Ancient of Wind
- This article is about the race as a whole. For the Warcraft III unit, see Ancient of Wind (Warcraft III).
Ancients of Wind (or Ancients of the wind) are ancients who are able to tap into the more feral side of nature. They allow contact with the Druids of the Talon and provide a location for the taming of hippogryphs.[1]
These ancients suffered heavy losses during the Third War and subsequently returned to the forests to spread their seeds and replenish their numbers undisturbed.[2] The Battle for Darkshore marked their first appearance since the Third War.
Notable
Cloudsong <Ancient of Wind> 
In the RPG
Ancients of wind guard the nesting grounds for the mighty hippogryphs.[3]
Ancients of wind assist ancients of lore in the training of night elf druids. They excel especially at teaching night elves to train and ride hippogryphs, and the druids of the talon revere them as their key mentors. Ancients of wind avoid combat; but like other ancients, when enemies threaten nature, they battle with their allies. They use their spells to confound their enemies; as their name implies, they favor wind-based spells like cyclone. This ancient turns its hawk-like head with surprising quickness.[4]
Trivia
- A unique Ancient of Wind model was added to the game files in patch 8.1.0.[5][6] However, the model went completely unused for several years as Cloudsong, the only Ancient of Wind in the game at the time, initially used the model of an Ancient of Lore instead. Cloudsong was finally updated to use the correct model in patch 10.2.0.
Gallery
Ancient of Wind in Warcraft III.
Concept art of ancients of wind and war for Warcraft III.
Ancient of Wind in World of Warcraft, added in patch 8.1 but unused until patch 10.2
Patch changes
- Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Model added.
References
- ^ Warcraft III manual, pg. 62
- ^ Ask CDev Answers - Round 3
- ^ Manual of Monsters, pg. 14
- ^ Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 198
- ^ perculia 2018-09-21. Patch 8.1 PTR 27826 - New Creature Models - Air Elemental, Capybara, Elite Naga Boss, Kael'Thas Fire. Wowhead. Retrieved on 2018-12-25.
- ^ Ian Bates 2019-06-07. Seven Unused Models in World of WarCraft’s Files. Blizzplanet. Retrieved on 2020-06-20.
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