07-23-2006, 08:01 PM
Quote:The problem is GG, most people take the stand that you do, that the freed undead are no longer part of the light, but the real reason they took the name Forsaken, as based on the lore, is because everyone initially
wanted to kill them.
This is the correct answer. The "Forsaken" are called that because they are the unwanted remnants of the Scourge. It has nothing to do with being forsaken by the Light, which doesn't even make sense since the Light in WoW isn't a god or conscious entity that forsakes people. And if you think that "evil" races can't use the Light or something, go tell that to The Scarlet Crusade. They're a wing of the Burning Legion, yet they're also mostly Paladins.
As for Undead Paladins, I would have loved that too, but I think you can readily explain that by the simple fact that the Forsaken are more or less dead. Blood Elves are not dead, and I don't see what's unreasonable about letting them be Paladins. If the genocidal recruits of the Scarlet Crusade can learn to manipulate the Light to destroy things, so can Blood Elves.