"𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳."

I remember exactly where I was when this came out, and this trailer has so many good things that I nearly died when it ended with THIS reveal of Anduin. Little 15 year old me just could not handle it.

Today is exactly 10 years since the Legion reveal at Gamescom 2015, so a happy birthday to the best expansion reveal trailer ever.

I'm going to avoid doing too much hard speculation on what it means beyond the obvious until we get the proper Midnight reveal/alpha access though, because it really could just be worry over nothing. But man, I really hope they don't drop the ball on the Horde yet again.

Like all things, it really depends on execution, but a move like this would require the MSQ of Midnight to get *far* more attention than it did in TWW. We can't get 3-chapter zones and expect a neutral Silvermoon to feel earned, because this story *is* more than Alleria's arc.

. But yknow, this isn't just a story about Alleria haha . I don't think I'll ever like neutral Silvermoon, and going the extra step to integrate the Alliance would sour that idea even further. And even *just* among Alliance candidates, we have a better match with Vereesa.

On an individual character level, I. don't hate this. It's fitting as the conclusion to Alleria's struggles, both with her hatred of the Horde and her shortcomings as a leader. If this were just a story about Alleria, this works really nicely to round out her character.

I do want to iterate what I said in the article: this could just be another slip. They erroneously called her Ranger-General in TWW already, this could be the same. Of course, the TWW one could have been an early Freudian slip too, who knows lol

My first being. poor Halduron lmao, you never got a chance. Though admittedly, I *always* expected him to be on the chopping block, everything he represents can be done by characters like Lor'themar or Vereesa with much more marketability.

In lieu of just posting about it, I made a full Wowhead article about the whole 'Alleria as Ranger-General' thing instead lol . I definitely have a *lot* of thoughts on this, to put it lightly.

The little distracted moment in the K'aresh intro is so funny on short races lmao

Last minute PTR snooping, they added even more Void Elves from Telogrus to the 11.2 campaign!

I must inform people that I did not, in fact, do this as a ranged hunter for the sake of ease lol, I did it as melee. It's Year of the Spear every year, and I'll tough every hard piece of content out as a Survival Hunter even if it kills me. Get boar'd.

Customary end-of-patch raid achievement run complete, we have successfully gotten a face full of what the boys have been working on. Undermine is easily one of the most flavorful raids in years, and I cannot wait to see what Manaforge Omega and Dimensius have to offer.

the boys

Well, 683 ilvl obviously helps a ton but Underpin ?? was easier than I thought lol . Turns out if you just ignore his cronies entirely and tunnelvision him, he just kind of melts.

I'm probably putting way too much stock in what is just a neat scientific take on the cosmic forces in Warcraft. But for once I *do* hope it's 'biased perspective', because I'd be rather sad to see Dragonflight's whole moral conflict retroactively altered by something like this.

And most obviously, of course the Dragonflights would be her protectors: they're literally evolved elementals!. As much as we joke about elves, Dragons are very much Azeroth's true Eevees, born not from artificial arcane wells but from her own natural wildlife.

It makes the arguments of Iridikron and the Primalists much more compelling, too. If these are the 'true' primordial magics of Azeroth before cosmic intervention, of course they'd be infusing themselves with these powers if they hate what the Titans have done to the planet.

Segmenting off literally *every* magic into a cosmic realm is just so boring to me, especially something as fundamental as the elements. It's much more interesting to have them stand as *contrast* to the cosmic forces, and emphasize what makes cultures like the tauren unique.

Thinking on this more, I do hope this is just 'ethereal perspective', because something I actually *really* liked in Dragonflight is the dichotomy placed between the cosmic and elemental forces. The idea that the elements are the *real* natural power of Azeroth is just so cool.