Returning WoD Characters

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So...hopefully we see more of this, preexisting WoD orcs appearing.

For those of you who can't remember, Kaz led the Laughing Skull during Warlords of Draenor. I wonder who else may appear?

Edit: Just want to specify, appearing IN Azeroth.
Woah. Kaz is still kicking it, rocking it with her gray mane. That's pretty awesome.

Unfortunately Alliance side we can't really expect to see any of the friends we made in Warlords of Draenor come back in good context.
I want the BE Warlock to come back and tank for my shadowpriest. Having her as bodygaurd was like having your own personal world boss.
Great, let’s get a beefed out dire Orc Ariok next. Oh, and also get Solag Roark to lead the construction on a new Docks in Orgrimmar.
Well I'd like to say Maladaar or Yrel, but obviously that can't happen now.

As far as Horde goes, Ariok would be cool.
Ariok would be 33ish years older though...damn. That'd be an awkward reunion with his dad.

I mean there's also the fact that he's a dire orc now but the age thing weirds me out more.
Is it really her? She didn't mention burning things even once.

As for Ariok, I imagine he came back to Azeroth with us. He is an MU native so I suspect he stuck with his dad. Frankly I am surprised he hasn't turned up yet.

I could possibly see some Rangari and such having escaped the Lightforging on AU draenor but yeah, we probably won't be seeing them anytime soon.
So they've brought Goren to Azeroth.

No way that can go wrong, right?
Kaz kicking around is good. Ariok should be a given. My question would be Rulkan stance. She left the Shadowmoon Clan to form the Shadowmoon Exiles. Would she return to lead the clan with Ner'zhul dead and uniting among the clans against the lightforged?
10/28/2018 12:24 PMPosted by Zulgen
Kaz kicking around is good. Ariok should be a given. My question would Rulkan stance. She left the Shadowmoon Clan to form the Shadowmoon Exiles. Would she return to lead the clan with Ner'zhul dead and uniting among the clans against the lightforged?


Interesting thought. I sadly am thinking they may have been the first to fall victim against the Lightbound.

As for Ariok, he most certainly returned with us.
Heluun never got to meet Anduin. :-(
Freaking bullcrap.

Why in the freaking hell do orcs get to keep their WoD characters, but draenei lost all of theirs?
10/28/2018 01:18 PMPosted by Lena
Freaking bullcrap.

Why in the freaking hell do orcs get to keep their WoD characters, but draenei lost all of theirs?

It's almost like how in burning crusade the alliance got to keep thier RTS characters while the hordes where made into raid bosses?

You get used to it after a few expansions
10/28/2018 01:34 PMPosted by Reallyhappy
10/28/2018 01:18 PMPosted by Lena
Freaking bullcrap.

Why in the freaking hell do orcs get to keep their WoD characters, but draenei lost all of theirs?

It's almost like how in burning crusade the alliance got to keep thier RTS characters while the hordes where made into raid bosses?

You get used to it after a few expansions


We had to wait through 7 freaking years to get more draenei stuff and then when we finally got it it was AU stuff that all got thrown in the garbage while orcs got to keep their AU stuff when they always get things every expansion.

Draenei only have 1 character ffs.
10/28/2018 01:47 PMPosted by Lena
We had to wait through 7 freaking years to get more draenei stuff and then when we finally got it it was AU stuff that all got thrown in the garbage while orcs got to keep their AU stuff when they always get things every expansion.

Draenei only have 1 character ffs.


Well heres the thing, my favorite horde race is goblins and get this, goblins only have one real character as well. Tauren alos only have one character, the Darkspear are leaderless, and i'm not even sure if Gelbin even qualifies as a character. Draenei aren't the only ones in that boat, Many races have a single character.
Shouldn't her son, Cutter, be with her?

10/28/2018 01:47 PMPosted by Lena
10/28/2018 01:34 PMPosted by Reallyhappy
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It's almost like how in burning crusade the alliance got to keep thier RTS characters while the hordes where made into raid bosses?

You get used to it after a few expansions


We had to wait through 7 freaking years to get more draenei stuff and then when we finally got it it was AU stuff that all got thrown in the garbage while orcs got to keep their AU stuff when they always get things every expansion.

Draenei only have 1 character ffs.


You get all your LF Draenei though.
10/28/2018 01:58 PMPosted by Kurogasa
You get all your LF Draenei though.


I don't like LF draenei. They're just singularly focused on the Light, they don't have any of the arcane tech or auchenai stuff the normal draenei have. They don't have the same aesthetic of normal draenei. Not that they even really have any characters and they're lead by a human.

LF draenei was a complete waste. Broken would have been the better choice for draenei Allied Race.
10/28/2018 01:47 PMPosted by Lena
We had to wait through 7 freaking years to get more draenei stuff and then when we finally got it it was AU stuff that all got thrown in the garbage while orcs got to keep their AU stuff when they always get things every expansion.
Listen, they had to kill off Maraad in the explosion the shirtless orc survived. Otherwise he would have gotten to confront Gul'dan, meet Garona, maybe even redeem himself for his failure in Shattrath, or otherwise have his story explored in any meaningful way.

And that would have cost a raid tier.
10/28/2018 02:13 PMPosted by Jerolan
10/28/2018 01:47 PMPosted by Lena
We had to wait through 7 freaking years to get more draenei stuff and then when we finally got it it was AU stuff that all got thrown in the garbage while orcs got to keep their AU stuff when they always get things every expansion.
Listen, they had to kill off Maraad in the explosion the shirtless orc survived. Otherwise he would have gotten to confront Gul'dan, meet Garona, maybe even redeem himself for his failure in Shattrath, or otherwise have his story explored in any meaningful way.

And that would have cost a raid tier.


Yeah, if we gave anyone in Warlords a proper character arc it would have cost us a raid tier, and an expansion with only 2 real raids? If blizzard was not such a small indy company then maybe, but as they are now, they need to make the nessasary cuts to ensure we have the best experience out their.

NOW GO OUT THERE AND ROLL AZERITE TRAITS YOU DONT WANT!
10/28/2018 08:46 AMPosted by Drallín
Ariok would be 33ish years older though...damn. That'd be an awkward reunion with his dad.

I mean there's also the fact that he's a dire orc now but the age thing weirds me out more.


We left Ariok behind??

Also, didn't Kaz have a kid?

10/28/2018 01:18 PMPosted by Lena
Freaking bullcrap.

Why in the freaking hell do orcs get to keep their WoD characters, but draenei lost all of theirs?


Because the only way for any race to join the Horde is to have the Alliance, or races associated with the Alliance, do something inexplicably out of character that is never brought up again.

See Blood Elves, Goblins, Mag'har, and in the future Vulpera.