Lore Watch Podcast: Who was the High Elf Xal’atath is piloting, and more weird body questions

We thank our listeners and patrons for giving us another round of great questions, which we summarily answered and used as a diving board directly into the deep end of tin foil hat theories and speculation. First, who was the elf Xal’atath is currently using for a body? While we do have a pithy answer to this identity courtesy of a particular quest line, there’s also a broader lore implication in terms of who this poor erstwhile High Elf once was. Another listener wanted to know what kind of humanoid form Azeroth will have, and specifically suggests it may be a Troll. Trolls were one of the progenitor races of Azeroth, so is it possible they were formed in her likeness? This leads us into a discussion of the races of Azeroth and how they may have evolved over the centuries — and who may have been pressing a thumb on that evolutionary scale.

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