Are terrible…
That’s perhaps the biggest takeaway from the story of the Shadowlands; ‘No matter how stupid or reckless you act, nothing of any consequence will happen.’
Thrall, A.K.A Boomer Orc Dad: Throw treasured axe at the face of whatever Helya is. Lose axe. Gets sad. Finds better axe, makes lame dad joke. Somehow, through pure coincidence, rediscovers Axe later on.
Jain Proudmoore, A.K.A Character that already had an Arc: Has the power to stop time, freeze enemies, and polymoph. Still gets captured by Mawsworn SOMEHOW. Slings spells and destroys everything she looks at, making player character wonder how the in the french-fries does she need saving. Has a very weird, generational relationship with Anduin.
Baine Bloodhoof, A.K.A Who?: Is so forgettable: I was legitimately shocked to find him IN Zerith Mortis. Did nothing to be taken by the Mawsworn, still did nothing to defend Oribos. Says what everyone is thinking during the 9.2 patch trailer.
Tyrande Whisperwind, A.K.A Wanted to go out like Saurfang, but wussed out: goes suicidal in BFA looking to kill Sylvanas Whisperwind only to be 
blocked by the very deity that gave her power in the first place. NOT ONLY THAT, but said deity also gave her the choice for renewal or death, despite Tyrande doubling down on death beforehand.
Boulvar Fordragon, A.K.A Beta Fordragon: Veteran of many wars, gets wrecked by the Real Protagonist because Plot. Becomes an exposition machine for a majority of the game until, for some reason, this utter failure takes charge and leads the assault into Korthia. Says that he will stop Zovaal every time said Jailer walks past him and straight up ignores Beta Fordragon like the Chad we wanted Bolvar to be. Gets wrecked by Sylvanas twice and is still taken seriously afterwards.
Anduin Wrynn, A.K.A Worst Enabler Ever: Only exists in the story to piggy-back Arthas Menithil for reasons that are never explained. You could honestly swap the two and the story would still make sense. Only exists in the story narratively to give Sylvanas Windrunner a chance at redemption, which makes him the most awful character in WoW. We save him and he’s totally fine helping Sylvanas.
Zovaal, A.K.A The only guy in the third Matrix Movie everyone knows because he’s nonsense: Always wins. The full-circle master mind behind Sargeras and the Lich King and the Dreadlords were his minions.
Then that leaves Syvlanas Windrunner A.K.A should’ve stayed dead when you jumped off of Icecrown, A.K.A the Real Protagonist, A.K.A Plot Armor Incarnate: Commits two genocides, everyone still loves her. Garrosh blew up Theramore, and he’s a villain. How to explain how this creature not only gets a pass from brutalizing the living, but the village idiots above all agree that they need her to stop Zovaal.
Awful. Awful writing. Someone needs to read some classic literature and brush up on how a character-driven plot is supposed to be.
