If the Legion is opposed to the Void...

[Donald Hellscream]

I don't know enslaving your enemies seems like a sound strategy to me.

Their classification as demons are purely for gameplay purposes.

[Razion]

Warlocks also wield the Shadow. Shadow Bolt, right?
Kind of like how an Elemental Shaman reveres Fire, a Fire Mage just uses it. In the same token, a Shadow Priest reveres the Void, but Warlocks wield it.

Also, Voidwalker is just a race. They're a creature like any other, so it's not unreasonable for a Voidwalker or two to side with the Legion in order to fight the Void, if they were against it. Just because you're made of evil doesn't mean you have to like it.

[deviantcultist]

The Voidwalkers used in Legion are usually called "Void Slaves". To me, this proves that the demon version of Voidwalkers is bound voidlings that are forced to obey the Legion or the Warlock summoning them.

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, a Shadow Priest reveres the Void, but Warlocks wield it

The difference according to the Legion fantasy blues is that Shadow Priests go almost fully into the Void to tap into it, while Warlocks simply draw some of it to do their incantations. Nowhere does it say that a Shadow Priest reveres or worships the Void.

[Hitei]

Warlocks also wield the Shadow. Shadow Bolt, right?
Kind of like how an Elemental Shaman reveres Fire, a Fire Mage just uses it. In the same token, a Shadow Priest reveres the Void, but Warlocks wield it.

Also, Voidwalker is just a race. They're a creature like any other, so it's not unreasonable for a Voidwalker or two to side with the Legion in order to fight the Void, if they were against it. Just because you're made of evil doesn't mean you have to like it.

The void isn't evil. It's a primordial force of consumption and death.

[Razion]

The difference according to the Legion fantasy blues is that Shadow Priests go almost fully into the Void to tap into it, while Warlocks simply draw some of it to do their incantations. Nowhere does it say that a Shadow Priest reveres or worships the Void.

But you know what I mean. To the Priests it's a way of living, or a philosophy, or a balance. To Warlocks, a crude tool. (Probably a better way of putting it.)

The void isn't evil. It's a primordial force of consumption and death.

Point-being, Voidwalkers don't "need" to be Void-aligned. Whatever that ends up meaning in the future.

[Radaney]

It's just something that was retconned from Vanilla and is now a gameplay thing.

[Count Zero]

Yeah, weird that ingame Legion NPCs will still run around with Voidwalkers. They're demons. They talk demonic. It's obviously not just a game mechanic. They are demons lorewise.

Legion Warlocks wear cloth.

Cloth must be fel.

[Stormspark]

Voidwalkers aren't intelligent. They are void but they are basically the "dumb animals" of the void. The Legion uses them because they're useful. The Alliance and the Horde oppose the Legion, but we have warlocks that use fel magic. Using your enemy's tools against them is a very valid strategy, in real life as well as in the WOW universe.

[Golden Yak]

Voidwalkers aren't intelligent.

Are too! They talk and stuff. They tell warlocks they don't like being summoned.

[Perkunas]

Retcon all the things! M'uru....

[WhiteEagle888]

demons are made by twisting normal beings with fel/chaos in WoW.

Just like draenei became demons when they joined the burning legion.

It is possible that voidwalkers received fel infusions and became demonic just like some elementals - like fire elementals which were saturated with fel energies turned int green fire and transformed into the demon category.

Not all but some employed by the Burning Legion or warlock players can be.
The fact that they don't switch tint to a darker green but remain black can be attributed to something like the Void corruption outperforming Chaos in terms of outward appearance, so they don't change outwardly but become aligned to chaos inwardly.

There's not much reason for them not to. They can be bound to their will, so why not? They apparently just wander around the twisting nether and have some degree of power, so it makes perfect sense to pick them up. They seem to make effective front-line troops.
Yeah, they should probably be abberations like most other void creatures but it's a relic of outdated lore. It's pretty minor and they're very much part of warlock class identity. Perhaps exposure to fel energies in the Nether gave them some demonic qualities?
It's not entirely clear what classifies a creature as a demon anyway. It's something to do with fel magic but there's some arbitrary line, since orcs and belves aren't demons despite their fel corruption at various points in time. Perhaps simply being there long enough was enough to bind their souls there, making them demons?
It's the one part of the void retcons that's inconsistent. Warlocks were in part users of shadow magic, it made sense to give them a shadowy creature among their demon arsenal. At the end of the day, it's not really a massive deal.

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[Deleted]

Voidwalkers are demons, get your facts straight. They even talk Eredun.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Voidwalker

[omeomorfismo]

Voidwalkers are demons, get your facts straight. They even talk Eredun.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Voidwalker

Perhaps the voidwalkers on Azeroth are "shackled" from their original plane, like elementals. It will explain the lack of bracers on the Outland-voidwalkers as Outland technically is in the Twisting Nether

lulz, at least you read your link?

[Deleted]

At this point, I'm convinced that Anduin just makes all of these threads and posts just to get higher post count, it's annoying.

[WhiteEagle888]

But voidwalkers are not.

How do Voidwalkers make sense? They're demons, but they're void creatures.

demons are made by twisting normal beings with fel/chaos in WoW.

Just like draenei became demons when they joined the burning legion.

It is possible that voidwalkers received fel infusions and became demonic just like some elementals - like fire elementals which were saturated with fel energies turned int green fire and transformed into the demon category.

Not all but some employed by the Burning Legion or warlock players can be.
The fact that they don't switch tint to a darker green but remain black can be attributed to something like the Void corruption outperforming Chaos in terms of outward appearance, so they don't change outwardly but become aligned to chaos inwardly.

Voidwalkers are demons, get your facts straight. They even talk Eredun.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Voidwalker

1. Don't use Wowwiki use Wowpedia instead.
The site is far better both in terms of layout cleanness and information accuracy: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Voidwalker

2. you are german yet you speak English.
Does that make you an Englishman? No? Okay - so that's how voidwalkers speak Eredun - they learned it when touched by chaos.

3. Yes some are demons - they became demonic when exposed to fel/chaos

4. /thread

[Deleted]

3. Yes they are demons - thy became demonic when exposed to fel/chaos

Voidwalkers are not corrupted by fel.

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lulz, at least you read your link?

That was merely speculation. The "perhaps" should have been a clue.

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At this point, I'm convinced that Anduin just makes all of these threads and posts just to get higher post count, it's annoying.

Can I buy something with a higher post count?

[omeomorfismo]

Voidwalkers are not corrupted by fel.

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That was merely speculation. The "perhaps" should have been a clue.

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Can I buy something with a higher post count?

and yours arent? at least this speculation is strongly supported by facts (the bracers)

[WhiteEagle888]

Voidwalkers are not corrupted by fel.

Yes, some are. particularly those present in the burning legion. or used by warlocks.

Those that are not - supposedly the vast majority - are simply aberrations.

[Deleted]

and yours arent? at least this speculation is strongly supported by facts (the bracers)

If anything it means they aren't elementals. They just share the same skeleton cause laziness.

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Yes, some are. particularly those present in the burning legion. or used by warlocks.

Those that are not - supposedly the vast majority - are simply aberrations.

Some are, some aren't. All of them are demons.

[Volardelis]

That's bullshit.

A tweet from a blizzard story dev proves me wrong, clearly it is bullshit (fake news!)

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Voidwalkers are demons, get your facts straight. They even talk Eredun.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Voidwalker

Nice wowwiki leak, wowwiki is no longer a reliable source for lore. Try wowpedia, it has blizzards seal of approval, considering the numerous links to it on the WoW website

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Voidwalkers are demons, get your facts straight. They even talk Eredun.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Voidwalker

Nice wowwiki leak, wowwiki is no longer a reliable source for lore. Try wowpedia, it has blizzards seal of approval, considering the numerous links to it on the WoW website