Aranna Starseeker is the newest hero that will be joining Hearthstone as a playable character, and she's a Demon Hunter!
The Felfire Festival, which begins tomorrow, will introduce us to a new character in the Felfire Solo Adventure on June 17. This new character is Aranna Starseeker, and we'll be following her story in Outland across the 5-chapter adventure.
Quote From Blizzard Follow the story of Aranna Starseeker (Elise Starseeker’s crafty younger sister) as she embarks on a thrilling journey of self-discovery, assembling a motley crew of outcasts and teaming up with Illidan to take on the mad architect of the Rusted Legion itself: MECHA-JARAXXUS! All five chapters of this Solo Adventure will be available for free on June 17. Complete the Trial by Felfire and you’ll also earn the Rusted Legion Card Back!
This isn't where the story ends though since we did mention that she'll be joining the game as a new playable Demon Hunter hero. Although it isn't mentioned in any of the text Blizzard posted today (either the patch notes or the Felfire festival promo), the video that was posted to YouTube, Blizzard briefly showcased her two-week-long availability as a Bundle that comes with a card back and 20 Ashes of Outland card packs.
We don't currently have details on her pricing, but what we do know is that we're excited to get our hands on a new Demon Hunter. The bundle should be available for 3 weeks during the Felfire Festival event.
Patch 17.4 Coverage
- Hearthstone Battlegrounds Patch 17.4 Notes
- Battlegrounds Implements Shifting Minion Pools
- The Felfire Festival Begins On June 9!
Aranna Starseeker Spoilers
We've got datamined information we posted a few weeks ago concerning Aranna and the "Black Temple" adventure. Check it out!
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Well Demon Hunter has a bit of a problem there: they are pretty much ALL elves because only blood elves and night elves are trained as Illidari. That doesn't mean they cannot use associates of DH who are not DHs themselves, or make a joke character like Furious Felfin, but you should expect to see a LOT of elves in that class.
Well, since they added Hazelback and Lei shen, it wouldn't surprise me if we'd eventually get the Naga, Broken, Shivarra, or even some fel orc as Demon Hunters.
So one sibling is a druid and the other a demon hunter.. where did I seen it before? hmmm..
It is deeper than that because Elise is part priest too, so even Tyrande gets brought in to complete the trio.
I hope the event doesn't push the next set announcement too far back. I'm hoping it's on the 8th. Saviors of Uldum's was right on July 1st (I watched that trailer during the Canada Day parade). I know AoO was pushed back and there is that little quarantine thing happening... but I like cards, okay?
If anything would push back a set announcement, it would be coronavirus related would be my guess. I think things have become more normal though recently with people adjusting to working from home and the like so hopefully it is business as usual.
Golden Kael'thas! YAAAAASSSSS!
I, for one, am happy for this portrait. Let´s hope it´s not overpriced..
Should be $20 for 20 packs + portrait + cardback, so good valu
I can't believe they actually did that, sigh.. Well I guess they are trying to invest in their Demon Hunters so I expect the next expansion to come with some nasty shit for them *yikes*. Atleast it looks better than the terrible Demon Hunter artwork that they came up with.
It's hard to beat the 1000 win illidan portrait.... but it's nice upgrade for the crappy hunched 0-499 win Illidan portrait
Now we finally know what that "Siblings can be a pain" hit was all about. I like how they're finding a way to strongly connect with the larger Hearthstone universe without the obligations of being a direct sequel staring the same characters like Year of the Dragon did. It's been implied that Dr. Boom is responsible for creating/fixing up Mecha-Jaraxus on Outland in the first place, so I think it's cool to see a new story branching out from all of that.
This explains the "siblings can be a pain" hint as-to who the next playable Hero was going to be. I wondered if we would get a female Demon Hunter after we saw who the protagonist of the Adventure was.
Not just female, but lighthearted too I hope. Illidan is great and all but he kind of kills the friendly tavern vibe right from the get-go when his greeting is "Evil draws close". Sure that is serious old Illidan down to a T, but I'd rather use a friendlier face to help ease my conscience for playing Demon Hunter in the first place.
Never thought of that way, but now you said it I couldnt agree with you more.
I also think it is nice that a core WoW-character is mixed up with HS-lore, wich is developing well.
You all remember that female Demon Hunter at the end of the "Fel vs Fire" video, right?
Same hair, same horns, same armor design. It's gotta be her.
Nice catch.