The Forsaken are too diverse for Calia to lead

Baalsamael-turalyon · July 1, 2020, 3:07pm

repeating myself from the other exact same thread on this exact same issue but

There’s literally nobody relevant and known by the general playerbase save for Lilian who isn’t suitable for a host of other reasons (in particular, the will of her own character).

Aelthalyste was a close second in my mind, except Blizz decided to retcon Cult of Forgotten Shadow to having died rather than being the primary Forsaken religion.

The rest are dudes, and for a variety of reasons Blizzard simply isn’t going to replace a Girl Leader with a Boy Leader.

That’s why I really firmly think Calia is the best choice and you can create a Council around her of the various factions/focuses of all of Forsaken society.

Keep Aelthalyste for Cult of Forgotten Shadow/raised by Arthas angle, keep Velonara for Dark Ranger High Elf origin angle, keep Lilian for Lordaeronian Human self-loathing angle, add Delaryn for the Sylvanas-raised Night Elf angle.

So you have a Blank Slate character that can be used to uplift the different parts of the Forsaken, which is arguably better than the Sylvanas-centric Boring Human + Cool Dark Ranger norm we had.

Keep the boys around for secondary council (Belmont, the Apothecary dude, etc).