What were his feats again? Going out of his way to save his comrades during the battle? Every skirmish ever has someone like that.
That’s one thing, mention he went back and saved a bunch of people.
But it is heavily implied he’s just lived a life of that sort of thing.
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That’s the job of every medic, corpsmen. It’s certainly a heroic act, but trying to say A’dal pick this one person out of probably thousands of times it happened? That it’s some rare …occurrence? It’s just butchering the lore. Like what is the point? So Bridenbrad went to the Light realm, but it’s not gonna happen again. What’s the point of talking about it then?
That was a different story writing group which was QUITE some time ago.
Since then we’ve had other groups that have put retcons into at least one major Wrath story.
Assume nothing.
That’s what I think is the biggest problem right now. The current team versus what was. Do they ignore it or do they try to implement it into the story? I think by doing the latter, they are just hurting the story. By trying to work in some tribute from 12 years ago, they are just hurting their own story.
It could be related to the Light’s view on the ‘one true path’. What we chose to assume is something that makes someone worthy doesn’t mean the begins of the Light see it the same way. Frankly one reason they might not do it much is if they did, they might trigger a cosmic conflict with issues like the Legion already being a problem, it could be the leaders of the Light plane didn’t want to risk starting another war. Alternatively, Adal could just be a touch more pragmatic. He can’t save all of them but one occasionally is ok.
They have made it pretty clear at this point that the Light is very ridged in its way of operating. At it’s extreme, their way is the only way and anything that doesn’t comply with that is an aberration or variable to be destroyed. Perfect harmony and unity but at the cost of diversity and freedom of views and thought.
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Not everyone fulfills their duty above and beyond throughout an entire lifetime.
Well in this case it was to pay homage to this employee.
I mean, I brought it up because the thread was asking ‘does the Light fight over control of souls’. Which is points against being the case given the rareness.
In that case maybe Fel is easier to cleanse than death or void, could make sense.
Not really, but the Legion didn’t destroy all of it. There’s even non-demon life in Argus so pretty sure there is life out there in the universe.
But that’s why the Legion is one of the enemies of the shadowlands as we saw in Afterlives: Maldraxxus when Drakka was stealing something from them. If you kill all life in the universe there won’t be anima to fuel their realm.
Of course this is pure theory. The expansion hasn’t been released yet so everything can change.
But as far as we know, the eternal ones are pretty much the Pantheon of death. It was established that their power level is titan-like.
No, but a lot of people do.
And the questline was doing just that on it’s own. Having new people try to explain it 12 years later in an interview about the new lore isn’t the way to do things.
Which is my point, that it shouldn’t be part of the lore if it only happens one in a trillion times. It was clearly an attempt to explain a tribute that was meant to give peace to a deceased person. Now it makes it seem like he was abducted by aliens, outside of the normal cycle.
The naaru had a battle in revendreth
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Z%27rali
I would like Z’rali to take over Ember Ward and turn it into a resting place for worshipers of light.
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And yet not a lot of people can be saved like this, apparently.
Well people asked in the context of an expansion about the afterlife. I’d prefer an answer than ‘eh, we’re letting that one float’.
I don’t see an issue with very rare things happening (not necessarily agreeing it is one in a trillion, not clear how often it happens) .
I mean he devoted his life to the Light as his religion. In a technical sense it was always ‘aliens’ in the sense they’re basically angels. And outside the cycle in that we had to save him anyway.
Obviously a retcon happened, but seems like whatever to me. He was just special.
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A’dal specifically states that Bridenbrad inducing selflessness in the Players(the pinnacle of selfishness) is a miracle.
Both Bridenbrad and Uuna inspired Selfless acts by a Selfish Monster on their behalf and the Light deemed them Champions of the Light for it.
The Light believes in Sacrifice not Faith which is merely a means to call on the Light’s aid and not a means of bringing you into the Light’s embrace.
The only sacrifice Alexandros incurred was that of his favored Son. His least favorite Son backstabbed him.
Uther also incurred no Sacrifice nor did he make any Sacrifice. He had nothing but Faith and that only saved half of his Soul from Frostmourne to be taken by the Kyrians to Bastion.
The Light is pragmatic not idealistic.
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And now he gets to enjoy his paradise alone without his friends and family. What a reward, at least he can get to know the space chandeliers a little better.
I would have preferred that. It was a tribute to an employee’s brother that Metzen decided after attending the funeral and seeing the request to honor the brother. Saying he is now at peace by being in a completely different afterlife than his family seems to be opposite of the original intention.
The Light is what it is… It’s a force not a conscious being with purpose.
I mean, it is paradise. The definition kind of precludes excessive want.
To each their own.
It’s whatever A’dal considers to be a paradise. Doesn’t necessarily mean it will be what someone else desires. Honestly, if it wasn’t a tribute to someone, I could definitely be on board with it actually being a living nightmare for Bridenbrad.
In any case, I think we both will agree to disagree and move on.