Analysis of the Jaina Visions Cinematic Including Warcraft III References

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At first I was worried the things I wanted to try would be too offbeat, but Terran was into it and an advocate for me on some odd things we ended up doing (compared to what people are used to seeing in our in-game cinematics). For that I cannot express my gratitude enough.

— Michael Bancroft (@MichaelBancroft) August 13, 2018

To the Alliance, I really hope you enjoy some of the weirder stuff you'll be seeing as you quest. Wont spoil anything, but one in particular was a massive labor of love for me and I knew as soon as Terran pitched the idea that I was dying to put it together.

— Michael Bancroft (@MichaelBancroft) August 13, 2018Arthas净化斯坦索姆

Vision of Arthas: We're too late! This entire city must be purged. Jaina?
Jaina: I'm sorry, Arthas. I can't watch you do this.
...If I stopped him, he never would have turned, he'd still be alive.

Daelin - Old Hatreds

When she did flee across the ocean deep,
the admiral followed west.
What else but sail to save a daughter's life,
and pray she still drew breath?

Vision of Daelin: You have always been naive, my daughter.
Katherine: Daelin?
Jaina: I won't let you do it, father!
...I should have tried harder...
Jaina: You don't understand!
Daelin: I understand more than you suspect, my dear.
Jaina: ...I wasn't strong enough
Daelin: Perhaps in time you will too. Seize them all.
JainaL I should have made him listen...
Jaina: Father, no!
Forgive me...

Daelin - Blaze of Glory

Katherine: You couldn't save him...from himself.
Daelin: Do you really think you can cast aside your guilt so easily?
Jaina: No! Father! Why wouldn't you listen!

Thrall: This is not the Horde you remember, old man. We have no interest in conquest or murder. We have paid for our sins of our forebears in blood.
Daelin: Can your blood atone for genocide, orc? Your Horde killed countless innocents with its rampage across Stormwind and Lordaeron. Do you really think you can just sweep all that away and cast aside your guilt so easily? No, your kind will never change, and I will never stop fighting you.

Jaina: Father... why wouldn't you listen?
Rexxar: Above all else, Jaina, he was a proud warrior. Remember him as such.
Thrall: Durotar is now safe. We have no further quarrel with these humans. We will leave your isle in peace, Jaina. I pray we never have to come here again. Farewell, sorceress.

notDaelin's PendantRhonin, Kinndy, Varian

Rhonin - leader of the Kirin Tor who minimized the effects of the mana bomb and sacrificed himself at Theramore to ensure Jaina and his family survived. Jaina later left Dalaran and the Kirin Tor after a falling out in Legion (议会的召唤) over the decision to work with the Horde. The Thros scenario includes the following dialogue:

Theramore Citizen says: You left us to die!
Theramore Citizen says: You could have stopped him! You could have saved us!
Jaina says: I failed them... all of them...
Katherine Proudmoore says: No! Don't listen to them, Jaina!
Theramore Citizen yells: You will never take our prize!
Katherine Proudmoore says: Jaina... you were... are... the pride of Kul Tiras. Her power, and her fury...
Katherine Proudmoore says: ... but even the strongest of us can't save everyone.

Kinndy Sparkshine - Jaina's lively apprentice, killed at Theramore and turned into violet ash by the impact of the magical explosion. When Jaina sees Kinndy's body disintegrate, she reaches her breaking point.

Varian - former High King of the Alliance, killed at the Broken Shore. After the Wrathgate, ambushed by Grand Apothecary Putress working together with Varimathras to unleash blight on the battlefield and sieze Undercity, the Alliance and Horde fight to reclaim the city. Varian aims to reclaim Lordaeron for the Alliance, and as he fights his way through the city, grows disgusted with the condition of the city and noticies the mutilated humans that served as experiments for the blight. He decares war on the Horde, but Jaina ports everyone out before things can escalate.

King Varian Wrynn says: You were at my side in the Undercity. We had them cornered! Justice was within my grasp!
King Varian Wrynn says: I could have ended them all! Sylvanas... Thrall... Think what our world could have been without them and their twisted Horde!
King Varian Wrynn says: But you... You stayed my blade. How many Alliance soldiers died that day? And in all the battles that followed?
Jaina says: All because of me...
Blighted Deceiver says: We will not be denied... our vengeance...
Katherine Proudmoore says: Seeking an end to bloodshed is a noble pursuit, Jaina.
Katherine Proudmoore says: I wish your father could have learned that lesson.

These lines have added weight in light of the Battle for Lordaeron. Jaina helps stop Sylvanas' blight, later blasting a hole in the city from her father's magical flying ghost ship. However, Sylvanas' cunning proves too much for the Alliance as the leaders are led into a trap, boxed in by debris and blight as Sylvanas makes her escape. The only way the Alliance leadership survived was by Jaina's quick thinking, teleporting them all at once to her father's ship. Jaina will never be able to help retake Lordaeron for the Alliance, as Varian wanted in Wrath.

Uther - Knight of the Silver Hand, murdered by Arthas. We cannot fully make out the character, but we think it is Uther due to his winged shoulders. Jaina likely feels guilt over drawing him into the conflict against the Scourge, an act which led Uther to deny Arthas assistance for purging Stratholme. We think Uther will play a role in Battle for Azeroth as his tomb received significant visual updates during the beta.

Daelin and Arthas - as covered above, Jaina feels extreme guilt over the murder of her father, especially in light of the escalating conflict between the Alliance and Horde. She also feels responsible for not stopping Arthas down his dark path to becoming the Lich King.

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