I predict the class legendaries will be the following:
Druid:Fandral Staghelm, also known as Majordomo Staghelm - the successor of Majordomo Executus and the leader of the Druids of the Flame. He's got a big part to play in the whole Old God theme. But... they could go with the tradition of Druid legendaries and have it be another Ancient Guardian. In that case, maybe Tortolla? (A giant turtle)
Hunter: Aku'mai is a pet of the Old Gods. This is taken from her dungeon journal entry in WoW: Aku'mai, an ancient evil, carries within her a small measure of the Old Gods' power. This three-headed hydra is greatly feared for her mindless savagery and insatiable hunger for living flesh, but the Twilight's Hammer worships her as a divine sign that the Old Gods will soon return. Hunters already have a legendary Hydra though, but eh. Hydras are cool.
Mage: I would say Millhouse Manastorm, if he wasn't already a card... but I don't know! It's tough. Probably some Naga, considering they serve the Old Gods. Or the Burning Legion! Or both! I'm not actually that sure... but candidates could be Azshara or Lady Naz'jar. Other than that, if Cho'gall is not the Warlock legendary he could be the Mage legendary.
Paladin: I can't come up with a Paladin who was greatly influenced by the Old Gods, neither someone who was especially an enemy against them. But Saidan Dathrohan was pretty crazy though - he was the leader of the Scarlet Crusade. They're pretty craycray, but it turned out the Dreadlord Balnazzar had been disguised as Saidan. So, not really that Old God-y, but it could work.
Priest: Archbishop Benedictus, also known as the Twilight Father. After the ogre Warlock Cho'gall died, he pretty much became the leader of the Twilight's Hammer Cult, who serve the Old Gods. I think it's pretty much impossible for him not to be the Priest legendary, unless they do something completely crazy with the class legendaries this time. Maybe they bring in one of the Naaru, which is basically an embodiment of light and kind of the opposite of Old Gods. WRONG! GET REKT :(
Rogue: Garona Halforcen is a pretty good candidate, considering she's a great enemy of Cho'gall and the Old Gods. But considering she's such a big character, I wouldn't be surprised if they made her into an alternate Rogue hero instead... but who knows? Asira Dawnslayer is a possible candidate too - she's one of the Twilight Cult's greatest assassins.
Shaman: Therazane the Stonemother. Considering the Old Gods' grasp of the earth, it would make sense for her to be a legendary. She is the Elemental Lord of earth - a counterpart of Ragnaros, Neptulon and Al'akir. Another candidate would be her terribly ugly daughter, Princess Theradras. Or some kind of ascended thingie, those are pretty cool-looking. hey that's pretty good
Warlock: Cho'gall. The leader of the Twilight's Hammer cult will be a legendary in this expansion, and since he is a Warlock and also Gul'dan's apprentice - it'd make sense for him to be the Warlock legendary. He could potentially be the Mage legendary though, since he originally was an Ogre Magi I guess... or maybe he still is? (Well, he's dead, but you know...) In that case the Warlock legendary would probably be any big Demon lord Blizzard wants to use. It's not really important.
Warrior: So, this could be anything. Maybe General Rajaxx or some other Qiraji warrior. Maybe the Twin Emperors, which would mean Warrior gets double legendaries this time around. Another direction they could go is some Sha (spawn of the Old God Y'shaarj that represent bad emotions), maybe the Sha of Pride who was a big part in Garrosh's corruption. Otherwise they could go with Warlord Zon'ozz, or General Vezax, two big Faceless Generals.
And for neutral: Any important Faceless ones or Qiraji, probably Sinestra (Deathwing's bae), Ozumat - king of Krakens (year of the Kraken, come on, he has to be in the expansion is some way!) and any bosses from any Cataclysm dungeon could work.
Lastly, of course the Old Gods themselves. Four Old Gods seem to exist (or have existed) on Azeroth. They are C'thun, Yogg-Saron, Y'shaarj and N'zoth. Only C'thun and Yogg-Saron have appeared in WoW themselves, but the deceased Y'shaarj has appeared in the form of "Sha" (incarnations of bad emotions). N'zoth hasn't been seen in-game yet though, so I'm not sure if he could become a Hearthstone card before appearing in WoW... therefore I'm not sure if any of them could actually appear directly as cards! They are immensely powerful creatures, much more powerful than any minion seen in Hearthstone so far! They'd be absolutely game winning! But they have to appear in some way, but I'm thinking indirectly. Maybe summoned by the use of other cards, or just influencing the game through some mechanic. The expansion is called Whispers of the Old Gods, after all.
So what do you think? Do you agree, or do you have some other suggestions? Do you have any idea for what the cards would do? I guess there's not much use of speculating right now, since we have so little information, but at the same time I'm thinking it would be fun to have our predictions come true!
Edit: Apparently information was leaked and the Old Gods will appear directly. 1 wrong prediction, check. Oh well.
Antipaladin? Never heard of something like that. The closest opposite to a paladin in warcraft would be a death knight.
But as it looks right now, it seems like all the class legendaries are some kind of servant to an old god, and it doesn't really matter if they're a big part of the lore. The cards revealed so far also seem to be direct servants or creations of old gods rather than cultists, so I have no idea what to predict tbh.
They could just make all the legendaries into random quest mobs or dungeon bosses, which would actually be good to be honest. If they don't, they will eventually run out of characters for their legendaries.
I predict the class legendaries will be the following:
Druid: Fandral Staghelm, also known as Majordomo Staghelm - the successor of Majordomo Executus and the leader of the Druids of the Flame. He's got a big part to play in the whole Old God theme. But... they could go with the tradition of Druid legendaries and have it be another Ancient Guardian. In that case, maybe Tortolla? (A giant turtle)
Hunter: Aku'mai is a pet of the Old Gods. This is taken from her dungeon journal entry in WoW: Aku'mai, an ancient evil, carries within her a small measure of the Old Gods' power. This three-headed hydra is greatly feared for her mindless savagery and insatiable hunger for living flesh, but the Twilight's Hammer worships her as a divine sign that the Old Gods will soon return. Hunters already have a legendary Hydra though, but eh. Hydras are cool.Mage: I would say Millhouse Manastorm, if he wasn't already a card... but I don't know! It's tough. Probably some Naga, considering they serve the Old Gods. Or the Burning Legion! Or both! I'm not actually that sure... but candidates could be Azshara or Lady Naz'jar. Other than that, if Cho'gall is not the Warlock legendary he could be the Mage legendary.Paladin: I can't come up with a Paladin who was greatly influenced by the Old Gods, neither someone who was especially an enemy against them. But Saidan Dathrohan was pretty crazy though - he was the leader of the Scarlet Crusade. They're pretty craycray, but it turned out the Dreadlord Balnazzar had been disguised as Saidan. So, not really that Old God-y, but it could work.Priest: Archbishop Benedictus, also known as the Twilight Father. After the ogre Warlock Cho'gall died, he pretty much became the leader of the Twilight's Hammer Cult, who serve the Old Gods. I think it's pretty much impossible for him not to be the Priest legendary, unless they do something completely crazy with the class legendaries this time. Maybe they bring in one of the Naaru, which is basically an embodiment of light and kind of the opposite of Old Gods.WRONG! GET REKT :(Rogue: Garona Halforcen is a pretty good candidate, considering she's a great enemy of Cho'gall and the Old Gods. But considering she's such a big character, I wouldn't be surprised if they made her into an alternate Rogue hero instead... but who knows? Asira Dawnslayer is a possible candidate too - she's one of the Twilight Cult's greatest assassins.Shaman: Therazane the Stonemother. Considering the Old Gods' grasp of the earth, it would make sense for her to be a legendary. She is the Elemental Lord of earth - a counterpart of Ragnaros, Neptulon and Al'akir. Another candidate would be her terribly ugly daughter, Princess Theradras.Or some kind of ascended thingie, those are pretty cool-looking. hey that's pretty goodWarlock: Cho'gall. The leader of the Twilight's Hammer cult will be a legendary in this expansion, and since he is a Warlock and also Gul'dan's apprentice - it'd make sense for him to be the Warlock legendary. He could potentially be the Mage legendary though, since he originally was an Ogre Magi I guess... or maybe he still is? (Well, he's dead, but you know...) In that case the Warlock legendary would probably be any big Demon lord Blizzard wants to use. It's not really important.
Warrior: So, this could be anything. Maybe General Rajaxx or some other Qiraji warrior. Maybe the Twin Emperors, which would mean Warrior gets double legendaries this time around. Another direction they could go is some Sha (spawn of the Old God Y'shaarj that represent bad emotions), maybe the Sha of Pride who was a big part in Garrosh's corruption. Otherwise they could go with Warlord Zon'ozz, or General Vezax, two big Faceless Generals.And for neutral: Any important Faceless ones or Qiraji, probably Sinestra (Deathwing's bae), Ozumat - king of Krakens (year of the Kraken, come on, he has to be in the expansion is some way!) and any bosses from any Cataclysm dungeon could work.Lastly, of course the Old Gods themselves. Four Old Gods seem to exist (or have existed) on Azeroth. They are C'thun, Yogg-Saron, Y'shaarj and N'zoth. Only C'thun and Yogg-Saron have appeared in WoW themselves, but the deceased Y'shaarj has appeared in the form of "Sha" (incarnations of bad emotions). N'zoth hasn't been seen in-game yet though, so I'm not sure if he could become a Hearthstone card before appearing in WoW... therefore I'm not sure if any of them could actually appear directly as cards! They are immensely powerful creatures, much more powerful than any minion seen in Hearthstone so far! They'd be absolutely game winning! But they have to appear in some way, but I'm thinking indirectly. Maybe summoned by the use of other cards, or just influencing the game through some mechanic. The expansion is called Whispers of the Old Gods, after all.
So what do you think? Do you agree, or do you have some other suggestions? Do you have any idea for what the cards would do? I guess there's not much use of speculating right now, since we have so little information, but at the same time I'm thinking it would be fun to have our predictions come true!
Edit: Apparently information was leaked and the Old Gods will appear directly. 1 wrong prediction, check. Oh well.
Edit: I got two legendaries right! welp
Are there any major antipaladins in WoW lore? I can't help but think an antipaladin would be the most thematically fitting paladin legendary.
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Antipaladin? Never heard of something like that. The closest opposite to a paladin in warcraft would be a death knight.
But as it looks right now, it seems like all the class legendaries are some kind of servant to an old god, and it doesn't really matter if they're a big part of the lore. The cards revealed so far also seem to be direct servants or creations of old gods rather than cultists, so I have no idea what to predict tbh.
They could just make all the legendaries into random quest mobs or dungeon bosses, which would actually be good to be honest. If they don't, they will eventually run out of characters for their legendaries.
inb4 Paladin legendary is original to Hearthstone.
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