Summary
SomeWorld of Warcraftfans have discovered a few voice lines inThe War Withinalpha that indicate the Earthen have generic American English accents. This came as quite a surprise, as their Dwarven cousins have had strong Scottish accents inWorld of Warcraftfor decades.
World of Warcraft: The War Withinis currently in the middle of its alpha testing period. The first four weeks focus tested each of the zones of Khaz Algar, with subsequent weeks opening the whole continent and adding more content each build untilWorld of Warcraftbegins the beta forThe War Within.
However, while exploring the mostrecent build ofWoW: The War Withinalpha, some players noticed something interesting about the Earthen. Though most of the voice acting has not been implemented in the alpha yet, certain lines are already in the game, with more being added each week.WoWcontent creator MrGM discovered one such line recently added to the campaign in the Isle of Dorn. Baelgrim and Adelgonn, two members of the council that leads the Earthen, share a brief exchange – but as heard in the video he shared on Twitter, they don’t have the characteristic Scottish accent typical for Dwarves, instead sporting an enunciated American English one.
The Earthen of Khaz Algar in WoW: The War Within
Scottish-sounding Dwarves are not original toWorld of Warcraft. The trend slowly evolved overdecades of dwarves inLord of the Ringsadaptationsbut became mainstream with Gimli in the Peter Jackson films.World of Warcraftdoubled down on the Scottish inspiration for the Dwarves, but it seems it isn’t using the accent for the Earthen, further differentiating them from their fleshy counterparts.
Fans are curious as to whyWorld of Warcraftmade this decision, even if they think making the distinction is interesting. Playable Dwarves hail from other groups of Earthen who succumbed to the Curse of Flesh. With the Earthen sounding like most other Titan-forged races, many are wondering where the iconic accent originated from in the lore in the first place. Either way, once playersunlock the Earthen Allied Race inWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, they can expect their characters to share an accent similar to these NPCs.
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
