I thought I'd toss out this question to see what the experts can think up.
I thought I'd toss out this question to see what the experts can think up.
Mankrik's wife.
i think deathwing, onyxia, and nefarian are dead now. I think kaelthas is truly dead as well. Arthas died, lich king is still chillin' though.
Ragnaros and Al'akir also, seem major to me as they were powerful elemental lords and we defeated them at their plane.
Going to McDonalds for a salad is like going to a brothel for a hug.
Deathwing, Sinestra, Arthas, Nefarian, Onyxia.
The demons are a bit harder to say. Much easier for them to be brought back and have it make some sort of sense.
Oh Rag and Al'Akir like above me said^ Good call.
Illidan and arthas(especially considering we have a new lich king)
Cairne, Grom, Uther (although players do communicate with his spirit), Krasus, Terenas, Kael'thas, Malygos, Neltharion, Archimonde, Ner'zhul, Arthas, Mannaroth, Onyxia, Ragnaros, Al'Akir, Xavius, Anub'arak.
Though Blizzard could always write any of them back in if they wanted to. I was going to put Teron Gorefiend down but I'd like to see him again and he doesn't seem to care much for death anyway.
Duke Hydraxis.
He's a major lore character to me, dammit!
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
I come across a quiet river, that wonders through the trees.
I stare into its running waters and fall unto my knees.
In resignation to the forest, that's held me for so long.
I close my eyes and drift away into nature's evensong.
Yeah they mentioned it at the last Blizzcon.
Sargeras is still out there, Metzen's said he'd be disappointed if they didn't leverage his character properly.
Broxigar's pretty definitely dead yeah, but maybe we'll see some tortured form return whenever we go after Sargeras as a nod to character's fans.
Ha.
But as mentioned, KT, Neltharion, Nefarian, Onyxia (until she rises again as a member of the burning legion controlled/being ridden by Kael'thas) are definitely gone. In fact, if its the black dragonflight, with the exception of Wrathion, it's probably dead.
Elemental lords are difficult to say. We knew Rag didn't die in Molten Core because we didn't defeat him on his plane. But, with Firelands, he was 100% in a single plane so he should be dead.
Olds gods are a weird subject so who knows if we "killed" yogg and c'thun or just imprisoned them.
Illidan can re-emerge. His "death" was left ambiguous. We don't know if he was killed or captured by Maeiv.
Arthas is gone.