They also used to eat people as a matter of canon.
Yeah? Me too.
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They do, but so did elves despise trolls. Revantusk were part of the hprde before the elves joined. And I could imagine that Amani could use the Horde to sabotage elves in some interesting way.
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Correction: Amani didnât kill any of their Loa. They were siphoning their power but no harm was done to them.
You can even see new Loa champions in TalâAman. they wouldnât exist if Loa would be dead/ stopped blessing them.
As for druid forms:
Wildkin while does appear in Hinterlands they donât appear to be obejct of trollâs interest. Amani worship Akilâzon which appears to be their chief Loa. He is alsoa thunderbird. It would make more sense if theyâd also use Arrakoa - like model with eagle alteration or use the model of that champion but updated.
For water form : crab isnât really fitting. Shark would be enough.
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Even though Iâm kind of Darkspear/Zandalari biased, this is a cool idea. I think theyâd be better as an AR, because theyâd kind of be a re-skin (except for the males), but thatâs just me
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The Forest Troll should lament his life being âunlike a box of chocolates.â
I was talking Darkspear here. I think a salmon would be cool for the forest trolls, much more unique, since the environments they live in is akin to that of northern North America. However:
Huh, yeah that is true. I was of the impression siphon meant kill, but thinking about that, yeah youâre right. Iâll correct that, thank you.
My vote would be for eels, personally.
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Vengeance for zulâjin!
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Iâve been roleplaying this character as a forest troll since Cata and I have long wanted for beefcake forest trolls. (He was taught as a druid by the Darkspear as ICly a show of continued good relations between the two tribes)
For druid forms I actually differ slightly and this is what I use in game.
Cat: Lynx (Halazzi)
Bear: Bear (Nalorakk)
Flight: Eagle (Akilâzon/Akilâdarah)
Moonkin: a modified dragonhawk (Janâalai) actually, dragonhawks breathe fire and are associated with the sun so they fit with the celestial theme of moonkin. The dragonhawk would use the flying arakkoa rig and be bipedal.
As for travel and aquatic? I got nothing. Thereâs crocolisks in Zulâaman so maybe a crocolisk for aquatic (Iâm pro-Revantusk just using Amani as the base since they are the progenitor)
Racial mount would be a bear as is customary for a forest troll.
I really want them as an AR, just the green skintone on the stringbean is justâŚThatâs not a forest troll, Forest trolls NEVER skip leg day.
Of course part of me doesnât want it to happen because Iâve spent so long roleplaying these specific druid forms and forming a story and they might not even get druids (in the unlikely event we get forest trolls as AR), let alone the druid forms that I have described that I think fit so perfectly.
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Eels could work too, since druid forms arenât small itâd be easier to believe seeing a big eel as opposed to a big salmon.
I was thinking dragonhawk for flight form because thereâs a TCG mount thatâs an Amani dragonhawk, but you could switch them out, yeah. Akilâzon could be thunder or moon related in some way. But, you are right about the celestial theme and dragonhawks. A thunder moonkin would be a stretch from what weâve seen so far, but I like it.
I suggested a giant salmon, since forest trolls live in a northern North America-esque enviorment. But a large salmon would be a bit weird. Grabbag suggested eel, which would probably be better to be honest.
Yeah thatâs true (that the skinny model isnât as iconic), but green stringbean is sadly our best bet at any forest trolls at all. Iâm rooting for the bulky model and its own race, but green skin for Darkspear is sadly our best chance.
Yeah, same. A lot of people think the only forest trolls are the Amani and thus could never be playable. They are, thankfully though, wrong.
With the Zandalari Empire allying with the Horde, I see no reason for the Raventusk not being part of the customization and open a new possible future for the Amani(the big ones) joining as an allied race, these guys have been waited by many people to be playable for a long time.
Besides I want this to happen with because this would give power to the Amani in reclaim most of the Ghostland legally as they would put more numbers/resources than the few remaining elves and the forsakens arenât there anymore which is one less allie for them
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Heâs never been shown to be thunder or moon related, and Iâd rather have the dragonhawk form be a combat form personally.
Unsurprising, there was a guy that thought the Revantusk used the stringbean model despite them using the beefcake model since BC.
Iâm uncompromising and stubborn on the simple green skin thing though. No matter what, that is NOT a forest troll to me and it irks me when people say it is.
Case in point on the Revantusk stringbean thing.
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Skinny forest trolls have appeared from Classic up until the present day. Itâs not quite as cool, but itâs a lot more likely and still lore accurate.
Di chuka Amani, family.
Yes, I know some Revantusk has the muscular model but SL wouldnât add a new AR or even alteration of the body shape so our more reasonable option for now would be the green forest skin being added in the customization (later on for the new expansion that returns us for Azeroth, they could add them properly)
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Yeah, same, especially since the Farraki are becoming customization, and not their own thing.
He could be based of the thunderbird, instead of just an eagle. That is true at the moment (the no relation to thunder/moon part) but could be expanded on.
Iâm all for Amani if we can get a lore reason, which would be easy with the Zandalari in the Horde. Blizzard just needs to tell us why theyâre joining. It could be as simple as the Amani and Zandalari alliance being used to get them in.
Yeah. I know thereâs one in Dazarâalor and I think in some LBRS.
Thatâs the thing, with sand and dark trolls joining up it looks like the Zandalari Empire is getting back on its feet. Itâs not even close to an issue to say âalso the Amaniâ. The Revantusk are cool and all, but they are not the Amani. They never had an empire and they werenât led by the only troll to give Volâjin a run for his money on #iconic status.
Thereâs a lot more than one. All the forest troll tribes other than the Revantusk and Amani (also the Winterax) have a 50-50 chance to use either of the skins. Also thereâs a few tribes that use the model around Azeroth.
Less than 10 distinct NPC IDs though, Qeeju, Smolderthorn, Firetree, Witherbark, and Mossflayer speakers (which is the most bizarre because none of those tribes have ever shown to use that model since the switch in BC, I donât really get it but in wowpedia discord we have a phrase called Blizzconsistency for a reason) and Amaniâshi scout. Before the speakers it was two, I can go back and check though. Point being, these models are used rarely and should be treated as the exception rather than the norm. In the end, I prefer my troll races to differ in more than just skincolor even if Blizzard wants to run counter to that.
Edit: Adding that the Firetree have never been seen in-game outside of the speakers so I shouldnât say NONE of.
Sand trolls are joining. I havenât seen any evidence of dark trolls. Weâve seen at least one dark troll in WoW and her skin tone is light ashy grey. Sheâs the only one to my knowledge.
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Middle set.