blizzcon Thrall Featured in BlizzCon 2023 Key Art

[Stan 5,044]

Last week, Blizzard revealed more details about tickets for the upcoming BlizzCon and we also got to see the key art which shows Thrall. Now the question is why Thrall and what role will he play in WoW going forward?

If you haven't seen it yet here's the full version of the BlizzCon key art:

Each game has a different character tied to it, we have Lilith for Diablo, Winston representing Overwatch, an elf holding Hearthstone cards, a gnome engineer/flight master for Arclight Rumble and Thrall for WoW. 

As far as announcements go, I believe Blizzard reveals a new WoW expansion every other BlizzCon and around BlizzCon, Dragonflight will have been out for just 1 year, so one would think they will reveal a big content update for the game instead.

Some wild speculations surrounding Thrall even mention the revival of Heroes of the Storm because this can easily be interpreted as HotS Thrall.

Just for comparison, Jaina was in the 2017 key art when Battle for Azeroth was announced and Sylvanas represented Warcraft on the BlizzCon 2019 key art when Shadowlands was revealed.

Do you think we'll see Thrall in Dragonflight or will we see a new expansion announcement? Let us know in the comments!

[Dejo93 993]

Really hope they don't emasculate him, like they did with many other popular male figures in pop culture recently. (Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, He-Man etc....)

[ArthasStormrage87 52]

7 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Really hope they don't emasculate him, like they did with many other popular male figures in pop culture recently. (Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, He-Man etc....)

I hope they don’t as well, but being woke-a-vision is part of it I wouldn’t put it past them. They will do it just so those elites can virtue signal and look like they care.

Edited July 3, 2023 by ArthasStormrage87

[Logarithm 40]

7 hours ago, ArthasStormrage87 said:

I hope they don’t as well, but being woke-a-vision is part of it I wouldn’t put it past them. They will do it just so those elites can virtue signal and look like they care.

When Thralla leaves her old life and family behind to sail to the other side of Azeroth, players will get to experience their whole journey alongside Thralla in this powerful expansion

[Swarf 101]

All I care about is getting some amazeballs virtual ticket rewards, so hopefully Blizz won't disappoint!  

[Hagersen 30]

Man a revival of heroes of the storms. Loved the game to death. That would be awesome

[MrM 44]

Could just be "he's one of the most recognizable characters of the franchise." Obvious choice if they were staying on theme would have been Alexstrasza, but they already had one lady with big horns in the composition.

[Arcling 887]

2 hours ago, MrM said:

Could just be "he's one of the most recognizable characters of the franchise." Obvious choice if they were staying on theme would have been Alexstrasza, but they already had one lady with big horns in the composition.

They often put characters that have nothing to do with what is announced at Blizzcon. For example, that Mecha Tyrael skin was from an event that existed before and there was nothing substantial for HotS back then. Of course, there won't be any spoilers in key art, so if they are going to show their online survival game, it's not going to be featured in any promotional art before.

[VegaPl 88]

On 7/4/2023 at 12:14 PM, Hagersen said:

Man a revival of heroes of the storms. Loved the game to death. That would be awesome

You can still play it, can't you?

[Hagersen 30]

14 hours ago, VegaPl said:

You can still play it, can't you?

yeah but it doesnt get supported like it should. No new events no new maps, heroes, cosmetics,balance changings nothing. Thats what i mean with revival

[VegaPl 88]

Suspended animation then 😉

[VegaPl 88]

On 7/6/2023 at 4:46 PM, Hagersen said:

yeah but it doesnt get supported like it should. No new events no new maps, heroes, cosmetics,balance changings nothing. Thats what i mean with revival

Well now there is a patch;)