A makeover for Sylvanas in patch 2.4?
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Feb 24th 2008 at 7:00PM
If you're a lore freak and a Forsaken fan like I am, you might share one of my biggest pet peeves about the World of Warcraft: Why is Sylvanas Windrunner in a Night Elf Body when she's an undead High Elf? The RPG Books tell us that she is in her old body, which Arthas dug up and let her possess as a reward for her services to the scourge, so she should look like a high elf or a blood elf. Instead, she's just a night elf with gray skin. Most of her other High Elven brothers and sisters got a blood elf skin revamp with the expansion, so it always felt wrong that one of the most famous High Elves of them all was stuck as a lowly Night Elf. It seems that Blizzard may have finally heard our cries of frustration on this. From tipster Jagoex comes news of a discovery by MMO Champion poster Gurluas: Apparently there are some skins hidden in the patch that look very much like they could be a new look for Sylvanas. The render Gurulas made actually makes her look a bit like a cross between a gray alien and a Blood Elf, but it isn't a bad look for her at all.
At last check, Sylvanas is still bouncing away like a hyperactive cheerleader on the test server, so no word on whether this is really a change for her. If we're lucky, maybe we'll see our new Sylvanas by Wrath of the Lich King, and we can have a proper High Elven Dark Lady we can all be proud of.
Filed under: Night Elves, Undead, Patches, Odds and ends, News items, Blood Elves, Lore, RP, NPCs, Rumors
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Meira Feb 24th 2008 7:24PM
Its good to know that an update to sylvanas is possible... shoo, NE model
PS: is the cowl that makes her look alien-ish. those with WMV try Deprecated Silver-thread cover
Meira Feb 24th 2008 7:30PM
Something like this
[URL=http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot480lj1.jpg][IMG]http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2125/screenshot480lj1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Meira Feb 24th 2008 7:31PM
If it worked >.
Meira Feb 24th 2008 7:36PM
http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot480az1.jpg
Sorry for the spamming
Charneldeath Feb 24th 2008 7:51PM
Damn man, the image shack link is hawt. I'd almost drop trow and hit that.
Havitech Feb 24th 2008 7:54PM
Looks more like a Wretched than an undead Blood/High Elf. Are do they already have a female Wretched model?
mattarin Feb 24th 2008 8:08PM
the wrethced are undead blood elfs
Calaana Feb 24th 2008 9:46PM
They are mana addicted elves, not undead.
@6, take a look at this page: http://www.wowwiki.com/Wretched
Namely, "When Magistrix Elosai temporarily turns into a wretched, she takes the form of a male one, as female models don't exist yet."
Super Guest Man 9000 Feb 24th 2008 11:48PM
mattarin, Wretched arn't undead. They're high/blood elves that have been consumed by their addiction. Basically their crack heads.
mattarin Feb 24th 2008 8:08PM
i think the reason she was made a night elf was because she was made before TBC and i guess they were too lazy to change her until now
Wildhammer Feb 24th 2008 8:34PM
Everyway you cut it it sucks. The Night Elf body doesn't do Night Elf females justice, and the Blood Elf body is just flat out pathetic and degenerates into stereotypical fantasy Elves. To be honest, I think the Night Elf one was the lesser of the two evils. At least it was semi-athletic.
NickDynmo Feb 24th 2008 9:23PM
New tauren druid cat form model now plz. kthx.
Cruelruin Feb 24th 2008 9:50PM
More like http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s196/oaksway/5c9fed7d.gif
Imo
Eternalpayn Feb 24th 2008 9:57PM
haha
Tianalyrsil Feb 24th 2008 9:59PM
I wonder if maybe an updated Sylvanas model is something we'll see in Wrath of the Lich King... hasn't there been some speculation about Sylvanas having a role in Northrend?
Tylenol Feb 24th 2008 11:27PM
Yup, she's gonna go B!tch slap Arthas
Ambril Feb 25th 2008 2:03AM
Sylvanas should by all rights play a very prominent role in WotLK.
Suzaku Feb 26th 2008 11:05AM
Hopefully they'll update her model soon, though I suppose they could be waiting for live. It's not exactly something that requires immediate testing.
But it's indeed there, a new Dark Ranger NPC skin for the female blood elf model. If they've got that in there, and don't update Sylvanas with it, that'll be a complete injustice.
Arthian Feb 24th 2008 11:56PM
Yea The Cowl kinda looks out of place on her, if it were smaller, or if there was no cowl at all. It will be nice to see th Dark Lady in her true glory but i have grown used to the Night Elf model
M2r1o Feb 25th 2008 12:20AM
She looks like **** with the blood elf model , no offence to anyone, just my opinion . She's fine the way she is .