Illidan was originally Sartre
Illidan first appeared in Warcraft 3 In The Reign of Chaos, later became the most high-profile focal point after Alsace Minehir in The Frozen Throne, followed by Illidan in world of Warcraft Dark Temple quests at the bottom of the boss, and later became the Son of Light and Shadow.
It can be said that Illidan was one of the most successful characters to build in World of Warcraft, but you may not know that Illidan was not the protagonist in the original concept, but a Sartre.
In a live broadcast by the original Warcraft story designer, one designer said:
"Illidan was originally a Sartre, and the first time we looked at the script, he was Sartre, just talking with a shakespearean poetic and prose feel, and then colleagues at the time thought that Illidan was Not very good at Sartre.
So we abandoned Illidan's plan to be Sartre, and then Illidan became a demon hunter, and later things proved that our decision was right.
Illidan is one of the most interesting characters in the Warcraft series that I find most interesting. ”
In the Warcraft quest written by Mason, the Night Elves blessed by the Burning Legion are actually equivalent to Sartre.
Later, Mason mentioned in other interviews that in order to make players more familiar with the battle unit, illidan was given the shape of a demon hunter.
This explains why both the Demon Hunter and Sartre have horns on their heads, horns on their heads, and hooves under my feet.
Gianna's death became the cause of Alsace's fall
In the original design, Gianna would die in an early Terran quest as one of the causes of Alsace's fall, but of course this plan was canceled.
Designers at the time believed that the greedy adventurer had not yet fully understood who gianna's character was, and that letting gianna take the box lunch too early would make the role seem redundant.
Moreover, Alsace's original intention in order to save Lordaeron in the plot was enough to make him fall into madness, so there was no need for Gianna to receive a box lunch at the beginning, so Gianna lived to the present.
Unfortunately, in the subsequent plot, Gianna not only did not let more greedy adventurers like, but also made the greedy adventurers disgusted and spurned, and honored: "Aunt Gianna." ”
Battle of Mount Hygar
In fact, in addition to the final chapter of the plot when the Akmund Day Tree was exploded, there was another plan for the final chapter, as a foreshadowing of the final cutscene, and there was also an animation.
The animation is probably the Night Elf hand-to-hand combat Akmond, and then drill into his interior to do damage or something.
The plan was that Akmund would slowly walk towards the peak of Haigar, and the warriors who were not greedy adventurers at that time would delay Akmund's footsteps as much as possible.
But if you play the fierce battle of the previous level, the player will find the task to stop Akmund boring, smelly and long, so in the end this stinky and long story battle is canceled.
It is worth mentioning that this quest line was not officially abandoned until the final beta version.
Summary: It is undeniable that the rigor of the original Warcraft designers is commendable, if it were not for their excellence, the Warcraft series could not have had today's brilliant achievements.
So dear friends, what do you think of the three deleted plots, you may wish to leave your opinions in the comment area.