[MAJOR SPOILERS] Vol'jin Storyline

[Susanoo]

I have not seen a thread on this yet so I decided that I will make it.

It seems like Vol'jin will become the new Loa of Kings from datamined text on wowhead.

"I thought I sensed something special about your spirit. You have a loa within you... waiting to be reborn.
I cannot promise that you will survive... or what form of loa you will become. But I shall allow you a pod to be reborn.
Life be full o' mysteries. I be learnin' ta embrace dem and see what happens next.
<Scene swaps to Vol'jin being put into a pod, then slowly fades to black... before snapping back to Bwonsamdi standing in front of Vol'jin's pod.>
Rezan be smarter dan I thought... but now dere be a new loa who be havin' a deal wit ol' Bwonsamdi. Heh heh heh..."

From what I gather is that Rezan imbued part of his spirit into Vol'jin, and now at the end of his storyline Vol'jin will become a new loa with the Winter Queens help. It has been strongly hinted that Vol'jin would become a loa during his questline with Zalazane in BFA.

What are your thoughts on this? Do note this is still Alpha text and could be subject to change.

https://www.wowhead.com/news=311903/...n-winter-queen

[LemonDemonGirl]

I have not seen a thread on this yet so I decided that I will make it.

It seems like Vol'jin will become the new Loa of Kings from datamined text on wowhead.

What are your thoughts on this? Do note this is still Alpha text and could be subject to change.

I'm okay with it.

I was telling a lot of people on WoW official website that this would be happening, but everyone didn't like it/got mad at me.
Guess I was right

I wonder if Bwonsamdi will let him live in De Other Side?

[Varodoc]

I think that I will forever remember Vol'jin as a retard for giving all the military power to a psycho, yet at the same time good for him for his new power-up. Hopefully he uses that power to fix his mistakes and help us fight the Jailer.

[Susanoo]

I'm okay with it.

I was telling a lot of people on WoW official website that this would be happening, but everyone didn't like it/got mad at me.
Guess I was right

I wonder if Bwonsamdi will let him live in De Other Side?

I'm also okay with it and as a matter of fact I love it! It explains why Zandalari paladins/Priests could still use their powers with Rezan imbuing Vol'jin with his spirit. We may see Darkspear Prelates soon enough!

[Alanar]

I wonder if Bwonsamdi will let him live in De Other Side?

Vol'jin and bwonsamdi never had a bad relationship and he even asked baout him I believe when he was off the radar.
Speaking of that, I hope we learn abit more what he has been doing and how rezan did that.

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I'm also okay with it and as a matter of fact I love it! It explains why Zandalari paladins/Priests could still use their powers with Rezan imbuing Vol'jin with his spirit. We may see Darkspear Prelates soon enough!

This should happen, Rezan infused Vol'jin actually doesn't sound that bad. if only Vol'jin was Rastakahn then it would be perfect.

[LemonDemonGirl]

Vol'jin and bwonsamdi never had a bad relationship and he even asked baout him I believe when he was off the radar.
Speaking of that, I hope we learn abit more what he has been doing and how rezan did that.

I just don't know about a possible Loa of Life (assuming that's what he'll be) living in an Afterlife realm. I guess he could just return to Zandalar tho

This should happen, Rezan infused Vol'jin actually doesn't sound that bad. if only Vol'jin was Rastakahn then it would be perfect.

Right? I stared to really miss Rastakhan when 8.2 came out and I was doing World Quest in Zandalar

[Syegfryed]

the shadow hunter being the new loa of "light", don't appeal to me.

All this storyline with vol'jin to me feels like a lot of dogshit, they trying to make up for their past mistakes, after killing him pathetically just to be a plot device to boost Sylvanus story. it ruined him and the horde, and now it seems they are just trying to put a nail in the coffin

A true troll would live again, and take his place in the horde.

[Darththeo]

I think that I will forever remember Vol'jin as a retard for giving all the military power to a psycho, yet at the same time good for him for his new power-up. Hopefully he uses that power to fix his mistakes and help us fight the Jailer.

He was manipulated by some force to give power to Sylvanas.

[Rend Blackhand]

I'm getting bad vibes with the warcraft lore recently. It feels like the change between Warhammer Fantasy and Age of Sigmar, going all power fantasy.

[LemonDemonGirl]

I'll have to admit, I'm not a very big fan of them giving Bwonsamdi the Winter Queen as a 'boss' (at least it looks like they are), or the
fact that his realm is in a Druidic Afterlife. I might change my opinion on it after a few moths but we'll see

[Raetary]

He was manipulated by some force to give power to Sylvanas.

He was manipulated by Mueh'zala who works for the jailer.

[Huggykaze]

Can we just let the dead characters stay dead for once?

Why not use WC3 Reforged for something other than scamming the player base and release a set of new campaigns that'd introduce new characters, new races etc?

This way you can save time building new characters in the game, something that Blizzard has been failing at since Garrosh. Instead let the players go through a war campaign as seen by these characters. I mean, the most beloved characters were given to use not by WoW, but WC3, as it allowed a more personal take on them.

These campaigns would be free to people with active WoW sub.

[Lyvefire]

Terrible, terrible lore. Vol'jin was never more then a distinguished leader amongst the Darkspear. He never did anything remotely worthy of Loa status nor was Loa ever something you could "earn" before. Otherwise, why the fuck isn't Zul'jin up there?

This is just a blatantly obvious overcompensation for him being thrown under the bus in Legion. He deserved more than to do nothing an entire expack then get nuked in the prepatch but that doesn't mean you make him a god. Something simple like his spirit lingering on to take vengeance on Mueh'zala would have been perfect, instead they decide he has to become a god.

Blizzard proves again they can't do subtlety.

[Melsiren]

The notion of the Zandalari having a troll from a lesser tribe their Loa of Kings is laughable, they had infighting over Bwonsamdi, this guaranteed to cause bloodshed.

Why not give the position to Talanji? make her into a true God Queen.

Terrible, terrible lore. Vol'jin was never more then a distinguished leader amongst the Darkspear. He never did anything remotely worthy of Loa status nor was Loa ever something you could "earn" before. Otherwise, why the fuck isn't Zul'jin up there?

This is just a blatantly obvious overcompensation for him being thrown under the bus in Legion. He deserved more than to do nothing an entire expack then get nuked in the prepatch but that doesn't mean you make him a god. Something simple like his spirit lingering on to take vengeance on Mueh'zala would have been perfect, instead they decide he has to become a god.

Blizzard proves again they can't do subtlety.

I wish more people saw though Blizzard's bullshit.

He was manipulated by Mueh'zala who works for the jailer.

And soon we will figure out who the jailer works for, there is no end to this manipulation.

We're going to find out that Sylvanas was really a hero and working against the big bad and manipulating them all this entire time.

[Kallisto]

Can we just let the dead characters stay dead for once?

Why not use WC3 Reforged for something other than scamming the player base and release a set of new campaigns that'd introduce new characters, new races etc?

This way you can save time building new characters in the game, something that Blizzard has been failing at since Garrosh. Instead let the players go through a war campaign as seen by these characters. I mean, the most beloved characters were given to use not by WoW, but WC3, as it allowed a more personal take on them.

These campaigns would be free to people with active WoW sub.

Because everytime something not wc3 related is introduced it's nearly always panned before it hits data mining because "not wc3 linked is filler bullshit." that always happens

[Minikin]

He was manipulated by some force to give power to Sylvanas.

Mehzula did it apparently, by the last datamine

[vilememory]

The notion of the Zandalari having a troll from a lesser tribe their Loa of Kings is laughable, they had infighting over Bwonsamdi, this guaranteed to cause bloodshed.

Why not give the position to Talanji? make her into a true God Queen.

The text says that Vol'jin himself may not survive, and they have no idea what type of Loa will come out. We may get a new loa but lose Vol'jin, or get Vol'jin as the Loa of redemption or revenge. Hell might even be the Loa of Cooking, teach Nomi how to cook better than we did.

[Tarba]

Because everytime something not wc3 related is introduced it's nearly always panned before it hits data mining because "not wc3 linked is filler bullshit." that always happens

Nope. It does not happen.
And when they make some war3 related thing it's retarded. They just use war3 for a retarded cool effect or nostalgia call.

[Maljinwo]

Terrible, terrible lore. Vol'jin was never more then a distinguished leader amongst the Darkspear. He never did anything remotely worthy of Loa status nor was Loa ever something you could "earn" before. Otherwise, why the fuck isn't Zul'jin up there?

Vol'jin had strong connections to the loa, not only because he was a Shadow Hunter but because of his various actions over his life. He was considered 'one of his favorites' by Bwonsamdi, Shadra was beholden to him due to how he handled the Zandalari during Mists. Shirvallah and Hi'reek also seemed to favor him or at least give him recognition.
Even after dying he was active and guided Talanji in her fight against G'huun which is probably worth bonus loa points.
You don't have to conquer half a continent to become a loa It's been known that enlightened trolls can rise to become one such as Zanza.


Is this compensation for how badly they fucked him over? Absolutely. But him becoming a loa is not something out of the realm of possibility.
It's said even his father, Sen'jin, is among them. And Sen'jin didn't even do a fraction of what Vol'jin did

The only thing I don't really like is how the Winter Queen apparently has 'pods' to make him a loa. I mean... That sounds weird as fuck

Zul'jin is probably not there because he allowed Malacrass to enslave loas which is pretty messed up.

[GreenJesus]

Eh I'd rather some dark voodoo ritual to bring him back.