Today's trip the World of Warcraft Forums has brought us an off topic discussion about lore and mounts. Eldrick from Black Dragonflight observed that the Draenei in one of the Warcraft books mentioned that they used Talbuk mounts and not Elekks.
By the way, Talbuks are mounts that can be bought from the Kurenai faction at exalted (Alliance) while Elekks are Draenei mounts. After some... er - discussion, Blizzard poster Bornakk dropped by the said thread and here's what he had to say:
If I remember right the Orcs also rode wolves in the book. Just because they are riding the wolves right now doesn't mean they don't have the skill to ride the talbuks.
The Draenei have traveled to many different worlds, the talbuks are probably just one of a number of creatures they have encountered that could be trustworthy mounts. The group known as the Kurenai who remained on what became the shattered world of Outland have retained access to the talbuks.
There's one explanation. Upon some research, we found that both Elekks and Talbuks are native to Draenor. What do you think? Would you rather have an Elekk or a Talbuk in the World of Warcraft?
