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Neko_Ali:
Actually, fairly few lore characters have had resurrection happen to them. In fact, it's something that's often joked about in the difference between mechanics and lore. Players and mobs and bosses can endlessly respawn because otherwise the game would be boring or drastically different in a game sense. But if someone is killed outside of gaming reasons, they tend to stay dead without very good reason and often extreme cases.  Of course, given the fact that ghosts are a regular thing, just being dead doesn't mean a character can't have part in the story. I just had another nice talk with Uther on my paladin the other night, and he's been dead for many years. The only real people I've known to come back from the dead in lore was Kael'thas. And his resurrection was not... pleasant. He came back as a twisted fel puppet with crystals embedded in his chest. Sylvanas of course has had a few lives through the years. First as Ranger General, then brought back as a banshee by Arthas. Then possessing a couple of different bodies. Finally she nearly died in the new Forsaken questline after Cataclysm but was restored to undeath by one of her Valkyr sacrificing her life to save Sylvanas.

The various member of the Burning Legion can't be killed on this world, or on Draenor/Outland.  It was long established that when you destroy a demon you are just destroying it's body. It's spirit goes back to the Nether to reform. to actually kill a demon, you have to kill it in the Nether. You can also consume it's essence and trap it within your body the way the Illidari or Meryl Felstorm did. But that doesn't kill them, and eventually they can potentially get free. As far as returning bad guys in this expansion go... Illidan was never killed. When the players beat him at Black Temple, Maiev stopped anyone from killing him to return him to his eternal prison. So no resurrection there. Gul'dan of our world remains dead. The Gul'dan leading the invasion force in Legion is the alternate universe one opened up in Warlords of Draenor, come back to the prime universe. All thanks to meddling in the time stream by bronze dragons.

So ultimately, there have been very, very few people return from the dead, outside of the Undead and demons in game. Far less you would think in a game that includes resurrection spells and mechanics that mean players never die for long, and you can re-run content many times. But that's pretty much just set aside as a game concept that doesn't really happen in lore.

LeeC:
I am still confused (lore wise) on how Medivh is dead but shows up in WC3 alive only to be left as a ghost/image in Karazhan (ignoring the fake out ghost in the recent khadgar video). I havn't made it very far in Legion due to meat space so no spoilers, but is it addressed in legion?  If its been addressed elsewhere please let me know.

Also are the comics canon considering the new guardian in the comics is completely left out of the game?

Neko_Ali:
Here is Medivh's lore page: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Medivh

The short answer is, after he was killed, he got a resurrection, his mother used the last of her power to restore his life. Mabye? Some of the later appearances of him as 'The Prophet' suggest he might not be human, but some kind of spirit made solid for a while. After the defeat of Archimonde at Mount Hyjal he disappeared to 'rejoin legends'. His role has pretty much been taken over by Khadgar now. Though Khadgar still refuses to accept the title of Guardian, thinking he would wind up going down the same path to evil as Medivh.

I'm really not sure how lore-valid the various books and comic are supposed to be. But I'm pretty sure Med'an is not official. Certain his story as Guardian and all that he did in the comics is directly contradicted by the story of Legion, and no mention of him is ever made anywhere but the comics, I think. So I'm pretty sure that is all non canon.

Some things though are canon, such as the events of the Sunwell Trilogy manga, which introduced the blue dragon Kalecgos, among others. Who has gone on to become a regular occurrence in the World of Warcraft. My thought is that it's like the Star Wars comics and books. Until something appears in offical Blizzard media, such as the game, consider it to be alternate universe possibilities. Not real until it officially shows up.

Lines:
Not really tying this into the current discussion because phone typing/swiping sucks, but I'm having fun with this expansion. I don't feel completely hopeless soloing, but it's not a cakewalk. Questing is pleasantly streamlined and i like how the zones scale based on level. Also my favorite raid is making a comeback!

Who knows how long it'll keep my attention, but so far I quite like it.

Method of Madness:
So if I eventually want to play...do I have to buy the game and ALL the expansions?

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