So as we are getting new Amani trolls lore and trolls lore in general in the next Expansion i decided to make a threat of questions, lore and discussion about our fellow playable darkspear or also as called sometimes “Island trolls” in lore.
I always asked myself why is Echo isles so barren ? why the only thing added to it is a ship to Dazar’alor?
Isn’t it a great time to add some “Life” to Echo isles ? in reality it has literally 3 huts and 1 of them is for our leader when by lore there is thousands of darkspear living there , even thunder bluff resembles a city tens of times more by houses/buildings/npcs and so on heck we don’t even have AH or bank in our race’s capital city.
Also i came to rereading not a long time ago about darkspear and came into this from wowpedia :
" However, with another approach by Kul Tiras and its navy, the Darkspear were forced to retreat inland under an onslaught of [destroyers], [battleships], and [gryphon riders]( of the commander Admiral [Daelin Proudmoore]. The trolls [berserkers] and [bat riders], fighting alongside their Horde brethren led by the [beastmaster] [Rexxar], evacuated their tribe to [Dustwallow Marsh]. There, they helped the Horde in gathering an army to fight against the Admiral in Theramore. Eventually, the enemy armada was defeated and the trolls returned to Echo Isles, only to be later betrayed by a witch doctor named [Zalazane] who began using dark magic to take the minds of his fellow Darkspear."
As we can see Darkspear trolls always had “Troll berserkers”[Muscular bigger then usual] also a WC3 unit [Muscular unit after upgrade] also wowpedia ties Troll berserkers to “Dire trolls” as here : " Troll berserkers are members of bloodthirsty sects presents in the various troll tribes, with [axe] or [spear-throwing] [hunters] becoming known as berserkers through a combination of learning how to channel their rage and alchemical means. Sometimes, alchemical or magical alteration can lead those berserkers to become [dire trolls]".
Dire trolls are the giant trolls we have seen in all the rest of the tribes but some why we lack them in darkspear villages and even the capital without any representation of their existence in game as part of darkspear.
In conclusion i don’t see any reason why we still can’t play as more muscular more buffed version of darkspear as it stands in lore correctness but lacks in game.
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Give us more buffed troll version and not only skinny as they exist everywhere in game in any troll tribe + they use exact same skeleton model as our playable darkspear already
as Eon said “New skeletons means we need to upkeep and make gear for new skeletons of new races this is why you see more versions of Elves/Dwarves and so on way more then entire new Races with their own skeletons”, This only means there is 0 problem to add that Skin option. -
Show some love for Echo isles its barren without any resemblance of a capital with less then any quest hub in middle of barrens.
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I do wish to see at some point a playable Shadow Hunter class but its only wishful thinkin.
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Would be lovely at some point to explore the Darkspear Islands as it was abandoned after WC3 events and its location is unknown in current game a cool island that has entire Underground system that has a Massive Gold mine a great library and temples made by murlocs/naga communities.
Feel free to add your thoughts , questions , appreciation or show your interest in general to our troll community , who knows maybe blizzard will take inspiration or even remember some of their Old vast or forgotten written lore.
