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Speculation of Alliance
Race in World of Warcraft
Several months have passed since Blizzard announced the arrival of
their first expansion for World of Warcraft, along with that
announcement was a new horde race called the Blood Elves and the
promise of a new Alliance race to be announced.
Several months have passed, and no word yet on what that race would
be.
There’re many speculations on what the new Alliance race will be.
Will it be a so called “ugly” race since Horde got a “pretty” race?
It seems that’s the popular opinion of many WoW addicts, but
Blizzard has said a few different times that that’s not necessarily
their intentions.
Many people are assuming that Blizzard will announce the new race
sometime during E3 which is fast approaching taking place May 10-12.
In honor of this possible upcoming event, I decided to get a list of
what I think have been the most interesting rumors in the last
several months. Some of these have possibilities, some of them have
been completely debunked, and one of them is what I believe the race
is most likely to be. So let’s sit back and take a trip down rumor
road, in hopefully here in the next couple weeks we will really know
who was right and who was utterly wrong.
Drenai
The Drenai, the lost ones as they are called, were probably the very
first Alliance race rumor I heard when Blood Elves were announced.
The Drenai fit in well with the upcoming expansion since they come
originally from Draenor, which they have been disconnected from
since the loss of the Dark Portal. The Lost Ones have been driven
mad because of this departure, but there’s still a few sane ones
left who still remember where they came from and are quite civil.
With the Dark Portal being found again will The Lost Ones return
home and become a new race to the Alliance?
Very real possibility that Blizzard could take this route, however,
I feel since it was speculation from the beginning that Blizzard
will instead look to surprise us, so I don’t think this will be the
new race.
Wisps
On March 31, 2006 worldofwarcraft.com reported that the new Alliance
race had been announced and that they would be wisps! Wisps would be
the first race to have permanent death along with abilities such as
detonate and a tree like form. You could even customize your Wisp to
have facial hair and features instead of just being an ordinary
glowy blob that we’ve seen from Wisps so far.
However, this was announced on the day before April fool’s Day and
has since been debunked by Blizzard as just being a joke to fool us
all. Wasn’t a bad joke, but most (especially those familiar with
Blizzard April Fool’s Day jokes) weren’t going to fall for it.
Dark Trolls
Not a whole lot is really known about the Dark Trolls in World of
Warcraft, however in Warcraft 3 they had an important role. They
were enlisted by the Night Elves in the Battle of Mount Hyjal, one
of the battles that is being featured in the upcoming expansion.
Another reason this could be a possibility is there’s currently a
Dark Trolls village located in Darkshore that is inaccessible for
the time being. Could this be opened up when the expansion hits?
With Horde getting Elves, is it possible that the Alliance will get
Trolls? It’s a pretty good possibility actually, and I have a hard
time not thinking this will be it. I still think it’s another race
but I won’t be surprised one bit if Blizzard announces Dark Trolls
to be the new Alliance race.
Kool-Aid Man
Nevermind, this was debunked by Eyonix. “I will however confirm that
the new Alliance race is not the Kool-Aid man. As 'kool' as he is,
we felt his existence in Azeroth would be a bit disturbing and thus
I felt this as good a time as any to put an end to this specific
rumor. ;)"
Dang, and here I was hoping…
Pandaren
The Pandaren rumor I believe is just plain silly, but I’ll name it
here as being interesting for the simple fact that so many people
actually believe it’s a possibility. Do you honestly think Blizzard
would release a race of Pandas to be the new Alliance race? Can you
imagine playing the Alliance side and having to see all the Pandas
people will be playing? It’s bad enough with the Night Elves! It
would make a normal person want to play Horde just to kill all the
silly people playing Pandas.
Ok, now that my ranting is complete, the Pandaren rumor was started
as a hoax. Ian McConville of Machall.com created a model of what the
Pandaren would look like in World of Warcraft. He did such an
awesome job on this model that it looked like it was an actual
screenshot and people took it at face value and assumed this would
be the new race. You can see Ian’s models here:
http://i.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/abraham~pandaren.jpg
http://www.machall.com/news_images/20060401_pandafull.jpg
And you can read about the hoax from his own mouth here:
http://www.machall.com/?strip_id=369
Mok’Nathal
Now we come to the race that I feel could be the most likely to be
announced at E3, the Mok’Nathal.
Mok’Nathal, like the Drenai, also come from Draenor and are a of
orc/ogre blood. This would give the alliance a large horde like race
in response to the horde’s small alliance like race.
The main reason I believe this could be a possibility is because of
this post found on the World of Warcraft forums talking about what
we’d be reading at E3:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-realm-perenolde&T=143988&P=1
The entire post reads:
“From Orc and Ogre blood did the mighty race of the MokNathal rise.
The prospering warriors prided themselves over their attunement with
nature and their daunting presence on the battlefield when faced
with anyone unwise enough to test their wrath. Boasting both Orc
cunning and Ogre might, the half breeds were considered noble
warriors amongst both the Orc and Ogre clans. Their standing amongst
both races soon cascaded with the coming of demonic magic and with
it the might of the powerful demigods of the Ogre race. Recognized
only as the Gronn, the power the seven of them wielded was unequaled
throughout Draenor. The Gronn cared little for their own children,
let alone other races they felt to be inferior. With their odium
came their intolerance towards the Orcs, whose blood flew through
the veins of the MokNathal.
The fact that the Ogres would dare bring impurities to their
bloodline angered their demigods, who hunted down all MokNathal and
tormented them relentlessly. Their own Ogre brethren were forced by
the almighty Gronn to help purify the lineage and pursued the half
breeds with there godly masters; forcing the MokNathal to turn to
the Orcs for haven from their chase. Sadly, the demonic magic the
Orcs gained hold of contorted their judgment and manner, making them
apprehensive and mistrusting towards their cousins.
Their only hope to survive was to take flight from the smoldering
world which only became an option when Medivh opened the Dark
Portal, linking the Orcs blood lusted warriors to Azeroth. Lead by
Tagar Bearclaw and Rexxar the Beast Master, the MokNathal traded one
hell for another. Where they were no longer hounded by the Ogres
demigods, they were now being killed on sight when ever crossing
paths with the now senseless Orcs.
Tagar Bearclaw refused to recognize what now looked like fate and
instead ordered what remained of his clan to fashion together
makeshift rafts and journey across the Great Sea. Their extensive
expedition landed them on the coasts of Kalimdor, and their battered
clan, now safe from both the mindless Orcs and the immortal Gronn,
was finally able to rebuild their once grand domain. Rexxar, who was
renowned for his valor when faced with the Gronn and left to die
after vicious torturing, left the clan to take up a nomadic life and
live amongst what he believed to be his closest ally; nature.
The MokNathal, troubled with the fact that several of their brethren
still wandered the burning world of Draenor, swore to liberate them
from the Gronns relentless hunt and take retribution for their
brothers deaths. Refusing to side with the ally they needed the most
when first faced with their enemy gods took up arms with the Night
Elves and their Allies, who willingly accepted them into their ranks
when presented with the knowledge that the Blood Elves had sided
with the vile Horde.
AlkholNathal would offer the half breeds with the shelter of a city
rivaling the prominence of the one they left behind when fleeing
from the world that damned them to the isolation of Azeroth.
Situated North West of the Barrens, the lands of Lashindow connected
the forests of Ashenvale to the Stonetalon Mountains and offered the
Alliance a slight edge against the Hordes forces.”
Several are debunking this claim, and while I don’t believe this is
exactly what we’ll be reading when E3 comes, I think it has the best
possibility of what we’ll see as the new Alliance race. At least
it’s what I’m hoping will come to be for the Alliance race as it’s
the one rumor out of several that I’d actually be willing to play
as.
But once again, these are all rumors, and as we know, rumors are
just that. We won’t know for sure until Blizzard makes an official
announcement and 6 million paying subscribers are looking for that
week in May to see what Blizzard will be doing.
I know I’ll be waiting with them. .
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