Too DARK for Warcraft? - The Headless Horseman Lore

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In World of Warcraft there is the spookiest holiday of them all called Hallows End. During this event in WoW The Headless Horseman terrorizes the towns with his maniclial screams and sets everything ablaze! But who is the Headless Horseman and why is he so evil? Find out in the spookiest episode yet!
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The beat used at the end of this video: • Video
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Story
8:51 - Burnin Townz - The Headless Horseman

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@PlatinumWoW 3 жыл бұрын

Come along, don't be bitter For the love of god, please, follow me on Twitter twitter.com/PlatinumWoW654

@PlatinumWoW 3 жыл бұрын

Bonus comment: I pronounced his last name wrong. It's Thomson, not Thompson. By now I hope you realize that you came to the wrong place if you want things pronounced correctly.

@BmanFx 3 жыл бұрын

ily plat wow :) more pls

@songbirdsandsandwiches8217 3 жыл бұрын

@@PlatinumWoW Does the Platinum in your name stand for the Platinum record label tier music you make for these videos?

@STOKERMATHALLAN 3 жыл бұрын

I like your funny words, magic man

@benlobin 3 жыл бұрын

5:46 for kids from the 90's in other words it was made for the kids that played the strategy games of warcraft! WOW was actually intended for adults!

@saidintaveren3215 3 жыл бұрын

At least he's not the hairless horseman

@ironghost-ug2si 3 жыл бұрын

Came looking for this 🤣🤣🤣

@norbertvatai8698 3 жыл бұрын

@Hearthing so cool dude hahahah

@AmeAilav 3 жыл бұрын

kekw

@pogboss420 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Highchurch 3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@Soul-Hook 3 жыл бұрын

"Child murder?!" "I kno' roite? Bit dark, innit?" That's my like right there for ya!

@Alexandros.Mograine 3 жыл бұрын

oi bruv

@grunt8836 3 жыл бұрын

We gotcha gov’na!

@palibakufun 3 жыл бұрын

I want to make fun of the awful accent, but I mean it's actually spot on for how the worgen actually sound

@royalblue4676 3 жыл бұрын

Platinum wow really deserves more subscribers, he's next level.

@Kfo221 3 жыл бұрын

I blame fortnight kids

@elphaba4674 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! 👍

@SOIStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Grim ate them all

@aaad3552 3 жыл бұрын

i mean if he make more video it sure will

@juansebastianpujadas3098 3 жыл бұрын

100% true

@ihazcookiez1005 3 жыл бұрын

But the scariest part of all... No matter how many times you do the dungeon... you will always be cursed to see every other wow player get the mount...

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

i saw someone get it yesterday..it sucks

@desertranger82 3 жыл бұрын

TRUE

@daxment 3 жыл бұрын

Been trying for 10 years off and on

@imtoogoodatpvp1252 3 жыл бұрын

Got it in burning crusade on like, my first try

@LeroyCO 3 жыл бұрын

No lie i got it 4th try and it my 1st Hallows eve event.

@wtbchildhood 3 жыл бұрын

I did not expect the rap at the end, that’s pretty gold.

@hulmhochberg8129 3 жыл бұрын

"Isn't this universe for kids." "That's up for debate, bro" Lmao The legend of stalvan a proves this message

@williamjeanrie8524 3 жыл бұрын

I couldnt fucking tell what he said there... Thanks ahah XD

@UltimateGamerCC 3 жыл бұрын

indeed, WoW isnt for tots, it's for grown nerds like myself. :P

@CandleLight129 3 жыл бұрын

Just take a look at the art done by Metzen and all the others who worked on the Warcraft 2 game manual and tell me this universe is for kids, lol.

@Unforgiven11 3 жыл бұрын

"Thats up for debate, *bruv"

@faustbayer9602 3 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite line in this video because I've been playing wow since I was like 5 and Stavalan's whole thing and the forsaken just like scare the shit out of me

@IcelandicGoblin 3 жыл бұрын

Yo that headless horseman voice actor does a good laugh

@vikingbeserker7724 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact it's the same voice actor for Bolvar Fordragon

@dontreplytome5665 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that is a satisfying evil laugh

@delsin1126 3 жыл бұрын

“Isn’t this universe supposed to be for kids or something?” “That’s up for debate, bruv” Pretty accurate

@cei2513 3 жыл бұрын

It is for kids, they teach the holocaust in elementary school.

@YAH93 Жыл бұрын

Yeah... looking at you, Thaddius.

@prod7906 Жыл бұрын

@@YAH93 Or all of wc3 tbh

@ronaldschmelzle7636 9 ай бұрын

it's rated T for teens

@justinmilner2096 3 жыл бұрын

The only thing more badass than this edgy lore is his VA, every time I’m flying by Goldshire I can recite his lines to the letter. Blizzard went all-out for a holiday boss

@epiphica6166 3 жыл бұрын

as far as i know, he was one of the first holiday events, i can remember him from far back in the bc days if i'm not wrong. back then they had alot of time to put into events, compared to today, now they have an event every second week, and they can't put as much effort into it anymore.

@FranziskavonKarma 3 жыл бұрын

@@epiphica6166 Not to mention half as much staff

@kaliek5281 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, to date some of the best VA work in WoW because you can tell they just...had fun with it.

@akadayo 3 жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one who noticed everything Scourge-related is extremely dark and depressing? Not even the Legion or anything in WoW universe brings that feeling to me.

@Aras483 3 жыл бұрын

Good for depressed souls though

@happydemon3038 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of intrinsic to them. They're undead, they're remnants of people who were once alive. They are shadows of their former selves. The Legion came from nothing, they may be enemies, but they're not shambling husks of great heroes.

@Pumkin932 3 жыл бұрын

Vanilla Tirisfal and Silverpine will forever be the most atmospheric zones in all of WoW, followed by Western/Eastern Plaguelands. Immersive and wonderfully melancholy.

@metalllich3493 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Knights of the Black Blade (sorry if I got their name wrong, I don't know their official English name. I'm talking about guys from Acherus) can be pretty hilarious sometimes

@Vlagstaf 2 жыл бұрын

@@Pumkin932 duskwood will have a word !

@rattuspackus1991 3 жыл бұрын

Headless Horseman, more like, headless drop the horse, man

@EloquentTroll 3 жыл бұрын

Kudos. Sincerely that's some top tier wit.

@greenFuneral 3 жыл бұрын

pls im begging you, its been years

@ErevusDeathToAllys 3 жыл бұрын

Dropped Twice( ! ) for me last year...and its not tradable either.... hope you ll get it this year !

@kaliek5281 3 жыл бұрын

It's been 15 years...still haven't gotten it.....

@dontreplytome5665 3 жыл бұрын

This made me chubbed

@Juimhu 3 жыл бұрын

I'm From Sleepy Hollow. The headless horseman is our highschool Mascot. Ours is a headless murderer..Best Mascot.

@peeko_luxx2873 3 жыл бұрын

My high school mascot was a sailor. Just a sailor.

@cflowers2094 3 жыл бұрын

Mine was a panther. Beat that

@saffronic3026 3 жыл бұрын

We have a Colonial Patriot

@donaldroehrig7817 3 жыл бұрын

Mine was the Trojans. One of our rivals are the Beavers. 🤣

@ras8472 3 жыл бұрын

My school gave praise, to a knight in red. Now I would say, that is better than a horseman with no head.

@marcamsing4565 3 жыл бұрын

8:51 BANGER

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

yes yes thank you for making a time stamp to the start of the song. listened to it 5 times already

@Arkantos117 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was shit.

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

@@Arkantos117 your opinion, most other people ive seen comment about it thought it was awesome

@Arkantos117 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanpeterson7543 Why do you feel the need to say, "your opinion"? No shit.

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

@@Arkantos117 socially awkward and dont know many other retorts

@Badchi 3 жыл бұрын

"Too dark for warcraft" * Remembers zombie children and basically anything related to the Third War.; Tyrion being cooked alive in the Legion, Saurfang fighting and then burying his only son, icecrown quest chain about Arthas... * No such thing as too dark for warcraft, mate.

@Skull-se8jy 3 жыл бұрын

@OMEGA LOL Isn't that from Warhammer 40k?

@cheycyanide5802 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that time the scourge made Thaddius out of the flesh of women and children

@DavidVoxDem 2 жыл бұрын

@@cheycyanide5802 Still crying out in agony

@holyboiamethin2790 2 жыл бұрын

There’s also some mentions of rape too. Wasn’t Garona Halforcen the result of rape? Then there’s also the thing with Malygos and Keristrasza…

@TheThottbot Жыл бұрын

have you read about the story of the the nexus? malygos kidnapped a red dragon, scribed runes of pain onto her skin, raped her continously then froze her body but magically kept here awake to remember it all :)

@lizzly25 3 жыл бұрын

"We need to help out Goldshire!" That place is beyond help my man.

@Azuwishgaming 3 жыл бұрын

I read it in Shaggy's voice, I don't regret it.

@michaelfitzsimmons8393 2 жыл бұрын

Even more so, the Moon Guard version. Such depravity needs the cleansing fire.

@bunnieskitties293 2 жыл бұрын

Headless Horseman's laugh really is one of the top 10 laughs of all time.

@jlodog 3 жыл бұрын

So really when he attacks poor goldshire, he thinks he's just fighting the scourge lmao

@ringee6929 3 жыл бұрын

He is on some servers lol

@Morec0 3 жыл бұрын

The scourge of syphilis maybe...

@NunChuckN1nja 3 жыл бұрын

"It will never be over, your search has just begun. Let fate take it's course, you will never get my horse. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

@ThelleTV 3 жыл бұрын

The bald one is coming His hair none know where He looks for victims to spread The mald which he cannot bear

@alexandermarichal2312 3 жыл бұрын

looooooooooooooooooool

@suomilaava371 3 жыл бұрын

monkaW

@Cangoo92 3 жыл бұрын

who else did reads this in the voice of the Horseman ? xD

@ripvanwinkle1854 3 жыл бұрын

The withered one

@cristhianmlr 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't rhyme.

@weskertot7541 3 жыл бұрын

5:36 This reminds me VERY MUCH of God of War.

@ianfay540 3 жыл бұрын

That is the same thing I was thinking

@Bl4ckP0150n 3 жыл бұрын

Came looking for that comment

@pichonalpalo 3 жыл бұрын

And both look very similar

@Wildjesta 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I thought of

@colviolet4066 3 жыл бұрын

Yess

@xXDakottaXx 3 жыл бұрын

He's A head of the Curve lmao

@theFarticle 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad there's still people out there who make quality wow content like this. Warms my heart to no end.

@IsTianita 3 жыл бұрын

Ok but I need the extended version of this song on spotify asap.

@P4TRICCS 3 жыл бұрын

I'm rewatching this music like the 10th time man you are awesome.

@Ryan_hey 3 жыл бұрын

8:50 "Burnin Townz" - that track at the end was awesome lol

@sovietstheexplorer9471 3 жыл бұрын

Headless horsemen is the most powerfull npc in the game. He showed up in Burning Crusade and Still Terrozing azeroth even in shadowlands.

@Makujah_ 3 жыл бұрын

One would think that a body with it's head chopped off would spray blood, but this one actually spits fire

@knifetoucher 3 жыл бұрын

what a banger at the end XD

@JasonSmith-fe2fx 3 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing, Hallow's end is my most favorite world event and Sir Thomas Thompson my most favorite wow character. Platinum WoW, you did amazing job with this machinima, the music scenery, effects this was all near perfection.

@nicko5003 3 жыл бұрын

Damn Plat out did himself on this one.

@M0KX 3 жыл бұрын

The ending is awesome. The music fits soo good with the poem. Really loved it

@jacobbergin4019 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder If we'll see him in shadow lands

@TheTrueFeleas 3 жыл бұрын

That would be dope.

@treshkun6257 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheTrueFeleas it is dope

@TheTrueFeleas 3 жыл бұрын

@@treshkun6257 NANI?!

@steffl7337 3 жыл бұрын

hm. good question. i wonder tho. since hes spirit is still in the living world. wouldnt that mean he wont be in shadwolands?

@UltimateGamerCC 3 жыл бұрын

with Shadowlands being the new expansion, next year we should get a long overdue update to Hallow's End, i mean Brewfest got an update, why not an old favorite?

@DeezNuts-zx3ih 3 жыл бұрын

The horseman got fire playlist though

@margotrosendorn6371 7 ай бұрын

The Warcraft comics add to his many rhymes. My personal favorite: "I fought for you, I fought in vain! Now scatter, scurry, shriek in pain! No mercy on this night abides, on Hallow's End, when the horseman rides!"

@N22I 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, out of every single youtube-channel, this one is the only one i actively wait new videos and click immedietly when i see one.

@tbohobo9576 3 жыл бұрын

Thompson is pronounced (Tomp-son) "H" is silent. It means "son of Thomas" so dude's name translates to "sir Thomas son of Thomas".

@kaliek5281 3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Thompson......I hear he is very good with directions.

@paulquintana3155 3 жыл бұрын

That laugh, that laught gave me PTSD on Scarlet Monastery when i was a kid...

@zh3497 3 жыл бұрын

The Headless Horseman of Straight Fire and Bars.

@J0NB11O6 3 жыл бұрын

9:00 Asmongold

@macaronimafia9699 3 жыл бұрын

"Your weak"

@millerthomas4331 3 жыл бұрын

has too much hair

@BobBob-vx4ck 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@andrebetita 3 жыл бұрын

"Prepare yourselves, the bells have tolled! Shelter your weak, and your Asmongold!"

@skiceman9611 3 жыл бұрын

"Prepare yourselves, the Horseman descends upon this realm". It's nice that he gives them a HEAD's up :))))))))

@videos8159 3 жыл бұрын

The way his hairs clipps into the body drives me crazy

@stoopidyoutubehandle 3 жыл бұрын

He uses the classic human body model and that happened a lot in vanilla wow.

@videos8159 3 жыл бұрын

@@stoopidyoutubehandle I know.

@Aedrion- Жыл бұрын

8:55 That speech blows any modern WoW voice acting out of the water easily.

@azorrrr 3 жыл бұрын

The ending was so dope! You deserve all the praise!

@geverest2421 3 жыл бұрын

That'll be top charts if they upload the rap to Spotify.

@kekw6029 3 жыл бұрын

I have always liked the lore of the headless horseman first time i learned about the lore for the first time from hiru and its great that more people are making videos about it

@adamih96 7 ай бұрын

The first WoW haloween event i saw (BC, maybe early WoL) was this one, and it was so fucking cool. It is probably my best WoW memory by a long shot. I was a kid when i played and that event was amazing

@ClericOfPholtus 2 жыл бұрын

I legit come back to this video multiple times for the rap alone Then the videos good too because oof... WoW Lore be spooky

@alien_teetaw 2 жыл бұрын

I came back because I forgot the lore and realised it’s almost been a year

@cci9459 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel gives me two feelings: 1. Damn, I really like the idea of creating wow content. I should give it a try. 2. If people like you exists with such great content, then what chances do I have. Why even bother? Torn aparat! Thats what I am.

@Numbers_Game 3 жыл бұрын

Treat it like a personal challenge. An opportunity to one up them. Also, excellence comes with time, so keep at it.

@shadblayder 3 жыл бұрын

Horseman goes hard no cap 8:51

@heavyspark813 2 жыл бұрын

Missed the best quote......It is over, your search is done. Let fate choose now, the righteous one.

@dw22509 3 жыл бұрын

Omfg the ending... So many goosebumps, amazing job

@anibus04 3 жыл бұрын

You're a legend for that song at the end 😂

@donnywai8599 3 жыл бұрын

the headless horseman really do be spitting fire though.

@Russtick92 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao that trap beat at the end is actual fire. Good show dude, great videos

@OLBarbok 3 жыл бұрын

Finally best boy is getting the video he deserves. That Rap was fucking sick

@AnimWolf 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo that track is lit 🔥🔥🔥 Youre next level bro

@khust8161 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are such high quality. Makes me think back to the likes of Nyhm back in the day.

@amarareed2432 3 жыл бұрын

That headless horseman trap mix though 👍🏻

@Icosiol 3 жыл бұрын

Dude...the Evil Dead camera chase! EPIC

@mudshrooze 3 жыл бұрын

That ending was sick

@flyingoctopus4304 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as always Platinum, you continue to improve!

@justinsander7654 9 ай бұрын

On this the first day of Hallows end 2023 I ask you to please make a video for the lore of the whole holiday. Heck for each holiday cause that would be epic.

@tillson8686 Жыл бұрын

The last thing I expected was the Headless Horseman to spit some bars

@cleanminds8443 3 жыл бұрын

Fire freaking remix keep that bumping bruh

@miorioff 3 жыл бұрын

Once again platinum wow produces S tier quality stuff! Bit in the end is incredible

@gekkokkid 3 жыл бұрын

"with a heavy heart he had to slay them all" begins to cut them down like a savage..

@Boonedockingrv 3 жыл бұрын

I was watching this video in my truck before work and the beat of the music sounds so good. Recommend trying it in the car if you have a sound system.

@brostis7504 3 жыл бұрын

Can't imagine the time spent on making this video

@liamwilson7549 3 жыл бұрын

No it’s not. Just look at Alexstrasza’s backstory.

@sean7269 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched 1000s of Wow Videos and this has gotta be one of my favorite solely because of the Headless Horseman rap lol

@alexkuieck6705 2 жыл бұрын

'Oh my goodness! What is he doing?' Zordon: 'He will try to distract you with his clever raps and rhymes.'

@luurrmm 3 жыл бұрын

Yo that song actually slaps

@Papashaft 3 жыл бұрын

Spooky man that I one shot every year

@KouD3Graw 3 жыл бұрын

8:50 THE TIMESTAMP. You're an MVP man. New sub here

@jimboyjenkins Жыл бұрын

I know i'm a year late but, the quality of this video is insane!

@sorsofsufring 3 жыл бұрын

WHAT A BANGERRR!!

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

the music at the end is fire..literally

@elliotgordon4795 3 жыл бұрын

The quality of these videos is just crazy, and that was a banger at the end ngl

@drhapi5308 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I get that song? was lit af

@mixmastermike1021 3 жыл бұрын

for real, give us a download

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

big true my guy

@TheOldestSoul 3 жыл бұрын

Right? That's when I smashed that like button so fast and hard

@ethanpeterson7543 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOldestSoulyeah someone made a timestamp for when it starts, it starts at 8:51

@haniballdoca5135 3 жыл бұрын

Wanna song :) here it is

@picklechin3061 3 жыл бұрын

Back when the lore was actual good.

@jaiadvani2610 3 жыл бұрын

Just wow. Congratulations on the video this is really next level! I'm really looking forward to more content, keep up the great work!

@muhshuh 3 жыл бұрын

That ending. Fire 🔥

@vooran 3 жыл бұрын

Oh dear I actually thought it was an orc

@shaiboi3700 3 жыл бұрын

Guys just realized something. Every single reaction video that Asmongold puts on youtube(on Platinum Wow's videos) has more views than the actual video of Platinum WoW. Well, at least Asmon is plugging his channel. Its still quite sad tho

@GreyFox40k 3 жыл бұрын

The Evil Dead camera zoom at 8:20 did not go unnoticed, nice one :)

@iquerohde 3 жыл бұрын

this ending music. you are a god.

@evilcam 3 жыл бұрын

The Headless Horseman was trying to turn his life around. He was an aspiring rapper, and merely wanted to share his rapping skills with whatever small town he approached (and accidentally set on fire). The adventurers who killed him (at least once a day for a month) are murderers. Headless Unlife Matters!

@lorwimcmiss 3 жыл бұрын

Your are literally the funniest thing on Azeroth they're better than those shipping videos for Roblox piggy

@danthewatcher9681 Жыл бұрын

15 YEARS LATER, I started WoW in 2008 on retail, I still remember the whole nursery rime they made for him!

@tomasarmendariz2374 3 жыл бұрын

Dude after 7 years of farming the mount it just dropped the day you uploaded this video, as if i needed another reason to love you man Keep up the awesome work and Happy Hallow's End!!!

@StrumstarHammer 3 жыл бұрын

Sir Thomas: And that's how, in my blind crusade, I murdered my own family by mistake Kratos: You don't say?

@lithen3818 3 жыл бұрын

that outro was deep Here before the bald man

@mixmastermike1021 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea for an October vid, and sick beats too! Also I had never realized how good the voice actor is for the headless horseman. So good it's... scary