There's a drop quest in the Ghostlands where you find a pendant belonging to Sylvanis and when you return it, you can recieve the lyrics by talking to one of the npc's in the room. I must admit, this song makes me want to roll an undead.
Oh, man, I'll never forget when Sylvanas was singing this in Undercity for the first time to me after doing that quest in Ghostlands. It was so magical!
Although it would have little difference between then and now, I think it would be interesting to hear the song not only before the "Quel'dorei" became the "Sin'dorei", but to hear it when it was sung, in whatever the equivalent of Darnassian was, during the War of the Ancients.
Besides, y'all have to remember that Sylvanas used to be a High elf from Quel'thalas, and she despites the loss of what she used to be... I think this totally fits whatever situation you can think about either the blood elves or many of the actual forsaken.
This song was written after all of the destruction when Sylvanas is commanding the Forsaken (which is right now) A quest where you find her necklace in the Ghostlands makes you travel to Undercity and give it to her and her and some banshees start singing this song so..
This song has no significance to the Forsaken, save that their leader was an elf in life. The Lament of the Highborne was originally written by the night elves in Darnassian, then adapted to Thalassian by the high elves, who eventually became blood elves. It transcends boundaries between the Alliance and the Horde and echoes the sorrows elves have collectively suffered- the night elves have the implosion of the Well of Eternity and their loss of immortality from Nordrassil, the high elves have the loss of their brethren to the Scourge and magical addiction, and the blood elves have the implosion of the Sunwell and betrayal by Kael'thas. Sylvanas specifically sings this song, however, to lament her current state and the void Alliance-Horde conflict has left in the Windrunner family, with herself being undead and allied with the Forsaken, Vereesa siding with the Silver Covenant, and Alleria being lost with Turalyon.
Hmm how is that even possible when the song is clearly made by the blood elves? Sin'dorei means children of the blood and in elven language or the one the blood elves are speaking, Sin'dorei is the name they call themselves. Also Anar'alah belore means by the light of the sun. Neither the night elves from the war of the ancient nor those from Darnassus like the sun. They are "night" elves after all. The song is probably made during the fall of Quel'thalas to the Scourge.
@@radostinnetsov279 The song refers to the Children of Blood. That doesn't necessarily mean the Sin'dorei people. Children of X is a poetic way of saying "the heirs of" or "those begotten by". Children of Blood refers to those born or shaped by violence and bloodshed and it is used to highlight the rather tragic history of Elves in Azeroth.
I was talking about the first few comments. Also the only difference between High Elves and Blood elves is that BElves have green eyes and hungered for mana.
Only thing is that people usually leave after giving in the quest, so most people miss Sylvanas singing this since she sings it almost a few minutes after finishing the quest.
This has to be the best song in the soundtrack. It's so beautiful. When I completed that Belf quest with Sylvanas, I just sat through the whole song. It was too beautiful to not listen to it.
After I heard this song for the first time a long time ago, I gained major respect for Sylvanas and the horde. They went through hell and back those guys.
dont know how many times i collected the quest item with countless bloodelf characters and returned it to sylvanas once i finished questing in the ghostlands, just to have this epic song be my personal fare well into the big qorld of azeroth^^
I pretty much quit playing this game about three months into Cataclysm but, wow this game was so special back in Wrath and before that. I kinda wish I never started but I can't deny the amazing and fun memories I have from the three years I played... Not to mention the wonderful people I met. I'll always miss this game haha great times
@Reaping646 In the Warcraft lore, it was the Highborne who let their lust for magic get out of hand, leading to a massive sundering of the world (through the Well of Eternity if I remember correctly). That's why you see all those ruins in Darkshore and the like, and why the Highborne under Queen Azshara were turned into naga. The remaining Highborne, wanting to keep practicing their magic despite what it did, left and became the future blood elves.
The song dates back before the attack on Silvermoon...Heck, the first recorded instance of it's being sung was by the Highborne during the War of the Ancients. It was a song to mourn the death of the Highborne, this was carried by the Exiles to northern Lordearon or Quel'thalas. The Quel'dorei sang it during the great Troll wars and I think the 2nd war as well, Sylvanas then started singing it to mourn the deaths of the High Elves when Arthas attacked Silvermoon in the 3rd war. Blizz has info...
The WoW music are the only part of World of Warcraft that will stay timeless. While everything else will get changed, replaced, or perhaps deleted altogether, people will keep these original songs afterwards and keep listening to them. Songs like these are the credits to WoW that I'm never taking back, and I doubt anyone else will, either.
This takes me back to the start of WoW.. when I was 12, and I started playing Burning Crusade, first class was a Blood Elf. Damn, this song is nostalgic.
@trafficlights1 btw, according to wowpedia, the lyrics were apparently written originally in darnassian, dunno if there's much of a difference between the two though xD
This song, - all of these songs, are so inspiring that I'm working versions of them into my novel, as music that the MC's sister creates. Truly amazing Blizzard, you may mess up a lot of stuff in WoW, but music is not one of those things.
@xxThexXxniNEXx Actually In vanilla there were high elf models in The hinterlands. Just at the end of the path you take to get there from Western Plaguelands
This makes me want to start playing again. Wow is just like the Hotel California (slight paraphrase); "you can log out any time you like, but you can never leave".
I had GHI which is an addon that allows you to create your own items and this was my music boxes melody. I love this song so much. It fills my heart with a soft longing and yet gives me the strength to want to continue to fight on. By the light of the moon and by blood and thunder. We will continue to rid Azeroth of the evils.
Hearing this one song made the quest completely worth while. Despite it doesn't do anything, I kept the book with the words inside because I love this song.
@DevilRezo In game they're random, it's to keep us from communicating with players of the opposite faction(of course, some people with ALOT of time on their hands figured a way to somewhat get a message across in english). Also, in order to make every word have a specific translation in game, would require a massive amount of time, so you'll never see it. They'll sooner let horde learn common and alliance learn orcish.
@JacquesVontoui There are lot of words, texts and songs made by Blizzard in languages of the game, this song got a translation, arent random words at all.
I had this book on my paladin when I played WoW, it was one of my most prized possessions, right up there with my pony keg and my HH helmet, and the book that turned me into a wolf
@yamibalus She's been actively working on a plague, even when the rogue elements of her society working on the plague were beaten down. She's trying to wipe out all life on Azeroth - the Worgen weren't part of the Alliance until the Forsaken attacked Gilnéas and the Night Elves intervened. The Worgen neither said nor did anything to the Forsaken prior to that point. Even when under direct orders not to use, or even try to produce the plague by the leader of the Horde, she used the plague.
@xKevinn93 he goes to help the Earthen Ring. the Alliance (SI:7 to be speific ) captures him while he's on the way to the eastern Kingdoms during the Goblin starting quest you save him and eventually you go to Orgimmar to tell Garrosh and he gets all defensive about it (its hinted that he knew thrall would be captured). thats all we know bout Thrall in cata so far.
this is the most awsome song I've ever heard for wow. So much fealing, your heart just feals like breaking. I hope they make another song similar, but doubt they will get it as perfect as this one
Yet the description of that vid states the song dates back to the War of the Ancients, if not before. There are three elvish groups in WoW: the Night Elves(Kal'dorei), the High Elves(Quel'dorei), and the Blood Elves(Sin'dorei). The High Elves were Exiled Night Elf Highborne. Following the fall of Silvermoon, Most of the High Elves following Jaina retained that name...The Blood elves split from the High Elves and took a turn for the worse.
from what I herd, this song was originally a night elf song that was written in the aftermath of the war of the ancients... it was then changed for the Troll wars and I guess this is Sylvanas version for her own lament of turning into a banshee... still this song would not only be for Her in particular, but the entire elven race, subgroups and all
@ParcourManiac They did excist in warcraft 3 but in a different form, they were like the broken ones now. But the Draenei of WoW were based on Archimonde, they were like ''good versions of archimonde'' it said it like that in a Interview somewhere here on utube :P
@Phantasmus If you took the time to read up on WoW Lore, you'd know that a Banshees voice kills. The Lich King forced Sylvanas, by inflicting great pain, to scream at Elves during the invasion of Silvermoon, indeed killing them.
"I don't know what the heck they were planning with it when they put "Credits" in the Name but they obviously changed their plans." It is the credit song of BC. Just click on Credits in the main screen and you will hear it.
its a horde quest in the ghostlands. a banshee at Windrunner Spire drops a necklace and u give it to a forsaken in tranquillen who then tells u to go to undercity and show it to sylvanas, which then she starts singing this song
This is even stated as she “casts the glamour.” She can appear as anything or sound like anything, from your perception, while the glamour is in effect. That is why she sounds the way she does afterward; like her normal self after the glamour wears off. I hope this resolves the current argument.
Since I ran out of space, I'd also like to note that the draenei were users of the light, both as eredar granted powers by the naaru and while fighting the corrupted orcs on Draenor, before the destruction caused by Ner'Zhuls portal gun. Depending on the lore you read, they either fought valiantly or were too peaceful to survive the orcs. The Man'ari eredar are probably the demons you're thinking about.
ever since i read the new arthas book, this song brings shivers down my spine. its such a horrid story. that battle , epic tho it was, was tragic. i love this song cause it is so haunting and yet soothing at the same time
Aaahh. I know right? It was my favorite part of being a noob blood elf. Scampering down to undercity in a hurry like some kid with the golden ticket XD Hand in her necklace and bam, out comes this amazing song, plus a nice little performance...Followed by a buncha non-blood elves around you going "WTF is happening!" it was great :D
Yea, they did, its kinda weird going into UC Pre-wrath gate chain seein Kor'kron guards, because you have no idea why they are there, but once you do the quest chain, it kinda comes full circle...
it was Garithos who sent the elves into impossible battles with the scourge, but he was (i assume) under the control of Detheroc at that point. I don't think that changed his attitude towards elves that much, but he and the rest of the Alliance needed the elves and would have gone to their aid were they not already under attack from the scourge. As for Arthas, he was originally misunderstood and simply wanted to save his homeland as quickly as possible.
no, what happened was that Zin-Azshari, the capital with the highborne and Azshara, sank into the depths of the great sea during the sundering, and they became Naga. but before that, some of the highborn
She is singing and the other Banshee’s she summons, the “Lamenters” are her “back-up” singers lol. Oh so now you might say, but wait a minute, how can she sound so beautiful if she’s a banshee? She is performing a “glamour.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with magic, a glamour is a form of illusionary magic whose sole purpose is to alter either the person casting or their surroundings.
@Hanpantheflyingman8D Look the song up on WoWWiki, the choir is sung by Banshees, and she does sing this as the Dark Lady. IE: After finishing a quest in the Ghostlands that requires you to bring her sisters necklace to her. Smart ass.
@sphinxscu2 - I agree with you. Actually though, the language is Thalassian, it's not Elvish like LotR. So basically, this is exactly how Blizzard intended on doing it (in my opinion).
Kate's version is very good, I agree. The original, however, is supposed to give you that uncomfortably heavy feeling. It's a lament. The purpose of a lament is to express deep grief, mourning, and regret. It's a sad song. Kate's version is light and lovely, but the original version does the job it was written to do, which is to convey a powerful sentiment of grief and loss.
The guards were replaced because the Horde can't trust the apothecaries anymore. If you've quested enough in Dragonblight and seen the event at the Wrath Gate, that explains pretty much why- I'm sure you can find the cinematic someplace here.
I play Alliance, and Sylvanas is awesome. She is a Banshee- cancels out magic She's been through hell and back, literally. She's got a pretty kick-ass bow.
Our wedding will have this as the Bridal processional. I play a blood elf paladin, so this is fitting. I love this song. The pronunciation is a little off, but it's all right, it still sounds pretty.
Sylvanas was a member of the prominent Windrunner family of the high elves or otherwise known as higborne. The Highborne, also known as Highborn or High-borne, quel'dorei meaning "children of noble birth" in Darnassian and "high elves" in Thalassian) were the upper classes of the Kaldorei civilization and the favored servitors of Queen Azshara.
She created the sing after the fall of Quel'thalas, as a remembrance of what was and a tribute to the remaining living (as she technically is dead), the living being Sin'dorei.
@BowserisOK you are also right about the music.. its good stuff.. judging from your previous comments i am quite surprised you have an appreciation for something positive.
@biologistblackbelt It should also be noted that she simply doesn't care for us Forsaken at all. She would let all of us die torturous deaths if it meant she would stay away from the "darkness" that is her "hell". I once loved Sylvanas, and bowed my head at the sight of her, but now knowing that I am seen as a disgusting worm in her eyes, I hope she is forever damned to her feared hell.
i met the woman who blizzard hired to sing this song when i did a vocal workshop in disneyland and i was freaking out. I listen to this song and think "oh wait, i met her!"
There's a drop quest in the Ghostlands where you find a pendant belonging to Sylvanis and when you return it, you can recieve the lyrics by talking to one of the npc's in the room.
I must admit, this song makes me want to roll an undead.
Oh, man, I'll never forget when Sylvanas was singing this in Undercity for the first time to me after doing that quest in Ghostlands. It was so magical!
Although it would have little difference between then and now, I think it would be interesting to hear the song not only before the "Quel'dorei" became the "Sin'dorei", but to hear it when it was sung, in whatever the equivalent of Darnassian was, during the War of the Ancients.
several times when I completed a quest for her, I didn't leave the room until this was over.....I just stood there in awe
Besides, y'all have to remember that Sylvanas used to be a High elf from Quel'thalas, and she despites the loss of what she used to be... I think this totally fits whatever situation you can think about either the blood elves or many of the actual forsaken.
haunting yet beautiful, makes me sad for some reason
This song was written after all of the destruction when Sylvanas is commanding the Forsaken (which is right now) A quest where you find her necklace in the Ghostlands makes you travel to Undercity and give it to her and her and some banshees start singing this song so..
This song has no significance to the Forsaken, save that their leader was an elf in life. The Lament of the Highborne was originally written by the night elves in Darnassian, then adapted to Thalassian by the high elves, who eventually became blood elves.
It transcends boundaries between the Alliance and the Horde and echoes the sorrows elves have collectively suffered- the night elves have the implosion of the Well of Eternity and their loss of immortality from Nordrassil, the high elves have the loss of their brethren to the Scourge and magical addiction, and the blood elves have the implosion of the Sunwell and betrayal by Kael'thas.
Sylvanas specifically sings this song, however, to lament her current state and the void Alliance-Horde conflict has left in the Windrunner family, with herself being undead and allied with the Forsaken, Vereesa siding with the Silver Covenant, and Alleria being lost with Turalyon.
Not true, actually. It dates back to the War of the Ancients, before the blood elves even existed.
Hmm how is that even possible when the song is clearly made by the blood elves? Sin'dorei means children of the blood and in elven language or the one the blood elves are speaking, Sin'dorei is the name they call themselves. Also Anar'alah belore means by the light of the sun. Neither the night elves from the war of the ancient nor those from Darnassus like the sun. They are "night" elves after all. The song is probably made during the fall of Quel'thalas to the Scourge.
@@radostinnetsov279 The song refers to the Children of Blood. That doesn't necessarily mean the Sin'dorei people. Children of X is a poetic way of saying "the heirs of" or "those begotten by". Children of Blood refers to those born or shaped by violence and bloodshed and it is used to highlight the rather tragic history of Elves in Azeroth.
One of my favorites. I tend to make a blood elf just to listen to the soundtrack!
What does being a blood elf has to do with this song? Sylvanas sings it when you bring her Windrunner's necklace.
She sings the song to every Horde race when they complete the quest...
***** Sin'dorei = blood elf
Quel'dorei = high elf
You guys are over thinking this. The song for the Blood elf starting zone if the instrumental of this song...
I was talking about the first few comments. Also the only difference between High Elves and Blood elves is that BElves have green eyes and hungered for mana.
Only thing is that people usually leave after giving in the quest, so most people miss Sylvanas singing this since she sings it almost a few minutes after finishing the quest.
This has to be the best song in the soundtrack. It's so beautiful.
When I completed that Belf quest with Sylvanas, I just sat through the whole song. It was too beautiful to not listen to it.
I saw this in person after completing The Lady's Necklace quest line. It was... beautiful.
After I heard this song for the first time a long time ago, I gained major respect for Sylvanas and the horde. They went through hell and back those guys.
dont know how many times i collected the quest item with countless bloodelf characters and returned it to sylvanas once i finished questing in the ghostlands, just to have this epic song be my personal fare well into the big qorld of azeroth^^
I pretty much quit playing this game about three months into Cataclysm but, wow this game was so special back in Wrath and before that. I kinda wish I never started but I can't deny the amazing and fun memories I have from the three years I played... Not to mention the wonderful people I met. I'll always miss this game haha great times
How can this have any dislikes...is it just people who hate WoW? This is a beautiful song even if you don't have memories tied to it.
I started reading it yesterday...and I finished it today...I could NOT put it down. SO GOOD.
@Reaping646 In the Warcraft lore, it was the Highborne who let their lust for magic get out of hand, leading to a massive sundering of the world (through the Well of Eternity if I remember correctly). That's why you see all those ruins in Darkshore and the like, and why the Highborne under Queen Azshara were turned into naga. The remaining Highborne, wanting to keep practicing their magic despite what it did, left and became the future blood elves.
Sends chills up my spine every time I hear it.. Damn the nostalgia.
thank you so much! i stopped playing it because my parents wont let me. but i still wanted to remember the music :)
The song dates back before the attack on Silvermoon...Heck, the first recorded instance of it's being sung was by the Highborne during the War of the Ancients. It was a song to mourn the death of the Highborne, this was carried by the Exiles to northern Lordearon or Quel'thalas. The Quel'dorei sang it during the great Troll wars and I think the 2nd war as well, Sylvanas then started singing it to mourn the deaths of the High Elves when Arthas attacked Silvermoon in the 3rd war. Blizz has info...
When I heard this song, I instantly made a Forsaken to match my blood elf. It's just so fitting for both races.
The WoW music are the only part of World of Warcraft that will stay timeless. While everything else will get changed, replaced, or perhaps deleted altogether, people will keep these original songs afterwards and keep listening to them. Songs like these are the credits to WoW that I'm never taking back, and I doubt anyone else will, either.
So pretty. I just felt at peace at it. I'd play this at any Zone...even Notherend where I'm currently leveling now.
The most beautiful song... ever.
Thank you.
@TheOmi3333 how nice of you to stop by here, with your uber leet haxor trolling skills!
Wow, this song has an supernatural effect on me.
If i heard this in the forest alone, I would feel a sense of dread and yet calm at the same time.
Love how you can play it in the garrison :>
This takes me back to the start of WoW.. when I was 12, and I started playing
Burning Crusade, first class was a Blood Elf.
Damn, this song is nostalgic.
@trafficlights1
btw, according to wowpedia, the lyrics were apparently written originally in darnassian, dunno if there's much of a difference between the two though xD
indeed it is. It's from a blood elf quest you get in the level 15-20 level range. Sylvanas windrunner sings it with her banshee's around her.
This song, - all of these songs, are so inspiring that I'm working versions of them into my novel, as music that the MC's sister creates. Truly amazing Blizzard, you may mess up a lot of stuff in WoW, but music is not one of those things.
@xxThexXxniNEXx Actually In vanilla there were high elf models in The hinterlands. Just at the end of the path you take to get there from Western Plaguelands
When ever i hear this I always picture the giant battle in Silverpine with the Worgen and Undead slaughtering eachother.
This makes me want to start playing again.
Wow is just like the Hotel California (slight paraphrase); "you can log out any time you like, but you can never leave".
This song makes me wanna cry. Gotta love the Blood Elves xD
I had GHI which is an addon that allows you to create your own items and this was my music boxes melody. I love this song so much. It fills my heart with a soft longing and yet gives me the strength to want to continue to fight on. By the light of the moon and by blood and thunder. We will continue to rid Azeroth of the evils.
The lyrics of this song mean so much.
Hearing this one song made the quest completely worth while. Despite it doesn't do anything, I kept the book with the words inside because I love this song.
i miss WOW so much! thx you for posting this!
It's our queen singing, for the horde!
I like this, its quite beautiful. Always liked ingame too, particularly around 2:24
Also, she sings it at the battle outside of Gilneas, on the Horde side.
@DevilRezo In game they're random, it's to keep us from communicating with players of the opposite faction(of course, some people with ALOT of time on their hands figured a way to somewhat get a message across in english). Also, in order to make every word have a specific translation in game, would require a massive amount of time, so you'll never see it. They'll sooner let horde learn common and alliance learn orcish.
@JacquesVontoui There are lot of words, texts and songs made by Blizzard in languages of the game, this song got a translation, arent random words at all.
I had this book on my paladin when I played WoW, it was one of my most prized possessions, right up there with my pony keg and my HH helmet, and the book that turned me into a wolf
@yamibalus She's been actively working on a plague, even when the rogue elements of her society working on the plague were beaten down. She's trying to wipe out all life on Azeroth - the Worgen weren't part of the Alliance until the Forsaken attacked Gilnéas and the Night Elves intervened. The Worgen neither said nor did anything to the Forsaken prior to that point.
Even when under direct orders not to use, or even try to produce the plague by the leader of the Horde, she used the plague.
@xKevinn93 he goes to help the Earthen Ring.
the Alliance (SI:7 to be speific ) captures him while he's on the way to the eastern Kingdoms during the Goblin starting quest you save him and eventually you go to Orgimmar to tell Garrosh and he gets all defensive about it (its hinted that he knew thrall would be captured).
thats all we know bout Thrall in cata so far.
the music in this game is so moving.... the music producer (Russell Brower i think) is such a genius
this is the most awsome song I've ever heard for wow. So much fealing, your heart just feals like breaking. I hope they make another song similar, but doubt they will get it as perfect as this one
Yet the description of that vid states the song dates back to the War of the Ancients, if not before. There are three elvish groups in WoW: the Night Elves(Kal'dorei), the High Elves(Quel'dorei), and the Blood Elves(Sin'dorei). The High Elves were Exiled Night Elf Highborne. Following the fall of Silvermoon, Most of the High Elves following Jaina retained that name...The Blood elves split from the High Elves and took a turn for the worse.
from what I herd, this song was originally a night elf song that was written in the aftermath of the war of the ancients... it was then changed for the Troll wars and I guess this is Sylvanas version for her own lament of turning into a banshee... still this song would not only be for Her in particular, but the entire elven race, subgroups and all
@ParcourManiac
They did excist in warcraft 3 but in a different form, they were like the broken ones now. But the Draenei of WoW were based on Archimonde, they were like ''good versions of archimonde'' it said it like that in a Interview somewhere here on utube :P
@Phantasmus If you took the time to read up on WoW Lore, you'd know that a Banshees voice kills. The Lich King forced Sylvanas, by inflicting great pain, to scream at Elves during the invasion of Silvermoon, indeed killing them.
One of the reasons why I like playing horde
This music is played on the IoQD without the voice. Amazing piece.
"I don't know what the heck they were planning with it when they put "Credits" in the Name but they obviously changed their plans."
It is the credit song of BC. Just click on Credits in the main screen and you will hear it.
one of my faveourite songs from the game. The meaning behind what Lady Sylvanas Windrunner and the highbourne are singing is quite sad though
kind of brings a tear to your eye dosn't it?
its a horde quest in the ghostlands. a banshee at Windrunner Spire drops a necklace and u give it to a forsaken in tranquillen who then tells u to go to undercity and show it to sylvanas, which then she starts singing this song
i actually cried during this its so beautiful
This is even stated as she “casts the glamour.” She can appear as anything or sound like anything, from your perception, while the glamour is in effect. That is why she sounds the way she does afterward; like her normal self after the glamour wears off.
I hope this resolves the current argument.
Since I ran out of space, I'd also like to note that the draenei were users of the light, both as eredar granted powers by the naaru and while fighting the corrupted orcs on Draenor, before the destruction caused by Ner'Zhuls portal gun. Depending on the lore you read, they either fought valiantly or were too peaceful to survive the orcs. The Man'ari eredar are probably the demons you're thinking about.
I don't know why, but when I hear this all I can think of is the attack on the Greymane wall near the end of the Undercity quests.
ever since i read the new arthas book, this song brings shivers down my spine. its such a horrid story. that battle , epic tho it was, was tragic. i love this song cause it is so haunting and yet soothing at the same time
She has a new character model now too so it would be interesting to watch the new animation that goes with this song
Aaahh. I know right? It was my favorite part of being a noob blood elf. Scampering down to undercity in a hurry like some kid with the golden ticket XD Hand in her necklace and bam, out comes this amazing song, plus a nice little performance...Followed by a buncha non-blood elves around you going "WTF is happening!" it was great :D
There's a pumped up version of this on the goblins' car radio in their starting zone. I nearly wet myself first time I heard it! XD
the first time i heard this was in the undercity and i just sat there like in a trance. but i havnt heard it since
Yea, they did, its kinda weird going into UC Pre-wrath gate chain seein Kor'kron guards, because you have no idea why they are there, but once you do the quest chain, it kinda comes full circle...
*beautiful*, sorry for misspelling...thank you
it was Garithos who sent the elves into impossible battles with the scourge, but he was (i assume) under the control of Detheroc at that point. I don't think that changed his attitude towards elves that much, but he and the rest of the Alliance needed the elves and would have gone to their aid were they not already under attack from the scourge. As for Arthas, he was originally misunderstood and simply wanted to save his homeland as quickly as possible.
no, what happened was that Zin-Azshari, the capital with the highborne and Azshara, sank into the depths of the great sea during the sundering, and they became Naga. but before that, some of the highborn
She is singing and the other Banshee’s she summons, the “Lamenters” are her “back-up” singers lol. Oh so now you might say, but wait a minute, how can she sound so beautiful if she’s a banshee? She is performing a “glamour.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with magic, a glamour is a form of illusionary magic whose sole purpose is to alter either the person casting or their surroundings.
@Hanpantheflyingman8D Look the song up on WoWWiki, the choir is sung by Banshees, and she does sing this as the Dark Lady. IE: After finishing a quest in the Ghostlands that requires you to bring her sisters necklace to her. Smart ass.
Thalassian Version:
Anar'alah, anar'alah belore,
Sin'dorei,
Shindu fallah na.
Sin'dorei,
Anar'alah,
Shindu sin'dorei,
Shindu fallah na.
Sin'dorei,
Anar'alah belore.
Shindu sin'dorei,
Shindu fallah na.
Sin'dorei,
Anar'alah belore,
Belore.
This song and when Kael'Thas dies in Tempest Keep and screams out in his dying breath; "For Quel'Thalas!" - sadness.
I think I have fall in love with this song...
I cry every time I hear this. The lyrics are so sad.
@sphinxscu2 - I agree with you.
Actually though, the language is Thalassian, it's not Elvish like LotR.
So basically, this is exactly how Blizzard intended on doing it (in my opinion).
Kate's version is very good, I agree. The original, however, is supposed to give you that uncomfortably heavy feeling. It's a lament. The purpose of a lament is to express deep grief, mourning, and regret. It's a sad song.
Kate's version is light and lovely, but the original version does the job it was written to do, which is to convey a powerful sentiment of grief and loss.
The guards were replaced because the Horde can't trust the apothecaries anymore. If you've quested enough in Dragonblight and seen the event at the Wrath Gate, that explains pretty much why- I'm sure you can find the cinematic someplace here.
@KeiyarlaDraga that is the beauty of a minor key gives it that haunting or sorrow feeling :)
one of the best moments in wow. truly epic!
Could only listen to this typing some play music name command in the game. what the hell such nice song wasnt able to hear it.
I play Alliance, and Sylvanas is awesome.
She is a Banshee- cancels out magic
She's been through hell and back, literally.
She's got a pretty kick-ass bow.
i really need to try this game, the music is just beautiful
Thumbs up for the the singer! beautiful voice.
she sings so good that it gives me goosebumps
My fav out of all the WoW soundtracks
Our wedding will have this as the Bridal processional. I play a blood elf paladin, so this is fitting. I love this song. The pronunciation is a little off, but it's all right, it still sounds pretty.
@AirForcedude5 Dude, it's thallassian and the translation can be found on wowwiki or ingame.
"Children of the blood
Of the light of the sun,
They are breaking through."
This song is soo beautiful
incredibly beautiful ...
Sylvanas was a member of the prominent Windrunner family of the high elves or otherwise known as higborne. The Highborne, also known as Highborn or High-borne, quel'dorei meaning "children of noble birth" in Darnassian and "high elves" in Thalassian) were the upper classes of the Kaldorei civilization and the favored servitors of Queen Azshara.
She created the sing after the fall of Quel'thalas, as a remembrance of what was and a tribute to the remaining living (as she technically is dead), the living being Sin'dorei.
@BowserisOK
you are also right about the music.. its good stuff.. judging from your previous comments i am quite surprised you have an appreciation for something positive.
@biologistblackbelt It should also be noted that she simply doesn't care for us Forsaken at all. She would let all of us die torturous deaths if it meant she would stay away from the "darkness" that is her "hell". I once loved Sylvanas, and bowed my head at the sight of her, but now knowing that I am seen as a disgusting worm in her eyes, I hope she is forever damned to her feared hell.
i met the woman who blizzard hired to sing this song when i did a vocal workshop in disneyland and i was freaking out. I listen to this song and think "oh wait, i met her!"
lol @ random argument below.
Ug I love this song so much. Hahaha I have a macro in game so I can listen to it when I want. XD