It looks like there will soon be a lot more Death Knights in WoW

An update for Patch 8.3 in WoW has caught the attention of Death Knight fans. It seems that soon all races may be able to join the Lich King.

Those looking at the allied races of World of Warcraft will notice that only two classes are available to them. None of the allied races can become Demon Hunters, which is based on the lore of the Demon Hunters.

However, Death Knights are also excluded because the allied races historically only became involved in the world events long after the Lich King. At least that last aspect may change now. Will all allied races soon be able to play Death Knights?

This was found: A new version of Patch 8.3 on the PTR contained some game data that data miners immediately investigated. Included are textures for Death Knights of all allied races, including the Pandaren from Mists of Pandaria. It seems that Blizzard will soon allow the other races to become Death Knights as well.

There are story-related problems: One problem that Blizzard might face is the logic of the story. After all, many allied races only came into the game after Arthas was long defeated. Logically speaking, it is therefore not possible for at least some of these races to have the Archerus as a starting area and serve under the Lich King Arthas.

A reasonable alternative would be that these are “fresh” Death Knights who were recently called into undeath. Then, the current Lich King Bolvar Fordragon would be responsible for that.

You can find many more details about Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth in our extensive overview.

Further hints point to a new intro: In addition to the textures, a still encrypted map of Icecrown was also found. It is conceivable that the Death Knights of the allied races will start in Icecrown and have only a very short introductory quest before being released into the world.

Some fans speculate that this will only be relevant in the upcoming expansion and Patch 9.0. After all, many leaks and theories suggest that the Lich King Bolvar Fordragon will play a larger role in the near future, especially considering that his daughter Taelia Fordragon was introduced in Battle for Azeroth and has only recently learned of her father’s fate.

Please keep in mind that the information so far is based on datamining and it has not yet been confirmed that Death Knights will come for all allied races.

Would you want to play Death Knight Pandaren, Lightforged, or Vulpera? Or which race would be your choice?