Jaina’s entrance at the Battle for Lorderon.
- She’s coming to fight the undead in an undead ship. Love it.
- An undead ship. This makes me think of The Flying Dutchman which is a story about a ghostly ship and its Captian cursed to sail for eternity. The Captain has a chance to receive salvation through the love of a faithful woman. Again, this is a redemption storyline.
- So what does this mean for Jaina and Daelin? I had made the obviously erronious assumption that the Jaina short was allegorical. But not so much. Might Daelin get a redemption arc? Jaina lost faith in him and he died for it. But now she has found that faith. Will the love of his now faithful daughter offer him a second chance?
- The protagonist of The Flying Dutchman was named Captain Daland. He had a daughter, Senta, whose wish was to redeem the Flying Dutchman. Things get a bit wobbly here but parallels can be made. Roll Daland and the Dutchman into one character, Daelin. His daughter is the faithful woman who can redeem him.
- Undead raised through the light. Holy shit. Literally. For the precedent on this, see Before the Storm. I’m not sure we will see Alliance undead, but it certainly seems that there are options for undeath. Daelin, Sylvanas? Food for thought.
TL;DR: More evidence for those redemption storylines…