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04-24-2012, 11:37 AM

mjbmitch

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I Spotted a Retcon!

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The misty shrouds that the last Pandaren Emperor used to protect Pandaria from the demonic jeopardy that threatened Azeroth have done a particularly good job, for no troll has been seen in Pandaria for over 10,000 years. No wonder the Zandalari seem like nothing more than freakish figures of fiction to many Pandaren.

Imagine the Pandaren's surprise when the mists collapse and Pandaria's lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains are once more threatened by the ancient Zandalari menace that they had come to see as nothing more than scary savages in some superstitious stories.

Wyrxian of Blizzard posted this on the forums.

Source: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3523213648#20

What's retconned? The meeting the troll leaders had before patch 4.1 took place on Zandalar Isle.

I AM NOW AWESOME! ZANDALARI FACT CHECKER!

#4 04-24-2012, 11:55 AM
Cantus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: DC, U.S. Posts: 7,906 BattleTag: Cantus#1700	Two things...1. Wrong island. There is an island that relates to the Zandalari in MoP, but it isn't Zandalar itself. 2. Even if the former isn't true, we have no idea when the mists vanished during Cata, so there's always the chance that 4.1 could've taken place there. __________________ Rationalizing the irrational since 2005.

#6 04-24-2012, 11:52 AM
mjbmitch Sentinel Queen Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Crofton, MD Posts: 860 BattleTag: mjbmitch#1158	The trolls apparently never visited the place in the past 10,000 years, when in fact, they just did right before patch 4.1.

04-24-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mjbmitch

The trolls apparently never visited the place in the past 10,000 years, when in fact, they just did right before patch 4.1.

I think you're making the false assumption that the island to the North of Pandaria is, in fact, Zandalar island. It's not. It's an island occupied by the Zandalari. Zandalari Island is closer to the Maelstrom and not covered by mist.

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04-24-2012, 11:58 AM

Kellick

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Originally Posted by mjbmitch

The trolls apparently never visited the place in the past 10,000 years, when in fact, they just did right before patch 4.1.

Considering the island off the coast of Pandaria is nothing like Zandalar Isle was described in the RPG or Troll Compendium (the latter of which is still canon, near as anyone can tell), I'd say you're confused.

If anything, that little spit of land is an old Mogu settlement the Zandalari took over as the mists lifted.

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04-24-2012, 12:04 PM

Kellick

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Originally Posted by Sarahmoo

If that spec of land is Zandalar Isle there's going to be trouble.

Aye. There'll be pitchforks and torches aplenty if they do that.

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04-24-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mjbmitch

What's retconned? The meeting the troll leaders had before patch 4.1 took place on Zandalar Isle.

I thought it was Yojamba Isle.

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04-24-2012, 02:50 PM

Lon-ami

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Originally Posted by mjbmitch

Bad! Different isles, man >_<.

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Originally Posted by Insane Guy of Doom

Remember that weird zone that was found via glitching through the floor of the Scarlet Monastery. It was a large flat plane covered in troll ruins and large text saying things like "Jungle Zone A" and "Area B". It sounds like an early Zandalar that might be divided into a mini-continent ala Vashj'ir.

Between Blizzard saying they wanted more Molten Front style daily quest areas, and just how involved the Zandalari appear to be be in the overall Pandaria storyline via their ties to the mogu, I'd say its likely we'll see Zandalar as a patched in daily area/dungeon/raid hub thingy.

It's not Zandalar FFS.

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Originally Posted by Revenant

I thought it was Yojamba Isle.

Technically it seems to be it.

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#2 04-24-2012, 11:46 AM
Omacron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 26,522 BattleTag: Omacron#1477	Wait how does that imply a retcon exactly? __________________

#3 04-24-2012, 11:49 AM
Kellick Arch-Druid Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,298 BattleTag: Pyrolithic#1538	I'm not seeing the retcon.

#9 04-24-2012, 11:58 AM
Sarahmoo Site Staff - Moderator Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,746	If that spec of land is Zandalar Isle there's going to be trouble.