The melee games in WC3 are anything but canon. You may aswell ask why an undead player would team up with a night elf. You also have naga sea witches in the tavern while in-game we have seen them as part of the Azshara encounter.
The melee games in WC3 are anything but canon. You may aswell ask why an undead player would team up with a night elf. You also have naga sea witches in the tavern while in-game we have seen them as part of the Azshara encounter.
Last edited by McNeil; 2020-09-08 at 02:00 PM.
Custom games aren't canon at all. Only campaign is, with few minor retcons.
The Alliance gets the Horde's most popular race. The Horde should get the Alliance's most popular race in return. Alteraci Humans for the Horde!
I make Warcraft 3 Reforged HD custom models and I'm also an HD model reviewer.
during WC3 era, only Illidan was a Demon Hunter.
heroes you get from custom games are just for gameplay purpose.
however, WoW changed the lore about them so there was another demon hunter who followed his footsteps during War of the Ancients and that was Illysanna Ravencrest.
after that, some Night Elves tried to become ones as well.
Altruis definitely is, as he makes references to battles he fought against demons like Xeleth "long, long ago," which the Third War certainly wouldn't qualify for. Kor'vas is a bit harder to pin down in the timeline - but like most of the Night Elven Demon Hunters it is more likely she comes from the War of the Ancients as opposed to the Third War, as Illidan had very little time to recruit in the Third War (which was a driving factor behind his awakening of the Naga to bolster him as an army).
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
no, I mean them becoming Demon Hunters.
Illidan never trained anyone during WotA and Kor'vas was made a Demon Hunter during TBC (Altruis most likely as well since he said that Illidan showed him his true path so he fought Xeleth without being a fully fledged Demon Hunter).
the only one who came shortly after WotA was Illysanna and was following his footsteps during WotA.
My question is, why did Blizz ruin lore just for balance? Horde didn't deserve demonhunters.
Night Elves NEED long hair to the ground and more elegant/regal beautiful options to show their Highbourne heritage
Illidan doesn't really need to personally train anyone to become a Demon Hunter, though. The first Demon Hunters like Illysanna Ravencrest, Loramus Thalipedes, Feronas Sindweller, and Altruis the Sufferer simply emulated Illidan - and that emulation is what led to their exile from Night Elven society, and their desire for vengeance against the demons is what led to them being called Demon Hunters. You got called a Demon Hunter if you emulated Illidan's fate (removing one's eyes, tattooing oneself like Illidan's Fel Tattoos, and generally taking up arms against all demons). It was only later, during TBC, that Illidan actually started training Demon Hunters in earnest at the Black Temple, as means to finally take the fight to the Legion properly. The first Demon Hunters he called to his service were those who had long walked in his footsteps (Altruis, Alandien, Theras, and Netharel), and he empowered them to train the next generation of Demon Hunters from both Blood and Night Elven aspirants like Vandel, Leotheras, and Varedis.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
There was only one Demon Hunter during WotA and that was Illidan.
There is no source out there that there was any during WotA, even the most detailed WotA trilogy.
Only Illysanna followed him during WotA and became one shortly after.
Feronas most likely did the same thing as Illysanna.
Hell, Illidan himself didn't make himself a Demon Hunter.
Sargeras did.
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Guys, I'm not saying they didn't became Demon Hunters on their own per say.
I'm saying Illidan was the only one during WotA.
During the events of WotA itself, sure. Though I don't even know if I'd call Illidan a Demon Hunter then, either; he was a Mage in WotA (as shown in the flashback to Black Rook Hold in Legion). He codified what a Demon Hunter would come to be - but I wouldn't say he was a true Demon Hunter as we recognize it today until WC3.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
The Black Rock Hold event is happening before he went to Sargeras.
He was always primary a mage until he got those eyes, tattoos and warglaives which made him a Demon Hunter.
In Well of Eternity dungeon, he was a Demon Hunter.
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After WotA.
Illysanna became one by herself.
Feloran probably did it as well.
I don't think they existed as a formal organization, but the lore does make reference to several individuals that either tried to emulate Illidan or where helped by Illidan himself to follow his path, but it was only during his time in Outland he started to make a DH army.
He created the idea of a Demon Hunter, and others followed, whether how tenuous their connection illidan was depends of the individual DH.