Good to mention that the Arakkoa are heavily inspired by the Skeksis from The dark crystal movie lore and aarakocra from DnD. Explains their obsession with crystals.
Arakkoa inspire by Aarakocra , original blizzard. 90% of wow is inspired by DnD just with differents names . Draenei being tieflings is another one, the 1 eye warlok pet with tentacles, the lore behind a lich philactery, the gnolls, pretty much everything is dnd and that used to be awesome about wow. Nowdays wow just feels like a friendly power rangers show
@vexdali388 "Draenei being tieflings" I don't know about that. The tieflings as the red demon people you know only really came to proeminence after 4e, in 2008, while TBC was released in 2007. Prior to that tieflings were way more subtle in their demonic aspects, only really having one or two characteristics at most, to the point of some even being somewhat racially ambiguous.
I have only been playing WoW for a short time, but I chose to level one of my characters through Warlords of Draenor and I will never forget the feeling of first stepping into the Spires of Arak. You're forced to enter down a winding mountain path overlooking the jungle with the high Arakkoan spires in plain view. The first thing you see are masses of Arrakoan Outcasts pushing carts and carrying bags with all of their belongings passing you, heading up the path and out of the forested valley of the Spires of Arak. A lot of them exclaim about being displaced from their homes and then you see a pair of Outcasts standing at the edge of the mountain path and looking over the forest towards the spires. As you approach the two Arrakoa, a giant beam of focused sunlight blasts out of the top of the tallest spire and into the forest below and one of the Arrakoa just plainly says "There goes 'so-and-so' village." and together they lament the great loss of lives before continuing on the path up the mountain with the others. It's such powerful visual storytelling and filled me with such a devastating feeling of dread. I blazed through the Spires of Arak with a thirst for retribution for the Arakkoan Outcasts.
@@giacomomezzini9598when TWW launched, I decided to travel by land as much as possible until the end of the storyline. I recommend it. Traveling across picturesque Dorn and the ominous Ringing Deeps was very atmospheric, but the REAL payoff? Hallowfall. Emerging from the doorway, down the overgrown path, the pathway opens up to a cliff overlooking a cavern filled with plantlife, small towns, airships, all bathed in the gentle light of a massive crystal, shining like the sun, embedded in the ceiling. I think this will stay with me for a long time. It's up there with seeing Hyrule after leaving the cave in BotW or the many landscape reveals of Elden Ring.
Not only the questline, but I would wager that the zone itself was fantastic aswell. The savannah mixed with cursed forest, absolutely beautiful environment and ambient, the zone holds itself really well even to this day. Was definitely one of my favorites to level through.
@@VValkyr i agree it is to this day still one of the best questing experiences, but my favorite is southern stranglethorn valley, the pirate quests are just hilarious
WoD questing is probably the best out of all expansions. Not counting Vanilla as it's a totally different approach. Every single questline in every single zone was epic and with tons of interesting lore and cutscenes
They really felt like they set up an entire playable race back then. I mean, their history and culture is more clearly defined than what we have for the Ogres or Naga or even a bunch of actually playable races. Who knows, maybe one day.
I feel that Arakkoa was supposed to be the counterpart to blood elves in TBC instead of the draenei, (even the Arakkoa have shamans and hunters and is an ugly/feral race) and also the Arakkoa didnt retcon important parts of the lore just to fit in the story.
@@Joefrenomics prob the Arakkoa were discarded by the same reasons as nagas, armor slots problems and gameplay. Or the writers' fetish to give/make the alliance the most good alignement and whiteknight races of the lore
@oscara1573 are we really still mad about the draenei retcon? There was barely any lore to "retcon" at that time compared to what there is today and the "new" draenei have been very well established and integrated into the lore. Wc3 was great but came out 20 years ago, way before blizzard had any idea what wow would become
When I saw the new upright Arakkoa for the first time in WoD, I immediately fell in love with the design and the lore of the race. Really hope that Blizz adds them one day as a playable race
You forgot to mention how the avatar of Terokk bound to the player singlehandedly slaughtered the shattered hand clan and it took Kargath to stop him :D was a pretty badass moment in the game.
I formerly Roleplayed an Arakkoa on RP servers. It was cool, most people I met were pretty interactive and willing to mingle with an old demented and somewhat dangerous old Arakkoa. People want them as playable but let's be real, unless a race has boobs or a form that has boobs, it'll never be playable.
interesting, would you wear a birdlike helmet then or just tell the other RP'ers each time? good you had fun atleast, Also despite the very real "boob bias" ,i hope the Arakkoa become playable
Just give me boobies then. Slip them under there chest feathers as lil bumps and bam. Easy peasy : ) Maybe they can give us the none outcast ones since they seem more humanoid and 1) It would probably make more sense since they haven’t lost their minds kinda and 2) Existing armours would fit better plus bring more humanoid people would like them more. They could even use the Dragonthyr body as a base to work from and move things around. Now that they exist they definitely don’t need to do all the work if they use them as a template.
@@norsk2910 Yup. Grizzik and his new Arrakoa faction of Skyreach survivors join the Alliance expedition in their fight against Nerzhul's Horde in Beyond the Dark Portal novelization.
Time-Lost Figurine was one of my favorite cosmetic trinkets back in the day. I can't wait for the expansion where it is revealed that the Kobolds were once part of a great empire that dominated Azeroth prior to the Trolls.
Same, came to love the Arrakoa while grinding out everything in Tanaan Jungle to get the heirloom ring from naval shit and the "Predator" title which I love for my feral.
that's it, kobolds were originally the limbs of old gods that fell off when they landed on azeroth - and decided to piss off and make their own role in the world - to be murdered by newborn humans
@@sophloaf1401 the Axis of the Awful was a great idea too. I have a sort of friendship with that Vanilla low level enemies, like Gnolls, Murlocs and Kobolds, I would add also furbolgs.
the oddest moment in WoD was Terokk kicking ass and taking names, then getting one-shotted my Kargath. followed by Kargath being a first boss in a raid..
The Arakkoa are genuinely my favourite race in all of WoW, and I'd love to play one, especially the uncorrupted ones, like I made my Aarakockras in my D&D world inspired by them, including the curse, but without the wars, so they are sunworshippers and arcane experts, while also trying to find a cure for their cursed brethren.
I am not a WoW guy and I kind of met Arakkoa for the first time in Hearthstone, but I am still very fond of this race, they really look rad and cool. Thanks for giving me insight of their lore!
@@citrusorange794 Yep! You first play as him when he goes to teach the Saberon to stop fucking with the bird people and he massacres their entire pack. Then he solos his way into the Shattered Hand encampment and destroys all the orcs until Kargath comes out and is able to stop your rampage after a fairly long duel.
They made the Arrakoa really compelling as soon as you start their quests in WoD. I remember the first time going into Spires of Arak, before flying was unlocked, and being struck at the huge lines of cursed Arrakoa evacuating the zone, before seeing off in the distance that huge beam of light explode in the middle of the forested area.
I've been saying for over a decade how much I love the arrakoa vibes and lore, wildly unnoticed race. The one race I've been silently hoping to play since the release of blood elf / draenei. I know it'll never happen but I still dream of playing an arrakoa 😆
one of the very coolest races in the game, i'd come back to play it if they made the arakkoa playable tbh their lore is super neat and one of the only things i actually liked in WoD
I love how blizzard made their own fan version of the skeksis from my fave movie The Dark Crystal, using powers from like all the races in that movie. that's why these guys are like my fave race ever!
I'm going to be honest I strongly feel that some races would a better purpose to the game if they were neutral, as opposed to being assigned to a certain faction.
I love the Arrakoa, my favorite race. I farmed the mobs a long time ago for Sha'tari mount. That's where I got into this race. Fantastic lore and when WoD had an entire zone dedicated to the race I had to rush to the level and zone to see it. This was a well needed video for a refresh on the lore, thank you
I always wanted to play as them back in The Burning Crusade but it never felt like that would ever happen... then they came back in Warlords of Draenor, still no hope... and then we got so many wonderful new allied races but still no dice. I'm hoping BG3 raises the standard for how many playable races and subraces can be in a game and finally push Blizzard to add them.
Always loved the toy that turned you into an Arrakoa. I think the existence of that toy, and the fact you can even do /sit and /dance emotes with them, is proof that Blizzard has at least thought about making them a playable race.
with the tech gone into dracthyr, i think we'll get naga next, as like a throwaway bonus race, and i feel like arakoa could be competing if they ever grow a pair
I remember entering the Spires of Arak for the very first time: You talk to a guy, a few Arakkoan walk by... then suddenly everyone starts running for their lives and a laser-death-beam is being fired at the settlement you’re heading towards. That’s how you start a zone/questline.
Yes! Finally a video about my absolut favorite wow-race :D It's been my dream since BC to able to play an Arakkoan, just imagine rocking a shadow priest!
I've always loved the Arakkoa. More Arakkoa stuff in WoW is my only wish. Actually I consider myself the world's #2 Arakkoa fan ;) I made the Arakkoa race mod for Rimworld
I remember playing back in WoD and actually taking the time to do the Arakkoa questline and the archeology of the Spires of Arak out of pure curiosity and I ended up loving it. Since then I've wanted them to be playable.
Thank you for amazing video platinum. I was sitting just yesterday wondering when the next video is. Thanks for Surfshak from helping make this happen :)
Fun fact about Terokk: it's the main meme hero for Heroes of the Storm since Deathwing Besides that, we have the Arakkoa from tbc that are devoted to light and the ones from wod Aviana seemingly invited to join her. I can see both forms joining the playable races someday, maybe having the corrupted form from wod joining the horde and becoming closer to trolls (as they have more knowledge about spiritual realm, death, loas..) and the uncorrupted joinning the alliance, as the ones from tbc could be "restored" by the Light. Daydreams lol
Ra-ak! Trinkets, yes. Pretty trinkets! Ak! Power, great power. Ra-kaw! Power in trinkets! Ak-caw! I hate WoW at this point but I always loved the Arakkoa
Race wise all Ive ever wanted was a tail for my Worgan so I wont look like I'm wearing a diaper anymore. Running wild being regular ground mount speed would be nice too. They'll put tails on pandas, they'll put in other fur bearing races with tails, they'll give the Draenei extra tail options and jewelry But, they won't give werewolves tail, and its actually angering.
I absolutely LOVE the Arakkoa. Ive wanted to play as one forever, but it looks like im just never getting that chance. So glad to see you do a video on them.
I always loved the Arakkoa, they were so creepy and interesting at the same time. I haven’t played wow since WoD and while I only remember bits and pieces from a handful of races, I always remembered in detail the story of the Arakkoa
I was hoping that the snake people in BfA were gonna be a playable race due to being less cutesy and stuff too. I genuinely assumed for a while that they'd become an Alliance race since they were fighting the Vulpera, who joined the Horde. Would have added much needed flavor to the faction. Might have been cool if the Horde could pull a race in from Kul'Tiras as well, like those spooky wicker assholes.
An amazing tribute to our winged friends/enemies! They enrich Draenor/Outland and WoW as a whole a lot. High and Corrupted Arakkoa each make great future allied races.
Growing up I was obsessed with the arakkoa. I thought they were sooo cool!! Now I'm thinking of becoming an ornithologist. Thanks randomly indepth wow race!
@PlatinumWoW I was pretty sure Rukhmar left the continent of Draenor and created the Arakkoa in that distant land. Also stands to reason because the Gorian empire comes from the continent to the south west of Draenor.
Wow. the old Arakkoa look awesome. I would love them to be a new playable race. Imagine having uncorrupted and corrupted versions to play as depending on what class path you go down.
If blizzard gave players playable arakkora I feel like they would just need to add playable fish people (naga or murloc?) and you'd have the Furry Exodia of playable races available XD Well at least it's nice they gave us playable dragons even if they might've added a few too many humanoid features to them (to the degree that people call em furry bait) which could easily be more appealing for everybody if they could cover up the dracthyr in full transmog armor even if it was patial (adjusted to the form) or at least if the tier sets somewhat showed up in the dragon form.
Thank you so much Plat! The Arakkoa is one of my favourite race's, I'm so glad to see your video about them. Tbh 10/10 max quality video my man! Thanks for the vids&content, keep up the good work! 🥰
the eye is the lighthouse outside the deadmines. how wow lore works is its a timeloop and what isn't killed that is killable stays in charge. captain cookie only got to be that since he was usually left alone until he became a boss and now we leave the parrots in charge. the monkeys are either killed by players or set free by people who want to use their stuns in the arena.
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Arakkoa are legitimately bad asses. I love em! I even roleplay one sometimes.
I wish the Broken were playable instead of the Light forge 14:29 but I am down to play as an Aarakkoa
nah man we are good
I didn’t know half of this lore and had no idea how deep it was. I respect the race much more with this information. Thank you!
kinndy sparkshine could you do a video on her? I feel her story is pretty good #PlatinumWoW while sad, but very nice to see how you would say it.
Such enlightened memories stored in the apexi crystals
Don't the ogres eat those? 😂
Apexis*
Give the crystal your vital essence
@@cristhianmlrplural. Apexi 🤷♂️
"wtf, wtf" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good to mention that the Arakkoa are heavily inspired by the Skeksis from The dark crystal movie lore and aarakocra from DnD. Explains their obsession with crystals.
Arakkoa inspire by Aarakocra , original blizzard. 90% of wow is inspired by DnD just with differents names . Draenei being tieflings is another one, the 1 eye warlok pet with tentacles, the lore behind a lich philactery, the gnolls, pretty much everything is dnd and that used to be awesome about wow. Nowdays wow just feels like a friendly power rangers show
I figured it was birds like shineys.
@vexdali388 "Draenei being tieflings" I don't know about that. The tieflings as the red demon people you know only really came to proeminence after 4e, in 2008, while TBC was released in 2007. Prior to that tieflings were way more subtle in their demonic aspects, only really having one or two characteristics at most, to the point of some even being somewhat racially ambiguous.
My first thought
I'm old and was calling them skeksis in my head before he reminded me that they are arakoa in wow, lol.
I’ve wanted them as a playable race since I first saw them. They are amazing
I’ve wanted them as a playable race since I first saw them. They are amazing
I've wanted them as a playable race since I first saw them. They are amazing
I've wanted them as a amazing race since I first saw them. They are playable.
same bro since 2007-2008 i want to play with this race
Shadows gather…
I have only been playing WoW for a short time, but I chose to level one of my characters through Warlords of Draenor and I will never forget the feeling of first stepping into the Spires of Arak.
You're forced to enter down a winding mountain path overlooking the jungle with the high Arakkoan spires in plain view.
The first thing you see are masses of Arrakoan Outcasts pushing carts and carrying bags with all of their belongings passing you, heading up the path and out of the forested valley of the Spires of Arak. A lot of them exclaim about being displaced from their homes and then you see a pair of Outcasts standing at the edge of the mountain path and looking over the forest towards the spires.
As you approach the two Arrakoa, a giant beam of focused sunlight blasts out of the top of the tallest spire and into the forest below and one of the Arrakoa just plainly says "There goes 'so-and-so' village." and together they lament the great loss of lives before continuing on the path up the mountain with the others.
It's such powerful visual storytelling and filled me with such a devastating feeling of dread. I blazed through the Spires of Arak with a thirst for retribution for the Arakkoan Outcasts.
Its easily one of the best zones theyve ever created. Everything about it was amazing
While Dragon riding has allowed me to move very fast it may have removed some cinematic experience from my gameplay
@@giacomomezzini9598when TWW launched, I decided to travel by land as much as possible until the end of the storyline. I recommend it.
Traveling across picturesque Dorn and the ominous Ringing Deeps was very atmospheric, but the REAL payoff?
Hallowfall. Emerging from the doorway, down the overgrown path, the pathway opens up to a cliff overlooking a cavern filled with plantlife, small towns, airships, all bathed in the gentle light of a massive crystal, shining like the sun, embedded in the ceiling.
I think this will stay with me for a long time. It's up there with seeing Hyrule after leaving the cave in BotW or the many landscape reveals of Elden Ring.
The fact that they never made this race playable is a tragedy.
"______ then died" *explodes instantly*
lmfao I love your humor platinumwow, you are the best
when I first played wod the questline that I liked the most was spires of arak
it actually surprised me how good it was
Not only the questline, but I would wager that the zone itself was fantastic aswell. The savannah mixed with cursed forest, absolutely beautiful environment and ambient, the zone holds itself really well even to this day. Was definitely one of my favorites to level through.
@@VValkyr i agree it is to this day still one of the best questing experiences, but my favorite is southern stranglethorn valley, the pirate quests are just hilarious
WoD questing is probably the best out of all expansions. Not counting Vanilla as it's a totally different approach.
Every single questline in every single zone was epic and with tons of interesting lore and cutscenes
Unfortunately, the questing was the only decent part of WoD.
plus the beatiful music.@@VValkyr
They really felt like they set up an entire playable race back then. I mean, their history and culture is more clearly defined than what we have for the Ogres or Naga or even a bunch of actually playable races. Who knows, maybe one day.
I feel that Arakkoa was supposed to be the counterpart to blood elves in TBC instead of the draenei, (even the Arakkoa have shamans and hunters and is an ugly/feral race) and also the Arakkoa didnt retcon important parts of the lore just to fit in the story.
@@oscara1573why do you think they went with draenei then?
@@Joefrenomics prob the Arakkoa were discarded by the same reasons as nagas, armor slots problems and gameplay. Or the writers' fetish to give/make the alliance the most good alignement and whiteknight races of the lore
@@Joefrenomics sex sells
@oscara1573 are we really still mad about the draenei retcon? There was barely any lore to "retcon" at that time compared to what there is today and the "new" draenei have been very well established and integrated into the lore. Wc3 was great but came out 20 years ago, way before blizzard had any idea what wow would become
When I saw the new upright Arakkoa for the first time in WoD, I immediately fell in love with the design and the lore of the race.
Really hope that Blizz adds them one day as a playable race
if anything we would get the flightless Arakkoa if we did.
@@UltimateGamerCC im ok with this
Shadows gather..
"when the Raven swallows the day. . . Who sent you?"@@al.c.1525
It's been years. They never will.
You forgot to mention how the avatar of Terokk bound to the player singlehandedly slaughtered the shattered hand clan and it took Kargath to stop him :D was a pretty badass moment in the game.
Nice pfp! Avp predators cool.
I formerly Roleplayed an Arakkoa on RP servers. It was cool, most people I met were pretty interactive and willing to mingle with an old demented and somewhat dangerous old Arakkoa. People want them as playable but let's be real, unless a race has boobs or a form that has boobs, it'll never be playable.
It's sad that most of the playerbase just wants to play as pretty elves yeah. Personally I'd love some more "ugly" races like Broken or Ogres
It's why I got a zandalari druid. Kept as boomkin and roleplayed it as an Arakkoa sun priest.
@@Bothrops_Asper_89 you have to mentally remove the tusks😉
interesting, would you wear a birdlike helmet then or just tell the other RP'ers each time?
good you had fun atleast,
Also despite the very real "boob bias" ,i hope the Arakkoa become playable
Just give me boobies then. Slip them under there chest feathers as lil bumps and bam. Easy peasy : )
Maybe they can give us the none outcast ones since they seem more humanoid and 1) It would probably make more sense since they haven’t lost their minds kinda and 2) Existing armours would fit better plus bring more humanoid people would like them more.
They could even use the Dragonthyr body as a base to work from and move things around. Now that they exist they definitely don’t need to do all the work if they use them as a template.
The gag at 3:22 now has made it so I can never view Arakkoa in the same way again. Those are some precious memories
The Arrakoa even helped the Alliance against the Horde when they entered the Dark Portal in the 2nd war.
Wait, what??
@@norsk2910 Yup. Grizzik and his new Arrakoa faction of Skyreach survivors join the Alliance expedition in their fight against Nerzhul's Horde in Beyond the Dark Portal novelization.
@@RaytheonThunder I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!
@@RaytheonThunder damn, i forgot about that. Hmm we never had a continuation in anyways of that clan/tribe/claw? Whatever they call it.
@@dreamermagister8561 Nope. Blizzard forgot about them.
Time-Lost Figurine was one of my favorite cosmetic trinkets back in the day.
I can't wait for the expansion where it is revealed that the Kobolds were once part of a great empire that dominated Azeroth prior to the Trolls.
Same, came to love the Arrakoa while grinding out everything in Tanaan Jungle to get the heirloom ring from naval shit and the "Predator" title which I love for my feral.
Blizzard needs to make canon that moment from hearthsone when the kobolds dominated bronze dragons
Hearthstone in general has so many things that could be really interesting lore if played a bit more serious compared to just having fun. @@oscara1573
that's it, kobolds were originally the limbs of old gods that fell off when they landed on azeroth - and decided to piss off and make their own role in the world - to be murdered by newborn humans
@@sophloaf1401 the Axis of the Awful was a great idea too.
I have a sort of friendship with that Vanilla low level enemies, like Gnolls, Murlocs and Kobolds, I would add also furbolgs.
the oddest moment in WoD was Terokk kicking ass and taking names, then getting one-shotted my Kargath.
followed by Kargath being a first boss in a raid..
always loved these type of 'monster-humanoids'. Arrakoa, Boarpeople, Gnolls, Crabpeople
Crab people crab people, taste like crab, look like people.
Fulborgs :D
@@ghizghuth2088 PREACH
Do you happen to be gay?
@@UA-camExecsTouchChildren
He is a furry
Got DAMN that transition with the map spreading red and the drums at 10:06 is so fucking clean
The Arakkoa are genuinely my favourite race in all of WoW, and I'd love to play one, especially the uncorrupted ones, like I made my Aarakockras in my D&D world inspired by them, including the curse, but without the wars, so they are sunworshippers and arcane experts, while also trying to find a cure for their cursed brethren.
I loved how much the TBC Arakkoa looked like the Skeksis of the Dark Crystal, there must have been some design influence there!
They even had a "Dark Crystal" in one of their camps in Terokkar Forest
@@KreshWC oh yeah! For a *trial by stone!* 😄
One can only hope lol@@RhamanaChan
I am not a WoW guy and I kind of met Arakkoa for the first time in Hearthstone, but I am still very fond of this race, they really look rad and cool.
Thanks for giving me insight of their lore!
Playing as King Terrok in that one quest is defiantly one of my favorites in the game
And if i remember correctly we face Kragath with Terrok's spirit
@@citrusorange794 Yep! You first play as him when he goes to teach the Saberon to stop fucking with the bird people and he massacres their entire pack. Then he solos his way into the Shattered Hand encampment and destroys all the orcs until Kargath comes out and is able to stop your rampage after a fairly long duel.
They made the Arrakoa really compelling as soon as you start their quests in WoD. I remember the first time going into Spires of Arak, before flying was unlocked, and being struck at the huge lines of cursed Arrakoa evacuating the zone, before seeing off in the distance that huge beam of light explode in the middle of the forested area.
I'd love nothing more than for us to get to be able to play as them.
If we got an expansion where the two new races were Arakkoa and Ethereals, it would already be a 10/10 expansion
This guy. He’s the guy
I've been saying this for over 12 years lmao, I get clowned so hard for it but I really do hope one day it might happen
Finally someone covers it! I've been wishing for this as a playable race for years
I've been saying for over a decade how much I love the arrakoa vibes and lore, wildly unnoticed race. The one race I've been silently hoping to play since the release of blood elf / draenei. I know it'll never happen but I still dream of playing an arrakoa 😆
one of the very coolest races in the game, i'd come back to play it if they made the arakkoa playable tbh
their lore is super neat and one of the only things i actually liked in WoD
I love how blizzard made their own fan version of the skeksis from my fave movie The Dark Crystal, using powers from like all the races in that movie. that's why these guys are like my fave race ever!
Arakkoa were the race I fell in love with as a kid, always had toys that transformed you into them on CD while raiding.
Good to see the Arrakoa getting covered. Probably my favorite Draenor native race.
I'm going to be honest I strongly feel that some races would a better purpose to the game if they were neutral, as opposed to being assigned to a certain faction.
One of the best ad transitions I've ever seen.
i remember arakkoa questline being my favorite during wod, glad you made a video about it cause its actually pretty cool
this video reminds me of how much of a miss having vulpera as a playable race truly is
imho every race that was added was done wrongly, besides maybe partly the Goblins.
@@Agramsch I liked the over caffeinated sounding goblins the game used to have. To me the suddenly Italian Goblins were a letdown.
@@JohnDoe-bu3qpThe goblin accent isn’t Italian, it’s New Yorker.
@@Porook he meant italian american Im guessing
@@JohnDoe-bu3qp W3 goblins voice lines are peak voice acting. "For all my homies!"
I love the Arrakoa, my favorite race. I farmed the mobs a long time ago for Sha'tari mount. That's where I got into this race. Fantastic lore and when WoD had an entire zone dedicated to the race I had to rush to the level and zone to see it. This was a well needed video for a refresh on the lore, thank you
Warlords world building was so good. I was fo real sure that Arakoa would be an allied race.
Spires of Arak is by far one of my favorite zones in wow. Great vid
Congrats, they are now my number 2 most wanted playable race, beating out nags, but slightly behind gnolls.
I always wanted to play as them back in The Burning Crusade but it never felt like that would ever happen... then they came back in Warlords of Draenor, still no hope... and then we got so many wonderful new allied races but still no dice. I'm hoping BG3 raises the standard for how many playable races and subraces can be in a game and finally push Blizzard to add them.
I played an elemental shaman in TBC and there is a quest where you get turned into an arakkoa and I've wanted to play as one ever since.
10:12 i love this your here the music fading in then it drops and the red covers the map and you know the horde is here
I Love the Arakkoa. Ever since I did their questline in Draenor, I've worn the Title "Talon Queen"
Always loved the toy that turned you into an Arrakoa. I think the existence of that toy, and the fact you can even do /sit and /dance emotes with them, is proof that Blizzard has at least thought about making them a playable race.
I love the Arrakoa and would love to play as one. They are just fantastic.
with the tech gone into dracthyr, i think we'll get naga next, as like a throwaway bonus race, and i feel like arakoa could be competing if they ever grow a pair
I always had wonder what was on those crystals, also the whiteboard was priceless
Personally, I just want to make an Arakkoa Shadow Priest and name him Tokoyami.
Begone furry! I banish thee
Demonology lock would also serve this purpose
I remember entering the Spires of Arak for the very first time:
You talk to a guy, a few Arakkoan walk by... then suddenly everyone starts running for their lives and a laser-death-beam is being fired at the settlement you’re heading towards.
That’s how you start a zone/questline.
Yes! Finally a video about my absolut favorite wow-race :D It's been my dream since BC to able to play an Arakkoan, just imagine rocking a shadow priest!
Didn't know they had this much lore, great as usual and I agree, I'd like to have them or some weird not-as-humanoid race as playable
Imagine a video about the war between the Primals and the Breakers 👀
The existence of Grond is so interesting.
Imagine unironically asking for more WoD videos…
The Spires of Arak really made me fall in love with the Arakkoa and their lore. Easily one of the best zones they have ever created.
I've always loved the Arakkoa. More Arakkoa stuff in WoW is my only wish. Actually I consider myself the world's #2 Arakkoa fan ;)
I made the Arakkoa race mod for Rimworld
I remember playing back in WoD and actually taking the time to do the Arakkoa questline and the archeology of the Spires of Arak out of pure curiosity and I ended up loving it. Since then I've wanted them to be playable.
Having these guys as a playable race would've been my dream... instead we got fucking Vulperas
Thank you for amazing video platinum. I was sitting just yesterday wondering when the next video is. Thanks for Surfshak from helping make this happen :)
Fun fact about Terokk: it's the main meme hero for Heroes of the Storm since Deathwing
Besides that, we have the Arakkoa from tbc that are devoted to light and the ones from wod Aviana seemingly invited to join her. I can see both forms joining the playable races someday, maybe having the corrupted form from wod joining the horde and becoming closer to trolls (as they have more knowledge about spiritual realm, death, loas..) and the uncorrupted joinning the alliance, as the ones from tbc could be "restored" by the Light. Daydreams lol
Ah so many memories! Actually mainly used the Anzu mount as my main one lmfaoo
Just wanna throw it out there that whenever I see a new Platinum WoW video in my feed I immediately smile and click. Lub u log tim frand.
same
I appreciate the use of well timed explosions.
It's so generous they have a guide to show Arakkoa around the Darkmoon Faire :,D
I miss doing the Arakkoa quests back in tbc. Have fun memories from that time. Ty again for an amazing video Platinum ❤
Ra-ak! Trinkets, yes. Pretty trinkets! Ak! Power, great power. Ra-kaw! Power in trinkets! Ak-caw!
I hate WoW at this point but I always loved the Arakkoa
Race wise all Ive ever wanted was a tail for my Worgan so I wont look like I'm wearing a diaper anymore. Running wild being regular ground mount speed would be nice too. They'll put tails on pandas, they'll put in other fur bearing races with tails, they'll give the Draenei extra tail options and jewelry But, they won't give werewolves tail, and its actually angering.
I absolutely LOVE the Arakkoa. Ive wanted to play as one forever, but it looks like im just never getting that chance. So glad to see you do a video on them.
I always loved the Arakkoa, they were so creepy and interesting at the same time. I haven’t played wow since WoD and while I only remember bits and pieces from a handful of races, I always remembered in detail the story of the Arakkoa
Everyone that has their toon in the credits, i want you to know I do look at them, love seeing you guys!
I love these guys too. Still want Arakkoa as a playable race....
Finally seen teh lore of the "skeksis"! Thank you, Platinum, you really did a good and perfect job again! ^^
Ever since looting the Cursed Feather of Ikzan in WoD I've wanted them as a playable race, both arakkoa forms looks so cool
Great content Platinum!! Loved that last remark lmao!!
I loved the little cameo by Mr. Sunflower
I was hoping that the snake people in BfA were gonna be a playable race due to being less cutesy and stuff too. I genuinely assumed for a while that they'd become an Alliance race since they were fighting the Vulpera, who joined the Horde. Would have added much needed flavor to the faction. Might have been cool if the Horde could pull a race in from Kul'Tiras as well, like those spooky wicker assholes.
Its still wild that so many of these races are still not playable.
An amazing tribute to our winged friends/enemies! They enrich Draenor/Outland and WoW as a whole a lot.
High and Corrupted Arakkoa each make great future allied races.
I agree heavy with your closing statement about races.
i love the way they look, i have the time-lost figurine and i always use it
As a long time player (vanilla) and lore fan. This video has sold me on wanting a sketis class! Great video.
I can definitely see the flightless Arakkoa joining the Horde.
I mean... if the Horde could stop naming settlements after people like Kargath, that'd make them joining a bit easier
The Arrakoas helped the alliance when they entered the Dark Portal. In addition to them being enemies of Killrogg's clan (see killrog lords of war).
Arakkoa made BC honestly. I loved going through all the zones and doing the quests way past level cap.
The Spires of Arak questing was really good. Makes me want to do it again.
Keep making videos like this! More main characters like Arthas please :). Extremely fun and enjoying to watch.
Heck yeah! We need playable scary raven people! Imagine the possibilities for spooky Outland-themed druid forms.
I too remember the years before DP. Then there was the years of the Open Portal followed by the years of AP.
The safe word is trinkets.
Growing up I was obsessed with the arakkoa. I thought they were sooo cool!! Now I'm thinking of becoming an ornithologist. Thanks randomly indepth wow race!
@PlatinumWoW I was pretty sure Rukhmar left the continent of Draenor and created the Arakkoa in that distant land. Also stands to reason because the Gorian empire comes from the continent to the south west of Draenor.
You could maybe do a video on the Arakkoan story in WoD, like the quests you play through. It’s been years but I remember Iskar had a cool story.
Wow. the old Arakkoa look awesome. I would love them to be a new playable race. Imagine having uncorrupted and corrupted versions to play as depending on what class path you go down.
2:50 **I'M A' FIRIN' MAH LAZER!!**
If blizzard gave players playable arakkora I feel like they would just need to add playable fish people (naga or murloc?) and you'd have the Furry Exodia of playable races available XD
Well at least it's nice they gave us playable dragons even if they might've added a few too many humanoid features to them (to the degree that people call em furry bait) which could easily be more appealing for everybody if they could cover up the dracthyr in full transmog armor even if it was patial (adjusted to the form) or at least if the tier sets somewhat showed up in the dragon form.
Thank you so much Plat! The Arakkoa is one of my favourite race's, I'm so glad to see your video about them. Tbh 10/10 max quality video my man! Thanks for the vids&content, keep up the good work! 🥰
Man this vid is one of your best the comedy and flow is so good. 10/10
Where did Sadam Hussein keep his weapons of mass destructions?
The Spires of Arak
the eye is the lighthouse outside the deadmines. how wow lore works is its a timeloop and what isn't killed that is killable stays in charge. captain cookie only got to be that since he was usually left alone until he became a boss and now we leave the parrots in charge. the monkeys are either killed by players or set free by people who want to use their stuns in the arena.
I also would love to see more monstrous races to play. I've always hoped for a a Druid form of Eldritch Horror.
Dude, i like arakoa so much i remember i weared statue of lost time constantly
As a fan of the Skeksis from The Dark Crystal and the Chozo from Metroid, I have always loved the Arakkoa. Especially the cursed ones.
1:40 the hairs of arak
i like how the bird people are basically like high elves and drows
I always wanted them as a playable race