Artifact

Shaman Artifact lore is pretty fascinating so far -- let's talk about the masters of the elements.

Rossi's been going over some of the new lore regarding the Artifact weapon reveals for Legion, and I'm going to jump into the fray as well, because there is a lot of material hidden among all those little introductory paragraphs we got for our new weapons.

There was a lot of lore revealed via the Artifact descriptions on the official site, and as we go into Legion we're apparently not just going to learn about the Burning Legion and the Broken Isles but about the past and the history of many different parts of the world of Azeroth.

During the World of Warcraft Q&A panel one tidbit got dropped by Tom Chilton, in answer to a question about what role Karazhan would play in Legion, Chilton asked the crowd "What would you think about Karazhan as a five player dungeon in patch 7.1" and got what I believe would be the expected response of shock and excitement from the crowd.

Okay.

Perhaps the reveal that resonated most with me was the kitchen sink attitude that Blizzard was suddenly taking towards class lore. Since Wrath of the Lich King I have been starving for more Paladin-flavored lore in this game and it was so exhilarating to see the new push that the game is taking to focus on the different classes and the stories that make them distinct and special. I’d like to talk a bit in this post about Protection Paladins in the next expansion and what we have in store for us with regards to the new class lore. I especially want to brainstorm a bit on what our artifact may be and what options are potentially available.