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Makes you wonder why mass infantry formations are still used in warfare within universe if such devastating area of effect spells are a thing or atleast why no army seems to NEVER try and employ shielding magic or try to dispel enemy magic with y'know their own magic users to protect their warriors and or soldiers from getting annihilated. It's weird the supposedly intelligent trolls that have shown to have magically proficient members of their societies didn't seem to have ANY sort of protection for their forces against the magically powerful elves and their human allies which makes me question how the trolls were such a legitimate threat to the elves in the first place and even the humans. No one seems to learn anything within universe and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the power of magic and NEVER adapt to it nor embrace its abundant usefulness, they don't use such awsome powers to their fullest potential nor use it intelligently.
@@navilluscire2567 You can't say none are deploying shielding magic. You can see lightforged draenei forming light shields over Arom's stand in Kul Tiras for example. And in w3 belfs have literally a unit based on stealing magic from enemies called spell breakers. Trolls do use magical protection now and probably used even back then while fighting high elves. But their strength came more from the knowledge of the land, their massive numbers and Guerrilla warfare before the main attack. The reason they were so quickly defeated by human magic is, that a) they thought humans weren't able sorcerers, Thoradin kept their training in secret. b) they thought they are close to victory with their guard down and drunk with triumph c)Arcane magic cast by humans is far more explosive and volatile (for example, elven student can light a candle, elven master can burn down a house. Human student can burn down a house, human master can light a candle.) so trolls weren't prepared for so strong magical ambush. Btw I do not seem to recall much magical forest troll prowess. They are mostly non magic fighters and few priests, that are greatly dependant on their loa. To consideration must also be taken, that this conflict happened more around 3000 years before the opening of the Dark portal, so there is great difference between magical studies then and now.
16:55 : Just wanted to say that the Battle for Stromgarde was won by the Alliance in BFA, Danath Trollbane and the League of Arathor now control Arathi and Danath became king
I love how much personality he brought to these characters, it really made me feel more invested in the history. Gave an audible "fuck ya" when the trolls got BBQed.
His mannerisms and way of speaking made him seem like he was ripped right out of one of Nixxiom's old warcraft machinimas. It was a lovely nostalgia trip to be honest!
@@so_qp the oldest azeroth race is actually the trolls. and night elves are the second oldest. Night elves evolved from trolls that lived near the well of eternity.
@@Loozyd1123 dude, lets say 90% of the fans knows about this, other 10% are still we. I cant be the only person in the world that didn't know about this 😀
@@real4o I mean sure, we could say that, but it probably wouldn't be accurate. I never said you were the only person in the world who didn't know. I feel you're pulling pretty heavily towards extremes, here.
I seemed to recall Ignaeus Trollbane was the head of the Trollbane family when the humans all left to form new kingdoms. His family and a few others remained in Strom and renamed it Stromgarde.
After reflection, i prefer be a scufed vykrul rather than a scufed mecagnome or a better troll ( wich mean better at being a looser probably ? like loosing a tree, loosing war against bug, made the world explode, etc. ). I feel fine as human.
Don't remember the Trials of Tyr from the Legion Artifact Books. I thought he recruited the overly religious humans of Tirisfal by promising to make the Light into the only religion of his united kingdom.
It still annoys the hell outta me we can't play human shamans and druids. It is physically possible, it exists within the history of lore, but because 'most people these days' don't adhere to those ways of life - we're automatically locked out of it.
@@heartoffire5902 I think it is more for the sake of balance. Because with that Humans would have every class available to them. Giving Druid and Shaman to Kul Tirans is a compromise.
@@aureliodeprimus8018 I recognize that. But Trolls and Dwarves have every single class except for one (aside from Demon Hunter). Humans have every class but two (and Demon Hunter). They can afford to give one more class to humans. Not to mention the fact that Blood Elves have access to Demon Hunter *and* all but two classes.
@@aureliodeprimus8018 And to balance it out, give one more class to one of the Horde races. They do racial class access updates sometimes. It happens. They add to and reintroduce lore to gameplay all the time.
This video made my day. It makes me want to take a deep dive into the lore again. I don’t like how the game plays nowadays but I’d play it again to experience these quests for the lore
So glad I started watching your channel a few weeks ago, and I regret not watching sooner. I enjoy both your lore knowledge and your entertaining twist of events!
Your character is the most important guy in wow history. He took part in the biggest events in wow. He saved the Titans, the world multiple times, killed The Jailer, rescued guys trapped in Death, fought Odin and Deathwings... and probably murdered to death thousands of enemies. He also killed Hogger.
@@hydromancer4916 I agree. I think they took the lore a lil too far too fast. Putting players on the level of titans and stuff. Remember doing the quests in classic, like "the platinum discs" I never thought I would see uldum, let alone meet and destroy the actual gods.
@@Ch-thalassa The fastest way to ruin your franchise's story is to give it an MMO. Eventually, every villain will have to be killed, and every facet of the universe will have to be explained, simply out of a need for new content.
@@hydromancer4916 Yea and its so interesting because the only way you can have a successful MMO is with a great story that people are invested in. Weird. Its like the bloom and doom of a narrative.
would have been hilarious if that were the case. any troll warrior couldnt use their artifact weapon because it debuffed them with an undispellable fear every time they equipped it. now thats what I call a troll weapon.
I mean yeah but with more of a warcraft flare. Its a time in Azeroth that is unexplored so it would give the writers some freedoms and not stray to far from the lore.
Actually lore wise Stromgarde was rebuilt into a legit city now as Arathi was conquered by the alliance in canon. Think of the alliance winning the warfront and it just stays that way.
It's what happens when you fight multiple wars vs 7ft tall roided orcs and your own people afflicted with undeath. Humans are just scraping by to survive in WoW lmao
Yeah the Orcs kicked them so hard in the balls that they are still recoiling to this day, they'll probably get their act together at some point but probably not with their current king.
Oh my gosh, the quality of your videos improved dramatically! I'm really amazed! And I liked that you put the trolls "headhunting" the Tirisfal guys hahahahahaha Keep up with the excellent work, champion!
11:03 The High Elves then trained one hundred of the most worthy (magic-wise) their spells. One of those first human mages might just be Meryl Felstorm.
Can I just say that I don't even play WoW anymore and I still watch your videos, the quality is insane. Keep doing what you do my friend, love your content
Great video! Love the layouts of the maps, especially with the color differences showing advancements and retreats. Kept me from start to finish. Good stuff.
absolutely outstanding work! i watch lore videos for all of my favorite media so i watch a huge variety of these kinds of youtubers and nobody grabs and holds my attention nearly as much as Platinum WoW. cant wait to see what he does next :)
My favourite RU-vidr right now. So much quality in your videos, entertaining from start to finish. Hell, I thought this story was really boring until you covered it! Looking forward to your next video!
Platinum, I really appreciate your content, I have become more busy over the years and haven’t been able to play WoW, but I feel I can get my WoW itch scratched with your content. Keep up the good work.
"Smith me a crowwwwwwwwwwwwwn!" I love how you present the story in a digestible and humorous way. This time period of WoW is so much more engaging than anything they're doing now. Anything right up through Wrath of the Lich King is good. Then it just nosedives.
It has taken me a really really long time to realize, but re watching this a spark lit up, the Allaince between the Arathy and the Elves is almost the same as the one between the humans of the Empire of man and the High Elves in Warhammer Fantasy. The Difference being that the result, in warhammer the Colidges of Magic, did not end up in dependent like Dalaran, because Warhammer is a much more brutal world, where the practicing mages outside the sanctioned schools are considered witches and thus hunted down by zealous witchhunter who un their most generous days may give them a chance to join the Sanctioned schools, but for that to happen the stars need to align and said wichhunter needs to have had an exceptionally good day/ week! Meanwhile Dalaran is a city-state which none is policing! Can you imagine if another mages rises to the top corrupts the council and turns the Flying Fortress into a weapon and starts nuking everything in Azeroth. Back to the point, the original Blizzard devs and writers were ofc fans of warhammer, so Yes it's no surprise there, current writers are Bronies, judging by DF, and probably Fin Dom simps in we consider their fetish for Sylvanas for the duration of the previous 2 expansions! Btw dude you should make a channel called Plat Hammer and do Warhammer fantasy lore in the same style as the WoW lore you do here :) Hopefully Metzen brings us back on a path to lamost Warhammer but just difernt enough to not chum the waters for the Sharks at GW :)
