Hello everyone!
Last monday we talked about the events in Nighthold and I promised during that video,
that I would speculate a little bit on what the future might bring.
Keep in mind that I might be talking about spoilers so if you don’t want to know what’s
to come, then why are you watching a video speculating on the future?
I mean... if you don’t want any spoilers please turn off the video right now.
So...where to begin...
Right now we’re at the point in the story where the Nighthold has been conquered, Gul’dan
has been defeated and Illidan has returned.
The order halls are going to band together and take on the broken shore, fight their
way through the tomb of Sargeras and try to seal that gateway created by Gul’dan, try
to cut off those legion reinforcements constantly pouring in.
At blizzcon they already announced that we’re going to Argus which most likely means we’ll
see the army of Light with Turalyon & Alleria, but the way that we’re going to get there
is unclear.
Velen has ordered to repair the exodar after the Legion attacked and they’re going home,
they’re going to Argus but I think it would be odd if all of us are going to be put into
that Vessel but it’s one way of getting there, the demon hunters also have their ship
that can travel, but another is a link between outland and Argus established during the Illidan
novel.
They spend a lot of time in that story explaining what Illidan was trying to do, explaining
how he set up that link and all that’s required is to empower it and we got our gateway ready
to go.
However we might make the trip, we are going to Argus, stronghold of the burning legion,
which brings us to the first mystery of today...who’s going to be the end boss of Legion?
The avatar of Sargeras is a boss in the tomb of sargeras and so is Kil’jaeden.
Apperantly he takes us into the twisting nether so either we defeat him right there, or they’re
going to use Kil’jaeden again, place him on his throne on Argus and have him as the
final boss.
If we do take out Kil’jaeden before Argus is done and we assume that Archimonde is also
truly defeated, that means we’ve taken out the 2 lieutenants and only the leader is left
standing, namely Sargeras.
He has been described as powerful enough to cleave planets in two.
He has killed the Pantheon, the titans, pretty much our gods.
Only 1 mortal in existence was ever able to wound him, at least as far as we know, Broxigar
with the axe of Cenarius that did a teeny tiny cut until he was impaled upon Sargeras’
sword.
Now granted we all have our super duper special artifacts, but still...I think it would be
odd to actually take down Sargeras.
Can you just imagine how that raid is going to go down?
If we compare it to Deathwing for example where we fought on this mighty beast.
Are we going to take down his toes and then his ankles and then his kneecaps...I think
it’s just a bit odd to take down such a pillar in the lore, the leader of the burning
legion but who knows!
Perhaps we can show him that his greatest fear, a planet with a slumbering world soul
infected with the old gods, that such a planet can produce more than just ultimate destruction
to the universe.
That the champions of Azeroth are not his enemies, but actually powerful allies that
could stand with him against the real enemy of the universe, the void lords.
It’s funny that Legion itself is more difficult to predict as to how it’s going to end,
who’s going to be the end boss and what they’re going to do with the artifacts.
Now when talking about the next expansion, the next story they’re going tell if we
take away the random possibilities like what they did with warlords or mists of pandaria,
something like that is very hard to predict, if we go with what’s most likely going to
happen next then the story will pitch us against the powers of the Void.
Those that have read the chronicles will not really be surprised about that and the game
is also offering quite a few hints mainly with the whispers of Ill’gynoth from the
Emerald Nightmare raid which actually connects to what we see in the Nighthold.
When we face off against Gul’dan on the alliance side he says:
“Your new boy-king will bow down and serve me...as will all of you!
“ The boy-king serves at the master's table.
Three lies will he offer you.
There was a bit of speculation when we just had Illgynoth as to who this boy king is,
but to have Gul’dan repeat it...I don’t think that’s just a coincidence.
So if his alliance specific line hints at the future, does his horde one do the same?
“in the end death will inherit this world and she will be waiting...”
“At the hour of her third death, she will usher in our coming.”
Both of these lines, both of these whispers are talking about death and a she when thinking
about that 2 names come to mind.
Helya, who’s already been defeated in Hellheim and Sylvanas who had her part to play in Stormheim
and then just kinda vanished not to mention that she already died 3 times and to have
them replace another warchief...I don’t know, seems a bit much.
What if the she that they’re talking about is the slumbering titan spirit inside of Azeroth
who has been confirmed to be female.
Her third death could be another catastrophic event to the world as we’ve seen with first
the sundering after the war of the ancient and then the shattering with the cataclysm.
In the end death will inherit this world...
Yogg-Saron yells: BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GOD OF DEATH!”
“Your fate is sealed.
The end of days is finally upon you and ALL who inhabit this miserable little seedling.
Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh.
Yogg-Saron the proclaimed god of death has been shown to be active in Ulduar during the
Legion pre-event where we joined Magni Bronzebeard as he explained that he now speaks for the
titan spirit.
Around the cataclysm he used a titan ritual to communicate with the land, instead he became
one with it and turned into a crystal and now with Legion he’s back and he’s talking
for the spirit inside the planet.
“Her heart is a crater, and we have filled it.””
“The king of diamonds has been made a pawn.
“
Dwarves used to be earthen before the curse of flesh hit them, a curse designed to weaken
the titan creations and make them more vulnerable to the old gods corruption.
A similar thing has happened with for example the mechagnomes and the vrykul.
“Flesh is his gift.
He is your true creator.”
So what does the king of diamonds inform us about?
The only way by which we can seal of the gateway at the tomb of sargeras, he points us towards
the 5 pillars of creations.
“Five keys to open our way.
Five torches to light our path.”
“The lord of ravens will turn the key”
The lord of ravens could be Odyn or Medivh or Khadgar, I personally think Khadghar but
doesn’t really matter, the point is that the 5 pillars or 5 keys will be used to shut
the gateway, lighting the path for the old gods.
So let’s think back for a moment, how did we obtain these 5 pillars?
Aegis of Aggramar, reward by Odyn after completing his trials and competing with God king Skovald.
Why did Odyn need us?
Because he and his forces were trapped within the Halls of Valor.
Helya was the one who trapped them after being set free from Odyn’s control by keeper Loken
and Keeper Loken was listening to the whispers of Yogg-Saron.
Tears of Elune originally ready to be picked up in Val’sharah, taken by Xavius the Nightmare
Lord who used it against Ysera.
The seeds of the Emerald Nightmare were placed by the old gods and Xavius was working with
the old gods.
We brought Ysera down and the cleansed tears of Elune were picked up.
Tidestone of Golganeth, shattered by Azshara before the sundering took place, the pieces
locked away within Nar’thalas Academy.
We went out to gain access into the vault, only to see the tidestone be taken away by
the naga and made whole again.
The reasoning why they wanted the tidestone was unclear, but the naga are allies of the
old gods since the whole reason why they are naga to begin with is because of a dark bargain
they made with the old gods.
Hammer of Khaz'goroth found within Highmountain, but that’s not where it was always kept.
At some point Neltharion acquired it and stored it within his lair too which Huln Highmountain
used it to banish deathwing from the land and their sacred charge of guarding the relic
began.
Dargrul the Underking decided to take the hammer for himself too which we helped out
the people of Highmountain and claimed it, but its origin falls back to Neltharion as
most of you know him today, Deathwing, another taken by the whispers of the old gods.
And the final one is the Eye of Aman’thul used by the Nightborne to create their Nightwell.
This artifact is so important to them that by removing it, their Nightwell, their found
of power has become unstable and they decide to let it die.
That’s quite the sacrifice to make, but then again they do owe us a lot for helping
them out with Elisande and the Legion.
Why did Elisande decide to remove the shield and ally with the Legion?
Because her scrying showed her no other possibility.
The idea of us being able to fight back and defeat the Legion, the powers of the Nightwell
did not show her this, but why?
Again a connection can be made to the old gods through the whispers of Xalatath:
Xal'atath whispers: Suramar, its "noble" citizens greedily slurping at their world's very lifeblood.
Slurping at the world’s very lifeblood, the titan spirit inside, her heart a crater
and the old gods have filled it.
They showed Elisande that there was no other way then to join the legion, they turned Elisande
against her own people, setting up the events within Suramar and eventually leading to the
Nightborne giving out the final key needed to seal the rift at the tomb of sargeras and
light their path to freedom.
We might be able to take care of the threat of the Legion, we might be able to take the
battle to Argus, but upon returning we’ll find out that we’ve exchanged one threat
for another.
Our world will be claimed by the old gods once again, the days of the black empire will
make a return.
Some will fall to madness, to the whispers of the void, while others will rise up and
stand against it.
We can even take this further if we want.
Who opened the gateway for the Legion to begin with, the reason why we need these pillars?
Alternate Gul’dan send back by Archimonde.
That connection between alternate Draenor and our Azeroth was established by Garrosh
send back by Kairozdormu and Wrathion.
Why?
Because Wrathion had seen a vision of the Legion making a return, something that terrified
him so much that he tried to manipulate the events between the alliance and the horde.
That blew up in his face so instead Garrosh was send to form this new horde and have that
empower us against the Legion.
His so called father Deathwing caused her second death to happen and where does a black
dragon like Wrathion get his powers from?
“From the earth, he draws strength.
Our earth.
Our strength.”.
The old gods have pitched us against the Legion trying to perform the same scheme as they
did during the War of the Ancients, use the coming of the legion to break out of their
prisons and rule the world once more.
Sure we’ve been able to stand up against the threats that attack us from the surface,
but what about that which is waiting down below.
“Its surface blazes bright, masking shadows below.”
We have not directly faced off against an old god ever since Yogg-saron’s defeat,
there was Deathwing and the heart of Y’shaarj empowering Garrosh but an actual manifestation
of the old gods...not since yogg-saron.
There is only 1 whisper that I can’t really place yet:
“To find him, drown yourself in the circle of stars.”
To find him, I didn’t even know we were looking for someone.
Is it the last old god N’zoth that they’re talking about?
Some noticed that the pattern in the chamber of the guardian where all the pillars are
being kept looks like a circle of stars so maybe it’s connected in that way?
I don’t know, but this what I think the story is hinting at.
We’re going to join Illidan and Maiev and all our forces into the Tomb of Sargeras,
go into Argus, possible have Kil’jaeden as an end boss or maybe Sargeras?
I hope it’s not the last option, I’m hoping that we can either make him see that we can
powerful allies or perhaps his worst nightmare is going to become a reality.
Imagine the slumbering titan inside azeroth said to be more powerful then Sargeras waking
up and taking him on, half corrupted and malformed, half beautiful and powerful man that would
be a sight to behold.
Either way the story will then shift into us accidently setting the old gods free, death
has inherit this world, a world taken over by the black empire and opening our eyes to
the truth of it all.
This expansion would revolve around claiming our planet back from the old gods like the
titan keepers had done.
We could see the other side of the planet hinted at during Blizzcon, Azshara, the naga,
couple of islands, maybe Kul’tiras with Jaina in the story again.
N’zoth and the old gods and possibly Nyalotha, what ever that dimension might be, those would
be forces that we face on Azeroth but like I said, it opens our eyes to the grim reality
that yes the Burning Legion is a great threat, but there’s something even worse out there.
These old gods that have been giving us so much trouble?
Yeah they’re just minions send out by the real threat out there.
Xe’ra, Light’s Heart, also knows this and has shown Illidan a vision in which he
flies above the battlefield infused with the power of the Light, leading an army against
the void.
Who’s to say what kind of creatures and races the army of Light has gathered by now
but I imagine that Arathor’s dream of Turalyon, his father dying is going to become a reality,
Illidan is going to take over in the roll of leader and we will eventually join that
army of Light in that massive war against the void lords.
This would open up the way for the Great Dark Beyond to become another expansion where we
visit different planets, different cultures and races.
The Ethereals could be a great race to be added, imagine their origin story fighting
against Dimensius and the Void, the reason why they look they do today would be a great
starting zone to kick off such an expansion.
We could save the planets previously conquered by the Legion, all those backstories for the
current artifacts could be shown in game, we could add those races to our troops.
Inform them about the darkness that’s out there and together we march on until...one
day in the future....
we see the comic with Anduin and Velen become a reality.
The final battle upon us, and keep in mind that it doesn’t have to take that long for
Anduin to grow this old.
Keep in mind that the further down you go into the twisting nether, the deeper you go
in there, time doesn’t exactly work like it does on the outside so it could be that
1 year on the outside is 10 for anduin for example but that’s way way into speculation.
Anduin fully grown into the roll as leader and perhaps taken over from Illidan, maybe
leading a different branch, but that’s how the story could go.
Now if you’re wondering if this is all that’s left?
Not really, they can keep the story going for as long as they want.
There’s the Lich King story arch that could build further upon, there’s the mists of
pandaria option where they build an expansion out of very little.
There’s the idea that the twisting nether trascends all realities and there’s the
infinite dragonflight with alternate timelines or timetravel, I’m not a personal fan of
those but it’s possible.
Like I said they can keep the story going for as long as they want, but this is where
I’ll end my speculation for now.
Hopefully I was able to make a few connections, give a bit of insight and of course by all
means let me know what you think in the comments down below.
Where do you see the story going or where do you want to see the story going?
We’ve had some awesome comments in the past, can’t wait to read them.
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