User:DeludedTroll/Wiki magic

A list of cases where Blizzard used information from Wowpedia, occasionally leading to editor mistakes or fanon becoming canonized, AKA wiki magic.

Jarod and the Watchers
In the novel Wolfheart, Tyrande Whisperwind tells Jarod Shadowsong that she intends to appoint a new leader of the Watchers from among those proven to have been innocent and unaware of Maiev's planned betrayal. She also states that she intends a different role for Jarod and asks him to become the leader of a new security force composed of members handpicked from the Sentinels.
 * September 13, 2011

Sports72Xtrm edits the Jarod Shadowsong and Watchers pages to erroneously state that Jarod was appointed the new leader of the Watchers.
 * September 27, 2011

The Ultimate Visual Guide repeats information from Wowpedia, stating that Jarod was appointed leader of the Watchers.
 * September 30, 2013

The mistake is corrected in the Ultimate Visual Guide, Updated and Expanded.
 * May 1, 2016

Legion legendaries
Several legendary items from Legion have flavor text that is worded very similarly to Wowpedia articles, e.g. shadow satyr ("The exact origins of the Shadow [sic] satyr are unknown [...] Regardless of their origins the shadow satyr are known to be incorporeal creatures that not only exist with inside the Nightmare but places on Azeroth that has come into contact with it as well") and Shadow Satyr's Walk ("While the exact origins of the Shadow [sic] satyr are unidentified, they are known to be incorporeal creatures that not only exist inside the Emerald Nightmare but in places on Azeroth as well"). In some cases this has had an actual (minor) impact on canon by re-canonizing removed material: see and.

The following is an example using Hakkar the Soulflayer and Soulflayer's Corruption:

World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume II Issue I is released. Brann Bronzebeard's troll lineage chart in the magazine states: "Still tryin' tae find out Hakkar's origins. No records in titan archives. Plenty o' records mention a demon called 'Hakkar the Houndmaster', but looks like a different beast."
 * 2011

DeludedTroll adds the information to Hakkar's page, wording it as "According to Brann Bronzebeard, the origins of Hakkar remain unknown, and there are no mentions of him in any Titan [sic] records."
 * February 18, 2016

The Soulflayer's Corruption item is added. Its flavor text is worded almost identically to the aforementioned sentence on Hakkar the Soulflayer's page, including mistakenly writing "titan" as "Titan".
 * June 13, 2017

The Sight
The Velen article is created by Ragestorm46443. The page mentions that "Velen, unlike Archimonde and Kil'jaeden, had the gift of Sight". However, the only official source for information about Velen and the draenei at the time makes no mention of this, suggesting that the term "Sight" in Warcraft was coined by Ragestorm when writing the Velen article.
 * May 10, 2006

The Sight is mentioned in the Ultimate Visual Guide, bringing the term into canon.
 * September 30, 2013

The Ultimate Visual Guide, Updated and Expanded removes mentions of the Sight from the book and instead refers to the ability as the "gift of prophecy".
 * May 1, 2016

The Sight is mentioned again in the flavor text of the Velen's Future Sight item, reaffirming its canonicity.
 * January 10, 2017

Nazja
In the Warcraft III mission The Broken Isles, a naga myrmidon yells the Nazja phrase "Ash-thero-sauguine!".
 * July 1, 2003

WoWWiki-Paulus adds the phrase to the Nazja page but erroneously spells it as "Ash'thero sanguine!".
 * June 21, 2007

Harjatan is added to WoW. Upon aggro, he yells yell, using the incorrect Wowpedia spelling instead of the original Warcraft III spelling.
 * March 28, 2017

Tirisgarde
The Tirisgarde article is created by the toxic dweeb DeludedTroll. The page describes the Tirisgarde as "the elite mage-guard of Dalaran", based upon the quest text of The Dreadlord's Prize used in the Legion beta at the time.
 * December 17, 2015

The text of The Dreadlord's Prize is changed, removing mention of "the elite mage-guard of Dalaran" and replacing it with "the protectors of Dalaran". However, the Tirisgarde article is not updated to reflect this and retains the outdated description.
 * Unknown date

The Soul of the Archmage item is added. Its flavor text appears to based on the opening sentence of Wowpedia's Tirisgarde article, including the description "the elite mage-guard of Dalaran", thus bringing the removed beta description back into canon.
 * June 13, 2017

Blackmoore's appearance
The depiction of Aedelas Blackmoore in (2018) bears a striking resemblance to a fanmade model created by Xavius69025 in 2008 using in-game item models, with nearly identical shoulder pads, vest, gloves, pants, and boots. The shoulder pads, in particular, are not found in any official pre-Chronicle depiction of Blackmoore. It's therefore likely that the artist took inspiration from the fan art when creating the Chronicle artwork.