Hello everyone! Last week we tried to saveTyrande Whisperwind,
but the night warrior will not let go of her quest for vengeance, but at the very least,
we were able to recover some of the tortured night elf souls and bring them back to Ardenweald.
“Go on! Use da deathstone to come see me on the other side. Don’t be a scared little thing now.”
This week Bwonsamdi shows up in need of our aid. Ardenweald is in grave danger
as some of the loa that have been sleeping, recovering, have gone missing. To take them
right under the winter queens now means it has to be someone powerful behind. Old Bwonsamdi can’t
have loa vanishing from Ardenweald. That could be him someday, we have to put a stop to this!
‘Something strange going on with the spirits of the loa
resting up in Ardenweald. you go check it out for me, hmm?”
Mam’toth inspected: “Mam’toth be resting peaceful now.
Shame about dat nasty business back in Zul’drak!”
Mam’toth: mighty mammoth of Zul’Drak, he was turned on by his own followers who sought to
take his power an an effort to survive the invasion of the scourge. When confronted,
Mam’toth took his own life, and in so doing, took the lives of many of his would be slayers.”
Tharon’ja inspected; “Tharon’ja are worshipped by the Drakkari....til
dem turn on him. It be mighty hard to find loyal followers dese days, mhm!’
For ages, Tharon’ja was the trusted guardian of
Drak’Tharon keep and patron of those who defended the borders of Zul’Drak.
Tharon’ja fell to treachery when the threat of the scourge the lies of the Lich King
drove his own followers to turn on him. Actually popped up earlier on the isle of thunder.
Dambala: “Dambala’s wildseed be missing
only da husk left behind! We best be hurrying and find old hakkar.”
From the RPG: Dambala is the loa of serpents and treachery. He teaches shadow hunters to
move swiftly and quietly by changing their shape into a serpent or snake.
Hakkar: “What? Hakkar be missing too? Oh no no no...dis aint good, mon. Not good at all!’
I think we’re all familiar with Hakkar right? Patron and doom of the Gurubashi Empire,
the corrupted “Blood God” was defeated during a union of zandalar with foreign powers.”
These wildseeds don’t just go missing especially the kind with powerful loa
in them. Even the bad eggs like hakkar and dambala are protected by the winter queen.
Someone or something must be stealing them! but why? They werent even ready to be reborn
so we search the area and see if we can pick up the trail. Missing loa are bad for business
and bwonsamdi is in enough trouble with the boss already! That boss he mentions goes back
to Battle for Azeroth where we planned to place vol’jin’s urn at atal’Dazar,
a place of honor amongst the greatest zandalari kings, but Bwonsamdi wasn’t having it.
“Ay, Vol’jin. Come on outta dat urn.
Wait...wait...wait...no! Where be da spirit?! Where be Vol’jin?”
“No! No! Impossible. Da boss ain’t gonna like dis. Ol’bwonsamdi not been losing a spirit in...Oh
dis be bad.”
I might have missed it, but don’t think they’ve explicitly states
which spirit Bwonsamdi lost. I think Jin’do is still a good bet as he found a way back
into the World after we took him out in classic, but if I missed out, by all means let me know.
“That be the mark of mueh’zala. Oh no no no! You telling me the boss behind all dis?!”
This was supposed to be the moment where Bwonsamdi’s boss got his grand reveal,
but considering that the other side dungeon has been available since the start, many were already
aware that Mueh’zala is Bwonsamdis boss. He’s a loa of death from long ago and the one that
raised Bwonsamdi from a Troll Priest into the Loa of Death as we know him as today, meaning
that regular trolls can be elevated into Loa’s. Father of Sleep, Son of Time, Night's Friend
are some of the other names given to Mueh’zala. Apperantly it was quite a dark time when the
trolls worshipped him. Blood, sacrifices, one of the bad eggs I suppose and over time he forgot
what it meant to be a loa. The bond you have with your people, the power you share. Being worshipped
means power to a loa and overtime Mueh’zala’s followers dwindled. We can find a shrine to him
in Zuldazar with the Sandfury trolls. A tabled of Theka that makes mention of him in Zul’Farak.
The sandtrolls are the ones we know of that still remain loyal to mueh’zala as they called to him in
the travelers series, but the sandtrolls haven’t been doing to well. Meanwhile Bwonsamdi has been
making deals and bargains. Aided by the amazing voice actor they got for him, he’s been given
a much more prominent rol. A royal possition as the Loa for Queen Talanji since Rezhan loa
of kings was send off to the Shadowlands by prophet Zul during Battle for Azeroth.
But who needs mortals to worship you when you can ally yourself with the Jailer. They’ve been
draining anima out of the other wildseeds to awaken Hakkar and Dambala before their time.
Putting together an army of terrible loa...The Winterqueen must be informed
and sicne Bwonsamdi is not exactly on the best terms with her, we’ll do the talking.
“Eyyy what ya say ice queen? Been a looooong time, eh? But this tree looking
good. I like what you’ve done with the place!” “What is the meaning of this instrustion mortal?”
“Ey now ya majesty! I come in peace. We need to be working
together if we gonna beat old mueh’zala.” “The quarrels of loa are no concern of mine.
Do not involve ardenweald in your petty squabbles.”
“no no no. You got this all wrong! The boss is stealing the loa from their sleepd and –“
“You be running to the winter queen with your problems now?
Some loa of death you be, Bwonsamdi. Making deals instead of taking what be
yours. ya time be done. ya power be spent. And now old mueh’zala be coming to collect. ”
The winterqueen is not exactly eager to do any favor for Bwonsamdi, but Muehzalas
actions can not be ignored. We will eradicate his worshippers and drive them from the forest
before they cause more harm. Ardenwealds mightiest are called upon, Sorcha at Gliterfall basin,
Guardian Kota at Tirna Vaal and Guardian Molan at Hibernal hollow. Together we ride to eradicate
Mueh’zala’s followers, the ones who’ve been following his order for quite a while. Causing
quite a bit of trouble in Ardenweald. Dambala is here as well. Fighting a loa won’t be easy,
but Lady Moonberry has just the trick to help us out. Her powers surely are incredible and sparkly.
Together we’re able to take out Dambala, kick Muehzalas forces out of the land.
It’s only a matter of time before the wild hunt completely purges them from Ardenweald.
“Bwonsamdi be letting mortals fight his battles? Me always knew he be a coward.”
“Good hunting! The queen will be pleased to know we’ve driven muehzala out of ardenweald.”
“Muehzala will pay dearly for the destruction he has wrought. Those spirits were under my care.
As for Bwonsamdi, his fate is not my concern. Aid him, or not,
as you desire. I must attend to ardenweald.”
“Looks like I gonna have ta settle da score wit’ da boss...once and for all.
Muehzala be mighty strong and plenty mean, but dont you worry bout old bwonsamdi.
This old loa still got a few tricks up his sleeve hahahaha. But when ya finished helping da winter
queen, maybe you come on over to the other side. Ya know, just to check in on ya old friend, eh? ”
I’ve already covered the story of the other side, what goes down in the dungeon
but looking back at it and looking at some of the comments, that was not a wise decision.
I didn’t want to spoil too much of what happens during this campaign, but it left quite a few
of you wondering why I didn’t talk about certain things. That’s on me so I hope I’ve cleared up a
bit more about the history and relation between Bwonsamdi and Mueh’zala. Let me take this moment
to also dive into the dungeon and answer some of the questions, some of the replies that I got.
The other side, it’s like a pocket domain in the shadowlands. Bwonsamdis little corner where
he’s been keeping souls safe from the maw, like King Rastakhan who died in battle for azeroth,
but he can only do so much. We go in to collect some debts for him, from the Manastorms, Hakkar
and Dealer Xy’exa. The Horde is greeted like this: While the alliance is greeted like this:
Referring to the battle for dazar’alor, one of the raids during battle for azeroth where the
alliance fought against king rastakhan and bwonsamdi. I pitched the idea, the question
weather or not the manastorms are still alive or if this takes place within the shadowlands.
Some of you pointed out that they’re clearly still alive which is fair, I
just really like the idea of them blowing eachother up over a lovers quarrel but guess
I’ll have to let go of that dream. With the dealer, bwonsamdi mentions
that he doesn’t just deal on Azeroth which is really cool. I do wonder if that gives
any power to the idea that the Emerald Dream is not just connected to Azeroth but to all domains
similar to how spirits not just from Azeroth but all domains can end up in Ardenweald.
After bringing enough mojo back to overpower Mueh’zala, we make Bwonsamdi the boss. Meaning
that the struggle for the ‘true loa of death’ has been won by someone not allied to the jailer,
which is very good for us. He has been a naughty loa though. Given credit for dealing
with keeper Odyn sacrifing his eye to gaze into the shadowlands, learn about the val’kyr and in
turn perhaps the shadowlands gazed back. He brought helya to the jailers side
potentially connected to the storyline in Legion between sylvanas and Helya.
He made her warchief with a whisper, referring to Vol’jin hearing the loa speak to him which lead
to him appointing sylvanas as the warchief, with the fourth war that followed after.
We actually got in touch with vol’jin to figure out what was going on here, why he
made that choice and got hints at something not quite being right. That’s now been revealed,
we now know that muehzala is bwonsamdis boss and that he’s connected to vol’jin’s death
and the appointment of sylvanas. That still leaves the question as to who touched vol’jin’s spirit,
touched by the hand of valor as Eyir describes it but that part of the story... time is going
to tell. For now thank you very much for watching everyone! Subscribe if you like
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