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Welcome to the eleventh issue of the WoW Weekly Report!
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Something that has caught my eye this last week was the Frostmourne replica sword available for sale. For just 379 usd you could own the sword that (for the most part) corrupted Arthas and will more than likely be the best, shiniest, and coolest weapon in the upcoming expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. This is a pretty cool collector’s item and is on sale now.
Speaking of Frostmourne, here is some food for thought. With the upcoming expansion we’re going to be getting Death Knights which are basically corrupted Paladins. Paladins are immune to the undead plague because they’re covered completely in the light which resists all of the evil of the world. Paladins who went into the border areas (where the plague was going on) would try to help people but would be ostracized for being immune (jealousy and whatnot). They then are basically tired of being hated, the Lich King offers something better, and then they pick-up a runeblade and become a Death Knight.
Now, in the upcoming expansion, we’re told that every race can become a Death Knight. This brings about some problems. Fallen Paladins would have to be Humans and Dwarves, the only two races who have ever been Paladins. We could throw in Blood Elves somehow if you wanted to link them to it somehow.
Night Elves couldn’t become Paladins because they do not touch the Light. Night Elf Priests pull their power from Elune. The undead can’t touch the light, Undead Priests pull their power from the Shadow which then touches the Light. Paladins require 100% connection with the Light with nothing of the Shadow touching them.
Draenei Paladins are possible and their race has issues with pride, but we’ve little to no information about them being able to abandon their conviction for the light.
So that leaves us with a problem. How can any race become a Death Knight? The only possible reasoning is that anyone who picks up a runeblade can become a Death Knight. Baron Rivendare was a wealthy landowner who is now a Death Knight, so that gives us a little bit of a possibility.
It’s interesting to think about how the lore for the upcoming expansion will work out. We’ve been given some newer environment updates by Blizzard recently and to be honest I can’t wait. Hopefully in the coming weeks more news from the expansion will come out giving us more to think about!
This week Blizzard updated their under development page for patch 2.4. In the updated lore it's confirmed that The Sunwell Trilogy will be playing a role in the upcoming patch. Anveena is a character from the 3 part manga series published by Tokyopop.
It's good to see an outside medium come inwards into World of Warcraft. Many players wondered if they would use the lore provided by the comic in the Sunwell Isle and now we have confirmation. Good stuff!
That’s about it for this week’s news and headlines. Check in next Tuesday morning for more here at WoW at Ten Ton Hammer. |
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