Guardians of the Dream Patch 10.2 Campaign Chapter 5: A Dream of Fields and Fire (BlizzCon Spoilers)

Posted 2023/11/05 at 8:25 PM by Neryssa

WARNING: Patch 10.2 Guardians of the Dream spoilers ahead!

The questline starts right after Chapter 4, Eye of Ysera, with a cutscene.
This cutscene has Alexstrasza, Tyrande and Merithra talking about Amirdrassil starting to bloom, and taking power off of the Wellspring of Life, which has the side effect of weakening the barrier that protects the Wellspring of Life from outside threats. For some reason, reinforcements have been blocked off of entering the Emerald Dream, so we must prepare for Fyrakk to enter the Dream with whatever defenses we can muster inside the Dream.

Still Standing in the Fire

As Alexstrasza snuffs out the last flame ward, she is directly struck by Fyrakk, who manages to knock her down to the ground. As Fyrakk approaches Alexstrasza in visage form, she talks to him about how he used to fight for an ideal, but all now he's looking for is power. Fyrakk agrees with her, stating that she happens to be in his way and she will die alone, right then and there. As Fyrakk is readying a mortal blow, portals open around them, with many characters arriving in defense of Azeroth - Khadgar, Kalecgos and the faction leaders are showcased here. It is very reminiscent of the start of the final battle in Avengers: Endgame. Alexstrasza mentions that Azeroth is raising against Fyrakk, who is forced to retreat - but Alexstrasza orders everyone to go after him.

Fyrakk shows up near the entrance to the Wellspring of Life, mentioning that all his allies are useless, and if you want something done you need to do it yourself. As he does so, he further empowers his axe, Fyr'alath, with shadowflame, using it to strike down the barrier and gain entry to the Wellspring of Life. At that point, Fyrakk is fully taken by the shadowflame, more purple than red. He manages to shatter the barrier and gain entrance to the Wellspring.

Dream WardensEnchanted Wyrm's Dreaming CrestGigantic Dreamseed

Comment by JaxondiirSo turalyon, rexxar and velen are helping defend the tree but MALFURION !@#$ING STORMRAGE has to stay in ardenweald?Comment by TribesneHe has to stay in Ardenweald to honor the bargain he made so that Ysera could come back - its not that hard to understand.Comment by LandaiThis sounds like a really bad jokeComment by SoeroahIt sounds pretty cool but I do hope there's some build-up to some of those characters showing up, as opposed to out of nowhere.. even just as an NPC ordering another to get the word out or something.

I'm all for a rule of cool pop culture reference, just don't want it to be confusing.Comment by MalrunedHonestly taking ideas from the MCU is a very healthy direction for the game to take, Blizzard doing what they do best and copying the winning formula.Comment by arboachgHe has to stay in Ardenweald to honor the bargain he made so that Ysera could come back - its not that hard to understand.Comment by ChanchiHe has to stay in Ardenweald to honor the bargain he made so that Ysera could come back - its not that hard to understand.Comment by Soildier37Tyrande and Malfurion would easily be enough to defeat Fyrakk, but if Velen joined the fight they could defeat him before the raid even started.Comment by gecoSo when it comes time to kill the surviving Kaldorei of Teldrassil, everyone comes to help.Comment by DragonGuardianHonestly taking ideas from the MCU is a very healthy direction for the game to take, Blizzard doing what they do best and copying the winning formula.Comment by Dylanx63So does Ysera go back to ardenweald after this? Did she really even do anything besides give Merithra a pep talk?Comment by SeqaneAzeroth Assemble!

The writers are now resorting to plagiarism. What a joke.Comment by TriveliusHonestly taking ideas from the MCU is a very healthy direction for the game to take, Blizzard doing what they do best and copying the winning formula.Comment by BrimzHe has to stay in Ardenweald to honor the bargain he made so that Ysera could come back - its not that hard to understand.Comment by LeviathonHe has to stay in Ardenweald to honor the bargain he made so that Ysera could come back - its not that hard to understand.Comment by AngryPomMalfurion lost to…Xavius and…Saurfang ? Let him rest.Comment by SoeroahAzeroth Assemble!

The writers are now resorting to plagiarism. What a joke.Comment by NalijaStarcraft was supposed to be Warhammer 40k RTS but got denied by GW again. Comment by tupolew519Can't to see the cinematics.Comment by ZakkaruHonestly taking ideas from the MCU is a very healthy direction for the game to take, Blizzard doing what they do best and copying the winning formula.