Multiple versions of Earthen.
Broloth is correct, he is simply using in-game lore, from the Tribunal of Ages.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Tribunal_of_Ages
Multiple versions of Earthen.
Broloth is correct, he is simply using in-game lore, from the Tribunal of Ages.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Tribunal_of_Ages
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7228/ianwow023.jpg
"[The] tauren are from before the titans, like the trolls..."
REGARDLESS. The Earthen were created before the Old Gods came to Azeroth. " In the beginning Earthen were created..." IN. THE. BEGINNING. The Earthen were created to shape Azeroth for life. THEN, "In the early stages of its development cycle Azeroth suffered infection by [Old Gods]."
Then AFTER the Old Gods zapped the Earthen with the Curse of Flesh, the Titans came BACK to Azeroth. They realized if the killed the Old Gods, Azeroth would be destroyed as well.
You can't have the Earthen become corrupted by the Old Gods BEFORE the Titans ever set foot on Azeroth. It's IMPOSSIBLE. The Titans HAD to have been to Azeroth PRIOR to the Old Gods in order to actually CREATE the Earthen and the Sea Giants.
So here's what the mantid can know.If you wont accept WoWpedia, try in-game dialogue, from Kil'ruk of the Klaxxi:
"When the usurpers came - the ones you call "Titans" - Y'shaarj was destroyed."
He didn't say "when the titans came back."
Titans show up and make Earthen and Sea Giants.
Titans leave.
Old Gods show up, fuck up dwarves, create Aqir.
*Ding* The Aqir are alive.
Titans show up and stomp the Aqir's creators.
Titan's leave.
Everything before the *Ding* is not something the Aqir are aware of. So either, to them, A. it appears that the Titans showed up for the first time, or B. they DID know the Titans were there before the Old Gods, and just weren't specific enough to use the word "back" because they didn't know that everything they said verbatim would be scrutinized by a bunch of WoW nerds.
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The Old Gods corrupted the Earthen before they were imprisoned, not afterwards.
Last edited by Boogums; 2012-11-13 at 08:47 AM.
Hm. I didn't recall the stuff from the Tribunal of Ages (and thanks for the source, by the way). It does seem rather odd that the Titans never cured the Curse of Flesh, however, given how strict they appear to be about everything else.
Last edited by StationaryHawk; 2012-11-13 at 08:54 AM.
That doesn't prove anything other than that the trolls and tauren existed before the titans did... which is something I never contended. You give no metric to "in the beginning." Anything the titans did when they first came to Azeroth would have been "in their beginning," because they had just "begun" to do things. Like create the Earthen.
We can pick apart what the tribunal of ages says:
This doesn't say "after the titans made Azeroth." It merely asserts that, as Azeroth was forming out of whatever space dust forms WoW planets, the old gods buggered their way into the works.In the early stages of its development cycle Azeroth suffered infection by parasitic, necrophotic symbiotes.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
That's an assumption.
It goes deeper:
From Dev chat:
Now, the Aqir were created by the old gods. So you can try and riddle out how the old gods created a race before the titans on Azeroth came, which was before they, the old gods, themselves got to Azeroth. Either that or the Earthen aren't a sentient race.Besides the elementals, the only known sentient races on Azeroth when the titans' forces arrived to subdue the Old Gods were the trolls, the race known as "faceless ones," and the aqir.
It's also been mentioned numerous times that the Old Gods waged war with one another with their armies of faceless ones (see warlord Zon'ozz) and used the Elemental lords as their lieutenants... at what time, exactly, did this happen, if the Titans were there before the old gods, and zipped right back to Azeroth to crush them?
Last edited by Kaleredar; 2012-11-13 at 09:33 AM.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
maybe pandaren where just born/made this way. because then you can ask where are panda's from...
It says in the beginning because the question was specifically about how dwarves started.
"Early stages of its development cycle" is talking about it's natural cycle.Brann Bronzebeard yells: Tell me how that dwarfs came to be, and start at the beginning!
This in game book clearly states that the Old Gods were there first and the earthen were created after they were defeated. They could not shape the world until nature had calmed by imprisoning the elemental lords.
"Terror, darkness, power? The Forsaken crave not these things; the Forsaken ARE these things."
I don't have to. It says "Before the Titan's forces arrived to subdue the Old Gods," not, "Before the Titan's forces arrived on Azeroth for the first time to subdue the Old Gods."
It's very simple. Titan's show up and create the Earthen and bounce, Old Gods show up, corrupt the Earthen and make the Aqir, the Titans arrive to subdue the Old Gods.
Also, the Earthen probably weren't a sentient race, they were probably bound to the Titan's will until the Old Gods corrupted them.
A strawman, but one I'll address.It's also been mentioned numerous times that the Old Gods waged war with one another with their armies of faceless ones (see warlord Zon'ozz) and used the Elemental lords as their lieutenants... at what time, exactly, did this happen, if the Titans were there before the old gods, and zipped right back to Azeroth to crush them?
The Titans didn't just *zip* back to Azeroth to take care of the Old Gods. It's not like a tauren whipped out his iPhone and texted the Titans for help. Shit takes time. The Titans also don't just have Azeroth, so it's not like they were watching it like a hawk while they created life on all these other worlds.
Also, none of what you're arguing ever address the point that the Earthen existed before the Old Gods, and that the Old Gods corrupted the Earthen BEFORE the Titans imprisoned them. You're grasping at straws at this point, but ultimately, this argument is done.
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That book is at least as old as BC. The lore has changed since then.
Last edited by Boogums; 2012-11-13 at 09:37 AM.
Try this:
We know the elementals predate the Titans' first appearance, and they're the Old Ones' creation, so the Old Ones must have come first. We also know the Old Ones curse-of-fleshed, and that the Titans came back and imprisoned Old Ones. We know that there's earthen made AFTER the curse of flesh BY the Titans, and we know that the Dragon Aspects do NOT predate the curse of flesh.
So, it has to be:
Old Ones always there
Titans arrive, reorganize, create earthen, mechagnomes, ironvrykul
Old Ones Curse the above with flesh
Titans come back, realise there's Old Ones, deal with them, and install their defense mechanisms, ranging from the Dragon Aspects, to the Keepers and Watchers, the Vanir, the Aesir, Algalon, and the Halls of Origination.
Old Ones start to corrupt the defense mechanisms from their prisons.
Deathwing goes nutters.
Other stuff happens
IN THE MOUNTAINS
Let the raiding begin.
Night Elves evolved from trolls because of the Well's power. It has been said that pandaren lived among those Elves pre-sundering. I'm guessing that Pandarens are evolved Furbolgs, who also lived close to the Night Elves. Later, still pre-sundering, Pandaren left the the region of Night elves because they saw that their obsession with magic was getting out of control.
Last edited by Z3ROR; 2012-11-13 at 10:17 AM.
Now who's twisting words? I'll chalk that in with the Klaxxi one.
"slow, steady infection" is one thing, the Old Gods wtfpwning Azeroth is something completely different. Especially if they had the Earthen dig-dugging their way around all the while.The Titans didn't just *zip* back to Azeroth to take care of the Old Gods. It's not like a tauren whipped out his iPhone and texted the Titans for help. Shit takes time. The Titans also don't just have Azeroth, so it's not like they were watching it like a hawk while they created life on all these other worlds.
I'm assuming you're hinging your argument on:Also, none of what you're arguing ever address the point that the Earthen existed before the Old Gods, and that the Old Gods corrupted the Earthen BEFORE the Titans imprisoned them.
Which could mean one of two things:Abedneum yells: Accessing. In the early stages of its development cycle Azeroth suffered infection by parasitic, necrophotic symbiotes.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: Necro-what? Speak bloody common will ya?
Abedneum yells: Designation: Old Gods. Old Gods rendered all systems, including Earthen defenseless in order to facilitate assimilation. This matrix destabilization has been termed the Curse of Flesh. Effects of destabilization increased over time.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: Old Gods eh? So they zapped the Earthen with this Curse of Flesh. And then what?
Kaddrak yells: Accessing. Creators arrived to extirpate symbiotic infection. Assessment revealed that Old God infestation had grown malignant. Excising parasites would result in loss of host.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: If they killed the Old Gods Azeroth would have been destroyed.
Kaddrak yells: Correct. Creators neutralized parasitic threat and contained it within the host. Forge of Wills and other systems were instituted to create new Earthen. Safeguards were implemented and protectors were appointed.
1. They thought the old gods were beaten, quelled, what have you (the elemental armies had been crushed.) Curse of flesh comes rolling around, the Titans reinvestigate. In this case, the tribunal mentioning the Old Gods after the Earthen (which were what Brann originally asked about anyway) was providing context for the "matrix non-stabilizing" query Brann makes. And do note that, within this timeframe being addressed by the archivum, there is no mention of elemental wars, rampaging faceless armies, etc, etc. This falls in line with every other bit of WoW lore, including books from vanilla WoW, developer chat, and what has been said in MoP.
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2. The thing you said.
Irrelevant to the original topic? Maybe. But far from "done."but ultimately, this argument is done.
Seeing as this is so "vague and mysterious," it would seem as if we have to ultimately focus these things upon what has been said point blank, in WoW. That the Old gods existed on Azeroth, the titans came, and then it goes on from there.
Last edited by Kaleredar; 2012-11-13 at 10:21 AM.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
http://www.wowpedia.org/Dragonflights
Here's the most sentinent race which existed during the time Titans came to Azeroth, hence the leaders of the 5 dominent flights were appointed as Guardians after the Titans left.
http://samaramon.co/
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I actually made a thread about this... My opinion is they come from a bandicoon ancient because female pandaren resemble red pandas more which infact are a raccoon