Hiya Folks! Seconds from death, Varian’s life flashes before his eyes while also summarizing the conflict between Horde & Alliance, and the struggle & responsibilities of being a King. A duty that has now been passed down to his son, Anduin. (This was originally meant to be the intro & outro for my Varian Movie but I felt it was a bit jumbled so I took it out. I made a few adjustments & re-uploaded for those who’d like to see it.) Here’s the script that served as the layout: “You will be remembered as the king who sacrificed his life for nothing” “I…I was not at the Wrathgate, but the soldiers who survived told me much of what happened. Your son fought with honor. He died a hero’s death. He deserves a Hero’s burial”. (Summarizes Wrath events) “I was just a child when my father rushed to confront the same evil.” (Warlords’ First Invasion) “Are you so eager to meet Death? Look then upon the countless faces of your demise.” “The Burning Legion has returned!” (The Arrival of the Legion) “I was THERE. I LIVED it!” (Foreshadowing to Varian’s fate) “You speak only of their savagery. But surely, they are not all monsters.” (Varian contemplating Faction conflict i.e. Garrosh’s rule vs. Thrall’s rule) “There was one, Durotan (parallel between Thrall and his Father).” “But how can I succeed? Where he failed?” “But know this. If your Horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did. We will END you.” (Summarizes MoP climax) “I now believe as you do. That peace is the noblest aspiration.” (Varian shifts his beliefs to Anduin’s) “That mistake cost him his life. And brought this kingdom to ruin”. (Eventually costs him as he trusted his life to Sylvanas who abandoned him on the Shore. With reason, but it still cost him). “You are NOT your father.” “I go to face it. Knowing, I may not return.” (You know what happens).
Even as a Horde player I liked Varian very much, and I had sorrows after his death. He died a hero's death, for his people. And his fight in the end for me it was one of the most epic in WOW's history. I hope we'll see him on the Shadowlands.
I play both factions, but I'm Alliance at heart. Losing Varian hit me hard and remains a sorrow. It's been a surprise to me that so many horde players respected him too. That's been the major comfort to me for his loss. At least they sent him out in a blaze of glory, not like they did to Admiral Taylor.
God this line from Genn really sits differently in Shadowlands. "Your father's actions were indeed heroic. They were his challenge to us, his people to never let fear prevail...Even at the very gates of hell." Hang in there Anduin.
Personally, one of my all-time favorite kings in all of fantasy works. While at times, I wished they could've done just a bit more, I cannot complain. His story as a child who watched Stormwind burn and his father fall, growing up with Arthas as childhood friends in Lordaeron, losing his beloved wife Tiffin to the defias, then imprisoned & turned into a gladiator "Lo'gosh", returning back in Wrath to lead the Alliance against the Lich King. And Metzen did an excellent job in voicing him. Adds to his character greatly. A true king, through and through!
@@knucklesgaming8608 or if only the abomination of WoD never happened we wouldn't have Guldan 2.0 to bring Legion 2.0 ugh I mean liked the Legion expansion but I hated it was linked to the wod mishappenings
I'm a Horde fanboy through and through, and even I liked Varian. He deserved better than a backstab from a demon and getting disenchanted by Guldan. I felt like they stole his honor by not just giving him a warrior's death. Though soloing a Fel Reaver was a pretty badass thing to show his bad ass warrior skills.
varian in 1:36: - if your horde fails to uphold honor as garrosh did... we will end you! sylvanas torchs teldrassil anduin signs peace: - the path for peace isnt easy!
But...but... didn't you like Sylvanas' super speech? At least they brought his spirit back in BFA, and he gets a bit more screen time. Maybe they'll do him more justice in death than they did in life. He may even get to be a Loa, speaking of which, taking Rezan's place would be nice since he would have more screentime along with Talanji, the Queen of the Zandalari whose bloodline has traditionally been bound to the Loa of Kings.
@@Athelarius would still be kinda weird since Vol'jin is a darkspear. They have different believes as the zandalari i thought. Like those forest trolls believe in 3 other gods. It's like crowning a christian member to a muslim god.
"There have been many kings before you, many names, many titles, ....hm,....there is old saying no king should ever feel comfortable on his throne, no crown should ever be light upon his brow and no mantle no matter how thin made, should ever feel free to move about, that is the true burned of kingship, but its also the greatest strength that it has, any lord can order his soldiers about like pawns, any lord can make laws and enforce them as he wishes, any lord can declare war and have an excuse for it, but it takes a true king to inspire loyalty in his soldiers & his people as a whole even more to be granted their love, it takes a true king to make the right choices for his people for without him they are nothing and he is nothing without them, its a true king bring victory and peace at the end of any war, but only he can make the needed change during it,.... Are you telling me something my father already told me or you simply reminding what my father or even my grandfather would have done if they were here now, or are you just sizing me up with them? No, there is a need for it, you are your father-son & grandfather heir, in more ways than you know lad, but to answer your question, of course not, because you already had accomplished the greatest victory that can be achieved by any true king, That is stirring the hearts of your people, for when a king has the love of his people behind him the rarely makes mistakes.. Sounds like something out of a book, did you write it!? No, but I was there when Hadrian Menethil, ended the Civil of Lordaeron 200 years ago, and when Marcus Wrynn stopped the uprising in Goldshire & Westfall without any need for a sword arm 60 years later, .." - Knight Commander Alexandar of Arathor & King Anduin Wrynn, the weight of kingship,
Its epic. But, i thought that he would say "for the alliance" at the very end and die, but it was not shown. Sadly. There would be an emotional explosion)
My greatest hope too. I'd love to see what they can do with a reunion of Varian & Anduin in the Shadowlands. Or even with other members of the Alliance he had a close relationship with. As long as they can execute it well though. Like with Arthas, I believe they wanna be careful when bringing back dead characters so that they can do it properly.
Greatly appreciate it! I'm a firm believer the Warcraft franchise is worth so much more with a lot of potential. Sometimes, execution isn't great, but the characters and the established lore continues to carry the franchise even after all these years.
Well, he is the personification of Goldrinn and yeah, during the Battle of Ashenvale Forest, with the help of worgens, he did managed to bring down a massive Horde enslaved magnataur in which a feat no Alliance leaders could do though. I forgot which WOW novel I read that part.
@@Throatybee lol. Who can't even take responsibility for his own actions? Even denying that Garrosh's acts was his fault? No thanks. Even as an Orc Warrior I want a Leader like Varian, and Thrall dead...
Since Varian didn't end the Horde during Battle for Azeroth, that means that the Horde has always been honorable through the events of Battle for Azeroth. Therefore we can conclude, that Teldrassil wasn't burned down by the Horde. But since Teldrassil burned anyway, that means that it has to have been an inside job. Catapult fire can't melt woodbeams, wake up sheeple!
3:43 The sword acknowledged him Damn, I wish one day I could wield that sword as well >.< It can split into two dude!!!! Like at one moment u were arms warrior, then next moment u split it, u turned into fury warrior!!! OwO
You know, i think Blizzard has started to fail at fundamental levels, they promised we wouldnt get a second Garrosh, and now that i see the new coming expansion.. well "heyy guyyys, its TOTALLY not Garrosh™, now you fight against Garrosh™ in female form!" coming straight from the Horde of course, because the horde is evil™ meanwhile, why dont you spend your cash in 3000 addons, pets, colors and lewd boxes? also dont forget Warcraft Reforged™ is out too, and anything you mod, do or place in that game is now our property!" me? im just here for the lore, long gone are the days when i enjoyed a raid boss kill, last one was on MoP, and Athelarius is the only one that keeps me interested in the lore (and PlatinumWoW), so many bad decisions, it all went to shit when Chriz Metzen left the company
Guldan: "You will be remember, as the king who die for nothing" Guldan was right, in bfa Anduin doesn't do anything I know, I know... everything is about Blizzard want make female character more op and more (protagonist/main character) in the lore.
Anduin did NOTHING ? XD He took Lordaeron for the elves, started the warfront in Stromgarde, started the war against Zandalar, made the decisions SHAWN had to take. He is a KING not a WARCHIEF. He LEADS, CONTROL and most importantly use diplomacy. Never forget his story arc in Pandaria, what defines Anduin, what make Anduin a different king from Varian.
I'm sorry but main character in bofa was Saurfang. It was all around him and the true Horde. If anything, they made us dislike Sylvanas. Jaina got her redemption. In most movies and tv shows they are pushing females, but not here. Yes, Sylvanas did get some strange new powers that made her op, but there must be some plot behind it. But main character was Varok this time.
I only started playing in December and I don't understand any of the early lore and I lose braincells trying to figure it out because every website has like 10 paragraphs for one thing that happned.
No disrespect to you Altelarius, but check out Nobbel87's channel here at YT. He's a WoW Universe lore master and has done vids on almost the full, if not THE full history and lore of WoW and every character of importance and them some.
Blizzard absolutely hates warrior champions in the lore. They just want a mage or some other shitty mana user so that they can animate kewl sparkles, lights and shit.
My greatest hope too. I'd love to see what they can do with a reunion of Varian & Anduin in the Shadowlands. Or even with other members of the Alliance he had a close relationship with. As long as they can execute it well though. Like with Arthas, I believe they wanna be careful when bringing back dead characters so that they can do it properly.
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Hiya Folks! Seconds from death, Varian’s life flashes before his eyes while also summarizing the conflict between Horde & Alliance, and the struggle & responsibilities of being a King.
A duty that has now been passed down to his son, Anduin. (This was originally meant to be the intro & outro for my Varian Movie but I felt it was a bit jumbled so I took it out. I made a few adjustments & re-uploaded for those who’d like to see it.)
Here’s the script that served as the layout:
“You will be remembered as the king who sacrificed his life for nothing”
“I…I was not at the Wrathgate, but the soldiers who survived told me much of what happened. Your son fought with honor. He died a hero’s death. He deserves a Hero’s burial”. (Summarizes Wrath events)
“I was just a child when my father rushed to confront the same evil.” (Warlords’ First Invasion)
“Are you so eager to meet Death? Look then upon the countless faces of your demise.”
“The Burning Legion has returned!” (The Arrival of the Legion)
“I was THERE. I LIVED it!” (Foreshadowing to Varian’s fate)
“You speak only of their savagery. But surely, they are not all monsters.” (Varian contemplating Faction conflict i.e. Garrosh’s rule vs. Thrall’s rule)
“There was one, Durotan (parallel between Thrall and his Father).”
“But how can I succeed? Where he failed?”
“But know this. If your Horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did. We will END you.” (Summarizes MoP climax)
“I now believe as you do. That peace is the noblest aspiration.” (Varian shifts his beliefs to Anduin’s)
“That mistake cost him his life. And brought this kingdom to ruin”. (Eventually costs him as he trusted his life to Sylvanas who abandoned him on the Shore. With reason, but it still cost him).
“You are NOT your father.”
“I go to face it. Knowing, I may not return.” (You know what happens).
Even as a Horde player I liked Varian very much, and I had sorrows after his death. He died a hero's death, for his people. And his fight in the end for me it was one of the most epic in
WOW's history. I hope we'll see him on the Shadowlands.
Peter Castillo same. Always been a horde player, but respects Varian
I play both factions, but I'm Alliance at heart. Losing Varian hit me hard and remains a sorrow. It's been a surprise to me that so many horde players respected him too. That's been the major comfort to me for his loss. At least they sent him out in a blaze of glory, not like they did to Admiral Taylor.
Dude was a straight badass. From the gladiator ring... To the throne. From a horde player, mad respect.
Lo’gosh.
It still hurts years later :( RIP Varian the King of Kings
God this line from Genn really sits differently in Shadowlands. "Your father's actions were indeed heroic. They were his challenge to us, his people to never let fear prevail...Even at the very gates of hell." Hang in there Anduin.
I was just about make a comment about how awesome Genn was in this scene. Absolute hero as well!
"Even here at the Variend."
Killing Varian was my variend
Omg I love that lol
His sacrifice is just one of many that has fallen in battle, but his legacy is the first of many that will never be forgotten
Personally, one of my all-time favorite kings in all of fantasy works. While at times, I wished they could've done just a bit more, I cannot complain. His story as a child who watched Stormwind burn and his father fall, growing up with Arthas as childhood friends in Lordaeron, losing his beloved wife Tiffin to the defias, then imprisoned & turned into a gladiator "Lo'gosh", returning back in Wrath to lead the Alliance against the Lich King. And Metzen did an excellent job in voicing him. Adds to his character greatly. A true king, through and through!
@@Athelarius if only gul'daniel was successfully hunted down by khadgar and maiev, our Lo'gosh would still be alive
@@knucklesgaming8608 or if only the abomination of WoD never happened we wouldn't have Guldan 2.0 to bring Legion 2.0 ugh I mean liked the Legion expansion but I hated it was linked to the wod mishappenings
A nice little ending where Varian finally says "For the Alliance..." would be a great touch.
Hmm what makes you say that.
This is why I love the Wrynn father son relationship. I love The example set from varian and the aspiring peace of anduin!
I'm a Horde fanboy through and through, and even I liked Varian.
He deserved better than a backstab from a demon and getting disenchanted by Guldan. I felt like they stole his honor by not just giving him a warrior's death.
Though soloing a Fel Reaver was a pretty badass thing to show his bad ass warrior skills.
The irony is that his death was felt even in the emerald dream he will always be lo'gosh to me the ghost wolf
And thus, a new Lion of Azeroth was born.
I'm not crying, you are!
3:13 Handsome Squidward face
I have always goosebumbs watching these scenes its also sad and touching but filled with bravery and hope
varian in 1:36: - if your horde fails to uphold honor as garrosh did... we will end you!
sylvanas torchs teldrassil
anduin signs peace: - the path for peace isnt easy!
I'm not crying.
Hail the Favored Son of Goldrinn
Variant got a cool looking park after his death. Vol'Hjin in the other hand didn't got shit. Just a boring ass funeral.
But...but... didn't you like Sylvanas' super speech? At least they brought his spirit back in BFA, and he gets a bit more screen time. Maybe they'll do him more justice in death than they did in life. He may even get to be a Loa, speaking of which, taking Rezan's place would be nice since he would have more screentime along with Talanji, the Queen of the Zandalari whose bloodline has traditionally been bound to the Loa of Kings.
@@Athelarius would still be kinda weird since Vol'jin is a darkspear. They have different believes as the zandalari i thought. Like those forest trolls believe in 3 other gods. It's like crowning a christian member to a muslim god.
This it home right in the feels well done
I was hopping at the end that he would had said "for the alliance"
Thank you for this !!!
My God... the music during that cutscene is still amazing!!!!
Wow legion music : broken shore
Auduin's theme orchestral arrangement
That the 2 music from the scene, best song ever
"There have been many kings before you, many names, many titles, ....hm,....there is old saying no king should ever feel comfortable on his throne, no crown should ever be light upon his brow and no mantle no matter how thin made, should ever feel free to move about, that is the true burned of kingship, but its also the greatest strength that it has, any lord can order his soldiers about like pawns, any lord can make laws and enforce them as he wishes, any lord can declare war and have an excuse for it, but it takes a true king to inspire loyalty in his soldiers & his people as a whole even more to be granted their love, it takes a true king to make the right choices for his people for without him they are nothing and he is nothing without them, its a true king bring victory and peace at the end of any war, but only he can make the needed change during it,....
Are you telling me something my father already told me or you simply reminding what my father or even my grandfather would have done if they were here now, or are you just sizing me up with them?
No, there is a need for it, you are your father-son & grandfather heir, in more ways than you know lad, but to answer your question, of course not, because you already had accomplished the greatest victory that can be achieved by any true king,
That is stirring the hearts of your people, for when a king has the love of his people behind him the rarely makes mistakes..
Sounds like something out of a book, did you write it!?
No, but I was there when Hadrian Menethil, ended the Civil of Lordaeron 200 years ago, and when Marcus Wrynn stopped the uprising in Goldshire & Westfall without any need for a sword arm 60 years later, .." - Knight Commander Alexandar of Arathor & King Anduin Wrynn, the weight of kingship,
Its epic. But, i thought that he would say "for the alliance" at the very end and die, but it was not shown. Sadly. There would be an emotional explosion)
we will surely see him in the shadowlands
My greatest hope too. I'd love to see what they can do with a reunion of Varian & Anduin in the Shadowlands. Or even with other members of the Alliance he had a close relationship with. As long as they can execute it well though. Like with Arthas, I believe they wanna be careful when bringing back dead characters so that they can do it properly.
Sadly knowing Blizzard, we won't... I would love it tho
amazing as always
i can't play wow but following your videos makes the game more like a movie and a lot more enjoyable for me thanks alot
Greatly appreciate it! I'm a firm believer the Warcraft franchise is worth so much more with a lot of potential. Sometimes, execution isn't great, but the characters and the established lore continues to carry the franchise even after all these years.
Dude nicely done!
My Hero!
King Varian was my favorite lore character. Anduin would never live up to his legacy. He was a beast.
Well, he is the personification of Goldrinn and yeah, during the Battle of Ashenvale Forest, with the help of worgens, he did managed to bring down a massive Horde enslaved magnataur in which a feat no Alliance leaders could do though. I forgot which WOW novel I read that part.
I think Wolfheart ?
@xFatoushe yes that is the one I read.
Well Anduin is kind of... a weak and pathetic king.
The thing is Anduin is up to this point an excellent leader. I was afraid how he will do after Varian, and he is doing really well.
RIP Varian Wrynn, The True Hero of Azeroth and the alliance
The True Hero of Azeroth is Thrall the Green Jesus.
@@Throatybee lol. Who can't even take responsibility for his own actions? Even denying that Garrosh's acts was his fault? No thanks. Even as an Orc Warrior I want a Leader like Varian, and Thrall dead...
If Varian was leading the alliance in BFA, the horde would be a memory.
It's too early for the feels, the wound have barely healed yet
FOR THE ALLIANCE !!!
those thick brows definitely runs in the family
None are mightier than the mighty Wrynn chin. But the brows are definitely a close second.
@@Athelarius 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me duele, me lastima, me quema 😭
Varian was a great king.. i wish I played alliance when he was tbh
King Varian is the best of the best.
What was that outro music? That was beautiful
Admit it. Legion was the best expansion.
*PLAYS CANTICLE OF SACRIFICE FOR NEXT 12 H ON REPEAT*
By the light
Farewell
What is the outro song called at 4:00? Please i need to so badly
Since Varian didn't end the Horde during Battle for Azeroth, that means that the Horde has always been honorable through the events of Battle for Azeroth. Therefore we can conclude, that Teldrassil wasn't burned down by the Horde. But since Teldrassil burned anyway, that means that it has to have been an inside job. Catapult fire can't melt woodbeams, wake up sheeple!
Tryhard cringe.
whats the music that starts at 4:02 ?
Ofc i had same question ; ) i found its shadowland login screen track
Varian....my king
Liked it a lot
Lo'gosh, our king.
It has not been in this game for many years.
My Paladin is already with the Holy Light.
Paladin from Taiwan.
Red wind.
3:43 The sword acknowledged him
Damn, I wish one day I could wield that sword as well >.<
It can split into two dude!!!!
Like at one moment u were arms warrior, then next moment u split it, u turned into fury warrior!!! OwO
"Если вы предадите идеалы чести как Гарош, мы сметем вас!
P.S. Вариан Ринн
You know, i think Blizzard has started to fail at fundamental levels, they promised we wouldnt get a second Garrosh, and now that i see the new coming expansion.. well "heyy guyyys, its TOTALLY not Garrosh™, now you fight against Garrosh™ in female form!" coming straight from the Horde of course, because the horde is evil™ meanwhile, why dont you spend your cash in 3000 addons, pets, colors and lewd boxes? also dont forget Warcraft Reforged™ is out too, and anything you mod, do or place in that game is now our property!"
me? im just here for the lore, long gone are the days when i enjoyed a raid boss kill, last one was on MoP, and Athelarius is the only one that keeps me interested in the lore (and PlatinumWoW), so many bad decisions, it all went to shit when Chriz Metzen left the company
This is the CGI graphic that Warcraft 3 Reforged was SUPPOSED to be, but nope....they pulled a fast one.
Lo'Gosh was a different breed man
Guldan: "You will be remember, as the king who die for nothing"
Guldan was right, in bfa Anduin doesn't do anything
I know, I know... everything is about Blizzard want make female character more op and more (protagonist/main character) in the lore.
Anduin did NOTHING ? XD He took Lordaeron for the elves, started the warfront in Stromgarde, started the war against Zandalar, made the decisions SHAWN had to take. He is a KING not a WARCHIEF. He LEADS, CONTROL and most importantly use diplomacy. Never forget his story arc in Pandaria, what defines Anduin, what make Anduin a different king from Varian.
I'm sorry but main character in bofa was Saurfang. It was all around him and the true Horde. If anything, they made us dislike Sylvanas. Jaina got her redemption. In most movies and tv shows they are pushing females, but not here. Yes, Sylvanas did get some strange new powers that made her op, but there must be some plot behind it. But main character was Varok this time.
When all you have left in wow cinematic is better than the game That’s sad
1:37...Love that part! That sylvanas grin...
I only started playing in December and I don't understand any of the early lore and I lose braincells trying to figure it out because every website has like 10 paragraphs for one thing that happned.
No disrespect to you Altelarius, but check out Nobbel87's channel here at YT. He's a WoW Universe lore master and has done vids on almost the full, if not THE full history and lore of WoW and every character of importance and them some.
Whats name of song ending ?
the mighty Varian, brought to his knees by 2 Felguards & gets disenchanted by Gul'dan.
Blizzard absolutely hates warrior champions in the lore. They just want a mage or some other shitty mana user so that they can animate kewl sparkles, lights and shit.
why the title has changed?
Varian's sacrifice was not in vain. Now go farm Coalescing Visions.
he was gone to soon!
One word...EPIC ! The outro's music is so familiar tho, but I do not know where from
Please i hope we see varian in the shadowlands
My greatest hope too. I'd love to see what they can do with a reunion of Varian & Anduin in the Shadowlands. Or even with other members of the Alliance he had a close relationship with. As long as they can execute it well though. Like with Arthas, I believe they wanna be careful when bringing back dead characters so that they can do it properly.
Varian kinda looks like Joey DeMaio
Looking at thus makes us alnost belueve that wow is a greay game lore and that his lore didnt turned into shit
Remember kids, For Azeroth is a quote for suicide, Ask Saurfang and Varian during shadowlands why.
Anduin is soft compared to his dad
what did you think when you just reuploded that scene? it's just so unnecessary and for clicks it's so obvious.
plop
Ploppity plop!
haha
Teehee!
first
I didn't rly loved varian that's why I didn't feel anything in this video