Kil'jaeden makes first appearance in screenshot?
by V'Ming Chew 
Mar 20th 2008 at 7:00PM
"Keep in mind that it could be a fake, it's not "that" hard to get the 2.4 running on an emulated server and spawn Kil'jaeden, in this case his scale on live servers could be different," warns Boubouille.
Kil'jaeden the Deceiver, as we all know, is the eredar Supreme Commander of the Burning Legion, perhaps only second to Sargeras in the badass pecking order. With his appearance in-game and a chance for 25 intrepid mortals to "take him down", the lore implications are interesting. Granted, we only get to deal with "half" of him (the rest of him is submerged in the Sunwell), but lore-inclined raiders will certainly be itching to take a shot at him, at least until Arthas/Ner'Zhul/the Lich King makes an appearance in WoTLK.
I'm not certain of the authenticity of the screenshot myself, but Killie definitely looks constipated and evil enough here to be the real deal.
Filed under: Patches, News items, Screenshots, The Burning Crusade, Bosses, NPCs, Rumors
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kieron Mar 20th 2008 7:48PM
He looks cool.
Out of the 3 legion baddies i've always liked Kil'jaeden more and i'm glad that they're doing him in a way that looks great. I just hope if they add avheena (sorry for spelling) they dont make into an overplayed soapie ;p
nobbie Mar 20th 2008 7:48PM
I doubt that this screenshots is real as even in WMV, Kil'jaeden and the "water" surrounding him have a lot of glowing, shiny "sun stuff" on and around them.
Arturis Mar 21st 2008 12:43PM
I have to agree that the lighting is definitely off. Pretty much every image we have seen of the Sunwell it is glowing a bright yellow light, wouldn't Big Bad Killy J be lit from below instead of from above?
It is still possible that it may be a legit screen shot, but from an early, early test before they started to add the lighting and polish.
jeni Mar 20th 2008 8:01PM
Um...didn't we all see the video of his death on wowinsider a few days ago?
Psychosis Mar 21st 2008 9:05AM
It was a recording in modelviewer not inside the instance
Jeff Mar 20th 2008 8:03PM
Looks pretty awesome, I imagine its a real screenshot too. Can't wait to encounter him in-game. :D
Jeff
http://www.wowdungeon.com
Samael Mar 20th 2008 8:09PM
This is actually the third time this sites had a pic/video of Kil'Jaedan on it....*rolleyes*
prudychick Mar 20th 2008 8:34PM
Looks like an evil, angry version of Hellboy. Not that that is a bad thing.
Jowbulla Mar 20th 2008 9:22PM
So, since he stays in the well up to his waist, he probably won't drop any epic pants or boots.
pudds Mar 20th 2008 10:09PM
Epic speedo
Odok Mar 20th 2008 9:49PM
Eh, you don't kill him. He's mid-summon right there. In fact his "death" animation isn't so much a death as him getting sucked back through the portal. So you just banish the super powerful evil. again.
I'm getting a little tired of this "you can kill 'em because they aren't at full power!" excuse. Ragnaros, C'Thun, Kil'Jaeden...
theRaptor Mar 20th 2008 9:52PM
Is "25 mortals can kill a god" any better?
z007gg2 Mar 20th 2008 10:06PM
Technically, he's not a god, he's a demon. But the same principle still applies, 25 mortals killing an immortal demon.
Pamownsus Mar 20th 2008 10:04PM
Why is Kil'jaden red and Archimonde is blue? They were both Eredar at one point right?
Aurix Mar 20th 2008 10:33PM
KJ ate a buncha play-doh as a baby demon.
Charlie Taylor Mar 21st 2008 12:52AM
So you can't have people of different skin tones?
z007gg2 Mar 21st 2008 12:05PM
Well, it seems all the Eredar were/are some shade of blue, and Kil'Jaden isn't.
Feoremar Mar 20th 2008 11:09PM
Sweeeet!
WoWwiki has a transcript of the dialog that happens during the Kil'Jaeden encounter, and reading through it, seeing all these pictures and videos of Kil'Jaeden moving around and stuff, really gets me excited. I can not wait to see what the encounter will be like, it seems epic.
Raddington Mar 21st 2008 5:06AM
Isn't this from the Sunwell Plateau video that posted not to long ago?
Shang Mar 21st 2008 7:00AM
He is the new Diablo :-)