Welcome to the Sethrak thread! We’re here to discuss all things Sethrak and show our support for them.
Any discussion related to them is welcome as long you keep it civil.
Why the sethrak?
The devoted faction of the sethrak is shown to be friendly, and having a unique culture with Beduin aestethics and also having some troll elements in as well. With most of the sethrak living underground in caverns.
They would also be the first non-mammalian playable race and race with almost no sexual dimorphism.
Not to mention overall being a cool race in my opinion.
What Faction Would the sethrak Join?
I’d say the horde because they help the devoted fight back the faithless, kill the faithless leader and save their loa Sethraliss.
There’s also the bond between the zandalari and sethrak as they used to worship her together back in the day and now with her return have sethrak showed up in Dazar’alor.
Sethraliss herself even attended Talanjis coronation with a priest of Sethraliss.
There are people that argue that they would go alliance and while they did help the devoted as well it’s nowhere close to what the horde and zandalari did for them.
Which is why I think based on the current story that they would go horde.
Still, they would need more story to actually leave their neutrality and join either side.
The model
The model is quite a large problem to be fair as it’s not up to player quality and would need to be redone. It currently can’t wear player armour, the texture is not player level resolution and a lack of customization.
However!
Blizzard has said that they would listen to feedback and wishes on allied races, and I can only hope they realized that the sethrak is very well-liked and would make a great allied race.
This thread is a way to show our support of that.
Here is also a concept of sethrak wearing a helmet, as I’ve seen “they will never be able to wear helmets” used as an argument against playable sethrak
https://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/guide/images/13485.png
https://i.imgur.com/LrkRPYj.png
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I have some guildies who would be super excited to have the Sethrak as an Allied Race.
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Playable snek + DH wings = dragon RP
I am sold on the idea as long as they can be DH and have emote “hiss” 
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I bet! And they’re not the only ones, a lot of people I know also would love to play as one.
A hiss emote would be awesome ofcourse! Sadly I can’t see them be DH or DK thanks to the lore. It’s always sad when you can’t play your favorite class on your favorite race.
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we don’t need more races. would have rather engaging and good class design/gameplay for a 10000x time over new races
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Well I don’t agree with not needing more races, sure it will be silly if we end up with 50 races or something but I want at least a few new ones that break the mold from current playable races. Something like a reptile race like the sethrak for example.
Also the people creating the models and such for a new race are not the same people balancing classes so you would not need to worry about it taking time from that.
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How many times can I say No to this question?
is there a limit?
I’m not really sure which question you’re referring to, but if you want to say no to sethrak you’re free to do so. Is it from just personal dislike or is there something else which makes you not want them playable, like the lore?
Green snakes for Horde, white snakes for Alliance!
Yes them or the Taunka would be really nice. I think that I would roll a Taunka first though. Please no Vulpera for Horde or Alliance.
Taunka are already friendly to the horde anyway. Snake people do not fit in with Alliance IMO. If we do get more races it probably will not be for a very long time , i’d say.
You lot saying no to allied races are the most boring people alive.
Yes to Sethrak. Yes to mechagnomes too.
More choices!
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Personally I dislike the models. A snake with arms and legs just looks super weird.
If you want to roleplay as one, log a rogue with the pickpocket glyph and go grab a disguise from one of the bad sethrak. I’ve tested it on them, and it does actually work.
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I can understand that in a way it looks weird. I hope it won’t weird you out too much to ruin your immersion and fun if they get added though.
Thank you for the tip, this is actually what I do currently on an alt.
The only problem is that you can’t keep the appearance when actually doing things like world quests or dungeons. I’d be fine if we got some kind of toy that let us be a sethrak with almost 100% uptime but I don’t see that happening.
Adding them as a race would also give you the option to customize your character too.
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I’ve been hoping to see the sethrak become an allied race ever since the Devoted were added to the story back in beta. I’m not quite as hopeful as I once was about their chances, but they still have a fair bit going for them, and I’d still like to play as one no less.
I think they’d compliment the vulpera well on the Horde, or make a fine counterpart to them on the Alliance. Whichever side they might join, I’d just like to be able to play as one.
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One of the questions that needs to be answered when it comes to allied races is:
“If faction X gets this what does faction Y get?”
Races must be added in pairs after all, if Blizz insists on this “Faction” business.
Yeah, but how related they are to one another remains to be seen. Zandalari and Kul Tirans should be the gold standard, but who knows if every allied race pair they add from now on will be as neatly intertwined.
Vulpera and sethrak have very much been a pair since their reveal, and continue to seem like a pair even in Hearthstone concept art. As far as the story goes, though, there’s arguably more emphasis on the Horde helping the Devoted than the Alliance, which awkwardly puts vulpera and sethrak together.
On the other hand, Alliance have junker gnomes and…? I guess holy undead are on the horizon, if Calia doesn’t take over the Forsaken.
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I approve of this.
Sethrak, glorious race, builders of complex structures, wielders of electric stuff vs. Vulpera, the Roma ppl of Azeroth and their Dolly and Dot song.
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I’d love them to be an allied race, and I also thought they would’ve been one when bfa began. But, as of now, after 8.2 and the big mechagnomes “issue” I’m afraid the most likely hypothesis will be gnomes and Vulpera, if there will be more allied races. And if not Gnomes, then Alliance undeads. But definitely Vulpera for Horde.
Still, I would surely roll one if they became an allied race. Loved them at first sight!
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If they make a female model it should be for once bigger than the male, like most insects
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