Warcraft's Most Incompetent King (Part 1)
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Chapter 1 - Every Man For Himself
8:03 Chapter 2 - Unleash the Curse
11:39 Chapter 3 - The Beginning of the End
17:28 Outro - Hry
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your videos are always really well done.
Why not make a series about starting zones and their lore?
Your voice acting skills are improving notably, you really have a range of voice qualities from smooth to formal to energetic that adapts to your videos..
Keep up the good work!
PART TWO?!? WHERE IS IT??!!!
Your style of editing is HILARIOUS XD
Arugal, Pyrewood Village, Silverpine, Curse of Thule... All of it. Oddly enough, this is one of the comfiest areas of WoW lore for me.
Nixxiom is a God....God is Nixxiom xD
I loved leveling in vanilla Silverpine as a forsaken :)
Hello nixxiom, i still want to see part 2 of the warlock
Although i don't like how armours look on worgen,nor do i want to be a furry....the leveling of worgen is the best for me,so cozy and nice
@@robertserban2422 Worgen are werewolves, not furries. Only the insane werewolves are furries, a trait they share with humans.
As funny as this is, Greymane's ineptitude and denial attitude is so similar to most political leaders it's mostly depressing.
The fact that he cares more about Anduin than his own daughter really speaks for himself...
Sadly his caring of his family only shows in expanded material. In his short story, he risked his life to save his family from an already sunken ship. In the games we only see Genn as advisor to the king.
any sperm of varian should be worshiped
@@EviIM0nk3y owo daddy varian
He likely uses Anduin as a surrogate son, the death of Liam hit him hard.
He probably sees being a father figure to Anduin as being able to make up for his own son’s death. He is able to watch and guide a young man on his path to becoming a wise and powerful king like he never got the chance to do with his own son, and I don’t doubt that Anduin feels something similar to Genn but in reverse given that he lost his father and guide for kingship. They’re both people who lost something trying to help each other grow and become better.
Coming from someone who plays Horde, the worgen intro questline is probably the best one.
It’s the only time they’ve made a serious Alliance storyline.
It's what revendreth failed to become sadly.
@@imadeyoureadthis1 And that's because Revendreth is not meant to be Victorian England... And has a completelly different theme
@@madtitan4892 alright queen calm down, i meant the fact that in both cases we try to retake a city back, plus that vampires and werewolves have a connection to each other.
@@imadeyoureadthis1 Why do you think I'm angry? Was just trying to point out something, and Revendreth is more than just the retaking of a citty, the story revolves around you estabilishing a democracy to compensate for the vacuum of power left by Denathrius.
Everyone in Warcraft is pretty incompetent espescially the later into WoW lore you go, but Genn has been several different (Downright opposite) KINDS of incompetent, and that is impressive.
That is my problem with most wow lore. It's not that they're awfully incompetent. They are when it's convenient for plot reasons.
@@Ramekink prolly bc the writers are incompetent
Angry grandpa shakes fist at dogs, neighbours and clouds.
Mirror b, now thats a classic
"The Genn Greymane story" in a nutshell.
"Are you into... Furries?"
This had me rolling.
That joke xD
Gilneas is til this day one of the best zones ingame and we wasted it so bad
Alongside Lordaeron capital and Teldrasil there are plenty of places the game needs to revisit and revamp.
as a Forsaken im wondering how a new capital would look like. mayhaps Gilneas will do >;)
@@foulmoodcentral2830 please no
@@foulmoodcentral2830 Yes, give Gilneas to the Forsaken so they can become furries as well.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 zombie worgen would be pretty cool tbh..
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 Remember the curse of undeath doesn't work on worgen.
iirc during the Worgen starting zone, Genn claims that the Alliance abandoned Gilneas, the audacity of this furry
I honestly don't know if it's cause Genn is how he is, or cause of Blizzard forgetting their own lore
@@enachescuserban1097 it could go either way really
Probably his way of pointing to someone else with his problems. Its better for the citizens to blame someone else than their own king. That only causes rebelions which are of no help when u are struggling with furries. Kind of the same thing as before in the vid, he couldnt just come out and say "Worgen are eating our asses and its my fault" the people would go mad.
Honestly Gilneas deserved all of the Sacking, and Genn should've been in jail.
@@enachescuserban1097 the latter 100%. What they did to Arthas in Shadowlands was so disrespectful
"With the power of the moon" She put her ass up in the air like she just didnt care
Oh that explains the mailbox dancing, it's their culture to moon people!
the really sad thing about Gilneas and Greymane is how extremely close they are to how people in real world thinks and reacts, minus the werewolves.
And minus the zombies.
Plus vampires
minus the werewolves and zombies? nah c'mon, those exist in the real world; furries and crackheads
@@katatonikblisslol
We have Furries though
NO DEALS WITH THE ALLIANCE!
GILEXIT MEANS GILEXIT!
It honestly makes the fact that Gilneas is an England analogy even better
and for many years, struggling with an economic recession due to a mixture of ultra-nationalism, over-inflated ego, and an incompetent King that failed to secure a trade deal with the rest of the alliance, the Guilneans kept on Scoring zero points in every single AllianceVision until the day an oversized lizard with a very bad case of dry skin "accidentally" knocked too hard on their "Great" wall that the Alliance "Totally" paid for and told them to stop secluding themselves like the edgy goth-loving emoes they are and to get out of their boring rainy country and go smoke some peacebloom with the purple-skinned hippies in their giant treehouse
@@j.t.7264 yeah but imagine if instead of polish people, it was werewolves
Greymane: *sees this video* SYLVANAS!
Tldr genn left the alliance and then his people got ravaged by furries
Rabid furries*
Truly, a nightmare worse than hell
"Are you into furries?"
In that kingdom happened the same as that Hilton hotel on the Rainfurrest 2015.
@@exmaarmaca Except all of them were ravenous in Gilneas up until the point they weren't.
I'd run too if Orcs were grinning like that all the time.
We do tho. The helmets hide the grins.
We do grin like that all the time.
@@destructomaniac2540 Don't forget the clapping! Zug zug
@@jarus7618 I wish thrall would clap my cheeks
Makes you wonder if some of the people left in pyrewood village that died due to not being able to enter Gilneas are the same people that as Forsaken took part in besieging it later.
they had ample reasons to do so if it is the case.
I mean... They were literally forsaken by their people and king.
They were. Its not flatout stated but it is very likely likely the case considering the Forsaken's hatred for Gilneans definitely comes across as very personal. This isn't a part of lore that is ever really addressed though and Genn never really apologizes for all the Gilneans or Lordareon refugees that died at the gate when the Scourge came through.
@@WeaverOfStars Actually back in classic Pyrewood Village had this fun gimmick, where they were humans at day and Worgen at night.
@@WeaverOfStars I'm pretty sure most of the Forsaken are the citizens of Lordaeron who retained their humanity after breaking free from The Lich King and tried to reclaim their fallen kingdom, as well the Gilneans stuck outside of the wall. Considering how Gilneas just ignored the Scourge and left Lordaeron and a chunk of their people to die, it makes sense why the Forsaken foster a personal hatred towards Gilneas.
Part of the quest line in silverpine has sylvanas resurrecting corpses using those valkyrs. I think the idea is that they're actually either old corpses from abandoned gilneas and also fresh gilneas corpses from the siege. I mean if she can still resurrect people from before lordrean fell she should've been able to bring back gilneas people who died roughly around the same time.
Not only did Genn let in infected guards, if I recall correctly Worgen dug under the wall as well.
Genn: "How did this happen!? Our walls are impenetrable!"
Some random worgen: "Your floor isn't."
[events in Gilneas during Cataclysm]
"Let's build a 100 meter tall wall to protect our citizens. 100 meters from the floor. No foundation. That's strong and secure.
I was thinking they climbed the wall. Considering they've been observed climbing many times before.
I like how that one worgan was just attacking a chicken, such bloodrage.
I always thought the Gilnean flag looked so stupid. That meaningless emblem is just like one of the pre-set designs you could choose for your Xbox live profile playing multiplayer Halo 3 in 2010.
TIL that the symbol on the WC3 tents is the *original* Gilnean symbol: www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/tent-jpg.75477/
The *new* symbol is indeed much more xXx42069360NoScOpexXx worthy.
@@NostraDavid2 Reject modernity, return to tradition
@@easttowest7839 Return to Vryku
@@NostraDavid2 The whole symbol really looked like a human rune. I would like to know the reasoning behind the new symbol.
Dont you dare insult halo 3 like that
I really do love the Worgen starting zone.
The atmosphere, music, story, everything is just perfect and really creates an unique experience in terms of starting zones.
It really is my most favorite intro questline.
@SleepyGirl When the Worgen where playable back then, I had no idea what a Furry is.
I like worgen. Sadly they don't receive much of spot light in wow outside the intro quest line as if blizzard forgot they exist after intro.
It seems even gilneas is completely forgotten 😕
except for Genn, he was Anduins lapdog for most of the last two expansions.
furries don't deserve attention
They played a small part in Legion though.
@@PUNishment777 Forgotten so much that they don't even bother fixing the quest lag issues that still occur in the region to this day. The only love worgens have gotten since then were some random NPC's here and there and Genn getting the spotline from time to time. The Heritage questline was absolute trash as well.
I love how the animation always has Genn looking lost or confused as shit. Great damn work Plat.
I feel like the worgen starting zone and story was always pretty cool so I'm so happy that you are making videos about it
Thanks dude
I liked the starting zone and story too but man greyman is an ass leader
My second favorite starting zone
My first is the goblins
That shit is a lore of its own
"Muzzle your dog, your majesty" - Sylvannas
The Scourge hit the Eastern Kingdons... And Gilneas be like "Aight, imma head out"
"Are you into furries?"
*BRUH....*
Pretty accurate mate.
No-one can hide their inner furry for that long.
Plz no...
You misspelt "fury".
@@DT-267K The Hour Of *Twilight* is at Hand!
Get it?
Harharhar
True - good thing not that many have one inside after all.
But damn this... infection... truly spread. ^^
@@DT-267K yes
And no
I can see the Reaction of the alliance already:
Moira: Damn it Varian, Ghen peed on the carpet again.
@BadBoy Coolio As Alliance player i must insist that isn't true, The interment camps were a bad and wrong thing, it robbed us of glorious combat to the last man standing.
To Put in another words "suffer no Xenos to live"
@BadBoy Coolio Said the green dirtbag, that drunked Pit Lord's blood because of how insecure she is.
The Alliance beated the Horde, without the help of Demons or by enslaving of Dragons.
Both of you guys got screwed over by the Burning Legion so therefore the Legion is the best faction.
@@TheAchilles9000
Legion got rekt by a blind exile.
@BadBoy Coolio Alliance literally won most major battles after Battle for Lordaeron, they even won Darkshore with just a bunch of sentinels. Not even the main army.
I wish asmon would stream again so I could watch him react to this with 10 pauses where he would go for 5 minute monologue interrupted only by him responding to someone calling him bald in chat. Good old days.
"...just like that, you know what I mean?"
**looks at Chat**
"Yeah yeah, very funny alright, lets keep watching."
@@alexander1055 read that in his voice too
@@LemanRussx I can even picture the eyebrow movements
@@velicaleon his eyebrows does move alot
He doesn't stream anymore?
"Ugh, I need to patch myself up before they find me!"
*C H A N N E L I N G*
XD
I love Gilneas. The worgen, Arugal, the land. It's all interesting and an awesome part of lore.
"M'lord, the city of Gilneas is under siege by the beasts"
*Greymane gasps*
This part had me laughing so hard, the video could've been just that
He went 😱😱😱
"You know, that's okay. Genn was confident Crowley would understand his reasoning."
cuts to ad-
plays: "Crowley did not understand his reasoning :'("
Heartbreaks everywhere
Solder: We are under attack by hundreds of Worgens!
Me: they killed the chicken!
16:19 Genn did say it felt like he was having an affair by hiding his curse, he just hated lying to his wife and children,
Genn's incompetence is his defining characteristic. Even when he does something right, like stopping Sylvanas from enslaving Eyir, its for the wrong reasons.
I'm willing to bet if there is a time skip following Shadowlands that he'll have pulled something in the Alliance that will lead it into a conflict it can't really stand at that point. I'm thinking either another war against the Horde, which will likely drive the Alliance into a Civil War to prevent it, or just a straight up Civil War.
My favorite part was the animation of Genn using first aid and calling it good
This is why Genn (and in relation the Kingdom of Gilneas) is a good character, he has plenty of flaws and isn't perfect like Anduin and Thrall or outright evil like Sylvanas.
I'll hand that to you, he's more real or relatable in a sense due to his failings.
as for Thrall, he's getting better. Anduin has alot of promise and potential left if they don't make him a carbon-copy Arthas...and Sylvanas, i have no idea honestly. I like not being a hero for a change and am already forsaken so its all good to me. i expect an asspull on Blizz's part to still somehow "redeem" her or make her see the error of her ways at the end of SL.
Or i might be wrong, we'll see.
@@foulmoodcentral2830 She has been kidnapping and experimenting on survivors since vanilla (which came to light thanks to the aftermath of the Wrathgate) and even betrayed the last living army. Sylvanas as a person post-being raised as a banshee doesn't deserve redemption. And even in life she was remarked as vain, unlike her younger brother (I believe the youngest in lore), mother and sisters. Best she could do in my eyes is Revendreth. But knowing how populair Sylvanas is with a certain segment (which Captain Grim constantly mocks in his videos) of our playerbase age wise I'm afraid they will try a redemption. Let her go out the way she was in life and as a banshee, we saw it with Garrosh. In Cata even Alliance could respect him in a strange way. Then Theramore and MoP happend...
@@Finish303 They do have a habit of making characters unlikeable i'll say that much. I have seen the fanboys depicted in the vids and they are funny as hell.
the Forsaken struck out and did terrible things to a world that wants them gone. they continued to experiment on undeath in ways to cure it but also inflict it or outright destroy life through the Blight. as far as i recall Putriss and Varimathras are however the ones who decided to use it on everyone at the Wrathgate. I get what you're saying though. they've burned through alot of characters to turn them into villainous pinata's for us to go clobber. but with a expansion focused on the afterlife i have a hunch we're going to see alot of these characters brought back in one way or another.
@@foulmoodcentral2830
Seeing Anduin in HotS feels like the team in WoW mishandled his character. In HotS he's a bit more like a Spiderman King. A bit awkward but good-hearted and sharp. In WoW he's too soft.
@@foulmoodcentral2830 I think Blizz writers retconed the fact that it was actually Sylvanas who unleashed the plague during Wrathgate. I might be wrong tho.
The production with how you introduce and name characters and cinematically slow down their animations for dramatic effect is actually so top notch and well done, you have such a talent with these lore videos it's genuinely inspiring and mesmerizing to watch!
"I'm kind of having second thoughts about this whole helping humans thing"
*teldrassil burned for aiding the alliance*
"..."
well, nothing said that Sylvanas wouldn't have burned Teldrassil even if the Kaldorei have remained neutral. All alone in Kalimdor, they were an "easy" prey.
No, not really, it's either the Night Elves have to fight the Horde by themselves or join the Alliance, or just originally give the orcs wood but they're too annoying and arrogant to do that.
@@modarnwarfare2rull Maybe. it’s also possible that if they ignored the scourge threat and never joined the alliance after the battle for mount hyjal, the alliance would have left kalimdor, the night elves would have just genocided the orcs, scared off the darkspear, and allied the Tauren. Their pre WoW power was unmatched. Them and their demigod and dragon allies faced off the legion alone before (minus some time travellers and ignoring the fact it was Azshara’s fault…).
Non fel infuses Orcs stood no chance against the night elves. Grom and his warsong needed pitlord blood to (temporarily) kill cenarius. It’s a shame that Tyrande has become so pacified. With the night warrior line she should be on par or surpassed even the likes of azshara when powered by n’zoth. Elune is the only good Old god.
@@Ssyphoned Seeing as Cenarius was dead and the dragons had no reason to help them genocide the Horde which helped defeat the Legion they really wouldn't be able to do that, they wouldn't have allied with the Tauren either because the Tauren had a blood-debt to the Horde that saved them from extinction while the NE's were doing absolutely nothing to help. They really had no way of beating the Horde, especially after they got ravaged by the Legion and the Naga. Elune is in no way shape or form an old god. What are you talking about ? They could've just let the Orcs have some wood lol. They are the second dumbest race in the game after the trolls.
Bro this soundtrack. Plat please don’t stop making these.
I really hope you cover Aedelas Blackmoore in this series of human lore.
In the name of the galactic senate of the republic, you are under arrest, chancellor.
@@Terowin Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
@@dogswifty7800 The senate will decide your fate
@@SimonNissen94 I AM the Senate.
@@dogswifty7800 NOT YET!
The shear quality of this is astonishing!
Why is nobody talking about how the real reason genn left the alliance it's because he wanted to kill all the orcs rather than having them in interment camps
This might just be your best video yet! You are such a phenomenal story teller, you really know how to keep an audience captivated. Can't wait for part 2!!
14:33 "Are you into.... furries?" ROTFL! best line yet. Yes, I know this is a worgen line, but the placement was perfect.
Thank you for putting in so much effort into making this hilarious and awesome videos. These are easily my favourite lore videos. The work you put in really shows and we all appreciate it.
As always my dude, you set the bar high and your editing is friggin great. Keep that stuff rolling in and I'll keep liking it! You're easily the most entertaining lore/comedy WoW channel I've ever seen!
And I've been spending the better half of today reminiscing about Gilneas, funny timing.
16:59 EVEN HIS HANDS SWITCHED SIDES! WHAT A SHOCKING TWIST!
really nice video. i love that you're really getting into these characters when you voice them. it shows how passionate u are about making these, and it also makes learning about WoW lore fun! keep up the great work!
I dunno if it's so much that Genn is incompetent as much as it is that he's unlucky and bad at choosing friends. He's someone who believed that isolation was preferable when compared to the chaos of the outside world. And considering the outside world had stuff like Orcs, zombies, and lord knows what else, it's understandable that he'd want to isolate himself from a world that seemed so chaotic and terrifying. Of course, that isolation costed him the life of his son when his people were overwhelmed by Sylvanas and her Forsaken, as well as cursing all Gilneans to become Worgen, but I think Genn has learned to not only accept help from other nations, but even offer aid to those who need it. He and his forces were the only ones who offered aid in the Battle for Darkshore, while the rest of the Alliance were too focused on the Kul Tiran/Zandalar warfronts. I feel like that would've been a great moment for Genn to realize the error of his ways if the game put more focus on that.
You can't stop my fanfic, they were totally doing it up there
What else would they?
Feisty wolfman gets it done with sexy nelf druid in Gilneas.
Hey! That transition at 2:07 is some VERY good work. You've really got an eye for this.
REALLY awesome video, i love wow lore even though i haven't player retail in a long time. And the editing, and animation and voices were LIT!!
Moral of the story, in a furry convention, walk back to back with a shotgun in hand
Dual wield brecci
Aiden Perenolde was actually the most reluctant and Genn only joined because he was called a coward.
Alterac and Gilneas sucks.
@@budakbaongsiah lol alterics rendition in the game was so minor.
@@blakeschroko7838
Well, yeah but I was talking about lorewise.
@@budakbaongsiah I know, I wish alteric got something remotely close to what Gillneas got in game
@@blakeschroko7838 they got a fist full of ogre dookie on their entire civilization
Really do love the comedy in your storytelling. Thank you for being awesome.
I absolutely love what you're doing with these lore videos. The Warcraft universe is so rich, and this type of format makes it accessible to everyone. Thank you.
the gilneas storyline would make a really good movie
I love these style of videos where you explain the lore and break it out like a movie. Best vid yet!
Love your videos man, doesn't get much better than lore videos that are funny as hell. keep up the great work!
Gotta love good old King Fuckups the Wolfman
But it’s ok, his son died and he came out of the closet about being a furry so he’s a good guy now. Or something.
I love your videos so much, have watched them multiple times, AMAZING work!
I love the editing you've made for yourself. It's hilarious and always a pleasure to witness platnium
I love Genn though 🥺
Great vid as always though!
I wish they would put Arugals helm and shoulders in the game for transmorg.
Shout out to the work you put into these lore videos man! Love your channel!
Such a nice informative and well edited high quality video ! Ty as always for your content.
"Warcraft's Most Incompetent King"
Shots fired.
Likewise, homestuck’s most incompetent
Uh....
Godlike, omniscient cue-ball.
Sure sure a king.. a night elf hottie ..all alone, oh I'm sure they broke some curses alright. Where do I sign up ?
You make easily the most comprehensive Lore videos ever. keep up the great work!
High quality as always; great job on this one!
I like how some times in this video the Gilneans turn Australian now and again 😆
14:05 that worgen can't breathe
Love the transition from the catapult to the sugar cubes falling into the cup and the small Oxhorn reference. Also great job with Darius' voice and voiceacting in general!
Awesome video, can't wait for part 2.
Also i had to pause the video a few times just to laugh!
Loved it!
I like to shoot the "power of the moon" out when I'm alone.
I love Gilnean lore! After the second part will you do some goblin related lore? Things About the bilge water cartel etc?
Man, I don’t know how you do it, but this lore videos of some of the most interesting and entertaining vids on wow I’ve ever seen, keep up the amazing work buddy 👍
I need more of this, Platinum.
Breaking news : "SYLLLLLLLLVAAAAANAAAAAAS!" has officially becomes a meme.
Looking forward to seeing when we talk about Anasterian and Perenolde. 07:10 Nice.
This is so well made! :) I love your videos.
The quality on these videos are insanely good. Very good job.
Cant wait to rewatch this when baldman reacts to it 3 months from now
16:59 I laughed way too hard at Genn's gasp. It's so over the top.
Well shit your editing’s only getting better and better, love it man keep up the great work, very much appreciated 👍🏻
This is a really smart and entertaining way to tell stories. Also I like the display of patrons at the end.
Greymane pulling out of the Alliance and all the drama that ensued is also sorta the reason Quel'Thalas left the Alliance. They were really disappointed with the human drama and didn't want to be involved.
(Also their leaders were just kinda being dicks and high elves from Dalaran or ranger Cadres like Alleria's elected to stay because they knew this. Although Alleria herself just wanted to kill orcs and avoid dealing with her PTSD)
I mean just look at what happened with the scarlet crusade and argent dawn. There's a reason dreadlords find it so easy to manipulate humans.
Lol Greymane left the Alliance because he had to contribute to its defense and fork over gold and soldiers. He clearly didn’t understand the meaning of “Alliance!” Everyone else, including Stormwind, did the same thing 😂
It was mostly the expenses of the internment camps that pissed him off, since they were expensive and he was against keeping the orcs alive at all, feeling they should have been executed instead
Awesome work on this video. Love the editing.
A pleasure to watch as always!
I remember when Greymane promised to make the alliance pay for that wall
You can't evacuate people, but you can evacuate a city / building.
Well you can, it's called laxatives
I actually love how this lore telling isn't one-sided! Great work!
Man this was really good
The story of Gilneas and Genn can be easily explained in Latin: "Homo homini lupus est".
I could Google this but Imma take confidence in my long past Latin studies in high school: is it "man is man's ( own) wolf"? Like , we are our own predator ?
@@nikiballerini "man behaves like wolf to other man". Something about men being their own biggest enemy
@@DoctorQbalo so yes, what I said