You should definitely go back and watch through all of the Saurfang BfA cinematics for the whole story. The order of those is: Old Soldier, BfA Intro, Lost Honor, Safe Haven, then Reckoning.
Sylvanas was a High Elf before she became ‘the banshee’ of the Lich King. But blood elves named themselves bloodelves after the lich king killed more than 80% of their population, they were High Elves as well, but they swore to take revenge (on the alliance as well because they didn’t bother to help) and then they started to practice arcane magic and built the Sunwell. So calling Sylvanas blood elves comes close, because she probably would’ve become a blood elf as well if she survived it and saw her people get slaughtered.
If you want to see where she went after she flew away you are going to want to watch the Shadowlands cinematic. She fights Bolvar(the one that replaced Arthas as the Lich King).
The younger orc is Thrall...the initial leader of the Horde. Saurfang goes and finds him once it becomes clear that Sylvanus doesn't have any honor and is hellbent on destroying all life once she makes a pact with Azshara and one of the old gods who's name escapes me at the moment.
you guys started on literally the LAST BFA cinematic, you need to go back and watch them in order, more content and views for your channel that way too!
If you wanna catch up on this storyline In between Legion and Battle for Azeroth despite there being peace between Horde and Alliance Sylvanas attacks Darkshore and Teldrassil (the tree on which the night elves live) with civilians and children on it. And burns it for everything after that check the following videos out in this order: Warbringers: Sylvanas (animated short) WoW Old Soldier (CG cinematic) Battle for Azeroth Cinematic (CG cinematic) Battle for Lordaeron - Jaina (in-engine video) Battle for Lordaeron - Horde Cinematic (in-engine video) WoW Lost Honor (CG cinematic) An Unexpected Reunion (in-engine video) WoW Safe Haven (CG cinematic) Crossroads - Cinematic (in-engine video) The Negotiation - Cinematic (in-engine video) WoW Reckoning (CG cinematic) or you can watch Battle for Azeroth: Varok Saurfang’s Mak’gora which is a supercut of all the CG cinematics i listed above but some without the in-engine videos
She wasn't "unfair" she was stronger and faster than him. Also the mak'gora allows for anything but the interference of a third fighter. Magic is as fair as body strength. Only poison is a greyzone in this regard. She is a highelf which died shortly after arthas became the lich king, and even when she died, that day she was already ranger general of silvermoon. Saurfang, as much as it hurts to say, was an orc older than most of them even get if they are living for the fight. So lets reevaluate. A Bansheequeen who already lived whoknowshowlong longer than saurfang (since orcs should be around 70-80 years in lifespan while elves have several centuries), was in life already one of the best fighters of her kin and also plays mindgames and 4d chesslike strategies vs a bitter orc on the evening of his life who can't even scratch her without having to resort to surprise attacks with hidden/combined weapons. I don't think undead can get exhausted like orcs. :)
Mak'gora is a fight to the death for leadership. Using magic is not allowed. Similar ones have been Durotan vs Gul'dan in the Warcraft movie and Thrall vs Garrosh, where Thrall cheated and thus lost his connection to the elements and his weapon, Doomhammer.
Keep seeing this kind of comment in every review of this cinematic and it's still wrong, no matter how many times someone says it. If you are going to claim magic isn't allowed, provide some source of official proof of that statement, please? Mak'Gora is a challenge of 1-1 combat until death or another agreed upon condition. The challenge is issued, terms are chosen, discussed and then both parties either agree or disagree. Once terms are settled, the battle can begin. Unless both parties agreed on no magic, then it is allowed. If a challenge is issued and accepted without terms being offered, then ANYTHING GOES. If the Mak'Gora were just for leadership and magic not allowed, just as a basic rule, then no one would ever be allowed to lead except warriors since no magic users are going to ever stand a chance without being able to use magic, and then why ever be a Shaman or any other magic user if you could never be seen as anything but a second class citizen? The Orcs know well enough that just carrying a big stick and having bigger muscles isn't the key to a good leader. So is wisdom, experience, skills other than swinging things around. Neither of the Mak'Gora you mention show any mention of terms in either battle, so there are no rules. That is their tradition. There's a reason Mak'Gora isn't always challenged, throw around 12x a day to anyone that wants to give it a whirl. You have to know your enemy, strengths and weaknesses, abilities, powers, etc. Warrior wants to challenge a Shaman? Better have some way to defend against magic or keep your mouth shut.
Why does everyone keep calling Anduin small.....he is standing next to big fkin Orcs! Yeah ok he isn't the biggest human, his father Varian was a bit bigger but fuk he's not "small".
"Issued by Thrall to Garrosh Hellscream. This was a continuation of the duel between the two that happened just before the Scourge Invasion, but the old rules were used. Garrosh lost and was killed by Thrall. Although considered a dubious victory by some, this Mak'gora was a continuation of their last Mak'Gora - one that had already spurned the traditional rulings of the duel." Directly from the wiki. Even Thrall wasn't happy with how he won the duel. One of the rules of Mak'gora is each participant chooses a weapon and that's all they can use, even if they drop it they can't pick it up again. One can't use, say, a sword AND magic, it has to be one or the other. Since she chose dual weilding daggers she couldn't then use magic, same as if she had started the duel using her bow she couldn't then switch to daggers. Meaning she did cheat. And that's not even accounting for other stuff like the fact you're not supposed to be wearing armour.
RagnarTheRed Those are her clothes 😂 but correct me if I’m wrong Mak’gora has no rules. You fight to the death, but rules can be added before the fight, like no use of magic or some sort of rules. If both challengers accept the rule they will fight with that rule, but I never heard of choosing one weapon.
@@stanleyho8009 They aren't her clothes, she has metalic pauldrons and a chestplate, that's armour. It's like saying Saurfangs signature spiked armour is just his clothes. Anyway: "As described in The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm and Bloodsworn the rules for Mak'gora are: -Each participant is allowed one weapon. -A blessing of this weapon by a shaman of their choosing is permitted, but not required. (meaning using a wepons ability or blessing like Shalamayne dividing into 2 blades is permitted) -Once a weapon was dropped, the rules clearly stated that it could not be retrieved by either party. -Each participant must have at least one witness. -If both participants refuse to fight one another, they are banished from the clan or their respective clans. -Traditionally, it is to the death, but under Warchief Thrall's rule, it became a non-lethal combat, similar to Warsong's Mak'Rogahn. Participants can choose to forgo this change. However, even when operating under the old rules, the victor can choose to spare the loser's life." Again, straight from the wiki. It also says "It is worth noting that both Garrosh and Thrall were not in full compliance of the tenets of Mak'gora, with both wearing full armor and wielding two weapons - Garrosh his twin axes, and Thrall the Doomhammer and elemental magic. " during their first duel. Meaning armour is also not permitted and using magic is considered a second weapon. wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Mak%27gora Hell, there you go but, as I said, there are indeed rules. Her dual wielding could be overlooked because Saurfang was also dual wielding but he wasn't using magic nor an armour so she cheated.
Tbf fair Sylvanas didnt cheat. Mak Gorah doesnt have any rules. Rules of the battle are set by the participants before the fight starts. Since none of them havent said anything about useing magic atc. she was justified and allowed to use her magic. But thats what Sourfang wanted all along.
@@highapachelos3286 Nope. The rules are set by the participants before the fight. If nobody mentions ''no magic rule'' or ''no poisons'' atc. Than it is by all means allowed. So if Sylvanas wouldn't fall into Saurfangs trap and dismissed the horde. She would remain a rightfull leader of the horde. And even Thrall wouldn't be able to do anything about that.
Hey guys, this was the battle one on one, Sylvanas won with honor, and Saurfang died with honor. Nobody prohibits you from using all of your abilities. Saurfang knew that he will die, he exchanged his life for the lives of many orcs
And he counted on Sylvanas' ego and short temper to make her get angry and get clumsy, and in this case, she lost her temper and said something she shouldn't have and lost the Forsaken. Saurfang won.
