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Tyrande being one empowered was a change as it was Maiev originally storyboarded as the Night Warrior.

That’s news to me. First I heard of the Night Warrior in-game was from Tarren Gregory pitching the “Terror of Darkshore” cinematic to Afrasiabi.

It was what I had heard but I don’t have a source on it atm. I will have to look.

Night Warrior: Tyrande or Maiev?

In one of the recent lore sessions, the devs mentioned that they considered making Maiev Shadowsong the Night Warrior, rather than Tyrande Whisperwind. I can’t decide whether I think that would have been a better story, or whether I prefer it this way. On the one hand, going all dark vengeance fits Maiev perfectly–revenge is her thing. And I know a lot of people were hoping she’d play a major role in the Darkshore counteroffensive. On the other hand, Tyrande has been a criminally underused c…

Found a thread on MMO-Champion about it but can’t find the lore session in question.