Warcraft Radio’s For Azeroth! podcast had the opportunity to sit down and talk about the upcoming Dragonflight expansion with Narrative Lead Designer Steven Danuser. Interviewer TruVillainManny asked plenty of excellent questions and we picked through a few of the more notable items to summarize. Note: This article paraphrases the responses to various topics in the original interview.
You can listen to the full interview at Warcraft Radio. FOR AZEROTH! EP. 210 – STEVE DANUSER TALKS DRAGONFLIGHTTimestamp 01:14: Watcher Karinos Is Watcher Karinos going to be our kind of guide through this expansion, much like Bolvar or Magni were before him? Watcher Karinos is the last survivor of the group that was charged to watch the shorelines.
He was there when the Dragon Isles and Tyrhold were the pinnacle of the dragons’ kingdom so he will have insight and knowledge that we can get from him. He has a special place within the hearts of Alexstraza and some of the other dragons, and he’ll certainly be a presence. We will get to know him better, but he won't be directing everything like Khadgar did in Legion.Timestamp 3:28: Other Dragon Flights So the flights like the Chromatic, or Netherwing, are we going to see those in the expansion as well? One of the big themes for Dragonflight that they fixed on right away was Legacy.
When the dragons left there were only five flights of dragons and one was already splintering off and causing all kinds of chaos. In the time since they left there have been a lot of changes and a lot of new dragon flights. Alexstraza and the others will have to face the question of whether to reclaim the old Legacy and put things back the way they were, or think about a new kind of future and include more voices at
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