The Queue: A Dakotaraptor and I answer your questions

Y’all seem to like the two people answering the Queue format, so here we go.

Matt: I’m glad you asked, Kevin.

Dakotaraptor: As am I. You see, Kevin, the Sons of Lothar were the surviving members of the Alliance Expedition to Draenor that took place after the Second War, led by Turalyon, Alleria Windrunner. Khadgar, Danath Trollbane and Kurdran Wildhammer.  They named themselves the Sons of Lothar in honor of Anduin Lothar, the Lion of Azeroth, who led the Alliance forces in the Second War until his death at Blackrock Mountain. After Khadgar used the Skull of Gul’dan to seal the Dark Portal after Ner’zhul’s reckless sorcery tore Draenor asunder, the Sons of Lothar were stranded in Hellfire Peninsula, where they founded Honor Hold and survived for nearly twenty years until help came.

Matt: That was a surprisingly cogent answer, Dakotaraptor.

Dakotaraptor: Your pandering to stereotypes demeans us both, Matthew.

Dakotaraptor: No, no, I highly doubt it?

Matt: I think there’s some room for this idea.

Dakotaraptor: Come now. There are so many players, canonically they can’t all get the Ashbringer, or the Deadwind Harvester. What’s likely to happen is that in lore various figures (perhaps only referred to by their titles) will be said to gain the weapon, so for the Fury Warrior Artifact the Skylord would achieve it, but certainly not your Skylord. This assumes they even really deal with the can of worms at all.

Matt: I don’t think it’s really that big a deal in most cases. In the example you made, the Warswords of Valajar aren’t terribly well known, so it’s not like it matters who ends up with them.

Dakotaraptor: Yes, but either way, it’s not going to be you. It’s just not possible. At most, somebody gets the Artifact, and they’ll probably keep it as vague as possible, just as they’ll keep who the Garrison Commander on Draenor was vague.

Matt: I still think it would be cool if Blizzard deliberately wrote someone’s character in as the official Priest class leader or what have you.

Dakotaraptor: You think 9th century Cathars are ‘cool’. No one is interested in what you think is ‘cool’, Matthew. They’re interested in what’s likely to happen,. and it’s simply not likely that we’ll see the Artifacts as canonically in player hands.

Matt: If they’re popular enough…

Dakotaraptor: If you think I’m enduring this man’s pedestrian drivel on a regular basis, sir, your name and assumed title are wholly deserved. It’s as if I were associating with an anthropomorphic monster truck. He blunders about spewing his malformed opinions as if anyone ever solicited them, when in reality his plebeian efforts are the lowest scrapings of the barrel. Have you no pity on an honest Dakotaraptor steini, good sir?

Matt: Well, maybe Liz and Mitch will keep doing it.

Dakotaraptor: Actually, unless you’re playing a Rogue you won’t see Ravenholdt burn, it happens doing the end of Cataclysm quests for the Legendary Daggers.

Matt: Most dungeons don’t change the outside world so you’re safe there, same for raids — and when a raid like Siege of Orgimmar changes the world, it usually does so via a patch so you’ll see it, it won’t be phased.

Dakotaraptor: Indeed, even the Undercity changes are universal now, they’re not dependent on anything. You should be all right.

Matt: I’d like to see the Zandalar stop stealing dinosaurs from the Isle of Giants.

Dakotaraptor: I enthusiastically support this idea. Finally, Matthew, you’ve said something worth saying. And it only took you five tries.

Matt: Thanks, I guess.

Dakotaraptor: While we’re dreaming maybe Blizzard could finally realize that many theropods (including all Dromaeosauridae) had feathers, and update their models appropriately. It’s ridiculous to see them in game sans feathers. It would be like depicting wolves and bears without fur.

Matt: Ashkandi.

Dakotaraptor: I believe we all saw this coming.

Okay, that’s the Queue for today. I’ll see y’all Tuesday. Happy new year.