Yrelka's appearance differs from Yrel only in the hairstyle and the skintone. The fact that the same facial structure, voicefiles, and disposition as a paladin are used is a pretty good indicator that there's meant to be a connection between the two of them. There is room for MU Yrel to escape Draenor: Step 1) Yrel survives alongside Prophet Velen, up to and including the destruction of Shattrath. (Samaara being among those draenei who stayed in Shattrath to "sell" the draenei's destruction would be as traumatic for MU Yrel as her murder by Ner'zhul was for AU Yrel.)Step 2) Yrel somehow follows Alleria and Turalyon through whatever portal landed them with the Army of the Light. Step 3) ?Step 4) Yrelka and profit. Her father is largely unimportant, since she's clearly intended to be Yrel Jr. And it's also entirely possible that Yrelka is only there as a nod to Yrel and not really intended to be more than a cameo, while also maintaining the ban on (non-Gul'dan) WoD characters crossing back into the MU. I don't think there's any time/space shenanigans necessary to explain how this happens, because while WoD gave us a pretty solid indication that Yrel didn't survive in the MU, we were never specifically TOLD what happened to MU Yrel.
If they add MU Yrel in 7.3 instead of AU Yrel, that pretty much confirms that Blizzard have decided to forget WoD ever happened and swept it under the rug.
I was tired of Yrel when she got shoehorned as an Exarch and caused Maraad to die. I don't want to see another dumb character like her. Please please PLEASE just let her be some side NPC with no importance to the story.
Uh it's not like Blizzard ever changes their mind on things. I'm hopping on the Descendant of Yurel bandwagon here.
We'd know for certain if her name was "Yrel_PH".
I hope it is her. I miss Yrel.
I feel like this might just be the Yrel from the main universe. The Yrel we know was in an alternate universe where things were a bit different anyways. So having this universe's Yrel be on Argus wouldn't be far-fetched. The Ka added to her name might just be a temporary name, perhaps the Wow Database wouldn't let them use Yrel without bugs? It's PTR so literally everything could change.
Erk....grumble grumble.....I just want Yrel's MaceBeen waiting on this one to get released to the wild since it was Datamined back before WoD was releasedI have had teh T-mog ironed out for it before we knew it would be unavailable :/just want the T-Mog/look of it as it is a single handed weapon and not listed and common 2-handed which is readily available.PS. I will steal this updated set of armour right off her back as well
Looks seriously like her. Would be awesome :3
Considering there also being a "vindicator Nobundo", when 'our' Nobundo clearly lost his connection to the Light and became a shaman, I am pretty confident that this Yrel is the alternate reality one.
I personally hope that she's not from the Warlords AU, simply because that universe is a bit of a mess that has far too many far reaching loose-ends and I would rather have it be left alone.So I'm leaning towards her being MU (can we really call it 'MU' since it's at least the second version of Azeroth's timeline thanks to Rhonin, Brox and Krasus?), but I agree that the name difference means this is not likely to be Yrel herself, but rather a relation of hers. Considering the differences in the histories in Shadowmoon characters alone (with Ner'zhuls mate still being alive), I can believe that, in the MU, Samaara survived and Yrel died, and this could very well be Yrel's niece. Since what we saw in Warlords is based 30-34 years in the past, that means that Yrel's niece could easily be an adult now in our timeline. What doesn't work for me is how light her skin colour is. Samaara's skin was even darker than Yrel's.
Even though my main is a draenei, and most of my alts are draenei, my first reaction was "KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!".
People crying out for MU Yrel clearly have no idea about Alternate Realities. I wont go through quantum physics, but I'd say: "there's no need to have someone's counterpart in different realities". And we've seen that in WoD. Varok Saurfang, Garrosh doesn't exists in WoD universe. But Rulkan exists in AU while she's long dead in MU. Even though there was AU Velen but Kiljaedan, Mannoroth and Archimonde were above any kind of reality and they have only one existence. So this "Yrelka" could be anyone, but it doesn't mean that AU Yrel MUST HAVE a counter part in MU.
1. This is not related to quantum physics. If alternate realities are born from timeline deviation at some point, then everyone present in the splitting reality before the deviation point must exist in both versions Their fates could be different afterwards - they could be dead in one reality and alive in another. But at start they should exist in both realities and in the same state. Of course, those that were born after deviation, like Garrosh, do not need to have counterparts.We encounter Yrel in WoD, which I think is technically 4 or 5 years after deviation moment - but she definitely does not look 5 years old. So she should have been there at deviation point - and then she MUST have MU counterpart. Maybe dead, of course.2. MU Yrel could not leave Outland with Alleria and Turalyon for a simple reason: she would be Broken then. Only draenei that left Draenor with Velen on Exodar remained draenei; those that stayed on Draenor covering Velen exodus were mutated when Alliance Expedition later came to Draenor and Ner'zhul caused nether explosion turning Draenor into Outland. And Alleria and Turalyon left Outland after that moment, Ner'zhul explosion was last mission in WC2 BtDP and all Expedition was still there. It's interesting to note BTW, that none of Azeroth "guests" have changed, Khadgar and Danath remained humans, Kurdran is normal dwarf. But all draenei were mutated.And after the explosion Dark Portal was closed, Expedition cut from home started settling on Draenor, and Alleria even established Allerian hold... and then she and Turalyon somehow left. They were not there when we returned in TBC. But they left after Ner'zhul explosion, and thus MU Yrel - if she was there - would be Broken.I only see one reasonable way for Yrelka to be MU Yrel: she left Draenor with Velen on Exodar, lived unnoticed in Exodar all these years (we do not expect Blizzard have shown us all simple townsfolk of Exodar, right?) and now, as Argus portal is open, Velen sent her to Argus ahead of us. As his emissary or something like this.Probably she lived the life of simple peaceful priestess, and then Velen learned of AU Yrel, came to MU Yrel and said something like "I know you have potential for battle that can be realized under right circumstances, and in this time of war you have to find in yourself what your counterpart did".
Obviously Sargeras in disguise. How can you be so foolish to not see that?