Blizzard just teased playable Ogres for the Horde in WoW Forever! Welcome to Azeroth After Dark, I'm Elena Marsh, and next to me is Dorra Stonehymn, our Earthen dwarf who reads patch notes the way other people read adventure novels. Cover to cover, Elena. And I'm checking every number you get excited about. Coming up: a weekly quest worth up to 100 gold, a sword for melee Mages, Zelda boots in a dungeon, and a whole lot of Undead Paladins.

Plus more! First up? Free gold. Ah, your wallet. Wowhead reports max level players in WoW Forever now get a weekly quest that pays out a random amount of gold, up to 100. Up to 100 gold every single week? Okay, where do I sign up, and what do I have to do? Booty Bay. It's called In Demand, Ancient Elven Curiosities, for level 60s. Both weeks so far it's wanted three items from the three wings of Dire Maul, and Wowhead says that could still change.

And the reward's a lottery bag! An Undermine Satchel with one item that vendors for anywhere from 10 gold for a Gold Nugget up to 100 for a Gold Ring. Summon your luck, as Wowhead puts it. Raiders, stay with us. Icy Veins says the Forever devs aren't done with Scarlet Enclave, the Season of Discovery raid. Wait, Scarlet Enclave in Forever? Put that dev interview up on the big screen. Dorra, wasn't that raid brutal?

The devs agree. Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones told Joardee the world buffs and resurrection trinkets went off the deep end. World buffs won't work in Forever raids, and most raids should land nearer Season of Mastery. Okay, but my favorite part? Tim Jones said it'd be exciting to reincorporate it into Forever down the road, and Icy Veins points out he said when, not if. No date yet, but I think it's coming!

And now the one that made me spill my tea. Icy Veins says Josh Greenfield, known as Aggrend, just teased playable Ogres for the Horde! Teased is the word. On episode 7 of the WoW Forever Podcast, he was explaining how the Horde teams up with a local Ogre clan in the Riverglades story. But listen to what he said! It's always good when the Horde makes new allies, like Ogres. That's a yes, right, Dorra?

It's a wink, not an announcement. Icy Veins notes there's no word on timing, story or price. Until then, a plate set from the Krol'dok Stronghold dungeon turns you into an Ogre for a short time. Want to hear the developers dig into all that story yourself? Blizzard's posted the lore episode of the WoW Forever Podcast. Host Countdown To Classic and guests PlatinumWoW and Nobbel sit down with Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield and Lore Historian Lead Sean Copeland.

My kind of homework. Let's roll it on the big screen. I bet you pause it every five minutes to take notes. Every three. Mages, this next one's yours. Wowhead reports players found a new level 60 Battle Mage sword called Wit's Edge. A Mage swinging a sword? How do you even get one? Use a Scroll of Wit on the Witchblade, which drops from Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance. A Reddit user says the scroll comes from a Mage's comprehension skill on level 175 skill scrolls.

And check this number. On top of spell power, every melee swing has a 15 percent chance to give you Clearcasting. Free casts for bonking things! It's one sword, Elena, not a new class. Horde PvP fans, listen up. Wowhead reports Greenfield says if you haven't made a Horde character on most PvP and R P PvP realms, start making other arrangements. Ouch. Other arrangements? So the Horde's just locked out?

For new characters, mostly. Blizzard allows a 10 percent delta at launch, and they've hit that cap. Warcraft Tavern adds that Blizzard named Horde on North American PvP and Alliance on E U Roleplay PvP. Good to know. And Greenfield shut down the rumor that trial accounts skew the balance. He says that does not have an impact. Speaking of who plays what, the first week numbers are in. Icy Veins says Raider I O is tracking over 3 million WoW Forever characters, starting at level 10.

Over 3 million! So who's winning the popularity contest? Undead, then Humans, with Night Elves a distant third. And here's the number. Undead Paladins are 51 percent of all Paladins created so far. Victory for Sylvanas! Also, the average level is 21, and the most popular surname is, wait for it, Forever. Truly a creative people. Last one's a treat for Nintendo fans: Wowhead found Linken's Boots of Iron in the Drowned City loot table, a clear nod to The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time.

Zelda boots in Azeroth? Do they work like the Iron Boots? According to a Reddit post Wowhead cites, yes. You walk along the bottom of the water, and slowly on land. They can drop from any boss in the Drowned City. I love it! Linken's been around since 2004, with his Master Sword nod in Un'Goro Crater. Wowhead even wonders if we'll need these boots for a future secret. What a lineup! Weekly gold, a Scarlet Enclave tease, Ogre hints, a sword for Mages, a PvP faction lock, Undead Paladins everywhere and Zelda boots.

Our stories came from Wowhead, Icy Veins and Blizzard, with extra digging from Warcraft Tavern. The full posts are linked with the episode. Subscribe for more WoW Forever news. Dorra and I will see you next time!