wow New Horde Race Intro Descriptions in Shadowlands Alpha 9.0.1 Build 34137

[Stan 5,239]

Horde races received new intro descriptions text in this week's Shadowlands Alpha build.

General

You are a partsoldier of the powerfulmighty Horde, a united group of disparate races seeking to carve their own path within Azerothdiverse band of races from across Azeroth who fight for freedom and honor.

Blood Elves

You left the comforts of Silvermoon City to find power and greatness within Azeroth, like many blood elves before your people, the blood elves, have persevered through tragedy and betrayal. You toil to ensure Azeroth never endures such suffering again.

Goblins

As aUnlike other goblins, you know there's no fame to be mar Bilgewater cartel has abandoned neutrality to side switting at home. You h the Horde for the promiset out forf adventure, glory, and gold!... and profit.

Orcs

Your orcishThough the orcs came to Azeroth as conquerors, your kind has shed the blood thrives for adventure, and you seek to prove your strength and honorthirsty ways of old and now stand in defense of your new home.

Tauren

As a member ofRepresenting the wise and peaceful Ttauren, you travel through Azeroth to pbring both physical strength and spiritual reserolve to the balance of naturettlefield.

Trolls

The ferocity and pride of the trolls are known throughout Azeroth. You set off for adventure to prove yourself amongst the many troll heroesRenouncing the savagery of the other tribes, you and your fellow Darkspear trolls protect Azeroth with cunning ferocity.

Undead

You bear the curse of the Forsaken, returned from the grave. It is your choice what you do with this second chance at lifeAs one of the undead Forsaken, you have been reanimated by dark magic. Though shunned by the living, you tirelessly strive to protect them.

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[Brutalis 165]

39 minutes ago, Stan said:

Though shunned by the living, you tirelessly strive to protect them.

Uh, since when? We've had a decade and a half of the Forsaken furthering their own goals and hating the living. What a lame retcon.

"Beware the living." - is a line that has been said by generic Forsaken npcs since WoW launched. It's iconic. It displays their people's attitudes perfectly. And now the Forsaken are guardians of life, despite the fact they hate the living. So dumb.

[TheCatWithAhat 3]

2 hours ago, Brutalis said:

Uh, since when? We've had a decade and a half of the Forsaken furthering their own goals and hating the living. What a lame retcon.

"Beware the living." - is a line that has been said by generic Forsaken npcs since WoW launched. It's iconic. It displays their people's attitudes perfectly. And now the Forsaken are guardians of life, despite the fact they hate the living. So dumb.

Make peace not war ( world of warcraft ). I think blizzard is trying too hard to make everything  fluffy go happy we love everything. Unleeeeesss, this is a foreshadowing of the route the forsaken are going to take and are going to join the Aliance by the end of shadowlands ( plot twist )

[Arcling 898]

2 hours ago, Brutalis said:

Uh, since when? We've had a decade and a half of the Forsaken furthering their own goals and hating the living. What a lame retcon.

"Beware the living." - is a line that has been said by generic Forsaken npcs since WoW launched. It's iconic. It displays their people's attitudes perfectly. And now the Forsaken are guardians of life, despite the fact they hate the living. So dumb.

Many Forsaken were good, although they had plenty of somewhat evil subfactions, but it looks like Royal Apothecary Society is mostly gone now without Sylvanas. I'm not sure if they were completely shunned by the living, after all blood elves had no problem working with their old allies from Alliance in their starting zone. They really need to update their lines, or at least disable those that are no longer fitting. "Dark Lady watch over you" sounds even weirder now (it was already weird with neutral Forsaken), considering the simple fact that she abandoned them, and they will have to fight her, just like everyone else. Though they aren't the only ones, draenei's "the Legion's end draws near" is also slightly outdated...

My only issue with these introductions is that they are too brief. Old ones described the races way better, now they don't really tell what these races are really about.

Edited April 23, 2020 by Arcling

[Ragingwolf 310]

Some of these are really lame and amusing I can't wait to see how corny the Alliance races descriptions are once they are released.

[Marick 11]

3 hours ago, Arcling said:

Many Forsaken were good, although they had plenty of somewhat evil subfactions, but it looks like Royal Apothecary Society is mostly gone now without Sylvanas. I'm not sure if they were completely shunned by the living, after all blood elves had no problem working with their old allies from Alliance in their starting zone. They really need to update their lines, or at least disable those that are no longer fitting. "Dark Lady watch over you" sounds even weirder now (it was already weird with neutral Forsaken), considering the simple fact that she abandoned them, and they will have to fight her, just like everyone else. Though they aren't the only ones, draenei's "the Legion's end draws near" is also slightly outdated...

My only issue with these introductions is that they are too brief. Old ones described the races way better, now they don't really tell what these races are really about.

Well some of the lines make sense in the old zones and different phases

[darkgreenwax 412]

These seem to be watering down race identity, with a number of them now being "your race has a history, that's not you and you reject it and do good things." Like, okay, but if everyone is like that then it's all the same character with a different skeletal frame. ?‍♂️

[Badadada 184]

9 hours ago, Brutalis said:

Uh, since when? We've had a decade and a half of the Forsaken furthering their own goals and hating the living. What a lame retcon.

"Beware the living." - is a line that has been said by generic Forsaken npcs since WoW launched. It's iconic. It displays their people's attitudes perfectly. And now the Forsaken are guardians of life, despite the fact they hate the living. So dumb.

Now that Calia and Derek are Forsaken (possibly leaders) it's actually more or less a fitting goal, even if a sudden twist in their description.

[krapmyself 60]

On 4/23/2020 at 10:10 AM, Brutalis said:

Uh, since when? We've had a decade and a half of the Forsaken furthering their own goals and hating the living. What a lame retcon.

"Beware the living." - is a line that has been said by generic Forsaken npcs since WoW launched. It's iconic. It displays their people's attitudes perfectly. And now the Forsaken are guardians of life, despite the fact they hate the living. So dumb.

It may not apply to old school Forsaken, but it will for new ones. Also, "half" is the key word here. It's already in game that Sylvanas loyalists have mostly been rounded up and imprisoned.

The undead wardens and nightelves who were raised at darkshore end up returning to their brethren after the fact with the help Lillian Voss. There's an in game quest for it.

Also, Jaina's brother and Arthas cousin (or whatever she is to him), both of whom are now undead, also decide to return to the forsaken to help them, and neither of them are evil. This is also in game.

"Beware the living" was a term used while under the rule of Sylvanas, who, as we now know, cared about no one but herself and used the forsaken as a tool to further her own goals.

And finally, "cannibalize" can only be used on corpses, not living people, so the description is technically accurate.