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Sunwalkers is the name of the order of tauren paladins coming with the release of the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm according to multiple posts on the official forums by Blizzard poster Kisirani[1][2] and Cataclysm Beta files.[3] This name has been confirmed in-game with the release of Cataclysm.

Known members

Name Location Role
IconSmall Tauren Male Jo'hsu Thunder Bluff Unknown
IconSmall Tauren Male Reha Thunder Bluff Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Female Aponi Brightmane Thunder Bluff Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Female Saern Thunder bluff Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Male Iopi Bloodhoof Village Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Male Helaku Camp Narache Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Male Lonaki Crossroads Paladin Trainer
IconSmall Tauren Male Atohmo Orgrimmar Paladin Trainer

Source of power

The in-game conversation between Thunder Bluff NPCs Aponi Brightmane and Tahu Sagewind suggested the tauren may be able to draw power from the sun, An'she, like the druids draw power from the moon, Mu'sha.

This was further supported by the tauren having no history with the Holy Light, it is likely that their power comes from another source entirely, similar to night elf priests gaining their powers from Elune and troll priests gaining their powers from the Loa. Thus their in-game abilities would be equivalent to those of human, dwarf, draenei and blood elf paladins, even though the source of their power is different.

This seems to have been confirmed with the inclusion of tauren paladins ingame, as many of their trainers greet fellow paladins with "the light of the Sun illuminates the path to wisdom."

Nevertheless, given the relatively unknown nature of the Holy Light, their powers could very well still ultimately come from the Light. The Light does not discriminate based on race and does not truly bend to the will of others (no matter what groups may think otherwise), and since most of the tauren people already embody the virtues often held in great regard by many paladins, it is not difficult to envision that the tauren could easily obtain the powers of the Light.

The Sunwalkers' Level 20 class mount is the Sunwalker Kodo and the Level 40 class mount is the Great Sunwalker Kodo.

References

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