So I managed to get some inside information to tell me that we are indeed getting playable Horde Saurok in the near future! How did I learn this? Well, I met this really charismatic Goblin outside of Orgrimmar who claimed to have some really vital Saurok information. He totally assured me that this was ok to share and even brought Thrall in to confirm his story. I donāt know why his voice sounded offā¦or why he was made of threadbare cloth and attached to the Goblinās hand. Must have been under the weather or something.
Anyway, I came across some alpha looking footage:
You may notice the Saurok, who seems to be a monk, is pretty chatty. I was given a bunch of voice lines to show off how they sound:
Iām guessing this is just a work in process or something and they were having fun with all the references. Not how I imagined Saurok to be, but maybe there is a lore reason for this.
As you can see, the starting area is pretty interesting. Your Saurok apparently gets kidnapped by the Alliance, looking like some of Mathias Shawās goons or something, and want you to take down some bad guy I can only assume is one of the big bads of the next expansion. Iām guessing you get rescued by the Horde at some point similar to how the Goblin starting area was.
In fact, that seems to be a work in process currently, but apparently the Saurok gets screwed over by the Alliance afterwards, so they formulate a plan with the Horde, where your Saurok and their tribe help save Lorāthemar from a particularly nasty and angry chicken, to get back at them. Something to do with an epic dance-off and helping Thrall get his groove back or so, the details were really muddy here.
After that you then have to appease the Horde by making a giant meatzza and having a grand BBQ, so you have to go hunt a lot of animals which cheeses off the Night Elves, so you have to fight the Night Elves which results in them summoning a flock of poultry, who were not amused at your beating up that chicken from earlier, which the Night Elves ride into battle! Then comes to a Goblin machine malfunction which turns the chickens into rabid mutant chickens that begin heading towards Orgrimmar to siege it! The Night Elves shout battle cries on the way riding these fowl beasts.
To fix that you need a giant bucket, but to do that, you have to fight some high ranking Alliance army member in Westfall with an epic looking beard. This is like world-boss levels of difficulty, especially with the 11 different attacks and boss mechanics, but Iām sure itāll be tuned when it lands on live. Anyway, at a certain point, you gain a āPop eyesā skill and managed to get the bucket. You then have to drag this bucket all the way to Orgrimmar from Westfall in a pretty serious escort quest, fighting Alliance and angry poultry alike!
Once you get this bucket to Orgrimmar, you then have to get into this Goblin mecha and start beating up the mutant chickens, in which they suddenly join together and form some Voltron looking thing which is defeated by bonking them on the head and stuffing it into the bucket. The Night Elves flee, vowing revenge!
After that begins several cooking mini games where you have to cook the food properly and serve the Horde in a giant banquet at Orgrimmar. You have to balance between the food being properly cooked and seasoned and serving the members of the Horde. You gotta be careful, because one wrong move and the Horde will go hungry and kick your scaley butts off the curb and get takeout from McDoogleās instead. You donāt want to make a bad first impression when trying to join the Horde, right?
Now, the next part is really interesting, though there isnāt really a lot written about it. Your induction to the Horde gets interrupted when a bunch of ninja Troggs suddenly pop up, where you end up having to thumb wrestle their leader for the title of āSupreme Finger Waggler!ā
The ending to that part is so touching and moving, that I can only hide it behind spoiler tags. Click here to see what happens and bring some tissues with you! We're going Full House lessons learned here!
Happy April Fools Day! \ ^ o ^ /
Still cheering for playable Saurok, and thanks for all that you do!
