Why A Forsaken Player Is Frustrated

[Zuleika-hyjal (Zuleika)]

@Benedikt-emerald-dream

As for WC3 - well the Forsaken, second to the Draenei, probably have the weirdest relationship to it’s lore. Since they’re essentially a retcon. They simply do not appear in WC3 as anything resembling what they’d become. As I understand it WoW was being developed before WC3 was completely finished.

Relevant to this point, here’s a quote from Bo Bell, who worked on the original development of WoW:

@Zuleika-hyjal

“The Forsaken were going to be the undead player race (they weren’t called Forsaken yet). Possibly even part of the Scourge. Metzen was still writing WCIII at the time and nothing was solid yet. Once WCIII was done it was obvious that players couldn’t be Scourge, what with being minions of the Lich King and all… So, Metzen needed to come up with something for the undead. We seriously considered dropping them, but every time we looked at concepts/in game assets we balked. Then he announced the Forsaken.”