A Forsaken NPC just thanked me for killing her

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That is all.

Well, ok, that’s not all. It made me think a bit.

I mean, it was a generic Forsaken Deathguard npc, but still. Is there ever a time Hordeside where the Alliance is like “Wow, I really had that coming. Go you for killing me”? I’m pretty sure it’s closer to the opposite, with stuff like “These people need healing, and so do your black, twisted souls.”

There’s no point to this. It was just a random thought, but I can’t figure it out. I mean, it could be used to reinforce some kind of ‘The Alliance is good and the Horde is evil’ narrative, but that tree’s long burned. I’m just left to wonder ‘why?’

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It’s just a random line Forsaken sometimes say when they die. It was from Legion I think?

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I noticed it. I just didn’t make a thread about it cause I was afraid of what’s about to occur.

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Waiting for a post about how we are the heroes because we kill people who just want to die anyway.

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I definitely wouldn’t have said that.

… might’ve felt it though.

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do you have a screenshot, please? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Oh I know you are such an anti human paladin cliché! Your post are reminding us every day that human paladins can still be cool!

I was just afraid to stumble upon some zealots here.

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Kind of a running theme with the undead. I especially remember Icecrown and Sindragosa saying something like ‘Finally free…’, or somesuch.

Lorewise, or maybe headcannon? I think the majority of the undead see themselves as damned and that the True Death is a release. :man_shrugging:

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Yea. From Stormheim I think. In fact, the Forsaken death quotes there offer a good sort of insight to a Forsaken’s mindset and how it can vary.

Some thank you, as it seems some Forsaken do seek their final death.

Others call out for Sylvanas, desperately calling for the Dark Lady even as they die.

Others lament dying yet again, as if they’re just having another bad day.

It’s a good view of the three standard types of Forsaken. “Sad Dead”, “Uber Dead”, and “Funny Dead”.

Also, if anyone is curious as to where the quotes come from: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Dread-Rider_Stalker

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That… is actually a pretty good way to divide up the Forsaken. The somber, the fanatical, and those with dark senses of humour.

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Ah, I got it in Zandalar. The Dreadguards out by the beach near that wrecked Alliance fleet.

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He’ll feel different once he sees what’s waiting for him on the other side.

It could also be that he thinks he’s rejoining the rest of his family that died and did not rise a undead.

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For reference, these NPCs:

You can see the kinds of things they can say in the Quotes clickable. There’s quite a range, matching what Hackbrew and Ximothy discussed, with one of them indeed being “Thank you…”

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As someone who deals with thoughts like that, it really does sound so hilariously terrible out of context. Maybe someone should start a Murderhobo assisted suicide business. They’d make a killing.

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Similar stuff in incursions from some named mobs like:

Plague Master Herbert from Nazmir has “The sweet release of death. Hopefully I stay… dead.”

Apprentice Crispin from Drustvar has “The pain… gone now…”

There’s a pretty distinct difference in how enemy mobs in general appear for Horde and Alliance in incursions, though.

Though I suppose the Alliance also have the suffer that dwarf that makes the same quip about how dead orcs smell every couple minutes, so it all evens out.

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Sindragosa was enslaved to the lich king. She was likely quite happy to be able to have a nice rest again.

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Just another fine example of the depravity of the Forsaken. They still enjoy death, even when it’s brought upon themselves.

Either that or they were being enslaved by Sylvanas as an undead thrall, and killing them freed them from unwilling servitude.

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During the drust incursion i killed a goblin working on a blight warship.

She said something to the effect of “It…gasp wasnt worth it…”

I had a very insightful convo with cursewords about it but im too lazy to look it up right now.

The point is that even the horde npcs are going “are we the baddies?” Now.

Thrall’s dream is pretty much dead i guess lel

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Yeah, I believe a few say it in Stormheim. Might be meant to indicate some who wanted to die, but were too afraid to commit suicide or face what lay beyond. Hackbrew got it.

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Life is slow exhaustion, death is a release. Wouldn’t be the first time, even in WoW, someone thanked you for putting them down, add that with the weight of undeath and i’m terribly surprised some Forsaken welcome the chance to finally lay down and die.

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