where does Thrall belong in all of this?

[Benitora]

I have a horrible feeling it will be WoD Draka and we'll be forced to see more Geya'rah.

It's the Draka from our timeline, not Draenor which is in Shadowlands afaik.
So the mother of Thrall, not the mother of Geya'rah.

Believe it was touched upon by Bellular or Nobbel in one of their videos regarding the new lore of the different zones.

[mickybrighteyes]

He just literally came back.

doesn't mean he didn't peak already.

[Maxilian]

I have a horrible feeling it will be WoD Draka and we'll be forced to see more Geya'rah.

THey confirmed is our Drake, the one we have never actually interacted with

[Kyphael]

I don't think so. I don't think they know what to do with him. They don't want to kill him off because he's literally the only Orc left in the whole game and story that matters since they spent the last 15 years killing off every Orc character that matters in lore. In some cases, they brought them back just to kill them again. At the same time, since Chris Metzen retired, and he is the voice of Thrall, Blizz doesn't seem interested in giving him an important role since they have to depend on him on coming in and doing voice over lines.

[Kallor]

Shadowlands is only for our reality, the alternate Draenor reality has its own Shadowlands, right?

[Nero Duskwind]

Question where does Thrall belong in all of this?

Back in Outland, plowing his fields and his wife.

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Shadowlands is only for our reality, the alternate Draenor reality has its own Shadowlands, right?

Unless the Shadowlands are like the Twisting Nether and are an infinite spanning fixed point across all realities and timelines. But then we'd get into the mess of "what if multiple souls of X character end up in the Shadowlands at the same time?"

[Kallor]

Unless the Shadowlands are like the Twisting Nether and are an infinite spanning fixed point across all realities and timelines. But then we'd get into the mess of "what if multiple souls of X character end up in the Shadowlands at the same time?"

Yeah, that never made much sense to me. I don't think it did to Blizzard either, since they never built on it.

[Lochton]

do you think he will play a big part in Shadowlands?

He's on the side line now, forcefully included. I believe he is not going to pass with us to Shadowlands but stay behind.

[GreenJesus]

Based on what? His character peaked. They kept him hanging around while Garrosh failed, Thrall killed him, lost touch with Shamanism, walked away, they dragged him back again. This is on top of Metzen all but moving on to other things. He had a good story but now they keep going back to the dry well.

Malfurryon peaked during the war of the ancients and has been doing fuck all since. I still cant believe blizzard made thrall give doomhammer potentially to a dwarf. Just because a character "peaked" doesnt mean they cant come back. Compared to Baine, Thrall is 100x the leader and character that he is.

[Aleksej89]

Thrall? No no no no no.

More screen time for sylvanas please, she is such an interesting and well written and adorable character.
Also increase her sex appeal by at least 999% to make sure she brings all the boys to the yard.

/yawn

[reploid]

do you think he will play a big part in Shadowlands?

thrall is old news. green jebus is history, he was merely brought back as fan service, and even at that he didnt do as well as they expected. not enough buzz. they could have a side story with his mom in maldraxxus, but geyahrah is all he should've been and more. Plus usha eyegouger is the perfect orc leader

[ChairmanKaga]

Malfurryon peaked during the war of the ancients and has been doing fuck all since. I still cant believe blizzard made thrall give doomhammer potentially to a dwarf. Just because a character "peaked" doesnt mean they cant come back. Compared to Baine, Thrall is 100x the leader and character that he is.

Who said "can't" I said "he should have stayed gone". Obviously they can keep reusing characters all they want that doesn't make it good storytelling.

[Trassk]

Thrall? No no no no no.

More screen time for sylvanas please, she is such an interesting and well written and adorable character.
Also increase her sex appeal by at least 999% to make sure she brings all the boys to the yard.

/yawn

Thats pretty much the irony in all this. People on this thread saying 'ugh thralls old news' are the same people who gush over sylvanas like she's even remotely interesting anymore. She's been shoved into the forefront of things so much she]'s become a dark mary sue, meanwhile thrall ended up going though a transition to where he is now.

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Who said "can't" I said "he should have stayed gone". Obviously they can keep reusing characters all they want that doesn't make it good storytelling.

Limp reasoning when you enjoy seeing the same character being reused all the time yourself.

[LarryWithTheWeatherReport]

He'll have some sort of involvement either here or later. Folks like him don't get to hide forever.

[bloodmoth13]

i dont know what they will do with him, maybe he comes back, but id rather he sit this one out. He met durotan and draka in WoD, that was enough for me, i dont need more of that.
I was hoping thrall was gonna reclaim the horde with an iron fist, deducing that nobody else would be fit to rule since every warchief after him was a spectacular fuck up (including voljin, he did nothing then dies, gg)
I think having thralltator would have been badass, going extreme lawful good.
Since they didnt do that and they seem to have just reintroduced him for seemingly no reason, i couldnt care less about him. His story has played out, dragging him into every story like some sitcom would destroy his character, I think he should be saved for whenever we revisit outland if we ever return, though thats what WOD was supposed to be but they chickened out and we got time travel, so its likely outland is stuck where it is.

[Logwyn]

He should have united with Anduin and rez'd Sourfang. Show that Sylvanis failed once again!

[GreenJesus]

i dont know what they will do with him, maybe he comes back, but id rather he sit this one out. He met durotan and draka in WoD, that was enough for me, i dont need more of that.
I was hoping thrall was gonna reclaim the horde with an iron fist, deducing that nobody else would be fit to rule since every warchief after him was a spectacular fuck up (including voljin, he did nothing then dies, gg)
I think having thralltator would have been badass, going extreme lawful good.
Since they didnt do that and they seem to have just reintroduced him for seemingly no reason, i couldnt care less about him. His story has played out, dragging him into every story like some sitcom would destroy his character, I think he should be saved for whenever we revisit outland if we ever return, though thats what WOD was supposed to be but they chickened out and we got time travel, so its likely outland is stuck where it is.

This. What was the point of the "we dont get to hide" line if he is nowhere to be found in the next patch? If you are going to bring a character that was lost for a long time back you cant just drop em 2 seconds later. It seems like it was just a marketing gimmick since "everyone loves Chris Metzen!"

[Alvito]

Well his mother is in Maldraxus so, it's not unlikely that he'll pop by

Well pretty much everyone's parents are in one of the areas, so by that logic all NPCs will belong.

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Thrall's time has passed, his story peaked with assisting killing Deathwing.

He is part of the Horde council so at least to some degree he will be around.

[Soliden]

Yeah, that never made much sense to me. I don't think it did to Blizzard either, since they never built on it.

Maybe it is a Highlander approach - there can only be one entity, but they can recall all other past experiences of their former lives from differing realities

[Reinhart11]

Thrall belongs to Revendreth for sure in my opinion. That would be a good and fitting place for him. At least for his WoW incarnations.