Guardian of Ancient Kings (Midnight race concept)

[Nightshade711]

The Lightborne
(Guardian of ancient kings-based race concept)

"It came to my aid when the orc's blade was at my throat, then vanished as quickly as it had appeared."
- Overheard in the Cathedral of Light

Lore (DISCLAIMER: Most of this is fanon. The lore of these guys is non-existent. We know they aren't Val'kyr or Kyrian (for now)

The Lightborne are elusive beings native to the realm of the light. The most well-known sect of them are the Guardian of Ancient Kings who venture beyond The Light to further its vision of the future. They intervene at moments that would cause the future to diverge from the Light's vision, typically acting as salvation for the faithful critical to the light's future.

Like the Naaru, the Lightborne too can fall to the void. The Fallen Lightborne are hunted down by The Oathkeepers where they are either redeemed and brought back to the light or killed.

The Lightborne have rallied their full military might to defend Azeroth and her people against the void's assault in Quel'thalas. However an unforeseen consequence of this is that exposure to Azeroth's worldsoul would give the Lightborne more free will than The Light intended. (Similar to the Earthen in Khaz Algar)

Racials
(l am not a game dev, specific ranges/numbers/cooldowns not included.)
Damage types/visuals change based on your customization. (Fallen Lightborne customization gives shadow visuals & damage instead of Light. Like how the Man'ari customizations change Gift of the Naaru to a fel version)

Wings of liberty: (Cut paladin ability)
Leap through the air toward a target location, slamming down with destructive force to deal holy/shadow (based on customization) damage to nearby enemies.

Touch of the Light/Void (Passive)
Your melee and spell attacks deal X% additional Holy/Shadow damage

Angelic Speed
Deftness increased by X% Deftness increases your gathering speed.

Radiant Resilience (Passive)
Your body is suffused with celestial essence, granting you X% increased resistance to Holy and Shadow damage.


Beacon of Faith (Passive)
All healing you receive is increased by X%. When healed by another player, that player is also healed for a small amount.

Class selections
Paladin, Priest, Mage, Hunter, Warrior, Rogue, Monk.
Warlocks possible (Through Fallen Lightborne)



Customization options

Skin variations:
Blue (Various shades of holy blue)
Gold (Various shades of gold/bronze)
Void (Dark purple & cosmic void blue)

Eyes:
Gold
Blue (Holy & cosmic void)
Void purple


Wing color
Blue (Holy blue & cosmic void)
Gold
Dark purple/black
(For priests - Like Dracthyr) their wings get special effects when using apotheosis or Dark Ascension.

Hair colors
Brown
Blonde
Blue
Black
Silver
White
Flame-orange

Head accessories:
Golden holy halo
Shattered void halo
Runes (similar to the Lightforged Draenei runes)

Misc
Several light & void tattoo options & colors.
Various wing textures/styles.
Glowing hands/wing toggles.


Racial mount

The Lightborne would (probably) not have a racial mount. I would imagine they would use their wings to get around.


Heritage armor

The Lightborne would have heritage armor that is similar to the armor that we see the Guardian of Ancient Kings wearing in-game and in the TCG (minus the tabard) It will have light & void variants.

[Joszef Kiprich]

Looks a lot like the angels in Diablo

[Wyrt]

I always hated that every race had to turn into some stupid gold human dude with that ability.

[Bwgmon]

So what happens when a Guardian of Ancient Kings uses Guardian of Ancient Kings?

[Nightshade711]

So what happens when a Guardian of Ancient Kings uses Guardian of Ancient Kings?

I think that the Guardian of Ancient Kings ability would probably get a new model & they'd turn into the model. (With the glowing effects that it has)
Or they'd just get the effects that the Guardian spells gets without the model change.

[Lecadre]

good concept but kinda pointless when its so close to reveal, would rather have more of the classes in the existing races like blood elves and void elves, instead of them making another race and giving it only the usual 5-6 classes, also races that their models depend too much on pre-existing armor/racial armor like angelic races (that have their own clothing), or even ethereals that have their own clothes thematics as well, those aren't really good as playable races

[Nightshade711]

would rather have more of the classes in the existing races like blood elves and void elves, instead of them making another race and giving it only the usual 5-6 classes

Tbf the two aren't mutually exclusive. They can expand classes while adding a new race.

also races that depend too much on pre-existing armor/racial armor like angelic races (that have their own clothing), or even ethereals that have their own clothes thematics as well, those aren't really good as playable races

Not really sure what you mean here. All races have their own clothing/armor thematics.

[Lecadre]

Tbf the two aren't mutually exclusive. They can expand classes while adding a new race.


Not really sure what you mean here. All races have their own clothing/armor thematics.

i mean like races that their clothing is basically part of the models themselves, like the val'kyrs or the spirit healers who are the angelic types, they wouldn't really fit in other clothes other than the ones that their models were pre-designed to have in the first place, these here fall under that category too they are more similar to the diablo angels/archangels who their models are basically the armor itself while their faces are hidden to emphasize their spiritual nature more

[Nightshade711]

i mean like races that their clothing is basically part of the models themselves, like the val'kyrs or the spirit healers who are the angelic types, they wouldn't really fit in other clothes other than the ones that their models were pre-designed to have in the first place, these here fall under that category too they are more similar to the diablo angels/archangels who their models are basically the armor itself while their faces are hidden to emphasize their spiritual nature more

These guys aren't Val'kyr or Spirit Healers/Kyrian, though.

If these guys are made playable (probably won't - the concept is just a fun idea) they'd for sure have proper working armor.
In this hypothetical situation they'd probably hide cloaks due to clipping with wings. (Though an alternative could be the wings only appear when using the racial or the 'racial mount' that's just the wings. Similar in idea to 5E Aasimar)

[Andromedes]

Yes, we need more lightforged, voidforged, mechaforged, fireforged, stormforged, fatforged races because regular races are too boring with no gimmick.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

This is just kind of thematically-redundant with Lightforged while being detrimental to what little mystery remains in the setting.

[Nightshade711]

Detrimental to what little mystery remains in the setting.

Disagree with this point. There's a big difference between having no lore and having mystery.
There is no lore or actual appearances for these guys (yet) outside of the Paladin ability. The TCG only gives us a single line referring to them.

[caliphax]

They seem cool but perhaps...too powerful? Like if they were in Midnight I wouldn't complain. But as a playable race... they seem too powerful. Like having playable Naaru

[Lecadre]

They seem cool but perhaps...too powerful? Like if they were in Midnight I wouldn't complain. But as a playable race... they seem too powerful. Like having playable Naaru

well every time a naaru had to face a relevant character they were helpless, either destroyed or forcefully corrupted, they arent really strong in terms of combat but more like for support and guidance

[Nightshade711]

They seem cool but perhaps...too powerful? Like if they were in Midnight I wouldn't complain. But as a playable race... they seem too powerful. Like having playable Naaru

Tbf we don’t know much of anything about these guys atm.

They could be your standard denizens of The Light

[AOL Instant Messenger]

This is just kind of thematically-redundant with Lightforged while being detrimental to what little mystery remains in the setting.

I think I was pointlessly snippy about this kek

[Lochton]

Rather just have the actual old Guardian of the Ancient Kings returned to Paladins, the 'Pet' version to assist in Tanking, DPSing, or Healing.

[Relapses]

So what happens when a Guardian of Ancient Kings uses Guardian of Ancient Kings?

The timeline collapses on itself, having reached singularity. GoAK² immediately completes the Human Instrumentality Project and you, the player, are ordered to go outside.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The super sayian transformation state should not be normalized as a baseline appearance, lest it stop feeling powerful for paladin players.