Next youâll be telling me that by worshiping a now-dead T-Rex that youâll be able to attain the powers of the Light.
When Mechagnomes have a Druidic form, all mecha-based, people are going to be quite mad. And wonât be complaining about my idea of Void Elf Paladins on the forums. Especially when a lot of WoW Classes are based off of D&D, and thereâs such a thing as an Anti-Paladin (or an Unholy Death Knight perchance) that exists in game.
Demon Hunters are essentially Demonic Knights, seeing as their ritual to become one involves single-handedly slaying a Demon, consuming its heart, gouging out your own eyes so that you may see with the Fel Energy instead, etc.
All a Paladin is, is a character that channels an energy source, in this case the Light, into specifically trained Martial Maneuvers and practiced Spells to Mend Wounds. That is the trope of the Class, and thereâs no significant difference between a Paladin and an Unholy Death Knight, except for the Power that they currently wield.
The entire point of this, is that they could easily add flavor to the Class, without changing mechanics, and that alone would retain lore sufficiently.
Though my points regarding Female Night Elf Druids, Male Night Elf Priests, or Night Elf Mages is retained, that none of these follow the established lore, and that they all exist in countenance against it. That only a handful of Blood Elves survived to become Demon Hunters, is likewise ignored lore-wise.
I mean, if we really want to go into the inconsistencies of the lore, we could bring up the subject that the Alliance and the Horde have both had War Machines for many years now, tanks even, and yet never actually utilize them in any meaningful conflict. That the level of technological advancement within the society would have eliminated the common guard, utilizing swords and shields, in favor of gunpowder, as it was far quicker, and cheaper, to outfit entire units with guns, then it would be to train them the years it takes to become an effective swordsman. Especially when they tend to go through a lot of them, none are particularly trained in even basic magic, and therefore would be completely vulnerable to anything and everything that would go against them in the field of battle.
Depends exactly how far you want to go with the lore inconsistencies, but Iâm not really seeing that much of an issue with a Void Elf Paladin that has purple void wings instead of Angelic ones, and whose effects are darker and more void-y. Especially when it is already well established in said Lore that the Light and Void operate on the same spectrum, that one can easily slide between one or the other. That Ashbringer was forged through the changing of a Void-artifact to that of Light, and then back again, then to Light, then to Dark and Light a final time before being âdestroyedâ at the end of Legion.
The Naaru are embodiments of the Light, and tend to have a rather profound alter-ego when they go from bright and shiny to dark and gloomy. Yet they can also revert from this state, from light to void to light again, as was seen in quite a few old instances that are canon.