Death Knight: The Lore?

#0 - Sept. 18, 2007, 9:05 p.m.

How exactly are Death Knights supposed to be worked into WoW Lore?

Looking beyond the fact that it's supposed to be a Paladin-exclusive (or nearly so) advanced class, we'd be playing a 'servant of the Lich King' as a faction who is entirely against him (The Lich King). Does anyone else see the problem?

Bornakk

#9 - Sept. 18, 2007, 10:14 p.m.

This was discussed at the Lore & Quest panel at BlizzCon a little while back. The idea is that a character goes to become a Death Knight, is trained as a Death Knight, but then realizes they doen't want to go through with the evil acts they are instructed to perform. So the character finds a new Alliance or Horde home who accept them as a necessary evil (like warlocks) to help them fight their enemies.

BlizzCon happened at the beginning of August and the story continues to be worked on so things could change quite a bit from now until the Death Knights are implemented. Details on this and many other things will become available as we get closer to launching Wrath of the Lich King.

Bornakk

#25 - Sept. 18, 2007, 10:30 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Doesn't it seem odd that the factions will be accepting these quitters?

They didn't quit so they could retire, they quit being servants of the evil that the Alliance and Horde are fighting against. Now they want to use their unique powers to assist these factions. Is that something they'd really want to turn away?