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Re: The Blood Elves were introduced with the Frozen Throne (War3xpak)... Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 25/10/2011 07:00:08 PM
...and they actually fit together pretty well, as Ghavrel pointed out. In addition, the Trolls and Orcs are very different groups of Trolls and Orcs than the ones that Silvermoon has a history with. And the Blood Elves are no strangers to the idea of abandoning aspects of their heritage, so they don't hold the Trolls and Orcs' races against them.


The Trolls are a different subspecies, but not the Orcs. Thrall's Horde was largely formed from liberating the Orcs imprisoned by the Alliance at the end of the Second War. But that's not the point. The point is the direct comparison between their motives for abandoning the Alliance and their forgiveness towards the slights committed against them by the Horde.

Warcraft 3's story had it's ups and downs, but the best thing to come of it is Illidan as a character. He's the most interesting person in the entire mythos. He's also integral to the Blood Elves, and they were loyal to him as of the end of Frozen Throne.

Which is why Burning Crusade, which flattened his character and turned him into a generic big bad so that faceless, nameless groups of massive shoulder-pad wearing players could kill him, was such a travesty.


Yes, another disappointment is the Lich King/Arthas storyline. The Lich King is stated to require someone torn between good and evil, but Arthas never shows any remorse for what he's done, at all. His fall into darkness was well portrayed, but it was certainly not a fall into ambivalence. Someone like Grom or Illidan would have made a far better host for the Lich King.
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Mists of Pandaria revealed as next World of Warcraft expansion. - 21/10/2011 10:19:20 PM 1214 Views
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~facepalm~ - 21/10/2011 10:34:05 PM 843 Views
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Aha - 21/10/2011 10:50:08 PM 814 Views
Re: Aha - 21/10/2011 11:10:55 PM 931 Views
BEST QUOTE EVER *NM* - 22/10/2011 02:52:59 AM 404 Views
Submit it then. *NM* - 22/10/2011 02:58:50 PM 371 Views
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Thank goodness you're not teaching them. - 23/10/2011 03:01:09 PM 676 Views
The funny thing is ... - 24/10/2011 09:18:13 PM 771 Views
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Re: This is the first expansion that I have absolutely no interest in playing. - 24/10/2011 10:07:44 PM 934 Views
Yeah, you're right. - 25/10/2011 04:56:52 AM 923 Views
Re: Yeah, you're right. - 25/10/2011 07:00:07 AM 1018 Views
Re: Yeah, you're right. - 25/10/2011 10:08:30 AM 912 Views
The Blood Elves were introduced with the Frozen Throne (War3xpak)... - 25/10/2011 03:41:47 PM 759 Views
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Re: Yeah, you're right. - 25/10/2011 06:54:02 PM 765 Views
Granted, the one jerk is responsible for the slaughter of 90% of their race. *NM* - 25/10/2011 10:56:10 PM 334 Views
I meant Garithos. *NM* - 26/10/2011 05:30:10 AM 347 Views
I'm wondering how many panda-monks will have names from Kung Fu Panda. - 24/10/2011 07:59:15 PM 770 Views
Right? - 24/10/2011 08:31:12 PM 812 Views
Heh, I did the same. - 24/10/2011 10:09:47 PM 717 Views
Hates *glare* - 24/10/2011 11:43:06 PM 787 Views
that's fine...but how many variations of "Po" do you want to see? *NM* - 25/10/2011 12:06:26 AM 365 Views
It would not be any more stupid than the current WoW names *NM* - 25/10/2011 04:45:22 PM 335 Views
I think they should just make special characters against the naming rules. - 25/10/2011 05:25:24 PM 851 Views
I miss the days when Blizzard enforced their naming policy. *NM* - 25/10/2011 05:30:05 PM 345 Views
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Actually, the challenge dungeons some hardcore players really interested - 24/10/2011 09:58:21 PM 792 Views
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