The War Within's Story Explained In 20 Minutes

Today's video is sponsored by Squarespace. We've dove deep into all the new lore in World of Warcraft The War Within, and tied it back to everything we know so far. If you'd like to be caught up on our next expansion, this video has you covered.

[madsword]

I find it interesting that Thrall, Anduin and Alleria are the focus of TWW. The Corrupted Visions of Stormwind and Orgrimmar (from bfa) showed both Thrall and Alleria corrupted, and whatever happened to Stormwind Keep (and probably Anduin) was so bad even Wrathion didn't want to go look.

[Jhodgie]

I think the meta narrative is always pretty good.Its the boring dialogue and characters along with scenes where bad guys show up and leave while the good guys scratch their head and have no idea what's going on that is often disappointing to me.

[chimerakait]

As someone that got scared off by shadowlands, I'm willing to come back, get caught up on the lore and give Metzen's vision of the future of Warcraft a chance. They are fixing a LOT of the grief i had with this game, so ill try. Shadowlands felt pointless, but if they can right the ship and write a cool and shipshape story using the classic lore that i love, than all the better. FOR AZEROTH!!!

[crinsowc]

if they give us simple, well narrated epic histories, they will be successfull

[Ghostalking]

I’m really excited but also very sad about the World Soul Saga.

I’m really excited because they have a three-expansion plan, which is amazing! The story is compelling, the theme is enticing, and I truly can’t wait to jump into the War Within.

I’m sad though because this truly feels like the end of World of Warcraft as we know it. With Illidan and Arthas’ arcs over, the titans and the mysteries surrounding them, Azeroth and Elune were really all that remained from the original WoW world. With this Saga, a lot of mysteries are gonna be answered (which isn’t always a good idea, some things are more interesting when not fully understood), the titans are gonna die, we’ll meet Azeroth in some manner and therefore will probably start to uncover once and for all what Azeroth is.

[Iceburg]

I can't wait till the legendary plot twist comes that makes the jailer a good guy in the end

[olit]

I like the setting of The War Within, always wanted to journey to the center of azeroth. I hope there will be more zones that are even deeper that get added in patches.

[miachristensen]

The massive crystal in harrowfall also VERY MUCH looks like oshu'gun in nagrand imo

[Light_]

I'll be happy as long as there's no drawn out monologs made for children about friendship and family.

[acecondor]

I seriously miss when the weirdest thing in the lore was orcs coming through the dark portal

[InternetPwnDept]

We still have to wait another two expansions before Anduin becomes worthy to wield Mjolnir.
Thrall: "I KNEW it!"

[BearSonOfBear]

Is this going to be some 'Void was good all along' story line? Despite all the slavery and murder. I hope Chris Metzen gets it back on track to the old lore.

[Pokabu]

We better not have a return of " The Heart Of Azeroth"

[Grishyy]

What if Xalatath is a future version of Alleria, where the Void has fully taken control over her, and she could exist outside of time (similar to how Alleria and Turalyon fought Demons for 1000 years despite it being only 24 years on Azeroth). Maybe she isn't strong enough to outright conquer Azeroth, but needs to slowly shape a future that allows the Void to eventually win.
It's a contrivance, but it's plausible with current WoW lore.

[TimeyWimey.]

You can see different cosmic forces affecting and infusing the world soul with their power across previous expansions. The titans and arcane throughout the entire game, the void with the old gods, the fel with sargerase's sword, death with the machinery under icecrown, and life with amirdrassil.
The only one i cant think of is light, but that may happen in midnight and then the world soul would contain some of each power.

[felmaster]

I do hope Locus-Walker makes his return at some point! He and Alleria are linked due to their teacher-student relationship, so it should happen!

[TheSpydetector]

I'll believe it when I experience it Bellular, not before

[howardhavardramberg]

This video will again vector me into the next 20 minutes of Lore

[janniebug]

Really well done video. Makes it more interesting for me. Thanks!

[chaoschris]

The soul of the world, whom the world is named after, reached out as a disembodied voice to Anduin, a paladin, a "warrior of the light", if you would, asking him to hear her. Sounds good :D