History HoYay / WorldOfWarcraft

* Anren Shadowseeker, a night elf, and Tholo Whitehoof, a tauren, first appeared in ''Cataclysm'' as unremarkable quest givers who happened to be standing next to one another just outside the starting area in Hyjal Summit. In patch 4.2, during the Molten Front dailies, they reappear to help fight the invasion from the Firelands, and ''every single thing'' (no, really, literally every bit of dialogue or quest text, with maybe one or two exceptions) either one of them says has to do with their deep friendship and devotion to one another. By the eighth or ninth time you run into them, it's difficult for anyone, regardless of personal inclinations, to not be wondering when they're just going to start making out.
** Speaking of the Molten Front dailies, one quest has you running around a battlefield healing wounded druids, who will thank you when they get up. At least one of the thank you quotes has the druid coyly suggesting they'd like to find a way to repay you later on, regardless of your character's gender.

* More on the FoeYay side, but Kil'jaeden and Velen were very close. In the ''World of Warcraft'' novel ''Rise of the Horde'', Kil'jaeden's reaction to Velen fleeing Argus to avoid corruption is reminiscent of a jilted lover, and in ''Warlords of Draenor'', Archimonde even calls out Kil'jaeden on his obsession about about getting revenge on Velen (and the draenei), and how it is distracting him from conquering Draenor. In ''Legion'' in the opening cinematic for the Legionfall campaign, Kil'jaeden is shown using magical scrying to watch the council on Dalaran, his expression turning pensive, even briefly forlorn, as he focuses on Velen. Then when Velen calls Kil'jaeden a monster (even though it's true in every sense of the word) [[MoralMyopia Kil'jaeden is hurt and distraught by this]], [[ShootTheTelevision angrily ending the scrying with a swipe of one hand]].

** Khatie's dialogue with the player changes depending on their standing with the Skyguard, going from casual flirtation with a colleague to Khatie coming off as being somewhat tongue-tied in your presence. It's actually led to her being sort of a [[TheWoobie woobie]] for the [=WoW=] community.

** In ''Battle For Azeroth'' Wrathion arrives in Stormwind along with Magni Bronzebeard to warn Anduin about N'Zoth. Although they warn the Horde as well (via Valeera Sanguinar relaying information), Wrathion doesn't go personally. As soon as Wrathion arrives, Anduin punches him. This is because Anduin blames Wrathion for his father's death (which is not totally wrong, if not completely correct either). Wrathion's reaction is "I suppose I deserved that". It's very clear that Wrathion is genuinely worried about Anduin during the rest of the cinematic. For context: Wrathion once ordered an incompetent underling dumped outside with broken legs. He's generally a bit of a {{Jerkass Hero}}...to everyone except Anduin.

** Eventually, Darion returns the favor and saves Tirion's life, yelling at him, berating him, kicking stuff around, basically raging that Tirion did not come to him immediately after discovering the heart of the [[EvilOverlord Lich King]]. Those guys are really invested in the other one living because of pure trust, or...something else. They always talk to each other while ignoring other people, stand by each other when watching inappropriately timed challenges, etc.
** In Legion, when the Knights of the Ebon Blade are recruiting their new horsemen, Tirion's name is thrown in the ring as the prime candidate for Fourth Horseman. Darion is absolutely ''livid'' and disgusted at the prospect, going on a long rant during which he states rather vehemently that Tirion is one of the world's greatest heroes and deserves the peace of death. Doesn't stop him from going through with the assault, but still... (For Comparison, when weighing up the other candidates, Darion considered the pros and cons of the choices politically before deciding the Ebon Blade would be honoured to have the other horsemen in their ranks.) To be fair though, this reaction is partially because he knows the Lich King is playing a sick joke on him. It is also worth noting that Tirion is old enough to be Darion's father, although younger than his actual father, and Darion is young enough to be Tirion's son (although older than his actual son). Their extremely close relationship could therefore be more of a father-son thing than a romantic thing.

* In Warlords of Draenor, the Alternate Universe Drek'thar, like all characters, has several on-click audio clips. One of his 'pissed' lines (the ones you get when you click on them many times in a row) is as follows: "I...didn't know you felt that way about me. Perhaps we should take this somewhere more...private." He will deliver this line regardless of the Player Character's gender.
* More on the FoeYay side, but Kil'jaeden and Velen were very close. In the World of Warcraft novel Rise of the Horde, Kil'jaeden's reaction to Velen fleeing Argus to avoid corruption is reminiscent of a jilted lover, and in ''Warlords of Draenor'', Archimonde even calls out Kil'jaeden on his obsession about about getting revenge on Velen (and the draenei), and how it is distracting him from conquering Draenor. In ''Legion'' in the opening cinematic for the Legionfall campaign, Kil'jaeden is shown using magical scrying to watch the council on Dalaran, his expression turning pensive, even briefly forlorn, as he focuses on Velen. Then when Velen calls Kil'jaeden a monster (even though it's true in every sense of the word) [[MoralMyopia Kil'jaeden is hurt and distraught by this]], [[ShootTheTelevision angrily ending the scrying with a swipe of one hand]].
** Expanded upon later on Argus. When encountering Talgath, Talgath outright states Velen leaving (which Talgath called a betrayal) broke Kil'jaeden's heart. Velen's response to this is "I lost a brother that day too." However, although they call each other "brother" they were literally inside each other's heads. Velen uses terms normally reserved for romantic relationships to describe their connection. However, it is made explicitly clear that the relationship was not sexual in any sense.

* Marius Felbane (a demon hunter) and Tehd Shoemaker (an Undead warlock) are found in many Legion zones, including Broken Shore. Logically, they should be each other's mortal enemies, and Marius does indeed mention that he initially brought Tehd along to keep an eye on him, but they seem to have developed a geniune bond throughout their [[http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=11186/tehd-marius-excellent-adventure adventure]]. Also, they bicker [[LikeanOldMarriedCouple like a married couple]].

* In Battle for Azeroth, much of the Horde questing zone of Vol'dun revolves around two female Zandalari trolls, Kaja and Rakera. The zone's story begins with Kaja enlisting the player's help to find her commander, Rakera, who has been exiled to Vol'dun for having dirt on the general of the Zandalari army. As the quests progress, it becomes increasingly obvious that Kaja has a personal attachment, and once Rakera is found, she refuses to leave her side. A later quest has the player collect other people's memories, and among them is a flashback from just before Rakera was exiled. In it, Kaja begs Rakera not to confront the general, and is left crying when Rakera states that duty comes first.

* [[TheSpymaster Mathias Shaw]] and [[LovableRogue Flynn Fairwind]] spend the entirety of the Zandalari treasury heist [[FlirtingUnderFire flirting with each other]]. At the end of the expansion, a conversation the player overhears between Mathias and Valeera Sanguinar involves the spymaster confessing that he’d like to get to know “someone” better, and it’s confirmed he’s talking about Flynn in the next Warcraft novel. Their RelationshipUpgrade makes them the first confirmed gay couple in the Warcraft universe.