MongoJerry,May 9 2006, 12:03 AM Wrote:Blizzard will release a video showing the new Alliance race tomorrow!

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft...n/705785p1.html
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KiloVictor,May 8 2006, 11:01 PM Wrote:Rumour here (from those "in the know") is that it will be Eredar, FWIW.

Too bad that all this speculation will end in one more day! :)

Kv
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Threnody,May 9 2006, 04:28 AM Wrote:12 new craftable frost resist items were also shown, but I'll refrain from posting the stats unless MongoJerry is okay with it. =)
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Monkey,May 9 2006, 10:07 AM Wrote:maybe Draenei and Eredar have a common, uncorrupted ancestor?
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MongoJerry,May 9 2006, 01:32 PM Wrote:Or maybe Blizzard managed to fake out a whole lot of people for a long time.  Kudos to them if they did.
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Monkey,May 9 2006, 01:07 PM Wrote:supposedly from the show floor:

http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eredar19ad.jpg
http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eredar22ae.jpg

maybe Draenei and Eredar have a common, uncorrupted ancestor?

Once one can finally get back to www.worldofwarcraft.com, we may have an answer!
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Quote: Blizzard's April Fools joke wasnt a total joke.

I've seen the grabs of the E3 video, and the starting area clearly looks like Mt. Hyjal.

My theory: After the wisps all owned Archimonde, they absorbed part of his power/energy/form/whatever. This overwhelming power transformed the wisps, giving them mortal form again in the shape of an Eredar. However, since they have the souls of elves, they arent evil and are accepted into the Alliance on this fact.

This idea fits right in with the Blizzcon statement where Metzen said "At first you will go "HUH?" then go "Oh, that makes sense".

If they go with this explanation, it wont be as big a boggle as just saying "rofl eredar r alliance!"

MongoJerry,May 9 2006, 03:43 PM Wrote:I'm surprised we haven't heard the big announcement, yet.  Still waiting...
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Raelynn,May 9 2006, 03:52 PM Wrote:I thought the announcement was due on Wednesday when the floor opened?
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Quote:Do the little elf-helpers call up, or begin writing the children of the world to tell them what presents Santa comes bringing them the day before Christmas? Yeah, I realize I just called everyone children, but in my defense, I just called myself a little helpful elf -- so as far as I'm concerned, we're totally even.

Monkey,May 9 2006, 06:16 PM Wrote:I guess I'm just a tad...excited  :w00t:
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LochnarITB,May 10 2006, 10:32 AM Wrote:I'm having to refrain from feeling any excitement over a new alliance race.  I would have to jump servers to create a new toon.  :( (Come on Bliz, give us more toon slots!)
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Monkey,May 9 2006, 11:16 PM Wrote:and my apologies to anyone getting tired of my obsessive updates.
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Quote:Lore:
"As the thunderous steps of Archimonde's army approached the summit of Mount Hyjal, all hope seemed lost. The camps of Jaina Proudmoore and the Warchief Thrall were overrun, and the forces of Archdruid Malfurian Stormrage were fighting for their life.

Then, the moment feared by all those fighting for the fate of Azeroth arrived. The Night Elf army was overrun, and the great Eredar warlock, destroyer of countless worlds, arrogantly marched to the World Tree. With flames surging in his eyes, he grasped the trunk with one vile claw... and the entire summit was shattered in a burst of brilliant, white light.

When the radiance faded, nothing remained of Archimonde but a charred skeleton, resting in the branches of the fatally-damaged Nordrassil. Malfurion, Jaina, and Thrall emerged from hiding; it was all an elaborate trap designed by Malfurion to take advantage of the demon's arrogance. In his lust for the World Tree's power, he did not notice the gathering flock of wisps take their positions around him and detonate themselves in a torrent of nature's fury.

With their commander gone, the remainder of the Burning Legion's army was cast into disarray. Malfurion and his companions escaped from the summit of Mount Hyjal, and the remaining Night Elves silently reflected upon the sacrifices of their Wisp companions.

Yet, the spirits of the Wisps lived on. Floating invisibly throughout Mount Hyjal and nearby Felwood, they began to slowly intertwine with the demons that had taken up residence there. Almost imperceptively their presence began to twist the forms and minds of the local Satyrs and other foul, demonic creatures.

Now, a handful of these creatures have been transformed in mind and body; they have the thoughts of the Night Elf spirits coarsing through their veins, yet their bodies mutated to take the form of the last creature the Wisps had made contact with -- the Eredar warlock, Archimonde.

Ashamed of their foul appearance, these creatures took into hiding beneath the roots of the shattered World Tree, Nordrassil. Despite their attempts to hide themselves from the outside world, they found themselves under constant seige from the demons who came to view them as abominations.

Now, with their very existance threatened, these Eredar -- demon in form, Night Elf in mind -- have made an impassioned plea to join the Alliance."

Racial:
Passive: +1% Hit Aura (Scales with Level)

Quote:What we're seeing are (for lack of a better term) the "Children" of Archimonde and the World Tree. Parts of Archimonde and the Nordrassil are still on Hyjal, after all. The tree which made the Night Elves immortal and grew from a remnent of the Well of Eternity has given these new beings their intelligence and existence but these New Eredar pay a high price; they forever feel the pain of that cataclysmic event and in spite of despising demonic energy, they feel a constant pull on their soul.

Just like some alcoholics know they can never a drink...the NewEredar sought out the Silver Hand to teach them disciplines of the Light, hoping it would help control their thirst for evil.  Oh, and they're headed to Outland because they understand better than anyone else the danger the Legion poses.