If you're a lore freak and a Forsaken fan like I am, you might share one of my biggest pet peeves about the World of Warcraft: Why is Sylvanas Windrunner in a Night Elf Body when she's an undead High Elf? The RPG Books tell us that she is in her old body, which Arthas dug up and let her possess as a reward for her services to the scourge, so she should look like a high elf or a blood elf. Instead, she's just a night elf with gray skin. Most of her other High Elven brothers and sisters got a blood elf skin revamp with the expansion, so it always felt wrong that one of the most famous High Elves of them all was stuck as a lowly Night Elf. It seems that Blizzard may have finally heard our cries of frustration on this. From tipster Jagoex comes news of a discovery by MMO Champion poster Gurluas: Apparently there are some skins hidden in the patch that look very much like they could be a new look for Sylvanas. The render Gurulas made actually makes her look a bit like a cross between a gray alien and a Blood Elf, but it isn't a bad look for her at all.
At last check, Sylvanas is still bouncing away like a hyperactive cheerleader on the test server, so no word on whether this is really a change for her. If we're lucky, maybe we'll see our new Sylvanas by Wrath of the Lich King, and we can have a proper High Elven Dark Lady we can all be proud of.
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2-24-2008 @ 7:24PM
Meira said...
Its good to know that an update to sylvanas is possible... shoo, NE model
PS: is the cowl that makes her look alien-ish. those with WMV try Deprecated Silver-thread cover
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2-24-2008 @ 7:30PM
Meira said...
Something like this
[URL=http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot480lj1.jpg][IMG]http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2125/screenshot480lj1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
2-24-2008 @ 7:31PM
Meira said...
If it worked >.
2-24-2008 @ 7:36PM
Meira said...
http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot480az1.jpg
Sorry for the spamming
2-24-2008 @ 7:51PM
Charneldeath said...
Damn man, the image shack link is hawt. I'd almost drop trow and hit that.
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2-24-2008 @ 7:54PM
Havitech said...
Looks more like a Wretched than an undead Blood/High Elf. Are do they already have a female Wretched model?
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2-24-2008 @ 8:08PM
mattarin said...
the wrethced are undead blood elfs
2-24-2008 @ 9:46PM
Calaana said...
They are mana addicted elves, not undead.
@6, take a look at this page: http://www.wowwiki.com/Wretched
Namely, "When Magistrix Elosai temporarily turns into a wretched, she takes the form of a male one, as female models don't exist yet."
2-24-2008 @ 11:48PM
Super Guest Man 9000 said...
mattarin, Wretched arn't undead. They're high/blood elves that have been consumed by their addiction. Basically their crack heads.
2-24-2008 @ 8:08PM
mattarin said...
i think the reason she was made a night elf was because she was made before TBC and i guess they were too lazy to change her until now
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2-24-2008 @ 8:34PM
Wildhammer said...
Everyway you cut it it sucks. The Night Elf body doesn't do Night Elf females justice, and the Blood Elf body is just flat out pathetic and degenerates into stereotypical fantasy Elves. To be honest, I think the Night Elf one was the lesser of the two evils. At least it was semi-athletic.
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2-24-2008 @ 9:23PM
NickDynmo said...
New tauren druid cat form model now plz. kthx.
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2-24-2008 @ 9:50PM
Cruelruin said...
More like http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s196/oaksway/5c9fed7d.gif
Imo
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2-24-2008 @ 9:57PM
Eternalpayn said...
haha
2-24-2008 @ 9:59PM
Tianalyrsil said...
I wonder if maybe an updated Sylvanas model is something we'll see in Wrath of the Lich King... hasn't there been some speculation about Sylvanas having a role in Northrend?
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2-24-2008 @ 11:27PM
Tylenol said...
Yup, she's gonna go B!tch slap Arthas
2-25-2008 @ 2:03AM
Ambril said...
Sylvanas should by all rights play a very prominent role in WotLK.
2-24-2008 @ 11:56PM
Arthian said...
Yea The Cowl kinda looks out of place on her, if it were smaller, or if there was no cowl at all. It will be nice to see th Dark Lady in her true glory but i have grown used to the Night Elf model
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2-25-2008 @ 12:20AM
M2r1o said...
She looks like **** with the blood elf model , no offence to anyone, just my opinion . She's fine the way she is .
2-25-2008 @ 12:38AM
Shawn said...
I'm not sure if anyone has played WCIII, but they used an undead Night Elf model for her.
Of course, they also used blond haired, pale skinned, night elfs for blood elfs...
Anyway, the precedent seems to have been set in the WCIII series.
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