I think Chen and Li Li would have been a good choice if they wanted a “one fits all” approach. Chen wandered the whole world, spent time with both factions and would be the one with knowledge about the world, Li Li would ask questions and be the “new eyes”-character asking questions and challanging the old beliefs.
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I think characters like these are better fit for exploring cosmology, rather than plain old Azeroth. I like some mortal bias in there, it makes things more “real”.
But would they know the story of the zones in a way that warranted actual clarification and input regarding their status?
The above isn’t about countering the whole Pandaren concept. But as a way to narrow which candidates should’ve done such exploring.
To put it bluntly, I don’t think Chen or Li Li would’ve covered the EK lore satisfactorily (even if Chen could’ve qualified to tackle the Kalimdor one).
If we were to have Pandaren, a Lorewalker would’ve been better. As historians, at least they would’ve had an excuse regarding how they know about any zones lore.
Having Chen suddenly knowing about certain zones history, comes across as meta gaming.
Chen wandered not only Kalimdor, but also the eastern Kingdoms. He spent weeks in Ironforge and even helped establish the Brewfest. He also fought in the third war alongside Magni and was declared a friend of Ironforge.
So i think he would have more reason to know some stuff, compared to some lorewalker from Pandaria who never had contact with either the eastern Kingdoms or Kalimdor before Pandaria happened.
My bad.
Honestly didn’t know about any of that…
Just his role in the Wc3 campaign.
Really, any perspective would be nice. I’m okay with Rexxar and Zekhan giving us a core Horde perspective on Kalimdor. I would also have liked a Alliance perspective on the continent. Or a neutral one. Each and every perspective is limited in the objective information it can give us. So I’d just like to see as many different viewpoints as possible, in the long run.
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Aside from what Tekra pointed out, Blizzard could have framed the book as an actual exploration, rather than a fieldguide. With entries such as “A dwarf from Kharanos told me that…”, “A Tauren hunter was selling his wares at the market and he had some interesting things to say about…”
Ah well, it’ll never be, but one can dream!
Long story short not much people care about Flynn and Shaw and they don’t need to be shoehorned into everything.
Putting characters in stories is called shoehorning now? Ok. 
On a more serious note: it’s fine if people don’t care about Flynn and Shaw! I do, though, and that’s why I want to see them in more content. And why I’m disappointed that the next book doesn’t feature them.
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Well, to be honest, there are certain limits as to how much info any particular perspective can give.
It may range from:
“Here you find a Totem honoring the Bloodhoof tribe. It shows the bond our culture has with Mother Earth and each layer represents a primordial element imbued by blah, blah, blah,…”
To:
“Here we can see a painted piece of wood. These cow people think it’s their god or something.”
If you are to have info regarding the scenery, some views offer a more limited output than others depending on the framing.
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What relevance do Flynn and Shaw bring to Kalimdor other than a blatant fanservice? Lmao
If you focus solely on characters in WoW, you’re gonna have a bad time.
The same relevance they brought in the first book? Information about certain places/artifacts and cute commentary.
They haven’t spend much time on Kalimdor.
And that’s why I would like to see them go there and do exactly that! 
Also aww. It’s ok, buddy. It’s fine to enjoy cute things. 
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Sure. But even the low end gives us the information of what people that resemble the authors might know. Considering we have no idea about the education level in Azeroth that’s still a far cry from nothing. I don’t really care more about the totem you invented than I care about knowing if the soldiers of Nothwatch can’t tell one tribe or symbol from another.
Can’t you guys just stick to Adventure Time or Steven Universe?
Warcraft always had quirky characters and a fun side to it, just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t belong…
or in other words:
can’t you guys just stick to Warhammer and 40k?
Revisionist much?
We had a cinematic of Arthas stabbing his father in the heart.
We had a cinematic of Archimonde destroying Dalaran.
We had a cinematic of Grom Hellscream dying after impaling his axe in Mannoroth.
Sorry but I’m tired of the old excuse. “WoW wAs aLWaYs QuirkY” no it wasn’t.
Apart from a few easter eggs, yeah, but they’re easter eggs for a reason.
Good God man, where did you all suddenly crawl from? Who is pushing this narrative of “haha wow was always quirky so now we must drive that as the main thing”.
Stop being a revisionist.
If you think WoW is always quirky and a fun side to it, take a walk in Hellfire Peninsula. It’s a road of solely skulls of Draenei.
Or perhaps you didn’t realise that Outland is all that’s left of an entire planet floating in the nether.
Ah yes, I still remember that grimdark quest where a goblin infiltrated a dwarven fortress and fooled the guards by putting a slice of cheese on his head.
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Ah yes, a few silly quests and that means the whole lore should be regarded as such.
Besides, sounds like that came out of Cataclysm zones, which weren’t well received by the community because of their stupid pop cultures or terrible writing 
Maybe we are getting here somewhere!
No but seriously guys, stick to Adventure Time or Steven Universe, I knew you guys grew out of that but it has no place in WoW at all.