Keep in mind that this is complete speculation, but between the teasers and the theme of the expansion, it actually makes some sense!
Yesterday, FlyingKraken tweeted a request to bring the Earthmother to Hearthstone. Earlier today, the official Hearthstone profile responded with a simple “ok”.
ok
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) January 9, 2024
That reply already sounded like a teaser, but after that, a few other people from Team 5 (including Cora and DeckTech) responded too.
But who is Therazane, exactly? She’s the final Elemental Lord, long missing from Hearthstone. Elemental Lords are the most powerful elementals ruling over their respective Elemental types. Ragnaros – Fire, Neptulon – Water, Al’akir – Air, Therazane – Earth. Well, technically two of them were replaced in Warcraft lore (the new ones are Smolderon – Fire and Thunderaan – Air) but the former are way more iconic. As you can see, two of the original Lords were present in the game since launch (Ragnaros the Firelord and Al'Akir the Windlord), while Neptulon launched a bit later in Goblins vs Gnomes (with a new version – Neptulon the Tidehunter – being added in TITANS).
The only one missing was Therazane, the Earthmother. Players have been asking to bring her to Hearthstone for years now. It got to the point that every time we had an Elemental-themed expansion, many players were hopeful that it was finally time. It’s not a big deal, but it just felt weird to have the other three (some in multiple versions) but not her.
And it might make sense to do it now. One of the themes of Showdown in the Badlands was Elementals (including multiple Earth Elementals), but they were a bit underwhelming. Many have suspected that they will be further fleshed out in the mini-set. Adding Therazane – either as a Shaman or a Neutral Legendary – would make sense and could tie the whole Elemental package together.
Of course, we won’t have to wait long to find out whether Therazane will be added to the game or not. The mini-set should be announced very soon. As I wrote in the latest deck compilation, I expect it to get announced this week and released in mid-January. It’s about time!
And even if Therazane won’t be a part of the mini-set, at least I could write a 400-word post about a 2-letter “teaser”. Not bad!
