The War Within Art Blast Spotlight: Ariel Fain - The Haranir, Orweyna, Queen Ansurek & More
ArtStation Magazine recently published a new Art Blast focused on the visuals for The War Within. The feature highlights several Blizzard artists responsible for crafting the visuals of the first chapter in the Worldsoul Saga.
Today, we're highlighting Senior 3D Character Artist II, Ariel Fain and her work on Orweyna, the Haranir and the the villainous Queen Ansurek. Fain previously worked on the design and character customization for Dracthyr as well as the HD Worgen update and Vulpera.
Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: The War Within Art Blast ArtStation: Ariel Fain
Orweyna & The Haranir
Despite only making a short appearance in Azj-Kahet, Orweyna and the Haranir play a pivotal role by aiding us in hopes of protecting the great roots from Xal'atath's Black Blood. With Orweyna having a unique model and being a key character in cinematic footage, we suspect the story of the Haranir is not complete in the War Within.
We previously speculated that the Haranir could be a new Allied Race in the War Within, based on the sheer amount of customization datamined during beta. With the revelation that Ariel Fain, who worked on previous Allied Races, designed the Haranir, more fuel has definitely been added to that fire. Come on new Druids!
Datamined Haranir Customization Orweyna Model & Bat Shapeshift
Queen Ansurek
With the help of Xal'atath, Ansurek staged a coup against her mother Neferset to become queen of the Nerubian Empire. We seek to overthrow Queen Ansurek and her Ascended regime in the first raid of TWW, Nerub-ar Palace.
Early concepts show very
