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A separate character

One thing that's been established pretty much for certain is that the DK will be created as a new character, not as a conversion of one of your existing characters. Blizz didn't want you to feel like you were losing your level 80 mage or whatever in exchange for getting a DK. It is also expected that we will be able to create a DK of whatever race we desire, even though gnome DKs will be awesome/ludicrous (depending on who you ask). People have threatened to quit WoW over this point.

11/04/08