WoW Moviewatch: Redemption: The Tale of Ormus
by Michael Gray 
Mar 31st 2011 at 12:00PM
The video was created entirely from in-game footage. This is a definite step up from some of RomireVids's earlier efforts. This video was actually released in June 2010, so it's a little dated by WoW's current content. Still, it's a nice attempt at a framed narration, and it's good to see RomireVids constantly improving.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
razion Mar 31st 2011 12:15PM
I'd like to clear up some things:
Not all Death-knights were paladins. That said, the Light doesn't abandon anyone who doesn't abandon it. The Light is a force that works entirely through faith. As long as one believes in the Light, they can use it. The Light never abandons its champions.
Now, rambling aside, I'd like to say that it's great to see some attention for Ormus the Penitent--his dialog in Icecrown Citadel was indeed very strong, and I think the short video could have done much better if it had adapted his actual dialog text into it there at the end:
"I was once a paladin, . Now the Light shuns me, for my sins are too great.
I will aid my allies as best I can, but never again will I wield the powers of darkness."
"What happened to your eyes?"
"A self-inflicted would, friend. I could not bear to look upon a world where I'd committed so many horrors under the Lich King's grasp. It was my first step towards redemption, and if my sins are unforgivable, then I will attempt to atone for them for the rest of my life."
Ormus' dialog is even sadder in the context that the Light never really abandoned him, but that he abandoned IT. I really do feel sorry for Ormus.
Socialcockroach Mar 31st 2011 4:19PM
"As long as one believes in the Light, they can use it." I don't think that is right. Even those death knights who were paladins but fully embraced their dark powers don't disbelive in the light. To my knowladge, these deathknights are not able to use any powers of the light (with the exception of Sir Zeliek and the use of Dark Simulacrum).
Also, the Draenei were deeply involved with the light, but when the orcs first attacked Shattrath, a chemical was used that severed the Draenei's ability to contact the light. Eventually this chemical twisted those who encountered it in to the broken.
Finaly, if the light were something that required faith to use, then the blood elves would have been waisting their time in draining M'uru's powers for the use of the blood knights.
razion Mar 31st 2011 5:53PM
While I'm not so sure on the chemical bit, the blood elves have been explained before, which I will relate to you now. The blood elves before believed they were siphoning the light and bending it to their will. Regardless of how they believed they were manipulating the light, they BELIEVED they could use it, and in that belief, there is faith. And with faith comes the power of the Light. The elves believed they could take the Light from the Naaru and use it, and so they could. The Scarlet Crusade is another example of how the Light can work simply with faith--methods use and cause be damned, if there is faith, the Light can be used. When the Naaru was taken for the Sunwell, with the Sunwell later restored after the defeat of Kil'jaeden, the Blood Elves were given a direct link to the new purified Sunwell as a beacon of the Light for them--and as long as the Blood Elves continue to believe in that bond with the Sunwell, then they will continue to be able to use the Light.
We have seen examples of the odd Forsaken being able to wield the light, and as it is explained in their case, that while they CAN use the light, it is incredibly painful to do so. Every time a Forsaken is healed with the Light, it burns them--like searing a wound closed with fire. The reason we don't see many undead paladins is probably because of that pain--through pain, many old paladins and priests probably believed the Light had forsaken them and was rejecting their new unlikelihood, regardless of the fact that they COULD use it, the fact that it was harming them to use it because of their condition would be enough to dissuade even some of the most devout. It would take a real fanatic to have the mindset to think, "this hurts like hell but DAMMIT I CAN USE IT SO I WILL". This is why we see so few Forsaken Paladins, and why we see even fewer Death-Knights who still embrace the Light--because for Death-Knights who have gone through a much worse time of it than Forsaken (Light help you if you're both), it is even harder for them to consider the Light still merciful, even though it doesn't have to be.
It is all about faith. In the case of undeath, the faith just has to be that much stronger to overcome the pain that comes with wielding it. I can completely understand why a Death-knight would feel that the Light abandoned them, although in reality, the Light can never "leave" anything. The Light is like the Force--it surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us. The Light doesn't go anywhere--it is everywhere. :)
Artificial Mar 31st 2011 2:32PM
No relation to the more famous Ormus, who was once a great mage, but now lives like a rat in a sinking vessel. ;)
Socialcockroach Mar 31st 2011 4:20PM
I have bought many a potion from that man.
Socialcockroach Mar 31st 2011 4:21PM
Bah, that was intended to be a reply to Artificial.
Twill Mar 31st 2011 5:12PM
WONDERFUL sound work. Really, its what made the video shine.
gg Apr 1st 2011 9:10AM
I'm sorry but...
"You now speak to Ormus."