Is Arthas officially confirmed to not be in Shadowlands?

[Greengrim]

I mean, I know we will somehow get a glimpse or echo of him, but has it officially been confirmed he will not get a role in Shadowlands?

[Hobbidaggy]

Not that I’ve seen. All I saw was this will not be a “greatest hits” of every character that’s ever died.

I think it’s inevitable to see him at some point but he is also 100% in the Maw BEFORE they were all being funnelled there. That’s where Sylvanas went when she jumped off the ledge and “died” she went to the Maw also and she saw Arthas there being tortured. So we might see him in the final patch when we are all in the Maw 100% of the time in a new Hub we create there or whatever. He won’t be leaving though. He could though become the new jailer...that would be interesting especially if we leave Sylvanas there and he is the jailer of her soul.

[VinceVega]

I mean, I know we will somehow get a glimpse or echo of him, but has it officially been confirmed he will not get a role in Shadowlands?

They haven't said either way. Only that they ONLY want to include him if it makes sense.

There are nearly infinite realms in the shadowlands, as seen with the portals in Oribos. So it is nearly impossible to meet everyone who died before the machinery of death broke

[kugarm]

They haven't said either way. Only that they ONLY want to include him if it makes sense.

There are nearly infinite realms in the shadowlands, as seen with the portals in Oribos. So it is nearly impossible to meet everyone who died before the machinery of death broke

"Makes sense" don't exists in Blizz's vocabulary.

[VinceVega]

"Makes sense" don't exists in Blizz's vocabulary.

Whatever floats your boat. I like it you don't. Move on

[Eazy]

He'll be a hyped surprise in the 9.3 patch.

[Amaterasu65]

He will definitely appear, they're just not bringing him on launch. Gotta spread hype material through various patches.

[Justpassing]

Him not showing up would be if Grom had not shown up in WoD.

[Gaidax]

If anything I think they said/implied that Arthas is in the Maw.

I just don't know whether we will actually encounter him and probably they have a huge debate about it too, because it's such a big character they need to be careful there to not fuck it up.

I am inclined to think they will wheel him out for some patch to bait people, but it remains to be seen.

[McNeil]

They said they don't want to just use Arthas for some random opportunity because his character is rather big and they don't want to ruin him. I don't expect to see him at launch, but I could definately see him becoming a big part in a later storyline and the writers don't want to spoil it yet.

[Greengrim]

He'll be a hyped surprise in the 9.3 patch.

I admit, I'm secretly hoping for exactly that. And I also hope for what @Hobbidaggy said: for Arthas to become the new jailer.

...because it's such a big character they need to be careful there to not fuck it up...

This didn't stop them from bringing other big names back. KJ, Illidan, Guldan, and dozens of others.

[Gaidax]

This didn't stop them from bringing other big names back. KJ, Illidan, Guldan, and dozens of others.

That's why if he comes up as a thing it won't just be some random ass NPC with 2 lines of text. Either it will be the guy driving 9.2 or some such or not at all.

[MrLachyG]

the problem with adding Arthas in is that if you make it a cameo people will be clamouring for more; and if you make it a major role but confined to a patch (say the final patch) then people will be angry that their favourite character, ostensibly the most famous character in Warcraft, only gets an appearance right at the end of the expansion and that's it (N'Zoth).

The thing is how do you bring back such an important character and not ruin said character. They managed it with Illidan; as far as I know he is the only character to come back and have a lasting impact throughout the expansion. They are bringing some characters back but I don't think they will have central roles like Illidan did.

just googled it and found this (https://www.wowhead.com/news=311970/...liesin-evite):

Arthas in Shadowlands?
Won't answer directly - just focusing on the best story possible.
Arthas is a fundamental character to the Warcraft IP and they didn't want to use him in an offhand way to cheapen his storyline.
"We want to do the right thing by him."

[Elise the Seeker]

This is Blizzard we're talking about. Arthas will be in shadowlands somehow. They love ruining their own lore. They destroyed the old gods, they destroyed grom and most importantly they destroyed illidan. Won't be surprising if they destroyed Arthas too because they just can't let their old bosses die and move on. There always has to be a redemption story or a comeback or we missed him so lets bring it back.

Not to mention when they brought back Archimonde and decided that the legion was timeless.

[Varodoc]

>We're going to the Shadowlands, where Arthas is.
>Arthas is the most popular Warcraft character ever.
>Arthas hates Sylvanas, the side villain of the expansion.
>Blizzard has purposefully been ambiguous about Arthas' role in Shadowlands (hmm, just like they tried to gloss over the fact that BfA was, in fact, an Old God expansion, hmm).

This is so obvious.

[DeltrusDisc]

Not that I’ve seen. All I saw was this will not be a “greatest hits” of every character that’s ever died.

I think it’s inevitable to see him at some point but he is also 100% in the Maw BEFORE they were all being funnelled there. That’s where Sylvanas went when she jumped off the ledge and “died” she went to the Maw also and she saw Arthas there being tortured. So we might see him in the final patch when we are all in the Maw 100% of the time in a new Hub we create there or whatever. He won’t be leaving though. He could though become the new jailer...that would be interesting especially if we leave Sylvanas there and he is the jailer of her soul.

Holy shit, all of this Blizzard. ARE YOU LISTENING, BLIZZARD? DO THIS.

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>We're going to the Shadowlands, where Arthas is.
>Arthas is the most popular Warcraft character ever.
>Arthas hates Sylvanas, the side villain of the expansion.
>Blizzard has purposefully been ambiguous about Arthas' role in Shadowlands (hmm, just like they tried to gloss over the fact that BfA was, in fact, an Old God expansion, hmm).

This is so obvious.

No role, confirmed.

[THEORACLE64]

I mean, I know we will somehow get a glimpse or echo of him, but has it officially been confirmed he will not get a role in Shadowlands?

They haven’t said that he is, but they also haven’t said that he isn’t. I think he’ll absolutely appear in some way or another, but more than likely mid-end expansion.

[Korsha]

There's only one way we're not seeing Arthas this Xpac, and that's if he possess Anduin while they're both in the Maw, and he becomes a secret villain in future expansions

[ClassicPeon]

"Makes sense" don't exists in Blizz's vocabulary.

Dont you ever get tired of being so damn edgy?

[GrinnersGrin]

Dont you ever get tired of being so damn edgy?

Who hurt you Lore?