EARTHEN and the CURSE OF FLESH - War Within Alpha Lore

One of the side quests on the Isle of Dorn kinda blew me away and so I sat down and started to type it out to share wit hyou all. More and more ideas and concepts came forward until I realised that the earthen and the curse of flesh makes for a really interesting topic to talk about. We've had a report in Dragonflight talking about the different paths of the earthen hit by the curse of the flesh. We've got our dwarves and now we've got the earthen ofKhaz Algar. What's that all about? What's the story? What could it mean for the future?! I hope you'll enjoy ^_^

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[mrderp]

When i was younger i'd watch the lore videos over and over, so for me when i hear that "Until next time, guys... see ya!" I just get a blast from the past.

[Ldy_Renegade]

Oh man. The whole Earthen "shut down" resembles late/end stage dementia on so many levels.. I know the story will make me tear up, but I can't wait to experience it myself when WW comes out.

[DEML]

Ill'gynoth : "Flesh is his gift. He is your true creator."

[opwblade]

Thank you for posting this, Nobbel. I had a flashback to my late great-grandmother. My family rode a boat in the ocean, where my grandfather scattered her ashes.

On the night before my great-grandmother passed away, she told my older sister with uncanny clarity to spread her ashes in the ocean so that she can swim back to Korea from the USA.

This side quest really hit a special memory for me. Thanks again for posting this vid.

[konradkowalski]

I kind of love that aspect of wow lore that by giving the constructs the curse of flesh Old gods gave mortals their most powerful weapons in fight against them, hope, courage strength of spirit

[sakurahatano]

What if The Curse of Flesh was a Life domain magic that Yogg-Sarronn manipulated to suit his will in fighting the Titans? (or flung by some Life domain entity). Wont this gives more depths to the story that Azeroth history was written by the Titans and their constructs?

[aj.gutierrez]

I love this, I cannot wait to meet Korgran and the rest of the Earthen. The story is sounding more and more interesting with each new reveal.

[afrodan]

It reminds me of that one side quest in suramar where we meet a nightfallen elf called Runas who ends up losing his mind and becoming a withered.
One of my favourite quests in wow, it was written so well and left me feeling so sad afterwards that I had to log off for the day.

[dravencastle]

I've been hoping you were going to do a subject on the earthen. Nobble the noble thank you.

[aspiringnormie]

Reminds me of homie from legion in the earlier suramar questing. I forgot his name but not his impact. First quest to make me cry.

[TheFlyWahine]

I really enjoyed this story. And the I really enjoy this new stone dwarfs and there history and lore. It's really interesting and so cool. And it and they are completely difrent from everything else we have.

[DemonMaluMintus]

That hits really hard...I hope to see more indebth quest like thes

[ahmedabusauod]

the way I see it is that yes, yogg gave them the curse of flesh but it was Azeroth who gave them their free will, if u remember the broken on Argus the void scarred they were almost consumed by madness and ethereals got their flesh stripped when corrupted by the void, so what is going on here ? well I believe the difference is that the titan forged were made by using Azeroth's essence and this made them display different qualities when touched by the void.

[apacalypsagon]

Sounds like a classic case of forbidden fruit. But in this case the fruit is shoved down every mortals collective throat. All that awareness you gain pretty much leads to pain and suffering. And the thing about a curse is that it doesn't go away you just learn to deal with it. They're just denied a higher state of being. Like hesiod's ages of man.

[Deathchalk]

Always love your way of explaining the world I have loved for so long. You the lore king nobbel. ❤

[stormstrider]

What's also interesting about these Khaz- Algar earthen is they have organic hair, where as their cousins in Uldaman, Ulduar, and Deepholm don't. Maybe the hair is the first thing that changes, when a titanforged gets "cursed", and the curse was halted by the time they reached the Coreway? At least it matches some of the new lore in this video. Either that, or it's just a visual choice by Blizzard.

[laertesindeed]

Nobbel, could you remember to include the full Teron Gregory quote from the blizzcon clip used here in future.... since it wasn't him saying objectively a truth; he specifically prefaced it by saying "Xal'atath's message is clear...." which gives it an entirely different context. Very frequently, she is not truthful with people she wants to use.

[HawkknightXC]

I can't wait to play the Earthen and just Dwarves in General during War Within.

[Impuracle]

It bothers me that the Earthen's facial hair doesn't look more rock/crystal-like. Yes, I understand it's strands of metal. But it's too similar to hair... on a rock being. Big missed opportunity for some glorious, crystalized, colorful, chiseled beards!!

[BigJambu]

The more I learn about the Earthen, the more I like them