The War Within 11.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Raetary]

Would Blood Elves really care about a tree though?

Why wouldn't they?
Their Farstriders and Rangers are very much still attuned to their forests.

And Thas'alah was the mother tree of the Eversong Woods, its restoration would be in their personal interest.

[Xilurm]

Yes? Thas'alah was the mother tree of Eversong. Restore the tree and you can restore the forest. I doubt the blood elves would feel comfortable in the Ghostlands in their current state.

Fair. I was thinking more about druidic stuff in general. But if Ghostlands can be restored to their original state before the Scourge messed them up that'd be nice.

[Nymrohd]

Fair. I was thinking more about druidic stuff in general. But if Ghostlands can be restored to their original state before the Scourge messed them up that'd be nice.

If they'd ever let blood elves be druids, I would hope it would involve Thas'alah tbh but that's because I generally wish they implemented new race/class combinations with more of a concept than a generic quest.

[Nize]

Given Anduin's cycle of imprisonment, it would be a missed opportunity to not put him in one of those Titan prisons in TFT

[Cherry123]

Given Anduin's cycle of imprisonment, it would be a missed opportunity to not put him in one of those Titan prisons in TFT

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[Ksgrip]

Relax, they're not going to do anything to Turalyon.

If Blizzard wants to continue with this foolish nonsense that the Light is Evil, they will simply use the new Emperor of Arathor. A fresh canva, an unknown, that can be developed however way they see fit, instead of assassinating Turalyon or Yrel.

Rejoice, Turalyon is not going anywhere. Especially since Stormwind has experienced an unprecedented period of stability and peace since he took over.



Ah Yes, I am so happy, words cannot possibly express how happy I am that nothing will happen to Turalyon and there will NEVER be a Siege of Stormwind. (Instead, we'll have a Siege of Avaloren with Emperor as the final boss)

Yeah honestly thinking about it logically, without any exposure to the lore why would they introduce and entire unprecedented civilisation with a fanatical light whorsipping emperor in an entirely new unexplored, connected to the very beginning of a saga that is centered around the light vs void just to have us either do nothing with Avaloren or destroy one of blizzs oldest heroes just to repeat the same kind of storyline.

It is a red herring honestly. I could see Turalyon being crowned king, make contact with the empire in desperation and now we have a new enemy. He is forced to abdicate since he fucked up but it is not vilified. Alleria arc about being sad of not reuniting with her family finally ends with her reuniting with her family and we are all happy to slay the avaloren and Anduin gets to be king once again

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This is clearly the beginning of an arc for Anduin. He doesn't want to be king, but circumstances will force him to rule again. It's kinda obvious. And while I agree that it feels like plans for Turalyon's zealotry have been scrapped, we still don't know all the details. TWW hasn't even started yet. All we know is that Turalyon hates politics and doesn't want to rule, so he won't sit on the throne forever.

Yeah seems like this is exclusively for Anduin to come back looking like a cool king when Turalyon inevitably does something that invocates his honour and renounces the throne since Anduin is the new honorable king (otherwise being objective about it he wouldn’t)

[Varodoc]

Metzen mains a Male Human Paladin and loves Turalyon, the quintessential Male Human Paladin.

There's pretty much no chance that Turalyon does something evil, villainous, scummy, or dishonorable. Like, actual 0% chance.

It's far more likely that Turalyon will die in battle against the Void, sacrificing himself for someone.

[Cheezits]

Oh yeah I forgot that Orwenya (Harronir leader) is a Vassal of Life with green eyes. So I think she may be a secret villain in cahoots with Xal and may be the instigator for the Rootlands patch.

[Tiradon]

Why wouldn't they?
Their Farstriders and Rangers are very much still attuned to their forests.

And Thas'alah was the mother tree of the Eversong Woods, its restoration would be in their personal interest.

I'm all in for more focus on the Rangers.. come Midnight.. and evolution on in-gam gameplay for the 'Dark Rangers'

[Ksgrip]

Metzen mains a Male Human Paladin and loves Turalyon, the quintessential Male Human Paladin.

There's pretty much no chance that Turalyon does something evil, villainous, scummy, or dishonorable. Like, actual 0% chance.

It's far more likely that Turalyon will die in battle against the Void, sacrificing himself for someone.

Wasn’t also his prophetic death heroic as well? Yeah makes sense.

Honestly I don’t see any of the heroes of stormwind with statues living past the saga. Khagdar seems to be going down. If Turalyon dies I can see Alleria going crazy and who is left of those? Again.

A symbolic way of closing that door for new blood

[BaumanKing]

Metzen mains a Male Human Paladin and loves Turalyon

I wouldn't go that far. Don't forget, it was under Metzen that Turalyon was completely humiliated by Illidan in that famous cutscene.

[Kathranis]

I expect something like this:

This is pretty much what I'm hoping for. Paraphrasing from some old post-Blizzcon posts I made:


Isle of Quel'danas: Serves as an introductory zone in the style of Tanaan Jungle, the Broken Shore, the Waking Shore, etc. An initial race to reach the Sunwell before Xal'atath fails, with her forces reactivating and corrupting Ban'dinoriel to cloak the kingdom in a shield of void energy, driving the factions all the way back to the borders of Quel'thalas. Players later return in to it as an endgame zone in a patch.

Eastwald: The Plaguelands restored and returned to their original glory, where a reconstructed Stratholme acts as a staging ground for the Horde and Alliance forces and the Army of Light assembles at Light's Hope Chapel preparing to breach Ban'dinoriel.

Eversong Forest: The region comprising the Ghostlands, Eversong Woods, and the expansion capital city, Silvermoon.

Zul'Aman: The long forgotten domain of the Amani Empire. The arrival of the Zandalari sees the gates to the Maisara Hills opened to the outside world for the first time since the Troll Wars. This might also be a good zone to revisit the Arathi and set up a darker side of their zealotry.

Darkspine Reef: A recently assembled staging ground for Azshara's forces off the western coast.

Ruins of Azj'aqir: An underground remnant of the Black Empire sealed away by the Amani Empire after the Aqir and Troll Wars 16000 years ago.

Splinters of K'aresh: The remnants of the ethereal homeworld and Dimensius's foothold in reality.

[Makabreska]

I wouldn't go that far. Don't forget, it was under Metzen that Turalyon was completely humiliated by Illidan in that famous cutscene.

Completely humiliated? Bias off pls.

[Alanar]

Does it, though?

And then, yeah, K'aresh as patch content.

I think this seems more likely then stay on quel'thalas the full expansion. So yes I think so.

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Given Anduin's cycle of imprisonment, it would be a missed opportunity to not put him in one of those Titan prisons in TFT

Anduin getting captured is starting to become a meme at this point tho.

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Metzen mains a Male Human Paladin and loves Turalyon, the quintessential Male Human Paladin.

There's pretty much no chance that Turalyon does something evil, villainous, scummy, or dishonorable. Like, actual 0% chance.

It's far more likely that Turalyon will die in battle against the Void, sacrificing himself for someone.

You truly believe that cus of metzen likes paladins?

[Cheezits]

It will be honestly interesting how the naga play into Midnight, if at all.

[Xilurm]

While Metzen might love Paladins, don't forget his favourite character is Malfurion. And look how he has been treated since WC3.

[Makabreska]

While Metzen might love Paladins, don't forget his favourite character is Malfurion. And look how he has been treated since WC3.

Pretty sure his fave was always Thrall.

[BaumanKing]

While Metzen might love Paladins, don't forget his favourite character is Malfurion. And look how he has been treated since WC3.

Exactly. Or even Thrall. After Сata the poor guy just can't catch a break.

[Xilurm]

Pretty sure his fave was Thrall.

Well in 2009 he said his fave was Malfurion and he loves to write him.

https://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/com...ideo_interview

Metzen: I would just say too, I mean Malfurion’s always been, personally, my favorite Warcraft hero. He’s my favorite to write, so I’ve waited a long time to get this guy back into the mix, and have him play a significant role in the shaping of Azeroth. He’s a mega player, and he’s been off the scene.

[guro-tchai]

Anduin getting captured is starting to become a meme at this point tho.

who whom?
will he break this dom goth elf gf like he did the last one, or will she manage to get him to the dark side?
something tells me it's the former...