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

[Yzmor]

The leak is definitely real. It's way too detailed and doesn't look like AI art.

Just like the bolvar and Alex leaks

I said it in the other thread, I'll say it here too:

If you look at the top right corner and then the "CONFIDENTIAL" watermark, you can see the direction of the text and the angle of the frame of the—supposed—video are not aligned; it's a very common AI error—a very typical, tiny detail of the picture that contradicts the rules of reality (like how part of what you see changes its form when you change the perspective). Those little nuances are what you can pick up on to realize it's AI.

[ChairmanKaga]

I wouldn't think you would generate the AI image with the text on it or at an angle etc. Not that's it proof either way but adding the confidential and framing it to look skewed would make more sense to do after generating it.

[Sondrelk]

So... Them nedw Tyr's Guard NPCs...
Future council raid boss, or just there to explain future paladins?

[FossilFree]

Unless this is another game entirely... let the leaks begin? Avaloren heretics maybe? Wrath of the Drogbar?



https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads..._175026295_hdr

It looks like a creature twisted by the void. Not a faceless one, but a mortal transformed.

[Skildar]

So... Them nedw Tyr's Guard NPCs...
Future council raid boss, or just there to explain future paladins?

I see it as a knight of the round table kind of group. Each taking a vow and being knighted for a feat. They currently look like garbage because blizz didn't even bother making them a proper mog, tabard and shield... I wouldn't expect much from them right now when during shadowlands they couldn't manage to make proper use of the 4 horsemen

[Teriz]

IF this is real, those could very possibly be Lightbound Orcs. Fel and Void warps the appearance of people, why couldn't the light do so as well? It also sort of matches what fans have speculated Lightbound orcs to look like.

[Cheezits]

So... Them nedw Tyr's Guard NPCs...
Future council raid boss, or just there to explain future paladins?

Belf guy obsessed with Order feels like villain-bait who will side with antagonistic Watchers/Keepers over us. He talks about Order way too much while the others are more normal characters.

The overall vibe I get is that something sad is going to happen to these four friends when Tyr wakes up. They are too simplied in their "one virtue per person" thing and it feels like it's going to be a story about how Paladins aren't defined tidily and neatly by any of that. I almost get XIV vibes from how the group is set up?

I expect main guy and Khoranos to die, and Belf to defect. If this group continues they may change their name to something else.

[Sondrelk]

Belf guy obsessed with Order feels like villain-bait who will side with antagonistic Watchers/Keepers over us. He talks about Order way too much while the others are more normal characters.

The overall vibe I get is that something sad is going to happen to these four friends when Tyr wakes up. They are too simplied in their "one virtue per person" thing and it feels like it's going to be a story about how Paladins aren't defined tidily and neatly by any of that.

I expect main guy and Khoranos to die, and Belf to defect. If this group continues they may change their name to something else.

They did already give themselves an out by defining themselves by Tyr's Legacy, not necessarily his actions.

[Cheezits]

They did already give themselves an out by defining themselves by Tyr's Legacy, not necessarily his actions.

Sure, but if Tyr is outed as a Baby Dragon Kidnapper it won't be a good look to keep repping him.

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IF this is real, those could very possibly be Lightbound Orcs. Fel and Void warps the appearance of people, why couldn't the light do so as well? It also sort of matches what fans have speculated Lightbound orcs to look like.

I like what someone said in the other thread about how it kind of looks like Galakrond if he had a visage form.

[Sondrelk]

I like what someone said in the other thread about how it kind of looks like Galakrond if he had a visage form.

I just can't get over how the person (or more likely AI) who made this picture couldnt decide whether the guy in the background has horns, or a really weird axe.

I mean, really. Why is his left "horn" so much bigger, and reaches behind his back?

[Ersula]

It looks like a creature twisted by the void. Not a faceless one, but a mortal transformed.

The only reason we're not saying its a standard orc is because its nose is a little short & his ears are a little long. Its entirely possible this is a normal orc; I'd guess Dragonmaw.

I wouldn't think you would generate the AI image with the text on it or at an angle etc. Not that's it proof either way but adding the confidential and framing it to look skewed would make more sense to do after generating it.

Obviously we're proposing they made an AI generated pic of orcs with cinematic lighting, then took a picture of their monitor & added the watermark to make it seem legit. Although that's my guess, this is probably the most realistic leak we've gotten this cycle.

[Cheezits]

I just can't get over how the person (or more likely AI) who made this picture couldnt decide whether the guy in the background has horns, or a really weird axe.

I mean, really. Why is his left "horn" so much bigger, and reaches behind his back?

If you assume that the guy in the back is the same kind of creature and doesn't have a helmet, the thing in the back could be two axes (soldiers behind him?) or a banner in the wind.

You can kind of see where the backround guys ears are, meaning they might not be big horns.

[Pheraz]

What bothers me is the upper right corner. It looks like the picture is supposed to be rotated a bit when you would actually watch it on your screen. But then it would be crooked or am i wrong?

oh no... i knew it... metzen ----> orcs.... /cries in darnassian

[micwini]

I'm dissappointed that, some, after 10+ years still don't understand that these vague monitor photo's from a weird angle are always fake.

[vintage79]

If you assume that the guy in the back is the same kind of creature and doesn't have a helmet, the thing in the back could be two axes (soldiers behind him?) or a banner in the wind.

You can kind of see where the backround guys ears are, meaning they might not be big horns.

OMG! guys, guys what if- What If -this is some variation of wow/warcraft 3 opening cinematic ?! u know when ork fighting human - where infernals come from the sky ??? but in different-twisted timeline? or some 'puns' about new era of WoW? //u name it

[Bomba the Shaman]

Ah finally, a leak worthy of attention.

That's definitely an Orc. An undead Orc? Perhaps a death knight? I have no idea who or what the character in back supposed to be, nothing comes to mind.

The fact it has 'confidential' over it kinda puts me off, it would be more convincing without it. Like, if someone would want to make a fake leak you would expect him write something like 'confidential' to make it seem it's real. Which is why it's sus.

[vintage79]

I see this as a remastered/reinvented version of the Warcraft 3 intro cinematic - but at the end - they kill an Inferanl or whatever comes from the sky (if) and when the "orc" takes off his helmet we see it's not an 'orc' but a DREADLORD - will fulfill the ultimate plan to corrupt/infiltrate all realites.

=>Enemy Infiltration - Preface: Shadowlands Book on Cosmos-Wide Deception Written by a Dreadlord<=

[Sondrelk]

Ah finally, a leak worthy of attention.

That's definitely an Orc. An undead Orc? Perhaps a death knight? I have no idea who or what the character in back supposed to be, nothing comes to mind.

The fact it has 'confidential' over it kinda puts me off, it would be more convincing without it. Like, if someone would want to make a fake leak you would expect him write something like 'confidential' to make it seem it's real. Which is why it's sus.

One imagines that a watermark like that would be shown with something immediately obvious, like repeated patterns of what date it was shown, so that any leaks can be squashed immediately. Not a giant "CONFIDENTIAL" plastered across the screen.

[Sentynel]

IF this is real, those could very possibly be Lightbound Orcs. Fel and Void warps the appearance of people, why couldn't the light do so as well? It also sort of matches what fans have speculated Lightbound orcs to look like.

Lightbound orcs are literally regular orcs with yellow glowing stuff slapped on them.

Also, why does it say confidential? It's not some top secret government project. At most it would say work in progress.

Fake.

[vintage79]

Lightbound orcs are literally regular orcs with yellow glowing stuff slapped on them.

Also, why does it say confidential? It's not some top secret government project. At most it would say work in progress.

Fake.

extremely confidential - read what restrictions cd-procject employees had (cyberpunk 2077) the company went to great lengths to avoid pre-release leaks - and now - if what I wrote turns out to be true, it will be an earthquake in lore wow. (Cataclysm will look like a sleepy Wednesday``