So much for the long overdue promised inner turmoil in the alliance. Now Turalyon is the only one left to fulfill that , but I wouldnt be surprised if blizzard forgot, or they choose to no longer give inner political conflict to the alliance because it will make them unpopular in this new peace obsessed era.
@@prophet-S "Now Turalyon is the only one left to fulfil that , but I wouldn't be surprised if Blizzard forgot" What do you mean? Turalyon literally was one of the people who saw racism against orcs growing after the end of the war. And while he understood that, he wasn't really happy with it. Yeah sure civilians like him but it's not his first time of pretty much taking the lead of alliance and it would be out of character for him to take that role when Varian was young but suddenly betray his son. The only thing going for him was literally his love in the Light and even then he literally has a wife that uses void powers.
@@_Lis25 Turalyon's learned zealotry in the thoudands of years he was gone, and the death of Xera made him come back as a changed man. This is not the same Turalyon from the 2nd war. In Legion we saw his potential for blind faith and zeal. He could get so strong in his convictions that he will do horrible and more extreme things in the name of the light. Stronger internal politics against everything dark aligned. Thats what I would do to start inner turmoil and unrest in the alliance. Play into Turalyon's zeal, play into Genn's hot headedness, play into Tyrande's lust for vengeance. But seeing blizzard ruined the chance on the latter two, I have little hope for anything happening at all except for Anduin being an edgy king now, or his absence causing problens. Ever since wow writing turned into a quivering pussyfest I fear having high hopes for ant of these scenarios will be met with dissapointment
@@prophet-S yeah such Zealot that he got over Illidan killing Xera in less than one hour. And even then Velen showed him the dark side of Narus and how they basically can be void filled.
"Malfurion plants seeds" hahaha Poor Shandris. She believes that she has been chosen as the de facto leader of the Night Elves, when in reality Tyrande and Malfurion are going to plant "little trees" together among the trees and they need a secretary to organize everything while they are among "the leaves" hahahaha
@justinb7494 They are biologically still rather young , it is only due to immortality that they have lived for so long but night elves do have a long lifespan but with it comes a low reproduction rate , if they could populate like rabbits then the world would be full of night elves but that is not the case .
Genn, Tyrande and Malfurion stepping down to give their children the spotlight in a sweet heartwarming cinematic, meanwhile in the back of my mind: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? TESS AND SHANDRIS GONNA GET UNIQUE MODELS NOW!
It really did tie up the story blizz has put the night elves through in a short, sweet, and respectable way. That being said, they have got to something with malfurion because the only lore significant things he's done since legion, which even then was him crying has xavius ran rampant, was almost get killed by saurfang and then (kind of?) actually die so we could loan out ysera from the winter queen to help defend the dream. I'm not saying he has to be a main focus character, but it would be cool to see him be utilized in some way.
Haven't played wow for a long time but still, as a nelf fan I just wanted to drop a comment and say that the Malf, Tyrande and Shandris scene was very well elaborated. Good job.
All-time horde player here. never had any special affinity or interest in Malfurion or Tyrande, but gotta admit that it's about time Tyrande got some happiness back in her life.
Iridikron, "You will not see me again, until the Titans face their reckoning." Wow players "Okay so patch 13.0 got it, but what about Sire Denathrius?"
Hope he gets more spotlight as the story goes. We grew up with him thru Cata, MoP and BFA. Didn’t like Ebyssian getting so much just because he’s more “mature”x
both Malfurion's return (shandris looking like a little kid was cute) and the Guilneas cut-scene (i love Tess even more than i thought i could now) were really quite good. the emotion of the scenes were well captured and felt genuine.
Multiple expansion, bros a restart that doesn't even read lore. Bro got added 2 patches ago and you say multiple expansion, you're the type of player that got Shadowlands OKAY'd from stupidity, now thats all ret-conned.
@@AimlessNameOG you didn't play the mega dungeon or read anything about the upcoming expansions, did you? you're way too confident for someone that has no clue what they're talking about.
@@highfiveguy bro doesnt understand the english language, try again when you get that green-card. future expansion =/= multiple expansions. 1 dungeon =/= lore.
Not many characters that have been around since the opening of the Dark Portal in WC1 that are still alive and kicking to the current expansion, and I believe Genn is the only one in a leadership position that has survived to this point. He might also be the first to retire from a position of authority with some grace as well. Considering he's been through the first three wars from the RTS games, and all of the WoW expansions I imagine Genn is basically ancient at this point and old age hasn't claimed him due to the worgen curse.
Only kinda old, the WoD cinematic said that the dark portal happened 35 years ago, probably something like 40 and a bit now, so if he was a young leader back then (idk, haven't seen anything about this) he could be somewhere between his 60s or 70s, which is still pretty reasonable for a human, and also why he would want to retire. Hope they pull some good stuff with Tess
I burst out in laughter when I heard "I see you, father!" and laughed more when she talked about her father's pain, but turned it around to make it about herself. When she becomes a queen, will she speak of her people's pain and then say "But imagine how I feel! Think about how I feel!"
Malfurion spent most of the last 10,000 years sleeping or finding some other reason to get away from Tyrande. Watch him fly to the Seat of the Pantheon to chill out with Illidan next
To think a decade ago I was a little kid who really like worgens. Now here I am, seeing the reclaimation questline. Time flies faster than dragonriding.
Supper touching the scene with Tyrande, Malfurion and Shandris! Also the first kiss in the history of Warcraft, the animation quality really improved during the years! Though I was super happy to finally see them reunite like a family I didn't like how Tyrande and Malfurion just retired. They definitely deserved some well earned rest (especially Tyrande, Malfurion mostly slept anyway) but after that they should have continued to lead the night elves not just pass the responsibility to Shandris. The two best represent the kaldorei and have very important position in the society as Archdruid of the Kaldorei and High Priestess of Elune, Leader of the Sisterhood of Elune (unless they given up those too). I hope this is only temporary, the mere passage of time does not equal the passing of the torch, unless the two were killed or be forced to go on a very important mission I don't see why they will ever just give up like that.
Azeroth bless them, not the Titans, Alexstraza and Nozdomu being re-empowerd the power Titan give them, also Kalec got re-empower from Blue dragonflight 's Embrace ritual back then, Methira and Ebyssian got blessed as well as Vyranoth. Basically, their aspect power still have just their dragonflight stand for but they cut tie with the Titan somekind, they serve and protect Azeroth herself now
I think it would been a lot more interesting narrative wise if Vyranoth didn’t go cold on Iridikron (pun intended). Like he’s her brother, they’ve been united for so long, and he hasn’t really done anything to warrant being told to take a hike? I don’t like that Vyranoth has just switched sides 100%, surely she still has reservations about the Titans? Just would make her more layered and nuanced if she still believed in her original cause, because again, Fyrrak tried to burn the world down, not Iridikron, he hasn’t even done anything.
I think the Aspects will be at Iridikron’s side once the Titans ultimate plans are revealed. They may disagree on how to fight them (Iridikron won’t have issues with siding with the Void and Xal’atath), but they all will have the same enemy.
@@justinchampagne1729 true, but hearing Alexstrasza admit it shouldn’t really be the conclusion to her being cool with the Aspects now, I would’ve much preferred it if she harboured doubts about their ability to make good choices moving forward, she was imprisoned for thousands of years because they wouldn’t join the Aspects. Seems like she’s just forgotten all of that for the sake of the Dragonflight plot, underwhelming in my opinion, she should be much more hesitant to turn on her brother whom she has been allied with since the Aspects creation, that’s a really long time to harbour hatred towards them, and what that’s now just gone? Yeah nah, once again blizzards good at lazy writing for the sake of the plot progressing.
Silvermoon still has a scar carved through it, the Undercity is still ridden with plague, and Kezan is still beneath the waves. The delusion that Alliance cities get treated worse than Horde cities is second in stupidity only to the brainlets who think Garrosh did nothing wrong My god, this community is absolutely lousy with whiners
did anyone notice how Iridikron's literally waiting inside a mountain to impress that blue protodrake.... think about it, he had to have had someone to cover him to in snow to make an entrance like that xD so corny
I cried when malfurion and tyrrande finally reunites, but i cried even more when they had shandris join their hugs... their family has become whole at last!!!
The fact that for once we get some nice, quite happy epilogues warms my heart. It does not always need to be more violence and destruction. Some rebuilding, reclaiming and settling is a nice change of pace.
I'm happy Tyrande, Malfurion, Shandris finally get a moment to breath. Their reunion was touching and long overdo. Thank you Blizzard for giving them a happy ending in Dragonflight 💙
Those moments involving Tyrande and Malfurion were beautiful. Shandris wanting to get in on the hug, but waiting for permission was adorable and heart warming.
Kind of strange how most leaders in Warcraft are finding an heir in one way or another. One would think that the big figures would try to retain power.
For Genn, it makes sense for him to abdicate to his daughter. He’s getting up in years, and he can’t bring the change his people need and instead chooses to entrust it to the next generation (ie, Tess). As for Tyrande, she’s been ruling the night elves for ten thousand years. Even she will have to step down eventually.
Time has to mvoe on. Each and every age will raise new heroes and discard old ones. You must go and take your place... While I must step aside. I am a relic of an older time. Where as you are a symbol of this new time.
On both scenes in Gilneas and Bel'Ameth the way Tess and Shandris react to their parents love is beautifully done! But the love of Malfurion and Tyrande the way they show it on the cinematic it was ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING...especially for ppl who have or had something like that will feel it more...
And it sounds to me like they plan to keep him around for the big showdown in The Last Titan... a villain sticking around for 4 expansions. Think of the possibilities.
I wasn't expecting the return of Malfurion and the kiss that followed. It was very moving, beautifully done and I must confess I filled up. Very well done Blizzard!
How were u not expecting that after ysera left/returned to ardenweald again? He simply was a placeholder for her literally until she would return and so did he.
Malfurion objected to Tyrande adopting Shandris in the first place. That he welcomes her (finally) with open arms is him finally acknowledging that he was wrong to do so
I thought this was a good way to close out this chapter of Warcraft history and a good hand off to a new generation of leaders. Only thing that bugs me and it always has is that the only recognizion we get is a nice title. Our characters deserve some awesome animation for a cinematic
I’ve seen people theorize that he is doing this because he knows the void will lose the fight, and hopes that the titans and us players will be weakened post void fight enough to take us on then.
I doubt Iridikron thinks the Void will actually win. He's setting up the Void and the Titans to fight. And based on the hints they gave at Blizzcon it looks like the Titans will be revealed to not be the benevolent beings we expected.
*Wow, that Gilnean part really reminded me of that one BFA cinematic, were Jaina's mother gave her the title of lord-admiral!* *For Gilneas! For Kul Tiras!*
Idk what to tell you regarding your first question, except for it apparently doesn't take a lot to make you shed a tear even though malfurion did next to nothing the past few expansions. And to your second question. Its not disney, but they sure as hell really wwnt to suck the war part out of warcraft and pretend to be disney lately. That must be it.
god that line about find a good spot for a home and the bit about a garden. Bliz knew what they were doing when they did that. We're getting player housing soon ™
Could someone, please, put Sabellian through a crash course of Azeroth's recent history and make him aware of who actually took down the biggest threats Azeroth has ever faced? 🤣
I know Xavius is dead, but him turning from Malfurion to himself mid-kiss would have been such an epic troll move on Tyrande. After seeing what he did in Legion, it makes sense.
Warcraft very much is about those moments as well, but always starkly contrasted with heavy moments, gruesomw threats and cold blooded elements of war. I dont mind heartfelt moments like these, but blizzard did nothing this expansion to deserve this kind of story payoff fr. Also, they sure love pacifying all male characters, or turning them into femboys dont they?
Patch 10.2.5's dialogue and cutscenes surely were something special. I really felt the jump in quality, not simply from a graphical perspective but a narrative one as well. Blizzard are definitely taking major lessons from games such as FFXIV because the natural but consistent progression of the narrative in various doses is quite unlike them. Typically, everything is saved for a major patch and even then, locked behind some raid or rep faction exalted questline, leaving majority of the playerbase unable to see what happens. Now, it feels like the game goes out of its way to have you experience the story, even if in small doses. It's a welcome change, and if a sign for the War Within, then I have very high hopes! Farewell DF!
They have to continue on this way, seriously. I haven't played much of Dragonflight since I've been burned out by the two previous extensions before (playing since vanilla) and I'm also a huge FFXIV fan. If they get a bit more serious about the storytelling, just a tad more for The War Within, it will be dope AF. They have the potential to create a badass trilogy filled with amazing cutscenes and to tell a story we've never been able to see in the Warcraft Universe yet. Let's hope they'll take that chance and rise up to the challenge. Back in the days, I was all about the raids, now it's all about the story.
What are you talking about bro. Every single quest is them talking about their feelings and saying sorry. They will say they're sorry for being on a ship, sorry for not knowing how to make tuskarr soup, sorry for now doing anything earlier, sorry for not acknowledging this and that. Like it's complete nonsensical writing in every quest. When someone called it TherapyCraft earlier they weren't lying. It should be illegal for characters to talk about their feelings period
8:17 Why would he think ill of that ? Aren't members of the Council of Six allowed to resign ? 9:10 How's that strange ? I would kind of expect to see mages work hand in hand with the Aspect of magic. 10:42 How many black dragons that didn't went insane were left on Azeroth ? I got the feelling without Sabellian and his brood, Wrathion would have been the Aspect of a non-existant flight.
Blizzard clearly doesn't know wtf to do with Malfurion and keep finding excuses to sideline him. He's too powerful and it doesn't make sense for him not to help during a world-ending calamity or be uninvolved in Nigh Elf affairs.
Tyrande behaves like a little girl for a couple of expansions. Damn it, she's 10 000 years old, in WC3 you could feel the respect and strength she had. Now she just screams, hugs and bursts with emotions.
tell me is this in front of everyone she knows, everyone under her, no this is a personal moment around her husband and daughter, a veteran is allowed to let their guard down around family everyone once in a while
@@SuperGamefreak18 She was separated from Furion for 10,000 years and she was far more stoic when she reunited with him in the midst of a world-ending apocalypse, so this feels out of character for her. But I wouldn't complain for this scene alone, her whole Night Warrior and Shadowlands arc is one big display of mindless rage and childishness, e.g. there was one scene when she attacked some cultists she was spying on the very moment they spoke badly of her and Teldrassil.
'In recognition of all you have done, we proclaim you champion of the dragonflights' Oh boy. We're a Champion of another thing. Champion of the Alliance. Champion of Azeroth. Champion of the Dragonflights. I swear if I have to hear the word 'Champion' one more time...
Im a big strong Horde player through and through but as someone who recently lost their parents , seeing Shandris all puppy eyed wanting a hug from hers broke me for a split second and i clapped
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Malfurion saying he’s earned a break knowing full well he hasn’t don’t shit but sleep😂
All the Ls he was holding were really heavy, OK?
My very thought, he’s like “All this sleeping left me exhausted, let’s find a place to rest.” 😂
@@onoh791 Malfurion is secretly a cat...
among other things@@gifttanz
He is a master BS artist
“Tyrande and Malfurion kissing”
*Illidan breaks laptop*
I think illidan hand fapped first then broke laptop
I think illidan likes hurting demons more than sex
do they have wifi in the titan space ship thingy?
The accuracy is uncanny XDD
Illidan accepted gracefully.
We proclaim you Champion of the Dragonflights! Here you have 14 gold for your troubles! :D
😂😂😂
“CHAMPION, here’s some more FliGhtSTones!” And some Azerite if you go to silithus champion!
just wait until you find out that hes gonna harrassing us again in the next expansion "CHAMPION AZEROTH NEEDS YOUR HELP"@@Athelarius
not even a title :(
@@Athelarius me no no wanna :(
Shandris' face as she awaits permission to get a hug is the most adorable thing ever.
this is why I quit retail. ty for the reminder :)
askers@@adelghawanmeh
@@adelghawanmeh This is so weird,
@@adelghawanmeh
Did anyone ask?
@@beastmaster0934
I didn't ask for your opinion. are we even?
Well there's something you don't see everyday, Tyrande and Genn actually look happy
So much for the long overdue promised inner turmoil in the alliance. Now Turalyon is the only one left to fulfill that , but I wouldnt be surprised if blizzard forgot, or they choose to no longer give inner political conflict to the alliance because it will make them unpopular in this new peace obsessed era.
Anduin is the drama that was promised @@prophet-S
@@prophet-S "Now Turalyon is the only one left to fulfil that , but I wouldn't be surprised if Blizzard forgot" What do you mean? Turalyon literally was one of the people who saw racism against orcs growing after the end of the war. And while he understood that, he wasn't really happy with it.
Yeah sure civilians like him but it's not his first time of pretty much taking the lead of alliance and it would be out of character for him to take that role when Varian was young but suddenly betray his son. The only thing going for him was literally his love in the Light and even then he literally has a wife that uses void powers.
@@_Lis25 Turalyon's learned zealotry in the thoudands of years he was gone, and the death of Xera made him come back as a changed man. This is not the same Turalyon from the 2nd war.
In Legion we saw his potential for blind faith and zeal. He could get so strong in his convictions that he will do horrible and more extreme things in the name of the light. Stronger internal politics against everything dark aligned. Thats what I would do to start inner turmoil and unrest in the alliance. Play into Turalyon's zeal, play into Genn's hot headedness, play into Tyrande's lust for vengeance. But seeing blizzard ruined the chance on the latter two, I have little hope for anything happening at all except for Anduin being an edgy king now, or his absence causing problens.
Ever since wow writing turned into a quivering pussyfest I fear having high hopes for ant of these scenarios will be met with dissapointment
@@prophet-S yeah such Zealot that he got over Illidan killing Xera in less than one hour. And even then Velen showed him the dark side of Narus and how they basically can be void filled.
The silence and love when they hug as a family... And in the background , "You are not prepared!!!"
The Darkheart trinket is no mere trinket ... it's best in slot.
😂😂😂😂 nice one!
“Vyranoth you know nothing of bis. Look up your class and git gud. Now I’m off to bang with the harbinger, tell Fyrakk I said hi”
Knifu also made an appearance in Season of Discovery. I Popped pretty hard @@Athelarius
"Malfurion plants seeds" hahaha
Poor Shandris. She believes that she has been chosen as the de facto leader of the Night Elves, when in reality Tyrande and Malfurion are going to plant "little trees" together among the trees and they need a secretary to organize everything while they are among "the leaves" hahahaha
Shandris, a couple expansions later: What'cha got there
Tyrande and Malfurion with her new siblings: tea
Any other child would be like, hi I’m right here. Stop that. Shandris is more focused on her people. I love her.
@justinb7494 They are biologically still rather young , it is only due to immortality that they have lived for so long but night elves do have a long lifespan but with it comes a low reproduction rate , if they could populate like rabbits then the world would be full of night elves but that is not the case .
Is that some metaphor I didn’t get? I’m I missing something? Or am I thinking too much?
@@blabla-fw9ix Didnt they give up their long lives after nuking Archimonde at Hyjal?
Genn, Tyrande and Malfurion stepping down to give their children the spotlight in a sweet heartwarming cinematic, meanwhile in the back of my mind: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? TESS AND SHANDRIS GONNA GET UNIQUE MODELS NOW!
Finally....Shandris was waiting for this since Warcraft 3
"to give their children the spotlight" 😂
You are unbearably cringe. Don't treat the world like clown show, pay attention to the lore and the events.
@@s.r.v.f.7298i've been quite annoyed at the lacking designs for some of these characters tbh
i was wondering they let malfurion live, but when he and tyrande stepped down i understood
cant have male leads in the game :)
@@betelgeux6010you forgot the part where Night elves have always had a female led society, and the males are usually fucking about in the woods.
Tyrande and Malfurion's kiss and reunion was beautifully animated. A very nice touch for a much needed closure
the Illidan could kiss better BUT HE MUST KILL ALL DEMONS!!!!
What closure like they spent a few days apart…
*Illidan grumbling at Sargeras prison*
Naw it was re ta rded, him going to sleep was meaningless rofl
@akatzuki6128
x2
Too wholesome fam!
that moment between malfurion, tyrande and shandris was great and what i was hoping for.
It really did tie up the story blizz has put the night elves through in a short, sweet, and respectable way. That being said, they have got to something with malfurion because the only lore significant things he's done since legion, which even then was him crying has xavius ran rampant, was almost get killed by saurfang and then (kind of?) actually die so we could loan out ysera from the winter queen to help defend the dream. I'm not saying he has to be a main focus character, but it would be cool to see him be utilized in some way.
Wheres the legendary sex scene??
It's nice to see new characters, and let the old ones rest for a bit. Brings freshness to the lore.
time to burn down another tree
Kinda sad that Shandris was unsure about joining the hug, but i guess the events of her life make it understandable.
Haven't played wow for a long time but still, as a nelf fan I just wanted to drop a comment and say that the Malf, Tyrande and Shandris scene was very well elaborated. Good job.
All-time horde player here. never had any special affinity or interest in Malfurion or Tyrande, but gotta admit that it's about time Tyrande got some happiness back in her life.
Iridikron: YOU TURN AGAINST ME
Vyrannoth: you done that yourself
Iridikron: I see through the lies of the Titans! I fear not the void, as you do.
@@luminusprime
Vyrannoth: IRIDIKRON, THE VOID IS EVIL
Irdikron: From my point of view, THE TITANS ARE EVIL
Vyrannoth: then you are lost!
Iridikron at start be like: It's over Vyranoth, I have the high ground.
This comment killed me XD
well titans is evil @@dulio3240
My Worgen main: I can finally go home! *Cheerful werewolf sounds*
Cheerful Husky howlings
Commence all howls in chat. /howl
Well kinda I guess
Long live the Queen!
@@vallettapetracyneran8587 Long live Queen Greymane!
Iridikon voice actor needs a raise
I think Chris Metzen *got* the raise when he took over creative again.
@@AshendisTV Wait they got Metzen in for him? "Who did cool voice X?" "I dunno, probably Metzen"
Showing Illidan right after Malfurion and Tyrande's reunion hits different😭
illidan in some far corner of the universe using some artifact to look at them like some cuck
In the end Illidan got his truly beloved: Sargeras tied to a chair so he could bully him for all eternity
Illidan was not prepared for this moment. Perhaps something else will keep him warm and company up in space.
@@Athelarius Well maybe tsundere Maiev Shadowsong can come to say hello.
At least they accepted the Illidari and NE DKs
Iridikron, "You will not see me again, until the Titans face their reckoning."
Wow players "Okay so patch 13.0 got it, but what about Sire Denathrius?"
Whatever happened to Denathrius after they took him from his prison and was never heard of ever again
Last I recalled he kinda flew into the maw or some shit?
Oh, my dude. We will deal with you, soon enough...
Dena what? What are you talking about,shadowlands was just a dream (vision of nzoth) ,it never happend
“Denathrius will bring the party dip, I expect you to bring the chips harbinger”
I love Wrathion's growth during the expansion so much
Hope he gets more spotlight as the story goes. We grew up with him thru Cata, MoP and BFA. Didn’t like Ebyssian getting so much just because he’s more “mature”x
both Malfurion's return (shandris looking like a little kid was cute) and the Guilneas cut-scene (i love Tess even more than i thought i could now) were really quite good. the emotion of the scenes were well captured and felt genuine.
Iridikron is the villain the series needed, a guy whose story spans multiple expansions and doesn't underestimate us the player
Multiple expansion? you're clearly not even playing the same game, and he's just another variant of a deathwing personality.
Multiple expansion, bros a restart that doesn't even read lore. Bro got added 2 patches ago and you say multiple expansion, you're the type of player that got Shadowlands OKAY'd from stupidity, now thats all ret-conned.
@@AimlessNameOG you didn't play the mega dungeon or read anything about the upcoming expansions, did you?
you're way too confident for someone that has no clue what they're talking about.
@@highfiveguy bro doesnt understand the english language, try again when you get that green-card. future expansion =/= multiple expansions. 1 dungeon =/= lore.
@@AimlessNameOG You crybabies, full of shit as usual you throw around. XD
Not many characters that have been around since the opening of the Dark Portal in WC1 that are still alive and kicking to the current expansion, and I believe Genn is the only one in a leadership position that has survived to this point. He might also be the first to retire from a position of authority with some grace as well.
Considering he's been through the first three wars from the RTS games, and all of the WoW expansions I imagine Genn is basically ancient at this point and old age hasn't claimed him due to the worgen curse.
Only kinda old, the WoD cinematic said that the dark portal happened 35 years ago, probably something like 40 and a bit now, so if he was a young leader back then (idk, haven't seen anything about this) he could be somewhere between his 60s or 70s, which is still pretty reasonable for a human, and also why he would want to retire. Hope they pull some good stuff with Tess
In the books, Genn states that the Curse of the Worgen made him feel like his body was 20 again. I think Worgen are just effectively immortal.
@@liettdyved8633
I’d put him in the rage of about late 60s-early 70s, give or take.
@@yinyang452 wouldn't surprise me if the only way they die is through dmg and not age.
Terenas: dead
Thoras: dead (and a death knight)
Llane: dead
Aiden: dead
Antonidas: dead
Daelin: dead
This is the first time they didn't shit on Malfurion since WC3.
I burst out in laughter when I heard "I see you, father!" and laughed more when she talked about her father's pain, but turned it around to make it about herself. When she becomes a queen, will she speak of her people's pain and then say "But imagine how I feel! Think about how I feel!"
It's extremely obnoxious and I'm mad not enough people call this out
@@Shadowiff These are the writers WoW players are stuck with. I doubt Chris Metzen's presence will do anything to stop it.
7:03 dude’s just standing there bro why is it so funny 😂
Malfurion spent most of the last 10,000 years sleeping or finding some other reason to get away from Tyrande. Watch him fly to the Seat of the Pantheon to chill out with Illidan next
Me at the age of 5 waiting for my mom to finish talking to the guest so I can tell her I shitted my pants
Tyrande : Malfurion and I need our private time so you are leader now, Shandris.🤣
Yeah, north korean democracy rules!!!!!1112
@@benwagner7422 ight guy
For Prince Liam! For Gilneas! *FOR THE ALLIANCE!!*
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To think a decade ago I was a little kid who really like worgens. Now here I am, seeing the reclaimation questline.
Time flies faster than dragonriding.
Alliance players are such cringe
@@Pb-bs3iisays the pot to the kettle! Horde needs to be civilized for seriously.
*cough* for AZEROTH
I've been signed off from WoW for years, but seeing Tyrande's little gasp before she started running had me tearing up. Such a well-animated scene
The cinematography has really gotten good.. now all that is missing is a good story and good storytelling.
Exactly, if they just stopped saying sorry and telling each other gibberish about their feelings for 2 seconds it would be so much better
True
Vyrannoth: He wished to speak with me, and me alone.
*the infinite amount of cameras around them*
you want a completely black screen and no sound? ahahaha
@@s.acrophys4606 Yes.
@@s.acrophys4606 the point is, they're not alone 💀
Don't underestimate the cameraman who can sneak up on blackholes cause gravity doesn't realize he's there.
tyrande and malfurion’s reunion with shandris was beautiful, i love how they hardly said a word to eachother
Supper touching the scene with Tyrande, Malfurion and Shandris! Also the first kiss in the history of Warcraft, the animation quality really improved during the years! Though I was super happy to finally see them reunite like a family I didn't like how Tyrande and Malfurion just retired. They definitely deserved some well earned rest (especially Tyrande, Malfurion mostly slept anyway) but after that they should have continued to lead the night elves not just pass the responsibility to Shandris. The two best represent the kaldorei and have very important position in the society as Archdruid of the Kaldorei and High Priestess of Elune, Leader of the Sisterhood of Elune (unless they given up those too). I hope this is only temporary, the mere passage of time does not equal the passing of the torch, unless the two were killed or be forced to go on a very important mission I don't see why they will ever just give up like that.
What has Ebonhorn been eating this entire patch? I recalled he was only 1/3 the size of Alexstrasza.
He off that Azeroth titan zaza fr fr
Guess that's due to the whole "Azeroth gave the Aspects their power back" thing, after defeating Fyrakk
Azeroth bless them, not the Titans, Alexstraza and Nozdomu being re-empowerd the power Titan give them, also Kalec got re-empower from Blue dragonflight 's Embrace ritual back then, Methira and Ebyssian got blessed as well as Vyranoth. Basically, their aspect power still have just their dragonflight stand for but they cut tie with the Titan somekind, they serve and protect Azeroth herself now
Nah its Blizzards way to show Alex is the Queen. She does all the talking as well. The rest just nod.
@@uclongnguyen8860 isn't Azeroth unborn titan thou XD
I think it would been a lot more interesting narrative wise if Vyranoth didn’t go cold on Iridikron (pun intended). Like he’s her brother, they’ve been united for so long, and he hasn’t really done anything to warrant being told to take a hike? I don’t like that Vyranoth has just switched sides 100%, surely she still has reservations about the Titans? Just would make her more layered and nuanced if she still believed in her original cause, because again, Fyrrak tried to burn the world down, not Iridikron, he hasn’t even done anything.
Vyranoth did get Alexstrasza to basically admit that she messed up when it came a to accepting the Titans’ “gifts” and forcing them on the dragons.
I agree Vyranoth's character arc went WAY too fast but for what was there it was overall decent
yeah Vyranoth is basically a way out for the primal dragons should Iridikron fail
I think the Aspects will be at Iridikron’s side once the Titans ultimate plans are revealed. They may disagree on how to fight them (Iridikron won’t have issues with siding with the Void and Xal’atath), but they all will have the same enemy.
@@justinchampagne1729 true, but hearing Alexstrasza admit it shouldn’t really be the conclusion to her being cool with the Aspects now, I would’ve much preferred it if she harboured doubts about their ability to make good choices moving forward, she was imprisoned for thousands of years because they wouldn’t join the Aspects. Seems like she’s just forgotten all of that for the sake of the Dragonflight plot, underwhelming in my opinion, she should be much more hesitant to turn on her brother whom she has been allied with since the Aspects creation, that’s a really long time to harbour hatred towards them, and what that’s now just gone? Yeah nah, once again blizzards good at lazy writing for the sake of the plot progressing.
I was fully expecting Gilneas to get nuked again, as pretty much every other Alliance city has been done so far. Color me shocked.
na Stormwind is up to be destroyed again i think.
A nuking might be what it takes to get the Exodar out of the ground. 🤔
@@Inufan2005 Exodar is done for ever since the Naaru powering and controlling it died in Legion.
@@ordelian7795 i said out of the ground, not flyable.😁
Silvermoon still has a scar carved through it, the Undercity is still ridden with plague, and Kezan is still beneath the waves.
The delusion that Alliance cities get treated worse than Horde cities is second in stupidity only to the brainlets who think Garrosh did nothing wrong
My god, this community is absolutely lousy with whiners
thanks man for always keeping me up to date with the cinematics
did anyone notice how Iridikron's literally waiting inside a mountain to impress that blue protodrake.... think about it, he had to have had someone to cover him to in snow to make an entrance like that xD so corny
Did folks of Gilneas almost lose their British accent as they adjusted to Stormwind life?
I cried when malfurion and tyrrande finally reunites, but i cried even more when they had shandris join their hugs... their family has become whole at last!!!
only Illidan is missing TwT
Illidan somewhere out there in the cosmos 🗿
@@thecommentguy9380 and hes still at the seat of the pantheon, sparring with sargeras hahahaha!!!
@@eastbow6053 yeah... but i meant family as mother-father-child
@@Arcrey24 what about the weird uncle? QwQ
The fact that for once we get some nice, quite happy epilogues warms my heart. It does not always need to be more violence and destruction. Some rebuilding, reclaiming and settling is a nice change of pace.
"I think WE need Time for hourself" ☠️☠️
Time for a new child.
Finally ... FInally the Family is back together again! As a nightelve player from the very first day this makes be beyond happy
I was hoping Genn would continue to rule, but alas, he cares about Anduin and can only be at one place at a time.
*I would have rather rule him over Gilneas than running after that weird boy Anduin.*
I'm happy Tyrande, Malfurion, Shandris finally get a moment to breath. Their reunion was touching and long overdo. Thank you Blizzard for giving them a happy ending in Dragonflight 💙
Yes one of the best cinematics so far in Dragonflight. This and Tess and daddy Genn in Gilneas are my faves so far.
Malfurion and Tyrande reminds me of the William Turner and Elizabeth Swan reunion. I was just waiting for that PoTC music to hit.
Those moments involving Tyrande and Malfurion were beautiful. Shandris wanting to get in on the hug, but waiting for permission was adorable and heart warming.
Salty about the Gilneas getting returned while half of Silvermoon is still for the Sunwell deprived meanwhile the Sunwell is chugging along
Sunwell we see in the second expension of Worldsoul Saga!
Kind of strange how most leaders in Warcraft are finding an heir in one way or another. One would think that the big figures would try to retain power.
many of them have been in power since the warcraft series alone tbh
it makes sense
For Genn, it makes sense for him to abdicate to his daughter. He’s getting up in years, and he can’t bring the change his people need and instead chooses to entrust it to the next generation (ie, Tess). As for Tyrande, she’s been ruling the night elves for ten thousand years. Even she will have to step down eventually.
btw Shandris is a Warcraft 3 character
A female heir.
Time has to mvoe on. Each and every age will raise new heroes and discard old ones. You must go and take your place... While I must step aside.
I am a relic of an older time. Where as you are a symbol of this new time.
i miss sylvanas, now its just peace and flowers.
*Scarlet crusade is also not really a factor anymore aswell...such a shame Blizzard.*
As a night elf player since Alpha for Vanilla WoW...I really needed this.
Malfurion, Tyrande and Shandris speak each other. Meanwhile Fyrakk behind💀
On both scenes in Gilneas and Bel'Ameth the way Tess and Shandris react to their parents love is beautifully done! But the love of Malfurion and Tyrande the way they show it on the cinematic it was ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING...especially for ppl who have or had something like that will feel it more...
Iridikron is building up to be such a good villain
And it sounds to me like they plan to keep him around for the big showdown in The Last Titan... a villain sticking around for 4 expansions. Think of the possibilities.
Malfurion looks like he just respawend at the graveyard
Wonder if Malfurion will do anything significant in Wow. He either sleeps or just being ignored by story writers.
*Blizz really do seem to hate night elves, especially Malfurion.*
they just dont know how to write so they choose to ignore them. its cringe
Agree with the other comments, but I read in comments around that Malfurion is basically too op to have around, so there's that
I'm glad Malfurion is back the fact he was killed for Ysera just for her to do nothing was incredibly stupid.
Malfurion: oh here she comes
Tyrande, from distance: Malfuuuuuriiiiiiooooo-
Malfurion, bracing for impact: oh my
3:23 That's why I delved into roguecraft to make it even harder to notice me.
R.İ.P † İllidan
Malfurion and Tyrande are gonna animal planet for 10.000 years.
I wasn't expecting the return of Malfurion and the kiss that followed. It was very moving, beautifully done and I must confess I filled up. Very well done Blizzard!
How were u not expecting that after ysera left/returned to ardenweald again? He simply was a placeholder for her literally until she would return and so did he.
Malfurion objected to Tyrande adopting Shandris in the first place. That he welcomes her (finally) with open arms is him finally acknowledging that he was wrong to do so
he can live with her, but never accepts Illidan
I thought this was a good way to close out this chapter of Warcraft history and a good hand off to a new generation of leaders. Only thing that bugs me and it always has is that the only recognizion we get is a nice title. Our characters deserve some awesome animation for a cinematic
That was actually rather beautiful thank you
Iridikron is right though. The titans infected azeorth, but the main issue with siding with the void, is can they be stopped one they do what he wants
I’ve seen people theorize that he is doing this because he knows the void will lose the fight, and hopes that the titans and us players will be weakened post void fight enough to take us on then.
Is he looking for control, or just rid of the titians
I doubt Iridikron thinks the Void will actually win. He's setting up the Void and the Titans to fight. And based on the hints they gave at Blizzcon it looks like the Titans will be revealed to not be the benevolent beings we expected.
We already knew the titans were possibly bad back in legion. Remember saragreas whole campaign was to wipe out all life to spare them from the void.
Prehaps.
From High Priestess and Arch Druid... To Home owners planning a Garden 😅😂🎉
*Wow, that Gilnean part really reminded me of that one BFA cinematic, were Jaina's mother gave her the title of lord-admiral!* *For Gilneas! For Kul Tiras!*
Illidan being: "Damn! You told me he was away Tyrande!"
Why did I cry when malfurion returned? Is this a Disney movie or is this just WoW?!
Idk what to tell you regarding your first question, except for it apparently doesn't take a lot to make you shed a tear even though malfurion did next to nothing the past few expansions.
And to your second question. Its not disney, but they sure as hell really wwnt to suck the war part out of warcraft and pretend to be disney lately. That must be it.
hope not cause disney sucks ass lol
Dude ,he is literally the most relevant character since the third war
@@lucas9684he is relevant but he hasn't done much since Vanilla.
It was just malfurion not sylvanas...no need to cry 😂
Ebyssian really came into his own after becoming Aspect of the Black Dragonflight. I'm so glad to see it restored and in full power again.
Why doesn't genn just go to shadowlands and see his son?
*Because Blizz probably forgot to include him in the Shadowlands expansion...small indie company, hehehe.*
Good timing. Just what I needed to help me fall asleep.
god that line about find a good spot for a home and the bit about a garden. Bliz knew what they were doing when they did that. We're getting player housing soon ™
Could someone, please, put Sabellian through a crash course of Azeroth's recent history and make him aware of who actually took down the biggest threats Azeroth has ever faced? 🤣
did he give any reason for you to think he doesn't know?
@@GLUFSAREN , the way he talks about us mortals in this cutscene.
Wow 5 expansions later now they take Gilneas my god! They took their sweet time do so...
Only because they run out of ideas
My boy Malfurion!!!! He will save the day!
Lol that mother fucker got taken down by an undead. He ain't saving shit.
He is no Illidan, that's for sure. Illidan is the true leader
All I wanna know is: will this reopen areas possibly new faction cities? Gilneas, Gnomeregan, and Ruins of Lordaeron would be neat.
With Tyrande nearby, there is always a garden.🤣
When will be the moment that illidan will find back to tyrande i wait on that since ever
Malfurion and Tyrande, best lovestory for the last 22 years
@5:45 At that moment, Magni pops out and tells us that someone is collecting Azerite and that we got to put a stop to it.
Genn looks weird with the new look, not as grim or sad.
Dragonflight's turned out to become rather heartwarming, it seems.
I legit cried when I saw Malfurion in game. So glad I did it on my druid too.
5:10 I can't help it but the Vyranoth standign there like T-rex with these tiny arms...
I know Xavius is dead, but him turning from Malfurion to himself mid-kiss would have been such an epic troll move on Tyrande. After seeing what he did in Legion, it makes sense.
Oh yeah it would have been epic if all this hadn't gone the way it did. I think we should give poor Tyrande's heart a rest. ❤❤
3:26 Scarlet Palisade, cataclysm track from tirisfal glades...such a nice callback
Such a warmth and heartfelt story. Which is not Warcraft is about. Tell those writers to work for Disney.
Warcraft very much is about those moments as well, but always starkly contrasted with heavy moments, gruesomw threats and cold blooded elements of war.
I dont mind heartfelt moments like these, but blizzard did nothing this expansion to deserve this kind of story payoff fr. Also, they sure love pacifying all male characters, or turning them into femboys dont they?
Patch 10.2.5's dialogue and cutscenes surely were something special. I really felt the jump in quality, not simply from a graphical perspective but a narrative one as well. Blizzard are definitely taking major lessons from games such as FFXIV because the natural but consistent progression of the narrative in various doses is quite unlike them. Typically, everything is saved for a major patch and even then, locked behind some raid or rep faction exalted questline, leaving majority of the playerbase unable to see what happens. Now, it feels like the game goes out of its way to have you experience the story, even if in small doses. It's a welcome change, and if a sign for the War Within, then I have very high hopes! Farewell DF!
They have to continue on this way, seriously. I haven't played much of Dragonflight since I've been burned out by the two previous extensions before (playing since vanilla) and I'm also a huge FFXIV fan. If they get a bit more serious about the storytelling, just a tad more for The War Within, it will be dope AF. They have the potential to create a badass trilogy filled with amazing cutscenes and to tell a story we've never been able to see in the Warcraft Universe yet. Let's hope they'll take that chance and rise up to the challenge. Back in the days, I was all about the raids, now it's all about the story.
What are you talking about bro. Every single quest is them talking about their feelings and saying sorry. They will say they're sorry for being on a ship, sorry for not knowing how to make tuskarr soup, sorry for now doing anything earlier, sorry for not acknowledging this and that. Like it's complete nonsensical writing in every quest. When someone called it TherapyCraft earlier they weren't lying. It should be illegal for characters to talk about their feelings period
as a night elf, i feel like i can finally rest. what a beautiful questline. a magnificent epilogue. ❤
My night elf heart was happy and satisfied. Hope we revive Teldrassil on the future, I miss it and Darnassus.
Kalec Glide turning at 8:32 kills me lmaooooo
8:17 Why would he think ill of that ? Aren't members of the Council of Six allowed to resign ?
9:10 How's that strange ? I would kind of expect to see mages work hand in hand with the Aspect of magic.
10:42 How many black dragons that didn't went insane were left on Azeroth ? I got the feelling without Sabellian and his brood, Wrathion would have been the Aspect of a non-existant flight.
The feels @3:25 when the track from Cataclysm hit...such simpler times.
Blizzard clearly doesn't know wtf to do with Malfurion and keep finding excuses to sideline him. He's too powerful and it doesn't make sense for him not to help during a world-ending calamity or be uninvolved in Nigh Elf affairs.
He's just such a wack character like Tyranda.
They're no Illidan.
they simply dont know how to deal with these characters so they choose to ignore them. its unbelievable how bad it is.
Stormwind Humans after the Nelves and Worgen leave: "It's gonna be lonely without them."
Tyrande behaves like a little girl for a couple of expansions. Damn it, she's 10 000 years old, in WC3 you could feel the respect and strength she had. Now she just screams, hugs and bursts with emotions.
tell me is this in front of everyone she knows, everyone under her, no this is a personal moment around her husband and daughter, a veteran is allowed to let their guard down around family everyone once in a while
So being 10.000 old mean you are devoid of missing your loved ones ?
So.. getting older means not showing your emotions. Noted.
She's tired of the bullshit writing since BFA
@@SuperGamefreak18 She was separated from Furion for 10,000 years and she was far more stoic when she reunited with him in the midst of a world-ending apocalypse, so this feels out of character for her. But I wouldn't complain for this scene alone, her whole Night Warrior and Shadowlands arc is one big display of mindless rage and childishness, e.g. there was one scene when she attacked some cultists she was spying on the very moment they spoke badly of her and Teldrassil.
'In recognition of all you have done, we proclaim you champion of the dragonflights'
Oh boy. We're a Champion of another thing. Champion of the Alliance. Champion of Azeroth. Champion of the Dragonflights. I swear if I have to hear the word 'Champion' one more time...
Im a big strong Horde player through and through but as someone who recently lost their parents , seeing Shandris all puppy eyed wanting a hug from hers broke me for a split second and i clapped
Damn bro Blizz always knows how to make me cry