Where's Anduin?

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He’s on the cover of the game, he’s in the cinematic fighting and being all “FOR THE ALLIANCE!” in a huge battle against the Horde. And you’re like sweet dude, finally a real leader for the Alliance, right?

But in the actual game he just kinda shows up and is like “Hey guys what about being peaceful with each other?” and wanders off to flirt with his new obvious love interest.

What a letdown. Like, is he actually gonna do anything, or was that it?

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Who’s that?

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He has an old love interest? I mean the guy just hit puberty when did he find the time?

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He is at home playing with his stuffed animals and learning how to read and write. Cut him some slack! Elementary school is hard!

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There’s implied flirtation with Taelia, but between that, his reaction to seeing Females in the Cata novel, and the voice work for his characterization in Heroes of the Storm it’s obvious he just stutters and gets nervous around women in general.

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I believe he would detain Sylvanas and seize control over the horde which is currently coming to be.

Sylvanas has committed crimes that have shaken the very foundation of Azeroth and responsibility must be accounted for.

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I have 0 problem with that, you can be shy about romance and still be a good, strong leader. But he just kinda… hasn’t really done anything.

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Anduin? Oh, haven’t you heard? He’s in HotS.

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This expansion is about the horde finding themselves for the billionth time, silly.

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Being pretty takes up a lot of one’s time.

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Right? You know how much work it takes to maintain this beard?

A lot.

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Yeah, I do think they really dropped the ball on showing him stepping up to his Father’s place.

He’s not a front-line leader, he’s not a General, but he is a Priest, and a King. He should be visiting the wounded, listening to their stories, healing those that he can and has the time and energy for. He should be touring the city, under guard if necessary, but definitely out and about where possible. Helping the refugees from Teldrassil, that kind of stuff.

I really wish Blizzard would dedicate a team to putting in small things like that. Don’t have to be big or fancy, but every few updates or so you can get a random chance to see a Faction Leader interacting with the World. Something to really increase immersion and actually make it feel like a World.

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The king of the north must stay IN the north…

Oops wrong universe :hushed:

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What are you implying just now?

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Yeah for real. I am a big fan of gentle leader types like they’re obviously building him up to be, especially when they’re men because there just aren’t enough gentle male leader characters in fiction in general, even though plenty of them exist in the real world and make very effective leaders. I was excited to see how he would lead the Alliance.

But then he just kinda, hasn’t really done anything. What a huge letdown. I’d love to see him out and about doing stuff like you said.

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It’s a Game of Thrones thing :wink:

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Game of Thrones? More like Lame of Thrones.

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Fighting over an empty seat is questionable is it not

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So, Sylvanas is always scheming. If she isn’t talking to us we just assume she’s cooking up something.

What is Anduin doing in your story? It feels like Jania is the only one doing anything. I’m just curious… what has he’s been doing this whole time?

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If my headcanon is to be believed, he’s currently being overthrown by Sky Admiral Rogers and Genn Greymane.

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