Am I the only one thinking Anduin is going through the same thing his father went through? We never saw what Sylvanas did to him. Dont you think Anduin's soul was split? Him not being able to use the light makes me think the Jailer took his light soul and gave it to the Light as part of the deal. Anduin might be the true child of light and shadow if he gets his other half back. Just like his papa.
I can see that happening. And to tie another to this story, it'll be Sylvanas that find his other half and returns it as the final piece of her atonement.
@@Krim04I do think it would be useful to "right the wrongs" of shadowlands from a literal story perspective, but from a soft retcon/meta sense as well. The cinematics with anduin and syvlanas were awesome in shadowlands but a lot was really messed up with how they told that story.
This story was totally heartbreaking. There's no one who can write Anduin's character( and PTSD) better than Christie Golden. I'm going to miss her so much.
I've read this three times. And cried every time. Christie is an amazing author. And with two brothers and a former brother-in-law with PTSD from military things, the whole Anduin thing has been hurting since he opened his eyes in that cinematic. I saw that in his eyes and I can tell you from deep experience that whoever did that illustration has people they know with that stare. Anduin's actions in that story are so much my brother's actions. The regrets, the fears, the nightmares. One of my brothers drew a gun on me when I went to wake him up one evening. He had been having a nightmare and he never slept without his gun next to him. Thankfully I knew how to stop and start talking to him until he came back. From then on, I started calling his name the moment I hit the top of the stairs so I didn't surprise him. My younger brother lost himself one night, and when I went to his apartment to try to talk him down, (and was talking the moment I opened the door), he jumped me in the dark (he had all the electricity off by pulling the fuses) and held his combat knife to my throat. Both men shook for HOURS after those times. I still don't know what all they saw back then (and we're all in our 60s, my older brother passed away in 2020 from cancer, my older sister in 2016 from the same thing). My older sister's first husband was in Vietnam and one night he got drunk (he drank to sleep without the nightmares) and was found by the police crawling around the bushes in the park, he was back in the jungles. What kicked it off? My sister had purchased a dress that was cut like a dress from that area and when she modeled it for him, it tripped something in his head. He ended up in the psych ward for a couple weeks and they ended up divorcing because he was afraid he would hurt her. War and guilt does some horrible things to people and they spend the rest of their lives learning to deal with it. Christie and the illustrators have nailed it.
Thank you for giving your personal anecdotes about your family. I've never dealt with anybody who is going through such a thing other than my neighbor, who was a victim of agent orange in Vietnam. Never saw his PTSD in action, but it sure did affect him. I hope that things can progress in the right direction for those family members of yours.
This video didn't break me. It healed me. -- I haven't cried like I just did in Ages. -- I've been struggling with a Darkness inside for a long time. I'm a Vet that served for 15 years, I got out the same year I lost my Mother. My Mom died 4 days before my Birthday, and was cremated on my Birthday. -- I felt as though I lost purpose. I died inside, I felt nothing. As if my "Light was Gone" -- This short story made me see myself for what was shrouded inside, not lost, but only hidden within the Darkness. -- I still have my Light, this story has shown me that. "All the Darkness in the World, Cannot Extinguish a Single Candle" I never expected a Video game that I've been playing for 20-years, to make me feel again.
I'm simply the editor round these parts, so while I believe the lions' share of the credit goes to Christie for her amazing story and Pyro for his amazing narration, I am flattered for any small part I might have played in helping this story resonate with you in such a way. Thanks for sharing your story, and thank you for your service. Know that you're never alone, and that that Light will never abandon you, no matter how much Darkness you have to sift through to find it. Much love, brother. ❤
As someone with DID, PSTD & a few other things, I also work with some War Vets. Who because of how I am tend to find it easier to talk about their experiences with me & honestly this is very well written. Effort was definitely made to try & convey how he is feeling, what he is going through & what it is like. To understand & try show others. It isn't the same for everyone, but this is a very good example of what it can be like.
I have listened to this story read by Nobbel. But the way you displayed the emotion and the way you flowed through the script brought tears to my eyes. I know its from your own life experience. But. I just wanted you to know this was a perfect telling of the story.
I cried at work listening to this audio story......I totally feel like Anduin maybe thats why hes my fav character. Naive to ideals of peace and love due to being sheltered only to have those ideals tested heavily and almost losing yourself as a result and wondering who the real you is anymore.
Bro i'm so glad that I looked when you began reading the Varian memory saying it's okay to lick your fingers here. I literally began tearing up right in that moment. Nice to know i'm not the only one.
Good stuff, Pyro. These stories are so ungodly well written. It's one thing that WoW and other story franchises like WH40K are absolutely the tops at in the writing world. This is also true of the Legion quest where you get involved with the mana addict (no spoilers). Whoever it was that wrote that quest line and the people that implemented it...clearly had some direct experience with dealing with an addict on the way to recovery. I can tell you, sadly from experience, that this quest, unlike most, absolutely brought me to tears. I've been the player character in that scenario IRL way more than I care to remember. And the way that quest ran, all the way to the end, was absolutely real. A masterpiece of storytelling in game, which is rare. Pathos? Yeah. Blizzard and Christie do be good at pathos sometimes. There aren't many quests in the game that have had that kind of impression on me, but that's one of them. Along with the necklace quest in the Burning Crusade and the Bridenbrad quest in WotLK, which absolutely buried me for a few hours (to name a few, there are more). These books are just proof that it could be done a lot more. I wish more than anything that MMORPG character quest designers understood just how good those quests are, and it's because of the writing, not because of the gameplay or the systems. It's just a damned good story. I treasure those quests when they come around. Wish there were a lot more, tbh.
I relate with Anduin quite a lot for similar reasons. My father passed away in Jan. of 2017, so I resonated with Anduin's story even more throughout the Legion expansion, and continue to do so with his story and journey and with my own personal struggle and recovery with mental health and past trauma.
As a combat vet with ptsd, this short story got me shook. There's so many layers of relatability with Anduin to see what he's subjected to endure. It's a terrible thing to be self aware to the point that you understand what you are capable of, and be terrified of it. Not for your sake, but for others. There comes a point where you have to dine with your demons. Get to know them, and don't let them define you. You are above your scars.
A recurring theme that i cannot shake is trust.. in the teaser Thrall says it with pure confidence. "I Trust you." I just cant shake it. Anduin's part in the coming trials will be something to behold.. that much i am sure.
I would love for the light within Shalamayne becoming golden and blue when it reignites. Representing Azeroth but also the Light and Kingsmourne, a visual representation of his past melding together and now fueling his future.
Bro the more i hear the "radiant song" described the more i fuck with the idea that our planet is actually a dyson sphere around an immense power source like the sun.
My dad passed in 2019. I was 26, and life has never been so difficult. I miss him every day, but I do my part to fill his shoes. You know how to best honor your father's memory and that's just what you should do. Hope you're holding up well brother
When i read this story i was thinking this is the first time i actually felt deeply connected to Anduin as a character, we relate so much to him as real people and as wow players, this character is so well written.
So while questing through the jade forest in pandaria remix I was reading what yu'lon the jade serpent says and after its talks about you bringing the final pieces of jade needed to finish the jade statue the jade serpent would breath its life essence into it making another body for yu'lon and that got me wondering are the celestials the ox,serpent,crane and tiger are they just constructs
I really love the fact that Anduin is having Arthas’s journey if his path was not as bloody arthas had to make gruesome decisions whereas Anduin had no choice.. At all this was forced upon him not a choice like Arthas’s maybe that's why Kingsmourne was made with Arthas’s soul to reflect a journey that was similar but also very different
A real shame this isn't in the game. It feels like so much of the storytelling happens in a place those who play WOW don't get to see while actually playing the game.
I have a theory that the light that non-Draenei/non Night Elves use actually IS from Azeroth herself. Draenei have the crystals/Naaru,and it’s been canonically written in several novels that when Tyrande uses her priestess powers,the moon (Elune) shines brighter. But nothings been written about what,if anything happens when other races use the “Light” other than it’s gentle and radiates warmth.
@@Zeldafreak3 I can agree with that. I’ve always seen the Naaru as suspect. I think Xera and Turalyon and alternate Yrel prove that. I do remember in a story where I think Velen said Elune was like the Naaru and Tyrande got angry. They highlighted that for a reason I think. So yeah we may be dealing with two different types of “The Light”.
@@melzied84 on a side note,is it too cheesy to say that I sorta want Wrathion to help Anduin with the super cliché “what I learned while on dragon isles…” talk? Lol Or at LEAST let them be friends again?!
Fuck it. This is my thoughts. Azeroth is the love of Sargeras, they were all living together happily in “titan land”,until a brother of sargeras ,Aman'Thul become jealous or had seen the power in subjugating another titan and locked Azeroth away in a world, maybe not the first or last time he has done this. Sargares rebels and because of the gained power aman’thul cast sargares into the twisting nether. Aman’Thul creates the story of the threat of the void and sargares has been “driven” mad to wipe it out. Skip forward, sargares cleaving the planets with his burning legion is him trying to find Azeroth and in the mean time also wiping out void planets, because they are also a creation of Amun’thul… in the last titan I think the Amun’thul sides with the void as we learn more of his true intentions and we rally with sargares to storm arman’thuls void palace to free Azeroth. “Takes bipolar meds” Thanks guys
I hate that they got rid of her. BUT! I do hope that they still plan on working with her and that she's open to it, and that having her as a full-time employed author just wasn't viable.
No one will ever know that an old soldier/farmer and his family saved Anduin and set him back on a . . . better track. I would normally say it's a shame such great stories are outside the game, but this would be extremely hard to do to such effect in game.
I like to read through along with listening to these and couldn't help but notice the introduction paragraph to the stranger was cut from the video, did he accidentally miss it while reading or was that an editing mistake? No biggie, just figured I'd point it out! The AI images were a bit disappointing, though.
seems like anduin is being forced to relive his childhood and face his demons so the light can return because he lost his faith in himself not in the light.
I know, right?? I like my guys with beards. My husband of 31 years has one, and I've never seen his face without it. I saw Pyro shaved his and it was "what the heck did you do that for?"
Why wouldn't he be sad about something. What does Anduin Wrynn have to be happy about? His mother died at childbirth. His father got kidnapped during Anduin's formative years, and returns aggressive and transformed. Then he and his father butt heads over how to handle a war in Pandaria, a quest that Anduin nearly loses his life at. Then his dad gets killed by a giant demon army and he is then forced to lead an Alliance that wants nothing to do with the Horde during the time they need friends the most. Then he is forced to lead a war against a vastly older and more experienced field commander in which his faction suffers grievously (that's all the soldiers: we'll be calling farmers next). Then he has to co-leads battle against an ancient cosmic void force. And then he gets mind-controlled almost immediately by a Cosmic entity of Death and forced to kill more of the very people he's responsible for, all the while a major part of his faction (Tyrande) goes rogue, and he nearly assists the destruction of the known universe. All this...before the age of 20.
Am I the only one thinking Anduin is going through the same thing his father went through? We never saw what Sylvanas did to him. Dont you think Anduin's soul was split? Him not being able to use the light makes me think the Jailer took his light soul and gave it to the Light as part of the deal. Anduin might be the true child of light and shadow if he gets his other half back. Just like his papa.
Oooo I kinda fuck with this idea.
This is great! I’m on board too. Big fan of new Anduin. Relatable diplomat in a world constantly shattered.
I can see that happening. And to tie another to this story, it'll be Sylvanas that find his other half and returns it as the final piece of her atonement.
@@Krim04I do think it would be useful to "right the wrongs" of shadowlands from a literal story perspective, but from a soft retcon/meta sense as well. The cinematics with anduin and syvlanas were awesome in shadowlands but a lot was really messed up with how they told that story.
This story was totally heartbreaking. There's no one who can write Anduin's character( and PTSD) better than Christie Golden. I'm going to miss her so much.
She can still be contracted. She just isn't a full time employee now.
I've read this three times. And cried every time. Christie is an amazing author. And with two brothers and a former brother-in-law with PTSD from military things, the whole Anduin thing has been hurting since he opened his eyes in that cinematic. I saw that in his eyes and I can tell you from deep experience that whoever did that illustration has people they know with that stare. Anduin's actions in that story are so much my brother's actions. The regrets, the fears, the nightmares. One of my brothers drew a gun on me when I went to wake him up one evening. He had been having a nightmare and he never slept without his gun next to him. Thankfully I knew how to stop and start talking to him until he came back. From then on, I started calling his name the moment I hit the top of the stairs so I didn't surprise him. My younger brother lost himself one night, and when I went to his apartment to try to talk him down, (and was talking the moment I opened the door), he jumped me in the dark (he had all the electricity off by pulling the fuses) and held his combat knife to my throat. Both men shook for HOURS after those times. I still don't know what all they saw back then (and we're all in our 60s, my older brother passed away in 2020 from cancer, my older sister in 2016 from the same thing). My older sister's first husband was in Vietnam and one night he got drunk (he drank to sleep without the nightmares) and was found by the police crawling around the bushes in the park, he was back in the jungles. What kicked it off? My sister had purchased a dress that was cut like a dress from that area and when she modeled it for him, it tripped something in his head. He ended up in the psych ward for a couple weeks and they ended up divorcing because he was afraid he would hurt her.
War and guilt does some horrible things to people and they spend the rest of their lives learning to deal with it. Christie and the illustrators have nailed it.
Thank you for giving your personal anecdotes about your family. I've never dealt with anybody who is going through such a thing other than my neighbor, who was a victim of agent orange in Vietnam. Never saw his PTSD in action, but it sure did affect him. I hope that things can progress in the right direction for those family members of yours.
This video didn't break me. It healed me. -- I haven't cried like I just did in Ages. -- I've been struggling with a Darkness inside for a long time. I'm a Vet that served for 15 years, I got out the same year I lost my Mother. My Mom died 4 days before my Birthday, and was cremated on my Birthday. -- I felt as though I lost purpose. I died inside, I felt nothing. As if my "Light was Gone" -- This short story made me see myself for what was shrouded inside, not lost, but only hidden within the Darkness. -- I still have my Light, this story has shown me that.
"All the Darkness in the World, Cannot Extinguish a Single Candle"
I never expected a Video game that I've been playing for 20-years, to make me feel again.
I'm simply the editor round these parts, so while I believe the lions' share of the credit goes to Christie for her amazing story and Pyro for his amazing narration, I am flattered for any small part I might have played in helping this story resonate with you in such a way. Thanks for sharing your story, and thank you for your service. Know that you're never alone, and that that Light will never abandon you, no matter how much Darkness you have to sift through to find it. Much love, brother. ❤
The Outer Wilds music around 43:15 was perfectly timed. Really drove home the feels of that moment in the story.
Wow that was amazing. Also F U for making a 6'6 old vanilla player, ex cop, and a veteran cry at work
I was waiting for your reading of the short story! Always enjoy when you do this kinda thing
As someone with DID, PSTD & a few other things, I also work with some War Vets. Who because of how I am tend to find it easier to talk about their experiences with me & honestly this is very well written. Effort was definitely made to try & convey how he is feeling, what he is going through & what it is like. To understand & try show others.
It isn't the same for everyone, but this is a very good example of what it can be like.
I have listened to this story read by Nobbel. But the way you displayed the emotion and the way you flowed through the script brought tears to my eyes. I know its from your own life experience. But. I just wanted you to know this was a perfect telling of the story.
I cried at work listening to this audio story......I totally feel like Anduin maybe thats why hes my fav character. Naive to ideals of peace and love due to being sheltered only to have those ideals tested heavily and almost losing yourself as a result and wondering who the real you is anymore.
Bro i'm so glad that I looked when you began reading the Varian memory saying it's okay to lick your fingers here. I literally began tearing up right in that moment. Nice to know i'm not the only one.
1st time watching one of these
your voice for each character is pretty spot on pretty cool to listen to
Wow, just wow. What a work of art. That last part gave me chills.
Damn, you've become my favorite wow streamer/youtuber, this kind of content is so nice, love to hear the stories like this, thank you bro
That whisper of "Anduin.." gave me chills... thanks for reading this amazing story to us
These War Within short stories are amazing so far
Good stuff, Pyro. These stories are so ungodly well written. It's one thing that WoW and other story franchises like WH40K are absolutely the tops at in the writing world.
This is also true of the Legion quest where you get involved with the mana addict (no spoilers). Whoever it was that wrote that quest line and the people that implemented it...clearly had some direct experience with dealing with an addict on the way to recovery. I can tell you, sadly from experience, that this quest, unlike most, absolutely brought me to tears. I've been the player character in that scenario IRL way more than I care to remember. And the way that quest ran, all the way to the end, was absolutely real. A masterpiece of storytelling in game, which is rare.
Pathos? Yeah. Blizzard and Christie do be good at pathos sometimes.
There aren't many quests in the game that have had that kind of impression on me, but that's one of them. Along with the necklace quest in the Burning Crusade and the Bridenbrad quest in WotLK, which absolutely buried me for a few hours (to name a few, there are more). These books are just proof that it could be done a lot more.
I wish more than anything that MMORPG character quest designers understood just how good those quests are, and it's because of the writing, not because of the gameplay or the systems. It's just a damned good story. I treasure those quests when they come around. Wish there were a lot more, tbh.
lol I just listened to Acco read this, but I saw you upload and I’m gonna watch yours too
I started listening to this at the gym and had to leave because it was getting me emotional. Such a great performance to great writing.
I am of the mind set that Anduin is going to get the power of the light of creation, and not "light" as we know.
The sword fight part got me. It was so well described. So much pain 💔
Pyro, I can't express myself well enough. But you reading the short stories are my favorite videos. Big love
I relate with Anduin quite a lot for similar reasons. My father passed away in Jan. of 2017, so I resonated with Anduin's story even more throughout the Legion expansion, and continue to do so with his story and journey and with my own personal struggle and recovery with mental health and past trauma.
As a combat vet with ptsd, this short story got me shook. There's so many layers of relatability with Anduin to see what he's subjected to endure. It's a terrible thing to be self aware to the point that you understand what you are capable of, and be terrified of it. Not for your sake, but for others. There comes a point where you have to dine with your demons. Get to know them, and don't let them define you. You are above your scars.
such a good story!
awesome written, awesome read!
It is a god damn shame that they fired her. Beautiful story.
Dude Anduin showed some crazy good parenting in this story
Bro your voice acting skills are on another level.
Holy fuck that was hard couldn't stop ugly crying for a good 15mins of it 😭
This was great. Please read all of the stories in this series!!
A recurring theme that i cannot shake is trust.. in the teaser Thrall says it with pure confidence. "I Trust you." I just cant shake it. Anduin's part in the coming trials will be something to behold.. that much i am sure.
I would love for the light within Shalamayne becoming golden and blue when it reignites. Representing Azeroth but also the Light and Kingsmourne, a visual representation of his past melding together and now fueling his future.
Rodrick the GOAT
Ugh your emotion reading this is making me tear up. 😭💓
The most heartbreaking part about this, is witnessing a grown man cry, as he sees through the eyes of someone in pain and shock.
Bro the more i hear the "radiant song" described the more i fuck with the idea that our planet is actually a dyson sphere around an immense power source like the sun.
I think azeroth gonna give a part of herself to anduin's sword to empower it again
Im so happy to see I wasn’t the only getting VERY emotional while reading this. Will miss Christies writing.
My dad passed in 2019. I was 26, and life has never been so difficult. I miss him every day, but I do my part to fill his shoes. You know how to best honor your father's memory and that's just what you should do. Hope you're holding up well brother
1:03:45 the timing on the music was astounding
very cathartic
Awesome read!! I loved it! : )
It was great Pyro thank you for this
Anduin might be the first of a new class in wow by the end of his story arch.
Sounds like in the future they could set up an story with Anduin and the Breadbasket Guild in Westfall.
When i read this story i was thinking this is the first time i actually felt deeply connected to Anduin as a character, we relate so much to him as real people and as wow players, this character is so well written.
So while questing through the jade forest in pandaria remix I was reading what yu'lon the jade serpent says and after its talks about you bringing the final pieces of jade needed to finish the jade statue the jade serpent would breath its life essence into it making another body for yu'lon and that got me wondering are the celestials the ox,serpent,crane and tiger are they just constructs
I really love the fact that Anduin is having Arthas’s journey if his path was not as bloody arthas had to make gruesome decisions whereas Anduin had no choice.. At all this was forced upon him not a choice like Arthas’s maybe that's why Kingsmourne was made with Arthas’s soul to reflect a journey that was similar but also very different
A real shame this isn't in the game. It feels like so much of the storytelling happens in a place those who play WOW don't get to see while actually playing the game.
Could they be making Anduin parallel to the Aspects story? Maybe he will get his powers back from Azeroth. A different kind of light?
I have a theory that the light that non-Draenei/non Night Elves use actually IS from Azeroth herself. Draenei have the crystals/Naaru,and it’s been canonically written in several novels that when Tyrande uses her priestess powers,the moon (Elune) shines brighter. But nothings been written about what,if anything happens when other races use the “Light” other than it’s gentle and radiates warmth.
@@Zeldafreak3 I can agree with that. I’ve always seen the Naaru as suspect. I think Xera and Turalyon and alternate Yrel prove that. I do remember in a story where I think Velen said Elune was like the Naaru and Tyrande got angry. They highlighted that for a reason I think. So yeah we may be dealing with two different types of “The Light”.
@@melzied84 on a side note,is it too cheesy to say that I sorta want Wrathion to help Anduin with the super cliché “what I learned while on dragon isles…” talk? Lol
Or at LEAST let them be friends again?!
Fuck it. This is my thoughts. Azeroth is the love of Sargeras, they were all living together happily in “titan land”,until a brother of sargeras ,Aman'Thul become jealous or had seen the power in subjugating another titan and locked Azeroth away in a world, maybe not the first or last time he has done this. Sargares rebels and because of the gained power aman’thul cast sargares into the twisting nether. Aman’Thul creates the story of the threat of the void and sargares has been “driven” mad to wipe it out. Skip forward, sargares cleaving the planets with his burning legion is him trying to find Azeroth and in the mean time also wiping out void planets, because they are also a creation of Amun’thul… in the last titan I think the Amun’thul sides with the void as we learn more of his true intentions and we rally with sargares to storm arman’thuls void palace to free Azeroth.
“Takes bipolar meds”
Thanks guys
God damn! Right in the feelz...
amazing reading bro, so glad i saw it live!!!
I'm really going to miss her Wrighting 3rd time her books have teared me up
Good shit man, good shit
Do you think Anduin will find light again, after reading this? It was great reading, thank you.
I do, but something way more powerful than the Holy Light he had before. He’s going to find his inner light. The light of his own soul.
Anduin going to go full Escanor and channel the Sun ☀️
Who on earth thought it was the right thing to do to lay off this woman.. God damn, she is a force..
I hate that they got rid of her. BUT! I do hope that they still plan on working with her and that she's open to it, and that having her as a full-time employed author just wasn't viable.
She was an unfortunate casualties of Microsoft acquisition as they were forced sack her team
No one will ever know that an old soldier/farmer and his family saved Anduin and set him back on a . . . better track.
I would normally say it's a shame such great stories are outside the game, but this would be extremely hard to do to such effect in game.
I really enjoyed this reading, have you ever thought about doing voice acting?
The outer wilds music in these vids.. ahhh 😭
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
I like to read through along with listening to these and couldn't help but notice the introduction paragraph to the stranger was cut from the video, did he accidentally miss it while reading or was that an editing mistake? No biggie, just figured I'd point it out!
The AI images were a bit disappointing, though.
That is beautiful
Anduin's... animal guide/companion/potential shamanistic patron being a fox is interesting. And oddly fitting.
"The little prince" reference, maybe?
"The little prince" reference, maybe?
Your accents are really good you could be great at reading audio books
seems like anduin is being forced to relive his childhood and face his demons so the light can return because he lost his faith in himself not in the light.
what AI is used for these images? they looks perfect for the story
Why the HELL did they let christie golden go? WTF? This felt like a SLICE of the world..
God Damn dude, great read, but rough emotionally.
How are you so good at imitating wow characters, you should moonlight as a Blizzard voice actor 😁
No credit/source for the artwork?
Without the facial hair you look exactly like a guy I saw yesterday in Richmond, BC. Are you Canadian?
so do we know WHY she got laid off? The fact that she lost someone to Cancer right when this went down seems EXTRA insensitive
👏 and 🫡
What's happened to the author?
30 seconds in and noticed you shaved. You've lost 6 years my friend
I know, right?? I like my guys with beards. My husband of 31 years has one, and I've never seen his face without it. I saw Pyro shaved his and it was "what the heck did you do that for?"
@charlayned I put the video on, look down at my phone, looked up and spat my drink out
Good job reading, but Anduin has been crying since BFA. He has become a one dimensional character and is always sad about something.
His dimension is that of a diplomat. He is not the warrior his father was. Just give it time, Anduin on the Alpha is going the right direction
Why wouldn't he be sad about something. What does Anduin Wrynn have to be happy about?
His mother died at childbirth.
His father got kidnapped during Anduin's formative years, and returns aggressive and transformed.
Then he and his father butt heads over how to handle a war in Pandaria, a quest that Anduin nearly loses his life at.
Then his dad gets killed by a giant demon army and he is then forced to lead an Alliance that wants nothing to do with the Horde during the time they need friends the most.
Then he is forced to lead a war against a vastly older and more experienced field commander in which his faction suffers grievously (that's all the soldiers: we'll be calling farmers next).
Then he has to co-leads battle against an ancient cosmic void force.
And then he gets mind-controlled almost immediately by a Cosmic entity of Death and forced to kill more of the very people he's responsible for, all the while a major part of his faction (Tyrande) goes rogue, and he nearly assists the destruction of the known universe.
All this...before the age of 20.
@@joejoejoe532he has no emotional intelligence it's not worth it 😂
Try growing up emotionally some day