I would love to see the Kelfin playable at some point

With the abolishment of slots comes the possibility of many new kinds of ARs. One of the ARs that makes the most sense and is deserving to be a playable new race are the kelfin. Lets go over the reasons why:

1. A bread and butter partnership between the Kelfin and Voldunai.

They are the perfect race to be a same faction pairing with Vulpera. Neri, Vim and Peon paired with Kiro, Nisha and Meerah. They are both survivalists who have would fit together like bread and butter and be so adorable to see interacting with the horde and partnering up together.

2. Their motivations check out, but they aren’t damsels either

We helped saved the Gilgoblins from the clutches of the Naga, but they also did much of it themselves. They are a competent group of survivalists and they have all the reason to join that Vulpera do. In fact, I think they should have joined alongside Vulpera. Both of them introducing themselves to the horde would have been so heartwarming.

3. They have a lot to offer to the Horde.

Whereas Vulpera are specialists in desert survival, Gilgoblins are specialists in aquatic survival. What better and more fitting pairing for the horde? These two groups would basically both be the survivalist squadron of the horde. Gilgoblins would also bring Crab people and Sea Ogres into the Horde which could serve as a very useful boon to the horde.

4. They are unique both physically and culturally and have a lot of potential.

Even though Gilgoblins take a lot from the existing model, they have a fundamental setup that makes them quite unique. They are an aquatic race which we don’t have one of yet. They are very close to nature, and also have some different geometry with their feet, nose, eyes, fins and also have the possibility for some amazing custom options. Now if blizzard was to put 50% of the effort they put into making Vulpera and them they could look like this.


See! This is what I mean when I say they have great potential.

5. They are both cute races

Okay admittedly this could be debated, but maybe this will make you change your mind.


And I know this is kinda cheating cause these are fan made, but its potential like I said!

I also think that Sethrak and Ankoan would have made an excellent pairing together for similar reasons. Soon or later, I hope all these can become playable at some point.

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You’ve got my support for playable Kelfin on the Horde. I think they’ll be a pretty neat addition!

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/679773016703762440/697128812001099836/vulperashy.gif

I want to make a gif of a kelfin and a Vulpera doing this animation together soon or later. Maximum cuteness! Do wish Vulpera had a blue skin though.

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I liked Neri the second I met her.

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Neri is awesome. She really is. She is the heart and soul of the seas tbh.

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Not as an AR though, they are just Goblins with fins and gills. Let them be a customization option for Goblins the way all the Dwarf and Troll offshoots are going to be in Shadowlands.

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Hard pass.

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They have the potential to be so much more though as demonstrated with my fan made model edits. If some decent effort was put into them, they could be very distinct from land based goblins. I’ll show you some more of them.


https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700806825574137996/700838932019150898/Screen_Shot_2020-04-16_at_1.00.23_AM.png

Granted this is not their cannon look, but the point of these is effort. I think that would make an excellent addition to the horde.

bit of a crap judge of character, though.

To the horde: “We know the bad guys pretty well, and you’re not one of them.”

Lor’themar Theron: “There are some who would beg to differ.”

To be fair. It was probably because of Sylvanas that the horde was as evil as they were.

Goblin? Check.
Aquatic? Check.
Self-sufficient? Check.
Adaptable? Check.
Neri? Check.
Poen? Check.
Vim? Check.
Murlocs, Makura, Sea Giants? Check, check, check.

Bring 'em on!

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All traits which work wonderfully for the horde.

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Always in support for more Goblins :heart:

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Neri, Vim and Poen I wonder if they canonically did join the horde already.

Peon :laughing:

Nah I would have to pass on gilblins. They are out of place in any non-aquatic environment and they’re too lovey-dovey / goody two shoes for the Horde.

Then ya know what I say? Third faction. Aquatic races only!

Aquatic races could have been a nice feature of an aquatic based expansion.

But seeing how they yeeted the most notable and biggest aquatic based villains in the span of two patches… I think that ship has sailed.

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So much lost potential with Azshara and Nazjatar. I think they should have given Azshara her own fully dedicated expansion with zones that were fully aquatic and lots of variety.

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Agreed, Azshara could have been her own expansion that eventually led into N’zoth and Black Empire themed expansion.

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Or even like this Tidal Guardian Class concept I came up with. This would have been a great way to introduce new aquatic themed races.