Actually, I never expected Wrynn to "join the Horde", the way Metzen described it, he was going to get a close look and understanding of Horde inner workings and become an even greater threat to them as a result. That did not happen, at all. Like I said, he was barely even a gladiator.


And Wrynn was hardly a "major focal point" in ANY questing prior to Cataclysm. He was completely missing in action up until Wrath of the Lich King was released. Yes, he was the subject of the Missing Diplomat questline, which never even ended up ending abruptly without any real resolution until the comic was released.

Did you read the comic? I bought it. Every issue, even though it wasn't very good. I even wrote the majority of the summary that recaps Varian's comic story on Wowpedia. I've read most of the novels too, except for War of the Ancients which I haven't been able to fully sit through.

The comic had generally poor art and mediocre writing. The art especially got bad during the second and third volumes, after Ludo went to work on Ashbringer, and it didn't improve until issue 20, when Pop Mhan and Mike Bowden came on board. Ludo's pencils are good, but the inking and coloring for the first seven issues was poor.

I assume you haven't read it, because you probably wouldn't be so quick to defend it, unless you're a fan of campy, poorly written comics.

http://i51.tinypic.com/20pspi1.jpg

I mean, look at that. It's lame, and it's hackneyed stuff like that which led to me disliking Varian.