Honestly, if they bring Alleria back to turn her into the same sort of worthless brat that the baby in the family is, they'd be doing us all a favor to leave her unaccounted for in the Twisting Nether. I mean, you'd think quite literally tripping the rift for years, probably encountering demons, ethereals, who knows whatever else, would probably have given Alleria enough perspective that she would be a bit more sophisticated.
Would she approve of Sylvanas' actions in all the years that have gone by since the Third War? No. Would she still realize that it is Sylvanas and she deserves a bit more consideration from her sister? I'd like to think so.
EDIT: Pretty implausible that Alleria would have made it for years on end without having ever siphoned any living mana source or even fel energy, even with Turalyon there. Funny thing about people who fight side by side across planes and such, they probably aren't always in the best of situations and she may have needed a "hit" without him up to it, or even to save his ass at some point. And it's also all but certain that (if they are consistent about what they said about the eye color) that she would have green eyes.
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Yep, and she's no mage. Her gifts are more martial than magical. Would be a pretty big asspull if she is supposed to have cracked the same proverbial code that Kael'thas and his best and brightest did -- and they were drawing it from a Naaru directly, not a third party, before the Sunwell was reignited with/as holy energy.
And even then, M'uru had planned to be captured and was, probably at least partially, allowing the Sin'dorei to siphon off of him.
On the topic of Turalyon and Alleria: There is no reason, outside of fan-service for the Alliance players, that they have any right to be alive. They jumped through a random portal that opened onto a random, presumably Legion controlled, world. Two people, on a planet that has no reason to even have food or any other condition required for them to continue living, and they have been stranded there for ~25 years. 25 years, alone, on an alien world with no help or anything. Why the FUCK would they be alive.
Goddammit, lol. Had to bring up the raptor army he brought to fight a bunch of dragons.
Knowledge and skill? So a bunch of elves going into withdrawal that had been cut off from the light for years know more about the light and how to use it than one of the most veteran paladins of Azeroth? Elves may have taught the arcane to humans, but the humans taught the elves about the light.
And again, M'uru planned on being captured. It is entirely possible that the Sin'dorei only thought they were forcibly taking the Light, when M'uru was infact granting it in order to allow for the creation of the Blood Knights which would eventually bring about the Sin'dorei's redemption
Regardless of your position on Sylvanas, she certianly sparks more debate than the entirety of the other faction leaders combined.
The fact that there are so many sides to the debate, each side raising good points, makes her amazing to me. And I have no 'faction loyalty' so to speak either so its not horde bias saying that.
Allow me to remind you that Silvermoon magisters are the masters of magic. And they proved that with enough skill in magic manipulation, you can make a paladin out of anyone even if he's an utter faithless bastard. The fact that Turalyon is one of the first does not automatically mean that he is the most powerful or competent, otherwise an average draenei paladin would easily outshine Ashbringer.
My point exactly. That's why Blizzard will keep her, otherwise it will be "boring palading of honor vs. boring honorable orc warriors vs. boring arch-evil demons of chaos".
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What's the damn difference? They've been wielding the Light, taught directly by Naaru, 10000 years before Turalyon was even born. And, considering their immortality, they're still alive and among us.
Last edited by Haven; 2013-01-15 at 04:35 AM.
Do you even play? Cataclysm gave Sylvanas the Silverpine chain (to name one), the best lore she's had since War3. She hasn't even made an appearance in MoP. And the lore and storytelling in MoP is probably the best yet.
You know what, you just go and seethe in your little puddle of hate and I'll be over here enjoying the game.
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An undead person?
I just wish they could give her a unique model. Something to make her look more bad ass!
Surrounded by idiots
Personally i don't care if someone likes Sylvanas, anyone can like whatever character they want.
It only becomes a problem if bring up things,which are are not correct, to justify their liking.
If people like an asshole, fine, they can play assholes in this game, it's a RPG after all.
Personally, I really like Sylvanas as a character ever since the Silverpine quests which go a long way to showing that her actions aren't that of a crazy person. She truly believes that the Forsaken have rights over Lordaeron and it pisses her off that the Alliance disagrees and intrudes on the Forsaken's territory. She genuinely seems to care about the Forsaken. Her short story sort of disagrees with this, but then again it isn't the only short story that characterizes a character differently than they are actually portrayed in-game.
If you think Sylvanas is a one dimensional, crazy villain, then you should go an watch the in game speech she gives about her and Lordaeron's history during the early Silverpine quests. It was definitely the piece of in game lore that made her one of my favorite NPCs around, because it made what many see as purely evil actions (use of the plague and rezzing your enemies) make a reasonable amount of sense when looked at from her perspective.