The Story of Taran Zhu [Lore]

[@rationalinthefaceoffangirl5036]

"In order to understand this story, we need to understand the beginning of the universe." -Every Nobbel video ever.

[@craxnor]

Mad respect for Taran Zhu telling it like it is. He sees the Horde vs Alliance war for what it really is and calls them out on it.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

at least the Alliance and Horde arent a bunch of overweight furry drunks

[@kaizouttv]

GenericUsername dude the pandaren are literally the only smart race

[@teal_m_101]

@@GenericUsername-qp1ww Nah, they split it between their races.

[@luckyabdurrahman1085]

@@kaizouttv legit, they're the only race that truly took the lesson their leader left for them to heart, pandaria was fine before those savage interloper came anyway

[@ShinobiStudiosTM]

​@@GenericUsername-qp1wwTaran Zhu is a hero, something you failed to understand.

[@JonasTuk]

"You'r father had powers beyond reckoning... Where is he now?" I play horde but gotta love it

[@TyronMakeka]

+jonas christensen sick burn

[@ThatGenericPyro]

+jonas christensen "MY NIGGA YOU JUST GOT ROASTED! YAAOOOWW!"

[@JonasTuk]

+ThλtGENERICPyro [A KZbin Channel] YAAAAOOO-YAAAA-YYYAAAAAAOOOWWWW

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

Garrosh: "in the next expansion" *bitchslaps stupid fat panda*

[@tprime2702]

*Dabbled in powers

[@gurtegbedi1172]

The Pandaren had arguably suffered the most because Garrosh had no justification to call military action upon them... At least with Theramore or ashenvale he was somewhat justified because those two were actual threats to his people..... But with Pandaria, from the moment he showed up; he invaded, pillaged and plundered.... With absolutely no justification or pretense...

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

kung fu pandas are a joke, Garrosh shoulda wiped em off the face of Azeroth

[@grimgor07]

@@GenericUsername-qp1ww You're an idiot

[@Skollshorties]

Taran Zhu is byfar one of the best Pandarens in World of Warcraft. The guy can get Theron and Jaina to get out of their tantrums and send them back to their rooms. Dude's got style. Also... Coolies + Masks + Masculine Voice = Total Badass.

[@Terrabreak133]

20:17 Taran Zhu: Where is he now? Garrosh: In the next expansion...

[@ceiferthegamer]

zhu: oh well...(charges)

[@adambaker2232]

Nobbels voice for Taran Zhu... literally sounded like Kermit the Frog (No offence Nobbel... I thought it was hilarious)

[@name7251]

i knew it sounded familiar but I couldn't put my finger on what it sound like.

[@PopsicleSponge]

Exactly what i was gonna say!

[@EskayRogue]

dat taran zhu voice though

[@HyenaRump]

+Tobias Berntsen (themurlocking) Kermit of the Shado-Pan

[@EskayRogue]

i know right

[@LeprosuGnome]

lol

[@gigawatts2k]

That was exactly my first thought.

[@EskayRogue]

GigaWatts damn people are still answering my comment i must go watch that vid top see how many likes it has

[@SuperKneehow]

I think the fact he has such a bystanders viewpoint on the conflict from the horde and the alliance makes him a well written character. He hasn't experienced the things you mentioned so he became bitter over the conflict the horde and alliance had on pandaria. Same goes for him saying pandarians suffered the most. he's bitter, angry, and never experienced such a grand conflict. after everything he saw happen to his people how could he possibly imagine worse things happening to the rest of the world? also from the perspective of the pandarians, the conflict is much worse since it's their first time witnessing such atrocities. you can almost think of it as tainting their souls for the first time while the races of the alliance and horde were born with tainted souls from their eternal conflict.

[@josephbutler545]

Agreed I would like to see him try and keep his emotions in check when his people lose 90% of their population to a nightmarish undead army like the Blood elves or let your own father get killed in order to maintain peace with those who were once an energy to your entire world only for them to get a new bloodthirsty racist leader who spits on her actions of mercy and noble goals towards his people and destroys nearly everything she had built and then there's Arthas need I say more.

[@OnlyRoke]

Well.. Taran Zu thinks that his people suffered the most because they had nothing to do with the Alliance and Horde conflict. We came to their land and fucked everything up. The Pandaren were innocent so to speak. They were caught in the crossfire of a war AND were in the way of Garroshs crusade. That's why Pandaren suffered the most. They weren't willingly allies of anyone. Sure Alliance lost Theramore and Rhonin and Horde lost Cairne but still.. they fueled the conflict between each other.

[@Reeepaaa]

The Pandaren live on Azeroth too, its their job to make sure it stays safe from things like the Legion. The invasion of the outside races was a brutal awakening for the Pandaren but it was one that was inevitable.

[@LeSpai1337]

***** Even from chaos benefits can be found. The Pandaren have now joined the world. Not only have both the Alliance and the Horde gained new allies, but the Pandaren now have a hope in the likely event the Legion returns.

[@8MileMnM]

***** Well that's not rly true I'm pretty sure the Pandaren were around before the sundering when the world of Azzeroth was still whole,and than again there's Chen who met with Rexxar and Rohkan and so on.I have to agree with what Genecalypse said about the coming of the outside races to Pandaria.

[@BobsATree]

Nobble i love you man. Your voice for Taran Zhu made him sound like a muppet. I needed that smile.

[@bengrogan9710]

Nobbel87 To add a Little to the premise of Taran Zhu saying "My people more than any other" The Vale of Eternal Blossoms is a holy area for The Pandaren, and it has been destroyed, both by the Horde's strip mining and by the Emergence of the Heart of the Old God. The Karsarang Wilds Deforested for Fortresses, The Temple in the Wilds lost to the Sha The Statue for Yu'lons Rebirth Destroyed The Return of the Sha and the Waking of the Mantid was triggered by the Aggressive way in which the Horde landed and fought the Alliance lead to Thousands of Pandaren supposedly dying defending the wall, If Garrosh was leading the horde then tensions would not have been so high between the Horde and Alliance, likely the Sha wouldn't have awoken. The Thunder King's return is the only thing in the entire Expansion that I can't be said in some way, Directly or indirectly was caused by Garrosh

[@SquareViking]

Ben Grogan I'm glad someone gets it.

[@StephenTheZ]

+Ben Grogan Yeah this dude knows whats up. Yes Garrosh did some bad stuff outside of Pandaria, but, he did damage to every single zone in Pandaria. Destroyed forests, decimated entire Pandaren towns, destroyed ancient landmarks, stole and used an ancient sha weapon, the list goes on. Garrosh did more damage to Pandaria than enemies like the Sha, Mantid, and Mogu did over thousands of years.

[@nerdsforever4852]

basically they lost something irreplaceable there culture

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Well that's the point, they keep having to unite against threats, yet are so childish that they immediately sink back into conflict again. He's right, the Alliance and the Horde constantly fight for no reason beyond revenge or retaliation, revenge being the number one motivator of evil in the world. Hell, revenge is so powerful a motivator of evil that it caused even him to turn into a Sha.

[@jsc1jake512]

"You disappoint me, Garrosh. You are not worthy of your father's legacy!" I never played WoW during MoP but hearing that line for the first time years later when I joined WoW and learned about the lore, it still gave me chills.

[@lordkiljaeden3887]

Nice voice acting, Was funny how you voiced Taran Zhu.

[@stevemcgroob4446]

His voice reminded me of the Orc Peons.

[@lordkiljaeden3887]

Bruce Wayne Haha yea!

[@jshadowhunter]

A bit of correction Nobble, Yaungol didn't exists before the Sundering. As Lorewalker Cho explains, a group of tauren were in Pandaria during that time and since they were cut off from the mainland, they were forced to adapt to the harsh environment and that's where the 10000 yrs of evolution comes in.

[@Mizuk1kitte7AHmil438]

"He killed a bunch of Pandaren but... he killed a bunch of everything." Greatest line ever

[@Fungasaur]

Nice kermit voice for Taran Zhu haha

[@Everyting99]

"He killed a bunch of Pandaren, but he killed a bunch of everything." For some reason I found this hilarious

[@gustafbengtsson5245]

I like how Nobbel always puts so much effort into making these storys! You really see and hear how much effort he layed into searching info, editing and making these videos! Great work Nobbel :)

[@DerPuffer]

18:26 wow so voice acting, such good :D

[@glant2005]

You have officially made me get A LOT more involved in WoW / warcraft lore, thanks man you are awesome at what you do!!

[@baduel5986]

He might be a panda, but he is a badass panda

[@yeylamistweaver2782]

baduel5986 yup 😂🤣

[@tool4132]

I LOVED the Game of Thrones soundbite during the Shado Pan words thing. Genius, Nobbel!

[@Dartanius100]

Lmfao at that Game of Thrones reference at 5:35 :') I love you Nobbel haha

[@yanimaltsev6530]

There is one more: 26:41 :D

[@kennising]

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[@Creekfull]

Hellsion Gonzalez Incoming transmission captain, it seems to be encrypted.

[@DagothDaddy]

I want an add on that changes the voice actor of Taran Zhu with Nobbel reading all his lines in the voice at 18:49

[@andredenijs2757]

more kermit the frog voices to Taran Zhu!

[@Sweet_Reverb]

Kermit the Zhu Best lore character.

[@Atraira]

came here to make sure this comment existed. wasn't disappointed.

[@skullyzYT]

i personally think Taran Zue was a badass, but thats just me. i mean, i gained a shit ton respect for the guy when he was bleeding from his belly and still was able to convince jaina and lor'themar to stop their fighting with some powerful words. and i still loved his one liner to garrosh

[@willdufifie3750]

I like taran zhu, and i totally get him, these strangers come in and screwed up his home so i completely get why he's mad. And the fact that he is an outsider to the war is why i think hes perfect to get them to chill out, he gets to view the conflict from a 3rd party perspective and does not see simply 1 side or the other, and personally being the 3rd party and understand that feeling of responsibility to try and get everyone to just chill the fuck out when he had them walk away. Plus while only a small fraction of the continent was damaged that's only because the heroes where able to take control of the situation and contain it before it got out of hand. If it weren't for them all of Pandaria might have been destroyed. So what im saying is i get why he said "none so more then my people" or something like that. Plus with Pandaria being neutral from both the horde and alliance it makes them perfect for them to hold the trial. Plus not to mention there emotions where literally causing havoc due to the Sha so at that can be a pretty big motivator to get everyone to calm down and stop fighting.

[@tomasdonovan9029]

"I have fought besides the Taurens, Trolls and others." ....gee thanks for including us Taran Zhu. Sincerely Orcs, Forsaken, Blood Elves, Kezan and Panderan.

[@ItsTheDark]

Nobbel's Taran Zhu voice sounds quite a bit like Kermit

[@wychlord02]

That voice over Nobbel was amazing and as always an amazing video on an awesome character.

[@kireiamejin8106]

It doesn't matter that Taran doesn't know exactly the reasons why these 2 factions are still in war, he's right when saying they are like children, all the time the war has been prolonged by individuals in serch of power (Gul'dan, Garrosh, etc...), people that seek vengance (Proudmore), armies that won't forgive not forget even if it would do for the greater good, even if most of the time the individuals that prolonged this conflict were just looking for their own personal benefit and most often than not are not supported by their own "Factions" later on, they are so blinded by this stupid war that they keep looking for culprits of the first war, when it is so clear that it was the Burning legion's fault, not orcs nor humans nor any other race of the 2 factions. I completely agree with his way of seeing this war, and the way this individuals react to each other faction's actions, it is been prolonged way too long without any good reason, its been a while since i myself started to think that this ridiculous war has come to a point that simply has to end if the races of Azeroth are to survive the real threat of the world, and stop playing their little war games in search for a solution to the greater problems of the world.

[@nurjzap]

THANK YOU NOBBEL! Taran Zhu is one of my favorite WoW characters and his voice is just as amazing!

[@Digicola1]

Still think he sounds drunk during his speech on the isle of thunder :p

[@nurjzap]

Haha he kinda does ^^

[@NcDng-iq7ip]

19:00 that was the best voicing of taran ever!

[@highvoltage988]

I love the 5.4 patch cinematic, it's so badass, and seeing it within the context of Zhu's whole story makes it even more awesome. God, seeing Garrosh's arrogance in plunging the Heart into the waters of the Vale, destroying it's beauty and power, almost is enough to make me tear up.

[@oblivexx]

I agree with your statement on Taran Zhu about him putting to much blame on Garrosh who only really acted in blowing up a small piece of land killing a few hundred in the process. Deathwing is really to blame; for he was what revealed there island in the first place.

[@bobtomism]

I don't think you understand. That small piece of land wasn't just some little garden the pandaren whipped on a free weekend. It was litterally the HEART of Pandaria that Garrosh corrupted with the heart of an old god. If the Adventurers(aka us)had not purified the water elemental Immersus, the corrupted waters would spread throughout Pandaria, killing crops and life all around it, utterly destroying life on the whole continent. Taran Zhu was a bit annoying but he had his reasons for not trusting a bunch of strange looking people bringing their blood feud into their land.

[@paulreeves8594]

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[@Alhazzred01]

He actually killed many thousands, you dont see the full scale in game, you get it in the books though. what garrosh did was defile all the pandaren hold sacred. The alliance and horde could say they suffered as much if he had corrupted the light/ancestors/w/e.

[@NomSauce]

Though Garrosh completely took advantage of the hospitality he had granted him. He basically made him and the whole pandarran who were known for their kindness and hospitality, looks like complete fools and destroying sacred pieces of the land that they have left, and his people. All in one swoop.

[@那个少年人]

But this small piece of land is the most beautiful part of Pandaria. You're saying like someone smashed your face and it's not much to blame...?

[@Bonzoozz]

I love your videos. I also love the lore of Warcraft, played all the games and read most of the books, among a lot of the wiki. Playing WoW for 11 years now, the game leaves a lot of gaps and holes, and you fill in these. I'm sure its a lot of work and prep trying to get all this info together, so thanks for your work, it is enjoyed by myself and many others.

[@name7251]

Nobbel you are completly right about Taran Zhu,he just seem arrogant and ungrateful and even a bit racist,that line where he said his people suffered the most was really stupid,Garrosh commited genocide on the trolls and after destroying Theramor he made the survivors fight or he will kill his chilldren,the pandarens just lost a vale that they didn't had before we came,they get saved from a the Thunderking and the mantid and we removed the Sha completly from Pandaria(not including the vale).Although I will admit your voice acting of him made him more likeable as a character.

[@War3pl]

Keep in mind Garrosh did not only killed some pandaren (willingly or not by corrupting Vale) , corrupted their most sacred place of ancestors (Vale), and also awakened last sha. This is damage Taran is talking about. Imagine that Ironforge gets plundered like Vale, or Darnasus and Nordrassil. Its same scale for Pandaren. If u followed storyline, pandaren were ALLOWED to enter Vale not long ago (questline to get there was required and showed pandas getting into AFTER celestials agreed to open gates). Taran WAS racist to some point at least , nothing said about how is it after siege, but his racism was connected to his plea to defend pandaren from sha and mogu. Sha was awakened and left raging by feelings Horde and Aliance brough to Pandaria so he had to do something with it, pointing his anger towards cause of it which was us. We just made bad first impresion on him.

[@olavlomeland2183]

Valley of the Four Winds became an warzone (an Battleground) that likely destroyed alot of the food, a fair load of Pandaren took Alliance or Horde side (initial Kun-lai Summit least), Garroshs warfare also in Taran Zhus eyes wrecked several areas like the Red Crane and Jade Serpents holy temples, it wasent just the Valley of Eternal Blossom.

[@Cptigris125]

You have to admit, we didn't leave the best of first impressions with him, so in his position how would you have reacted to the mess we made? All those problems you listed off that we solved, we also CAUSED in the first place. It wasn't unreasonable for him to be angry, which makes it unreasonable to hate him for it if that's the case. And it's not like he didn't TRY to negotiate or give us a chance either.

[@Arcantropolo]

Cptigris125 Shit... our first impression was: causing the sha to go berserk, destroying the jade statue which effectively messed up Yu'lon's reincarnation.

[@name7251]

Cptigris125 We didn't caused all the problems we stopped,even if we didn't reached Pandaria the zandalari would still do and because of that the Pandaren would become slaves to the mogu again,and I admit we did some damage in Pandaria but it would be worse without is,and surely his people did not suffered the most.

[@ethanwallman6225]

Best lore and story videos on the internet. Keep it up Nobbel, love your vids man.

[@Xingularity]

Nobbel, I had to stop the video I was laughing so hard when you voiced over Taran Zhu and Dezco. Awesome....

[@freyalow4828]

18:37 dat voice acting man it tooo good

[@RevolteLibertaire]

its sounds like an ogre haha

[@kittycatisthat728]

FelipeRayTysоn More like Kermit to me

[@freyalow4828]

YeA same

[@CaptainXang]

lol that taran zhu voice though

[@TheGyari7]

Oh my gosh. I really guessed the next lore video during that twitch stream Nobbel! :D

[@HNIN1973]

Nah, Nobbel you're absolutely right, Taran Zhu doesn't know anything, or has suffered more compared to everyone else.

[@Maximara]

Another thing to remember is the Horde is very young and is mainly made of people from another world. Everything on Pandaria was "native" to the place. Given how little seems to be known about the sha of pride you have to wonder if it doesn't have some influence on the Shadow-Pan

[@Jerka123]

There's very few channels on youtube that I enjoy as much as this one. Thank you Nobble :D and that Kermit impression made my day ^^

[@Shiirow]

Yeah he does sound like a mix between Kermit and the one main skinny henchman of the Monarch from Venture Bros.

[@catherinepearce3603]

I'm thinking I should watch your lore videos before I do the events ... suddenly what I was doing in this expansion make so much more sense!

[@COYADD]

I like this character a lot for what he is, and I like him even more for the flaws you explained at the end of the video. He is a wise man with good virtues, but he has not walked in the shoes of the horde or the alliance.

[@mr-qp6ce]

Well I wouldn't be happy if two random groups of people just crashed onto my property and started killing the shit out of eachother, and exploiting everything and everyone it and around it

[@id7877]

I'm going to counter your point of view of Taran Zhu at the end here. He's speaking from a character point of view within an over arcing story. While we the players have an understanding of lore that the NPCs do not. We know more about the old gods then say.. Vul'jin does. We are the external eyes on a story within a story. Taran Zhu acts like a wise and all knowing panda, because in his story, that is what he is. On pandaria at least. As a character he only knows the outside world based on what he's heard from the "outsiders" and even then, he may not believe all that they say. And not every grunt or footman talking to him is going to know about... Lets say about the dragon aspects, or the old gods, or anything outside of "The attacked us!" so it makes sense his character is ignorant in the story of the vast majority of things and tries to applie what HE knows as a character to make logical sense of the sudden war his people are thrown into.

[@RickyUzumaki993]

Exactly

[@goodmausstevens8718]

I agree w the narrator. Pandaren, so quick to judge us. Maybe not so wise.

[@WhittaII]

You have to look at it from their view. The Alliance and Horde showed up upon their shores in battle and continued to do so throughout. They're not going to consider them being decent people if all they know is that they're in constant conflict against one another.

[@Gahnxo]

Always fun to watch, thank you for your time spent Nobbel.

[@sortedevaras]

Taran Zhu was a whinny baby the entire expansion, glad he won't be coming with us to Draenor

[@thefalchion]

Heel knap erg knap alle losse feitjes en stukjes verzameld en aan elkaar vastgeknoopt in deze video!

[@Astraldragon1]

I liked Taran Zhu and the entire MOP expansion for me history of the land and their way of life I found interesting.

[@froginmybeard]

Thanks for the lore vids Nobbel...even if you play the dirty horde

[@Katraszxa]

Lord Commander Taran Zhu of the Nights Watch~

[@ultrafire101]

Dat Taran Zhu voice tho.

[@Der_Moosenheimmannchesterton]

That voice should be the real voice for him in WoW.

[@Deoxsen]

Yeneral Yoris sounds like kermit the frog XD

[@sonaomi3936]

Wait no! Who won the pet battle?!?! D: Also, your voice is amazing. ;w;

[@JoelWadagnlo]

I, too, am curious as to the result of the pet battle featured at the end of this vid!

[@Talematros]

WHAT?THE OATH THAT THE SHADO-PAN SAY IS THE OATH OF THE NIGHTS WATCH

[@Talematros]

"we are the swords in the darkness"

[@Flisk]

"Pandaria conceals a great darkness"

[@chernandezsol]

Nice video. That voice acting of Dezco and Taran Zhu though... I literally laughed out loud hehe.

[@Hwyadylaw]

Huh, the Thunder King's Pandaren name is "Lei Shen", which in Chinese means Thunder God...

[@michaelashcraft2927]

+McDucky So hes a god AND king :p

[@Endathel]

[@felpancake1925]

Taran Zhu is my favourite Character in wow. He is so Badass and Shady. I also love the Shado-Pan, I RP a Shado-Pan, TEHY ARE SO AWESOME ^^

[@mrcyclone18]

Wow, I didn't realise that Nobbel was secretly Kermit all along! XD Joking, voices are really hard to do.

[@dova5944]

We are the sword in the shadow We are the watchers on the wall We are the shields that guard the realm of men Dude this is the a part of game of thrones nightwatch oath

[@vycanismajoris135]

Thing is, if you look at WoW, they have taken many aspects of other things. There is an character even named Harrison Johns. Clearly ref to Harrison Ford playing Indiana Johns. Then a Titan named close to Thor iirc and two Titan watchers from Wrath based very close on Loki and Thor. It's normal, I wouldn't expect too much.

[@MarsvinetBibu]

Collin Berend yeah also they totally copy cat'd humans from reality. sigh.

[@vycanismajoris135]

dellejoe Damn those copy cats...

[@truetothefayth9611]

Gentrit Biba Actually the nightwatch oath is: "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come"

[@jordivanos8181]

i cracked up at the voice acting skills of you, this is the reason why i subbed you ps i am dutch too. kaaskop!

[@IpostyFun]

Pandaria was actually better than dreanor..

[@jaharned1]

+IpostyFun Agreed, and don't forget that breathtaking soundtrack.

[@yeylamistweaver2782]

IpostyFun agreed and more beautiful

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

nope, as bad as WoD was I'd rather go thru that again instead of a land of fat kung fu pandas and Asian culture bukkake

[@whattheyourgae9627]

@@GenericUsername-qp1ww that's a unpopular opinion

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

@@whattheyourgae9627 I dont care. I'll take WoD over a land full of furry Michael Moores any day

[@prytinhut]

Nobble, when i saw the title i tought you were going to tell us his backstory and stuff, and you told us SOO MUCH MOORE, thanks :), i got to know much more curious wow things tnx to thad :) - Love your videos btw :P

[@VellborandGaming]

The reason why Tarren said that the pandas suffered more is because he has a daughter. She was like "Daddy I want you to meet Garrosh" and he was all"No daughter of mine is gonna screw an Orc." Then Garrosh wanted to give her the heart but Tarren said "aw hell naw" and pushed Garrosh into the chest which tipped it over into the pools Garrish then said "Goddamit" and went home. Tarren was found and said it was Garrosh's fault. We then went and Garrosh said "Hey guys I found it" but we kicked the crap out of him. Pissed he went to spend the weekend at his dad's house and we come and kick his ass again. Opps running out of charrac

[@Sassy_Witch]

MY SIDES

[@AndrewDucasse]

Had been hoping for a video on him , sooo good

[@charlesalexanderdavison2398]

Cermit-Zhu, of the Shadow Muppets

[@ceiferthegamer]

we are the puppets on the wall

[@TurtleManstor]

Oh my god, Nobbel's voice for Taran Zhu is fucking AMAZING

[@justcamron9970]

Totally

[@TheZardark]

Plz make a lore video about The Celestials i really want to know more about them like where did they came from . Are they like the pets from the titans who needed to watch over pandaria ?? If the Mogu were soldiers of the titans what were the Celestials then ?

[@thinmintj8544]

Very nice work with this video. ty for the time you took to put it together, i enjoyed watching it.

[@nicholasleon7819]

Honestly I think the only thing that was wrong with the entire MoP expansion was the fact that they chose to make Pandas the inhabitants of the land PANDAria. I know Chen Stormstout was an established character from the Warcraft game but I think the Pandas were just too much of a stretch. I think their tone was way too inconsistent. I would think Taran Zhu was a really badass character if it wasn't for the fact he was a Panda Bear. They want this comedic relief race to play everything straight faced which makes them really hard to take seriously. Honestly I think it would have been better if Pandaria was just populated by Chinese people if they couldn't think of anything else.

[@TheRogueminator]

Chinese people! :D Haha... just Humans, but them being Chinese?

[@nicholasleon7819]

Them being Chinese as in they have all the Panderan culture which is obviously based of the Chinese dynasties. Or maybe an offshoot Night Elf or Troll empire?

[@armorfrogentertainment]

Nicholas Leon Lorewalker Cho is my favorite Pandaren, because his character fits his design. He's a fat panda who sits on his ass reading all day. Taran Zhu doesn't work very well because his badass ninja personality doesn't match the fact that he's a fat panda. I remember him chastising Nasgrim, and I couldn't take him seriously.

[@drunkenfish6274]

Killjoy Media - Gaming and More It's all in the size training.

[@israelcortes6714]

i love your lore videos i wish you could do a lot more i understand your real life duties come first but i like listening to them its like a audio book

[@TroopperFoFo]

lol when garrosh is slow walking all that went thru my head is Cool guys don't look at explosions.

[@DKP_TV]

Taran Zhu was never my favourite character but I think he did his part to drive the story forward. Can't wait for War Crimes! I think we want hear from him or Pandarians till the next expansion now.

[@blackrockftw]

Taran Zhu is lucky Gorehowl's Decapitate didn't proc!!!

[@glardian966]

23:05 Pssh the pandaren were masters of lore and history. They even knew about the vyrkul! As a horde player, check our the goblin on the red flying cloud inside shrine on the second floor, he talks about it

[@codycrawford7842]

"The shield that guards the realms of men"

[@alexbaskov]

26:40 ) This video really helps to put everything in one piece, basically the whole MoP storyline. Thanks

[@xXxXxEmoSasukexXxXx]

I had those same thoughts when Zhu said Garrosh hurt the Pandaren worse than anyone. I mean its not like Garrosh was just introduced this expansion to fuck over Pandaria you know? We have been dealing with his shit for years, not only his hatred for the Alliance but the internal conflict we of the Horde had to deal with the second he took over as Warchief. So Im gonna call Zhu on his bullshit there and have Cho read the laundry list of things he's done to us.

[@Cptigris125]

To Zhu's defense, his people were uninvolved and neutral in this conflict, and Hellscream proceeded to throw that aside and involve them in a war not of their choice or making.

[@xXxXxEmoSasukexXxXx]

Cptigris125 True, but he just came off as more whiny about it to me :P

[@Cptigris125]

A little whining is a small thing to concede for having a guy who kicks as much ass as he does on your side, especially if it's warranted on his part.

[@ceiferthegamer]

he undid ten thousand years of work that the pandarian did. cut pandaria in half between horde support and alliance support, dwindled the number of shadopan, and destroyed the key religious location of all of the pandaran. garrosh never destroyed say the world tree, or the temple of light in stormwind. the entire pandarian culture was flipped upside down and ripped apart. none of the other races can say that. yeah a lot of damage was done to the other races, but almost all of pandaria was lost to the sha, or the mantid when they were under the sha of fear. none of the other races can say that stuff in that level

[@xXxXxEmoSasukexXxXx]

ceiferthegamer There really is no way I can retort what you said but he just acted like such a bitch D:

[@RevilloPhoenix]

Well. For Taran Zhu to look at Mists as a single item makes sense for the exact reason you mentioned, he was only here for that part. He didn't experience what the rest of the world gone thru and also he mostly see us as trouble makers, cause of that he is biased towards only looking at his own people.

[@ceiferthegamer]

he was right though, for the most part.

[@SuperXdrake]

I still find if funny that Garrosh was all "Wah I hate my dad for using demon blood" and then he goes and uses the old god powers and thats ok? meh either way nice video, cool to see the full story, or the story we know at the moment, on one of the most bad ass pandarens. :)

[@Celdaric]

it is very clear, that Garrosh is an idiot :D

[@ceiferthegamer]

i think blizz was going on grom gave into blood rage while garrosh thought he could control the power he was looking for

[@SuperXdrake]

ceiferthegamer still though, in Garroshs' eyes, he thought his father was a coward going to the aid of the demon blood, but when you look at it garrosh is basically doing the exact thing his father did. They both saw a hurdle and tried to get power through other means, both thought they could control it when in fact they didn't (Fully control it).

[@ceiferthegamer]

SuperXdrake aye, thats why thrall says "you are unworthy of your fathers legacy" as grom rose above his need for that power and freed the orcs. garrosh jumped right into the same pit.

[@SuperXdrake]

ceiferthegamer exactly :)

[@EvOxDrama]

reasons why i sub to nobbel. 99% reason = awesome videos 1% reason = when he says "udders"

[@ThePolishValsion]

Shado-Pan: best faction in Pandaria.

[@douglasnysether7963]

Another wonderfully told story. I think I know why Taran Zhu said his people suffered more than any. I think he was referring to the complete and manageable peace that his people experienced BEFORE we got to Pandaria and how if it wasn't for Hellscream and his "honor" bound path of violence the land may have stayed hidden and peaceful forever. That and the destruction of the Vale.... yeah even I think the Pandaren got the short end of the stick there. Their entire way of life got screwed up ;)

[@metalmilitia89]

Lol. Kermit Zhu.

[@RynRobitske]

"He killed a bunch of Pandaran, but he killed a bunch of everyone." That sums up my feelings about Garrosh entirely. Best line ever.

[@FinalBossTV]

Silly Pandaren, for all his prowess and skill, gets his foot stuck in a bridge and beaten up by a filthy Orc. I would have just burned it all to the ground instead. Muh ha hah hahah!

[@hristo118]

xD your right

[@oOSignalzOo]

Well in all honesty, I think he was extremely undermining Garrosh. He had never fought or seen Garrosh in battle before then so he most likely kept his confidence of being better high. Keep in mind, Son of Gromm, inspired by Thrall, leader of the Warsong Offensive, Veteran from Northrend. Garrosh is a powerful and strong soldier all around so just because he's a hated character among many players doesn't account for what his skill in the lore is. He is one of the strongest Orcs, almost as strong as his father. He was either matched in skill or stronger than Taran Zhu. That battle was just a battle of arrogance and it lead to Taran's temporary demise.

[@bindair_dundat]

Awesome, only Garrosh can IMPALE... with an AXE...

[@Bartek20201]

oOSignalzOo Yeah but Taran-Zhu was still bad wounded after the battle with Shan-Bu in the court of the thunder king.

[@taranzhu8082]

Burning things to the ground is not my way. Garrosh's time has come nonetheless, and justice will be met.

[@lycaneen]

My favourite character in WoW. What happened to Pandaria reflects perfectly on the human world

[@Gerstrek]

Lawl, Nobbel's Taran Zhu voice... XD

[@Sildakongen31]

You are a genius Nobbel:). Love the vids, keep them coming!!

[@Valla0]

That voice acting xD

[@generaljk77]

Great video as always and nice voice acting xD cheers!

[@chillsahoy2640]

You'd think that after all these expansions where the Horde and Alliance must join forces to fight against a threat to the world, they'd learn to stay friends for longer than 5 minutes. It would be cool if the adversity between the two factions was turned into more of a competitive game to ensure they're ready for whatever reckoning Wrathion was referring to: keep fighting in arenas and PvP areas but make it, in terms of story, so that it's just a way to train adventurers and keep our fighting skills sharp, rather than an actual hatred between factions. It's World of Warcraft, not World of Mexican Soap Operas!

[@SquareViking]

E Hernandez I gave up on the WoW-lore after Cataclysm - One legendary battle against a common foe, The Horde and The Alliance united to bring down Deathwing. And what happens? Back to the same *lul I smash ur head, Hord suxxorx* as always... *facepalm*.

[@Xgamerwoo]

+Mark Møller Hansen technically only the alliance killed art has and deathwing

[@SquareViking]

Jey How so? I know that Bolvar is sitting on the Frozen Throne now, but both fought hard to bring down Arthas and both played a major part in the downfall of Deathwing (hence why they tried to dispose of Thrall). My lore isn't super expansive, but I THINK I know that much...

[@Burred11]

omg your Taran zhu impression is perfect

[@Thunderfox77]

XD amazing voice acting nobbel