Calia Menethil by Lighthammer

Calia is the very last of the Lordaeron bloodline. She was forced to bare witness as her brother, Arthas, murdered her family in cold blood and destroyed her home; the beacon of the human alliance. Through trial and tribulations, she's come into her own through the help of Alonsus Faol from the grave.

I envision Calia to be HotS's answer to needing a basic Holy Priest. The WoW Holy Priest easily retains a position as the most natural healer in all Blizzard universes. While there are PLENTY of Priests to pick from, I believe just about every other Priest deserves 'better' then simply being Holy Priest.

Of the other candidates:

Anduin Wrynn: As seen in this post, I believe Anduin would be a far more interesting character if positioned more like a support version of Abathur.

Velen: Velen strikes me more as a Discipline Priest if he were to be put into the game, however, he also has been shown to have a lot of tricks up his sleeve that would make much more interesting design elements if he was developed as his own character without trying to pigeon hole him into one of the WoW Priest Specs.

Alonsus Faol: Similar to Velen, I think Alonsus would be far more interesting to work in his struggle of trying to be a priest of the Holy Light while being undead. I have some interesting thoughts in mind where/how we could take him and, again, I'd prefer to not see him bogged down as just trying to fill the "WoW Priest" role.

Moira Thaurissan: Moira has a much darker side that would be interesting to exploit. While it may not be super appropriate to give her a straight Shadow/Holy kit (I still think there is a better Shadow Priest canidate then any fore mentioned Priests), I think it would be very interesting to at least work a lot of fire into her kit. Again, I dont want to see her bogged down by the need to fill the "WoW Priest" role. Her kit could be far more interesting.

High Inquisitor Sally Whitemane: Simply put: Sally may have been a fine candidate to take up the role as Hero's Holy Priest, but I don't think its appropriate now that she is a death knight. Honestly, in my mind, this major lore shift might push Sally Whitemane so far down the list of heroes we need to see in Heroes that she might never make it in the game unless its a nod to her as a reskin.

For all these reasons, I think Calia is the only real plausible priest to fill this niche role.

About Calia:
http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Calia_Menethil

Priest Skills:
http://www.wowhead.com/priest

Priest Talents:
http://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/priest/holy

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Iconology:
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