The Daily Quest: A bit of intellectual discussion
by Anne Stickney 
Dec 5th 2011 at 8:00PM
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining
WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
Let's take a break from all the patch 4.3 commentary. Well ... sort of. Today I've got three very different sort of posts from around the blogosphere that talk about an assortment of subjects. While two discuss 4.3 in a roundabout kind of way, the third is a long look into the nature of corruption and the various corruption-themed story arcs in WoW. All three are pretty insightful, that's for certain!
Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
Let's take a break from all the patch 4.3 commentary. Well ... sort of. Today I've got three very different sort of posts from around the blogosphere that talk about an assortment of subjects. While two discuss 4.3 in a roundabout kind of way, the third is a long look into the nature of corruption and the various corruption-themed story arcs in WoW. All three are pretty insightful, that's for certain!
- Sheep the Diamond discusses the nature of time travel in fiction, particularly in WoW.
- Herding Cats talks about the fine line between too easy and too difficult when it comes to heroics.
- Parallel Context takes a look at the Burning Legion and the cycle of corruption in WoW.
Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dav103id Dec 5th 2011 9:03PM
Although Parallel Context addressed the issue, I think one could argue that the extent of the legion's corruption is viewed in many more gene pools than just the Draenei and Elves.
As the article mentioned, the brown orcs of Draenor were corrupted into the fel orcs and chaos orcs we see in Hellfire Pennisula and to a lesser extent the current playable race.
The forsaken, the undead in general, are all a product of the Lich King, originally created by the Legion.
The elves and Draenei were not only shaped by the legion's actions as the article described but were altered to their Man'ari eredar, broken, lost ones, wrathguard, satyrs, blood elves, wretched and felblood elf off shoots.
Many of the local denizens of Azeroth have become curropted as well such as dragons, furgbogs, and even spiders!
I'd be interested in learning if the Burning Legion is similar to Starcraft's zerg where a mutation at the genetic level eventually brings in new species into the fold. What are some similar characteristics between corrupted creature and full-fledged demons? General madness, bad hair days, and fiery appendages?
Redbeard Dec 5th 2011 9:26PM
Don't forget that the Legion hasn't been the only corruptor in WoW. We've got the Old Gods to thank for the creation of the Naga as well as the fall of the Dark Irons. The domination of the Warden Mellichar in Arcatraz by Harbinger Skyriss is another example. Between the Legion and the Old Gods, I think we've got almost all WoW-induced corruption covered.
What I was working on with that post was a multi-post topic on how similar the two BC races are. Over my time of playing WoW, I've rarely heard a "meh" concerning the BC races, and after having played both sides, I've come to the conclusion that they're a lot closer than people give them credit for.
Redbeard Dec 5th 2011 9:27PM
Thanks for the link, Anne!
Hih Dec 5th 2011 11:07PM
"Sheep the Diamond" what?! Diamond is for like... banish or something similarly useless. Sheep is always always always moon!
Psiwave Dec 6th 2011 7:12AM
Diamond = fear/banish. It's the same colour as a 'lock.