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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Gaming PlayStation Xbox Nintendo. Movies TV Comics. Star Wars Marvel. Filed under: News PC Windows. One of World of Warcraft's biggest bad guys is turning good in the Legion expansion New, 52 comments. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Here's an excerpt: Amid mountains of corpses, a winged figure battled at the head of the legions of Light.
There was a sense of rightness about this, as if he looked upon a vision of the unborn future. Next Up In News. Loading comments The Latest. Malfurion opposed this, much to Illidan's anger and he became determined to prove that the demons did not control him. Illidan fighting Arthas Menethil.
He led a night elf force into Felwood, where he come across Arthas Menethil , servant of the the Lich King. The two fought each other, but proved equally matched and Illidan demanded to know what Arthas wanted.
The death knight told the night elf about the Skull of Gul'dan, a demonic artifact responsible for corrupting the forests. However there was a heavy price as Illidan was transformed into a demonic form. He led his forces against the dread lord, Tichondrius , and completely destroyed him. Angry at his unappreciated efforts, Illidan left. Following the Legion's defeat, Illidan was discovered by Kil'jaeden , who offered him one more chance to serve his cause. He tasked him with destroying the Frozen Throne, as the Lich King had grown too powerful and rebellious for the demons to control.
In exchange for his service, Illidan would be granted more power and magic than he could ever imagine. To aid him, Kil'jaeden gives Illidan the Orb of Kil'jaeden. Utilizing Gul'dan 's memories, which he gained from the skull, Illidan formulated a plan. He summoned the Naga , the mutated former servants of Azshara, who were eager for revenge against the night elves and the others who had survived the Great Sundering. He soon, however, discovered that Warden, Maiev Shadowsong, was in hot pursuit of him.
Illidan recruited a group of satyrs to help his Naga delay Maiev, while he retreated to a nearby port and traveled to the Broken Isles, the remains of Suramar that were raised by Gul'dan twenty years earlier, where he grew up and where the Tomb of Sargeras was located.
Maiev managed to pursue Illidan, fighting his naga forces across the island and he eventually entered the tomb with Maiev hot on his heels. With Gul'dan's memories, he quickly found the Eye of Sargeras and the warden caught up with him as he was tapping into its power.
Illidan used it to bring the tomb down on top of her, considering it fitting payback for all the years she'd kept him imprisoned. He and his naga escaped through the underwater passages, but Maiev escaped using her magical abilities though she had to leave her comrades behind to die.
Illidan's forces attacked her base, but she sent a runner back to Ashenvale to get reinforcements. Malfurion and Tyrande arrived to reinforce Maiev and drove Illidan's forces back. Tyrande and Illidan faced each other and she revealed the reason she chose Malfurion over him was that he forgot his inner strength due to his lust for magical power. The fallen Night Elf finally came to terms with his feelings for Tyrande, ensnaring her when she tried to pursue him and warning her not to interfere.
However, Malfurion, Maiev and Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider of the blood elves interrupted the spell's ritual, causing the Eye of Sargeras to explode.
Trapped by his brother's magic Illidan called him a fool, saying he'd been trying to destroy the Lich King, their common enemy. Malfurion angrily replied that his actions had killed Tyrande, as Maiev told him she'd been torn apart by the undead.
Enraged at Maiev's duplicity, Malfurion ensnared the warden instead and Illidan begged to be allowed to help him save Tyrande. The druid agreed and the two set off to look for her with the naga managing to find her under attack by a huge undead force. Illidan fought his way through the undead to reach her and Tyrande was astonished to see him, even more so when the fallen Night Elf brought her back to Malfurion. The druid allowed Illidan to leave as long as he promised to never again threaten their people and he agreed, opening a portal to Outland that he retreated through.
Knowing that Kil'Jaeden would be after him, Illidan decided to flee to Outland, where he could cut off access from the Burning Legion. However he was soon captured by Maiev, who'd pursued him to Outland and intended to return him to the Barrow Deeps beneath Mount Hyjal.
But Illidan was soon rescued by Kael and Lady Vashj 's blood elves and naga and the blood elves swore their loyalty to him. First, Illidan closed the dimensional gates Magtheridon used to summon demons to reinforce his army, while also aiding Akama of the Broken Draenei in fighting off fel orcs attacking his village, thus winning his loyalty as well.
First, we have his formative years and his rivalry with Malfurion for the love of Tyrande. Illidan has always come off as a bit of a clingy ex to Tyrande, and part of it is that he simply cannot conceive of himself losing. He blames Druidic magic, not himself, for Malfurion outdoing him. He blames Malfurion, not himself, for Tyrande favoring her.
Then we have the War of the Ancients. The story here breaks into several different takes on the same events, but ultimately, Illidan never truly turned back against the Legion in whole, and it was up to Malfurion and the Ancients to destroy the Well. What all these accounts do agree on however, is that Illidan took some of the waters of the well while the battle raged, and stored it in special vials he had acquired for this situation. These vials would be what he would use to create a new Well after the War ended with the destruction of the last one.
There, Illidan was found by the rest of his people, and horrified at his actions, and enraged at his arrogant, unrepentant demeanor, they had him imprisoned for ten thousand years. Later, Illidan would be freed by Tyrande.
We do see that to some degree, his love of Tyrande is genuine. As was said by Malfurion, his ultimate loss to Arthas, is his breaking point. He replays the events in his mind a thousand times per day, but in his mind, he is the victor and Arthas is utterly defeated.
To sum it up, Illidan, as a person, is not a villain nor a hero so much as he is a sad, twisted elf that sees himself as the invincible, all-conquering, all-saving hero, the center of attention, with his Tyrande in one arm and the people singing him praises.
Also what is the story with him covering his eyes?
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