Hello everyone! Last time we joined Draka and Thrall into Desmotaeron, making our position
within the maw just a bit more secure while also taking out vyraz and banishing helya
back to Hellheim. The jailer has many different allies though, some better hidden then others....
“Champion! Quickly, we must stop the Primus before it is too late.
Nathrezim scum. You cannot deceive the House of Eyes.”
There are dreadlords among us, nathrezim in league with the jailer. Something we’ve
seen before as we unknowingly aided them with the kidnapping of fatescribe Roh-kahlo. Where
once it was said that the dreadlords come from the domain of disorder, the twisting
nether, they’ve now added that they originally come from the shadowlands and have infiltrated
the domain of disorder. Among the venthyr there is one, the stonewright, who hates the
nathrezim with a passion. She’s the last of the harvesters to be recruited by the venthyr
so plenty of reason to fly on over to Revendreth. Even Vashj comes along reuniting with her
old pal Kael’thas Sunstrider.
“Ah, Kael’thas. I see the accuser has let you out of your cage.
I am no pet to be commanded. You would do well to remember that.”
Vashj and Kael’thas were allies in life, serving lord Illidan but where one remained
loyal and true until the bitter end, the other decided to ally with the burning legion instead.
“We are here to hunt and destroy dreadlords. Try not to join them this time.”
Kael’thas has been spending a lot of time with the accuser, atoning for his sins and
making great progress reflecting on his life. He’s been given permission to join us today
athough does wonder if it’s wise and not too soon. Lady Vahsj could be quite the bad
influence...
“Why were you sent to Maldraxxus, Vashj? You have no shortage of sins.
And no shortage of victories. Can you say the same?”
If you sin make sure you’re going to win! We speak with Renethal at Dawnkeep where we’ve
left Sire Denathrius imprisoned within his blade remornia. The light of the naaru is
keeping him contained, but his influence is not fully gone. On top of that, the curator
wants us to notify her that her continued presence in their realm, of her own free will,
may lead to the manifestation of her very own sinstone. While hardly a common occurence
with entitires from other planes of existence, she may wish to conceal such an item if it
materializes to avoid any past indiscretions from being used against her. The news of the
dreadlords return, meaning he was fully aware that they originate from revendreth, had Renethal
shocked and disapointed. “I dared not imagine they would ever grow so bold again. A shame
they have not learned in their exile, and return to us as enemies instead of family.”
“Countless ages ago, just after the first venthyr was sired, denathrius unveiled another
creation. The nathrezim. Forged to be the ultimate infiltrators, they bore the influence
of death into the realms of our rivals as well as the worlds of the living. Despite
their subtelty, one of these incursions was discovered. In response, the full wrath of
the light fell upon Revendreth, setting ablaze the wards once held by the nathrezim. Once
the naaru were routed, the stonewright turned her anger upon the nathrezim. Blaming them
for the loss of so many of her children. The armies of maldraxxus did not rise up to defend
us, so the stonewright carved her stone legion to strike back at the light. The conflict
was ended by denathrius who said he would exile them to a world beyond the shadowlands.
Denathrius never told me what became of the nathrezim. Only later did I learn that the
mortal souls came to know them by a different name...the dreadlords.”
Finally its fully revealed why the emberward is suffering the constant scrutany of the
light. The infiltration from the shadowlands, from revendreth into their domain caused the
war and I’d like to imagine that the primus was aware of this. Aware that Denathrius kicked
the hornets nest himself and that’s why they didn’t rise to their defense.
“My dear Stonewright, Harvester of Wrath, wielder of Elu—
Chelra the Bladewall. How have you been, my child?
Mother of Stone. You honor me with your concern, I am well.
Impressive, considering denathrius had you beheaded after casting Renathal into the maw.
Reveal yourself, infiltrator. Nal’ragas: Always so clever. Only...I am
not the infiltrator. I am the distraction. Now! Seize the medallioN! Remove the interlopers!”
Uhooo, the medallion of wrath is in the hands of the dreadlords now and we kinda need it
to craft a new sigil for the venthyr. Time to get work with Kael’thas and vashj at
our side. Her special technique of revealing who’s a dreadlord is done with the orb of
revelation. That means Vashj didn’t necesarly have to come here herself. I really like the
idea of her just wanting to see Kael’thas again, for good old times, have a little reunion.
“Illidan would have relished this. What fate do you suppose was chosen for him?
You assume he is both dead and mortal. I am not sure either is true.”
But fair enough, the orb does let us quickly cleanse the infiltrators and then it’s onwards
to Nal’Ragas and the medallion.
“A harvester without a medallion. You are but a shadow of your former fury.”
Drains stonewright honorguard
“I wield more than enough fury to deal with you.”
UNLEASHES THE POWER OF ELUNEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Renethal wasn’t able to finish his sentance but now it’s clear for all to see. The Stonewright
has the capability of wielding the powers of Elune...
‘To think I was once allied with these fiends... Is that a hint of remorse? How unlike you.”
“Your storneborn cannot find us all. We are everywhere!
Hit with more leune powarrr and the strongwright is kicked off lol
MAL’GANIS: “Continue to delay our foes. The plan nears fruition.”
So far the dreadlords that have showed up are rather new, even female variations, but
here we see that none other then Mal’ganis is involved. Key player in guiding arthas
long his road of damnation to eventually become the lich king, but I do wonder if they can
make all the new puzzle pieces fit the old story. Last time we saw mal’ganis, not counting
his legion cameo on the broken shore, was during wrath of the Lich King. He warned us
that without his forces, we’d never be able to take care of the Lich King. He would have
his revenge on the lich king and on us but we secured victory on our own and that storyline
never really continued. Until now, guiding the operation, instructing Nal’Ragas.
“mawwalker with me. The rest of you make for sinfall. I want that medallion back and
malganis’ head on a spike.”
Renethal isn’t happy with what’s going on. The nathrezim may not be venthyr but nor
were they crafted from souls. In many ways, they are more his siblings than his fellow
venthyr, as he was also not created from a soul but willed into being by Deanthrius.
Still, we have to imagine that they got more agents working this job. They might have infiltrated
Sinfall itself so we grab their secret communication methods and investigate the members of our
covenant.
Solenor the Slayer “We are a long way from silithus. (Tavian innkeeper)
Hunters that have played classic and have gone for their epic bow will be quite familiar
with Solenor the slayer. Disguised as Nelson the Nice, he was one of their targets to take
out to earn their sweet epic rewards.
Lady Mel’tranix “Displeased with my prices? ha ha ha! (Solivane, raid finder nathrian
weaponsmith)
A nice touch is that from the beginning of 9.1, demon hunters had the oppertunity to
spot this infltration with their spectral sight. The dreadlords have been working their
sceme for quite a bit as the Stonewright reveals by translating their cryptograms. They don’t
seem to be making much sense though. The assumption was that they had been planning to steal her
medallion to deny a new sigil of the venthyr, but it would appear their designs go beyond
that...
2: Lady Mel'tranix, the one we just killed, I charge you with securing information regarding
the asset. We must know both of the security and maintenance of the asset's location.
3: Kisdranath, another one we just revealed, stall them. Find any way and how to slow the
advancing power of the Maw Walker and their allies. If there is a way to choke their economy,
do so. If there is a way for supplies to go missing, make it happen.
4: Nal'ragas, the one that took the medallion first, do not kill Renathal. I know you will
be tempted but we still need him. And his death would... upset... the Master.
5: Jennath, be mindful of the forces being sent to the Maw. If Sinfall is foolish enough
to distribute forces into that place you must find a way to infiltrate them and ensure their
defeat.
6: Thaliatroven, infiltrate the dredgers. Get to know them. They can go places most
cannot.
7: Mof'ralan, search the archives. Sinfall is home to ancient knowledge and we
must learn of what happened to Kivretan. She has been lost to us for long enough. It is
time we recovered her.
8: Solener, the one we just revealed, I want a detailed log of all peoples entering or
leaving Sinfall, frequency, guard rotation, and so on.
Most importantly, watch the dredgers. We will need them for the final stage of the plan.
9: Sathrovarr, who you might remember fighting in the sunwell plateau as he had possessed
Kalecgos, get out of there now. Your identity is about to be discovered. Sybille
walks the halls of Sinfall once again and she will remember the smell of your aura.
Leave before it is too late, but avoid arousing suspicions. Fake your death if you must.
10: Mal'ganis, yours shall be the greatest challenge.
Infiltrate Renathal's inner circle. Walk side by side with our brother and ensure he comes
to no harm. Endear yourself to the Azerothians and allay
their suspicions. When the time is right, we will give you the honor of revealing my
plan to Renathal.
11; Detheroc,who’s last major scheme involved
infiltrating the SI:7 during legion and got his ass kicked by the rogue order hall, if
you fail us again I will personally flay you. When Mal'ganis springs his trap, you are responsible
for recovering the asset. Do. Not. Fail. Me.
This is the Master's final order, and I will see it executed correctly.
Meaning that there’s someone beyond Mal’ganis handing out the orders for this operation
and this asset, considering they already possess the necklace, must be something elsse.
Another interesting bit is about Sybille. The ash ghoul that guided us to Teothar back
during our first questing in the ember ward. It is speculation but when we check out the
notes about the stonewright we learn from Renethal that The stonewright is untouchable.
Not even our own stoneborn forces would dare raise a talon against her. What is worse is
that she is one of the first venthyr, like myself and the curator. She was not made from
a soul, but willed into being by Denathrius himself. No sinstone, no mortal trappings,
or past deeds will bend her to our will. If she is unwilling to provide us her medallion,
we stand very little chance of recovering it.
But it seems like Renethal is mistaken, the curator adds: Renathal, you are confusing
the stonewright with the original harvester of wrath. She still exists, but had her power
stripped and given to the stonewright long ago.. So a original harvester, stripped of
her powers, handed over to the current stonewright. If memory serves, the stonewright was the
first venthyr forged of a mortal soul to assume the role of a venthyr. She did...horrible
things...in life in the name of protecting her people... Details on that will be revealed
in a future chapter. I haven not seen the original harvester of wrath for a few epochs.
Could it be that lady Sibille is the original harvester of wrath, familiar with the nathrezim,
familiar with Sathrovarr? Would be interesting but seeing how the dreadlords are up to no
good, lets follow the trail of wrath to find wrath.
“My vengeance will not wait. We strike now.”
“Reveal yourself, Mal’Ganis! The harvester of wrath. How i have missed
your purity of conviction. A pity it will now be lost forever. Nathrezim!
bring me her fangs.”
We fight with Gorgannon and Diathorus until Mal’ganis himself joins the fight. In the
back there’s Terravangelous but also Lady Kivretan. Apperantly Mof'ralan’s search
of the archives was successfull.
“Malganis, we need not be enemies. Join us to save Revendreth and end your exile.
We were never in exile you gullible fool. It was all part of the masters plan.
Cutscene: While you remained fixated on a paultry medallion,
we seized the true prize: Remornia, with the sire’s essence held within it. Our mission
never changed. For eons, we have done the master’s bidding in secret across countless
realities. The Legion, the Scourge, Argus...all pawns in a game beyond your grasp. One that
now nears its end.
“Keep your trinket and your realm. They are dust in the face of our sires true ambition.
If only you had just obeyed...”
I’ve had a lot of people ask how it works with like the dreadlords or kel’thuzad actually
working for the jailer all this time. I’m of that mindset that when you start altering
the foundation of a story, it’s start to become a bit wobbly, yet you can give a spin
to it. You can fit the new pieces like Mal’ganis for example. He was pissed at Arthas and back
then that was because Arthas struck him down, that Ner’zhul was able to betray the legion’s
plans. Now we know that Ner’zhul and Arthas were failed heralds of the Jailer, that they
were plan A and B and failed him so was mal’ganis pissed about that all this time? Making things
retroactively fit is a bit wonky but in this moment we’ve discovered that the dreadlords
truly have been sired here in revendreth. Infiltrated other cosmic domains and the banishment
Denathrius imposed upon them, was no true banishment at all. Schemes behind the scenes.
They’ve come back for their master, their true sire, the one that was pretty much left
to his fate by the jailer. No rescue mission happened for their fallen ally so now we have
to wonder how Denathrius feels towards the jailer. Will he, like sylvanas, turn away
from the jailer now? Potentially, especially when you can keep in mind that the reason
they’re given Denathrius a bigger part to play is due too the popularity amongst the
playerbase, similar to what they did with Bwonsamdi.
More denathrius and dreadlord story in the future, i’m certainly down for that. For
now we finish up things here. The venthyr have their final harvester and their final
medallion which means they can reforge their sigil.
“Know that i give you this medallion so that i might be free to expunge the dreadlorsd
from the shadowlands. Abuse this power and I will remind you why I was condemned to Revendreth.
”
*end of venthyr cutscene*
Once more we have to wonder if this takes place before or after the raid and I once
again imagine this plays out before the sanctum of domination events. The stonewright tells
us that she’s taking malganis into custody and securing dominance
keep from outsiders. We’d do do well to avoid that place for a time. Then she’ll
bring her forces to bear on korthai but it is still vital we extract as much information
from mal ganis as we can and renathals methods are ... soft...compared to hers. When she’s
done with him, renathal can have malganis back for whatever atonement he believes a
dreadlord capable of. But not before she’s done with him.