Aloha! Do you think the Zandalari Paladin never existed? Or the Humans of Kul Tiras Shamans? That all this is an ace up his sleeve pulled out at the last minute? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, everything has its explanation and each of these classes existed long before the opening even of the Dark Portal.
Trolls Zandalari Paladin and Humans of Kul Tiras Shamans? Lore's explanation
Do you think the Zandalari Trolls never existed? Or the Humans of Kul Tiras Shamans? That all this is an ace up his sleeve pulled out at the last minute? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, everything has its explanation and each of these classes existed long before the opening even of the Dark Portal.
Trolls Zandalari Paladin
Let's start with the trolls. Zandalari trolls mainly worshiped blood and its loa Hakkar. Nobody could venerate anything other than blood. No one. But for a short time ...
Over the years, other beliefs emerged among them. And one of them was the devotion to the Holy Light (there are also praises of light).
At this point, the devotees of the Light faced the blood priests who worshiped Hakkar above all else and no one else. Seen as a threat, the priests ordered the total slaughter and sacrifice of these devotees, which They were called pagans or the freethinkers of Zandalar. To avoid the total extermination of their ideals they fled from Zandalar taking refuge in other lands where they continued to practice these arts to this day.
We can know this from the Paragon of Power missions (Classic missions no longer available), in which we can read the following:
The pagans have their place in our tribe. They are the freethinkers of Zandalar. And they are not afraid of oppression. Freethinkers die for what they believe in. We know you would too. And that makes you
of our recognition. And also an opportunity to continue testing yourself.
Your beliefs are foreign to us. The Zandalar ancestors were once branded heretics. It happened when the Gurubashi Empire was strong. The pagans dared to challenge the priest of Hakkar. The pagans were hunted down and executed like vermin. The pagans never wavered in their fight against the God of Blood. We honor the price they paid. They are the freethinkers.
Still not believing me? Let's go to a material example that was introduced into the game on March 5th 2013 and that surely you did not realize: The Isle of Thunder and the Zandalari Paladins. This is one of them: Prelate Zandalar.
This Zandalari uses Light-based attacks, using the same animations as a Paladin.. Between them judgment of the loa, Light of the loa y Seal of the Loa.
Humans of Kul Tiras Shamans
In the time of the magi, many humans embraced the magical arts, including shamanism. But why are some humans shamans (Tyrassians) and others not (Ventormentians)?
It has an easy explanation: the culture of each civilization. While the Tyrassians entered and learned more about the shamanic arts, in Stormwind the priests of Golden Villa established the faith of the Holy Light, "Causing" that the ancient arts of other times were forgotten, including shamanism even Druidism. That is why if you create a Tirassian character (Human from Kul Tiras) you can be a shaman but a Human (Stormwind) cannot, the same happens with the Druids of Gilneas and Kul Tiras compared to those of Stormwind.