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Forgotten Elements of Warcraft
This article is a companion of sorts to the Warcraft Retcons article. That collects retcons, while this article collects things that were simply forgotten about.
Just like that list, this is non-exhaustive, since Iām simply not aware of everything.
These will be sorted by whatever thing they were introduced in.
Notes
What counts?
This collects elements that were forgotten about, seemingly abandoned or, perhaps, were accidentally left in from some previous development cycle.
Warcraft III
Mur'gul
The murāgul areā¦murlocs? Uhā¦
The murāgul are either murlocs, a variation of the murloc, a related species or something else, itās not quite clear. They are 100% related to the murlocs but thatās about it.
They first appear in The Frozen Throne and work alongside the Naga (as slaves). Though it is implied that not all the murāgul working alongside the Naga are slavesā¦but thatās if you make the assumption that I do which is that only the explicitly labelled āMurāgul Slaveās are slaves and assume that all the other murāgul (mostly the warriors) are not slaves.
Letās be honest: it would be weird to have them as slaves, considering they are both smirking and on the front lines.
Itās notable that their description from the RPG is a bit different and, potentially, far more interesting.A)
The murāgul have not re-appeared in Warcraft since The Frozen Throne which is quite odd, though not if we consider them being simple murloc reskins. Why they were ever made in the first place is a mystery to me, though. Likeā¦the Sea Witch used murlocs so, like, what?
Ogre Legion
The Ogre Legion is a mysterious faction that existed(?) in Reign of Chaos. The only evidence of their existence is flavor text for the Ogre units in the game.
The page I link below includes some speculation as to what they were/are and what the intent was.
Iām leaning towards it being a remnant of a plotline from a previous version of the Warcraft 3 storyline, though that doesnāt change the fact itās still in the game and has since been forgotten about.
Queen of Suffering
In Warcraft III, the highest-level succubus unit you could face was the Queen of Suffering. She re-appears in the RPG, but has since disappeared from canon.
Iām sensing a bit of a trend here with the RPG.