I think I like the beard

Yeah all I know of Wrathion derg form in DF is the meeting during the Dracthyr intro. Ebyssian was bigger and wiser, so I tended to pay attention to him more.

I just wish Ebyssian had a personality.

There's heated words between him and Veridia (maybe-memory fault). Ebyssian admits fault in seeking to stay out of conflict and live among the Highmountain Tauren. He was their Spiritwalker, advising generations of Highmountain leaders, so this became a very long commitment on his part. Legion was another threat and he was deep in that situation, one not crossing paths often with those of the Dragonflight.

I must admit the backlash toward those of the Black Dragonflight ever since the cataclysm fomented by Deathwing likely would've made me ashamed to be known as a member of that fight, to say nothing of being known as direct progeny of Neltharian. Ebonhorn does harp on thoughts very much along this line.

Far be it from me saying WoW is nuanced, so what glimmers of nuance surface in character cut scenes are memorable. Aside from the dressing-down by Viridia, few others come to mind. Of course another being the "Dragonheart" style ending of Ysera in Val'sharah which you revisit and redeem during the Shadowlands Ardenweald story.

New toons I make that aren't Dracthyr I tend to head to Chromie soon as possible and elect to level either using Shadowlands or Legion. I always do at least enough of Legion to make that toy that acts like a Dalaran hearthstone work. Too convenient having this separate CD from regular hearthstone to get to the portal room and get most anywhere quickly that way.

If leveling in Legion, you can soon elect an adventure zone after getting your class artifact weapon. Val'sharah will be the storyline that lets you witness the full story arc for Ysera, ending with what still is the most tear-jerking ending of any story in game.

Ardenweald isn't usually an elective. You have to play through the story of the starting in the Maw, then get oriented in Oribos, then must do full stories in Bastion and then Maldraxxus. Only when returning from Maldraxxus (side trip again to the Maw), are you finally sent on to Ardenweald. After that just remains Revendreth, which is worth playing through since it is the big ending reveal of the complete storyline arc of all Shadowlands. Of all 4 zones in SL, Revendreth has great gothic flavor and always interesting to me.

Usually you'll be pushed out of SL before you reach Revendreth due to getting to 60 by then. So if you want to finish its story, the quest chain will remain active... but your XP gain will be a tiny fraction of pre-60. (And the gear rewards awful compared with DF.) And you'll need to visit portal room and head back to Oribos and get back to where you need to be to continue with the SL quest line.

Maldraxxus arena really hands you a set of dice loaded in your favor. I learned the hard way if you leave the Arena, head out of SL, return and try to continue as before, OUCH. But seldom will a player do such, so you get immersed in this seemingly no-win scenario and come through it feeling invincible. I didn't play SL beta (not invited), but if the scuttlebutt is correct, they had to adjust some of the AEs down a lot and more than once.

Oh and if you don't know already, SL herbs seem to still command OK market prices. However, ironically, Legion herbs tend to be the 2nd highest price after DF. I think this is because the most coveted Inscription items are made using Legion recipes and take a KAJILLION herbs to make a single one, therefore the products tend to list for thousands whereas most any other inscription is hundreds save for perhaps the DF riding customizations.

SL herbs are still up there in price simply because a common ink from SL is the barter currency for getting most any other ink from any expansion, including Legion. SL inscription products in and of themselves are scarcely worth the paper consumed making them.

He's the Ghandi of the Black Dragonflight. Literally now after being named Earthwarder.

My theory was that they already had merch of his BfA design planned out before they finished the DF model.

He looks sexy in his DF look

I barely see fanart of Wrathion so im really happy to see someone who also enjoys him!

This folder is filled with him. I am absolutely obsessed with him and am always planning more pieces featuring him.

Low-key sad that they didn't use the new model, Imagine spending so much time making it, texturing, only for it to sit deep in the files 😭