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 ====== Warcraft Retcons ======
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 This is a non-exhaustive list of retcons for [[lb:warcraft]]. Most of these are just ones that I'm aware of or which I personally noticed.\\  They are categorized by the origin of the retcon. So...games, expansions, books, etc.\\  If I'm not sure exactly where the retcon came from, but //am// sure that something was retconned, it will be placed in ‘unsorted’ for the time being.
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 ==== Sea Witch ====
-The Warcraft 3 Demo's Orc campaign((:fn:>Which is the only campaign in the demo, so specifying it is kinda pointless...?))((:fn:>Also available in //The Frozen Throne// via the Custom Campaign menu as, basically, the game's second bonus campaign.)) has a ‘Sea Witch’ as the primary antagonist in the second half of the story.\\  In Warcraft 3, she's depicted with a Ghost model/portrait/voice. Cataclysm claims that she was a [[lb:wc:naga]] the whole time, technically making this a retcon.\\  Reforged takes this a step further and just turns her into a Naga Sea Witch, though I'd consider that a separate retcon.\\  Her being a Naga the whole time is the first positive retcon that I'm listing here and, so far, appears to be the only one.\\  This is a good retcon because it doesn't over-write information as much as it elaborates on a mystery...that mystery being ‘what the Fel was the Sea Witch?’\\  Even her vague warning about a coming dark tide now fits neatly in with the Naga stuff.\\  However, the Reforged one? I'd say that was probably a negative change all things considered. I think she should have remained a shadowy, mysterious ghostly figure...maybe only slightly hinting at the fact she's a Naga. Because of this change, the Horde knew about the Naga existing waaaaay before anybody else: they literally met one. Originally, they had no clue what she was or who she was...but now they pretty clearly know she was some strange fish/snake creature. I may also be over-thinking this point, but I really don't think this was a change for the better.\\  But otherwise? Yeah, positive. Good job Blizzard.
+The Warcraft 3 Demo's Orc campaign((:fn:>Which is the only campaign in the demo, so specifying it is kinda pointless...?))((:fn:>Also available in //The Frozen Throne// via the Custom Campaign menu as, basically, the game's second bonus campaign.)) has a ‘[[lb:wc:zar'jira|Sea Witch]]’ as the primary antagonist in the second half of the story.\\  In Warcraft 3, she's depicted with a Ghost model/portrait/voice. Cataclysm claims that she was a [[lb:wc:naga]] the whole time, technically making this a retcon.\\  Reforged takes this a step further and just turns her into a Naga Sea Witch, though I'd consider that a separate retcon.\\  Her being a Naga the whole time is the first positive retcon that I'm listing here and, so far, appears to be the only one.\\  This is a good retcon because it doesn't over-write information as much as it elaborates on a mystery...that mystery being ‘what the Fel was the Sea Witch?’\\  Even her vague warning about a coming dark tide now fits neatly in with the Naga stuff.\\  However, the Reforged one? I'd say that was probably a negative change all things considered. I think she should have remained a shadowy, mysterious ghostly figure...maybe only slightly hinting at the fact she's a Naga. Because of this change, the Horde knew about the Naga existing waaaaay before anybody else: they literally met one. Originally, they had no clue what she was or who she was...but now they pretty clearly know she was some strange fish/snake creature. I may also be over-thinking this point, but I really don't think this was a change for the better.\\  But otherwise? Yeah, positive. Good job Blizzard.
 [[woww>Zar'jira]] [[woww>Sea Witch (Warcraft III)]]