart

oh look a giant
let me fly at its face it wont try to kill me

Well you'd think so, but if you replace 'giant' with 'wall guarded by pandas', and you keep the strongest survivors in hibernation until their numbers are overwhelming...

A bunch of moles is probably going to have trouble with that.

...yyyes?

[Imnick]

No he didn't, an asteroid did it.

Let me let you in on a little secret

Y'Shaarj and the Klaxxi aren't real either

[MasterHamster]

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First post and you bump a thread that is 4 months old.

Then again, no one after seems to notice either.

[Haven]

God wiped out almost every living thing on the planet with a giant flood and people still worship Him. People (and bug people) worship god(s) because they're gods, not because they're particularly nice.

I second this one.

[Drilnos]

God wiped out almost every living thing on the planet with a giant flood and people still worship Him. People (and bug people) worship god(s) because they're gods, not because they're particularly nice.

While you've definitely got a point there, the Biblical rationale behind the flood was that humankind had drifted so far away from godliness that He wanted to just hit the reset button and start from scratch. In contrast, the Mantids have been keeping the home fires burning for Y'Shaarj for longer than most races have existed. They even have a band of assassins in stasis whose sole purpose is to keep things the way the boss left them. Though granted, being based on a Lovecraftian type of entity, Y'Shaarj probably doesn't care much what the gnats do one way or the other. Or wouldn't, if he wasn't certifiably deceased.

[Skytotem]

The sha are byproducts of the Old Gods and Emperor Shao Hao's emotions, but don't seem to necessarily obey or work for them, they just do whatever they want. The Sha seem to be to the Old Gods what the Saurok are to the Mogu.

Hence, since they're not actually aligned with the old gods (and as a result are hurting the mantid by pushing them too hard), the Mantid oppose them.