The creation of Death Knights was dependent on the Helm of Domination right? So since that doesn’t exist anymore, nobody has the ability to create fresh DKs?
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No.
Deathlord went and commissioned them left, right, and center.
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oh, good point.
so…hypothetically…one of the non-Evoker Dracthyr who was killed by the Sundered Flame during Dragonflight…could have been raised as a Death Knight sometime in the future…hypothetically
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The unfortunate fact is that death knights aren’t special or unique anymore. just generic undead soldiers. so yes, literally anything can become one.
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It is possible but unless you are a powerful necromancer like the Lich King or even Kel’thuzad, it will take a while. As seen in the Cata Eastern Plaguelands storyline where the Banshee boss in Stratholme tries to turn the Dwarf Pally Pal into a Death Knight. She had to set up an entire ritual and everything. Meanwhile someone like Kel’thuzad was casual when he raised death knights like Alexandros and Darion.
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Baroness%27_Missive_(readable)
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It’s theoretically possible, but there’s no indication that any more have been created since Bolvar lost the Helm, and I don’t know that Darion would have any interest in making more unless a new crisis arose. Blizzard backpedaled on letting Earthen be DKs because they decided it didn’t make sense right now.
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I mean, en masse? Probably not
But just like how first gen were created I imagine anyone can use the 2nd gen technique that kel’thuzad used: take a dead warrior, bind their soul to a rune weapon and have them go forward.
I’m basing this on what I know of the old ashbringer comic
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It’s theoretically possible with powerful necromancy, but not like it was when the Lich King still existed.
Which is fair enough. Like the Forsaken, Death Knights are not a race lorewise.
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Not at all. Gul’dan created the first generation before the Helm even existed.
But it is correct to say that it’s unlikely more DKs will ever be created. At least not by the KotEB anyways. They’re not big on damning people to the eternal hunger and wouldn’t have even created the fourth generation if Bolvar didn’t force them to.
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I would argue it is not, as it stands. 1st Gen DKs are not DKs by the standards of the PC ones. They do not wield domination magic of the Shadow Lands, as… it is impossible for them to of. They are more like… weird zombie knights wielding the Legion’s power than anything else.
All the other DKs were created through the implements of Domination—the Helm and Frostmourne—either directly, or through those empowered to do so by their wielders. The helm is… a shiny hat now. Frostmourne is depowered, but perhaps could be recreated to do so. You’d have to get through the Veil and talk the Primus into it.
With direct access to the SL in lore I can’t imagine it being that hard I’d it needed to happen. Not like we can’t track someone down now.
I think there’s room for new DKs to be made. DKs were made before the Lich King, and can be made after him. In the Legion DK campaign, you raise 4 new Death Knights. Lorewise they would be something different, a different generation, but for gameplay purposes, it would be fine.
We just need the 4 Horsemen to do it.
Going to guess if there is any new DKs be made, it’ll be from the Primus, for the greater good reason or what have you. Maldraxxus was Necromancy central.
Every time someone suggests revisiting SL I grow concerned for their mental health. 
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Hey, I’m not the one who sacrificed lore to shadowlands. I’m just working with what I got…
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I guess I’m just nostalgic for that period of time when WoD held the title of most lore-breaking expansion and the lore community unanimously agreed to never reference it.
Gul’dan just showed up out of nowhere and Maraad had a heart attack and died offscreen.
I wish we could find that same unity for Shadowlands.
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Our collective silence allowed [redacted] to happen.
I know it hurts, but it’s therapeutic to put the blame where it belongs. Part of the healing process. It’s not you, or me, or anyone’s fault beyond our silence.
WoD’s story butchery was overshadowed by flying.
[redacted] has no refuge. It’s ugliness is out here for everyone to see. acknowledge* (edit typo) the horror for what it is.
On topic to dks though, suffer well lol.
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Dying on screen is now offscreen?
He died in the Blackhand vs everyone cinematic.
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You know how when you REALLY REALLY hate a particular game, movie, etc, you just start making up stuff about it to hate it even more?
Sounds like one of those situations 
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I was referring to the logic we used back then to pretend WoD never happened. The only consequence of WoD at the time was that Maraad was gone so we all jokingly said nothing happened between MoP and Legion beyond Maraad having a heart attack.
Didn’t think I’d need to spell this out given the context of my post.