Mystery of the (Earthen) Druids

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My Earthen is currently digging into the Mysteries of the Druids aka the unknown edict of Freya instilled within the Freysworn.
Mostly because the player has a distinct feeling that earthen druids are going to be tied to a secret.

In case anyone wants to talk about some theory i’m including the four stoneglyphs pertaining to them.

I think it’s fairly obviously wanderer in green is Freya. The first stoneglyph seems relatively unrelated to Freya or the Freysworn, but it’s proximity to several Woldclaimed Freysworn make it seem to be appreciation of the local Ramoliths.
Which is probably going to be their travel form.
As for the actual stones relating to them it has me pretty stumped

They almost read like a retelling of the titan origination myth, from a perspective involving Freya and her Earthen servants.

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Thanks for sharing the stone glyphs! I keep stopping to read them anytime I find them even when I’m leveling alts.

I do really hope this is some hidden little easter egg for Earthen Druids in the future. Although, Shaman can somewhat fit the bill as well which is cool.

This bit I think is referencing the Ramolith brothers in the side-quests in (I think) Rambleshire. They appear to be some sort of Wild God adjacent beings responsible for storms in the area, so it would make sense they’d be referenced by the Freysworn.

I’ve wanted Dwarf druids for a long time (Bearded forms!) but Earthen would be just as good if not better!

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I am going to have to include the text about the Freysworn that is mentioned in the Earthen starting quest in the Lexicon, but from recollection Freysworn Have a secret edict that they bind to post awakening that also simultaneously makes them Unbound.

Which explains why there are no druids in the Stonevault Earthen.

My biggest question is ‘What is this edict?’.

It’s my main reason to think that the entire class is locked behind a secret even though there is no precedent of blizzard doing that except with death knights in the drafting stages.

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That’s really cool actually, I must’ve missed that!

I always had a inkling that Freya was a little more relaxed in the Titan department when it came to edicts and pre-designated purpose, I wonder if she snuck in a little Freysworn rebellion to the Earthen as a treat.

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Theres several pieces of NPC text alluding to this. A Freysworn herbalist trainer almost starts talking about it, but ceases when they get too close to speaking about it. The Stonevault intro area has no archives of Freyas edicts, and registers them as an anomaly.

Someone at blizzard genuinely wanted to do a “Mystery of the Druids” and it feels like i’m one of the few people actually interested in them.

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Ah neat! I will have to go back to create another Earthen and explore again! I feel like I probably missed a lot in my excitement. I’m definitely interested in them as well, I was very surprised to see the Woldclaimed ones around and was super suspicious since they’re all decked out in Druid gear.

I half expected (hoped) Blizzard would pull a fast one and put them in last minute like they did with the Darkfallen skin. Alas!

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Earthen druids when?! And this isn’t the first time blizz teased a certain race getting a new class. They also did it with gnome hunters during WoD.

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I fully expect them to include Druids as a later content class unlock, since we unlocked Earthen as a race extremely early compared to most allied races. Probably pushed as a content feature to halt the criticism they gained in the past, leading to asset shortcomings for Earthen druids to be released on time.

Either way even spanning all the way from the Emerald Dream content release they have been trying to spin Freya into a rebellious Titan, more of a trickster than a Sargeras.

The stoneglyphs seem to enable that curiosity further to me.

Edit: Honestly this buildup could be for both Earthen AND Dwarven druids. Considering how many dwarven subraces there are now, delaying a full Earthen release to work on Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, AND Dark Iron forms to release alongside Earthen isnt out of character.

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So it’s … from the Titans’ perspective? :rofl:

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Specifically of Eonar/Freya Who in recent expansions has been sort of written as a quasi-foil to the other Titans.

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I just have to laugh because Blizzard went out of their way to plant the idea that the Titans’ perspective is unreliable (to give themselves an excuse for retconning the Chronicles books).

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… And then looping right around back to the origination myth being present in the current expansion.
I am not unaware of the irony of the situation.

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This is the part I could really relate to.

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Thats just great :unamused:
Another race that’s had Druids in secret and no other Wild God/Green Dragon or denizen of the Emerald Dream have ever seen or heard but somehow are the best of the best :+1:t2:

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I savor your envy like the most fulfilling nectar of the gods

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I really love how the night elves are slowly loosing the monopoly they’ve had on a lot of the lore and druids in particular.

These kind of changes actually improve the lore and allows blizz to write the various druid races in unique ways going forward if they so choose

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The issue for me is that Blizzard tends to just introduce these new race/class combos with little to no believable backgrounds and end up using “… because reasons…” as justification.

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My brother we are literally discussing the mystery behind that potential druid class being unlocked.

It is in the op.

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I mean, Skaygr literally posted why Earthen druids would be a possiblity and your response was Waaah, Night elves, green dragons and the emerald dream isn’t involved

Try actually reading the thread before freaking out about it.

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there are multiple playable races who don’t go through the nelves and ED to get druid powers

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