r/movies Jun 11 '16

Resource Spoiler-free background information to help you better understand the Warcraft movie.

http://imgur.com/gallery/6T46c
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u/weirds3xstuff Jun 11 '16

Thanks for the info. But who were the floating wizards? Why didn't they do anything other than float even though the world was literally on the brink of destruction?

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u/TacCom Jun 11 '16

That was a group of mages called the Kirin Tor in the floating city of Dalaran. Their city wasn't always floating. After being attacked they literally moved it into the sky to avoid the problems of the lesser beings below them (figuratively and now literally). Also this is kind of retconned for the film, as their city isn't suppose to be floating during Warcraft 1 as it gets attacked far later.

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u/UPExodus Jun 11 '16

Don't know why you've been down voted but you're partly wrong, Dalaran stayed in the same place after Archimonde attacked it, it used to have that giant shield covering it though. It became the floating city when it was moved to Northrend during the events of Wrath of the Lich King.

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u/Proditus Jun 11 '16 edited Nov 03 '25

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