Talk:Adventurer

The Adventurers created by Blizzard
Few in-game adventurers do appear in-game. I think we should post them. I know they appear to be funny and mocking citations of the real players... but still, expecially in Cataclysm, lorewise they contribuited to create lore. Also, few of them do appear to have been killed and raisen as Lich King's servants. (Quest:Battle_at_Valhalas:_Fallen_Heroes)Malygos Helper (talk) 19:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Source
Hi. Where does this quote come from ? Google couldn't find anything but an MMOChampion thread qualified as a work of fiction. "We were there, when a world of limitless adventure opened up before us. We rose defiantly, against all those that threatened the peace of our kingdoms. We ventured to a new alien world, and cast the lords of shadow and flame back into the abyss. It was we who held the line as death itself rose like a tide to swallow everything we held dear. We have endured the breaking of the world, and must now face the Destroyer and end his cycle of destruction. But soon we will face a new chapter. An adventure unlike any we have known thus far. A mystery shrouded by superstition, a land of forgotten power and ancient magics, and a people that may well change the fate of us all. For all the challenges we have faced and all the places we have been, Azeroth's limits have yet to be revealed." -- ShellShockLive (talk) 18:23, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * According to the reference, the announcement trailer for MoP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeZ8khSEC0 -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 18:35, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Is it confirmed that this is an adventurer speaking ? ShellShockLive (talk) 21:06, 14 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Having listened to it, I would not say it's an adventurer speaking. To me it's more like a narrator that goes over what's happened in the past, what's happening now, and what's in store for "us" (the adventurer). If it were truly in character, it wouldn't have any mention of Pandaria (even indirectly) because realistically "we" wouldn't know anything about it. That in turn would defeat the whole point of the video, which was to announce the then-upcoming expansion. -- Alayea (talk / contrib) 23:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Exactly what I was thinking. Even if that were not the case, since there is no confirmation whatsoever that this is indeed an adventurer (as far as I know), we can't pose it as fact/truth, and it should go under the speculation section. - ShellShockLive (talk) 17:13, 15 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Whether or not it is an actual adventurer, it is from the PoV of one. The trivia note doesn't say it is an adventurer (speculative), just states it is from that PoV (true). --Aquamonkeyeg (talk) 18:08, 15 December 2016 (UTC)


 * How do you know it's from the pov of an adventurer and not an alliance soldier or whatever ?-- ShellShockLive (talk) 20:26, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * "Adventure" is mentioned twice. --Aquamonkeyeg (talk) 22:32, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Image
We should find an image that has both Horde and Alliance characters in it. 01:14, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Maw Walkers
I feel like the Maw Walkers should have their own page and not just be a redirect to here, considering that (unlike generic terms like "hero" or "mercenary") there is specific lore about what a Maw Walker is (e.g. Maw Walker (quest), Torghast, Tower of the Damned (quest)) and it's not exclusive to player characters (in a no-longer available BlizzCon 2019 interview, John Hight called Sylvanas the first Maw Walker).

I've been turning "Maw Walker" mentions into  when I see them because I've been intending to turn it into its own article, but in most cases, Mordecay has come through after me and changed it to , and I don't know what everyone else thinks about it. -- 03:14, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * tbh i'm not a fan of turning redirects into direct links in the first place when the two things aren't like, 100% obviously the same. i think the "Redirected from ____" message can be valuable in giving a little context when the text a reader clicks on and the page they wind up on don't match. plus, as in this case, having relevant links point to the redirect means we don't have to go back and re-correct them if the redirect ever gets made into an actual article.
 * like, something like Legion ? yeah, that makes perfect sense to me. but "Maw Walker" and "adventurer" aren't entirely synonymous and, imo, that means the redirect should be allowed to do what redirects are meant to do.
 * anyway, ye, i think a maw walker article would be good. —Eithris (talk) 04:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, didn't know there was going to be a page, but since it encompasses Sylvanas, having a separate page sounds good. I can correct the links back, no problem, but Shadowlands Map speaks specifically about the adventurer maw walker, so it feels like it makes more sense to link to the adventurer page instead of the Maw Walker page (general lore). The majority of "Maw Walker" uses in quests are addresses to the player character (the adventurer). Should the context be taken into consideration or should the adventurer part of the link be taken out so that any and all Maw Walker links be links to Maw Walker? -- 10:14, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, sounds good to me. PeterWind (talk) 15:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I think it's more intuitive if most Maw Walker links point to Maw Walker. "Adventurer" can refer to player characters in any expansion or context, but "Maw Walker" refers specifically to their role in the Shadowlands, if that makes sense. -- 15:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)