Granted, most of this is speculation, but hey.  You’ve been warned.

So this model popped up on the PTR’s last week and a debate began raging over whether or not it was Bolvar.

Enough time has passed.  It’s time to weigh in.

Yes.  It’s Bolvar.  In fact it’s so painfully obvious that it’s Bolvar, only someone heavily in denial could claim its not.

The belt and boots match, it’s obviously an altered human.  But that’s all nitpicky.

Here’s the real logic behind why this is definitely Bolvar (and what that means).

In the Yogg-Saron fight you might get a glimpse of the “Immolated Champion”.  He’s a prisoner to the Lich King.  Now… check him out in the model viewer here.  The Java version looks better if your machine can run it.

The “Immolated Champion” is obviously the in-between phase for when Bolvar was alive in Dragonblight and the smoldering being he is now in Icecrown.

Bolvar = Immolated Champion = Smoldering Being.

So what does this all mean?  Personally, we though the Lich King’s “Ultimate Death Knight” was going to be faction specific.  If you were Horde, you’d face Saurfang the Younger.  Alliance would in turn fight Bolvar.  Now though, it seems we will all face Saurfang the Younger.  So what does that mean for Bolvar?

It definitely puts him back into play.  Since he’s not just an all out boss, Blizzard definitely has something in mind for him.

On one hand this could simply mean he has some nifty scripted event before becoming… an all out boss.  It could also mean we save him.

Then gain, it could also mean we don’t.

Remember what Metzen has kept repeating over and over (and over) about Northrend, “We leave a little bit of ourselves up there.”

If anything, this seems to say that Northrend does not end happily.  There won’t be any Ewoks dancing and statues being toppled after Arthas is killed.

So…. what’s the saddest, darkest thing that could happen?

Us having to kill Bolvar?

Bolvar becoming the next Lich King?  Arthas’s death animation, the way he scrambles for his helmet, only seems to bolster the position that there will be a new Lich King. (Search YouTube for “Arthas Death Animation”.  They keep being brought down and reposted.)

We’re still big fans WotLK ending with Varian Wrynn beginning his journey towards becoming the next Lich King.  It’s edgy.  It fits the profile.  It works.

Arthas was forced to kill the people of Stratholme.  That was his key turning point.

Could Varian Wrynn be forced to kill Bolvar?  Could that be his turning point?

Either way, all of these revelations regarding out encounter with Arthas should be examined through one specific lens, “How does this play out towards introducing the next Lich King?”

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Bolvar Fordragon’s Return?

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We’ve asked this question ourselves, and even hinted our thoughts, but we’ve never actually given an answer.

As it currently stands, the “Lich King” is entirely Arthas with the Ner’zhul half either dead or completely dominated by Arthas.

Suffice to say, we believe Ner’zhul still exists and will be freed when the Arthas half of the “Lich King” is killed.

So the heart of the question is, “Who will Ner’zhul pick next?”

The article on WorldofRaids discusses who Ner’zhul could target next.

What surprised us about the WorldofRaids article, was neither of our two picks made their list.

WorldofRaids suggests characters such as Tirion Fordring, Saurfang, or even Muradin Bronzebeard could be next.

None of these, however, just feel… right.  Nor do any of their other suggestions.

Look at Arthas, the original host.  He was ambitious and ruthless to a fault.  But, most importantly, he believed to his core that no matter how his actions may appear to others, they were always what was best for his people (regardless of whether or not his closest allies agree with him).

This infallible, selfless self-confidence is the key element to look for.

So who fits the bill?

That’s easy.

Garrosh, and Varian Wrynn.

This is not meant as criticism either of these great, controversial characters.  Love or hate them, the simple fact is that both Garrosh and Varian Wrynn unquestioningly believe that what they do is what’s best for their people.  In this way, they are both incredibly similar to Arthas.

This is why we believe one of these two will be the next Lich King.

So which one?

Varian Wrynn.  And we have a practical reason for believing this.

Ner’zhul is/was an orc.  If Garrosh were to become the next Lich King, then the “Lich King” would simply be two orcs.  He’d be an entirely Horde villain.

With Varian Wrynn as the next Lich King, then the “Lich King” continues to be a boss straddling both factions, which is much more immersive for *all* players.

So there it is, Varian Wrynn: The Next Lich King.

And at the very least, we know he’ll look good in the armor.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

The Next Lich King

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And what does it do?  Generally speaking, the exact opposite of your climax.  In other words, if your story ends with the hero beating the bad guy, then at the midpoint your hero is going to somehow lose.

So… why is this relevant?

Go back to right before WotLK was released, during the “Zombie Invasion”.

One of the key points during that world event was when we actually got to see Thrall and Garrosh step into the arena and fight it out.  Virtually all of us were shocked when Garrosh won the duel.

That fight was a midpoint.  It was placed there for all of the exact reasons why one inserts a midpoint into a story’s structure.  It casts doubt as to the fight’s actual outcome.  Before that duel, most figured Thrall could swat Garrosh like an insect.  Now, it’s a question.  Could Garrosh really beat Thrall?  Or did he only have the upper hand at that point in the fight when they were interrupted?  Further, this will add depth when the real event actually occurs.

And yes, there will be a “real event”.

What that fight confirmed for us was one thing:

At some point in the near future, Thrall is going to beat the living hell out of Garrosh.

Initially, the question was, “Would this happen in WotLK?”  But there really didn’t seem to be a clear opportunity for it.

Now with Cataclysm on the horizon, it all makes sense.

Thrall is gone, Garrosh left in charge.  We’ve already seen plenty of what Garrosh is going to do with Kalimdor in Thrall’s absence, evicting most races from Orgrimmar-Proper, etc..  Couple that with Garrosh killing Cairne (whether intentional or not) and you can see what is going to happen.

Thrall’s current greatest weakness is when he looks at Garrosh, he sees Grom.  A fanboy could even question whether or not this meant Thrall was pulling his punches during their original duel.  With the events of Cataclysm, Thrall will finally see clearly, and Garrosh will be in trouble.

Yes it’s predictable, but frankly, who cares?  An interrupted rematch is what we want.

So, will Thrall kill Garrosh?

Very doubtful.  In fact… No.  Thrall could not kill “Grom’s son”.

So what of Garrosh?  Probably exile.

Why?  Story reasons abound, but lets turn to game mechanics for a moment.

The answer is simple:

So we can kill him later.

If we want to follow a “sins of the father” theme, then Garrosh is destined to become a fel-orc.  Whether he does or not, though, it is still likely that at some point in WoW’s future he will become a raid boss.

Would Thrall help us then?  Doubt it, Garrosh is still Grom’s son.  But don’t forget, there is one other orc who has already outright threatened to kill Garrosh, Saurfang.

A raid in which we get to help Saurfang kill Garrosh?  Most of the horde fans would absolutely love it, and that alone is the best reason why Blizzard will probably eventually do it.

…

There is a current underlying concern being voiced throughout WoW that we’ll eventually run out of meaningful bosses… that the longer the game lasts, the better the chance we’ll run out of real bosses to fight.

This isn’t true.  In fact, the opposite is the case.

The longer WoW lasts, the more time its creative department has to develop lore.  This lore then turns into back-story as time passes, giving us meaningful depth for villains we’ll face in the future.

In other words, once WoW’s lore gains full momentum, meaningful boss encounters will become self perpetuating due to the “lore becoming back-story” process.  The only real concern we could have had was whether or not Warcraft’s lore possessed a plentiful enough roster of bosses to hold out until WoW achieved full momentum on its own.

This means tomorrow’s raid bosses are very likely in the game today.

Garrosh is a given, and dare I say Varian Wrynn probably is too.

Ner’zhul will also likely turn out to have survived and be looking for a host…

Hm.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Garrosh: Future Raid Boss

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Burning Crusade’s theme was Outland.  The two new races were strongly tied to it. The premiere event was the opening of the Dark Portal.    The creative seed everything grew from, was Outland (especially the setting).

With Wrath of the Lich King, its theme was  the Scourge.  The premiere event was the Scourge invasion.  Northrend was/is infested with them.  The new class was tied to them.  Once again, a creative seed.

Last week someone complained to me that Cataclysm had an incredibly weak theme.  “What do Worgen have to do with the Maelstrom?”, he asked.  And there I realized the problem.

There is a common misconception floating around WoW right now.  Before BlizzCon, the original debate was “Maelstrom or Emerald Dream?” The answer, from what we understood, turned out to be Maelstrom.

We were wrong.

Cataclysm is not the Maelstrom expansion.

Its easy to be misled due to the inclusion of the Maelstrom zone(s) and the goblin race.  But Cataclysm is not the “Maelstrom Expansion” we were speculating about; it’s something else entirely.  Blizzard pulled a fast one and slipped in something none of us were expecting.

So then… what is Cataclysm?  What is its theme?

That’s easy.

It’s “Vanilla WoW 2.0″.

It’s what Blizzard would have done in 2004 if they knew then what they know now.

With this idea in mind, the theme suddenly blazes to the surface and everything ties together.

Why goblins and  worgen?  Because they probably should have been included since 2004.  The same goes for Hyjal, Grim Batol, heck even Malfurion Stormrage.

As for Ragnaros and Nefarian?  It’s Vanilla WoW 2.0.

So does that mean C’Thun will be back eventually?  I wouldn’t be surprised.  Check out what’s being set up in the WoW comic book.

So what about the lore?  How does it handle Vanilla WoW 2.0? Well, Metzen and crew figured out a lore reason to redo classic Azeroth.  They then named the expansion after it.

This lore also gave them the opportunity to solve a big conundrum:

One of WoW’s greatest villains, Deathwing, simply didn’t fit in well with any speculative, future expansions.  But as a new Uber-Boss for classic Azeroth, he fit like a glove.  To really lock it down, Metzen and crew then intertwined Deathwing into the expansion by having him be the cause for the Cataclysm itself.

So what does Vanilla WoW 2.0 mean for the future? Well, it potentially means the game is still afoot.  At this point, there could still be an actual “Maelstrom” expansion, and we could also still have “Emerald Dream”.

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Maelstrom or Emerald Dream? Neither!

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Did Tom Chilton make a slip of the tongue and give us additional insight as to when Blizzard’s target release date lies for WoW: Cataclysm?  We think he did.

Read on… At this point, Mike Morhaime, President of Blizzard, has already confirmed that the target release date is set for 2010 (as we figured).

However, during the first seminar, which was a discussion of Cataclysm, Tom Chilton mentioned something else.  While discussing the new Goblin race, Chilton voiced an afterthought (to paraphrase), “I’m sure Alliance will be complaining about Goblin rogues at the next BlizzCon.”

…

Whoops.

It could have been nothing, but we have a pretty good gut when it comes to whether or not something was a slip.  We’re convinced, in this case, it was.

This would place Cataclysm’s target release date for sometime before the next BlizzCon.  Since BlizzCon typically happens in August, we’re betting this means the target release date is no later than July.  Why not August?  Blizzard is swamped around BlizzCon.  Targeting the release of a WoW Expansion and BlizzCon for the same month would be masochism.

Our current speculative guess regarding Catarclysm’s release date is May of 2010… 18 months after the release of Wrath of Lich King.

With this new piece of information, we feel comfortable stating with certainty that Blizzard’s current target release date for Cataclysm is somewhere between May-July of 2010.

Could delays force it out of this time frame?  Sure.  The Burning Crusade was supposed to come out before Christmas; it hit the shelves in January.  Wrath of Lich King, however, was released on time.

See you by July… hopefully sooner.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Cataclysm Release Date Leaked?

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So I sat down, ready to write, but first decided to check my favorite WoW sites, and there it was. Boubouille had made his post spilling everything.

I read it over, thought, “Yup, that about covers it!” and decided the mega-post was now moot.

Then the controversy started.

Based on that, I think it’s time I weighed in based on what was going to be put in that post.

So what is Loregy’s official stance on Boubouille’s post?  Simple…

It’s true.  All of it.

Not only that, I think there’s a bombshell everyone’s missing regarding a particular class/race combo.  I don’t think Boubouille sees it, even though it’s boldly written between the lines on his post.

So why did Loregy take this stance?  Let’s start at the top… The Cataclysm name:  That’s a given as we’ve already discussed.

Moving on…

Level Cap of 85:  The question is this:  Blizzard wants to release their WoW expansions more frequently.  So how could they pull this off?  More use of phasing?  Fewer zones?  The answers all revolved around one central concept, “Same quality, but less quantity.”  Dropping the level cap from a speculated 90 down to 85 makes perfect sense for accomplishing this.  In fact, because of the 85 level cap I am standing by my guess that the next expansion will be out by May of 2010.  I may be off a little, but hey, I calculated that guess over a year and a half ago before Lich King Alpha had even started, so cut me some slack.

New Classes:  This was inevitable.  We saw it coming  with the next chapter of the “An Injured Colleague” in patch 3.2.2 currently on the PTR.  More specficaly, what we saw were a hints regarding Night Elf mages and something going on with the Horde Druids.

What came out of left field in Boubouille’s post was the sheer amount of new class/race combos.  Granted some of it doesn’t make sense.  But ironically, what doesn’t make sense the most is already in the game.  The Night Elf mage is labeled as a “Highborne”.  But we already know the Highborne; they’re the High Elves and Blood Elves.  They began living during the day to shun their Night Elf roots, which in turn changes their coloring and height.  You can almost smell the incoming retcon.

As for the others, lore wise, it makes sense that with everyone intermingling eventually some Dwarf is going to ask a gnome mage, “Mind showing me how you do that?”

Troll Druids have been especially controversial, but let’s face it, they already are shapeshifters.  Their technique may be different, but they’re already intimate with the concept.  The problem then rests with the question, “How?”  How are the trolls now able to be druids?  Hamuul Runetotem is now willing to teach them?  That makes sense.  Remember, Hamuul himself is the product of an ArchDruid (Malfurion himself) being willing to teach another race the art of Druidism.

Tauren Priests/Paladin’s struck me as odd when I read that in Boubouille’s post.  But then remembered Tauren are already established as being a group open to multiple religions.  Don’t forget that up until now, they were the only race who practiced both Shamanism and Druidism, the idea that a few of them would be interested in exploring the light makes sense.  The only question then is, “What is their conduit?  Who’s teaching them?”  The obviously answer is, “The Blood Elves” but that also seems strange.

New Races:  A leak is a leak, and I think those first two Halloween masks told us what was coming.  That female ogre within the second set of masks was hastily ripped out of a WoW rpg book, which screams panicked cover-up.  Worgen and Goblins, here we come.

As for the bombshell…

We now have two druid races within the Horde, and only one within the Alliance.

However, they have not yet announced what classes the two new races will be.

Remember when I pointed out that the trolls were already known shape-shifters?  Now… See where I’m going?

You heard it here first.

It makes me wonder if they’ll retain “Lion” or let them have “Worg”, but with the same abilities.

So there you have it.  Another druid race I think so.  The game mechanics dictate it.  Lore-wise, I confess, it does feel strange.

As for those outright complaining though, here’s where I get snarky…

If you’re a female Night Elf druid and you’re complaining about disrespecting druid lore, go sit in the corner.

Classic Azeroth Revamp:  The question I was going to pose was this…  If Maelstrom is the next expansion then that means after this we’re pretty much done with Azeroth.  Next up it’ll probably be Emerald Dream and then off to fight the Burning Legion.  If Blizzard doesn’t revamp classic Azeroth now, then when?  My guess was we would finally see flying, which would mean opening zones such as Hyjal (and Gilneas, but we already knew that).

I also was going to speculate that now would also be the time to open up any unused instances within Azeroth, namely Grim Batol and Uldum.  In fact, I’d place a double bet on Grim Batol.  For those of you who don’t know, Grim Batol is now the home of Deathwing.  As has been mentioned before, Deathwing can’t be that much more powerful than Malygos.  With Malygos defeated at 80, Deathwing can only be on the horizon.

Obviously Azshara’s involvement is no revelation, nor is the idea that there’s an Old God  there with her.

Now, if there’s one thing that hit me completely out of left field it’s the “Thrall as the Guardian” concept.  There’s already a character in the comics who seemed destined for this roll.  His name is Medan.  He’s the son of Medivh and Garona.  Since everything else in Boubouille’s post is correct though, I’m willing to take this one on faith.

As for the lore, obviously the most controversial revelation is the death of Cairne.  My general question was this: “When the heck are we going to get some Tauren lore?”  WoW’s history with Tauren lore is strange.  It was set up with Magatha in Vanilla WoW then pretty much forgotten.  (Much like the Morrowgrain quest chain, which I imagine will be picked up again in Emerald Dream.)

Cairne dying makes sense.  Obviously the charges of “Traitor” would be something trumped up by Garrosh.

My personal fanboy hope was that Magatha Grimtotem would finally make her move.  The Grimtotem would try to take out Cairne and seize Thunder Bluff.  The climax would be Hamuul wailing on Magatha like a hurricane as it turns out he was the one charged with watching her.  Consider this… Magatha is arguably the most powerful Shaman in Thunder Bluff… so why is she not on Spirit Rise?  Why is she over on Elder Rise with the Druids?  My guess is that Cairne wanted her somewhere where she’d be under someone’s watch, namely Hamuul (Cairne’s oldest and most trusted friend).

Back to the matter at hand though.  Only Wrynn and Cairne have established sons in the game, so they are the ones most easily lifted out (watch out, Wrynn).  Something big needs to happen as a catalyst to bring the Tauren lore back up to snuff.  I was going to speculate that it was the Grimtotems finally attacking.  Cairne Bloodhoof being killed by Garrosh is even better.  (That being said, I will personally /cheer any Alliance  I see killing Garrosh.)

To take this all one step further, with the new Tauren lore in mind, I have to ask… will Garrosh find he likes the Grimtotems?

So there you have it.  As far as I’m concerned the game mechanics, and especially the lore bakc up everything Boubouille has posted.  Yes, a chunk of it came from the SomethingAwful forums… So what?  Yes, they love pranks, but consider this: if you had to make a list of internet groups who would love nothing more than to spoil the next WoW Expansion right before BlizzCon, who would top that list?

I rest my case.

Boubouille’s post is fact, and Loregy stands by him completely.

Are we wrong?  We’ll know Friday.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Cataclysm Leak : Weighing In

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Some of it is very surprising, some of it is stuff we’ve speculated for awhile.

Enjoy!

The article can be found here.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Cataclysm, Everything Revealed…

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Sure it’s only a lore leak, but let’s face it… the lore told us years ago that expansion #3 would be either Maelstrom or Emerald Dream.  As we keep preaching to the “lorelol” crowd, it’s a fallacy to ignore this “lore dork” stuff when you want to answer the age old question, “What happens next?”

Well as was said earlier today, in patch 3.3 we’re going to kill Arthas.

But what about after that?  What happens next?

Remember, whereas Wrath of the Lich King has the Lich King, The Burning Crusade had Illidan.  And yet, what happened after Illidan was killed?  Was that it?  Did the expansion end?  You might already see where I’m going…  We, of course, had Sunwell Plateau.

So is that it?  Am I inferring that we’ll have another raid after Icecrown?  No.  I think we would have heard something by now.  Metzen and crew had been inferring for awhile that something big was coming after Illidan died, and that this “big something” would tie up all of The Burning Crusade’s loose ends.

So what then?  Well… what happened after Sunwell?  That’s right, the zombie infestation.  *That’s* what I’m referring to.  Not a literal zombie infestation, but a global world event that heralds in the next expansion.

When will this happen?  Next year, right before Maelstrom comes out.  And what else is happening right around that time?  You got it, the Malfurion novel is being released.

Consider this as well.  Malfurion Stormrage’s return to Azeroth’s lore is a big deal.  He is not just going to be someone you happen upon at the top of a temple in Maelstrom.  His return is an event, and this is the perfect place for it.

So there it is; I’m fairly certain that Wrath of Lich King’s global event heralding in the next expansion will centralize around Malfurion Stormrage returning from the Emerald Dream in some way or another.  And obviously, the reason he’s come back is to help Azeroth with whatever new “Cataclysm” it’s now facing.

So rejoice, we won’t have to wait until Maelstrom to see Malfurion.  He’s be showing up in the expansion we’re already playing.

And on a personal note, I must say… It’s about friggin’ time.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Malfurion in Wrath of the Lich King?

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The answer is simple.  We’re going to kill Arthas.

And yes, you should read into that.

We’re not going to kill the Lich King, we’re going to kill Arthas,  and my reason for thinking this goes all the way back to BlizzCon ‘05.

Someone in the audience asked Chris Metzen if we would ever have a chance to fight the Lich King.

Metzen replied to much applause, “Yes… but come on, do you really think Arthas is a level 70 boss?”  Not only was this the first confirmation we’d get to fight the Lich King, it was also the first time many of us heard concrete word from Blizzard that the level cap would not stop at 70.

But there was something more to what Metzen said…As he continued to speak, he kept saying “Arthas” instead of “Lich King”.  And it wasn’t just that, it was how he said it, almost with a knowing grin.

“Arthas is going down… he has it coming…”

Since this was a “Lore” seminar, a number of us picked up on it.  The Lich King is, of course, a combination of two people, Ner’zhul and Arthas.

So no, I don’t think the Ner’zhul half of the Lich King is going anywhere.

And that leads to the real question we should all be asking, “After Arthas is dead, what is Ner’zhul going to do?”  The bodies of Fordragon and Saurfang the Younger immediately come to mind, but who knows?  A reconstructed Frozen Throne?  Probably not, since that’s a step backwards.  Either way though, with Arthas gone, Ner’zhul is going to need to inhabit something or somebody.  So what or who could that be.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

“Arthas” is going down…

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Sure enough though, a few days later, Vrykul and Ogre masks were added too.

So what’s our take on it?  There’s a lot that can be dug out of this, and some of it’s not immediately obvious.

Let’s cut to the meat of it.  It’s obvious that if Blizzard could have their drothers the  new races would be Goblins and Pandaren.  They’re both island races, they’re completely humanoid, there’s a huge demand for Pandaren, and the Horde need a small race to mirror gnomes.

Now let’s look at it by faction…

For the Horde the answer is immediately obvious; it’s either Goblins or Naga.

Ogres?  They’re from Outland.  If the Horde weren’t in  need of a “pretty” race at the time, they would have been perfect as the new Horde race in “The Burning Crusade”.  But Maelstrom?  They don’t fit.

I’ve mentioned Naga in the past.  Fact is though, when I think of Naga I’m thinking of the big picture.  I’m thinking of what it would mean for WoW2 or WC4 if the Naga were to take Gilneas and form a third faction with the Forsaken and Blood Elves.  Fact is though, Blizzard doesn’t give a flying rat’s rumpus about WoW2 or WC4 right now, so if it’s instant gratification then it’s got to be Goblins.

As a side note, there are a number of people arguing that playable goblins will have an adverse affect on any “neutral goblins” currently in the game.  This simply isn’t the case.  Keep in mind, there is no “goblin faction”.  The goblins’ government is a “Trade Coalition”.  They are ruled by at least five “Trade Princes” who are completely autonomous from each other.  It gets confusing, because they all share the same capital, “Undermine”.   Imagine France, Germany, and England all sharing one capital and you  kind of get the idea.  In Warcraft 2, only one of these Trade Princes temporarily hooked up with the Horde; the other four remained completely neutral.  Today, the neutral goblins we deal with are mostly members of Trade Prince Steamwheedle’s cartel.  If one Trade Prince (besides Steamwheedle) joins the Horde, it wouldn’t affect Steamwheedle at all.  Playable goblins would exist just fine with “neutral” ones.

Now onto the Alliance; they’re much more tricky.

Pandaren tie perfectly into the Maelstrom, but I simply don’t see Blizzard stirring that pot.  Say what you want.  Yes Blizzard fixed the armor, but things are tenuous at best between Blizzard and China right now, so I simply don’t see them adding anymore risk to the equation.  “Wrath of the Lich King” is *still* not out over in China.

That’s why things are tricky.  Once you remove Pandaren from the equation, there’s no obvious winner.  The Naga could go Alliance.  Feels strange, but it’s possible.  Worgen?  They’re probably the second most in demand race behind the Pandaren, plus they’re heavily rumored to be tied to Gilneas.

So what’s the new Alliance race?  It’s whichever one is currently residing behind the Greymane wall.  Naga or Worgen.  It’s strange to think that since with Silverpine right next door, Gilneas seemed destined to become a Horde level 1-10 zone.  Anyway, lore-wise, I like the Naga, but practically speaking I’m leaning towards the Worgen.  If the Alliance can’t have their Pandaren then Blizzard (via Gilneas) has an opening to give Alliance players a concession prize.  Plus, there’s no reason why the Naga couldn’t take Gilneas from the Worgen sometime in the future (or you could just dump the whole Naga idea altogether).

So there you have it.  Goblin and Worgen, which coincidentally leads us back to those first two masks.

By the way, two of those masks represent the first time we’ve seen either a female ogre, or a female worgen in WoW.  That alone is intriguing.  Perhaps ogres are also on the horizon.

Originally posted at: Loregy.com

Goblins & Worgen, The New Races in Maelstrom?

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