Night Fae Ampitheater - Relive Legion and Battle for Azeroth Events as a Theater Play (Story Spoilers)

Posted 2020/07/16 at 4:51 PM by Neryssa

WARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!

SoulshapeThe Play's The ThingShow, Don't TellAct 1: LegionBreak a Leg

Featherlight: Places, everyone!
Lady Moonberry: For the third time, the Burning Legion descended upon Azeroth.
Ysera looks concerned.
Droman Aliothe: DEATH TO THE LEGION!!!
Audience Member: BOO! BOOOO!
Lady Moonberry: But hope yet remained! Behold! <player>!
Audience Member: Woohoo! Yay!!
Choofa: Hey! I know them! Hi, <player>!!!

Part 1: The Emerald Nightmare

Niya, As Xavius: I am Xavius...
Niya, As Xavius: Line?
Lady Moonberry: Lord of Nightmares!
Niya, As Xavius: Xavius! Lord of Nightmares! Die!
Lady Moonberry: Azeroth's champions confronted Xavius deep within the Emerald Dream!
Audience Member: Who are the Legion?
Audience Member: Remember when that entire world died? That was the Legion.
Lady Moonberry: And so, the Nightmare was brought to an end!
Audience Member: Fight! Fight! Fight!
Ysera looks well pleased.
Ysera: It gladdens me to know the Dream is safe.
Audience Member: Woohoo!
Audience Member: Yeah! Beat that weird looking Sylvar!

Part 2: The Nighthold

Lady Moonberry: Once Xavius fell, <player> took up arms against the evil warlock, Gul'dan!
Audience Member: Boooo!
Lady Moonberry: But it wasn't their Gul'dan. This one came from the past... and another world... in an alternate timeline!
Lady Moonberry: I... think that's how it went...
Audience Member: Wait... What?
Audience Member: How does that work?
Lady Moonberry: They fought valiantly, but someone else landed the killing blow!
Windy, as Illidan: HA! You were not... ready!
Audience Member: Well, that was rude.

Part 3: The Tomb of Sargeras

Lady Moonberry: Enraged by Gul'dan's failure, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver himself sought to destroy the Legion's foes!
Ysera gasps!
Glimmerdust, as Kil'jaeden: Death rains upon you!
Droman Aliothe: KILL HIM, <PLAYER>!
Droman Aliothe: DESTROY HIM!
Glimmerdust, as Kil'jaeden: Fall, hero!
Lady Moonberry: No! The defenders of Azeroth won this fight!
Glimmerdust, as Kil'jaeden: Oh! Right!
Glimmerdust, as Kil'jaeden: I never believed... that Sargeras could be stopped. Perhaps... you will prove me wrong.

Finale: Antorus, the Burning Throne

Lady Moonberry: Taking the fight to the Legion, Azeroth's champions battled the corrupted world-soul of Argus itself!
Ysera looks stunned.
Mi'kai, as Argus the Unmaker: Death! Death and pain!
Mi'kai, as Argus the Unmaker: END IT ALL!
Lady Moonberry: Hope is not lost! The spark of life still flickers within these mortals. Arise, champions! Fight to save this world!
Mi'kai, as Argus the Unmaker: My torment.. ends...
Lady Moonberry: And so, the Champions of Azeroth repelled the Burning Legion, ended their crusade, and saved all worlds!
Ysera cheers.
Droman Aliothe: AND GOOD RIDDANCE!
Audience Member: Woo! Way to go!
Awool: Wait... Worlds have souls?
Choofa: Apparently! I haven't seen any around here.
Choofa: At least I don't think so. Wouldn't they be... BIG?
Slanknen: Perhaps such beings slumber in our groves?

Act 2: Battle for AzerothPrologue: The Sword in the SandsThe Fourth Wall, er, War

Lady Moonberry: But as the titans were imprisoning Sargeras, he plunged his sword into the Heart of Azeroth!
Lady Moonberry: Fortunately, he didn't hit any major population centers.
Featherlight: Next costume!
Ysera: This cannot be...
Awool: Wait, so there's a giant sword stuck in <player>'s world? How does that work?
Choofa: It kinda goes in like "Shunk"?
Slanknen: I was an environmental protector in life! You can't just stab a planet without serious repercussions to, well, everything!
Choofa: Good point. How would you even make a sword that big anyway? Transmute another world?
Awool: No idea. I don't think I want to meet this Sargeras guy.

Part 1: The Burning of Teldrassil

Lady Moonberry: Not long after, Sylvanas Windrunner besieged the night elf home of Teldrassil!
Astra, as Sylvanas: Lay siege to the World Tree!
Ysera leans forward.
Mi'kai, as Tyrande: You cannot kill hope!
Astra, as Sylvanas: Can't I? Well then, I'll just kill the tree!
Astra, as Sylvanas: BURN IT!!!
Ysera stares aghast.
Lady Moonberry: And so, Teldrassil was consumed by the flames of war!
Ysera: No... that... that was only a nightmare!
Choofa: Oh no! All those souls!
Slanknen: Indeed, Choofa. This is a terrible tragedy.
Awool: Wait... they aren't here! I'd have noticed a big group like that!
Awool: ... Oh...
Ysera weeps.

Part 2: The Battle for Lordaeron

Windy, as Anduin: Forward ho, my noble steed!
Lady Moonberry: The boy king of Stormwind assailed the undead city of Lordaeron.
Astra, as Sylvanas: You are a terrible leader, King Wrynn!
Windy, as Anduin: Well, you're a terrible person, Warchief!
Astra, as Sylvanas: How dare you!
Lady Moonberry: But before he could capture Sylvanas, she blighted the land and made her escape!
Lady Moonberry: This made everyone very unhappy.

Part 3: THE WOONZ, CHAMPION! (aka Magni)

Lady Moonberry: Then a diamond dwarf reminded everyone about the giant sword!
Niya, as Magni: Ach! Champions! The world is bleedin'! Ye need tae heal her woonz!
Lady Moonberry: As it turned out, Azeroth's blood held incredible power. It erupted from the earth for anyone to claim!
Lady Moonberry: Coveting this aptly-named "Azerite", the Alliance and Horde sounded the horns of war! Again!
Choofa: But they were just in a war!
Ysera sighs in disappointment.

Part 4: UldirWhat's My Motivation?

Featherlight: Another war? That's rough, friend.
Lady Moonberry: And so, the Battle for Azeroth had begun!
Awool: Woo! Yeah! Wait... Which side are we cheering for?
Choofa: I'm not sure. Does it matter?
Lady Moonberry: Deep in the jungles of Nazmir, the Champions of Azeroth vanquished the Blood God, G'huun!
Choofa: Er... Do we get "Blood Gods" or do they go elsewhere?
Slanknen: I do believe everything is going to the Maw, currently.
Senthii, as M.O.T.H.E.R: Old God unit G'huun exterm--Gloober, no!
Lady Moonberry: With G'huun defeated, the Horde and Alliance returned to fighting each other!
Ysera shakes her head.

Part 5: Battle of Dazar'alor

Lady Moonberry: To bring a swift end to the war, the Alliance invaded Dazar'alor and killed King Rastakhan!
Lady Moonberry: The Horde's ships pursued the Alliance fleet, but were blockaded by Lord Admiral Jaina Proudmoore!
Mi'kai, as the Zandalari Captain: Hey, mon! Horde vessels on de horizon, mon! You have nowhere left to run, ice witch mon!
Glimmerdust, as Jaina: You really think I've been running, captain?
Glimmerdust, as Jaina: I lured you into open waters. Because out here, you have no hope of escape!
Glimmerdust, as Jaina: Muwahahahahahaha!
Lady Moonberry: Glimmerdust, Jaina didn't kill her pursuers.
Lady Moonberry: Really, Jaina didn't die, either.

Part 6: The Eternal Palace

Lady Moonberry: Far under the sea, the Champions of Azeroth fought the imperious Queen Azshara.
Astra, as Azshara: Bow before your queen!
Lady Moonberry: Ahem, moving along...
Astra, as Azshara: Stand still! But keep moving!
Astra, as Azshara: Run right! But go left!
Astra, as Azshara: Bring me more wine! But stay where you are!
Astra, as Azshara: I am far too perfect and beautiful to be defeated!
Astra, as Azshara: You ill-mannered and unfashionable fools will get what's coming to you...
Lady Moonberry: The Vainglorious queen was dethroned... but it was all part of N'Zoth's nefarious plan!

Finale: Ny'alotha, the Sleeping City

Lady Moonberry: Freed from his prison, the Old God sought to remake the world in his insane image!
Lady Moonberry: And thus, the Corruptor was defeated! <player> had prevailed once more!
The Winter Queen rises from her seat.
The fae await her judgment with breathless anticipation...
Winter Queen: An excellent performance.
Audience Member: WOOOOO!
Audience Member: YAY! YAAAAAAAY! <player>!
Audience Member: YAY!
Audience Member: <player>! <player>! <player>!
Choofa: That was fun!
Droman Aliothe: I liked the part where they beat the Legion.
Awool: I'm still not clear on how that Sargeras guy got a sword that big.
Slanknen: I'm still unclear how their world could possibly still exist with a sword in it.
Choofa: Well I once met someone whose world was a ring, so is it that weird?
Slanknen: ... Really.
Choofa: Yeah! Usually appears as a big cat thing... If they're still here. I haven't seen anyone from that grove in a while.
Choofa: But that's okay. <player> will help us get Ardenweald back on track! I just know it!

Ysera's OpinionsFor Queen and Grove!

Ysera: I thought it was all a dream. Argus in the sky, the blade in the desert... Teldrassil aflame...
Ysera: All of those souls, lost to the Maw.. and Tyrande...
Ysera: Her rage darkens her heart like a shadow on the moon. Her hunt is endless and unrelenting.
Ysera: But the Night Warrior's power is as much a curse as it is a blessing. It threatens to tear her asunder from within.
Ysera: I could not aid the kaldorei when Teldrassil burned. I pray I can aid Tyrande before it is too late.

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Comment by MissVernOh my GOD I adore this, it's A Midsummer Night's Dream vibes and I am alllll for it.
Love the Night Fae even more now!Comment by 1721214Everyone is "defeated", never killed.Comment by MightylorddkSo the weakest Aspect has returned. Thought she was dead for good.Comment by RasaricThis is really dumb.Comment by GalbreiThis is all great! From Ysera's reactions, to the lampshade hanging comments in the audience, but specially the intentionally bad accents! "Ye need tae heel her woonz!"Comment by rossyysSo the weakest Aspect has returned. Thought she was dead for good.Comment by manuelz436So Ysera thought her help during the Xavius encounter was a nightmare? This is weirdComment by VerBeekerSo the weakest Aspect has returned. Thought she was dead for good.Comment by ChunkyCoffeeSo Ysera thought her help during the Xavius encounter was a nightmare? This is weirdComment by ChunkyCoffeeThis is all great! From Ysera's reactions, to the lampshade hanging comments in the audience, but specially the intentionally bad accents! "Ye need tae heel her woonz!"Comment by Sinergy666RemovedComment by wowpalliasCool, a Ringworld and Kzinti reference. :)Comment by RisutoaSo the weakest Aspect has returned. Thought she was dead for good.Comment by KusukYsera: I could not aid the kaldorei when Teldrassil burned.

Really, what aid would Ysera have given. I don't recall any of the dragonflight giving any aid to the humans of Stormwind when the Horde burned it to the ground in the first war. Would she have tried to put out the fire, burn the catapults so they couldn't fire, or aid in bringing Sylvanas to justice. I played BFA and I don't remember any of the dragonflight helping the Kaldorei in any way. In fact, all I remember from them is that they got into trouble and needed us to come rescue them which kinda fits the pattern of their usefulness through WOW's history.

It's a nice thought and I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't believe that she would have done anything.Comment by Spacetauren
It's a nice thought and I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't believe that she would have done anything.Comment by RobNajjarYsera: I could not aid the kaldorei when Teldrassil burned.

Really, what aid would Ysera have given. I don't recall any of the dragonflight giving any aid to the humans of Stormwind when the Horde burned it to the ground in the first war. Would she have tried to put out the fire, burn the catapults so they couldn't fire, or aid in bringing Sylvanas to justice. I played BFA and I don't remember any of the dragonflight helping the Kaldorei in any way. In fact, all I remember from them is that they got into trouble and needed us to come rescue them which kinda fits the pattern of their usefulness through WOW's history.

It's a nice thought and I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't believe that she would have done anything.Comment by NazarusGGYsera sighs in disappointment.

lmaoComment by GrimsayerThat Sargeras costume tho.Comment by Ametrine"Choofa: Well I once met someone whose world was a ring, so is it that weird?
Slanknen: ... Really.
Choofa: Yeah! Usually appears as a big cat thing... If they're still here. I haven't seen anyone from that grove in a while."

Maybe a reference to the science fiction novel "Ringworld" by Larry Niven from 1970.
In his books there is a very warlike and bloodthirsty race of cat-like aliens, the Kzinti.Comment by WepstarAwool: Wait... they aren't here! I'd have noticed a big group like that!

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