Hello everyone!
Last week we did the third part of Jaina's story in which we talked about her time as
diplomat, trying to make the factions see reason and come together in a time where none
seemed to listen.
The bombing of theramore was a crucial point in her character, it changed her both on the
inside and the outside which is why I went into so much detail.
It would be the start of her rollercoaster of emotions.
In the meantime the alliance and the Horde found their way to a mysterious land previously
hidden by mist.
The faction war moved to pandaria, a land full of resources, people, perfect spot to
fight one another was it not for the sha that feeds on negative amounts.
Our arival causes a whole bunch of problems for the pandaren, problems we try to clean
up, but 2 months later the rest of our forces make landfal and the war escalates.
Garrosh has no intention of giving up his dreams for conquest and will do anything to
make it so, including the use of an ancient artifact called the divine bell which allows
you to harness the power of the sha.
Meanwhile Varian asks of us to check in with his son Anduin in Dalaran who's trying to
convince Jaina to kick the sunreavers out of the city.
They claim fealty to the Horde and represent a major threat to the war effort, but decide
Jaina claiming that she could never be neutral while Garrosh leads the Horde, she's not
onboard with the plan.
"My father isn't asking you to pledge the kirin tor to the alliance.
"Anduin I know exactly what he's asking, ow look who has arrived.
Nobody dislikes Garrosh more than me.
I wrestle with my anger every day.
" "Come with me – look around you a moment."
"In the aftermath of theramore my first instinct was to decimate Orgrimmar.
To kil levery man woman and child in the city."
"Jaina...!"
"I'm not proud.
Since then Kalecgos and I have talked at length abotu power, and how it should be used.
The Kirin-Tor has a legacy of abuse.
Kel'thuzad turned his knowledge of the arcane arts toward Necromany.
Kael'thas Sunstrider was also a student here, another of our fold who betrayed us.
Every day I ask myself: What is the right thing to do?
Anduin, you know more than anyone, it's important to separate the Horde from its people.
The Sunreavers still operate within this city.
Alliance and Horde work together.
As long as we stay above the war, then there's hope for the world as a whole.
I see our city as a beacon of light, showing the way.
If we can trust one another here, then there's hope for the rest of the world."
"I understand.
I'll talk to my father."
"Thank you, Anduin."
She sees working together here in the city as an example to the world and understands
that the Horde does not mean all of its people.
She's right about that as more and more voices are starting to rise up against Garrosh.
He won't let his people starve to death in the desert.
Will stop at nothing - NOTHING - to ensure a proud and glorious future for the orcs and
anyone with the courage to stand with them.
Some cheer on their warchief, but others believe that this isn't right, that this isn't
what it means to be Horde.
When Vol'jin and their expedition finds the power to shape flesh and build warriors,
he can feel it's the blackest of magics and speaks out.
This is not what the Horde is about and as a reward, he gets stabbed in the neck.
We are able to save his life and Vol'jin would spend some time recovering, but not
everyone agrees with his mindset.
When Thrall is asked to help out, his own people don't even listen to him anymore.
Garrosh is their warchief now, willing to do anything it takes to claim what he desires.
If that means mistreating a couple of blood elves or using the dark powers of the sha,
something Varian and the alliance reject doing, then so be it.
Despite people trying to reason with him, he listens to no one but himself pushing people
like Lor'themar to consider old alliances.
The warchiefs hold over the Horde is weakening, but the time to openly rebel against him is
not quite there yet.
Speaking out could mean the end of them so they still follow his command and search for
the divine bell.
It's the alliance that tracks it down first.
They can't even imagine the atrocities Garrosh would commit if this bell were to fall into
his hands so they decide to hide it away within Darnassus to study it and keep it safe.
But the warchief isn't about to let his prize get away.
Horde heroes are recruited to infiltrate Darnassus.
It's has taken them a great deal to get through Jaina's trips and the Sunreavers
are risking their neutrality by asissting the Horde.
Which means we have to be on our best, be very careful not to get caught or detected.
The bell is transported to Silvermoon while Fanlyr Silverthorn stays behind to clean up
their tracks so that Proudmoore doesnt' discover our involvement.
Seems like he should have done a bit of a better job since Jaina isn't exactly happy
when she finds out what happened.
"No no!
The bell!
I had Darnassus LOCKED DOWN!
Every fumbling rogue that tried to sneak into the city, I CAUGHT them!
I snatched every two-bit charlatan that attempted to teleport through my traps!
They couldn't possibly have gotten through...this was an inside job.
Somebody inside the city has the Bell, unless...no...
THese portals connect to Dalaran.
That means the Kirin Tor ... My OWN Kirin Tor...helped the Horde commit this atrocity.
I will NOT be betrayed again!
Those responsible for this will be punished!"
"Aethas Sunreaver!"
Pew PEw
Pew "You've betrayed the Kirin Tor, Sunreaver.
You've allowed Garrosh to move his forces through MY city."
"You have it all wrong, Jaina.
I did nothing."
"You looked the other way.
YOu and your insubordinate kind are no longer welcome here."
"This is OUR city too, Proudmoore."
"Hah!
I see.
I will remove the Sunreavers by force, then."
PEW PEW
"You Aethas, will be coming with me."
"Jaina teleports out.
It's funny that a piece of that story is missing and never made it into the game which
they were alright with since it caused a whole of discussions and debate.
This is a bit of information given about that missing story by Sarah Pine, one of blizzard's
writers:
When you were stealing the Bell from Darnassus, Aethas was supposed to find your portal, follow
you in and go "what are you doing?
You can't use Kirin Tor resources for the war effort."
and the orc you're with gets nose to nose with him and says "You'd better decide
where you're loyalties lie, ELF."
And Aethas slinks back through the portal to Dalaran saying he saw nothing.
For too long, she has toiled to mend fences between Alliance and Horde.
Time and time again, she has given the Horde the benefit of the doubt - and time and time
again, they stab her in the back.
She refuses to be betrayed again!
If the Horde intends to use the Kirin Tor as a weapon against the Alliance, then they
have no place in Dalaran.
She together with Vereesa Windrunner, leader of the Silver covenant who has lost her husband
Rhonin at Theramore strike out at the Sunreavers.
Not all were in on Garrosh' plans, some didn't even know what was going on, but
they no longer cared.
Those that did know, those that had followed the Warchiefs' orders had sealed the fate
for the rest of them.
The sunreavers that comply are teleported to the Violet Hold but those that resist are
put to the sword.
None are allowed to leave so the dragonhawks are either put to sleep or slain, even some
of the shopkeepers are put down while the Horde works on evacuating the sunreaver citizens,
strikes back at the silver covenant and the alliance stroops stowed away near antonidas
memorial.
They save aethas and make their escape, but neither side is particularly happy.
Lor'themar Theron yells: Aethas!
You're alive!
Archmage Aethas Sunreaver says: Thanks to this hero, a few of us made it out of there.
Many more have been sent to the Violet Hold.
Lor'themar Theron says: Anar'alash denal!
Will someone tell me WHAT is going on in Dalaran?
Archmage Aethas Sunreaver says: Proudmoore!
She's gone and expelled the Sunreavers from the city.
She's purging the Horde from the Kirin Tor!
Lor'themar Theron says: She's gone too far.
I'm certain the Alliance can move their war mages through the city at will.
That human ... witch!
Lor'themar Theron says: When will they learn?
When will they see that the Horde exists BECAUSE of the Alliance?
Because of their prejudice and their bigotry!?
They force us ever closer to Hellscream's Horde.
Archmage Aethas Sunreaver says: My Lord...
Lor'themar Theron says: Hal'duron, summon the rangers.
Rommath, assemble the Blood Magi, and add the Sunreavers' strength to your own.
Lor'themar Theron says: We Sin'dorei will take our future into our own hands.
Lor'themar Theron says: And get this damn thing out of my sight!
Hellscream bought this treasure with the blood of my people.
I hope it destroys him.
King Varian Wrynn says: Jaina!
What's happening in Dalaran?
Has there been an attack?
Varian walks around the table to Jaina.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: The Kirin Tor was betrayed from within.
I've handled the situation.
King Varian Wrynn says: How?
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: I've purged the Horde from Dalaran.
You have what you wanted, Your Majesty: The Kirin Tor belongs to the Alliance.
Varian is confused.
King Varian Wrynn says: But you said- Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: I know what I
said.
My trust was misplaced.
King Varian Wrynn says: What of the Sin'dorei - the Sunreavers?
Surprisingly, Varian is not happy, but sounds concerned instead.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: Those that surrendered are being taken to the Violet Hold.
I make no guarantees about those who chose to fight.
Varian sounds dismayed and is becoming frustrated.
King Varian Wrynn says: Jaina, you need to talk to me before you act-
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: How I run the Kirin Tor is my business.
King Varian Wrynn says: I was trying to negotiate with the Sin'dorei.
I was opening discussions to bring them into the Alliance!
By attacking their people, you've forced their hand-
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: They chose their own path.
King Varian Wrynn says: You've driven them back to the Horde.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: You're fooling yourself.
Once Horde, always Horde.
I see that now.
I'm mobilizing the Kirin Tor.
Jaina walks down to the center of the floor and opens a portal to Dalaran as Varian looks
on, stressing his words.
King Varian Wrynn says: Jaina.
We've got to work together on this.
The Alliance must act as one.
Jaina turns halfway back to Varian - the equivalent of looking back over her shoulder.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: Don't get soft on me, Varian.
The Kirin Tor has been pledged to the alliance, but the negotiations between Varian and Lor'themar,
trying to get the blood elves to join the alliance once more...they've come to an
end.
There is still the threat of the divine bell, something that Anduin hasn't forgotten about.
While Garrosh displays the powers of the bell, the raw negative emotions too much to handle
for most, the prince uses the Harmonic Mallet to stop him.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Your interference has cost me a great warrior, young prince.
You'll pay with your life.
Anduin Wrynn says: That is where you are wrong, Garrosh.
Anduin Wrynn says: The mogu made the Divine Bell to create chaos, but the pandaren created
a special mallet to turn the echoes of that chaos into perfect harmony.
That mallet was hidden for thousands of years, until now.
Anduin leaps upward and performs an overhand strike on the Divine Bell, stunning Garrosh
and causing the bell to crack violently.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Die, whelp!!
Garrosh pulls himself together, closes the gap, and strikes at Anduin, but hits the Divine
Bell, shattering it.
The bell crumples in a heap onto Anduin, who has been crushed within an inch of his life!
"There is much I do not know about this artifact.
The weak willed cannot control the sha energy, but I WILL master it.
Atleast the human prince is dead.
King Wrynn now knows the price of his continued defiance.
Hahaha.
Leave me, I have much to think about."
"I will let you live so that you can tell your KIng of the price for his continued defiance!
Muahahhaha"
King Varian Wrynn says: Garrosh attacked my son...?
Where is he?
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: Anduin!
Jaina spots Anduin and runs to him, kneeling over his prone body.
Varian is not far behind her.
King Varian Wrynn says: Anduin, what were you thinking?
I should've sent you back to Stormwind!
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: He's alive, but his bones are shattered.
King Varian Wrynn says: Send for Velen.
Bring him here at once!
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: My King, I promise you.
The Kirin Tor will come down on Garrosh so hard his ancestors will reel.
Blood will pay for blood!
Jaina teleports away in a flash.
King Varian Wrynn says: Jaina-
Anduin will need some time to heal while the war against the alliance and the horde continued.
Their attention was drawn by the resurrection of Lei-Shen the Thunderking, a threat that
could not be ignored.
On the isle of thunder, The Kirin Tor offensive lead by Jaina Proudmoore and the Sunreaver
Onslaught lead by Lor'themar Theron did their best to put a stop to the thunderkings
plans while also fighting with eachother.
Step by step we took more of the island, carved our way to the throne of thunder and after
weeks of fighting eachother on the island, the final showdown was about to begin.
"Lord Zhu!
The Alliance – the Horde – all chaos is about to erupt out here!"
"Like children.
Taoshi!
Hand me my weapon!"
"My Lord...you are gravely wounded!"
"My weapon!
Champion, with me.
I want you to see this."
"Hand over the Archmage and I may yet allow you to walk out of here, Lor'themar."
"Proudmoore!
You will release my people from the Violet Hold, or I will cut you down myself!'
"Your people are legitimate prisoners of war.
They orchestrated an attack on Darnassus from MY city-"
"The Sunreavers knew NOTHING of Garrosh's raid on Darnassus!"
<Aethas Sunreaver shifts uncomfortably> "ENOUGH!!
There will be no more bloodshed today.
I see why now why your alliance and your horde can not stop fighting.
Every reprisal is itself an act of aggression, and every act of aggresion triggers immediate
reprisal.
"They have undermind, I must protect, SILENCE!
YOU must break the cycle.
It ends TODAY.
Here.
The cycle ends when you Regent Lord and you Lady Proudmoore turn from one another.
And walk.
Away." ... thinking...
"Rangers.
Lower yoru weapons."
"My lord!"
"Very well.
We will stand down."
"They killed my husband!"
"This won't bring him back.
But know this, 'blood' elf.
There can be no peace while hellscream is warchief of the horde."
"That is precisely why I wish to converserve our strength today.
"Lady...Lord."
"Gather the wounded.
Withdraw to the harbor.
Our work here is done."
Aethas shifts uncomfortably as Lor'themar assures Jaina that the Sunreavers knew nothing
of Garrosh's raid on darnassus, a remnant of the quest that was supposed to make it
in.
Jaina and Lor'themar decide to step away from eachother and focus on the real threat,
the Thunderking.
Powerful upgrades were found in the throne of thunder for both sides with Jaina infusing
her staff of Antonidas with the power of the thunder king himself.
I don't think they've actually ever used that for the story, while the power the blood
elves obtained, an animus golem has showed up.
Either way with the thunderking dealt with and Vol'jin healed up, the time has come
for a rebellion.
The Horde has had enough of their warchief, but Garrosh isn't finished quite yet as
he just found some awesome power hidden within the vale of eternal blossoms.
The heart of the old god y'shaarj is thirsty, dropped in the sacred waters of the vale which
causes a massive explosion and destruction to the land.
The Siege of Orgrimmar had the alliance and horde face all the troops, powers and weapons
Garrosh had managed to acquire.
Even the warchief himself used the powers of an old god to try and carve out the destiny
he saw, but not even that was enough to stand against the combined might of the alliance
and the horde.
Ahaaaa "You disapoint me garrosh.
You are not worthy of yur fathers legacy."
Cloink!
"His punishment is not alone for you to decide."
"I won't let you take him."
"We have all suffered from his atrocities.
My people more then any other.
Let him stand trial in pandaria.
There we will mete out justice for all."
Mmmmkaaaay, put him in chains, lock him up boys.
"Ugh...Look at them.
Already they plot against us.
Sieze this moment, Varian/ Dismantle the Horde.
"Guardsmen!"
Ow my i'm impressed "Father, what are you doing?"
"What a king must do."
"I will speak to your warchief!"
Eeeey its voljin "I speak for the Horde!"
Yah really its voljin "Very well.
The horde has commited heinous crimes vol'jin."
Tjoink "But some among you fought against Garrosh'
tyrany For that I'm willing to end the bloodshed.
But know this, if your horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did.
We will end you."
Quite a turn around between Varian and Jaina as she is the one who calls for the dismantling
of the Horde, but Varian can see that not all were down with Garrosh.
As long as they murder alliance in an honorful way it's all good and as Ashran showed,
we would start fighting again.
We first have the trial of Garrosh to complete though with Baine and Tyrande playing loyar
while the bronze dragons Chromie and Kairoz use the Vision of time to show moments from
the past to support each sides case.
Witnesses are also called to the stand and Jaina's financial support for bain is revealed.
Varian isn't exactly happy about this, not to mention that his son had been part of it,
but probably the most interesting thing to come out of the trial is when Jaina takes
the stand.
They show the destruction of Theramore, Jaina returning home and finding Kindy and when
Tyrande asks her about the flooding of Orgrimmar, she says that she didn't want to become
like Garrosh.
Be like Garrosh or be like the Horde?
Tyrande asked too which Jaina – battered, angry, wounded, devastated, honest Jaina – replied
simply, 'The Horde isn't garrosh."
It seemed like she was dealing with her anger and made the choice to not let it consume
her.
This anger put quite a bit of strain on her relationship with Kalecgos.
A relationship in which she aided the blue to deal with the aftermath of the cataclysm,
but she decided that Garrosh had already taken enough from her.
She would not let him take the love she had for the blue.
The tale ends with Kairoz breaking Garrosh out of prison, taking him to an alternate
reality which would kick off the expansion Warlords of Draenor.
The attack on the temple where they held the trial was not an easy one to repel.
Our heroes had to deal with their counterparts from alternate realities.
Jaina even lost her life despite those gathered trying to do everything in their power to
heal her.
All hope seemed lost, Varian told Anduin that there was nothing they could to save his auntie
Jaina but the prince woudn't give up on her.
That's when the red crane knew his student had not forgotten the lessons of his temple.
Hope is what you have when all other things have failed you.
Where there is hope, you make room for healing, for all things that are possible – and some
that are not...
His powers made her open her eyes once more, Go'el realized Jaina looked happy.
Perhaps she had been healed in more than body, and he wondered how she had been able to accept
her raging alternate self.
He supposed he would never know.
Their eyes met, and he smiled at her.
And when she stretched out a hand to him, he took it.
It almost seemed like Jaina was ready to get past the hatreds of old, but during Warlords
of Draenor we saw her, once again, being unwilling to work together with them while Khadgar has
no such reservations.
Talador horde full: 1:18:55 "Let us pass, gatekeeper."
"Lady Proudmoore has expressly forbid Horde from entering kirin tor grounds.
"Then let Jaina take it up with me.
I am a member of the council and you will let me and my friend pass!"
"Very well, archmage.
As you wish."
"My tower lies just through this pass."
While we work on dealing with the threats on alternate draenor, especially gul'dan
and his shadow council, Khadgar is attack by Garona Halforcen.
We quickly go after her and capture her, while Jaina takes care of the archmage.
"Be still, Khadgar.
Garona's dagger was enchanted."
"Uhgngnrnrn" "This wound is grisly, you should see a
priest."
"No.
No priest.
Cordana, stitch me up."
"Thank you commander.
Youre an asset to the alliance."
"I work with the best."
"I've heard you also work with the Horde.
The rest of the council of six wouldn't approve.
I don't " "It's not the first time I've disagreed
with the council and it won't be the last."
"Keep protecting our archmage, Commander.
We'd be lost without him."
The leader of the kirin tor is kind enough to give a hand with upgrading our legendary
ring and that's pretty much all she did during the expansion.
Our heroes were able to secure victory on Draenor, alternate gul'dan is send over
to Azeroth and he kicks off another invasion from the Legion.
Sylvanas leads the charge for the Horde while Varian commands the Alliance.
Both factions seemingly out of no where working together again for the good of Azeroth.
At this point the rolercoaster seems to be over and Jaina seems to have made up her mind.
We went from the diplomate to bombing of theramore and flooding orgrimmar.
Changing her mind and instead leading the kirin tor, unable to work together with Garrosh
as warchief.
Then Anduin talks to her and they do try to make it work in Dalaran, a shining beacon
of hope for the rest of the world leading to the divine bell which pissed her off and
championed the dismantling of the horde.
The trial of garrosh with deciding to not let hatred consume her heart to Draenor with
being unwilling to work together again and then Legion where she does join the Alliance
on the Broken Shore.
This was a death trap and the Horde is unable to hold its ground.
They cannot die this day so Sylvanas is forced to call the retreat which appears to the alliance
as a betrayel.
Varian is forced to sacrifice himself to give the troops a chance to escape and with the
death of the king, a great burden is placed upon anduin's shoulders.
His father was a great strategist, yet his armies crumbled at the broken shores.
How can he succeeed where the wolf had failed, but Velen reasures him that he does not stand
alone in this battle and Tyrande compliments him for his wisdom of accepting the illidari
into their ranks who by now have made their way to either the alliance or the horde.
Jaina however reminds them all of the Horde's treachery.
It's time to bring them to heel like the dogs they are.
Theramore, Dalaran and now again they're betrayed by the Horde at the broken shore,
but the others don't see it that way.
They can't fight a war at two fronts, they need the Horde's strength in the battle
against the Legion, but Jaina disagrees.
She believes that to fight alongside the cowards who betrayed his father and left them to die
would dishonor everything Vartian stood for.
Dalaran will protect the easterns kingdoms, but she will not allow the Horde to set foot
within her city.
Dalaran is then moved to deadwind pass to have a better position while defending the
eastern kingdoms.
The journey did not go without complications as we see a citizen stuck in a wall while
the recovery specialist is trying to help him out, but that's not what we're here
for.
We're here to assist Khadgar as he tries to make Jaina see reason.
They can not fight both the Horde and the Legion at the same time.
Azeroth will have to be united in the coming war and for the Kirin Tor to fight at its
full strength, the Horde must be allowed back into their ranks.
Jaina is not having it.
The Horde obliterated Theramore.
They left them to die on the Broken shore.
Again and again the horde has proven to be monsters...cowards!
She will never let them back in but Khadgar has made his case and respectfully asks the
council to vote.
Jaina warns them that if they let those vermin back into the city, she will not be counted
amongst their ranks when they welcome them and the council, against Jaina's wishes,
votes to let the Horde back in.
Only Ansim Runeweaver agrees with Jaina's views and with that, she leaves the kirin
tor behind and Khadgar steps up as their leader.
We wouldn't see her for the remainder of the expansion, but as it turns out, she had
been spending her time fighting the Legion on her own.
She depended on no one and no one depened on her while the rest of us worked on our
order halls and kicked some legion booty.
With battle for azeroth soon upon us Jaina will return to the front as the war between
the alliance and the horde flares up again.
She has been searching.
She know how dangerous hate cane be and doesn't like what it's done to her, but she doesn't
know if can still change.
She knows what she's against.
She knws what angers her, what drives her hate, what she doesn't want.
But she doesn't know what calms her, or what she loves, or what she does want.
That's going to part of her journey while also having to deal with the choices of the
past, stepping away from her father Daelin which her people back home at kul tiras could
not really appreciate.
The daughter of the sea is returning home, but that's a story still waiting to be told.
For now though I hope I've been able to give you a better understanding of Jaina's
character.
Where she started from, what happened to her that changed her.
Where might she go in the future, well perhaps this answer at blizzcon gives us a bit of
an insight as to what Blizzard themselves think of the character:
https://youtu.be/oacj-mnnvkc 25 45
"Jaina's complicated.
She's as evil as I am.
Bad example.
How evil are you?
So look, if I'm jaina as a character Jaina is wrapped with regret.
Looking over her past decisions and the things she has done.
Responsible for the death of her father, potentialy responsibly for what the horde is today as
a result of that.
What could she have done differently at stratholme?
Could she have saved arthas.
What about the battle for the undercity.
If you break that all apart, youre left with a character that has some damage.
Explore that damage, try to udnerstand how she got the way she is and hopefully pull
her out of it.
No she's not evil, she's conflicted and something we can't wait to explore.
And with that I think it's about time to wrap up this video.
It's been a while since I dove into such a massive character and it's been a lot
of fun to try and get as much detail in as I could.
Hope you enjoyed it too and thank you very much for watching everyone!
Subscribe if you like my videos, leave a like if you enjoyed this one aaaand until next
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