Hello everybody! Welcome to another lore theory video here on the channel. Today, we are exploring the city of Darnassus and exploring the possibility that parts of it are NOT what they seem!
All footage retrieved from Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft (2004-).
Background Music: “Shalandis Isle Theme” from the WoW TBC OST
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Outro Music: “You’re The One Acoustic Rehearsal” by Greta Van Fleet
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Important Clarifications:
1.) Yes, it turns out the most widely-accepted pronunciation is TELL-Dra-Sil, not Tel-DRASS-IL like I was saying it in this video… I honestly use the correct way most of the time but thought it was wrong for some reason XD Will remember for next time!
2.) I probably could have mentioned this or said this better, but yes, the Night Elves were immortal from the time of the Sundering until the end of WC3. As such, there are probably some architects/builders who were still alive and capable of building the old-style temples and monuments. However, with the general trend we see of pretty much every other modern Night Elf building in Classic WoW tending to be the wooden, organic variety, I am theorizing that it makes more sense for the temple to be from an older time. This theory is still just a theory of course, and so this point is pretty much just conjecture for fun. 🙂
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Considering there are multiple locations in the would that match the temple especially, yes, it only makes sense that some of Darnasas is ancient but cleaned and repaired.
The ruins of Isildien have some buildings that are exactly the same like in Darnassus , the Temple of the Moon for example. So I would guess Blizzard just uses the same building models cuz its more practical.
Gosh I love and miss Darnassus. I hope the new night elf home will be worthy of it's beautiful, yet doomed, predecessor. I just might visit it again tonight before tomorrow's patch.
I feel like the devs were just running out of time and reskinned a few ruin models to use as Teldrassil buildings. But it would be nice to get a canon explanation of why the city has two drastically different types of architecture mixed together, and why some of it looks at least a century older than the rest.
Great video and channel but please do say the zone correctly and not NordrAssil… It is Nordrassil
…my guy… Darnassus (and TELDRASSIL) were created 10,000 years ago, so yeh thats why the marble buildings look ancient instead of brand new, and the rest of the buildings look [somewhat] new too, though im pretty sure they have been very well maintained over the millennia. it even states in the first cinematic for WoW "After *10,000 years*, the drums of war sound once again…" xD
Yes. It seems that the point is moot, since those structures are probably rubble, or disintegrated from the extreme heat of the burning tree.
However, for the sake of discussion, it can go either way, that its new, however, it has to do with the assets made for reusability, but its newly made in reality. Or they scooped an old ruin from the island or sea as the tree grew.
"That which was sunken shall rise." I think we're going to see the ancient Kaldorei Empire emerge from the sea.
Darnassus isnt just your personal favorite, it is arguably the most beautiful city in WoW and it's a damn shame they burnt down Teldrassil. Huge L from Blizz.
I never liked that Darnassus was only supposed to be a few years old, because the whole vibe of the place feels ancient. All the buildings and ruins LOOK like they've been there for thousands of years. But I suppose they could have just been raised with the tree, or moved there.
I had a similar theory. But mine centers around growing Teldrasil beneath an island.
I'd imagine that when the world tree grew, it pulled up ruins in much worse shape than we see in game (ie no two stones on top of each other). I imagine they basically used them as lego blocks to build some of the pretty buildings, but since the temple of the moon was so large, they had to import more stone from the mainland to finish it. After all, there's plenty of old ruin blocks on the beaches of Night Elf territories.
The white marble structures look Greek/Roman inspired.
Yes, it turns out it was not a tree but a island sized campfire
Oh man, I am so thirsty for this type of speculative vanilla content that looks deep into meat of the world and picks apart everything that doesn't make sense in the lore.
night elves who "just so happen to know the ancient building style" … i mean, there are several night elves around that were alive during the sundering. sure, the most well known are their leaders, but it's also possible that every day folk survived the sundering, so it is neither inconceivable nor far out there to think that maybe an architect or two survived the sundering and they would definitely know the ancient styles.
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Very nice 🙂 I played a long time as a night elve, but I never saw this kind of obvious different between buildings
Everything is not what it seems
Oy, it is prononced "Tel Dra Sil", not "Tel Drassel". It is a play on Yggdrasil.
Its Tell-Drass-EEL
Great video, but the mispronounced name bugged me
Darnassus is a pile of ash and rubble. It's exactly what it seems like.
I like your videos, it helps me with my English, you pronunciation is clear and calm, I can understand the 99% 😀
Darnassus is my fav city too and I never thought about its age, your theory is good but as always, the scriptwriters of Blizzard would say: "It was magic :D"
I am sad that this city is gone. It was beautiful and I loved leveling my night elves there. =(
Ooh, it's been so long since I've seen Darnassus…
Americans saying words is funny.
Darnassus? Never heard of her.
Tell druh sill, not tell drassle. They even pronounce it in game. I see your corrections but you might want to pin it to the top of the page so people read it first. Just a suggestion.
Absolutely amazing video. Thank you so much!
You're bringing some great lore and logistical points. Probably devs at the time didn't give much thought into it but finding a way to make it all click is a great way to revive our collective love for lore and warcraft stories…
Thanks for such a great video, it's great content, keep it up!