Analysis of of the Sylvanas Cinematic - Sanctum of Domination Raid Finale (Spoilers)

Posted 2021/07/10 at 3:12 AM by Paryah

Sanctum of Domination Raid Finale Cinematic

**There are story spoilers in the cinematic below as well as in in the analysis.**

The BeatsFreedomprevious cinematicsFurther ThoughtsSylvanas and SylvanasWarbringers: SylvanasAfterlives: BastionBefore and after? or Two parts of a whole?
Warbringers: SylvanasWorld of Warcraft: Folk & Fairy Tales of AzerothOrpheus and EurydiceCourage - Sylvanas faces down the Lich King himself
Warbringers: SylvanasSylvanas and Delaryn or Sylvanas and Sylvanas?
Warbringers: SylvanasSylvanas inexplicably getting away from Tyrande - she looks like she knows something Tyrande doesn't...
The Battle of ArdenwealdHopeSylvanas' ChoicePleading with the Jailer, hope incarnateWho is Sylvanas?What Sylvanas WantsThe Significance of Soul CrystalsRemember how Frostmourne called to ArthasThe final key taking on its final form - to infinity and beyondThe Compasscompass The first time we saw the compass, Varian is writing a letter for Anduin in case he dies on the Broken Shore
(spoiler, he does)Arthas, Anduin, and the JailerAnduin in Lich King pose and the Jailer towering as the Lich King doesWhat the Jailer Wantshoped Color and the JailerReminder, it's all about control

Might there be a dual meaning in Sylvanas' blue eyes? Is she now in control of her whole self, finally? One might think for a second, that maybe we have it all wrong and the Jailer has left her in his thrall, but that is very unlikely to be the case. The shade of blue is just off. Sylvanas' blue is not the Jailer's blue.

Totally different blues

What of the blue gem on the Jailers helm? Is he just keeping with the style, or is he, in turn, being controlled...?

Are these the same?

This analysis was written in collaboration with our lore guide writer, DiscordianKitty. For more information about the lore related to this cinematic, check out these guides:

The Story of Chains of Domination No More Lies and a Choice What is the Sepulcher of the First Ones? Sylvanas and the Jailer

12 37

Comment by HiyorinAn interesting write-up. Thank you.Comment by moridin27I could see her ending up with the Venthyr, she originally would have been in Ardenweald, but her actions while her soul has been split mean that she has a lot of baggage to deal with and the Venthyr would be best placed to help her with that.Comment by DeweilerCannot let him reach the..... what the? Not the Sepulcher or Tomb because hear exactly of the "the". There must be a word starting with a,e,i,o,u or a word where we take "the" like "At the hour".Comment by MightylorddkThat Thrall breaking up, looking up is far fetched. He was just kneeling there. No hidden meaning out there, not everything is marvel moviesComment by yager05RemovedComment by CrusadyrThat's a long article explaining how Blizzard butchered half the lore to make a good character into a bland terrible one.
15 years of story building up to... this.......
Should have just had Garrosh kill her around panda land and kept her a good character.Comment by GaabCannot let him reach the..... what the? Not the Sepulcher or Tomb because hear exactly of the "the". There must be a word starting with a,e,i,o,u or a word where we take "the" like "At the hour".Comment by KaileaJaina should stop promising to save that arrogant crybaby Anduin.He's better as what he is now and he should never return to Stormwind.Comment by TheLustfulOh for the love of- "Does the Jailer's blue gem in his helm mean he's being controlled?" No. No, it doesn't not.
"It's amazing that he managed to catch her arrow!" Really? Cuz that shot was lazier than Forest Whitaker's eye.Comment by TexxiiWell, if you target her after the last fight, she appears dead...Comment by O4MinisterI don't really think venthyr since atoning for something you already feel bad for doesn't make sense, venthyr is home to the people who are proud of the bad things they have done and have to learn they shouldn't, I'm thinking any of the other 3. Not really ardeweald, yes she was a ranger so probably a hunter but she didn't really have that "nature" affinity. She would fit the necrolords maybe or even the Smurflords. On the other hand ... There are literally milions more zones like these 4 that we don't even know about so maybe she should be in one of those.Comment by Stalker92"He is trying to make a perfect world, a perfect world for him."

As always, he's full of sh*t. This is as believable as the fact he SOMEHOW convinced Sylvanas to servitude, telling her that afterlife is flawed, and he'll make it better.
For God's sake, how someone enslaving or destroying souls to raise an army would have a better idea for afterlife?
Of course, I won't mention things about Sylvanas, because everything about her character in SL (and since BfA) was said bu the users in the comments. But what's more infuriating, the made Anduin a lackey for Zovaal, that will be most likely killed, because "he's already lost". Dear God, they somehow managed to come up with that a**pulled redemption arc for Sylvanas. Is that mean writers like her more than Anduin? They want to get rid of him, because he doesn't fit the setting somehow?

I think it's time for #EndWoW, because at this point, continuing the story has no further point.
Don't change my mind. You won't.Comment by CharlayneIt's going to take a bit for some of us to trust her. She broke all trust when she burned Teldrassil. If that is the other part of her soul, the part that was "human" (or elf), it may be that she'll be more punished by seeing the ghosts of all the people she's killed over the eons. The mother and child in the field killed by Arthas, the ones she's killed. I don't think I could go with the "she doesn't remember," That's a cop-out.

And Anduin. I've been afraid since they snatched him by his father's memorial (what a big tell) that this was going to be something that would force him to grow, to confront evil that he really hadn't before, even with the Legion he was sent home to Stormwind. He was second to Genn Graymane and Magni. And Wrathion. Now he's on his own, alone in this mess. How much PTSD is he going to suffer once this whole thing is finished? Would we see a broken king, older and hurt?

Genn. Oh, can you see what's going to happen when he sees her for the first time? That guy will wolf out and not accept her back, I can't see any way he wouldn't. She burned Teldrassil, she also had attacked Gilneas. All those deaths are her's, she owns them. And Genn isn't given to forgiveness. She will suffer, but all he could do to her won't soothe his soul.

Can we call Wrathion? You know he would be in on it if we had to go in after Anduin. Having that black dragon would be very helpful.

So many things swirling in this cinematic. You did a great job, and there's a lot to unpack. I have more questions than answers.Comment by pabasa

I think it's time for #EndWoW, because at this point, continuing the story has no further point.
Don't change my mind. You won't.Comment by CharlayneIt's going to take a bit for some of us to trust her. She broke all trust when she burned Teldrassil. If that is the other part of her soul, the part that was "human" (or elf), it may be that she'll be more punished by seeing the ghosts of all the people she's killed over the eons. The mother and child in the field killed by Arthas, the ones she's killed. I don't think I could go with the "she doesn't remember," That's a cop-out.

And Anduin. I've been afraid since they snatched him by his father's memorial (what a big tell) that this was going to be something that would force him to grow, to confront evil that he really hadn't before, even with the Legion he was sent home to Stormwind. He was second to Genn Graymane and Magni. And Wrathion. Now he's on his own, alone in this mess. How much PTSD is he going to suffer once this whole thing is finished? Would we see a broken king, older and hurt?

Genn. Oh, can you see what's going to happen when he sees her for the first time? That guy will wolf out and not accept her back, I can't see any way he wouldn't. She burned Teldrassil, she also had attacked Gilneas. All those deaths are her's, she owns them. And Genn isn't given to forgiveness. She will suffer, but all he could do to her won't soothe his soul.

Can we call Wrathion? You know he would be in on it if we had to go in after Anduin. Having that black dragon would be very helpful.

So many things swirling in this cinematic. You did a great job, and there's a lot to unpack. I have more questions than answers.Comment by darosNo one mentions this Anduin Quote he says during fight with Primus:
"You once bound me with Domination. Now it is my weapon to wield"

To me it sound like it would be Arthras in control of Anduin. On the other hand, I guess there would be more of him glancing back at Sylvanas considering their history.Comment by Stalker92In my opinion, let's just let Zorvaal win and remake the planet, and we start over in WoW2. Akin to A Realm Reborn, keep a few main characters but just have a fresh Azeroth shaped by the Jailer and we start the fight from scratch.Comment by Stalker92So many things swirling in this cinematic. You did a great job, and there's a lot to unpack. I have more questions than answers.Comment by 2245526Everyone would be happier without any of this soap opera drag.
Thankfully sub time runs out soon.Comment by NiccoloM"He is trying to make a perfect world, a perfect world for him."

As always, he's full of sh*t. This is as believable as the fact he SOMEHOW convinced Sylvanas to servitude, telling her that afterlife is flawed, and he'll make it better.
For God's sake, how someone enslaving or destroying souls to raise an army would have a better idea for afterlife?
Of course, I won't mention things about Sylvanas, because everything about her character in SL (and since BfA) was said bu the users in the comments. But what's more infuriating, the made Anduin a lackey for Zovaal, that will be most likely killed, because "he's already lost". Dear God, they somehow managed to come up with that a**pulled redemption arc for Sylvanas. Is that mean writers like her more than Anduin? They want to get rid of him, because he doesn't fit the setting somehow?

I think it's time for #EndWoW, because at this point, continuing the story has no further point.
Don't change my mind. You won't.

12 37