Decoded: TWW - Ringing Deeps First Impressions [Alpha Lore Spoilers]

A new Alpha build means new areas to explore! Ishura and Jeffrey both played through the campaign in The War Within's second zone: The Ringing Deeps and sat down to talk about it! Join us as we nerd out over Earthen upper management and their questionable decisions, Moira's troubled relationship with a certain hammer and a certain Speaker that Stuff (tm) will happen to.
As with all our The War Within alpha & beta coverage: This one contains SPOILERS, so beware!
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[@TheArtkaw]

Waiting for new content is always tough. Can’t wait to explore these miserable Earthens!!!
Also if Anduin needs therapy he should visit the Tuskarrs. They’re great it!

[@JordanAndTrazyn]

They took *a lot* of inspiration from Warhammer 40k, specifically the Adeptus Mechanicus faction. They consider machines to be sacred, with spirits that need to be pacified and revered. In one of the books, The Greater Good, the main character is trying to turn on a machine: "I banged it with the heel of my hand, in the fashion I'd seen tech-priests use with recalcitrant devices, and muttered a few half-remembered phrases from the Litany of Percussive Maintenance which they generally employed on such occasions." Also, Speaker Brinthe's backpack is practically identical to AdMech mechadendrites - cybernetic limbs they graft onto themselves to help them better maintain and interface with machines.
Warcraft's first developers tried to obtain a license for Warhammer's fantasy IP, but they failed, so the filed off the serial numbers. You can still see the early Warhammer inspiration, though, in things like the chunky art style and the "humans vs. orcs" conflict.

[@sikhjatt23]

hell yes!

[@tecsaran]

What happened to Jesse?

[@TheLostCodex]

Due to new real life commitments, Jesse has had to step away from content creation. He will occasionally still feature as a narrator, however, whenever time allows! Don't worry, he's still around!