The Archangel Tyrael pet revealed
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Jul 3rd 2008 at 1:15AM
You may remember that we recently told you that Worldwide Invitational attendees would be receiving a Tyrael pet as part of their goodie bag haul as soon as patch 2.4.3 went live. The PTR servers when down for a little bit of an update a while ago, and when they came back up, WoW Insider commenter Darkra came through with the picture of my new favorite pet, which you can see above.
It's actually pretty strange, he looks both cute and bad ass at the exact same time. I'm not sure how it pulls it off, but I suppose that's just the awesomeness that is Tyrael. Congratulations to all you WWI attendees on what is surely the coolest non-combat pet to date, and for those of us unlucky enough not to make it to the WWI in person, let the Ebaying begin!
Filed under: Items, Events, News items, Worldwide Invitational
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Sarah Jul 3rd 2008 1:25AM
So happy, oh god, just nerdgasmed.
ognob Jul 3rd 2008 1:39AM
and how does he fit into the Warcraft lore ?
Kage Jul 3rd 2008 1:52AM
It doesn't, hes from diablo kind of like the mini diablo pet (Duh)
Sarah Jul 3rd 2008 1:53AM
The exact same way the Diablo or Zergling does. He doesn't.
I would most likely come up with an engineering excuse if on a RP server, as he could very well be robotic.
ognob Jul 3rd 2008 3:36AM
to Kage;
Yes I knew it didn't fit, that was my point.
It irks me to play around with the Lore like this.
Sorry, but i'm a Lore purist
kw Jul 3rd 2008 9:10AM
How can you be a "lore purist" and play WoW at all? This game is FULL of pop-culture references and little nods to other games, movies, and music. I mean.. the "fight club" in UC, Olivia, Newton and John in Stormwind, Haris Pilton in Lower City..
This is the kind of stuff that everyone expects from a Blizzard game, I'm not sure how you can feel otherwise =)
Lars Jul 3rd 2008 2:43PM
Good point kw.
I was gonna make a snarky remark about how WoW is the real Diablo 3... but your comment is much more tasteful and poignant.
PimpyMicPimp Jul 3rd 2008 6:34PM
Me too.
I was debating buying the collectors edition and this just sold me on it.
HELL YES!
PimpyMicPimp Jul 3rd 2008 6:37PM
/weep
I just saw the pet and didn't read the article. I know look and feel like an idiot...
...and am very sad :( I want one.
Superchat Jul 3rd 2008 1:39AM
How shitty, they gave it a Draenei body, now i dont want it.
Sarah Jul 3rd 2008 1:56AM
Feel free to sell it then ;)
Fail to see anything to do with its body matching a draenei however, its typical massive torso human male proportions, does look like its floating in the first pic though, heres hoping.
kr3wman Jul 3rd 2008 2:02AM
its the point of view : He's bending his knees because he's flying.
Jay Jul 3rd 2008 6:47AM
Give it to me :)
Procris Jul 3rd 2008 2:02AM
Looks chubby to me more than anything. It'll probably look much better in-game.
darkra Jul 3rd 2008 2:58AM
OMG my pic made it into its own newspiece at WoWInsider *nerdcheers*
darkra Jul 3rd 2008 3:04AM
...and I just noticed they spelled my name wrong -.-
Charlie Jul 3rd 2008 3:05AM
An archangel pet and a beta key...
waaaaant.
Shabberz Jul 3rd 2008 3:55AM
awesome..
Samba-man Jul 3rd 2008 5:05AM
Well, it would certainly fit with my lore.
"Undead warlock that loves collecting pets around Azeroth finds a quite peculiar one... and goes back home very happily..."
Nah, seriously, i want that pet!!!!
GIVE IT TO ME!!
:)
Damon Jul 3rd 2008 6:14AM
That's just unfair. I mean, really... Come on. To say i want one of those is like saying the ocean is wet.
I'm gonna have to stark stalking blizzard employees... Who live half the planet away from me... Damn.