Why does the world tree always blow up?

[takakenji]

Well, the very ORIGINAL 'great tree' (forgot the name) blew up, then Alexstrasza used an acorn from that tree to plant Nordrassil, which blew up. Then they also planted Grizzlemaw, which fell down. Then they made Teldrassil, which got corrupted. Now, finally, when Nordrassil is healed, Ragnaros comes from underground and tries to blow it up.

Why can't the elves keep it in like some place were they can't find it? srsly

 

[Mulgrim]

they are desperate for attention, i mean, their skin is purple.

 

[Devine]

they are desperate for attention, i mean, their skin is purple.

And they have illidan fsjal avatars.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Exploding trees FTW.

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Why can't the elves keep it in like some place were they can't find it? srsly

I wanna see you try to hide a tree that is taller than a fucking mountain.

 

[Oohforf]

They like seeing Archimonde rape it? o.o

X.e.r.e.X: They can use some type of magic to hide it...but it would be kind of weird smacking right into nothing .

 

[The World Is Flat]

They suck?

 

[TwistedImage]

Solution: plant it underground.

Also, blowing up lolmassive trees amuses children.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Plant the TREE 4 and get out of there operative.

 

[Tleno]

Well, its just problematic to hide a giant tree that protects whole world...

 

[Mulgrim]

They like seeing Archimonde rape it? o.o

X.e.r.e.X: They can use some type of magic to hide it...but it would be kind of weird smacking right into nothing .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe2ky76vNTE

 

[dead-man-walking]

....Isn't this should be in Warcraft Discussion? Well, anyway, the tree is fucking huge. So, its nearly impossible to hide it.

 

[Coolty44]

You should just hide the lube, their trees are always getting raped.

 

[Boris_Spider]

The world tree keeps getting blown up because:
1: It's fun to watch, and even more fun to do
2: The elves, for some reason, keep replacing it
3: It's fun

//\\oo//\\

 

[DeadZero]

Do you have any idea how much wood you can get (lol "wood") from a tree that big?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Cause at the time the worldtree got blown up, it was underattack by the most powerful demon forged from the darkness of oblivion capable of burning worlds in seconds. However since the event he got demoted to a denari.

Blame WoW for this major failure. Archimonde used to be more powerful (thus why he was so rigged in WC3).

 

[Darkness-4ever]

It can't be helped, trees are so explodee in warcraft, no normal tree must be left unchopped, and no great tree must go unexploded.

 

[jorj_31392]

so.. why the world tree keeps exploding?

1. its better than the pyrolympics..
2. maybe its so huge, its blocking Archimonde's view
3. maybe the ones who cause it to explode doesnt even know why its there!
4. ...................................................... are trigger-happy

why not hide it?

1. its the WORLD TREE.. make it invisible and it losses its popularity.
2. Its BIG, another reason why it is the World tree
3. its beautiful. why hide it?

but seriously guys.. why is there even a world tree? i know a lot about warcraft lore but never encountered what the world tree actually does. is it really required?

 

[ACdestinydream]

yup, i agree with jorl. why is the world tree needed? they can replace it with 'holy tree' or some nice things, other than a stupid, gigantic tree that always get blown up.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Umm well of eternity anyone? night elf traditions? lol but the night elfs still suck. the tree rocks, but the nightelf suck.

 

[Luffy]

well they explode because blizzard should have wanted to see this question

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Questioning why the world tree explodes all the time is like questioning gravity, and in the words of a mythbuster

Originally stated by Adam Savage
"It's not just a good idea, ITS THE LAW!"

 

[The World Is Flat]

No, not really.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Gravity isn't a law? Then fly! Do it, float right off the planet.

 

[Phoonix]

thats the point... gravity is a law of physics a world tree blowing up isn't... why the world tree is always targeted is because it's an IMMENSE source of power and life. tough teldrasil isn't to be compared to the original since it never received the blessing. and why the world tree was created in the first place you ask? simple. it was grown over the NEW smaller well of eternity to hide it's presence from the legion. remember illidan took vials filled whit the water of the well and then put them in a lake ontop of hajyal. that is why he was imprisoned in the first place. the world tree also is the secret behind the Nelfs imortality.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Thank you Phoonix.

 

[Phoonix]

eh i see it as my duty as Lorekeeper. and who the heck compares a World tree to gravity it's just... weird.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Exactly, the world tree is a concept (and some 3d files) but otherwise uncompareable to gravity.

 

[Piwlady]

Gravity isn't a law? Then fly! Do it, float right off the planet.

You mean like....

Like this man?

 

[jorj_31392]

tnx phoonix

but why does it give immortality to the night elves and NOT ITSELF!!! haha.

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

tnx phoonix

but why does it give immortality to the night elves and NOT ITSELF!!! haha.

It only stops night elves from aging and gives immunity to disease etc.
I'm pretty sure it does the same to itself.

 

[Mulgrim]

does this mean nordrassil is at the top of the world tree? and howd nordrassil come to be?

 

[Phoonix]

no Nordrassil IS the original world tree planted over a lake on top of mount hajyal. it was planted by the druids to cover up the NEW well of eternity Illidan had created. the dragonflights gave it the blessing of life. this blessing made the Night elves imortal. no it didn't stop the from aging. it made them imortal, or imortal by old age i mean. Nordrasil was then destroyed by archimonde and the druids planted a new tree. Teldrasil, this tree however did not recieve the blessing since it was against the ways of the druids. and on top of this tree the city of darnassus is located.

 

[AJalex]

You know what would have been stranger? ...


If every villain in WarCraft would have tried to destroy the World Tree ...

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

"no it didn't stop the from aging. it made them imortal, or imortal by old age i mean"

Wat joo saying?

 

[The World Is Flat]

Meaning that heay still age, but it has no effect.

 

[Phoonix]

Exactly.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Just returning the favor Phoon.

 

[takakenji]

okay, i've seen tons of lore errors, i'll clear stuff up for everyone

1. There are a total of three world trees in Azeroth, Nordrassil (the one in Warcraft III), Teldrassil (a newly planted one, MUCH bigger than Nordrassil, though this was corrupted and did not recieve the blessing of nature like Nordrassil did, causing it to become corrupted and some of the wildlife within it to be crazed. Darnassus is built on the top of Teldrassil.), and Vordrassil, a failed world tree which was taken down because it was discovered its roots were being corrupted by an Old God, later revealed to be Yogg-Saron. Vordrassil's remains are now the Furbolg city of Grizzlemaw.

Since I did not see this answered for the people who asked "why do we even need a world tree?", here it is.

The World Tree granted the Night Elves Immortality, though if you watch the cinematics in the end of the Night Elf Campaign in RoC Malfurion explains to Tyrande he knows a way to destroy Archimonde, though it would require the power of the World Tree and giving up their immortality. Malfurion was successful, but their immortality was lost. Even though it was lost the Night Elves still live extremely long lives to over 800 years.

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Even though it was lost the Night Elves still live extremely long lives to over 800 years.

Source on this plox.

 

[takakenji]

that makes no grammatical sense, are you saying It's teldrassil the one where darnassus is? then what is nordrassil?

actually, it makes PERFECT sense, you must of read it wrong.

scroll up and read my post to see what he meant

btw xerex here is your source.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Roleplaying_age#Night_Elf

 

[TwistedImage]

actually, it makes PERFECT sense, you must of read it wrong.

scroll up and read my post to see what he meant

btw xerex here is your source.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Roleplaying_age#Night_Elf

I didn't read the post but if you confuse "have" with "of" it can't have made much sense.

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

btw xerex here is your source.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Roleplaying_age#Night_Elf

That is just a copy pasta from roleplaying forum post that was made by a normal user not a Blizzard employee if I'm right.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

It does however seem right though, high elves don't live nearly as long as night elves, the current numbers for how long they live without tree immortality is very small when you look at how long they've been alive with immortality, 10,000+ years.

 

[takakenji]

That is just a copy pasta from roleplaying forum post that was made by a normal user not a Blizzard employee if I'm right.

source plox.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Originally posted by takakenji
btw xerex here is your source.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Roleplaying_age#Night_Elf

Technically you can't count a sourceless wiki page as a source in the first place takakenji.

 

[takakenji]

he has no source to prove it wrong.

 

[Just_Spectating]

hm,
they hide something with a huge ass tree

thats pretty damn smart.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

So... all hail the wikipedia gods so long as you can't prove that something without proof to begin with is wrong? Interesting...

 

[LordDz]

he has no source to prove it wrong.

The proof is that there are no reliable sources of it