They are the new race that's an easy reskin to add to the "allied race" category. So they can give us a new race without actually putting in any real work into a "new" race.
It’s very eye rolling that Warcraft lore just continuously takes every detour to get around Troll lore and pretend instead it’s just been about the Night elves/Elune and order stuff.
I love how this theory offers a way they could potentially payoff the Harronir & Elun’ahir, the Kobyss & the underground sea in Hallowfall, AND the bottom of the Coreway & (presumably) the worldsoul, all in a single zone that would fit beneath all the current zones and reasonably connect to each of them.
The Haranir are the original Druids that are ordered to watch over the roots of the first world tree! It is known in our world that if the roots survive the tree can be saved & regrow from them! I want them as a playable allied race for everyone!
I think the fissure is where the tree was ripped out. I think all the water underground is running in from the fissure, but it has to run out somewhere or it was fill up eventually.
Now we can add furry trolls to the troll list. Joy. /s
On a more serious note, Blizzard really needs to stop adding new races constantly, especially ones as disappointing as this. I'm sure they'll find their fans, but I'd rather have playable naga, vrykul and ogres with vastly more customization added to already existing playable races too.
I really hate Nu-wow lore going the route of: "Look this is the ACTUAL origins of the thing you love!" i.e scourge/nerubian asesthetics being from maldruxxus, the ORIGINAL druids aren't night elves or tauren taught by cenarius, no no no, it's actually the HARANIR something the new writers pulled out of their ass.
it's fine if they're also druids who learned the ways elsewhere, but to constantly go "SEE LOOK, THEY'RE IMPORTANT CUZ THEY WUZ THE ORIGINAL THING THAT YOU RECONGNIZE, SEE? WE KNOW YOUR I.P" like dude, come up with some fucking originailaty that doesn't need to fuck with the stuff that's already established. Add onto, not diminish. They literally are inacapable of doing that.
Here's a question we're the underground sea draining into its flaws in to rivers that drain into spiderland but the fact spiderland isn't flooded it means it goes deeper? Right
4:30 Hey, interesting connection there. Y'know how Trolls are (supposedly) the only naturally occurring sapient life on Azeroth? And as you bring up, they seem to really adapt to whatever energies they live around.
I think that the Arubians are the progenitor race — They are the Quillboar, the Trolls, Haranir, and Elves 1. Quillboar – Evolutions from consuming Corrupted Necromantic Blood (Blood Gems) 2. Elves – Evolution from being in contact with the Well of Eternity (Blood of Azeroth?) 3. Haranir – Evolution from being in contact with World Tree Blood (Sap) – Directly connected with the Emerald Dream 4. Trolls – De-evolution of Haranir after being separated from "All Blood" and devolving over-time.
They are the next playable race to be premiered in a later patch. With Earthen now both factions have Dwarves, and to make it fair they give Trolls to both. And they will cover the classes Earthen don't have (minus DK, but that could happen later if the Ebon Blade shows up somewhere).
who cares
They are the new race that's an easy reskin to add to the "allied race" category. So they can give us a new race without actually putting in any real work into a "new" race.
They are trolls that are halfway ordered
It’s very eye rolling that Warcraft lore just continuously takes every detour to get around Troll lore and pretend instead it’s just been about the Night elves/Elune and order stuff.
The dark trolls did not “turn into nightelves”. Derpy derp. The nightelves and the Tauren are the oldest living beings from Azeroth. Just stop
I love how this theory offers a way they could potentially payoff the Harronir & Elun’ahir, the Kobyss & the underground sea in Hallowfall, AND the bottom of the Coreway & (presumably) the worldsoul, all in a single zone that would fit beneath all the current zones and reasonably connect to each of them.
Just make ogres a playable race my god these new races are so lame
The Haranir are the original Druids that are ordered to watch over the roots of the first world tree! It is known in our world that if the roots survive the tree can be saved & regrow from them! I want them as a playable allied race for everyone!
You can swear an oath to yourself, an ideal, or even abstract concepts.
I still stand by my theory that the Haranir are evolved Quillboars.
My opinion is they are the missing link between trolls and night elves
give allied race now
Who are they? New furry troll race for each faction of course
I think the fissure is where the tree was ripped out. I think all the water underground is running in from the fissure, but it has to run out somewhere or it was fill up eventually.
wait…thought they are called Harronir, not Haranir
Still waiting for playable ogres.
Now we can add furry trolls to the troll list. Joy. /s
On a more serious note, Blizzard really needs to stop adding new races constantly, especially ones as disappointing as this. I'm sure they'll find their fans, but I'd rather have playable naga, vrykul and ogres with vastly more customization added to already existing playable races too.
I really hate Nu-wow lore going the route of: "Look this is the ACTUAL origins of the thing you love!" i.e scourge/nerubian asesthetics being from maldruxxus, the ORIGINAL druids aren't night elves or tauren taught by cenarius, no no no, it's actually the HARANIR something the new writers pulled out of their ass.
it's fine if they're also druids who learned the ways elsewhere, but to constantly go "SEE LOOK, THEY'RE IMPORTANT CUZ THEY WUZ THE ORIGINAL THING THAT YOU RECONGNIZE, SEE? WE KNOW YOUR I.P" like dude, come up with some fucking originailaty that doesn't need to fuck with the stuff that's already established. Add onto, not diminish. They literally are inacapable of doing that.
There's the old lore of the shadow trolls the missing link between trolls and elves
i actually want new race like ascended nerubian. they are so cool.
Post troll, pre elf. The ones who knew Elune
Here's a question we're the underground sea draining into its flaws in to rivers that drain into spiderland but the fact spiderland isn't flooded it means it goes deeper? Right
4:30 Hey, interesting connection there. Y'know how Trolls are (supposedly) the only naturally occurring sapient life on Azeroth? And as you bring up, they seem to really adapt to whatever energies they live around.
Honestly, Blizzard could do without bringing up a new elf or troll race for a while, the market is pretty saturated rn.
I think that the Arubians are the progenitor race — They are the Quillboar, the Trolls, Haranir, and Elves
1. Quillboar – Evolutions from consuming Corrupted Necromantic Blood (Blood Gems)
2. Elves – Evolution from being in contact with the Well of Eternity (Blood of Azeroth?)
3. Haranir – Evolution from being in contact with World Tree Blood (Sap) – Directly connected with the Emerald Dream
4. Trolls – De-evolution of Haranir after being separated from "All Blood" and devolving over-time.
Basically this: Arubian > Haranir > Troll > Elves or Quillboar
They look like the missing link between trolls and the highborn
They are the next playable race to be premiered in a later patch. With Earthen now both factions have Dwarves, and to make it fair they give Trolls to both. And they will cover the classes Earthen don't have (minus DK, but that could happen later if the Ebon Blade shows up somewhere).
I have no doubt in my mind that Bwonsamdi was a Haranir. He said he was not a troll, something much older.