The Story of The Jailer aka Zovaal [Lore]

Sat down and tried to figure out the best way to catch you up on the major story of the Shadowlands and it's ending. Ultimately came to the ocnclussion that one of the best ways to do it would be to talk about everyones favorite new character...Zovaal aka The Jailer. Where did he come from? What did he want? Where did he go? Lets find out! I hope you'll enjoy ^_^

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[AdriatheBwitch]

Nobbel forgot one of most important questions; "Why is the jailer called the jailer if he is the one being jailed?"

[rob-pk]

The amount of disdain in your voice during the whole video was comical knowing full well how you feel about this last expansion. Welcome back man. Plus on a brighter note this is like the most positive comment section of any video I've ever watched, we've got a good Community here.

[kaizerizer]

The jailer did all this for the reason that he either learned about the threat of the Abyss that would swallow both the great beyond darkness and the Dark Lands, or he learned about another threat, but I think it was the Abyss.

Zovaal could not tell anyone about anything because he could know how they would react to this, and therefore he could try to solve everything quietly and on his own, secretly from everyone, until it no longer matters. But all the leaders of the Covenant found out what he was up to and eliminated him, which Zovaal knew from the very beginning.

In the case of Sargeras, he himself told everything to his brothers and sister, hoping for help and understanding, but did not receive it and then killed them all, and in the case of Zovaal, he knew that it was impossible to tell anyone, and yet the brothers and sisters revealed him and in in some sense, it was THEY who eliminated him, not HE them, as it was with Sargeras.

Zovaal as an Arbiter, after many ages of his duty, could understand that the best way to save all things from the all-consuming threat of the Void Lords would not be faith in living beings, in their intelligence and their potential (which they never use correctly) but submission all sentient beings to Zovaal's own will, in order to control their minds in order to control their bodies and thoughts, so that in the end they do what Zovaal needs to protect them all from oblivion from the Void Lords.

Zovaal could understand that to rely on mortals and believe in their potential - to educate them, to direct them in the right direction is simply pointless, not all mortals will understand why it is necessary to do this or something else, not everyone will want to follow the right paths and ways to achieve success in something, besides, many just want power, etc., so in a sense, the "divided space" really will not stand against the common threat.

That is why Zovaal wanted to subordinate all living life and souls to his will, not only to more successfully defeat the coming devouring of the abyss, but also to save the bodies and, most importantly, the souls of mortals in integrity, so that later they would again quietly exist, for Zovaal would return control over them to them. themselves after the threat is defeated

[nataku]

I love when we are given the prophecy after its come true.

[Lupinemancer]

So glad that you are back. Hope Shadowlands havn't killed your love for the game entirely.

[Powelek]

Ach, the magnificent loremaster is back! Thank you for not abandoning your acolytes! Considering the state of lore... Let's just say, I'm really glad you're back. You've been missed!

[alexashton]

The issue with the Jailer is he just inherited his deeds - we got told he was responsible for everything but no build up, he was an undeserving villain. Furthermore, the fact we basically just hit a big reset button in the form of the Shadowlands not really changing, Pelagos becomes arbiter, the covenant leaders now talk to each other but that's it makes us as players feel even less accomplished. I came back to shadowlands at the end of season 3 (like 6 weeks of season 3) to hang with friends and half the story quests felt like all the NPCs got the story content and I was the mcguffin.

[Taoryu]

Facts! Man the sarcasm on that "most beloved characater they've ever introduce" is dripping. I genuinely love it XD

[Alshor]

Love how your videos surrounding specific characters tend to be 40+ minutes long, then the Jailer's is just 15. Really shows how bad of a character this guy was.

[KaldonisPondo]

I really wish they'd have switched the aestetic of Zovaal and the Primus. Imagine sylvanas being tricked into helping this poor, old, neglected, misunderstood former leader of the shadow lands. The former arbiter who "valued the souls of the dead". Who was over thrown by a pantheon that now "takes away your choice" and "forces you into eternal servitudes of their design"! and then for Zovaal to be the aspect of Maldraxxus: simple, strong, walking frostmourne. Much better deathknight fantasy, and a bigger reason for Sylvanas to be against Maldraxxus (in addition to the other zones) because it would remind her so much of Arthas.

[TheDgamesD]

I feel a lot of people are misreading what Zovaal means behind the words "A universe divided will not survive" is not directly just aimed at a "larger cosmic enemy" but also pointed at the very nature of life itself, the constant struggles and wars between species leading to further destruction death and pain, the constant needless loss of life, waste of resources, the genocides and more.

If he could forcibly unite everyone to submit, it would all stop. It would be a perfect functioning machine with no more decay. The end and breaking of a broken cycle.

[Dani.G_German]

Thank you for finally talking about Zovaal! Truly the hidden gem of the wow villain roster...

[zoogarium]

I guess it would make sense for Zovaal to be good at predicting the future. He spent half an eternity watching the choices and actions every single sentient creature in the universe when he judged them to an afterlife. Having to watch all of that must've made him good at understanding people

[Zarekthul]

Yes. Just yes. Welcome back nobbel87! We've missed ya! This is the remedy I needed before clocking in today!

[brachyzoid]

I love how all the backstory is in text with no proper in-game presentation but for the vague lines

[CasperFox]

Would you ever consider making a video on what you’d have done differently with the shadowlands? You’re arguably the untouched master of wow lore, so it would be interesting to see!

Happy to see you back ❤️

[Tototoo]

After all, nobody has a better story than Bran The Jailer.

[sucraloss]

Great to have you back Nobbel, sorry you had to dig in and research the lore of the Jailer.

Like scraping open a dried turd: once you get started, it really just starts to stink.

[Xivix]

I understand how... difficult it musta been to make this video.

[sortedevaras]

The Jailer seeing the Void Lords and going nuts is just Sargaras's retcon story but worse.