So on one side, you have the humans and on
the other, you have their Kul'Tiran neighbours
that are nearly twice their size.
Not just in height, but weight as well as
they are significantly larger and bulkier.
What is the origin of the Kul'Tiran humans
and why exactly are they so much bigger than
the rest of their race that they can almost
be classified as a different species?
We definitely know the origin of the original
humans.
Long ago they were the vrykul that escaped
Northrend together with the titan keeper Tyr
and over time with the curse of flesh they
devolved into the race that we have today
plus the discarded vrykul children survived
and joined although this bit is more confusing.
We also know the origin of the Kul'Tirans.
Some 27 hundred years ago humans decided to
water down their hegemony from Arathor and
the humans that had settled in Gilneas decided
to also explore the nearby areas.
The boldest of the sailors discovered the
very rich island and had settled there, originally
just with a maritime outpost that they would
later name Kul Tiras.
Over time however, the expedition would expand
and build new cities and would essentially
become a kingdom of their own.
Now there would be one major problem with
this on first glance goldmine of an island.
It was the home to the drust, the seafaring
vrykul who some time after the sundering had
reached Kul Tiras and had settled here.
We don't know much about the Drust and where
they are actually from originally but as they
travelled via ships to raid and expand it
is likely that they were warriors and seeing
that essentially all vrykul are warriors these
were the warriors among the warriors.
The Drust have been on the island for thousands
of years and were already established and
they weren't exactly looking to live in harmony
with the puny humans, even though the humans
preferred it that way and they wanted to keep
peace.
As all vrykul, the Drust were gigantic, powerful
although a bit more mystical, druidic and
kind of dark making them a terrifying enemy.
Long story short Gorak Tul the king of the
Drust decided to start a massive war set on
wiping out the humans and ultimately the humans
turned back the tide, won and had wiped out
the vrykul in turn.
Before that happened however the thornspeakers,
druidic Drust didn't agree with the war and
faced with an ultimatum and they decided to
side with the humans starting a connection
that would change Kul'Tiras and the Kul'Tirans
forever.
The Drust are kind of a thing of a past at
this point outside from spirits,but my opinion
is that they mixed with the native humans.
I mean we have half-elf-half-humans in the
lore so it would totally make sense for the
drust and the humans to procreate because
if you go far in the past enough both are
actually vrykul and both share the exact same
heritage.
Of course not all Kul'Tirans are actually
gigantic, you can see regular humans even
smaller than the original ones so it is definitely
the case that only some of them are as big
as we have seen.
They are definitely taller on average no doubt,
but they aren't all 200kg giants.
This would make sense as some of these Kultirans
could have vrykul genes while others are just
regular humans with quite ancient vrykul genes.
Also it makes sense as these giant humans
are literally in the middle between the vrykul
that are about 12 feet and the humans that
are about 6 feet tall.
All of this coupled with a lot of food that
must have become a part of their culture they
might have reached their full genetic potential
as opposed to their Eastern Kingdom counterparts
that might have had a different diet.
Additionally, as I mentioned at the start,
the most daring sailors from Gilneas went
on the expedition and decided to settle, and
these same sailors managed to defeat the monstrosities
that are vrykul so it could also be a selection
thing.
The strongest of the humans decided to travel,
the strongest fought and those that survived
procreated spreading their genes to the current
population.
If you know anything about genetics you know
that from just a few people nearly 3000 years
later you can have an entire new race essentially.
Now the actual reason, the gameplay one is
that Blizzard just needed different body types
as why would anyone want to play the Kul'Tirans
as an allied race if they were literally the
same as the other humans as after all, Lordaeron,
Gilnean or Stormwind humans all essentially
look the same.
So having the big Kul'Tiran body type was
a good addition to spice up the game and make
it a bit more interesting as well as diverse.
All in all most of these are just my theories
and none are 100% confirmed, although we do
have some hints on the origin of the Kul'tirans.
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