Too DARK for Warcraft? - The Headless Horseman Lore

[@PlatinumWoW]

Come along, don't be bitter For the love of god, please, follow me on Twitter twitter.com/PlatinumWoW654

[@PlatinumWoW]

Bonus comment: I pronounced his last name wrong. It's Thomson, not Thompson. By now I hope you realize that you came to the wrong place if you want things pronounced correctly.

[@BmanFx]

ily plat wow :) more pls

[@songbirdsandsandwiches8217]

@@PlatinumWoW Does the Platinum in your name stand for the Platinum record label tier music you make for these videos?

[@STOKERMATHALLAN]

I like your funny words, magic man

[@benlobin]

5:46 for kids from the 90's in other words it was made for the kids that played the strategy games of warcraft! WOW was actually intended for adults!

[@saidintaveren3215]

At least he's not the hairless horseman

[@ironghost-ug2si]

Came looking for this 🤣🤣🤣

[@norbertvatai8698]

@Hearthing so cool dude hahahah

[@AmeAilav]

kekw

[@pogboss420]

lol

[@Highchurch]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@Soul-Hook]

"Child murder?!" "I kno' roite? Bit dark, innit?" That's my like right there for ya!

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

oi bruv

[@grunt8836]

We gotcha gov’na!

[@palibakufun]

I want to make fun of the awful accent, but I mean it's actually spot on for how the worgen actually sound

[@royalblue4676]

Platinum wow really deserves more subscribers, he's next level.

[@Kfo221]

I blame fortnight kids

[@elphaba4674]

Yes! 👍

[@SOIStudios]

Grim ate them all

[@aaad3552]

i mean if he make more video it sure will

[@juansebastianpujadas3098]

100% true

[@ihazcookiez1005]

But the scariest part of all... No matter how many times you do the dungeon... you will always be cursed to see every other wow player get the mount...

[@ethanpeterson7543]

i saw someone get it yesterday..it sucks

[@desertranger82]

TRUE

[@DiggersInSpace]

Been trying for 10 years off and on

[@imtoogoodatpvp1252]

Got it in burning crusade on like, my first try

[@LeroyCO]

No lie i got it 4th try and it my 1st Hallows eve event.

[@hulmhochberg8129]

"Isn't this universe for kids." "That's up for debate, bro" Lmao The legend of stalvan a proves this message

[@williamjeanrie8524]

I couldnt fucking tell what he said there... Thanks ahah XD

[@UltimateGamerCC]

indeed, WoW isnt for tots, it's for grown nerds like myself. :P

[@CandleLight129]

Just take a look at the art done by Metzen and all the others who worked on the Warcraft 2 game manual and tell me this universe is for kids, lol.

[@Unforgiven11]

"Thats up for debate, *bruv"

[@faustbayer9602]

That's my favorite line in this video because I've been playing wow since I was like 5 and Stavalan's whole thing and the forsaken just like scare the shit out of me

[@wtbchildhood]

I did not expect the rap at the end, that’s pretty gold.

[@IcelandicGoblin]

Yo that headless horseman voice actor does a good laugh

[@vikingbeserker7724]

Fun fact it's the same voice actor for Bolvar Fordragon

[@dontreplytome5665]

Yeah that is a satisfying evil laugh

[@delsin1126]

“Isn’t this universe supposed to be for kids or something?” “That’s up for debate, bruv” Pretty accurate

[@cei2513]

It is for kids, they teach the holocaust in elementary school.

[@YAH93]

Yeah... looking at you, Thaddius.

[@prod7906]

@@YAH93 Or all of wc3 tbh

[@ronaldschmelzle7636]

it's rated T for teens

[@Facetheface42]

The only thing more badass than this edgy lore is his VA, every time I’m flying by Goldshire I can recite his lines to the letter. Blizzard went all-out for a holiday boss

[@epiphica6166]

as far as i know, he was one of the first holiday events, i can remember him from far back in the bc days if i'm not wrong. back then they had alot of time to put into events, compared to today, now they have an event every second week, and they can't put as much effort into it anymore.

[@FranziskavonKarma]

@@epiphica6166 Not to mention half as much staff

[@kaliek5281]

Yeah, to date some of the best VA work in WoW because you can tell they just...had fun with it.

[@marcamsing4565]

8:51 BANGER

[@ethanpeterson7543]

yes yes thank you for making a time stamp to the start of the song. listened to it 5 times already

[@Arkantos117]

I thought it was shit.

[@ethanpeterson7543]

@@Arkantos117 your opinion, most other people ive seen comment about it thought it was awesome

[@Arkantos117]

@@ethanpeterson7543 Why do you feel the need to say, "your opinion"? No shit.

[@ethanpeterson7543]

@@Arkantos117 socially awkward and dont know many other retorts

[@Juimhu]

I'm From Sleepy Hollow. The headless horseman is our highschool Mascot. Ours is a headless murderer..Best Mascot.

[@peeko_luxx2873]

My high school mascot was a sailor. Just a sailor.

[@cflowers2094]

Mine was a panther. Beat that

[@saffronic3026]

We have a Colonial Patriot

[@donaldroehrig7817]

Mine was the Trojans. One of our rivals are the Beavers. 🤣

[@ras8472]

My school gave praise, to a knight in red. Now I would say, that is better than a horseman with no head.

[@akadayo]

I can't be the only one who noticed everything Scourge-related is extremely dark and depressing? Not even the Legion or anything in WoW universe brings that feeling to me.

[@Aras483]

Good for depressed souls though

[@happydemon3038]

It's kind of intrinsic to them. They're undead, they're remnants of people who were once alive. They are shadows of their former selves. The Legion came from nothing, they may be enemies, but they're not shambling husks of great heroes.

[@Pumkin932]

Vanilla Tirisfal and Silverpine will forever be the most atmospheric zones in all of WoW, followed by Western/Eastern Plaguelands. Immersive and wonderfully melancholy.

[@metalllich3493]

Well, Knights of the Black Blade (sorry if I got their name wrong, I don't know their official English name. I'm talking about guys from Acherus) can be pretty hilarious sometimes

[@Vlagstaf]

@@Pumkin932 duskwood will have a word !

[@rattuspackus1991]

Headless Horseman, more like, headless drop the horse, man

[@EloquentTroll]

Kudos. Sincerely that's some top tier wit.

[@greenFuneral]

pls im begging you, its been years

[@ErevusDeathToAllys]

Dropped Twice( ! ) for me last year...and its not tradable either.... hope you ll get it this year !

[@kaliek5281]

It's been 15 years...still haven't gotten it.....

[@dontreplytome5665]

This made me chubbed

[@lizzly25]

"We need to help out Goldshire!" That place is beyond help my man.

[@Azuwishgaming]

I read it in Shaggy's voice, I don't regret it.

[@michaelfitzsimmons8393]

Even more so, the Moon Guard version. Such depravity needs the cleansing fire.

[@ThelleTV]

The bald one is coming His hair none know where He looks for victims to spread The mald which he cannot bear

[@alexandermarichal2312]

looooooooooooooooooool

[@suomilaava371]

monkaW

[@Cangoo92]

who else did reads this in the voice of the Horseman ? xD

[@ripvanwinkle1854]

The withered one

[@cristhianmlr]

Doesn't rhyme.

[@Badchi]

"Too dark for warcraft" * Remembers zombie children and basically anything related to the Third War.; Tyrion being cooked alive in the Legion, Saurfang fighting and then burying his only son, icecrown quest chain about Arthas... * No such thing as too dark for warcraft, mate.

[@Skull-se8jy]

@OMEGA LOL Isn't that from Warhammer 40k?

[@cheycyanide5802]

Don't forget that time the scourge made Thaddius out of the flesh of women and children

[@DavidVoxDem]

@@cheycyanide5802 Still crying out in agony

[@holyboiamethin2790]

There’s also some mentions of rape too. Wasn’t Garona Halforcen the result of rape? Then there’s also the thing with Malygos and Keristrasza…

[@TheThottbot]

have you read about the story of the the nexus? malygos kidnapped a red dragon, scribed runes of pain onto her skin, raped her continously then froze her body but magically kept here awake to remember it all :)

[@bunnieskitties293]

Headless Horseman's laugh really is one of the top 10 laughs of all time.

[@jlodog]

So really when he attacks poor goldshire, he thinks he's just fighting the scourge lmao

[@ringee6929]

He is on some servers lol

[@Morec0]

The scourge of syphilis maybe...

[@weskertot7541]

5:36 This reminds me VERY MUCH of God of War.

[@ianfay540]

That is the same thing I was thinking

[@Bl4ckP0150n]

Came looking for that comment

[@pichonalpalo]

And both look very similar

[@Wildjesta]

That's exactly what I thought of

[@colviolet4066]

Yess

[@NunChuckN1nja]

"It will never be over, your search has just begun. Let fate take it's course, you will never get my horse. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

[@theFarticle]

I'm so glad there's still people out there who make quality wow content like this. Warms my heart to no end.

[@IsTianita]

Ok but I need the extended version of this song on spotify asap.

[@P4TRICCS]

I'm rewatching this music like the 10th time man you are awesome.

[@M0KX]

The ending is awesome. The music fits soo good with the poem. Really loved it

[@Makujah_]

One would think that a body with it's head chopped off would spray blood, but this one actually spits fire

[@JasonSmith-fe2fx]

This is absolutely amazing, Hallow's end is my most favorite world event and Sir Thomas Thompson my most favorite wow character. Platinum WoW, you did amazing job with this machinima, the music scenery, effects this was all near perfection.

[@jacobbergin4019]

I wonder If we'll see him in shadow lands

[@TheTrueFeleas]

That would be dope.

[@treshkun6257]

@@TheTrueFeleas it is dope

[@TheTrueFeleas]

@@treshkun6257 NANI?!

[@steffl7337]

hm. good question. i wonder tho. since hes spirit is still in the living world. wouldnt that mean he wont be in shadwolands?

[@UltimateGamerCC]

with Shadowlands being the new expansion, next year we should get a long overdue update to Hallow's End, i mean Brewfest got an update, why not an old favorite?

[@Ryan_hey]

8:50 "Burnin Townz" - that track at the end was awesome lol

[@N22I]

Honestly, out of every single youtube-channel, this one is the only one i actively wait new videos and click immedietly when i see one.

[@knifetoucher]

what a banger at the end XD

[@nicko5003]

Damn Plat out did himself on this one.

[@xXDakottaXx]

He's A head of the Curve lmao

[@margotrosendorn6371]

The Warcraft comics add to his many rhymes. My personal favorite: "I fought for you, I fought in vain! Now scatter, scurry, shriek in pain! No mercy on this night abides, on Hallow's End, when the horseman rides!"

[@sovietstheexplorer9471]

Headless horsemen is the most powerfull npc in the game. He showed up in Burning Crusade and Still Terrozing azeroth even in shadowlands.

[@paulquintanaf]

That laugh, that laught gave me PTSD on Scarlet Monastery when i was a kid...

[@Russtick92]

Lmao that trap beat at the end is actual fire. Good show dude, great videos

[@azorrrr]

The ending was so dope! You deserve all the praise!

[@justinsander7654]

On this the first day of Hallows end 2023 I ask you to please make a video for the lore of the whole holiday. Heck for each holiday cause that would be epic.

[@J0NB11O6]

9:00 Asmongold

[@macaronimafia9699]

"Your weak"

[@millerthomas4331]

has too much hair

[@BobBob-vx4ck]

😂😂

[@andrebetita]

"Prepare yourselves, the bells have tolled! Shelter your weak, and your Asmongold!"

[@Aedrion-]

8:55 That speech blows any modern WoW voice acting out of the water easily.

[@skiceman9611]

"Prepare yourselves, the Horseman descends upon this realm". It's nice that he gives them a HEAD's up :))))))))

[@zh3497]

The Headless Horseman of Straight Fire and Bars.

[@donnywai8599]

the headless horseman really do be spitting fire though.

[@adamih96]

The first WoW haloween event i saw (BC, maybe early WoL) was this one, and it was so fucking cool. It is probably my best WoW memory by a long shot. I was a kid when i played and that event was amazing

[@ClericOfPholtus]

I legit come back to this video multiple times for the rap alone Then the videos good too because oof... WoW Lore be spooky

[@alien_teetaw]

I came back because I forgot the lore and realised it’s almost been a year

[@gekkokkid]

"with a heavy heart he had to slay them all" begins to cut them down like a savage..

[@kekw6029]

I have always liked the lore of the headless horseman first time i learned about the lore for the first time from hiru and its great that more people are making videos about it

[@OLBarbok]

Finally best boy is getting the video he deserves. That Rap was fucking sick

[@khust8161]

Your videos are such high quality. Makes me think back to the likes of Nyhm back in the day.

[@Boonedockingrv]

I was watching this video in my truck before work and the beat of the music sounds so good. Recommend trying it in the car if you have a sound system.

[@miorioff]

Once again platinum wow produces S tier quality stuff! Bit in the end is incredible

[@sean7269]

I've watched 1000s of Wow Videos and this has gotta be one of my favorite solely because of the Headless Horseman rap lol

[@tbohobo9576]

Thompson is pronounced (Tomp-son) "H" is silent. It means "son of Thomas" so dude's name translates to "sir Thomas son of Thomas".

[@kaliek5281]

Thomas Thompson......I hear he is very good with directions.

[@blabla5383]

Amazing video! Just killed it with the rap in the end!!!

[@anibus04]

You're a legend for that song at the end 😂

[@jimboyjenkins]

I know i'm a year late but, the quality of this video is insane!

[@videos8159]

The way his hairs clipps into the body drives me crazy

[@stoopidyoutubehandle]

He uses the classic human body model and that happened a lot in vanilla wow.

[@videos8159]

@@stoopidyoutubehandle I know.

[@dw22509]

Omfg the ending... So many goosebumps, amazing job

[@geverest2421]

That'll be top charts if they upload the rap to Spotify.

[@heavyspark813]

Missed the best quote......It is over, your search is done. Let fate choose now, the righteous one.

[@AnimWolf]

Yooo that track is lit 🔥🔥🔥 Youre next level bro

[@danthewatcher9681]

15 YEARS LATER, I started WoW in 2008 on retail, I still remember the whole nursery rime they made for him!

[@brostis7504]

Can't imagine the time spent on making this video

[@tillson8686]

The last thing I expected was the Headless Horseman to spit some bars

[@cleanminds8443]

Fire freaking remix keep that bumping bruh

[@travissherman3218]

Dude the setup to the music was flawless good shit

[@mudshrooze]

That ending was sick

[@princessmagilou]

and at least, during the dragonflight expansion, the last halloween event had a quest chain to finally put sir thomas's spirit to rest, his wife forgave him, and they ascended to paradise, the curse was finally been broken - 'though once brought low and lost to fright at last Sir Thomas has seen the Light his spirit at peace, his love returned the shackles that bound him now broken and burned thus ends his tale of woe untold saved by the hand of a hero bold' as I write this, halloween is near and you can do his quest if you missed last year, he wrote this poem in his history book and gave it to us after we freed him

[@cci9459]

Your channel gives me two feelings: 1. Damn, I really like the idea of creating wow content. I should give it a try. 2. If people like you exists with such great content, then what chances do I have. Why even bother? Torn aparat! Thats what I am.

[@Numbers_Game]

Treat it like a personal challenge. An opportunity to one up them. Also, excellence comes with time, so keep at it.

[@ethanpeterson7543]

the music at the end is fire..literally

[@flyingoctopus4304]

Excellent work as always Platinum, you continue to improve!

[@amarareed2432]

That headless horseman trap mix though 👍🏻

[@shadblayder]

Horseman goes hard no cap 8:51

[@Pyr0bon]

Wasn't expecting the beat drop damn...

[@luurrmm]

Yo that song actually slaps

[@weirdreportt]

Perhaps I'm not the only one who watch Platinum Wow's video as bedtime stories.

[@Papashaft]

Spooky man that I one shot every year

[@GreyFox40k]

The Evil Dead camera zoom at 8:20 did not go unnoticed, nice one :)

[@liamwilson7549]

No it’s not. Just look at Alexstrasza’s backstory.

[@KouD3Graw]

8:50 THE TIMESTAMP. You're an MVP man. New sub here

[@drhapi5308]

Where can I get that song? was lit af

[@mixmastermike1021]

for real, give us a download

[@ethanpeterson7543]

big true my guy

[@TheOldestSoul]

Right? That's when I smashed that like button so fast and hard

[@ethanpeterson7543]

@@TheOldestSoulyeah someone made a timestamp for when it starts, it starts at 8:51

[@haniballdoca5135]

Wanna song :) here it is

[@vikingbeserker7724]

We need a full video on that mixtapes alone

[@constipation4650]

Imagine, the Rune Carver seeing all the massacre his acursed blade and helmet has wrote in Azeroth thanks to Arthas.

[@KawaiiEvoMii]

You mean Sargeras/Kil Jaeden?

[@constipation4650]

@@KawaiiEvoMii If you are up to date with the recent Shadowlands lore, The helmet and the Frostmourne was crafted by an ancient entity called the Rune Carver, The Jailer holds him as a prisoner. They retconned the whole legion thing, Kil'jeaden did not make them but he imprisoned Ner'zhul's soul inside the helmet however.

[@alexcyw89]

Saw your video from asbold. Had to came here to watch again. That song was lit. Easy story explaination too

[@sorsofsufring]

WHAT A BANGERRR!!

[@iquerohde]

this ending music. you are a god.

[@picklechin3061]

Back when the lore was actual good.

[@BethanValerious]

Here I am, unironically enjoying that fire ass music.

[@StrumstarHammer]

Sir Thomas: And that's how, in my blind crusade, I murdered my own family by mistake Kratos: You don't say?

[@elliotgordon4795]

The quality of these videos is just crazy, and that was a banger at the end ngl

[@evilcam]

The Headless Horseman was trying to turn his life around. He was an aspiring rapper, and merely wanted to share his rapping skills with whatever small town he approached (and accidentally set on fire). The adventurers who killed him (at least once a day for a month) are murderers. Headless Unlife Matters!

[@kaliek5281]

8:21 that's some Evil Dead quality zooming... XD

[@shaiboi3700]

Guys just realized something. Every single reaction video that Asmongold puts on youtube(on Platinum Wow's videos) has more views than the actual video of Platinum WoW. Well, at least Asmon is plugging his channel. Its still quite sad tho

[@izadarx]

Holy fuck. I haven’t added a video to my favorite list in like 3 years, but here’s another addition. This was spectacular, I have no idea how you make wow content creation as next level as you do but Jesus man I love it, the rap at the end actually gave me chills, just amazing

[@vooran]

Oh dear I actually thought it was an orc

[@WankiTank]

Omg when the beat dropped ahahahaha was not expecting this, this is soooo incredible. I always loved the headless horseman

[@lorwimcmiss]

Your are literally the funniest thing on Azeroth they're better than those shipping videos for Roblox piggy

[@poprazor]

I paused the video literally 20s in just to smash like as I was 100% certain it is some top tier content, as always. There is no shadow of doubt you're the best WoW lore content creator!

[@lithen3818]

that outro was deep Here before the bald man