Blizzard's Lament of the Highborne Music Video

The exact origins of "Lament of the Highborne" have been lost to antiquity. Certainly the melody pre-dates the War of the Ancients, in which the song served as a lament for the fallen: a tribute to their steadfast bravery against overwhelming odds. Millennia later, the high elves of Quel'Thalas sang the lament, largely unaltered, in the Troll Wars. Here, too, the elves ultimately proved victorious, but they would not remain so. A plague of undeath swept through the human nation of Lordaeron in the Third War and converted many citizens into mindless undead minions of the Lich King. This army--the Scourge--invaded elven lands and decimated the populace, some of whom were raised into undeath and forced to join the Scourge.

As leader of the last elven defenders, Sylvanas Windrunner suffered a terrible fate: her spirit was ripped from her body and transformed into a banshee. When the Lich King's power faltered, however, she and other undead were freed of Scourge control. She has since reclaimed her body and become queen of these undead rebels, the Forsaken. Although her heart is full of bitterness, she cannot forget the people she once loved... the kingdom she gave her life to defend.

Download the official video from Blizzard's site.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/movies.html#lament

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[lovemcrgd]

I think they should re-make the video with Sylvannas's new look. :)

[LaCatalista]

Wow, GREAT vid!

[SayuriSagara]

Now I know the real reason: only the Night Elf-model was finished :) Later a new patch changed her body. She looks like in the Warcraft 3 now. So I can see that she is in her original body.

[Europepowerrangers]

actually,its her originnal body.Her body will rotten soon,nothing lasts for years.

[Europepowerrangers]

yep,with the new arthas look too,also frostmourne look. In the Video,its MUTCH Bigger.

[Europepowerrangers]

dont laugh nor cry,DO THEM BOTH :D

[sergioBRE]

what is real anyway?

p.s. i cried when arthas turned her into the banshee in warcraft III................... sylvanas windrunner, once lady of forest and light, now lady of shadows and dark, but always... a lady,

[AkidaxSen]

The first time I heard this, I was wandering through undercity and it just started all of a sudden while I was buying alchemy supplies! since then I searched for it non-stop! I'm glad I found it... for some reason Sylvanas is the only WoW characters back story that seems to strike me. I feel for a in-game character! should I laugh or cry?

[malteseknights]

Now they changed her skin to a blood elf XD finally

[SayuriSagara]

She was a high elf. I heard that now she has a night elf body because her original body was rotten.

[OrganicAids]

It's such a sad story. My poor queen. </3