Was Varian a human Alliance leader? Yes. Was he killed off? Yes. Maybe there was a better way of framing what you meant to say that didn't involve you contradicting one statement with the sentence that immediately followed it.
I just don't think an MMO like WoW can have a good story or compelling character arcs.
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The CAN be interchangeable depending on context, but they're not the same in all (or even most) instances.
"Evil" requires intent. An erupting volcano can be really bad, but it's not evil. It doesn't decide to be harmful or destructive. Anduin can't be evil because he has no will or agency. He's just a tool. He's a powerful tool that opposes the main characters which is certainly bad, but still not evil.
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Thrall turned Super Saiyan and defeated Deathwing and Garrosh (even though he achieved the latter through sneaky means), while Anduin is only good at kowtowing and compromising to the Hordies , sobbing about love and peace everytime. He even got kidnapped by a random NPC ffs. He is an absolute disgrace.
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The Void. A force of infinite hunger. Its whispers have broken the will of dragons... and lured even the titans' own children into madness. Sages and scholars fear the Void. But we understand a truth they do not. That the Void is a power to be harnessed... to be bent by a will strong enough to command it. The Void has shaped us... changed us. But you will become its master. Wield the shadows as a weapon to save our world... and defend the Alliance!
Nah, he's just "Sylvanas Evil". Not more, not less.
Don't forget he doesn't change his belief or ideas from the event and it turns into the excuse to give him weird super powers they barely bother explaining or utilizing in more storylines. Crippled king showing literally no ailments as he leads the charge on the frontlines at Lordaeron.
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The wrathgate event hasn't been discussed in any official lore that I'm aware of beyond major characters having concerns and inner monologue over suspicions. However one of the authors came out and said Sylvanas planned it without elaborating on the extent of their meaning. But so far as I'm aware, the master behind the demon hordes Varimathras was summoning is still Sargeras and Putress was still the only player behind the whole death on everything at THAT point in the story.
Cause this all is before Sylvanas willingly offed herself after Arthas' death in ICC where she was then canonically linked to the Jailer and shifted to serve him... which is basically a retcon of her motivation and actions for Cataclysm in not following Garrosh's orders for how to conduct the Gilnean Invasion...
Though they might actually outright retcon it anyways since they're basically destroying everything for whatever story they have planned.
No.
He's just been set up as a parallel to Sylvannas. However a big difference is that he's being controlled and has to be controlled to do evil.
Sylvannas was evil all on her own in full knowledge she was missing part of her soul.
Being restored actually doesn't mean anything. The presence of free will in her case is actually a liability which she ironically claimed not to have or didn't exist. /ezclap
Alright let me put it this way. The only setback Anduin had was that he got a time out in the storyline. The life threatening damage is totally undone shortly afterward via magic and the departure from the main story. Does his personality change? not really. He's right back out there on the frontlines of the demon invasion running off alone with no guard EXACTLY LIKE HE DID in MoP (and this is Legion not BFA). So what changed in Anduin? Oh right... magical malice detecting bones that ache when someone does thinks poorly. A setback in my book has to have some sort of impact that actually extends into the story... a short break from the story to comeback even better somehow isn't really a setback.