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My One Gripe About Elderwood Hecarim

Ironclad Dragon·11/25/2015, 11:35:03 PM·1 votes·1,693 views

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As cool as I think the skin is, I find Hecarim to be an odd choice. I remember reading this thread discussing the potential story of the Elderwood theme (this was prior to Elderwood Hecarim's release), and liking in particular this idea of a parallel skin line called "Moldwood" or "Rotwood" or something. You would have the nice and sympathetic spirits on the side of Elderwood, and have the more hostile woodland spirits be the Rotwoods. Hecarim was suggested as a Rotwood, and I thought that worked. His default VO lines just don't jive with woodland guardian. Maybe I just like the Rootwood idea too much, so I'm not seeing that Elderwood doesn't essentially mean nice.

5 Comments

ThePartyLeader11/25/2015, 11:37:52 PM1 votes

I would have been disappointed if hecarim got another skin that was dark blue, purple or Black. Most of his skins are already dark themed.

GreenLore11/26/2015, 12:59:33 AM1 votes

Well good is not always nice. Hecarim could be still a maniac even if he fights to protect his realm.

And overall I think a forest themed skin is also fitting for hecarim since centaurs are also often associated with forests.