World of Warcraftfans who feel thatBattle for Azerothmay not have given a certain character her due might be glad to learn about the emerging story developments in store forDragonflight’s upcoming patch. There were plenty of reasons forWorld of Warcraftplayers to be frustrated by the preceding two expansions, and many felt that N’Zoth and Azshara in particular were never allowed a proper time to shine. TheJailer inShadowlandswas a similarly disappointing villain, albeit for completely different reasons, as his vague motivations and boring characterization swiftly overstayed their welcome amongWorld of Warcraftfans.
By comparison, the Primalist threat and Raszageth felt like a breath of fresh air in their simplicity, straightforwardness, and clearly defined motivations. They were literal dragons for players to hunt down and slay, and with the introduction of Raszageth’s siblings to the forefront of the story, the stage is set for the next chapter ofDragonflight’s story. However, the background plot in therecentWorld of Warcraftexpansionpulls certain, seemingly unrelated story threads, in a completely different direction.
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TheForbidden Reach inWorld of WarcraftPatch 10.0.7 has players explore the Evoker starting zone in full capacity, and over the course of their adventures, they can come across “A Song of the Depths” in the back of a naga cave.World of Warcraftfan and lore aficionado Ishura posted a full transcript of its pages on Twitter, as its contents blatantly imply the return of Aszhara and her Empire as major players in the final fate of the Dragon Isles and the Dragonflights.
Some of the phrases used in the journal hearken back to Il’gynoth, a famous boss from the Emerald Nightmare raid. His lines have served to fuel the vast majority of tin-foil theories that came from theWorld of Warcraftfandom since the launch ofLegion, and it’s interesting to see Blizzard address them in a more concrete way. While Il’gynoth’s words are suitably cryptic and fun to decipher, players are starting to feel burned out by the dangling carrot on a stick they have come to represent.
While Aszhara’s return makes a lot of sense, especially given the role played by theDragonflightsin the War of the Ancients, there is one more candidate the book could be referring to: Xal’atath, the entity once bound to the Shadow Priest artifact weapon, now fully free to enact her agenda. With many players believing that she could be the remnant of Azeroth’s fifth Old God, as well as her popularity among fans, Blizzard could potentially shift Xal’atath into the role of a central antagonist. ThoughDragonflight’s plot direction remains a mystery, the focus onNeltharion’s past inWorld of WarcraftPatch 10.1is the perfect time to bring the Old Gods and the Naga back into the story.
