wheenderlin: They stop it there, because it's classic. Classical shot of Orc attacking a Knight, that alone makes everybody feel nostalgic and good
delf2731: The blue guy on the ground and also in the last video is a Troll. Fun fact: The races of Elves (the one speaking in the beginning is Sylvanas Windrunner) and Trolls are related (Elves descended from Trolls through many stages.) Also the wolf (worgen) guy is Genn Greymane (they can transform between a human and worgen). The Orc (from the last video) is Varok Saurfang.
rohyrim: OK, quick lore explanation to clarify characters. 

Basically, World of Warcraft has 2 factions, Horde and Alliance.

Horde is composed of honorable Orcs (like Saurfang - "Old Soldier"), Trolls (3 fingered slim blue guys), Tauren (Ox-like minotaur bull-guys), Blood elves and Undead (Sylvanas the Banshee Queen, witch gal). Horde is traditionally led by orc Warchiefs but last warchief has named Sylvanas as the Warchief upon dying.

Alliance is the Anduin's faction, composed of Humans, Dwarfs, Gnomes, Night Elves, Worgen (Werewolves), etc. They were led by Anduin's father but he died a few years before this cinematic and left Anduin as the King. Anduin is actually a Priest, servent of the Holy Light. 

For some reason, when Sylvanas became the warchief, she began to act violent and burned down the great tree of Night Elves. (We saw the scene briefly in Old Soldier, Saurfang has confronted Sylvanas and said "there's no honor in this".) So there's an internal struggle within the Horde about the motivation of Sylvanas. Though she leads this battle as the Warchief, many Horde members are questioning her leadership.

This expansion is going over this story.
dionysiosbbbb: Yeah that orc was indeed Varok Saurfang and yes that was indeed Anduin Wrynn from the War Within trailer.
tglarson12: What we need is a super rich gamer who grew up with these cinematics to hire the original creators to create a full movie that depicts the universe. Especially to get the perspectives of the players of certain big events that the players created in the world. My fiancee played WoW and still to this day tells of stories of her adventures with the Horde.
nickchrappa: her scream was "haunting". I think since warcraft 3 she was given the title "The Banshee Queen".
Gomle1: it was a mass ressurection-spell Anduin casted. (or mass heal)

anyway. in the war within he said "im not that person anymore... i have no light..". Well he defenetly had it here :D
mihaigrebla1160: Watching this cinematic for the 114th time and getting goose bumps when Sylvanas yells "FOR THE HORDE" for the 114th time.
lief3414: Hi, just gonna give a short story about the sword drop moment, it's powerful narrative for those who know.
Anduin's father Varian was a great warrior and tried to make Anduin one too, however Anduin was always more gentle, leaning towards priesthood (servant of light). After Varian's death, Anduin took up his sword and mantle and tried to lead the Alliance but he wasn't natural-born leader like his father.
What the dropping of the sword symbolises (to me) is Anduin letting go of the burden of trying to be his father and instead being who he is.
JaredCarter6625: Blizzard cinematics were famous for bringing people back to their game. This was actually the last one to rope me in, but the story lost me eventually.

I really love these breakdowns of some of my favorite game cinematics, they give me a new perspective on why I loved them so much. Honestly could listen for hours

Jul 11 2024

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