The TRAGIC Life Of Anduin Wrynn

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[@jasonrhodes9726]

Anduin was born into a 16 bit world.

[@zafara1222]

I was a teenager when MoP came out, so you can argue I grew up alongside Anduin. His empathy and his borderline stubborn desires for peace have always been something I've admired about him. Anduin is genuinely one of my favorite characters in this franchise, maybe in fiction overall, and I'll die in the trenches for my boy. He's got a heart of gold and wears his intentions on his sleeve, and even though he's hurting and confused and feels lost, I'm really excited to be with him on his journey of healing and self-redemption.

[@ProgrQWow]

Same

[@isbammoi3358]

Same here. I always thought his character was interesting, but MoP was when I started to become really invested in him. He's really... grounded? Immense? He's just got such a deep well of feeling and can be a very impactful force for other characters. The fact that I believe he's capable of that is a testament to how his character has been done. I haven't been playing for a VERY long time now, but still check in on the story and my favorite characters. I really hope Anduin gets his due and his dreams, and can rest in satisfaction after rather than being plunged into another tragedy. Really hope he gets more super epic moments too, he's just so cool and his theme is AWESOME. One of my favorite pieces of music.

[@petakismyname4265]

My favourite questline ever was the Adnuin/Wrathion Legendary line. I was also blown away from the Legion Cinematic of him going to where his dad was slain, the insane ammount of conflict they managed to create within him. Him being forced to challenge his ideologies, and completely abandon everything he believed in was absolutely epic and tragic. I have’nt played much since Legion so idk what happened yet, just started the video 😅

[@Qatch1140]

Anduin is one of my favorite characters too, and it makes me sad when other people think he's boring or a p*ssy. He's such a strong and complex character

[@isbammoi3358]

@@Qatch1140 Ikr

[@ananyamukherjee6944]

You missed one big story when he was learning under Prophet velen, velen saw vision of Anduin leading army of light against Void 😮

[@Scythian1]

A few people have started to re-examine that vision as others have come to pass now, and people are speculating it may take place during the events of The Last Titan.

[@Roflstab]

@@Scythian1I mean Midnight may suit better

[@Scythian1]

@@Roflstab Time will tell I guess, like with all things :)

[@Rhonndel]

@@Scythian1 Dunno, in the comic Anduin was old af and there won't be any time skip in WoW ever.

[@iceyice]

You do realize there was a timeskip in dragonflight right....

[@DerNesor]

I hope they are done torturing my man... And especially I hope they don't kill him off in the world soul saga ! METZEN! DON'T!

[@a1pha_star]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Dankosaurio]

That would be pretty crazy. I'm here for it.

[@mattcler7849]

They wont, Him & Velen are protected by Plot armor. Theirs a Comic of Anduin & Velen in the future looking back & they’re the two main people alive

[@firedevin1525]

The alliance would be better off without this weak leader

[@Nokomak]

They're not killing him. He's clearly being developed into their new front figure. On that note, it's not torture. Like I said, he's developing as a character. Always being a goody two shoes and frankly a wuss. He's finally been growing as a character and quite a convincing way too. It's not like with a lot of other characters where you don't really feel it's a believable change. He's got gritted teeth now but still shows compassion. This is a time where he's been shown a lot of grey area. Anduin was always good at seeing that things aren't just black & white, but he's now coming to grips with the many tones of grey he maybe only vaguely knew existed.

[@Scuuurbs]

I’ve never been a fan of the Alliance but I always had a soft spot for Anduin. I quit after MoP and it broke my heart to see the tortured man Anduin had become in the War Within cinematic.

[@Queldonus]

It hurts to see him so troubled, but at the end of the cinematic, he’s standing with Thrall, not walking away. My hope is that like his father, his scars are only going to make him stronger.

[@fraupest7857]

yeah its kind of an emotional scare and struggle than a physical one but I like it. seems more realistic and human to me.

[@fraupest7857]

scar*

[@oregonwave6135]

Excellent video my friend! I'm loving how the World Soul saga is bringing Lore back to the forefront of Warcraft!

[@ceruleanorb]

already watched the 25 mins and I can already tell you its a Bellular Banger

[@ryanmurphy1080]

as a returning player who has always felt behind and unsure how to sift through heaps of lore, i’ve been loving these videos. Would love to see in exactly like this about Sylvanas (hoping for a reception arc), and Thrall.

[@csguy3223]

I think Sylv’s story is over and her redemption is serving her time in the shadowlands.

[@aguynamedguy309]

Go check out nobbel87, he's got it all

[@berchelio9737]

Anduin is a GIGACHAD, man he is so young yet he had to endure things bearable only by experienced veterans he is the character with the BEST evolution

[@preds43]

Bro went through being puppeteer'd by the Devil himself, and is still fighting. My goat fr!

[@ChinnuWoW]

If only they put this amount of work in character development for the Jailer…

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

I disagree, respectfully. I think he is an insufferable whinger.

[@synchaos9141]

Anduin is so strong he survived Shadowlands' story itself

[@Gojimaru]

@@bonefetcherbrimley7740 +1

[@phantom0456]

My man Bellular straight rolling out of bed to bring us great content!

[@AetherialYoutube]

An amazing video, though I feel like you passed up on the Gathering / Arathi Highlands Massacre (it would have been good to mention how he tried to make peace with Sylvanas after Legion, and why he set down the path for BfA) and also his relationship with Genn Greymane, who is essentially his pseudo-father and their relationship is honestly pretty important since Varian's death.

[@psychcake1108]

What a banger of a video. THANK YOU so much for making this! I saw the new cinematic and it was obvious that I had some catching up to do. This was perfect for that. Thank you!

[@snazzydrew]

I've been saying this since I saw Katrina Praestor standing next to my boy... "Protect Anduin at all cost". He is so pure and awesome. Dude has been through so much. He kinda reminds me of Gohan in how kind yet strong he is.

[@PaulaLPope]

This was fantastic! Can you do this for other key characters, as well?

[@rameking1]

Bellular, thank you! Please make more of these. I'm a family man now and cannot devote hours a day to an MMO. But these lore chunks from the perspective of different major characters is a great summary of the WoW story and would help keep me updated even though I can no longer play. Top of my list for next videos would be Arthas and Thrall.

[@drakejameson3343]

I really love these lore videos, super important for a player like me who just couldnt stand shadowlands and BFA.

[@finalspinal]

I really liked the bfa Story and the atmosphere and zones (except borrowed power) but sl was super shit in every regard

[@jaymzOG]

Right, it sucks because the actual lore is dope, but the actual game clashes so hard with it.

[@mookieblaelocker6504]

That’s a dramatic and tragic origin for skillshare

[@colewhite9290]

I hope you do more of these!

[@BurnettGaming]

Fantastic video. Would love to see more of these single character spotlights like this. There's a bunch of characters who bounce in and out of focus that have been around for a long time that I feel would be interesting to get the synopsis of. I feel like I learned a lot about the surrounding characters through this video on Anduin as well. Really well done.

[@timralph7466]

Trauma for days but one hell of a glow up

[@dixiewitch]

even as a long time player this was a amazing video. and i hope you continue to do more

[@charlayned]

Thank you, that was wonderful. Anduin's been my favorite since I started playing in BC. Every time we saw him, interacted with him, he fascinated me. The growth he's gone through has been amazing. And yes, the domination was horrible, My brother's a former Marine who saw some real bad stuff when he was in (1980s). I could see what was going on with Anduin was going to hurt more than ever and I knew it was going to be bad. But even with that, what we saw in the new announcement broke my heart. I've seen that very reaction with my brother and I know the PTSD. I am wanting to see where Anduin goes from here and how he works through being with his "friends" and his kingdom again. A fear there's going to be some fight with Turalyon about who is going to hold the throne of Stormwind.

[@MegaJess1224]

Man oh man the way you told the story was absolutely amazing! Dont have good enough words to describe your amazing work! LOVED THIS!!!! ❤😍

[@deadbishop9317]

This was great! A much appreciated summary of his story before the next expansion; more of this for more chars please!

[@Aeizus.]

Great video, sometimes I get lost in the lore after all these years and its great to have it all together like this

[@SmoothjazGamingTV]

The one true, sad boi King. Look forward to his arc in TWW. Great vid 🤘🏻

[@andrewwigham3026]

Bellular actually making the story (during Shadowlands) actually sound good - something Blizzard struggled to do. I think Anduins story has been pretty consistent to be fair.

[@aomforever]

Calling it now, when Asmongler is going to react to this, he is still going to call Anduin a Crybaby b*tch, while refusing to accept any of his lore, because in his mind Anduin is always a crybaby b*tch, everything that happened to him, is still somehow not enough to justify his trauma.

[@tylermcnally8232]

its his shtick

[@synmad3638]

Eh sure but he just doesn't take WoW's narrative seriously, I doubt he would actually consider someone with PTSD a bitch

[@Lupinemancer87]

He doesn't even know there is Lore in the game, that's why he has no idea what's actually happening.

[@stcosyem]

Don’t you know? You’re supposed to be born a 6’4” badass?

[@SonUvSolarus69]

asmons just jelly that hes a redheaded stepchild cringer and not a blonde boi king lmao

[@grimwest1222]

This was great! What a complex set up for simply the development of the character - I hope we see something incredible come from it.

[@attheworktable]

These are the types of videos I like to watch on your channel!

[@ProgrQWow]

Maybe in this expansion's mini series we'll see Anduin in one of the episodes and how he dealt with all this trauma, where he was and what he thought.

[@DiabloTommaso]

It s clear he didn t del with trauma yet. I hope that he s going to grew eaven more and fix his soul.

[@aquiamorgan2416]

I want this in a novel.

[@CammyAlwaysWins]

I actually have that comic about Varian! Glad I bought it when i saw it in the bookstore

[@frankyboi1819]

Great vid! I’m excited to see what happens with Anduin’s story, I just hope they don’t kill him.

[@CobleAshleyL]

We need more of these. At least for me, playing for so long, I’ve forgotten how in depth some of the lore is.

[@jaycarter-coles2900]

Thank you so much for putting this together!!

[@Frostydog85]

Great video, thank you, a great refresher after all these years.

[@pierrealexander8183]

So beautifully told. Thank you to everyone involved.

[@Cobaltbear]

Very well put together. Thank you!!

[@Cybertori]

Thanks for this. I don't even have an active sub, but I played since Beta. It's the story that keeps me coming back, at this point. As you noted, the lore of the Stormwind court was integral from the start. Anduin's fate is tied up with everything.

[@ShariefSaleh]

This is quality narration and content. Well done man! More of that please ❤️

[@joebarnes6482]

My dude, you have a voice for videos like this. Thank you for creating a rabbit hole ill be sure to fall deep into over the next few hours of downtime. I wanted to see what age Anduin is in TWW, instead I learned everything lmfao. From a player whos played since vanilla but never read the books/shorts except for recent, thank you!

[@-Maeola-]

Excellent vid matey!!!❤

[@burtonmotion583]

Really appreciated this video. Great work.

[@somebody7431]

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[@LIX1989]

Amazing writing Michael! ❤❤

[@boostin1994]

Great vid, Bellular! Thank you for the missing pieces.

[@legendwoodsman]

Thank you so much for making this video! :)

[@ricardomolina905]

The worst that ever happened to him.was to fall in the hands of Steve Danusser. Period

[@technordeon]

Wow, this is such an amazing content, great story and great job!

[@alottaguala9766]

Love these type of videos, would love to see some on my favorite characters like Illidan, or Thrall, very well done ❤

[@KemiiDK]

05:45 Thought the car alarm in the back was outside my house. Otherwise a brilliant video!

[@kaimengquek1952]

And people shit on anduin wyrnn when he is a gigachad like gohan.

[@srmay]

I totally forgot about the sundered Varian. So Gul'dan sundered Varian into millions of Varians too lol

[@MonMonday88]

Great summary. I didn't play Shadowlands, so I needed to know what happened to him and why. Now I understand the trailer for the War Within much better!

[@azaldie]

I pity all those who see Anduin as a "little bitch" or a "boy-king", who see him as a weak leader and/or a weak man - because I'll say, for all that he's been through, to still carry on and to have empathy even for those who imprisoned him... to then once again take Thrall's hand against a new potential threat - He's the strongest character I know in WoW.

[@aquiamorgan2416]

Agreed. In the cinematic he says "I have no light" and I'm just thinking, of course you do, you're here and you're alive and you are free. You couldn't have done that without any light. Poor boy needs a hug.

[@PrismaticFitness]

Check out the new Anduin short story if both of you haven’t already!

[@konig4626]

Poor Anduin.. having a bugged childhood next to a fricking huge dragon 😂

[@DarkForged]

Wow this story is absolutely incredible

[@chrisancola]

That grizzled look of Anduin reminds me of The warrior of light during ARR

[@MrValentinStoica]

Nice job, I love what you're doing.

[@deyanangelov7624]

Love the video and storytelling!

[@dreioo8759]

Yessir, this made my week! More lore more characters, good Warcraft is escapism at its finest.

[@sjsr1067]

Thank you for this video. ❤

[@d.j.9739]

This was well made and very informative!

[@jakobthor3419]

I think an important thing that was left out, the mention of Varian having a Aggressive mentality from that Loh'gosh stuff only really lasted until cataclysm when he met Genn and the Worgen. Canonically the Worgen we see are the ones who have gone through a ritual to reclaim control of themselves and temper the beastly anger. So like yeah MoP was pure Faction war, but Varian was a lot more tempered then than people might remember. Reality is that Varian was ripped away from Anduin when they were just starting to get along again...

[@bigmike2464]

I imagine they make it a MASSIVE moment when his Gem changes from Red to either Yellow(( for the Light)) or Orange, for Balance

[@skwervin1]

or green for Fel or purple for Void

[@TheFlyWahine]

This made me wonder if its posible to make a video on the full story of Stormwind and/or ogrimar? Not the peopel in focus but a story about the full story about the capitol cities? Maby not just alliance and horde.

[@Shervin86]

One of the only proper storyline that has continued from vanilla until now! ❤

[@serijas737]

I once heard and read from some old lore that in WoW every being has a single "soul" within itself which allows it to "will" itself in the realm. The soul in itself is naturally at a certain balance between Light and Shadow where persistent moods and thoughts arise and go. Take a look at the Lightforged questline where a Draenei goes through the trials to become a Lightforged. Or more recently, a spirit latching on to Shandris as Lilian Voss helps her in the Emerald Dream overcome her grief. I think that with Shadowlands we had alot of thoughts about the "machinations" behind souls. Soul-Forges, Soulbinding, Soul Destruction etc. War Within will probably be about what exactly a soul is to begin with, and how the cosmic forces are constantly attempting to latch onto or tear apart souls. This is a theme that was always present in WoW since the very beginning, but never something that was explored in-depth. And I strongly believe that "memories" and shared emotions are something in WoW that can temeporarly bring back entities that were long gone as the individual struggles with similar issues. We saw that in Anduin's Shalamayne moment where you hear the soft voice "My son" rather sound like King Menethil as he has the hand placed on his shoulder, and the ghastly effects of the short moment in the clip shows the blue light of his soul being drawn towards (probably) Shalamayne itself. I believe that Anduin is "possessed" in that way, by Arthas' spirit and legacy, as he is going through similar emotions and a similar story as Arthas did, with the only twist that he faults himself for something he actually wasn't responsible for. So if you see the Light and Shadow as two extremes of a slidebar for the human soul and condition, Anduin right now is leaning towards the Shadow, and is therefore unable to find his Light back. Since the Emerald Dream received a gift from the Shadowlands which enabled it to spawn a World Tree into Existence, I believe that this is partly due to the fact that the Veil was broken, and at the same time, what was in the Maw in Shadowlands, is now born into Reality, into Azeroth itself, and I believe that we are witnessing the birth of a New Old God we were responsible for and that we will get alot of stuff about the void / shadow, and definitely some bugs to kill.

[@johnbick7434]

Man this video even made Shadowlands good! Why can't they make us feel that while we play...? Players would be immerse in the game even more. Good job!

[@uutarn]

I was welling up all the way. Well narrated mate. I have always had love of Anduin's character and story arc and you bought that to life right now and made my day. Cheers :-)

[@valor2746]

The tragedy of Varian, Anduin and so many Horde leaders

[@dunnoowo8828]

the start is like "and the young child's mother died ANYWAY SING UP FOR SQUARE SPACE NOW!"

[@RONIN_OW]

Between you and Asmon, your videos always make me feel so comfy and cozy man. Like your favorite hoodie, you throw it on, and just feel good. No surprise that its top notch production quality, storytelling, and narration, Bellular is an OG in the game man.

[@hummingbirdcity]

"Even the very best could be twisted by pain."

[@smokeythagamer8521]

Wow I didn’t know about those comics and all that extra lore, pretty crazy how someone can just die to a rock hitting them in the head in a world full of magical beings! Also very ironic that the black dragons tried to overthrow his family and was responsible for so much bad in his childhood and yet he becomes good friends with a black dragon later on in life.

[@Vikrampic123]

He's much more open minded then the general alliance leaders which is such a Nobel trait

[@aster4jaden]

The biggest tragedy is how Blizzard did him dirty during BFA and Shadowlands.

[@Zerathenezot]

Na that's Sylvanas

[@cyric28]

Arthas was done dirty too, Arthas' story was tragic

[@Zerathenezot]

@@cyric28 how when he chose every thing he did. He chose to slaughter the entire city of strathome even though we know there is a cure for the plague. He chose to chase malganis to northrend with zero support. He chose to pick up frostmourne even though he was told it was cursed. No one forced anything on him. His story is not a tragic one. Its one of pride and stupidity and a lust for more power. Arthas before and after picking up frostmourne are the exact same character. Both see murder as the 1st and only solution. The only difference is the number of people reigning in arthas bloodlust keep getting smaller and smaller. He wanted to be a paladin but really. He was a 1 handed fury warrior.

[@toranas1500]

​@@Zerathenezot I thought it was heavily implied, if not outright stated, that there was a subconscious influence from Nerzhul and Kelthuzad manipulating all those decisions to corrupt him and lead him to icecrown.

[@lostwaterlily]

Haha, the fury warrior comment. I remember that at the beginning of his taining with Muradin, Arthas kept refusing to heal his wounds. Very warrior-like.

[@henriquezauli]

Amazing job! Video is perfect!

[@lokoma6682]

for me this character parallels myself in so many ways hardships and all even losing my father in 2016 through Anduin i copied and healed

[@Nokomak]

People hate because Anduin is not going "waaargh" like a baboon-brained Garrosh. They cant handle that he's got actual character. People think he's weak but everything he's done since BFA shows otherwise.

[@megyskermike]

I think it's more because of how his character has been handled. Just because you seek peace doesn't necessarily make you a more complex, written and/or interesting character.. Especially when several of his traits/things he's been through are largely derivative of characters already done in a more engrossing way imho.

[@waynebloom1]

Sweet new video and sweet new glasses 👍👍

[@romeyromel]

Wow you are an amazing story teller ...I had no clue about these specific details about the sword, BRD, Becoming Velen's Pupil ..i wish this was Implemented in the game therefore we the viewers and players would've been drawn to the entire story more.. even in shadowlands.. only if they would have followed this method the story would've been awesome

[@hospitalcakewalk]

I have a tattoo from the defias story line because of how heartbreaking and interesting it is.

[@Thrano]

Anduin can prove to me that he became a larger-than-life hero or fuck off. There is no in-between anymore.

[@OhNoTheFace]

Ok asmon

[@billisbokas9161]

Very nice video m8! I love the WoW lore!

[@10forthebigguy61]

He cries too much we need a strong king

[@OhNoTheFace]

Ok asmon

[@Froggeh92]

I relate to punished anduin hard. His loss of innocense mirrors us as we grew up.

[@jsdropdabass8174]

You sounded a bit sick? Get better ^^ good vid love the lore!

[@bakaakasuna4097]

For a moment theire I thought todays sponsor was going to be the defias brotherhood

[@Fububoo]

I can never return to Azeroth but I plan to binge your content bc I have been wondering what’s up with the story. Thank you.

[@TheWindcrow]

I hope they make Turalyon a fanatic against Anduin. It would be a great "The Light" story line.

[@Xarou]

Was the unveiling of Onyxia retconned? I seem to remember that we freed Marshal Windsor from BRD (I HATED Jailbreak) and then he was the one that revealed Katrina to be Onyxia. RIP Windsor. I also remembered that it was Bolver who was single handedly punching dragonkin until the quest completes. It was actually that quest which cemented Bolvar as one of the best NPCs in the game in my mind.

[@felmaster3534]

It wasn't retconned and was in the comic as well, that particular part just wasn't mentioned in the video.

[@206Zelda]

What's more tragic is what we could have had if Danuser hadn't been given the reins. Alas, that's time we won't get back.

[@hypnotic13371337]

Anduin in the comics: Does stuff Anduin in the game: Tries to do stuff and gets punished for it

[@julianz7555]

I often call Anduin “the boy king” cause despite being thrust into the role of king and having dealt with so much he’s still just a boy going through too much. Still as a lifetime horde player i respect the boy king.

[@anubis243-x5h]

I never knew Varian charging down his wife’s killers inspired Squarespace to start up.

[@jump4joy2000]

I still remember playing WoW classic when I was in middle school (2004) and seeing a little kid in the throne room of Storm Wind. "Have you heard any news of my father?" He asked me. I never would have thought that this brat would become a hero I love today at 31 years of age.

[@apostle333]

I can relate to so much of this story. Tell me more!

[@jase_allen]

16:32 Point of contention: Varian and Sylvanas didn't make a suicidal attempt to stop the legion. That suggests they just went in guns a-blazing to sacrifice themselves to the greater good. They thought they had made a researched and well thought out plan that ultimately turned out to be part of a trap.

[@NavikvonBathory]

That was awesome. Thanks.

[@horkgg1600]

Honestly, I would really like Sylvanas to help Anduin with trauma he has... When she tried to force him to help them with their cause, she saw something in him, and she was changed because of it. She wont be redeemed but just because she is trying to be better or something she could like try and visit Anduin and give him a lesson, speech, motivation how strong and diffrent he is. I dont know myself, but I just imagined scenario in my head where Sylvanas would come from maw to help Anduin in dire situation to fight off void or something. Not to be redeemed or to be a part of the group, but to help Anduin since she saw hope in him.