WoW Legion: Prepare for the Return of Illidan
Warcraft movie hits the theaters this weekend. Blizzard is introducing new changes for upcoming expansion, Legion to be released on August 30. During the event, in Irvine, California earlier this week, the game director revealed that Legion will deliver on Blizzard’s plans for Illidan Stormrage going all the way back to Burning Crusade. To prepare for legion, keep close here for further information and buy wow gold at raiditem.com to progress the game faster!
Illidan Stormrage is a member of World of Warcraft‘s pantheon of villains, one of several classic Warcraft III characters that Blizzard brought back to play a much larger role in the MMO sequel. Yet, just as the demon hunter inevitably failed to live up to Kil’Jaedan’s expectations and prevent Arthas from becoming the Lich King in Warcraft III, similarly did he fail to live up to fan expectations and deliver a complete storyline in World of Warcraft’s Burning Legion expansion.
Blizzard’s plans for Illidan Stormrage appear unfinished, as the raid boss will be returning in World of Warcraft‘s upcoming expansion, Legion. More than that, Blizzard’s plans apparently extend all the way back to Burning Crusade. In an interview, Game Director Tom Chilton talked about Blizzard’s long in slumber plans for Illidan:
“We did have a sense that we were going to come back to it at some point, but we didn’t know exactly when that would be. There are a lot of loose ends in the Illidan storyline, and in this expansion a lot of those loose ends get tied up.”
Those loose storylines begin and end in the Black Temple, the raid area where players gathered and ultimately defeated Illidan and whatever plans he was working on in Outland. Any continuation of Illidan’s story in World of Warcraft would have to start there, which is exactly what Blizzard intends to do in Legion:
“When you create a Demon Hunter, one of the first cinematics that you see kind of launches off right at the point where The Black Temple is being raided in Outland. So you get sent off at that point, and when you come back you see another cinematic that ties off what happened right after the raid ended.”
Demon Hunters are to be the new class launched with Legion, starting at level 98 and moving straight into the expansion’s content. Considering what Chilton is saying, it seems like Illidan may quite literally step out of the end of the Burning Crusade and into Legion. Or, more specifically, his corpse will be taken from the end of Burning Crusade and resurrected in Legion.
World of Warcraft has grown in many ways since Burning Crusade was initially released in 2007. Many of those improvements revolve around storytelling, world-building, and lore. In those respects, Burning Legion is rather a sore spot in World of Warcraft‘s history. Revisiting that expansion in Legion is both an admirable task for Blizzard, but also a precarious one. Players still go through Burning Crusade levels 60-70, so one would hope those events aren’t entirely ignored or retconned from 100-110.
Illidan Stormrage really does deserve a better hand than the one he was dealt in the Black Temple and throughout Burning Crusade. Despite his demonic tendencies, Illidan was always a fan favorite character in Warcraft III.
World of Warcraft Legion will be officially released on August 30. So players pay attention to every new feature and change to come in the upcoming expansion. Some major changes should not be missed. At the same time, you can easily find world of warcraft gold, wow mounts and wow leveling at the attractive prices. Especially full stock of wow gold ensure you get fast delivery!
