Good afternoon, fellow wanderers and explorers of Azeroth! After delving into the history of the World Tree Teldrassil, I humbly present to you the next passage of Lore. For this particular video, I strived to make it more immersive and storylike! Let me know what you think of this Lore overview!
Me too. I only played night elf hunters with every 14 day trial I made as a kid. Because of this teldrassil will always be my favourite zone, the atmosphere, scenery, and music is so good and nostalgic
As a Night Elf main, I appreciate this beautiful tribute to my homeland. I started WoW way back in Vanilla, and my first ever character, that I still play to this day, was a Night Elf Hunter.
Teldrassil is an interesting topic of WoW. Most WoW players seem to regard it as essential to the Night Elves' identity, because it has been there since Vanilla, but lorewise, it's basically a giant mistake and a symbol of the Night Elves clinging to a lost blessing they should have moved on from. In-universe Teldrassil was less than 30 years old when it was burned down. Blizzard seems to play into this perception, naming the Night Elven language after Darnassus which is somewhat absurd, since that city is seemingly also a very new city, the same age as the tree. Now Blizz seems to focus on creating a new world tree for the Night Elves, not because of any profound in-universe reason, but just more because that... the Night Elves should have a world tree, apparently. At the same time, Blizz seems fine to neglect that the REAL homeland of the Night Elves, meaning the regions of Hyjal, Ashenvale, Felwood, Darkshore, etc. are basically left to be contested areas that are fairly under-developed with regards to night elf population and infrastructure. It's a bit like if everyone in WoW spoke as if Theramore was the iconic city of the humans and focused on rebuilding it for all humans, more or less ignoring the Eastern Kingdoms.
Hoestly, I don't need them to live IN another World Tree, I actually want the area around Hyjal to become their new Homeland, whether it's Hyjal itself, Felwood, or Ashenvale. Any of those as the Night Elves new homeland is fine by me.
@@Lupinemancer87 I would like that too, but I suspect Blizzard don't want to take on a whole new "zone revamp" project that will invalidate the old content there and possibly confuse players (especially new ones) further. It's easier to just create a new area. I sympathize with that, but the lore-nerd in me is a bit disappointed. I'd honestly love a cleaned-up Felwood or a capital built around Nordrassil or something.
Honestly, there's a couple of plausible Speculative reasons for 'Darnassian' to be the Common name for the language! 1. It's an exonym, I.E. a name for a people, language or place used by people _outside_ that place. This happens _all_ the time irl (Germany being Germany in English but Deutschland in German comes to mind!) and would probably have been given by the Humans to the language of the people they met from Darnassus. In which case, I _would_ be rather sad not to have the Kaldorei name for the language on my HUD as a Night Elf, but... spaghetti code. Maybe they could tie it to the Heritage armor? 2. Darnassus could be the name of an ancient Kaldorei city that they used as a symbol of renewal and hope for the future and was thusly already the name of the language. 3. Darnassian is a dialect of the greater Kaldorei language used by Night Elves who interact with the wider world and thusly the wider world calls this dialect 'Darnassian' because the Capital of the currant outward leaning Night Elves is Darnassus 4. Mix of A, B and C, Darnassus _is_ the name of an ancient city, _but_ Darnassian is what the Humans decided to call the language/dialect of the people they met who came from Darnassus.
You like night elfs? Well good on you ya racist bastard Night elfs are super racist they extremly power hungry they create one world ending disaster after another And oh yerh they betray and lie about who the betrayer was They all betrayed Illidan They stopped him from singel handedly destroying the lich king They trown out allies cause they looked like cows They created worgan They created naga They created centaur They summoned the dark legion Do i even need to go on...
This channel needs to get more views. The storywriting transforms a place I've adventured in so many times into a land of mystery. So well written and produced wonderfully. Thank you for your work! Your future will shine brighter than Teldrassil did when Sylvanus came for a visit... ;)
Every now and then the RU-vid algorithm delivers a gem. This is one of those instances. When people ask me what I love about wow, I’ll be linking these videos. Such a great idea and exceptionally well executed.
Teldrassil was my first foray into WoW. I was always a fan of Warcraft and this is where I first felt like I was a part of the story, a part of the world. I have long since stopped playing and have heard of what became of the grooves that held such nostalgia for me. Thank you for reminding me of the halcyon days, in both my real and virtual life. Elune-Adore
The storytelling style in this video has marked improvement from the Elwynn Forest video. While i enjoyed both of them, the questlines described in Teldrassil felt tied into the overrarching history and events. Keep up the great work!
It's why I keep finding myself returning to the early expansions of the game! There's so much emotion and nostalgia in those areas-it really makes them unforgettable.
I'm loving these narrative lore vids. Just so chill to sit back and revisite places i havent been in over a decade. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to what wver comes next.
Between low draw distances in the original release combined with zone changes and the sheer size of the starting zone it took me literally years to realize that the whole place was supposed to be inside a tree
Excellent video. I grew up playing World of Warcraft. I started in November 2006 as a thirteen year old and played until around 2017 in Legion, finishing with a few weeks of Classic in the summer of 2019. My first character was a Night Elf. I've written many posts about WoW nostalgia in the past, so I'll simply say that Teldrassil and the Night Elves mean more to me than I can put into words.
This was my second starting zone ever in Vanilla, and the first one I played all the way through. So many freaking memories! Thank you for making these vids!
I had never played an mmo before creating a night elf Druid. When I created my character and walked into this world, it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Not knowing the accessibility of the entirety of Azeroth, I made my way questing as a resto Druid to Darnasus. The world opened up even more. I then learned I could zoom out of my map and see 2 ginormous continents. I was so curious what each zone would bring. I learned the maps as well as I knew my own country. Everyone is searching for that feeling again, but it’s gone. It will never be the same twice.
Your description really connects with my own, and it's somewhat melancholic to realize that those early years filled with wonder and new experiences are now in the past. But at least we've experienced them and can go back in time with these videos :)
I remember the feeling of first time going over the edge. Just the moment in when I understood, that alle the chill hours I had here happened on a chopped giant tree.. so amazing. I always grinded GW1 more, but the lore of WoW and the aesthetics are just unbeaten.
This was so nice, my first charater was a nigh elf druid back in BC and I stopped playing before BFA but every so often i go back and play a night elf and do the starting zone. These are really great videos.
The quests in Teldrassil are the best because they all tie into the mystery of the corruption. Trouble in paradise. The compelling narrative. The quests all end in answers that beg more questions. I must find out more. The other starting zones are like ''those blasted troggs are at it again!'' ''Those wicked quilboar are at it again''. Rawr!!!! Breeeigh!!!
excellent story telling, you have a lovely voice that i could listen to all night long, so soothing , and like many others, the night elf was how i first adventured into azaroth, ;D
May the aspects give their blessings for all your work, amazing work. 10/10 Waiting for Duskwood, maybe you could deliver it on october to fit with friday 13th haha. Keep going mate.
This way of storytelling is feeling better than in two previous videos, more like a real story than lore of location. But I miss chapters' names in the video, they were beautifully designed. And, as always, it was a pleasure, thank you
Hey, and thanks for your views! After listening to the feedback of the first two Lore videos, I sought to create a more immersive way of storytelling that progressed logically through the zone. While I left out the plain text on screen to keep viewers from getting distracted, I do try to add chapters in the video description so people can easily find what is being discussed at any given time! Hope this helps!
Teldrassil and Azure span have a special place in my heart. no other capital city has such a specific atmosphere as these places. when I started playing them I really felt like I was in an alien world full of mysteries. The music, aesthetics, quests, everything felt different from the rest of the game in a good way. i really miss teldrasill
how did I not find this earlier? Exactly what I need for those late night questing and achievement runs! Awesome sound, nice background ambience and your voice gives a nostalgic classic vibe! Great job keep going!
Another good episode. It's great to see you making more videos and I hope to see more to come. When you get through with Azeroth maybe we get a sequel series that goes into the changes brought about by the Cataclysm?
That's a great concept! The plan is to not delve too deep into Retail Lore and stick to Classic - Wrath for the time being, but afterwards we can definitely explore more Lore together!
I know it may be a long while til it comes but Nagrand is my favorite zone in all of WoW. So many memories and spent time out in Halaa. Keep up the wonderful work.
First character was a Night Elf. That zone seemed so big back then, I think partly because I had to turn the view distance down to the lowest setting so "Go to the lake south east of Dolanaar..." it could be anywhere! I was so stoked on the thought of PvP, I remember thinking about how certain spots could be choke points and how to get onto a roof top so I could shoot down at the Horde if they should ever come. Later, in Auberdine, a Horde raid came through and it was like a very slow slide show for my ancient PC. It was like 0.1 FPS.
I love listening to these videos while I’m at work to kill time, it’s like a mini audio book! Keep it going! Would love to hear you delve into some dungeon lore too, like gnomer or DM:) keep up the good work!
In-game the aesthetics of the Night Elf Starting area and quests and zones is absolutely top tier, but the plot, story, logistics, all was not and very forgettable. On the Alliance side, the only side that seemed to have a great plot, well fleshed out and felt intriguing and some importance was Humans, starting with Elwynn Forest, Westfall, Duskwood and Redridge. Everything was streamlined and fun. Night elf zones were lengthy, with tons of running back and forth and lacked much action, challenge or less abstract than "this land is plagued" being the story for most Night Elf content. Eastern Kingdoms side in General was more fun and direct. At least on the Horde end, from Barrens on, it was expansive, adventurous and themed around practical concerns and "to tame a land" (conquest) goals, war conflict; on top of I feel horde side had more quests involving attacking or oppositional the Alliance as the objective. Would be nice if they expanded the war front of Night Elves vs Orcs instead of just one part of one zone of entirely minimal consequence.
Though I've always thought teldresil was a failed experiment and that night Elves should focused on mt hygil, Ashenvale and felwood. Still is my favourite zone along with Ashenvale and I will never forgive blizzard for destroying it .the new tree better be good
@@TheChroniclesofAzeroth Working with AI even would give you the chance to translate the script to other languages using the same voice for people not speaking English...
These have been the BEST lore videos I've ever watched!! Sooooo glad you're doing these! I've watched each one multiple times because they are so well made and easy to follow! I've tried to sit through other channel's lore videos that are 3-4 hours long and I just get bored. I'm so impressed with this channel!! Keep up the fantastic work!!!! 🫶
I absolutely LOVE these lore videos! You have the perfect voice for the role. I imagine these videos take a lot of work but I loved the first ones you’ve done and I’m kinda hoping we’ll get one for each zone in WoW 😂
