The World of Warcraft receives more frequent prominent visits from other video games or real life. In Battle for Azeroth, a very special guest from God of War visits Orgrimmar.
Wandering Orcs on the Beta Server: A Reddit user found wandering Orcs on the Beta Server of Battle for Azeroth. The pair, consisting of a warrior and his son, has been spotted in the Valley of Wisdom.
War God Kratos and his “Boy” wander through Orgrimmar: The “wandering warrior” bears a strong resemblance to the War God Kratos, as he appears in the game God of War on the PS4.
The armor of the Orc resembles that of Kratos: shoulder protection on one side, bare upper body. Particularly his iconic beard and axe complete the image. The axe is the constant companion of Kratos in God of War.
The warrior’s companion is the “wandering son.” The Orc boy is depicted in World of Warcraft wearing simple armor and with a bow. At one point in the conversation, the warrior says to him: “We will see, boy. We will see.” (“Wir werden sehen, Junge. Wir werden sehen.”)
In God of War, Kratos is accompanied by his son Atreus, who reads the runes for him and supports him in ranged combat. Atreus also carries a bow and is not referred to by name by his father. Instead, Kratos only calls him “Boy.”
The resemblance of the Orcs to Kratos and Atreus is too great to be a coincidence: Everything suggests that Blizzard has paid homage to God of War with the pair.
Since they are “wandering” Orcs, it is likely that they will appear in other places in the world as well. However, they have only been spotted in the Valley of Wisdom so far – and even there they are rarely encountered.
The community has already jokingly dubbed the duo “Mankrik and Boykrik” – a homage to the Orc Mankrik, who frequently appears in the Horde quest lines.
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