Hello everyone!
Patch 8.2 is around the corner and I had quite a lot of you ask what happened in battle for
azeroth so far?
Could you give us an update, prepare us for what’s coming next so that’s what we’re
going to do today!
A quick recap on the story of battle for azeroth and touch upon some of the things that will
be important in 8.2
“Gasp, magnificent!”
Over 10.000 years ago, Queen Azshara and her higborne made contact with Sargeras and the
Burning Legion.
Using the well of eternity, they tried to bring him and the legion into the world to
cleanse it, make it perfect, like the queen herself was.
A resistance was formed, her plans were stopped and the Legion was send back from where they
came.
All this messing about with the well of eternity made it incredibly unstable.
The entire land sundered apart, the queen and those who followed her were dragged to
the bottem of the sea.
Death was imminent, but in the dark depths, a voice spoke to her.
The old god N’zoth offered her a deal, serve me and I shall save you.
Serve me, and I shall make you better then you were.
She didn’t immediatly accept, she was a queen not a slave and would only serve him
as such.
N’zoth agreed and the elves were transformed into the naga, working very hard on building
their new capital of Nazjatar.
Working on the old gods plans which has come to the surface from time to time.
Most prominantly during the Cataclysm where he had Deathwing and his forces try to bring
about the hour of twilight.
The moment in which the old gods would break out of their prisons and rule the world once
more, but again those plans were prevented.
Now the hour has come....Nazjatar awaits and whatever Azshara and N’zoth got planned
for us.
“Arise Azshara.
Arise my queen!.”
“Muhahahahahaha, magnificennnnnnnnt”
But Sargeras and the Legion didn’t just stop after losing the war of the ancients.
They came back several times to try and destroy the titan spirit inside of Azeroth before
it could be corrupted by the old gods.
Their greatest invasion came during the expansion Legion where heroes rose up to form their
order halls, scour the broken isles for ancient titan relics known as the pillars of creation.
The Aegis of Aggramar with Odyn in his halls of Valor.
Eye of Aman’thul, in the nightborne city of Suramar one part of that ancient night
elf empire.
Hammar of Khaz’goroth within highmountain.
Tears of Elune in Val’sharah and the Tidestone of Golganneth.
This one was actually destroyed by queen Azshara in ages past.
But we found the pieces again too which the naga stole them and were kind enough to reforge
the artifact.
We stole it back and used all of them to seal off the gateway at the tomb of sargeras.
Seal of the portal from which the legion was pooring in.
I do hope that somebody remember to locked the door at the tomb.
Would be a shame to leave those relics behind unguarded.
But that was only half the battle as Illidan Stormrage knew full well that if we were ever
going to truly defeat the legion, we’d have to take the battle to them.
He opened up a massive rift and at the end of Legion we did the near impossible, we overcame
the might of sargeras and his legion.
We did see the dark titan get real close to his goal.
While being dragged into his prison, his flaming sword pierced the planet severly wounding
it.
Azerite, the blood of the titan spirit, bursts out across its surface.
It can be used for many things, change the face of war so naturally the Horde and Alliance
go after it, reigniting the faction war.
“This will change everything.”
A campaign was lead to fracture the alliance from within.
Siege Teldrassil from the night elves and hold it so the alliance could not retaliaite.
Wound their moral by killing the night elf leaders and have the alliance destroy itself.
But things didn’t go exactly as planned.
Saurfang felt like he had landed a dishonorable blow upon Malfurion and couldn’t take the
kill.
Neither did Sylvanas....for some reason...so she decided to inflict the wound that the
death of a leader was supposed to cause in another way.
“Burn it.
BURN IT!”
Burn down teldrassil and all the innocent civilians still trapped inside.
Genocide of the kaldorei as its been described.
This did not sit well with saurfang, but for the sake of the horde, he stood with them
as the alliance retaliated upon lordaeron.
Again, Sylvanas did whatever it took to secure victory.
Kill her own troops, use their blight, resurrect the fallen...
Saurfang couldn’t take it any longer and decided to step away.
Find his honorfull death fighting the alliance, but King Anduin didn’t take the kill.
Imprisonment was to be Saurfang’s fate while Sylvanas and the Horde retreated and Lordaeron
was blown up.
Both sides could use some more allies to secure their victory.
The alliance returned to Jaina Proudmoore’s homeland of Kul Tiras.
They were allies once before, but the daughter of the sea stepping aside to let Rexxar and
the horde kill her father as well as the alliance not retaliating for this had soured their
relations quite a bit.
Up to the heroes to make things right by helping them with their problems in Drustvar, Stormsong
valley and Tirigarde Sound.
At the end of the road we uncover that Priscilla Ashvane is working against Jaina’s mother
so she’s exposed and thrown into Jail while Jaina and the Alliance are accepted back in,
she even becomes the lord admiral of kul tiras.
The Horde joins princess Talanji and Prophet Zul in Zandalar helping the Zandalari with
their problems in Zuldazar, Nazmir and Vol’dun.
Her father Rastakhan might not see it, but there are dangers from within and without.
Prophet Zul isn’t loyal and works very hard on releasing the artificially created old
god G’huun out of his prison.
His scemes are clever and his forces so powerful that king Rastakhan see’s no other choice
but to bind himself and his bloodline to Bwomsamdi, the loa of death.
“All who succeed you will keep this bargain?
To serve me in life and in death?”
“Forever.”
“We got a deal.”
With his power they’re able to save zuldazar and their capital of Dazar’alor, but G’huun
is set free.
Up to heroes to venture into the titan complex of Uldir, take care of the corruption spilling
out and removing the threat of G’huun.
Their capital might have been saved from Zul and his forces, but the war with the alliance
carries on and they prepare to siege Dazar’alor during their war campaign.
Initially they wanted King Rastakhan to surrender, but the king of the Zandalari refused.
The battle ended with the king dead and the alliance on the retreat.
The pact with Bwonsamdi has been passed on to his daughter, now it’s she that leads
their people in these dangerous times.
Back in Darkshore Tyrande, Malfurion and the night elves have not given up on their lands
quite yet.
The horde will pay for what they’ve done so Tyrande invokes the ancient ritual of the
night warrior, demanding Elune to grant her and their forces the power needed to kick
the horde out of their ancestral lands.
Their final confrontation has one of Sylvanas’ valkyr fall, Val’kyr that allow her to return
from hell and also resurrect more troops.
This, according to a senior game producer over at blizzard is Tyrande getting her revenge
for the Night Elves.
They don’t think they’ll explore her story much more in Nazjatar despite their being
a massive history between Tyrande, Malfurion and Azshara.
“I am no queen.
I am the kaldorei vengeance.”
Tyrande was captured and tortured during the war of the ancients, held in Azshara’s palace.
Malfurion was a critical part of the night elf rebellion.
It’s their former homeland lost beneath the seas.
Tyrande has always been worried about becoming similar to Azshara as she took up her rol
of leading the night elves.
Take that as you will, apperantly the genocide of the night elves has been avenged by killing
a val’kyr.
The battle for Darkshore is still going on in a warfront where the sides switch roles
every time it’s up, switching who has control over the area.
Things do seem to be going in the favor of the Alliance, but Sylvanas has more tricks
up her sleave.
During the horde war campaign they stumbled across the body of Derek Proudmoore, Jaina’s
brother that died while fighting against the first Horde invasion.
The dark lady plans to use him.
Bring him back as an undead, twist his mind, send him back home and have him deal massive
damage from within.
Baine Bloodhoof, similar to saurfang, can’t stand what Sylvanas is doing to the Horde.
Saurfang has been released from his prison by King Anduin in the hopes of stopping Sylvanas
together.
She knows of this, has spies following him, if you want to know more about what saurfang’s
been doing and who might return in 8.2, then check out that beautiful movie they’ve released.
Baine, step by step, is losing more faith in the appointed warchief and even asks the
spirit of Vol’jin what he was thinking.
Turns out that the voices Vol’jin heard on his deathbed, the spirits that told him
to appoint sylvanas as warchief might not have been the loa at all.
Not to mention that he’s been touched by valor.
Been forged into something powerful by a different source then the one that told him to appoint
her as warchief.
Bwonsamdi, The Lich King, Eyir, none of them can give him the answers he seeks so Vol’jin
goes on hunting the shadows trying to find out what is going on.
Baine in the meantime has had enough of Sylvanas.
Her plans with Derek are going too far in his mind so he decides to liberate him and
return him to Jaina.
This does not stay a secret to Sylvanas so baine is placed in chains.
His fate will be further explored in patch 8.2.
“Sylvanas will kill you for this and...
She may not sotp with you.”
“No life is worth living if we cannot be true to our nature.”
That’s where we are with the story at the moment.
The Alliance has recruited Kul Tiras an an ally, the Horde has the Zandalari.
The alliance has murdered the king of the Zandalari and also did some massive damage
to their fleet, meaning that they have dominance over the sea.
Sylvanas tried to use Derek, but Baine worked against her and more voices amongst the Horde
are rising up.
Some fully support her choices while others are coming to the conclussion that sylvanas
might not be their right warchief.
Meanwhile darkness is stirring beneath the surface.
A taste of what the next patch is going to bring is given within the crucible of storms
raid and the return of Xalatath, blade of the black empire...
This blade was one of the artifacts that heroes collected during legion, powerful weapons
to support them in the war.
The scepter of Azshara for example, that was collected by shamans while Xalath was for
the shadow priests.
It’s origin is lost to time, but it has some very strong connections to the days of
the black empire.
The time when the old gods ruled the world.
She had quite a lot to say to us during legion.
When Sargeras stabbed the world with his sword, Magni Bronzebeard, speaker for the titan spirit
rallied all those who he could find to focus on healing the world.
First step was to suck out the corruption that sargeras’ sword contained.
Our artifacts were overloaded with power, so much so that they eventually went dormant,
including Xalatath.
We even got a beautiful necklace called the heart of azeroth to assist us with healing
the world.
Gather as much azerite as we can, not just to use as a weapon like the factions have
been doing, but actually focus on healing her wounds and try to keep the planet together.
Fighting over azeroth is all fine and dandy, but we’ll all be in trouble if there’s
no azeroth left to fight over.
So miracolously xalatath shows up again, a bit pissed that shadow priests abused her
like that, but she’s the forgiving sort.
The naga are on the rise, ordered to invade our shores and seize artifacts of power.
Xal’atath might be our best chance of uncovering what the naga seek.
She guides us in collecting 3 ancient artifacts, one of the void, one of the storm and one
of the ocean.
While we’re at it, she also makes sure to pick up a brand new body to walk around with.
Gathering artifacts for her and bringing them back to the Precipice of Oblivion...really
what could go wrong?
“Hear me god of the deep.
I have brought you the opener.
The bringer of truths.
The torch that lights the way!
Honor our bargain...free me to find my own fate.”
“Go, but the blade must remain to serve my will.”
“A fair exchange.
Shadows guide you my dear friend.
We will meet again, I am certain of it.”
‘I have dreamed your destiny, mortal.
The hour is close at hand.
That which was sunken shall rise.
All that were sleeping...shall be awakened.
Receive my gift and see all truths before you.”
Well, we walk right into the hands of the old god N’zoth.
Xalatath is set free from the blade, free to find her own fate while we have a little
chat with the old god.
The hour is close at hand.
That which was sunken shall rise.
All that was sleeping...shall be awakened...
N’zoth is coming and as a parting gift we get one of his eyes attached to our head.
You do have the choice to remove it, but what’s the fun in that.
For a while it didn’t do a whole lot besides letting you see others that also kept this
gift.
More recently though its whispers have become quite loud...
“Nzoth whispering”
The empty blade left behind by Xalatath is picked up by horde heroes that have overcome
the threats within the crucible of storms.
Something compels them to bring it back to their warchief. as they present the dagger
to Sylvanas, a faint smile curls her lips.
For the briefest moment, it seems her eyes darknes.
A trick of the light, no doubt.
“The Alliance believes that by striking down Rastakhan and decimating the Zandalari
fleet, they have broken us.
That the Horde will soon crumble.
Fools.
The boy-king has lied to himself and his people.
He hasn’t the faintest inkling of what he’s truly up against.
war is a living thing.
It writhes, it grows, twisting and turning until its final form is revealed.
This war is about to shift yet again.
And it will be this blade that guides our way to victory.”
An artifact steeped in old god history will guide our way into the next patch.
COnsidering that the Horde has busted Priscilla ashvane out of prison and into a secret meeting
with Sylvanas....considering that N’zoth and nazjatar are coming closer...our adventures
will take us out into the sea...to what ever secrets might wait beneath the surface.
Not to mention that we’re also going to see mechagon, but that story is a little bit
on its own and will unfold in the patch itself.
I can’t wait to actually have things to do in the game again.
Can’t wait to see what the story is going to bring.
But for now you’re up to speed with the major things that happened in battle for azeroth
so far.
I know I skipped quite a few details on the things that went down.
If you want to know it all, if you want all the juicy details, link to the playlist is
down below.
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