And the New WoW Race: The Dranei
Blizzard Entertainment finally (FINALLY!) announced the Alliance race that will accompany the Blood Elves in the upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft. That race is the Dranei.
I hope no one was still under the impression that it was the Wisps.
Some Q&A directly from Blizzard:
Q: What are the Draenei?
A: Descended from the Eredar, the same ancient race as Archimonde, leader of the Burning Legion’s recently thwarted invasion of Azeroth, the Draenei resisted the demonic forces that corrupted their brethren and fled their ancient homeworld, devoting themselves to ending the Legion’s apocalyptic crusade.Q: Why did you decide to add the Draenei as the new Alliance race?
A: The Draenei visited many worlds in their travels and explored much of the known cosmos on their quest to find safe harbor. During this exodus they befriended the enigmatic Naaru — a race of beings with a deep affinity for the Holy Light of Creation that empowers the paladins of Azeroth. The Naaru blessed the Draenei with this power in an effort to help them in their struggle. This makes them a natural ally of the Alliance races who embrace this holy power.In addition, the Draenei hold no affinity for certain Horde races. They outright hate the Orcs, who nearly drove the Draenei to extinction in Outland. And more recently, the Blood Elves stole technology from the Draenei and also sabotaged their dimensional ship, which crash landed on Azeroth.
Q: Where did the Draenei come from?
A: The Draenei’s flight from the Legion eventually led them to a remote, peaceful world, which they named Draenor. In time, the Draenei met and befriended the native Orc clans that lived on this tranquil planet. For many years they lived peacefully with their shamanistic neighbors, until Kil’jaeden discovered their hiding place and corrupted the Orcs, pitting them against the Draenei. The Orcs nearly eradicated the entire Draenei race during the ensuing war. Recently, the surviving Draenei fled Outland, and a small group of these refugees landed on Azeroth.
So there you have it. Are you excited? Disappointed? Indifferent? I was secretly hoping for the Murlocs, I admit. But, I suppose the Dranei make more sense.
Read all about them here.
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2 opinions for And the New WoW Race: The Dranei
Cal
May 11, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Is there someone in a back room drawing up a genealogical tree and writing a history of the WoW races just so they can keep all their facts straight?
Ingrid
May 11, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Most likely :)
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