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Jing's Big Ol' Warband
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Here be all my lovely characters | Moon Guard/WrA player and long-time RPer | LFR Superstar | I take screenshots of my blorbos | I don't know what I am in terms of gender
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stumbled on this on a discord and y'know, one player's "whitewash misunderstood uwu" is another player's "oh thank god we aren't going to slaughter the colonized local tribe because they're all inherently evil"
"No Fear/One Fear" comic edited into a WoW meme. First panel; Amani troll wearing a shirt which reads "No Fear". A second figure arrives screen right. Second Panel: A shirt worn by the new figure, reading "Blizzard is going to completely whitewash the Amani in Midnight" with a crying cat-faced Amani troll below the text, with a speech bubble reading "We're just misunduwunderstood uwu" Third panel: The Amani troll from panel one, but their shirt now reads "One Fear"
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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As any good discussion of Draenor/WoD must, it also was going to involve comparisons to and discussion of Outland/BC, so I'm including the shots I took there too
A path in Nagrand of Outland which leads into Zangarmarsh. Green, arch-like trees in the foreground give way to giant mushrooms in the distance. Shadowmoon Valley of Outland. A broken, old set of standing stones and a great jagged spire of grey rock sit before the distant mountain of the Hand of Gul'dan, which belches fel lava from its peaks. Bones litter the parched, desolate landscape on the right. Zangarmarsh on Outland. Enormous mushrooms with bioluminescent undersides in some cases stick up from a marshy floor. In the distance, on top of a particularly large mushroom, the Draenei refuge of Telredor can be seen. A landscape of Hellfire Peninsula in Outland. A huge red crystal juts from the cracked earth on the right, while in the middle in the far distance some large mushrooms in Zangarmarsh can be seen on the path which leads up to the bottom of the frame and beyond.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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The color palette variation is a big part of what I liked so much about Draenor (and a lot of WoW's world design)
The coast of Tanaan, looking out across the Tanaan Channel into the coast of Shadowmoon Valley. The tops of mushrooms can be seen peeking out from the sea surface. The remains of the Dark Portal of Draenor in Tanaan. A path paved of metal plates proceeds from the base of the frame into the distance, under the huge shards of the portal's frame. Blackhand, dead face-down in Blackrock Foundry. Two Draenei dance in a forest in Shadowmoon Valley.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Crap, the material for this ballooned into an unwieldy mess of an essay. I... might need to consider turning it into a proper video essay. But in the meantime here's a selection of shots I was going to use in the continuation of the QRTed thread.
Gorgrond on Draenor. A rylak banks hard in flight, silhouetted against a slightly clouded sky with Draenor's moons looming large over the mix of rock, geyers and lush jungle of the zone. Blackrock Foundry can be seen in the far distance. A Magnaron, petrified and ancient, reaches a massive hand in its long-stilled death throes out of sulfurous pools, surrounded by Gronn, Gronnlings and other assorted creatures which met similar fates. The jungles of Gorgrond, with occasional Botani visible conducting some sort of rituals among the dwellings (made of plants) they inhabit. The vale of Zangarra, with a Kirin Tor tower in the center. Enormous mushrooms rise from the floor of the vale and fungal creatures roam and fly among the mushrooms.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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WoW has never been consistent in how it conveys actions in text form, but this one makes me think Fargo is not belching and is literally just saying the line out loud to be weird
Text from the chat log of World of Warcraft. It reads: "Ariok says: Blood and honor, comander. Fargo Flintlocke says: Fargo Flintlocke belches."
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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One of the DH end talents having an icon of a Naaru and the name "Shattered Destiny" makes me chuckle whenever I see it
Talent tooltip for Shattered Destiny, a Demon Hunter talent node. It does the following: "The duration of your active demon form is extended by 0.1 sec per 12 fury spent." Talent node in WoW for Demon Hunters. The icon depicts a Naaru.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Operator Thogar calls out every single train seemingly from memory

The Blackrock Clan apparently gets its power not from blackrock ore in the heart of the mountain, but from raw 'tism
Distant shot of Operator Thogar, a boss in the Blackrock Foundry raid of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Trains pass on multiple sets of tracks in front of him. Distant shot of Operator Thogar, a boss in the Blackrock Foundry raid of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Trains pass on multiple sets of tracks in front of him.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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this is like 30% of all DH content post-Legion until Midnight releases
Marius and Tehd, the dynamic duo of Demon Hunter and Warlock who first appeared in the Legion expansion in multiple quests and rare encounters, in their only appearance in Battle for Azeroth; a rare mob encounter in Zuldazar named Syrawon the Dominus. They have no dialog. They and the player kill the demon and they leave with no words. Haterunner, Marius' felsaber mount, is outside the cave nearby (not pictured).
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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the DHs have suffered the same syndrome post-Legion that DKs suffered post-WOTLK except even worse. no story plan for them and not even a plan to talk about their lack of plan.

one of them in DF is a throwaway joke pet trainer. a PET TRAINER
Night Elf Demon Hunter Izal Whitemoon in the expansion Dragonflight for World of Warcraft. She is standing in a forest, flanked by a bird and a dragonfly-like insect. Her dialogue box reads: "I needed to keep busy after we defeated the Legion, so I took up pet battling. It's almost as good as slaying hordes of demons! Almost."
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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this will be very awkward on my green-fire destro warlock wearing the gul'dan tier set that literally belches fel flames every dozen seconds or so
An Orc Warlock wearing the first WoD Mythic tier warlock set, which resembled Gul'dan's outfit except the shoulders are belching fel flame.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I'm hard at work gathering material for my mini-essay on WoD and Draenor but I just want to remind everyone of the delightful tale of how the Blackrock were assisted by a magnaron whose hyperfixation was hammering metal plates

(the players killed him, a massive tragedy)
A magnaron (a gargantuan rock-and-flesh cyclopean humanoid) named Kromog, Legend of the Mountain, looms over the camera in the Blackrock Foundry raid of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. An adventure guide entry from WoW. The relevant part reads: "Kromog The magnaron are mysterious in their ways, ancient and inscrutable. Miner excavating an expansion to the Foundry, in support of the Iron Horde's massive production needs, were horrified to unearth a chamber containing a living magnaron. To their astonishment, Kromog began to assist in their endeavors, and now uses his massive stone fists to hammer out the gigantic plates needed for the Iron Horde's dreadnaughts and siege machinery."
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Logo shows. Crowd roars. Metzen comes back on stage. "Oh hell yeah!" Crowd cheering. "Right back to the start. Kinda. Guys, I hope you enjoyed that announcement, I imagine you have a lot of questions, we have a lot of answers. Don't worry, it all makes sense." Crowd applauds. Panel at 12:30.
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor logo on black background. Chris Metzen walks on the Blizzcon 2013 stage, making a triumphant hand gesture with his fists, his mouth open in some kind of loud shout. Chris Metzen addressing the crowd, his mouth open in speech and his hands open toward the crowd in a mollifying gesture. The chyron reads "CHRIS METZEN: SENIOR VP, STORY AND FRANCHISE DEVELOPMENT" A shot of the crowd at Blizzcon 2013, lit in dark, low red light. The general mood is happy and excited.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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"Our will is iron. Our bond, unbreakable. Who... will stand against us?" rumbles Grom Hellscream himself, brown-skinned and standing with six other orc figures silhouetted by a blazing sun as he raises Gorehowl aloft.
The six titular orcish warlords of the Warlords of Draenor, all in black silhouette against an enormous setting or rising sun. From left to right, they are Kargath Bladefist, Blackhand, Durotan, Grommash Hellscream, Kilrogg Deadeye, Gul'dan and Ner'zhul. Most wield weapons of some sort. Grommash raises his axe high.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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NEW WORLD: DRAENOR (Crowd cheers)

NEW CHARACTER MODELS (Crowd explodes)

LEVEL CAP RAISED TO 100 (Crowd is too busy exploding to notice)
A moment from the Warlords of Draenor announcement trailer. The text reads "NEW WORLD: DRAENOR" and the setting is Frostfire Ridge. A vast field of ice leads to a background of massive, tall spires of obsidian and craggy shapes of obsidian mountains which belch lava from calderas among the spires. A moment from the Warlords of Draenor announcement trailer. The text reads "NEW CHARACTER MODELS" and the background is two player characters, a Dwarf (left) and an Orc (right), both of the male model type. A moment from the Warlords of Draenor announcement trailer. The text reads "LEVEL CAP RAISED TO 100" while a robed Dwarf, their hands raised to the sky, levitates a cloud of boulders above their head. The Alliance banner can be seen next to a tent in the background, which is otherwise a scene of mountains and stone spires, rocky cliffs and great natural rock stacks.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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A figure who could only be Velen stands overlooking a vast host of orcs. What could only be the temple of Karabor - the true temple, not the Black Temple of Outland - is pelted with massive fireballs by cannons on the backs of Gronn.
A draenei figure wearing an ornate headdress and mantle, garbed in gilded robes, stands overlooking a great valley at night. Fires roar in the distance. An angular structure to his right is made of metal and crystal. A host of orcs in armor and wielding great weapons walk across a field in a valley at night. They bring fires and among the orcs thunder enormous gronn, massive creatures of muscle and spikes with great metal cannons strapped to their backs. A crystal and stone and metal structure, a palatial temple sitting amongst trees and a backdrop of a cloudy night sky is pelted by fireballs trailing smoke, arcing as if hurled by catapults (or in this case, launched by cannons). A crowd of draenei can be seen running down the steps in the middle of the structure.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Crowd roars. The announcement trailer begins. A sunset over a forest. An orc blows a low note from a horn. Snow with fire in the background. A fire in a dark jungle with orcs dancing madly about it.
A sunrise over a forest on Draenor, from the announcement trailer. An orc blows into a horn, silhouetted against a rocky range of mountainous geysers. An Orc clad in white wolf furs leaps across a snowy field. Behind her rise craggy mountains, one belching lava from a caldera within its spiked peaks. A dark jungle with a bright, indistinct grove nestled between the trees in center frame.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Metzen does his Metzen thing. After a long, leading preamble going over Siege and hinting at a "pantheon" of old villains coming back, nobody is sure what to expect. Finally he announces the expansion title: "WARLORDS OF DRAENOR!"
Chris Metzen doing his metzen-ing. He looks happy, glancing up and to his left at something. Chris Metzen continues his speech. A chyron along the bottom shows a twitter post by "@SelineByron" which reads "Chris Metzen, the #Warcraft rockstar. haha. #Blizzcon Chris Metzen doing a gesture of raising his right hand alongside his head to convey an intense, punctuated point in his speech. Long shot of the Blizzcon stage. Chris Metzen is seen both on the stage and on one of the massive screens clasping his hands together as he shouts a rallying cry "HORDE, WHERE YOU AT?" to the horde members of the audience. The World of Warcraft logo is seen on the screen directly behind him.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The year is 2013. Blizzcon is here. Mists of Pandaria is winding down now. You've played Siege, you're all dolled up in tier whatever (people stopped counting) and after all the other Blizzard games get their turn, out comes the main event: WoW, with Metzen himself on stage.
Long shot of the stage of Blizzcon 2013. Multiple enormous projected screens show the Blizzon Logo. Chris Metzen is walking onto the stage from a small door in the set.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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okay a lot of wow puns are bad but this always makes me smile a little
Yotnar, a stone watcher reduced to just a head, says "An ironic gift you bring me, challenger." The "gifts" are two severed heads. The quest is named "Ahead of the Game."
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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some days it's like that
A scene from inside a WoW player house. A Death Knight stands looking at a large cube with "DELETE ME" written on all sides, which sits in the middle of the house interior.
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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you can tell Midnight is done by a totally different dev team from The War Within because the official artwork has her feet covered
Xal'atath, the big bad of WoW: Midnight, floats among a horde of void creatures. Her entire body is visible except for her feet, hidden behind a convenient creature hand.
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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So blizzard. What’s up. You gonna just take this lying down or
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I hated Sylvanas before the Saurfang moment…
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I know dunking on poor Malfy in Val'sharah is old hat but seriously man, you were in a novel about this. Tens of people read it.
WoW screenshot. The player (a pandaren warlock, right side) and Malfurion Stormrage (middle) look over the unconscious form of Cenarius (right side). A text box occupies the left side of the shot. The text, Malfurion's dialogue, reads: "Cenarius, my mentor... What foul power could hold sway over him?" The final line is a turn-in link for the quest "Return to the Grove".
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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i want

her outfit
Lyssabel Dawnpetal, the Steward in the new Alliance housing neighborhood in World of Warcraft, stands center frame looking at the viewer in a full-body shot. Her outfit is a sort of night-elf-mixed-with-victorian-clerk sort of vibe. She has a book attached to her left hip.
October 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM