First Official N'Zoth Art, Enhancement Shaman Animations, Paladin Quest Updates, Movie BTS Shot

Posted 2016/03/22 at 12:01 AM by perculia

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During our failed assault on the Broken Shore, Highlord Tirion Fordring was lost, and with him out greatest weapon against the Legion...

the Ashbringer.

We need to return to the Broken Shore and recover the Ashbringer at all costs.

Seeking Guidance

Tyrosus says: It seems the Highlord's absence has affected more than just the living.
I will prepare the ceremony while you help our allies quell these spirits.

Tyrosus says: We are ready to commune with Lord Uther. You should join me at the tomb.
Uther's resting place lies just ahead.
Light, hear our prayers... for shadows close in around us.
Grant us this one audience, so the Ashbringer may yet save out world.

Uther Lightbringer says: Maxwell, old friend! It's been far too long.
Tyrosus says: Uther, it's really you!
Uther says: You're both doing the Light's work, but if you seek the Ashbringer then you must hurry.
Tyrosus says: Do you know where it is, Uther? We risk everything if we return to that place.
Uther says: I can feel the Ashbringer reaching out, on an island just off the Tomb of Sargeras itself.
And it is not alone. Tirion is still alive, Maxwell, but his light is fading quickly. You must move swiftly or he will perish!
Good luck, and walk always in the Light.
Tyrosus says: Uther, wait! Uther!
If Tirion is still alive, we will save him or die trying.

Tyrosus says: You brave souls have been chosen to strike into the depths of hell itself to rescue Highlord Tirion. This is your last chance to turn back.
Ready yourselves, men - the Broken Shore awaits.

Tyrosus says: The demons before us are all that stand between us and the Ashbringer. Regardless of the outcome, our families will know that we fought for the freedom of the and safety of our world.
Argent Crusaders - CHARGE!
Jailer Zerus says: Such arrogance... must be punished.
Infernals - crush them.
Tyrosus says: Champion, we must persevere!
Jailer Zerus says: Scorch the earth behind us. I must finish breaking our... guest.
Tyrosus says: The fiends have Tirion! We have to act quickly.
I'll signal for our hippogryph riders to get our fallen to Light's Hope Chapel. You must forge ahead and find the Highlord!
Jailer Zerus says: You mortals are so vain... so arrogant. You will suffer for your hubris.
The sundering of this one's soul has been... taxing. But he will be ours soon.
Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: NO! The Light burns in my heart... I will NEVER surrender!
Jailer Zerus says: You will suffer a thousand lifetimes.
Tirion says: By the Light... you must vanquish this foul demon!
Jailer Zerus says: Insignificant gnat. I will enjoy breaking you.

Wrathguard Cleaver yells: The mortal approaches the Ashbringer. To arms!
Balnazzar says: Ah, the Light's greatest champion has arrived to claim the holy Ashbringer and lay waste to my kin.
Eredar Deathspeaker yells: We have failed... Lord Balna...
Balnazzar says: The say only the pure of heart can wield the highblade. Come, champion - claim your destiny.

Balnazzar says: I've been waiting for you, paladin. Know that I will rip the soul from your flesh and make your body my own.
I will turn you into a weapon of the Legion. I will use your hollow shell to corrupt and destroy everything you have ever loved, piece by piece.
Now, kneel. Kneel before your master.
Pathetic mortal. You cannot fight my will. You are mine.
Very well. I will take great pleasure in tearing your apart.
Know that I am Balnazzar. Know that you are but a pawn in plans beyond your reckoning.
Enough. Never again will that damned blade slay my brethren! YOU... WILL... DIE!
You think this is over, paladin? Our journey together has just begun....

Tyrosus says: You must come quickly. Tirion called for you by name - I fear he does not have long for this world. Hurry!
We have to get out of here before more demons come. Quickly, the Highlord is just outside the temple.
Highlord Tirion says: Come... closer....
You must... take up the blade... you must... stop the Legion...
You must become... the Ashbringer...

Tyrosus says: We gave everything for the Ashbringer - you gave everything. Tirion would be proud to see you wielding that blade.

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This is true! N'Zoth is a secretive being, and has not been seen in the Warcraft universe before now ...

... but if you'd like a sneak peek of what the physical form of this ancient evil looks like to our mortal eyes, N'Zoth has graced our Twitter and Facebook with a touch of its sinister presence.

Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron, an Archaeology solve, has whispers that alluded to a drowned god in a sunken city:

At the bottom of the ocean even light must die
The drowned god's heart is black ice.
In the sunken city, he lays dreaming.
The fish know all the secrets. They know the cold. They know the dark.
In the land of Ny'alotha there is only sleep.
In the sleeping city of Ny'alotha walk only mad things.
Ny'alotha is a city of old, terrible, unnumbered crimes.

While questing in the underwater zone Vashj'ir, there are several references to an Old God underneath. The Undershell area of L’ghorek sprouts enormous tentacles. In ... It Will Come, the player summons Ick'thys the Unfathomable who states ”I laugh at you, feeble <name>, but I will oblige. Now, let us return to my master, below!” In the followup quest Unplug L'ghorek, Erunak Stonespeaker states:

L'ghorek is the ancient that rests upon the shelf across from us. It is being controlled and its life energies slowly consumed by something immense beneath us.

There is a cave known as the Undershell down below L'ghorek. In that cave are three powerful ogre magi that are maintaining a ritual connecting the thing below with the ancient.

The Dragon Soul boss Warlord Zon'ozz has lines about N’Zoth:

Gaze into the heart of N'Zoth.
The will of N'Zoth corrupts you.
Your deaths shall sing of N'Zoth's unending glory.
Your skulls shall adorn N'Zoth's writhing throne.
Victory for Deathwing. For the glory of N'Zoth!
Your souls shall sate N'Zoth's endless hunger.
Once more shall the twisted flesh-banners of N'Zoth chitter and howl above the fly-blown corpse of this world. After millennia, we have returned.

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World of Warcraft Chronicle: Black Empire

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Comment by CorvosiDamn, N'Zoth looks awesome, hope we see him sometime in LegionComment by AlasdaerN'Zoth gets first spotted in HS, hmmm? But we still have the Naga zone on the Broken Isles. This is pretty much a confirmation for me that we will see N'Zoth in WoW too. And that means Blizzard is pretty much going all in with Legion: Azshara gets mentioned, Kil'Jaeden gets a new model, Sargeras is probably the final boss and now N'Zoth.

Assuming they all get killed: Is this the end of the world (of Warcraft)? I mean is there any major lore evil left then? It seems they throw all they have at us. I'm a bit excited now.Comment by sgtevmckayWe may actually not be prepared.

That being said, I canna believe that it would get thrown at us all at once.
One small tragedy at a time.

We must contend with the Legion, depose Sargeras, then we can look at the old gods.
Let alone missing Titans that are scattered to the four windsComment by Random0056N'Zoth does look awesome, and hopefully we see him in the future, which I assume we may (probably will be my favorite of them all). That said, the updates to Ashbringer are cool, well as the new animations for Enhancement.Comment by mczagaI need the new Book learn about the Black EmpireComment by necrotommaAwesome picture of N'Zoth indeed!Comment by RosaryOmenWe may actually not be prepared.

That being said, I canna believe that it would get thrown at us all at once.
One small tragedy at a time.

We must contend with the Legion, depose Sargeras, then we can look at the old gods.
Let alone missing Titans that are scattered to the four windsComment by guitar92He looks awesome though I really do hope that they don't forget to put him in Legion because it will be kinda awkward.Comment by ChaosJackalSince when are the titans dead? Destruction of the body doesn't always mean death.

And no, Old Gods aren't nothing compared to Sargeras. He may be stronger than them, but we've never a fought an Old God at full power either. And we won't fight Sargeras in his real form anyway, just his avatar, in case he appears as a boss. Fighting him at full power would be impossible.Comment by GrabovskyI doubt the titans are dead, but who knows. I also doubt we will see sargeras this expac, or N'zoth for that matter. Azshara and probably Kil'jaeden will be fought in legion. Though the only other things left are titans and naruu, since emerald dream was mostly dealt with in an expansion. Its a shame they took out so much stuff in warlords, because they will never go back. Would have loved to have siege of shattrath as a raid.
Since when are the titans dead?

And no, Old Gods aren't nothing compared to Sargeras. He may be stronger than them, but we've never a fought an Old God at full power either. And we won't fight Sargeras in his real form anyway, just his avatar, in case he appears as a boss. Fighting him at full power would be impossible.Comment by ExarkWell their bodies got destroyed and their spirits where infused into Azeroth and the keepers. But Azeroth is a dormant titan so story line to go with there.

I'd also say mortals can fight Sageras, not easily, but he has been wounded before (by Brox) and the mortal races are more powerful than even the titans expected, like the nelphalem in Diablo, they are a combination of the void corruption from the old gods and the power of the pantheon.

Sageras might also not be as powerful as he was before, he took a beating in the fight with the other titans and the broke his sword, might make his planet smashing abilities and little worse.Comment by WolfrickThe New updates to the Paladin Artifact quest line! is GREAT! WELL DONE BLIZZARD! Lore and Immersion; that is what WORLD of warcraft Should all be about ^^Comment by Barba06The Old Gods are probably a lot stronger than Sargeras :) It took multiple Titans to actually kill a single Old God and even then one of the Titans was defeated (then the dead Old God became the Sha you see in Pandaria).

Kalecgos also said in one of the books (I don't remember which one) that if an Old God would face Sargeras, the fallen Titan would eventually beg for death. So yeah I feel like the Old Gods are the real "end bosses" of the Warcraft universe, not Sargeras :)Comment by MonsoontI think they updated Retribution Paladin's Artifact Acquisition quest to address the issue...

with Tirion's funeral when you establish order hall as other specs. It were very strange if you went after other artifact first then do Ashbringer as second or third; he was alive and must be rescued, you went after other artifact, we made funeral for him, you went for ashbringer, he is alive... you get the idea.

This updated version is much better as it assumes he's dead even before choosing artifact, then along the quest line Uther tells you he is still alive.

I don't know if they fixed the paladin class order walk-in RP yet. That Gryan Stoutmantle seemed to always say the Ashbringer no matter which artifact you have.Comment by JimbrooksI am curious how they are going to introduce N'Zoth again as a threat, and whether or not we will need to go back to Vashj'ir to deal with it. There is a big area for a raid portal for it that they did nothing with because 'swimming was hard'. I wonder how it will all play out......Comment by MonsoontThe Old Gods are probably a lot stronger than Sargeras :) It took multiple Titans to actually kill a single Old God and even then one of the Titans was defeated (then the dead Old God became the Sha you see in Pandaria).

Kalecgos also said in one of the books (I don't remember which one) that if an Old God would face Sargeras, the fallen Titan would eventually beg for death. So yeah I feel like the Old Gods are the real "end bosses" of the Warcraft universe, not Sargeras :)Comment by steinmetz342Old Gods are nothing compared to him.Comment by Pory02It looks a little bit like Yogg Saron. Interesting. I hope we will see it soon. N'Zoth is the strongest of all old Gods. It created Death Wing who we only could destroy with the energy of ALL Dragons. This will be very interesting!Comment by IgnisVenomOld Gods are nothing compared to him.Comment by IgnisVenomIt looks a little bit like Yogg Saron. Interesting. I hope we will see it soon. N'Zoth is the strongest of all old Gods. It created Death Wing who we only could destroy with the energy of ALL Dragons. This will be very interesting!

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