**Ultimate Catchup for 9.1 Chains of Domination: th-cam.com/video/SGQqABOM9sU/w-d-xo.html Hiya Folks! Short but sweet, Thrall meets Mama Draka, but no cutscene of a bear hug, tearful reunion accompanied by Draka feeding Thrall microwaved ravioli as she gently pats his head. Much sad. The later part pays tribute to Thrall’s life in WoW and Metzen’s years of dedication to voice acting (and nearly every NPC out there). Long live the Pickle! Now where doomhammer?
Thrall: I was the slave who become a warchief, raised by the humans. I joined ranks with Doomhammer myself and freeing my enslaved people from the human prisons. I saved our race by bringing them to Kalimdor from the scourge invasion. I united races and liberate both the Taurens and the Darkspear tribe in their wars. I fought endless invasions of demons and watched one of the greatest warrior die in my arms, and had to kill one of the greatest warriors in a mak'gora myself, the son... I was a shaman, the truth is I was Green b'jesus myself leading the Earthern ring and was in fact one of the strongest shamans ever lived on Azeroth. I shot down Deathwing from the sky, you know, nothing special, but I did it. Draka: Yeah, sure... but, who are you now?
@@lloydgush Durotar is jam packed with oil! Thrall used his communion with the spirits to get insider info on where the largest deposits lie. Once Azeroth industrialises, Ogrimmar will be in complete control of the oil trade as the biggest exporter on the planet. With goblin technology and banking behind his back, Thrall will single-handedly put global finance and industry under his heel, ensuring Horde supremacy throughout the globe and crowning himself as the Sheikh of Azeroth. This was his master plan ever since W3 when he statrted "getting visions" imao. Visions on how to make bank, homie.
The Jailer never planned having to escape from the Maw so soon so he spent the last few months redesigning Torghast so he could fit through all the tiny doors and staircases.
Was hoping that Blackmoore would come back in Shadowlands just so Draka would make him suffer beyond any belief for making her boy's life a living hell.
Thrall was the heart of people who wanted a better horde. Not just an enemy of the humans but one which sensibly saw the cosmic threats as far greater then petty squabbles for battlegrounds. Unfortunately like warhammer there must always be war, because the plot demands a continuing fight. Betraying any real progress to rubble.
Writers of early WoW knew what they were doing: civic conflict, underground negotiations, borders and resources contested, political kidnappings and backstabbing, fighting for lineage, and the difficulty of gathering numbers to your cause. These were all the reasons for wars. But the newer writers always focused on the power fantasy without thinking about the motivations for the characters. In their minds, it was always just "defending the world against evil." They forgot about other motivations for conflict, and just constantly thrust world-saving into the players' faces. It pushed out the reason why the Alliance and Horde fought; while they tried to bring their conflict back several times, it always was in the shadow of "world saving", which the player base eventually grew tired of.
@@thewatcherinthecloud I agree that if the series has continued to be about internal strife the War would of made more sense. But even then stretching it out over decades does not feel right.
Speaking honestly, the war between the Alliance and Horde nowadays are a part why WoW started to tire me, although i continues to like the Lore. Now, however, the gap between the factions has become something almost monotonous who genuinely seem forced. I like the rivalry itself, and I like how they try to show who is better than the other ... but when it comes to real wars, frankly prefer external threats, now that WoW seems to have consumed the thing of the wars between factions.
@@thewatcherinthecloud thank you, I grew up tired of being " the one an only champion of azeroth, the almighty chosen one " its so cringe, never touched the game again since Legion ( and left the game mid pandaria )
@@kevindemon2911 tbh, they could have looked at the history of France vs England or England vs everyone else in that bloody isle to get a sense of what really drives war. Early battlegrounds had that sense of fighting over precious resources, and the leaders of these conflicts had a terrible dislike of the enemy faction. I think it was with WotLK where they had a hard time playing with that conflict. I think Garrosh was the path to go; the problem was that he didn't have an equally war-mongering rival in the alliance at that time. Cata would have been an exciting expansion if Garrosh and an alliance commander were constantly juking it out and the contested areas LITERALLY changed hands everyday. I think this is what Blizzard originally had in mind, but they just made the Alliance too much of the "good guys" to give them character flaws.
Love seeing Thrall back in the full Doomplate again (excluding the chest). This model probably has to be my favorites, combining his old looks altogether. Awesome to see him bond with his mother after bonding with his father on Draenor.
Well, that wasn't really his father, he was an alternative timeline durotan, so the connection wasn't as strong as him finally seeing his real mother here. Just hope he will get to see his real father in whatever realm he ended up in
Lord knows anything was better than that bald shaman look he tried pulling off for a while there. He had quite the midlife crisis while dealing with Garrosh.
@@NoirRaven honestly though he looked coolest in the bfa shirtless wolf pelt and braids again look.. seriously he grew those braids back so dam quick between legion and BFA
I'm so glad this reunion happened :) For those that are wishing he wields Doomhammer..... yeah about that. That ended up being handed down to us (if you play Enhancement Shaman) as a Legion artifact, which was filled with so much power then we kinda made it paper weight the moment we used it to drain the power from Sargeras' sword in Silithus. So it just sits in the bank :') Draka: Where is the hammer? Thrall: I once had it, then I gave it to this shaman. *Draka turns to Shaman*: And where is it now? *Shaman fidgets*: In... the bank.. Draka: :| Shaman: Let me explain. Stay awhile and listen. *proceeds to tell the events of Legion*
"Ah, a proper warrior's weapon!" But technically this is supposed to be original axe he had that he YEET at Helya in the Maw intro. Jailer kept it nice and tidy for him.
And it could not have been anymore underwhelming lol blizz really knows how to make what should be amazing and touching moments extremely dull and not even worth watching
"On the plus side managed to become the Avatar, then knocked out a warchief or two, got depressed and went to Nagrand, make babies with Aggra or something". Neat.
He escaped slavery, redeemed all orcs so they can use the elements, died and came back to life. He killed a dragon, changed regime a few times. Still as humble as always and didnt turn bad.
and then he got killed by a random elite mob, who stand right in front of him. A very anticlimatic and very disappointing end for such a great character.
"The rules of a Mak'gora seem to be different between each Mak'gora since they are chosen and set by the participants themselves. Generally, there are thus no specific rules. There are only two consistent themes in all Mak'gora: once dropped, a weapon cannot be retrieved by either opponent and that the pair must fight to the death or until submission. Magic, for example, has never been stated to be forbidden, and has, in fact, been used in multiple Mak'gora duels and thus seems to be permitted. Similarly, many Mak'gora duels have involved both fighters wearing body armor as well, but it can also be forbidden when explicitly required."
@@xavierlavoie9264 lol BS, it was stated that he did not and also the elements abandoned him because he is not "worthy" anymore. His constant crying and feeling guilty about everything while not facing the truth and moving on is why the elements abandoned him.
Even if it wasnt in tears and overreactions...its still very sweet that they could meet...these moments just like Thrall and Draka, Jaina and her mother gives the characters more depth than just them fighting and being cool in battle...sure sometimes its a bit of fanservice and cheap to use already dead characters but in SL it works most of the time :)
I'm gonna give that a tentative yes, because Thrall grew up a literal slave. He likely had very little to eat during his most formative years, not to mention a severe lack of parental affection, both of which can cause stunted growth in human children. For all Draka knew up until this point, her baby could've been dead. Seeing him alive was probably the biggest surprise, not the physical changes that happened in her absence.
@@TurtleTime26 it is described in the books that he is bigger than most orcs. He was at the same level as Ogrim Doomhammer, who was considered one of the largest orcs. Do you people even read the books/lore ?
@@Alex-ux4du I did, and yes, he's very big compared to other orcs, but he's still small compared to Draka and probably Durotan. That may be because of Maldraxxus altering Draka's form, but a more mundane explanation is that Thrall's genetics were going to make him even bigger than he is now, but he never reached full size because of his impoverished childhood.
About time Draka got this meeting. Though one would expect her to be more... emotional. But she's now a Death Knight. And it seems knows how to keep her feelings in check. A warriors pride and all that. At least she still divulges some of that motherly wisdom. Regardless, a piece of much needed closure.
Draka died when Thrall was still an infant, so she's been fighting in Maldraxxus decades before the events of Warcraft III even started! I imagine your mentality and personality will change dramatically once you know the afterlife is real and what exactly it is like. When you've an eternity of you, you'll gradually learn to leave your past behind. But as we can see, the truth is…a mother never forgets.
It's absolutely bizzare seeing ashbringer and draka having a casual conversation. This xpac needed more of that. That's kind of the whole point of doing something like this
Genn: Anduin. Genn: Your father's actions were indeed heroic, it was his challenge to us. His people, to never let fear prevail. Even at the very gates of Hell. *Intense revolution of Varian glimpse from the realms of the dead* Anduin: What am I suppose to do know? Varian: What a king must do. This short dialogue reminds me of this a lot. Reuniting with your dead parent is seriously tearful
This moment should have been a cinematic i mean these are two of this games most defining characters they deserve a moment that shows their emotions fully personified
Alexandros Mograine to Darion Mograine, Draka to Thrall. I must say, this is the suitable expansion for both of my favourite characters. Can't wait what's next reunion though (probably Garrosh and Grom maybe). And i hope Thrall will use Doomhammer again (just saw his new statue with him hold both of his weapons).
When I met Draka for the first time I was hoping for a reunion with Thrall, and in Chains of Domination, when Thrall volunteered to join us, I nearly squealed like a fangirl. The cherry on top was when after Draka reveals she knew he was her son, they had that heart to heart, asking who he is now.
When I started playing SL and ran into Drakka, I started to get misty-eyed thinking and hoping at some point these two would meet and she would get to see how her son turned out. Later on during the mission to assault the Maw, I was like: come on already tell her who you are dammit. Then at the last, some asshole was cutting some fierce onions and I had trouble seeing the screen. Good stuff.
Great video about a long-awaited meeting. I'm surprised you haven't added any Warcraft 3 cinematics, like the battle against Mannoroth. Let's wait and see what Draka says about the life of her son. Can you imagine the questions? Draka: interesting life, my son. By the way, you say that you have a family already in Azeroth with someone of our same race. From everything you have told me, I was hoping that you would have offspring with that woman called Jaina with whom you have shared so many moments, despite being human XD
I know this kind of unrelated but after rewatching the scene where Vol’jin becomes Warchief… do you see what they’re doing to the Horde? They basically killed off the ‘old guys’ who sought to bring the Horde together and now we’ve got ‘new leaders’ (aside from slyvanas) who are trying to keep the Horde together whereas the Alliance is literally vice versa. I mean Turion is going to become radical like Sylvanas, Tyranda is basically at this point Sylvanas in her own ‘I’m gonna take care of business’ type of way. Greymane is kinda like Garrosh. He’s very much a Puritan and wants to restore Lorderon (very much like Turion wants to/will do). It’s just really crazy to see how far our beloved characters have come. Some are heroes of the past, while others are victorious leaders
TBH, Garrosh just did what he thought was right. He did it the old ways. He even told Thrall he isn't suitable to be a Warchief, yet, Thrall named him one. That is one of the greatest mistakes in Thralls life. He should have chosen Vol'jin right after the fall of Lich king. :D
The thing is, Garrosh showed signs of maturing and becoming a better Warchief throughout Cata, but then MoP came and Blizzard decided to whack him with the villain stick. They later did the same to Sylvanas.
@@Ultimaton100 Yeah. Blizzard has fall so far in their narrative they couldn't come up with new characters and getting less of them with new expansions.
7:28 I believe this is foreshadowing that after everyone comes back from the shadowlands and defeats the jailor, either thrall or sylvanas will take the sigils back and use it to change back to its original time where deathwing was never controlled by the old gods and garrosh never became the warchief and arthas never went to the frozen throne. I believe thrall will be warchief again but by doing so they need to change time again (or go back in time) also facing the dreadlords once and for all
It's interesting that Blizzard has Thrall interact and learn from female characters most often(Taretha, Jaina, Aggra, and now Draka). There's definitely a case for Thrall being representative of some kind of empathetic masculinity being influenced by strong female characters.
Despite the in-game graphics, character models, and idle animations (and the kind of mediocre voice acting on Draka's part), the emotions are there. If there had been a cinematic, I'd be willing to pay good money to see it, even if it's pay-per-view.
Beautifully done I would have waited for the official 9.1 release though as Blizzard's footage is still WIP When Drakka asked about Thrall's life I thought the story should have started from his enslavement Even though there isn't in game footage. There was the quest chain when he was kidnapped by the druids of the flame in cata and him dealing with his demons as his essence was split among the elemental planes in cataclysm
He died somewhat the same way Varian did, by Fel overdose or something like that. It essentially destroys your soul, and you just go nowhere. You're nothing.
Durotan died by the same assassination squad sent by Gul'Dan as Draka. They both died defending infant thrall. In the warcraft novels, it was said the assassins cut off both Durotans arms so he could never hold his son. The two above me only watched the movie and have no idea how Durotan really died.
@@lastofus35 Doesn't mean that Activizzard isn't going to nitpick a couple things out of the movie and call it canon, and retcon what originally happened. I wouldn't put it past them after all the other horseshit they've been doing to the game the past 5 years. If the original lore is what canonically happened to Durotan we should've seen him by now in the Shadowlands, likely beside Draka in Maldraxxus because, yes, she was also hunted by Gul'Dan's assassins and she ended up there, but we haven't and that's what I was taking into consideration.
maybe Blizz is not cool with the idea, as leading orcs of that era by simple logic moved straight to the maw for genocide of the draenei; Durotan especially for the massace of Telmor he ordered.
Once upon a time Chris Metzen has this idea that maybe Thrall was kind of hollow inside from leading the Horde, and it was time for him to find himself. Then Cataclysm happened, and everything Thrall did was just wrong. At least Lothar got to stay dead.
She is Maldraxxi in the afterlife, she isn't an orc anymore, the body she now has is shaped to look like that she had in life, after she has earned it. Maldraxxi originally start out as skeletons and earn their new bodies through conflict and victory. TLDR she is one badass zombie.
@@navyflyboy07 earn bodies? So they can choose their forms? Why aren't they all bigass giants then? Fighting the jailer would be better if equally big ppl could gank him -_-
@@Solus5048 They earn their forms by taking flesh or power from the weaker Maldraxxi. They can't all become bigass giants because it requires them to work up the ranks of the weak to get to that point.
what about ner'zhul will thrall meet the one who responsible for destruction pf draenor and also one warned his father durotan not to drink blood of mannoroth
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**Ultimate Catchup for 9.1 Chains of Domination: th-cam.com/video/SGQqABOM9sU/w-d-xo.html
Hiya Folks! Short but sweet, Thrall meets Mama Draka, but no cutscene of a bear hug, tearful reunion accompanied by Draka feeding Thrall microwaved ravioli as she gently pats his head. Much sad. The later part pays tribute to Thrall’s life in WoW and Metzen’s years of dedication to voice acting (and nearly every NPC out there). Long live the Pickle! Now where doomhammer?
Draka: What are you now?
Thrall: I'm a family man.
Yes where doomhammer?
@@SpammytheHedgehog Draka: Oooh, I have grandkids?
They’ll be knocking out Warchiefs for generations to come!
@@Athelarius when does Chains of Domination of domination release? I'm fcking tired of these fcking War Loch games in Hearthstone.
I still think Thrall meeting his mom should of been a cinematic.
Yea,,, this is kind of underwhelming.
I don't expect anything from the damn lazy blizzard
@@sametkucukcolak4157 Ya, they lost the spirit of the game the moment they made WoD lol
@@helpinghand6899 Legion
@@Sebastian-dc2qg The only thing I liked about legion was the legendary weapons...that was it lol.
"You, you knew?"
"You really didn't think I would recognise Durotan's eyes?"
I'm bawling
Interestingly enough, Durotan and Thrall are the only two orcs with eyebrows
@@luskarian oh. My. God. I never realized. That explains so much 🤣🤣
@@luskarian Eyebrows make emotions more clear. That is why we think we can see emotions so good in dogs. They have eyebrows too.
Thrall: I was the slave who become a warchief, raised by the humans. I joined ranks with Doomhammer myself and freeing my enslaved people from the human prisons. I saved our race by bringing them to Kalimdor from the scourge invasion. I united races and liberate both the Taurens and the Darkspear tribe in their wars. I fought endless invasions of demons and watched one of the greatest warrior die in my arms, and had to kill one of the greatest warriors in a mak'gora myself, the son... I was a shaman, the truth is I was Green b'jesus myself leading the Earthern ring and was in fact one of the strongest shamans ever lived on Azeroth. I shot down Deathwing from the sky, you know, nothing special, but I did it.
Draka: Yeah, sure... but, who are you now?
Don't forget, settled his people in the worst place possible and named a goddamn desert over his father...
@@lloydgush Durotar is jam packed with oil! Thrall used his communion with the spirits to get insider info on where the largest deposits lie. Once Azeroth industrialises, Ogrimmar will be in complete control of the oil trade as the biggest exporter on the planet. With goblin technology and banking behind his back, Thrall will single-handedly put global finance and industry under his heel, ensuring Horde supremacy throughout the globe and crowning himself as the Sheikh of Azeroth.
This was his master plan ever since W3 when he statrted "getting visions" imao. Visions on how to make bank, homie.
@@otundetchagala9560 lol! That's why the elements abandoned him, they don't care about a stupid duel, they wanted a cut, lol!
@@otundetchagala9560 thrall Rockefeller
@@otundetchagala9560 honestly that's based as fuck
If only this came out on Mother's Day.
Lmao, imagine seeing a WoW patch in less then half a year. See yall in Eorzea..
The Jailer never planned having to escape from the Maw so soon so he spent the last few months redesigning Torghast so he could fit through all the tiny doors and staircases.
@@Athelarius Lmao! Big person troubles. lol
Man, knowing Thrall’s experiences in the Lord of the Clans, the mother and son conversation hit differently.
He had to disguise himself in female dwarf 😅🤣
I had goosebumps, legit
Was hoping that Blackmoore would come back in Shadowlands just so Draka would make him suffer beyond any belief for making her boy's life a living hell.
Thrall was the heart of people who wanted a better horde. Not just an enemy of the humans but one which sensibly saw the cosmic threats as far greater then petty squabbles for battlegrounds. Unfortunately like warhammer there must always be war, because the plot demands a continuing fight. Betraying any real progress to rubble.
Writers of early WoW knew what they were doing: civic conflict, underground negotiations, borders and resources contested, political kidnappings and backstabbing, fighting for lineage, and the difficulty of gathering numbers to your cause. These were all the reasons for wars.
But the newer writers always focused on the power fantasy without thinking about the motivations for the characters. In their minds, it was always just "defending the world against evil." They forgot about other motivations for conflict, and just constantly thrust world-saving into the players' faces. It pushed out the reason why the Alliance and Horde fought; while they tried to bring their conflict back several times, it always was in the shadow of "world saving", which the player base eventually grew tired of.
@@thewatcherinthecloud I agree that if the series has continued to be about internal strife the War would of made more sense. But even then stretching it out over decades does not feel right.
Speaking honestly, the war between the Alliance and Horde nowadays are a part why WoW started to tire me, although i continues to like the Lore. Now, however, the gap between the factions has become something almost monotonous who genuinely seem forced. I like the rivalry itself, and I like how they try to show who is better than the other ... but when it comes to real wars, frankly prefer external threats, now that WoW seems to have consumed the thing of the wars between factions.
@@thewatcherinthecloud thank you, I grew up tired of being " the one an only champion of azeroth, the almighty chosen one " its so cringe, never touched the game again since Legion ( and left the game mid pandaria )
@@kevindemon2911 tbh, they could have looked at the history of France vs England or England vs everyone else in that bloody isle to get a sense of what really drives war. Early battlegrounds had that sense of fighting over precious resources, and the leaders of these conflicts had a terrible dislike of the enemy faction.
I think it was with WotLK where they had a hard time playing with that conflict. I think Garrosh was the path to go; the problem was that he didn't have an equally war-mongering rival in the alliance at that time. Cata would have been an exciting expansion if Garrosh and an alliance commander were constantly juking it out and the contested areas LITERALLY changed hands everyday. I think this is what Blizzard originally had in mind, but they just made the Alliance too much of the "good guys" to give them character flaws.
Love seeing Thrall back in the full Doomplate again (excluding the chest). This model probably has to be my favorites, combining his old looks altogether. Awesome to see him bond with his mother after bonding with his father on Draenor.
Well, that wasn't really his father, he was an alternative timeline durotan, so the connection wasn't as strong as him finally seeing his real mother here.
Just hope he will get to see his real father in whatever realm he ended up in
Lord knows anything was better than that bald shaman look he tried pulling off for a while there. He had quite the midlife crisis while dealing with Garrosh.
@@NoirRaven honestly though he looked coolest in the bfa shirtless wolf pelt and braids again look.. seriously he grew those braids back so dam quick between legion and BFA
@@NoirRaven He's 30 or something right now
wtf was that mop model with the beads and shit.
thrall so looks weird without doomhammer that axe just ain't cutting it
don't think a hammer gon be good for cutting either
@@yazero6090 No, but the wind cuts better than anything :) hence the Doomhammer is the perfect choice of weapon
I was gonna tell a joke about hammers but nah they just smash XD
its so weird to see thrall be, broad, i guess. Im used to him beeing more thin tall, he looks like a green dwarf lol
He doesn't deserve to wield his hammer after his duel with Garrosh.
That final line, "All of it", proves how much Draka loves her son Thrall.
"her son" not his ... :)
@@shinmopi yeah i wrote it wrong i fixed it thanks
That's crazy. This guy really met two versions of his mother in one lifetime
I'm so glad this reunion happened :)
For those that are wishing he wields Doomhammer..... yeah about that. That ended up being handed down to us (if you play Enhancement Shaman) as a Legion artifact, which was filled with so much power then we kinda made it paper weight the moment we used it to drain the power from Sargeras' sword in Silithus. So it just sits in the bank :')
Draka: Where is the hammer?
Thrall: I once had it, then I gave it to this shaman.
*Draka turns to Shaman*: And where is it now?
*Shaman fidgets*: In... the bank..
Draka: :|
Shaman: Let me explain. Stay awhile and listen. *proceeds to tell the events of Legion*
The Doomhammer was a prophecied weapon, not a magical one. Returning it to Thrall after all of the magic was drained out would only be reasonable.
Imagine that with the Mograins and the Ashbringer lol
@@BizhanovKhalel And the Windrunner sisters and Thas'dorah. :')
@@caffeinedelusions It might still be possible to restore it as we did to Xalatath
My shaman has still this transmog until now. she's a Mag'har (I chose frost wolf skin) with Doomhammer mog ^^ That could be consistent enough
I really don't get why thralls new Axe looks like a generic questing green lol
cuz he found it while questing xD
"Ah, a proper warrior's weapon!" But technically this is supposed to be original axe he had that he YEET at Helya in the Maw intro. Jailer kept it nice and tidy for him.
too much blade, not enough shaft
@@zsombee1991 shaft 😏
At first, int he outland cinematic, I thought it was Broxxigar's axe.
Thrall: I wish I could change it all...
Jaina: At least, your hair was back to alive!
Long awaited meeting has come at last.
Unfortunately, no bear hug or tearful reunion with Draka feeding Thrall microwaved ravioli, with pats on head though. Much sad.
@@Athelarius Much sad indeed
And it could not have been anymore underwhelming lol blizz really knows how to make what should be amazing and touching moments extremely dull and not even worth watching
Even tho I'm loyal to the Alliance since 2007, I admit I'm happy to see Thrall meet with his mom
" so you killed garrosh and death wing, how over powered".
"And then I became a farmer and kind of let ill all go to shit"
"On the plus side managed to become the Avatar, then knocked out a warchief or two, got depressed and went to Nagrand, make babies with Aggra or something". Neat.
He escaped slavery, redeemed all orcs so they can use the elements, died and came back to life. He killed a dragon, changed regime a few times. Still as humble as always and didnt turn bad.
@@abhabh6896 When did he die and come back?
@@abhabh6896 he died?
Very well made video. Love how you always pull from multiple sources to recreate epic storylines. After watching this, I’m proud to be horde.
"I'm not worthy, but I will give my all." Still gives me a shiver.
Best warchief ever.
Vol'jin got shafted so goddamn hard. And I'm still very angry about it
also the " I SPEAK FOR DA HORDE"
and then he got killed by a random elite mob, who stand right in front of him. A very anticlimatic and very disappointing end for such a great character.
well at least he was right about one thing. shortest lived chieftain. haha their writing team is such a mess..
"And then I cheated by using magic of the elements in the duel, you should have seen his face lmao"
"He was so pissed he became red... i mean... redder..."
"The rules of a Mak'gora seem to be different between each Mak'gora since they are chosen and set by the participants themselves. Generally, there are thus no specific rules. There are only two consistent themes in all Mak'gora: once dropped, a weapon cannot be retrieved by either opponent and that the pair must fight to the death or until submission. Magic, for example, has never been stated to be forbidden, and has, in fact, been used in multiple Mak'gora duels and thus seems to be permitted. Similarly, many Mak'gora duels have involved both fighters wearing body armor as well, but it can also be forbidden when explicitly required."
@@roberthrmo7896 thrall cheated and he’s a coward. Hence why the elements abandoned him
@@xavierlavoie9264 lol BS, it was stated that he did not and also the elements abandoned him because he is not "worthy" anymore. His constant crying and feeling guilty about everything while not facing the truth and moving on is why the elements abandoned him.
Thank you for uploading, this is heart touching!
it's all i wanted ever, was thrall to meet his mother
Just got to it ingame as well, and I have been a mess all afternoon
That mother and son moment. That's eneogh to make a grown man cry. I just love familly reunions.
Even if it wasnt in tears and overreactions...its still very sweet that they could meet...these moments just like Thrall and Draka, Jaina and her mother gives the characters more depth than just them fighting and being cool in battle...sure sometimes its a bit of fanservice and cheap to use already dead characters but in SL it works most of the time :)
I wonder if Draka expected her son to be so... short
"Small Thrall" kinda rhymes!
I'm gonna give that a tentative yes, because Thrall grew up a literal slave. He likely had very little to eat during his most formative years, not to mention a severe lack of parental affection, both of which can cause stunted growth in human children. For all Draka knew up until this point, her baby could've been dead. Seeing him alive was probably the biggest surprise, not the physical changes that happened in her absence.
@@TurtleTime26 it is described in the books that he is bigger than most orcs. He was at the same level as Ogrim Doomhammer, who was considered one of the largest orcs. Do you people even read the books/lore ?
@@Alex-ux4du I did, and yes, he's very big compared to other orcs, but he's still small compared to Draka and probably Durotan. That may be because of Maldraxxus altering Draka's form, but a more mundane explanation is that Thrall's genetics were going to make him even bigger than he is now, but he never reached full size because of his impoverished childhood.
@@TurtleTime26 Bah like Frostwolves ever ate well
This needed to be an in game cinematic, Thrall deserves at least that.
At least a cutscene like the silvanas/Tyrande.
Wish this was a full cinematic
The Mograine and Thrall/Draka reunions are what I live for in SL.
Once again blizz misses an opportunity. This should've been one of those epic cinematics.
Each time thrall apears in somewhere he have more hair in his head
This brought a tear to my eye. This is Mother and Son being proud of each other and each getting closure.
About time Draka got this meeting. Though one would expect her to be more... emotional.
But she's now a Death Knight. And it seems knows how to keep her feelings in check. A warriors pride and all that.
At least she still divulges some of that motherly wisdom. Regardless, a piece of much needed closure.
Draka died when Thrall was still an infant, so she's been fighting in Maldraxxus decades before the events of Warcraft III even started! I imagine your mentality and personality will change dramatically once you know the afterlife is real and what exactly it is like. When you've an eternity of you, you'll gradually learn to leave your past behind. But as we can see, the truth is…a mother never forgets.
Now what remains to he seen is the reunion of jaina with uther and arthas
man, ive been hating on WoW so hard recently but this has really moved me. I hate to say it!!!
It's absolutely bizzare seeing ashbringer and draka having a casual conversation. This xpac needed more of that. That's kind of the whole point of doing something like this
Great video, excellent work.
I'm not crying...you're crying!
Damn even in Death Draka spitting out Motherly wisdom to her son
I wonder wher could be his father, Durotar then... Hope he din't get Kyrian as they erase past lives.
@@Paradoxe2 prolly became one of the smurfs
Mama knows best.
Omg im crying this is amazing. Finally they meet
Why is draka like comically large compared to thrall
He came out of her, so she needs to be larger
@@jaskicd lmao that's not how it works
The weight of doomhammer armor has made Thrall shrunk. Bigger shoulderpads should help balance the issue.
@@Athelarius he is a shaman so yeah, there is that too.
Big mommy
"I want to know more about your life. All of it."
"Oh, here we go."
Laughed so hard at that line.
Great montage, thank you sir Athelarius!
Genn: Anduin.
Genn: Your father's actions were indeed heroic, it was his challenge to us. His people, to never let fear prevail. Even at the very gates of Hell.
*Intense revolution of Varian glimpse from the realms of the dead*
Anduin: What am I suppose to do know?
Varian: What a king must do.
This short dialogue reminds me of this a lot. Reuniting with your dead parent is seriously tearful
That was awesome. I've been waiting for their reunion. So many memories. Well done!
This moment should have been a cinematic i mean these are two of this games most defining characters they deserve a moment that shows their emotions fully personified
Yay, he's got his armour back!
You just had to make this emotional
Alexandros Mograine to Darion Mograine, Draka to Thrall. I must say, this is the suitable expansion for both of my favourite characters. Can't wait what's next reunion though (probably Garrosh and Grom maybe). And i hope Thrall will use Doomhammer again (just saw his new statue with him hold both of his weapons).
Maybe Varion & Anduin...
He will never wield Doomhammer again. No one will. Its power was spent making the big sword no hurty.
@@Gunplabro Except it had no power.
@@nico321 Varian's soul probably got obliterated by Gul'dan, he likely doesn't exist in any form anymore.
@@Loremaster17 True... One can hope though
When I met Draka for the first time I was hoping for a reunion with Thrall, and in Chains of Domination, when Thrall volunteered to join us, I nearly squealed like a fangirl. The cherry on top was when after Draka reveals she knew he was her son, they had that heart to heart, asking who he is now.
first the jailer is thanos and then thrall is thor meeting his mom in endgame
Damn when draka n thrall together I shed a tear..... Finally thrall could get advice and comfort from his mother
Fabulously done 🥲
When I started playing SL and ran into Drakka, I started to get misty-eyed thinking and hoping at some point these two would meet and she would get to see how her son turned out. Later on during the mission to assault the Maw, I was like: come on already tell her who you are dammit. Then at the last, some asshole was cutting some fierce onions and I had trouble seeing the screen. Good stuff.
Great video about a long-awaited meeting. I'm surprised you haven't added any Warcraft 3 cinematics, like the battle against Mannoroth. Let's wait and see what Draka says about the life of her son. Can you imagine the questions?
Draka: interesting life, my son. By the way, you say that you have a family already in Azeroth with someone of our same race. From everything you have told me, I was hoping that you would have offspring with that woman called Jaina with whom you have shared so many moments, despite being human XD
All I really want from WoW is to see Thrall take back his mantle as Warchief. This dialogue kind of eludes to it, so you never know.
Actually the horde is in a better spot right now as a council of war, cause they can discuss whatever idea or problem is concerning
I know this kind of unrelated but after rewatching the scene where Vol’jin becomes Warchief… do you see what they’re doing to the Horde? They basically killed off the ‘old guys’ who sought to bring the Horde together and now we’ve got ‘new leaders’ (aside from slyvanas) who are trying to keep the Horde together whereas the Alliance is literally vice versa. I mean Turion is going to become radical like Sylvanas, Tyranda is basically at this point Sylvanas in her own ‘I’m gonna take care of business’ type of way. Greymane is kinda like Garrosh. He’s very much a Puritan and wants to restore Lorderon (very much like Turion wants to/will do). It’s just really crazy to see how far our beloved characters have come. Some are heroes of the past, while others are victorious leaders
I was lying in bed and it just occurred to me that I've been playing the game and never saw thrall and his mom's meeting thanks for the video.
TBH, Garrosh just did what he thought was right. He did it the old ways. He even told Thrall he isn't suitable to be a Warchief, yet, Thrall named him one. That is one of the greatest mistakes in Thralls life. He should have chosen Vol'jin right after the fall of Lich king. :D
Agreed but I guess Blizzard needed a reason to create a villain idk lol
The thing is, Garrosh showed signs of maturing and becoming a better Warchief throughout Cata, but then MoP came and Blizzard decided to whack him with the villain stick. They later did the same to Sylvanas.
@@Ultimaton100 Yeah. Blizzard has fall so far in their narrative they couldn't come up with new characters and getting less of them with new expansions.
looong time waiting for this. finely get to see it .
Seriously so much could have been avoided of Thrall wasn't so busy trying to not be Warchief.
Yeah, Deathwing winning somewhere before 4.2 resulting in a barren, lifeless planet is much more preferable to what we have now.
So good thanks
crisp editing. Good job!
Why is Thrall so short lmfaoo mommy pick me up im scared
The price for heavy armor. Needs bigger SHOULDERPADS!
lmao
Jesus Christ their cinematics are always breath taking... Not the in game crap with the flapping jaws but the real ones.
7:28 I believe this is foreshadowing that after everyone comes back from the shadowlands and defeats the jailor, either thrall or sylvanas will take the sigils back and use it to change back to its original time where deathwing was never controlled by the old gods and garrosh never became the warchief and arthas never went to the frozen throne. I believe thrall will be warchief again but by doing so they need to change time again (or go back in time) also facing the dreadlords once and for all
what about durotan will thrall meet his father durotan like a father son reunion.
6:25 i miss voljin
@@dastvan8002 I've stopped playing Shadowlands, moved over ot tbc classic.
this almost made me cry
It's interesting that Blizzard has Thrall interact and learn from female characters most often(Taretha, Jaina, Aggra, and now Draka). There's definitely a case for Thrall being representative of some kind of empathetic masculinity being influenced by strong female characters.
Yawn...
It's a nice detail.
@@RossIsFine poor Dan
Thrall in 9.1 is in 4:3 aspect ratio.
Thrall really needs to reclaim the Doomhammer
Never ! He has to take it back on my shaman 's corpse ! 😛😁😋
Despite the in-game graphics, character models, and idle animations (and the kind of mediocre voice acting on Draka's part), the emotions are there. If there had been a cinematic, I'd be willing to pay good money to see it, even if it's pay-per-view.
oh man this is feels o'clock
why can't i hold all of this feels?
i have to say that the shadowlands soundtrack is absolutely fucking awesome
Agreed.
Maybe meeting the Hellscreams will be more fruitful for Trhall, since he hid his personal shame from his mother.
It will happen at some point. I am sure of it.
0:53 If you don't have Orgrim's hammer, I wouldn't recognize you as "Thrall of those days".
Infinite realities means literally anyone is her child.
Beautifully done
I would have waited for the official 9.1 release though as Blizzard's footage is still WIP
When Drakka asked about Thrall's life I thought the story should have started from his enslavement
Even though there isn't in game footage. There was the quest chain when he was kidnapped by the druids of the flame in cata and him dealing with his demons as his essence was split among the elemental planes in cataclysm
So where the hell has Durotan been?
He died somewhat the same way Varian did, by Fel overdose or something like that. It essentially destroys your soul, and you just go nowhere. You're nothing.
Gul Dan killed him
Durotan died by the same assassination squad sent by Gul'Dan as Draka. They both died defending infant thrall. In the warcraft novels, it was said the assassins cut off both Durotans arms so he could never hold his son.
The two above me only watched the movie and have no idea how Durotan really died.
@@lastofus35 Doesn't mean that Activizzard isn't going to nitpick a couple things out of the movie and call it canon, and retcon what originally happened. I wouldn't put it past them after all the other horseshit they've been doing to the game the past 5 years. If the original lore is what canonically happened to Durotan we should've seen him by now in the Shadowlands, likely beside Draka in Maldraxxus because, yes, she was also hunted by Gul'Dan's assassins and she ended up there, but we haven't and that's what I was taking into consideration.
The one story line they perfected for Shadowlands
god this brought a tear to my eyes
I waited since the release of Shadowlands for this to happen... It made my cry to see Thrall with his mother.
Thrall : I will not lead the horde
Sourfang : I didn t asked
I'm not ugly crying, you are!
I really hope we get a Durotan, Draka, and Thrall meetng
And his great grand mother Geya (I think she's still alive in Outland in Nagrand)...
maybe Blizz is not cool with the idea, as leading orcs of that era by simple logic moved straight to the maw for genocide of the draenei; Durotan especially for the massace of Telmor he ordered.
Green Jesus meets Green Mom ❤️
@Orc Peon lmfao
@Orc Peon hahahaha
'I am not crying; you are!'
I felt like blizzard is hinting class combination will arise in future but I’m just assuming 🤣
Orc Paladin lol
Tauren Warlock
Thank you for putting this up and saving me from having to play world of warcraft again.
"I was once a Warchief and shaman, now I'm green pickle Jesus"
How so?
Once upon a time Chris Metzen has this idea that maybe Thrall was kind of hollow inside from leading the Horde, and it was time for him to find himself.
Then Cataclysm happened, and everything Thrall did was just wrong.
At least Lothar got to stay dead.
Why is he smaller than this draka....alt draenor draka was normal size....did both versions of draka merged in death?
She is Maldraxxi in the afterlife, she isn't an orc anymore, the body she now has is shaped to look like that she had in life, after she has earned it. Maldraxxi originally start out as skeletons and earn their new bodies through conflict and victory. TLDR she is one badass zombie.
@@navyflyboy07 earn bodies? So they can choose their forms? Why aren't they all bigass giants then? Fighting the jailer would be better if equally big ppl could gank him -_-
@@Solus5048 They earn their forms by taking flesh or power from the weaker Maldraxxi. They can't all become bigass giants because it requires them to work up the ranks of the weak to get to that point.
I love Thrall
"Oh, yeah, I was just warchief of the fucking horde for a few years."
"That's in the past, I don't care."
top-tier writing.
what about ner'zhul will thrall meet the one who responsible for destruction pf draenor and also one warned his father durotan not to drink blood of mannoroth
Thrall got some much needed closure.
"I was a warcheif of the horde, a shaman of the earthen ring.... now im a SIMP"
🤡
what about durotan his father will thrall meet his father whom he died when he was a baby.
Thrall :"mom! i know you guys are dead and all....BUT did you bang Mograine?"
Thrall is such a good character.