I liked seeing the original Horde description on the character create screen too.
“Four races comprise the Horde: the brutal orcs, the shadowy undead, the spiritual tauren, and the quick-witted trolls. Beset by enemies on all sides, these outcasts have forged a union they hope will ensure their mutual survival.”
Also, this narrator dude gives further credence to my fun interpretation of the Lore as being told to us through some sort of Wrynn perspective or something. I mean “primitive, brutish races” ? C’mon now, idk if Horde races are gonna be describing themselves like this.
This is the version I remember, but both versions go through great lengths to point out that the Forsaken and the Horde are two distinct factions who are cooperating for the sake of survival. The game mechanics simplified it to Alliance vs. Horde (just like it simplifies Sunwalkers and Prelates to Paladins), but the reality is it was always Alliance vs. Horde and Forsaken, at least until the Forsaken took over the Horde completely.
The vicious Jungle Trolls, who populate the numerous islands of the South Seas, are renowned for their cruelty and dark mysticism. Barbarous and superstitious, the wily Trolls carry a seething hatred for all other races.
One tribe, however, was forced to overcome its prejudices when it encountered the Orc Warchief, Thrall, and his mighty Horde. The Trolls of the Darkspear tribe, long since exiled from their ancestral lands in Stranglethorn Vale, were nearly destroyed by a band of aquatic Murlocs, but Thrall and the Horde managed to save them. In return the grateful Trolls swore an oath of eternal allegiance to the Horde.
Led by the cunning Shadow Hunter, Vol’jin, the Darkspear Trolls now make their home in Durotar along with their Orcish allies. Their village, named after their fallen tribal elder, Sen’jin, lies along the eastern coast of the harsh, rocky land. The Darkspear tribe also occupies tracks within the nearby jungles of the Echo Isles.
As part of the Horde, the Trolls have extended their loyalty to the mighty Tauren, but they have little trust for the manipulative Forsaken, whom they believe will visit only misery and strife upon their allies.
I remember this one very well. Their mistrust of the Forsaken was part of what drew me to them in the first place. I wish the Darkspear were proven wrong (about the misery and strife), but no one can claim we didn’t warn them.
I just hate how not only did Blizz kill Vol’jin in such a pathetic way, they make him, the leader of the damned Darkspear, the one to make Sylvanas Warchief… like wtf.
There has never been a development in the game that I’ve hated more than this one. At least he said “I never trusted you,” not that it softens the blow too much.
Blood Knights and Vindicators worship the Light. Sunwalkers worship An’she and Prelates worship the loa. An’she and Rezan may draw power from the light, but they’re distinct religions from the Church of the Light.
Yes it does. The title of “Paladin” is a religious one granted by the Church of the Light. A priest and a rabbi worship the same god, but a priest and a rabbi remain distinct from each other because they are from different religions.
No, it doesn’t. The Paladin class description doesn’t say that they’re from the Church of the Holy Light, which the Blood Elves, Draenei, and Dark Irons also aren’t part of, not to mention both the Zandalari and Tauren are referred to as Paladins and the Sunwalkers were even part of the Paladin order hall in Legion.
Look 2004 was a weird time. I certainly had an emo phase and now am a mostly well adjusted adult with perhaps just a few too many black and purple collared shirts.
Likewise the Forsaken have matured into a nation with a culture, architecture and language all their own. Still can’t seem to get over that one pretty goth chick who was nice to them though. Maybe post BFA will change that.