Garrosh had to pile lies and manipulate Grom to make him our enemy. If Garrosh never went Psycho if we did meet the iron horde they would have been our allies.The Horde would've been such a better faction if that were the case, hell even WoD would've been interesting, seeing how Garrosh would've interacted with his AU father as an enemy? He had real potential to become a great orc leader, I loved MoP's story but I feel Garrosh was wasted
Anemo: traveler, Sucrose
Pyro: Yanfei, Amber, diluc, xiangling, thoma, Xinyan, Bennett
Geo: Noelle, Ningguang, Yun Jin, Gorou
Hydro: Barbara, Zingqiu, Ayato
Cyro: Shenhe, Kaeya, Chongyun, Diona, Ayaka, Rosaria
Electro: Fischl, Lisa, Miko, Kujou, Raiden, Razor
In all of warcraft: Arthas
In wow: Edwin Van Cleef
Arthas' story is actually warcraft 3, not WoW. If we restrict ourselves to tales spun in WoW, the entire Defias arc is the best one.
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The best written character in Legion is Runas. Makes me feel like a piece of crap. Every. Time.
TO FIX WOW:1. smaller server sizes & server-only LFG awarding satchels, so elite players help others. 2. "helper builds" with loom powers - talent trees so elite players cast buffs on low level players XP gain, HP/mana, regen, damage, etc. 3. "helper ilvl" scoring how much you help others. 4. observer games like in SC to watch/chat (like twitch but with MORE DETAILS & inside the wow UI) 5. guild leagues to compete with rival guilds for progression (with observer mode).6. jackpot world mobs.
IMO Garrosh thanks to his convictions. He's the villain who thinks himself as the hero of his people. The back and forth debate as to whether his actions/mindset were right make him far more interesting than just about any other character in the franchise.
Thalyssra made me like elves, she was a pretty cool character, her arc had one direction, but it was delivered well.
Lor'themar Theron, MoP, his storyline there was solid, to the point that if he had been named Warchief, I wouldn't complain.
I'm not saying they're my favorite, but I do like when they show up.
Before Zeala went evil, she was my favorite. I felt like she encompassed the good qualities of both Thrall and Garrosh... Massive disappointment to see her side with Garrosh in SoO and then to kill her in new-UBRS.
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Sylvanas. I am still impressed what she is now. I mean when I was playing the TFT campaign I thought her just a random hindrance on my path. Kill and move on. Raised as a generic banshee just like any other then look what she is now. %50 of player base hates her the other %50 wants her dead so bad. And these two groups given the chance would hospitalize each other in real life over this argument.
I think my top 2 are: Arthas and Sylvanas
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I would love to see some short stories on Lillian Voss, I love her story line! and what happened to Calia Menethil after the whole Arthas thing went down. We do see her in the priest order hall and I think she was on the Isle of Thunder in Pandaria but what else has she been doing?
Lore was pretty "meh" till WC3, and Arthas was pretty fleshed out in that and in WoW later on... so Arthas probably.
Wrathion, no contest.
....Or maybe Sylvanas is close. She and Prince Farondis.
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Warcraft III, oh wait you asked for a character? This is much harder because pretty much every major character has been ruined since then and the minor characters really didn't get much characterization. So I'd probably go with either Sylvanas or Anduin, as both characters still function as characters (though I'm very uneasy with their status as they are getting quite a bit of spotlight).
Anemo: traveler, Sucrose
Pyro: Yanfei, Amber, diluc, xiangling, thoma, Xinyan, Bennett
Geo: Noelle, Ningguang, Yun Jin, Gorou
Hydro: Barbara, Zingqiu, Ayato
Cyro: Shenhe, Kaeya, Chongyun, Diona, Ayaka, Rosaria
Electro: Fischl, Lisa, Miko, Kujou, Raiden, Razor
"Cata Garrosh" is the guy who enslaved Magnataur by threatening their children, the guy who outright planned the annihiliation of one of its allied forces (the Forsaken) because their existence became "inconvenient" and wouldn't have had a need of them anymore once Gilneas was wiped out and turned into an Horde stronghold under Garrosh's direct command, the guy who planned to invade Stormwind and break the Alliance apart, the guy who desired to "unite" Azeroth under the Horde banner (remember how Wrathion wanted something like that in MoP? Why do you think he supported Garrosh at first?) the guy who outright declared the desire for orcs to rule the world as its masters.
Still, I really want to hear the grand story of how "Cata Garrosh" was such a good guy and not a bomb ready to explode at any moment.