The upcoming death of Zul'jin
by Mike Schramm 
Jul 13th 2007 at 3:30PM
Ever since we heard for sure at E3 that Zul'jin was going to be the final boss of Zul'Aman, there's been a little grumbling going around. Well, actually there's a lot of grumbling about this game, but this grumbling sounds a lot like this: another one of our heroes is going to die at our own hands.People said the same thing about Illidan when we found out that he was going to head up the Black Temple (and for a while, Blizzard pushed the rumor that we might not kill him, but we eventually did, us murdering bastards). Zul'jin's roots go all the way back to Warcraft II, when he united with the Horde against the incursions of the Human Alliance. Even now, trolls (both NPC and some players alike) revere him as "Great Chief."
There is one big difference between Zul'jin and Illidan, however, and that's that Zul'jin is technically already dead.. kind of. You could only beat a mission in Warcraft II by killing him, and trolls everywhere ask for "Vengeance for Zul'jin," which implies that he's been killed. But a captured Hakkari troll from Zul'Gurub says Zul'jin is "probably dead," and even after the Warcraft II mission (in which he was supposedly killed) Zul'jin apparently was seen in the Alliance internment camps. So even if we do kill Zul'jin in Zul'Aman, it likely won't be the first time we've done it.
Oh, and there's one more catch. WoWWiki says, under Speculation, that "Zul'jin," according to the WoW RPG, is actually a title, not a name. So there's a chance that the Zul'jin, head of the forest trolls in Zul'Aman, isn't even the same guy that allied with Doomhammer against the Alliance.
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Raiding, Lore, Bosses, NPCs
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pyrohh Jul 13th 2007 4:03PM
Its a stinkin troll. You gonna cry over a stupid orc too?
You guys play horde then whine when your seen as the bad guys in game.
Phoenic Jul 13th 2007 4:03PM
hrm... very interesting indeed
zed Jul 13th 2007 4:04PM
And remember, Zul'Aman is in the middle of the Ghostlands. I'm sure that has no impact whatsoever on Zul'jin's status.
RJ Jul 13th 2007 4:22PM
Zul'Jin is old anyway, we don't know much about his past, but he was already the leader of the Amani before the second war, so chances are he was pretty old at that point. I'm amazed he hasn't died of old age yet.
icampgnomes Jul 13th 2007 4:45PM
@1 acually who says were the bad guys? look at it from lore wise on the horde sides YOU guys are the bag guys in our own point of veiw.
Shadowfury Jul 13th 2007 5:41PM
Illidan was technically already dead by the end of the WC3 Frozen throne too. Blizzard loves to ressurect old heros. In fact, we may see medivh and uther a couple of expasions in the future (maybe in shade form, like aran)
rick gregory Jul 13th 2007 5:58PM
Um... you're seriously worrying about killing a fictional character?
"Hi, this is Real Life... remember me?"
Tekkub Jul 14th 2007 2:06AM
He's rather chubby there... and he's got moobs...
SpetsNaz Jul 14th 2007 10:59AM
the one lore that is FOR SURE DEAD but I would personaly love to see coming back, in one form or another, is Grom Hellscream, chief of the Warsong clan. why? play the WC3 and u'll find out.
Steven Jul 29th 2007 7:47PM
what lvl is this instance going to be?
Jiazu Jul 15th 2007 3:32PM
@1 We're only seen as the 'bad guys' by ignorant, prejudiced members of the Alliance (of which there seem to be quite a few...) The Horde as it exists now is NOT evil (not that I'd mind if we were.. but we're not).