In before Thrall dies and Anduin raises his kid as a paladin xD

wasn't there even undead paladins in vanilla WoW, eastern plaguelands? that dude in the chapel, were you took the naxx attunement quest.

If we have orc priest we should be able to have orc paladins

Flame needs to make his own channel

Is Yrel's "dark secret" that she is the daughter of Kil'jaeden or Archimonde? Since the Legion failed in the alternate timeline to corrupt Draenor, then it is the Light that corrupts it and Yrel is the Light's harbinger.

Waiting for Tauren or Orc evoker, like Hulk to clap the hands to jump

I've been saying ever since Blizz announced expanded race/class combos, that the main new Paladin races should be: Alliance: Night Elf - Because it's already established in the Paladin Order Hall campaign in Legion that Night Elves can become Paladins. Kul Tirans - Because they're just Humans with closer Vrykul heritage. Horde: Mag'Har Orcs - Yes, their history with Y'rel would be a big "no" to that. However, we already have evidence that some are already light infused (glowy, yellow eyes) and one doesn't have to trust Y'rel to still follow the light itself. There could be others as well, but these were the key ones that I thought of.

All I can think is "My destiny is my own!"

The WoD website included "a dark secret" on Yrel's description. This was removed and probably abandoned along with her romantic relationship with Maraad.

"Yrel is not an artifact weapon" should be on a coffee mug

i just dont like the multiverse bullshit we had with WoD. it's such an asspull and makes you ask: why would they bother to get a gul'dan from another universe to give the burning legion an entrance to that universe if they could just bring 5 kil'jaedens or whatever.. while yrel herself is a cool character and a potential "hey look, the light is a villain of some sort as well" topic, i dont think she can carry another expansion story-wise. maybe a patch, but like i said, blizz best doesnt touch the multiverse thing again. there are enough redcons as is

In all the timelines, there is only one timeline where Garrosh is evil. Garrosh is the best hero believed to be the best hero is multiple timelines are considered. We got the one where he was bad.

If they make her a raid boss im joining her army or wiping the raid until I get kicked I have never been a simp until now

I am praying they add more Alliance options for Paladins if this speculation turns out to be true and Horde ends up getting Orc/Undead Paladins.

I don't care about Yrel, I want to see my boy Exarch Garrosh

The Maghar orc campaign is basically the amount of xalatath that we’ve had up until end of DF and TWW

I truly would love to see undead druids, it might not have that much sense, but imagine a undead cat or undead bear uffff

We have Tauren rogues and void elf holy priests and you're worried about an orc priest picking up a shield ? Lol

I super hyped for this expac just based on the color theme and name. Just feels good

The Light in WoW has always had a Fanatical/Authoritarian side. The Zealots of the Scarlet Crusade are still Light-wielding Paladins. Whitemane even canonically Resurrects someone *"Arise my Champion. At your side my Lady."* - True-Resurrection is a rare feat in WoW, usually requiring the efforts of an entire team of high-ranking Priests or a proper Miracle from the likes of Anduin. The Scarlet Crusade are one of the most basic, intrinsic "Evils" of WoW, they're basically the Foot Soldiers from TMNT - generic evil goons. If the evil foot-soldiers of WoW can wield the Light just as effectively as Anduin, then what does that say about "The Light's" moral-compass? As the saying goes: **"The most brilliant Light casts the deepest Shadow."** I am a harcore Paladin Main and have been a WoW Lore-Nerd since Warcraft 2, and I never once thought that the Light was purely Good. Just look at the Knight's icon from Warcraft 2 - The guy looks overwhelmingly SMUG, like a Militaristic-Male-"Karen".

I thought Garrosh used Gorehowl in the Mok'gora with Thrall in WoD? Or was that Grommash's from that timeline? If it was, than the OG Gorehowl should be where he dropped it during the SoO raid, unless someone picked it up.

Vyranoth was not soft. As soon as Vyranoth became the Aspect of Storm she went to Stormheim alone and made Odyn look like a child as she took the storm dragons back. She is calculated. She isn't soft.

I don't get the hate for Orc paladins. If a race can be a priest then it would make sense they could be paladins too

It looks to me like the story will move towards the void starting to invade for real and consuming Azeroth. In desperation, the heroes of Azeroth, probably spearheaded by Tyraleon, will seek the lightforged in alternate Draenor. Yrel being the leader will accept, but also desires to infuse and turn the denizens of Azeroth into beings of light. Just guessing here, but I could imagine that the conclusion will be that we then have to fight back Yrel. It will be this look into the balance of the cosmic forces. ... Or I could be completely wrong. I don't know anything about WW and the story therein, just spitballing here, based on what Metzen and Blizzard in general likes to do with their stories.

Orc paladins actually make a lot of sense . Especially if you only view the classes of priest and paladin as classes that are attached to gods . Especially since orcs are an honor bound race . Paladins with there oaths , vows and seals plays well with orcs . Agreed do not see them using holy much but def ret and prot fall under them . Then when it comes to holy , I don’t think the light or void should be race locked . I feel like that’s something everyone has access to because more that use it more control of it . Also I believe wow needs to evolve out of the stagnant troupe of race locked classes .into more of RPG based game options. Everyone is the same . Making immersion go up another level .

I am with Flame, if they use Yrel, they better put the time in to explain how she got from WoD til now. They have the time to do it right.

Ah Yes Grom Lightscream

Xal'atath has been around way longer than just Legion and BFA. This has been culminating for almost the entirety of WoW Lore. Bellular has a good video on Xal'atath lore.

Like what they tried to do to Illidan. They tried to force the light on him and he was like “Oh Hells no!” 😂😂😂

Honestly undead palaz would be more appropriate than orc palaz imo

Maybe Yrell is NOT carzy but got tricked into invading other timelines as a pure beleaving and she invading our Timeline but she saw us, the people who helped her to gain controll of her own life and she overthinks the invasion real quick. But i guess we will see her as a crazy one untill she snaps out of that.

Do use guys think theres a chance Illidan comes into play in the world soul saga? With light vs Shadow etc going on? Also th titans to come at some point it would make sence to me if we see him at some point in these 3 expansions.

its too similar to Whitemane and the Scarlet Crusade...if anything, they should bring them back with Turalyon or a long lost/resurrected leader not named Whitemane since shes a DK now

Orc tattooed and a pally ???? No shield just throwing axes !!!! Lesssgoooooooo🎉🎉🎉🎉

They better not turn my baby Yrel evil!!!! lol I love that goat woman.

I don't think this will happen until The Last Titan expansion. I think midnight will be the culmination of the void story arc, and then The Last Titan will be the expansion to deal with the light

Undead paly? Why not, palys are a mix of warrior & priests... and arthas killed alot of paladins maybe there are some dead ones in lordaeron who just need calia to wake them up 😂 Yrel comes for a 1v1 fight against Xalatath 🤪

YREL! YREL! YREL! Thank you :)

Orc paladin incoming! And i hope even kultirans

I don’t mind if she is a mini villain but nothing major

Why not both: illan and new class + race combo? I like orcs paladins same as dranei warlocks or tauren rogues or oid elf holy priests... Blizz not care about lore anymore why should we limit players options by it?

Yrel can 1v2 like none other

Can we see someday Yrel against Lady Liadrin?

Good video guys, alot of nice speculations. Now we just need to expansion to pop! No fan of seeing orc paladins in the future, but atleast it will open up the chance of getting more race/class combos.

Not many quicker ways of undermining your current villain than introducing your next villain, lol…

Finally, Orc Paladins. I dont have to be a cow or a pointy eared femboy anymore

Gave up caring about race/class combos. Blizz don't care, and a good amount of players seem to want it. Every race can be every class. No flavor, no lore. Fuck it. I always wished blizz would lean *more* into race/class specificity, but it's clear that ship sailed long ago.

If a race can be a a priest it does not correlate that they can be paladins, it is not how the Light usage for these classes works lore-wise. Paladins are infused with it, unlike the Priests. This is what the cringers calling for undead paladins do not understand and keep naming that one singular guy from vanilla who actually lives in extreme agony because of that (doubt that he is actually alive anymore). Knowing blizzard they will retcon whatever and just make everything a possibility thus making it all a grey mish-mashed sludge without any flavour. As if tauren paladins were not dogshit enough lmao

If they make Orc's Paladins and not Undead Shadow Paladins I'm gonna have to quit Wow

This doesn't mean anything, I think it was just them making it that way to shine at night

I waited for years for my perfect husband Genn to commit war crimes, but that window has passed. Turalyon, though? Listen to him when he's in the Arathi Basin battle; that man is still incredibly racist and just waiting to explode in fascism.

Being the good guy does not mean you are a good guy

Yrel is bae

Druid Dwarves or I'm out

Imagine if Yrel founds out Khadgar is dead and she will become even more crazier how many friends she lost.

yirel dint do anything wrong

I'm so mad they make her a villain

"Azeroth is free!" -Yrel, after fighting us but then being sorry and becoming our friend again.

Don't know why Blizzard is bent upon destroying the very concept of Warcraft and fantasy that Warcraft III established....this is really sad

It can happen, due to Blizzard's concept that nothing is good and nothing is bad, the light does not care who is its bearer, an orc paladin sounds horrible if it does not make sense, but hey we have tauren rogue xD Now Yrel, I agree with you, she has to be tough, a very tough paladin, since we already have to accept that tough men in wow will never come again, well it's up to women to take the role, because that's about heroes in the style of Varian Wyrnn or Volji or Garrosh, forget about that

Aren't Undead paladins just DKs? 😆

Another strong female, yaaaaah

Omg stop trying to kill the paladins. WTF! Also, no one needs lore for class/race combinations. Our characters are not canon.

7:00 Plot Twist, Anduin becomes the first Undead Paladin

Why make someone who was right a villian.

Legion - First representative of bad side of light. Scarlet Crusade - Are we a joke to you......

As a mag'har orc enjoyer I'm waiting for Yrel to arrive through that dark portal and mag'har will kick her ass back to draenor