The new WoW race!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 10, 2006, 11:24 am

Big Elves with a tail!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-nLG2f5DN0

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/08/new-a ... art-early/

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 10, 2006, 11:35 am

I still wish Blood Elves were either not being used, or were on the Alliance side. We don't need no steenkin Elves~!

laneela · Post by **laneela** » May 10, 2006, 12:03 pm

Just think of the sheer magnitude of chicks and homosexuals (not that there's anything wrong with that) that will now play on the horde side though.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » May 10, 2006, 12:24 pm

Okay, okay guys, it crept up on us. E3 is tomorrow, we need a fucking Alliance race and we need it now. Come on...spitball some ideas at me.
"Demons!"
"Elves!"
Bob we have elves, we all know your...thing, but no more elves.
"aww"
"Lizardmen!"
"Elves!"

Wait...wait..holy shit, LizardmenElfdemons...thats great!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 10, 2006, 12:25 pm

Manbearpig?!

Lizardelfdemon?!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 10, 2006, 12:32 pm

As long as it's blue!

What do you get when you cross the Smurfs with DBZ? The new alliance race!

miir · Post by **miir** » May 10, 2006, 12:34 pm

Not very creative.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » May 10, 2006, 2:09 pm

They look like some kind of demons, they have hooves!

Hooves, tail and pointy ears.

Satan?

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » May 10, 2006, 2:12 pm

Eredar.

Which completey fucks with the lore.

I'll post more later after this damn work project is done.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » May 10, 2006, 2:32 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/techn ... ref=slogin

This article talks about it.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 10, 2006, 2:45 pm

Sabek wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/techn ... ref=slogin

This article talks about it.

The Times site has the freaking video trailer on there.

No release date though still.

Think they're trying to co-incide this with the 2nd anniversary of WoW?

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » May 10, 2006, 2:47 pm

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Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » May 10, 2006, 2:49 pm

omg I've always wanted to do that!

Ok, so the "Draenei". If they'd made Draenei that look close to Draenei, I'd be fine. If they'd ponied up and just called them Eredar, I could have accepted it. But making Eredar and calling them Draenei... it just irks me.

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » May 10, 2006, 3:07 pm

Sargeras wrote:Eredar.

Which completey fucks with the lore.

I'll post more later after this damn work project is done.

25. As the thunderous steps of Archimonde's army approached the summit of Mount Hyjal, all hope seemed lost. The camps of Jaina Proudmoore and the Warchief Thrall were overrun, and the forces of Archdruid Malfurian Stormrage were fighting for their life.

Then, the moment feared by all those fighting for the fate of Azeroth arrived. The Night Elf army was overrun, and the great Eredar warlock, destroyer of countless worlds, arrogantly marched to the World Tree. With flames surging in his eyes, he grasped the trunk with one vile claw... and the entire summit was shattered in a burst of brilliant, white light.

When the radiance faded, nothing remained of Archimonde but a charred skeleton, resting in the branches of the fatally-damaged Nordrassil. Malfurion, Jaina, and Thrall emerged from hiding; it was all an elaborate trap designed by Malfurion to take advantage of the demon's arrogance. In his lust for the World Tree's power, he did not notice the gathering flock of wisps take their positions around him and detonate themselves in a torrent of nature's fury.

With their commander gone, the remainder of the Burning Legion's army was cast into disarray. Malfurion and his companions escaped from the summit of Mount Hyjal, and the remaining Night Elves silently reflected upon the sacrifices of their Wisp companions.

Yet, the spirits of the Wisps lived on. Floating invisibly throughout Mount Hyjal and nearby Felwood, they began to slowly intertwine with the demons that had taken up residence there. Almost imperceptively their presence began to twist the forms and minds of the local Satyrs and other foul, demonic creatures.

Now, a handful of these creatures have been transformed in mind and body; they have the thoughts of the Night Elf spirits coarsing through their veins, yet their bodies mutated to take the form of the last creature the Wisps had made contact with -- the Eredar warlock, Archimonde.

Ashamed of their foul appearance, these creatures took into hiding beneath the roots of the shattered World Tree, Nordrassil. Despite their attempts to hide themselves from the outside world, they found themselves under constant seige from the demons who came to view them as abominations.

Now, with their very existance threatened, these Eredar -- demon in form, Night Elf in mind -- have made an impassioned plea to join the Alliance.

OBVIOUSLY.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 10, 2006, 3:16 pm

So it the race really going to be called "The Broken"?

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » May 10, 2006, 4:15 pm

cadalano wrote:
25. As the thunderous steps of Archimonde's army approached the summit of Mount Hyjal, all hope seemed lost. The camps of Jaina Proudmoore and the Warchief Thrall were overrun, and the forces of Archdruid Malfurian Stormrage were fighting for their life.

Then, the moment feared by all those fighting for the fate of Azeroth arrived. The Night Elf army was overrun, and the great Eredar warlock, destroyer of countless worlds, arrogantly marched to the World Tree. With flames surging in his eyes, he grasped the trunk with one vile claw... and the entire summit was shattered in a burst of brilliant, white light.

When the radiance faded, nothing remained of Archimonde but a charred skeleton, resting in the branches of the fatally-damaged Nordrassil. Malfurion, Jaina, and Thrall emerged from hiding; it was all an elaborate trap designed by Malfurion to take advantage of the demon's arrogance. In his lust for the World Tree's power, he did not notice the gathering flock of wisps take their positions around him and detonate themselves in a torrent of nature's fury.

With their commander gone, the remainder of the Burning Legion's army was cast into disarray. Malfurion and his companions escaped from the summit of Mount Hyjal, and the remaining Night Elves silently reflected upon the sacrifices of their Wisp companions.

Yet, the spirits of the Wisps lived on. Floating invisibly throughout Mount Hyjal and nearby Felwood, they began to slowly intertwine with the demons that had taken up residence there. Almost imperceptively their presence began to twist the forms and minds of the local Satyrs and other foul, demonic creatures.

Now, a handful of these creatures have been transformed in mind and body; they have the thoughts of the Night Elf spirits coarsing through their veins, yet their bodies mutated to take the form of the last creature the Wisps had made contact with -- the Eredar warlock, Archimonde.

Ashamed of their foul appearance, these creatures took into hiding beneath the roots of the shattered World Tree, Nordrassil. Despite their attempts to hide themselves from the outside world, they found themselves under constant seige from the demons who came to view them as abominations.

Now, with their very existance threatened, these Eredar -- demon in form, Night Elf in mind -- have made an impassioned plea to join the Alliance.
OBVIOUSLY.

I won't believe that clip until I hear it from Metzen or someone from Blizzard.

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » May 10, 2006, 4:15 pm

So it the race really going to be called "The Broken"?

no one knows. theyre going to release that at next year's E3

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » May 10, 2006, 4:45 pm

Speculate no more! Taken from WoW's frontpage:

E3 2006: Expansion Alliance Race Announced

It's official - the Draenei will be joining forces with the Alliance in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade! We've prepared a massive update of our Burning Crusade mini-site, including a detailed history of the Draenei and a brand-new expansion gameplay trailer. You should definitely check it out if you want to learn more about the history of the new race and their connection to the insidious Eredar, the evil masterminds leading the Burning Crusade.
We have also released new information about the other expansion race, the power-hungry Blood Elves. The history of the Blood Elves details how the exiled highborne arrived in Lordaeron, how the first alliance between High Elves and Humans was forged, and how the dark destiny of the Blood Elves finally became manifest in the aftermath of the Third War.

Our E3 update also includes news about Naxxramas, the new raid dungeon that will be opened with the next content patch for World of Warcraft. Check out our Naxxramas E3 gameplay trailer to get a first glimpse of the cursed necropolis! And last but not least, there are new expansion screenshots on the Burning Crusade website and new wallpapers available for download in our media section.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » May 10, 2006, 4:56 pm

There are going to be many many deaths to make up for this...

masteen · Post by **masteen** » May 10, 2006, 7:10 pm

Tigole gouged out the lore's eyes and skullfucked it.

Originally, the evil of the demonic Eredar so perplexed Sargeras that he fell into a depression and that started his slide into all consuming madness.

Now, he was already one crazy nigger before he found the "noble" Eredar and corrupted them.

GG, Bliz.