Something doesn't sit right about Faerin Lothar

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Before you come at me with your pitchforks and torches just take a second and read please.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Hallowfall Story line thus far. Its a fun one. I like the WH fantasy/40k asthetic especially when npcs holler FOR THE EMPEROR! I love the idea of them being nearly anti-xenos and wanting to squash the bugs! FOR SUPER EARTH! All that.

Major or side characters, whatever you want to call them, like General Steelstrike and Faerin Lothar I have enjoyed because their writing is decent and its been awhile since I have had a side character I actually liked.

However Faerin Lothar feels to… soft. Like I understand her character background but its mostly the voice approach for her. I honestly had expected something along the lines of someone like Sarah Conner, Ellen Ripley, Captain Niobe, and other grizzled voices.

She’s obviously seen some stuff in her day and I had expected her to be a bit more, Hoorah! Not, Hurray!

Thoughts?

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Next to Anduin she’s strong but that’s… Anduin’s failure.

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Agreed.

I like Faerin as well. I feel it is too good to be true. A physically challenged hero that has seen quite a bit of the war.

Feel like blizz is setting us up for a massive heart break. They did that with Sendrax. This is just going to multiple 200x

Something is off I called it right when I saw that character.

She is either a Queen or she is compromised.

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What? You think she is an illusion?

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Faerin’s personality being slightly more subdued than I imagined it would be is the only thing that makes her more than a current-year cardboard cutout.

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If you replace “her” with “WoW” you kinda land on the answer and a common general complaint of modern WoW.

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I feel like Faerin is being groomed to be Anduins second, or even a more personal relationship. She doesn’t feel like just a side character, and more over her personality seems to be specifically tailored to compliment Anduins. The two seem to bring eachother up and this to me feels like some sort of attempt at shipping. Maybe Anduin is gonna divorce wraithon finally?

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Faerin is very much like her. Optimistic to the point of being a little reckless, but not complete deathwish.

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But isn’t that just fitting a stereotype? Why can’t someone who’s been through what she has, not still have a soft spoken voice. Is ‘grizzled’ the only acceptable voice for someone who’s survived trauma and war?

Also, from what I can tell is she’s still young. And Blizzard has a habit of using obvious indicators of age and/or maturity.

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Interesting. I remember the first goomba you jump on in Super Mario Bros for original NES, and its death upset me more than Sendrax.

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Yes and No. Given these individuals seem to be driven on war and zealotry, I had expected her to sound more battle hardened rather than someone who just went to what they call “the Front.” (I’m assuming this is taking reference to All Quiet On the Western Front where young men were pressed into service and sent to the various fronts in Europe during WWI).

Given Faerin’s background I figured she would sound slightly rougher than she does.

I can understand the direction they took to be more of the “softer” part of the war effort. The “comforting” aspect which is cool. I don’t mind it at all. Its just first initial reactions and getting used to is what threw me off.

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At least that goomba didn’t race to throw itself under your feet. Sendrax went and Roblox’d herself when I was standing right there with healing and defensive abilities ready.

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It’s true, thousands out of the millions of people who play this game agree so it must be true for at least 1% of the player base.

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Survivorship bias is a concept. And believe it or not, wow players hit escape faster than cinematics can even load. WoW story is what it is.

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Her voice is soft, sweet and full of compassion. She healed Anduin’s faith.

However, something seems off, gameplaywise she should be a Holy Paladin, not a Proteccion one, fits her better.

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Lets not forget characters in lore often use several specs or classes even. Anduin for example has exhibited both warrior and priest traits and occasionally paladin ones. Thrall has been a shaman and a warrior. Being both a holy and protection paladin is pretty straight forward compared to other lore significant characters.

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Bad news, he called Wrathion a ‘good friend’ when I asked him about Wrathion. They’re absolutely getting back together when we get back to the mainland. He was all sad and stuff, he misses his boo.

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I just hope this Lothar doesn’t die under the fists and feet of a dozen bloodlusted Ogres.

…Ahem. I will now let myself out.

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Probably because you heard the word “Emperor” and expected a Space Marine and not a person.

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I don’t think they’d put her in the cinematic just to “off” her or do some kind of odd unexpected twist, like make her a Dreadlord or something.