Blizzard has officially announced the Liberation of Gnomeregan. I am pretty sure we’re going to see quite a few blogs about this pop up today, so what I’m going to do is take it in a (hopefully) different direction.

With the Liberation of Gnomeregan (and Echo Isles) the Gnomes(and Trolls) will finally get their own capital city. What this means for Gnomes is most likely far larger than I can imagine at the moment, but one thing it does bring to mind is the addition of Gnome Priests in Cataclysm. We’ve already seen glimpses into some of the lore surrounding some of the new race/class combos, Most notably the Tauren Priest and Paladin, and the Night Elf Mage. What I’m hoping for is some sort of revelation during or right after the liberation of Gnomeregan.

I’d love to be fighting my way towards liberating Gnomeregan and find some sort of snippet of conversation or a quest which lays out the foundation for Gnome Priests. Many people are still wondering how this is going to play out, and I’ll admit that I am one of them. Perhaps something will happen during the liberation and an NPC Gnome will come to a revelation, or possibly will need to embrace the magic used by Priests before being able to further his or her cause.

I think this would be a great way to do it. Gnome engineering and inginuity not being enough to take down the forces who have contaminated the city, Gnomes take up the Holy and Shadow magics of Priests to help them in their liberation. That sounds epic. That also sounds like a pipe dream.

What do you all think?

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