Skoll Shorties

-fits better than Calia.

Calia's whole character is to finally be what can heal her people. Sylvanas focused way too much and way too long on the negatives of being undead. Finally we have a character who can focus on the good and help them out.

Good luck selling that to the Forsaken playerbase, who got into the race because of their dark, pained edge. You can't just try to 180 a player race that's been thoroughly established since vanilla and expect it to go over smoothly. No matter how hard people try, there will-

-be vast swaths of the Forsaken playerbase that will never like this shift. Not an insignificant vocal minority, but the bulk of us. Because, all technicalities aside, the entire theming and aesthetic of Calia is diametrically opposed to the product that the Forsaken are.-

-It will never fit. Anyway, rant aside, I still have a powerful suspicion that Calia's being put on the throne as a setup for the Evil Light expansion on the horizon. Despite what the rant may imply, I'm not actually that angry about Calia. Mainly because I've been so-

-disillusioned on WoW's story for so long now. This is just another fire on the road. I'm just pointing out how she doesn't work and how she won't fit with the playerbase to those who really, really want her to. Mainly because they want the Forsaken to be something different-

-than they've always been. And rebranding anything for a group of people that isn't the core audience is always a bad idea. Such a bad idea that I suspect it's a read herring.

It's bound to happen with the Forsaken with Sylvanas gone. Maybe not to the extent y'all are thinking but better to rip off that band-aid now.