Should Zul'jin be brought back as a hero/leader?

[Colonel Sandor]

(HORDE BROKEN SHORE SPOILERS BELOW)



The baddest Troll to ever live, turned into a raid boss and killed. I believe him, along with Illidan, are the only two characters in WoW deserving of the 'resurrection and redemption' arc. I would love to see them bring him back somehow. Have him rally and lead the remaining Trolls to prosperity. Maybe he joins the darkspear. Maybe he unites all peaceful troll kind under the darkspear banner. How would they do this? Maybe have Vol'jin cut a deal with Bwonsamdi in the after-life to give Zul'jin a redemption chance. Troll-kind would love to fall under his banner. If the darkspear die off then there are no honoring the darkspear Loa. Or maybe he just survived or faked his death. I just want the coolest Troll mofo back.

Thoughts?

[Absintheminded]

No. Why does he need a redemption story? The only thing they should do is maybe make him a spirit that helps later, in maybe a troll raid or something. Let it go.

[Colonel Sandor]

No. Why does he need a redemption story? The only thing they should do is maybe make him a spirit that helps later, in maybe a troll raid or something. Let it go.

Because it was a waste of a character. Have his redemption be getting along with the Elves. He can hate the Humans, but him and Lor'themar learning to like each other like a old cop movie where the officer and private don't get a long but learn to accept each other would be great.

[Deleted]

Yeah. Yeah, he totally should. All Troll Fans I know love Zul'jin.

[melzas]

We had more than enough ressurections and redemptions, I'd rather have them focus on developing new characters than bringing up dead and bad guys from the past just to please the crowds. Maybe it's time to give Rokhan more spotlight now?

[AztechZero]

Bring him back....to do battle in The Nexus!

[TheDestinatus]

Nope, the Amani hate the Elves and everyone else. They worked with the Horde but wouldn't do so again in its current configuration and lore wise we just spent the past 12 years massacring them, the Zandalari and every other tribe bar the darkspear. No reason for him and them to want to join the Horde.

[Wyrt]

Nope. Killing him was the price of getting the slut elves.

[Zelk]

They could make a new character. Worked pretty well with Lei Shen at least.

[TheWindWalker]

They could make a new character. Worked pretty well with Lei Shen at least.

Unfortunately, when they came up with Lei Shen they basically said "Let's have something worth of Warcraft 4, an actual, honest to god rival for the Scourge and potential enemy of the Burning Legion in some alternate reality" but what we got was a single patch and everything was gone.

It was like if Cataclysm was just patch 3.4.

[DarkTZeratul]

Zul'jin was only a Horde hero specifically because they agreed to help him kill the elves, and he left as soon as Doomhammer was defeated because the Horde could no longer fulfill that promise. The idea that he should stop hating the elves, but that it's okay to hate humans - who he really never had any specific animosity to - is absurd. You are literally asking for a 180 on his entire character just for the sake of getting him in the Horde, despite the fact that he really wouldn't be Zul'jin anymore. At that point, he'd be just another axe-wielding troll, only with a famous name.

[Snes]

They need to throw Vol'jin a bone before anything else.

As we all know, death is only the beginning for Shadow Hunters.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Unfortunately, when they came up with Lei Shen they basically said "Let's have something worth of Warcraft 4, an actual, honest to god rival for the Scourge and potential enemy of the Burning Legion in some alternate reality" but what we got was a single patch and everything was gone.

It was like if Cataclysm was just patch 3.4.

Even so, he was still pretty great when he was there, thing is he was intended as a villain not a character to develop over time.

[Matius]

I liked Zul'jin, perhaps we thought we killed him in raid but he feigned death and laid low

[Aucald]

I think Zul'jin's story was told well and reached its conclusion well enough - if he was brought back I'd personally prefer it as an aside or a brief spot, perhaps dealing with the spirits of legendary Trolls from the various tribes. Reserve the living hero/leader roles for new or existing characters.

[Putin-Chan]

I wish he hadn't been killed off in the first place, but I have to say no more resurrections, Blizzard has played that card too many times.

[Netherspark]

Because it was a waste of a character. Have his redemption be getting along with the Elves. He can hate the Humans, but him and Lor'themar learning to like each other like a old cop movie where the officer and private don't get a long but learn to accept each other would be great.

I don't think you know who Zul'jin is.

[Odintdk]

Yes. 10 char.

[Thage]

This just gets me thinking that there could be a storyline where Vol'jin and Zul'jin's spirits, together with Bwonsamdi, pick out a new troll to lead the Darkspear, and Zul'jin's influence leads what's left of the Amani to join the Horde--wherein the Darkspear complete their journey, going from the tribe that was the whipping boy of the troll tribes, to the point they were chased out of Stranglethorn, to the tribe the others rally behind once it's clear the Zandalari only want to return to the glory days for their own pride and power.

[Adoxe]

I can see them bringing him back in spirit form alongside Vol'jin whenever they decide to bring Vol'jin back. I don't see them resurrecting him completely.