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Fractured in Alterac Valley releases on December 7.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Demon Hunter Flavor Text
- Kurtrus, Demon-Render - "I dedicated my life to vanquishing demons, but I never thought to face the demons in me. Maybe, in time, I can help quell the demons in you." -Kurtrus, to Cariel
- Caria Felsoul - This is what happens when you keep taking the advice of the little demon on your shoulder.
- Ur'zul Giant - Nothing personal, tiny human. I have many mouths to feed.
- Sigil of Reckoning - “It’s dangerous ‘round these parts, I reckon.”
- Flanking Maneuver - So, do we have advantage? Can I sneak attack?
- Warden of Chains - Can’t stay out too late. I gotta head back home to the ol’ ball and chained demon.
- Field of Strife - I heard it's lovely there around this time of year.
- Flag Runner - I see your argument, but…do you have a flag?
- Battleworn Vanguard - "Welcome to Dun Baldar Felwings! Do you want 'em mild, spicy, or BURNING Legion?"
- Dreadprison Glaive - Keep your allies close. Keep your evil demons in your weapon.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Druid Flavor Text
- Wildheart Guff - Guff faced his biggest challenge yet: making friends on a battlefield.
- Wing Commander Mulverick - “A board full of 2-Health minions? This is what I call a target rich environment.”
- Frostsaber Matriarch - They say “don’t poke the bear”, but they NEVER said “don’t poke the frostsaber or her cubs”.
- Capture Coldtooth Mine - We hit a huge haul! Or wait… no, it's just a coin.
- Pride Seeker - When you're putting your head in the lion's mouth, you may as well dress the part.
- Pathmaker - You can never choose the wrong path if you make your own.
- Frostwolf Kennels - The 1 reason Alliance members defect to the Horde is to adopt a cute frostwolf puppy.
- Dire Frostwolf - Tips to survive a frostwolf attack: -Stay calm -Lay down -Drizzle steak sauce over your body Brought to you by the Frostwolf Council for Alliance Safety.
- Heart of the Wild - In each of us beats a wild heart. Except the Forsaken.
- Clawfury Adept - The Inept Clawfury is a danger only to themselves.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Hunter Flavor Text
- Wing Commander Ichman - “Mulverick, it’s not your flying, it’s your faction.”
- Beaststalker Tavish - Tavish left home to forge his own path. But it still led him back to Alterac to kick some Frostwolf butt.
- Spring the Trap - Talk about starting off on the wrong foot.
- Ice Trap - I literally watched the Hunter place it down in front of me and I still stepped in it.
- Stormpike Battle Ram - Baa ram ewe! To your dwarves, your beard, Stormpike clan be true!
- Revive Pet - Best friends never really leave.
- Dun Baldar Bunker - Brutalist architecture for brutal times.
- Mountain Bear - If they want your picnic basket, I recommend giving it to them.
- Ram Tamer - Pump up the ram, pump it up. While your hooves are stompin’.
- Bloodseeker - What do you mean shooting them in the back isn’t honorable?!
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mage Flavor Text
- Magister Dawngrasp - Magister is a humble title for one who united warring armies against the greatest threat to Azeroth.
- Balinda Stonehearth - Imagine her surprise, ending up in a game called Hearthstone.
- Rune of the Archmage - “It’s not a slot machine! It took YEARS of rigorous studying the intricacies of the universe to unravel the strands of reality. The arcane knowledge alone would enfeeble even the most brilliant of minds. Give it the credence it deserves. It’s a magic slot machine.”
- Mass Polymorph - Sheep in Frostwolves' clothing.
- Iceblood Tower - “Why is it called Iceblood Tower?” “Not really sure. Anyways, try not to lose your footing on any of the frozen bodies as you make your way in.”
- Arcane Brilliance - They could probably do with a dash of Arcane Humility.
- Build a Snowman - This is the coolest spell once you get it rolling.
- Amplified Snowflurry - I bet it’s just exaggerating.
- Siphon Mana - Why spend mine when I can take yours?
- Shivering Sorceress - Remember to use your sick days wisely.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Paladin Flavor Text
- Lightforged Cariel - Her faith, unshakable. Her shield, immovable. Her enemies, irredeemable.
- Saidan the Scarlet - An orc mage accidentally kited him all the way from Stratholme.
- Brasswing - I’ve seen this before. You just have to time it right to avoid the dragon.
- Stonehearth Vindicator - “True strength comes from within your deck” is a whole lot less inspiring.
- Templar Captain - You can combine two of these into a Captain Archon.
- Protect the Innocent - "Quick, strike a super hero pose!"
- Dun Baldar Bridge - At least there's no fall damage in Hearthstone.
- Cavalry Horn - The clarion call of the Alliance skipping every objective and going straight to Drek’thar.
- Hold the Bridge - You! Shall not! Pass!
- Vitality Surge - If your vitality lasts longer than four hours, consult a Priest.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Priest Flavor Text
- Xyrella, the Devout - Xyrella thought she was only saving her daughter. Her actions may very well have saved the entire world.
- Najak Hexxen - "I've got friends on the other side... of the battlefield."
- Shadow Word: Devour - Devouring souls is like a buffet. You have to take a little bit of everything.
- Gift of the Naaru - What do I look like, a charity?
- Undying Disciple - We get it, you're undead. But jumping out of a grave? That's a bit much.
- Stormpike Aid Station - Known by some as the “Stormpike Naptime Lounge.”
- Bless - Bless is bmore.
- Spirit Guide - "Hey Jake." "Back again?" "Yup." "See you in 2 minutes."
- Deliverance - In 30 minutes or less, or else it’s free!
- Luminous Geode - No take candle. BE CANDLE.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Rogue Flavor Text
- Shadowcrafter Scabbs - Sneaking behind enemy lines isn't so different from being a line cook. People are hostile, something's on fire, and your only hope is to get out of there with all your fingers.
- Cera'thine Fleetrunner - World Record CTF Champion 16 years running.
- The Lobotomizer - This may hurt a little, but don't worry, you won't remember it.
- Forsaken Lieutenant - WE didn’t forsake him. He CHOSE to defend a tower against the entire Alliance front line by himself.
- Wildpaw Gnoll - A big fan of four-claw discounts.
- Contraband Stash - “Coggsprocket! We happy?" "Yeah, we happy."
- Snowfall Graveyard - Live fast, die twice.
- Coldtooth Yeti - Its arrival heralds the Brain Freeze Yeti.
- Double Agent - And under the Alliance tabard? Another Horde tabard.
- Reconnaissance - “But Commander, I already did the connaissance.”
Fractured in Alterac Valley Shaman Flavor Text
- Bru'kan of the Elements - The elements crackled through Bru'kan's veins and his life flashed before his eyes. He knew this moment would come, but he wondered, had he given them enough?
- Bearon Gla'shear - When you get hit by a royally bad pun, you just have to grin and bear it.
- Cheaty Snobold - This one will knock you out cold.
- Snowball Fight! - Woahwoahwoah, we said no friendly fire!
- Glaciate - We now have a more accurate answer to the age-old question "What's cooler than being cool?"
- Wildpaw Cavern - Adventurers were quite confused when they saw how many boots were frozen to the ceiling.
- Sleetbreaker - Likes chilly, hates chili.
- Snowfall Guardian - You’re finally awake! That fall looked really bad. Demon Hunters? Mercenaries? What are you talking about? Come on, I just unpacked a Golden Moorabi, let’s go build a Freeze Shaman deck.
- Frostbite - The sad reality of a raging toothpaste addiction.
- Windchill - The thermometer says it’s 0° right now, but with the windchill it feels like -25°.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Warlock Flavor Text
- Dreadlich Tamsin - At a certain point, you stop mocking death and start becoming it.
- Tamsin's Phylactery - Eau de Morte. Guaranteed to take your date’s breath away
- Felfire in the Hole! - Fear not, feebleminded friends, for failure to fell your foes with felfire is fundamentally farfetched!
- Sacrificial Summoner - Summoning will cost you an arm and a brother.
- Full-Blown Evil - This isn’t your average, everyday evil. This is ADVANCED evil.
- Desecrated Graveyard - People are dying to get in.
- Seeds of Destruction - May your harvest be dreadful.
- Felwalker - How it feels to chew Fel Gum.
- Hollow Abomination - As soon as you land your first Honorable Kill, trust me, you'll be hooked!
- Grave Defiler - She keeps her Fel spells nice and organized in her defiling cabinet.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Warrior Flavor Text
- Rokara, the Valorous - As strong-willed and stubborn as her first day in the Horde, Rokara now wielded a weapon that rivaled even her tenacity.
- Captain Galvangar - It wasn't the ravages of war that took Galvangar, it was hypothermia.
- Snowed In - “What do you mean school isn’t cancelled?! It’s a snow day!”
- Frozen Buckler - "Hey, I bet I could shatter this."
- Shield Shatter - "Is the shield being shattered or doing the shattering?" "Yes."
- To the Front! - Except healers. You go to the back.
- Iceblood Garrison - On weekends, it hosts the local community theater rehearsals.
- Axe Berserker - All the body spray went to her head.
- Glory Chaser - When you've reached the peak of competition twice, how hard can winning one valley be?
- Scrapsmith - Takes the ugly scraps of armor from dead players and combine them into ridiculous looking PVP armor sets.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Neutral Flavor Text
- Lokholar the Ice Lord - Suddenly the names of Iceblood Tower and Iceblood Garrison make a lot more sense.
- Vanndar Stormpike - His favorite modes of transportation? Van, car, board, bike.
- Drek'Thar - Inside your deck there are two wolves. One is a frostwolf. The other is a frostwolf. You are a Frostwolf.
- Korrak the Bloodrager - “I live, I love, I slay, and I am undying.”
- Ivus, the Forest Lord - He's always welcome at the local tavern, unlike a certain Ancient.
- Abominable Lieutenant - If you can't join 'em, eat 'em.
- Spammy Arcanist - You don't have to jump while spamming, but it’s more fun that way.
- Frozen Mammoth - *record scratch* "So, you may be wondering how I got here."
- Popsicooler - Just passing through Alterac on its way to apply for a job at the Ice Cream Citadel.
- Grimtotem Bounty Hunter - He’ll take a big weight off your shoulders.
- Frostwolf Warmaster - “The spoils of war ain’t free… Unless you’re me!”
- Stormpike Marshal - The Stormpike have a very direct take on life insurance.
- Kobold Taskmaster - Fabled questgiver of the “Get me candle”, “Get me another candle”, and “Get me 11 more candle” questline.
- Snowblind Harpy - Not snowblind; she can spot a level 51 noob over 40 yards away.
- Irondeep Trogg - STOP AGGROING MORE!
- Troll Centurion - Centurion? Ha, come back when you’re a millennion.
- Humongous Owl - "Humongous what?" -Torug's last words.
- Icehoof Protector - I can't feel my axe!
- Legionnaire - *not related to the Burning Legion
- Frantic Hippogryph - It's killed and it'll kill again!
- Blood Guard - Has never donated blood and doesn’t plan on ever doing so.
- Knight-Captain - Very dangerous shoulder-to-ears situation here.
- Ice Revenant - There must have been some magic in that old ice mace we found.
- Herald of Lokholar - “I don’t care how hot it is. I am not going over there to be your air conditioning."
- Tower Sergeant - Best helmet in the valley.
- Reflecto Engineer - The whole thing's based on the Rubber-Glue Phenomenon.
- Piggyback Imp - Imp my ride.
- Bunker Sergeant - Best hair in the valley.
- Direwolf Commander - When you’re riding a wolf, it’s in charge and you're allowed to make suggestions.
- Gankster - UGH! IM GETTING MY MAIN!
- Corporal - When he’s sitting in the graveyard ready to rez, he’s incorporal.
- Ram Commander - Get your RAM in pairs for better performance.
- Stormpike Quartermaster - Frozen funnel cakes taste just like ice cream, if you pretend real hard.
- Sneaky Scout - Do you know what they call Scouts that aren't sneaky? Target practice.
- Gnome Private - She's doing her part.
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Comments
Flag Runner - I see your argument, but…do you have a flag?
-Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
Stormpike Battle Ram - Baa ram ewe! To your dwarves, your beard, Stormpike clan be true!
-Babe
Ram Tamer - Pump up the ram, pump it up. While your hooves are stompin’.
-Technotronic
Najak Hexxen - "I've got friends on the other side... of the battlefield."
-Princess & the Frog
Sacrificial Summoner
A Fullmetal Alchemist reference.
I did know that Sacrificial Summoner relates to Dr.Boom...
just can't wait to start opening my 145 card packs!
This is incredibile.
Has to be the best flavor text this expansion
Please tell me they're not gonna make Dawngrasp "the most bestest and important character evarrrrr UWU" after 6 books of barely any characterization and general lack of contribution to the overall story.
Well, he/she hasn't even received a book of Mercenaries chapter yet
That does not mean that he/she won't be important for the end. We know for example already that he/she spied out Kazakus and claims to know the true potential of the Naaru shards. There is certainly room for Varden to play a big role in the finale.
So the problem here is that all the other mercs have gotten a lot of characterization even before their dedicated books. Cariel got a lot of character in Kurtrus' book, both Tavish and Scabbs, despite being relatively simple characters overall, have been quite well established in both Xyrella's and Kurtrus' book. Bru'kan is similarly established and Guff arguably received more characterization in all the other books rather than his own.
Meanwhile I barely know how I would describe Dawngrasp. I guess the best description would be the as an "academic" type, focussed on research and such? They come off as way more off a plot device than a character. They show up with Kazakus (for reasons not yet revealed) only to get captured by the Alliance and sent to Stormwind to kick off the Horde gang's journey there and then in Stormwind they're yet another plot device to help Scabbs break out of prison and later assist in the Deadmines.
Now it seems like they're going to be the big "uniter" against the greater evil and...I just don't buy it. From what we have so far Dawngrasp doesn't have the charisma to believably end the fucking race war. They're just...bland, which would be fine if they remained a supporting character with little personal agency (like Scabbs and Rokara to some extent) but when they are apparently the centerpiece of the grand finale...that just kinda worries me.
In fairness, we already saw them being happy to help Scabbs escape the Stockades and subsequently get the still-living Horde crew to help in the Deadmines. It sounds like they are just going to be continuing that role to get presumably Rokara and Tavish to look past their clans' fight for AV to deal with Onyxia and Kazakus. It even makes some sense that a blood elf mage would take that role, what with the blood elves previously being high elves and part of the Alliance of Lordaeron, and Dalaran being neutral, so I doubt Dawngrasp was ever invested in the whole Horde vs Alliance thing anyway.
None of that makes Dawngrasp "the most bestest and important character evarrrrr UWU"; it just makes them rational. Besides, the flavour text says "for one who", not "for THE one who", so it is quite likely Dawngrasp won't be alone in taking that stance. Given his own chapter, Scabbs is probably focused on Onyxia/the naaru shards rather than the faction war too, even if he's less naturally inclined to.
I would agree with you but in Rokara's book Dawngrasp is all "hell yeah, for the Horde." which kinda goes aagainst the whole "neutral party" idea. I wish that was a stronger part of their character, something that would have come up more during the books.
Hell, Scabbs is more outspoken about this when he says "the SI:7 told me to hate the Horde but these guys seem alright".
I'm not upset about them being rational, I just don'T buy that this flavorless cardboard cutout of a character would be the one to unite the tribes and save the world. I guess we'll see how it turns out.
I'd have to replay the Rokara story (and maybe the Guff and Kurtrus ones too since I think Varden appears in those) before I can counter to your first paragraph, so for now I'll assume you're right that the apparent inconsistency exists. Though I suppose we do know they were spying on Kazakus, so we can infer they are adept at putting on a behavioural mask, which might be a wise thing to do in the middle of a band of Horde-supporting characters. We also know they are non-binary. I have no idea what prejudices exist on Azeroth over that, but if it mirrors our world that's another reason they might be good at masking what they really feel.
The thing with masking, is it leads to outwardly inconsistent behaviour in the very real people who do it for various reasons (e.g. to hide sexuality, gender non-conformity or autism). Make a character wear a mask and handle it well, and that's great character design, but it is easy for it to just appear inconsistent. As of yet we haven't had the chance to see Varden from their own point of view, which is the only time we'd be able to tell if they are masking or are just badly written.
As for whether it is believable that Varden would be central to uniting the two sides, I'd say it's plausible on the assumption that it isn't held together by Varden's charisma alone. They are clearly more academic than charismatic, which is fine (I'm a physicist so I know plenty of those people!), though it means they are probably better at convincing a handful of people via logic than 2 warring armies. Luckily for Varden, we have 8 such mercs (I'm discounting Tamsin for obvious reasons) they can convince, and who between them possess more charisma and sway among the Frostwolves and Stormpikes to make up the difference. We'll have to see if it happens that way, but if it does, there is no problem here :)