The Lore of Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0

By perculia Last Updated: 2020/08/31 Changelog Patch: 10.2.6

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Battle for Azeroth Expansion OverviewBattle for Azeroth Datamining PostMajor spoilers in this post!Legion EpilogueAzeroth's NightmaresBattle for Azeroth Comics

"Reunion" - Jaina Proudmoore - In this comic we learn about the wounded pride of Kul Tiras, the relationship between Jaina and her mother, Jaina's doubts on her past decisions, and the political role Lady Ashvane plays in Boralus.

"The Speaker" - Magni Bronzebeard - In this comic, we learn more about Magni's family. In between pondering how to help Azeroth, we see flashbacks of Magni interacting with his wife and teaching a young Moira how to fight. The challenges Magni faces in communicating with Azeroth parallel the difficulties he faces with Moira, who seized the opportunity to make a new life for herself with the Dark Iron Dwarves after feeling devalued by her father.

"Three Sisters - Windrunner Family - In this comic, the three sisters meet to cleanse Windrunner Spire. The meeting at first appears to go fairly well, but then the fault lines between the sisters grow deeper as they argue about Vereesa's choice not to follow through poisoning Garrosh and joining Sylvanas in the Undercity. We also get a glimpse of the Void voices in Alleria's head and it's pretty rough--they are constantly taunting her, demanding she kill everyone from Turalyon to Sylvanas.

The sisters play a game where they must share two truths and a lie, revealing the lie at the end. Sylvanas' three statements are that she misses being alive, she is proud to be the Warchief, and she will never betray her sisters. However, she will not share what statement is a lie. Based on the last page of the comic, it appears that she planned on having her Dark Rangers attack her sisters, deciding at the very end not to follow through due to Vereesa tearfully apologizing for abandoning Sylvanas at the end of War Crimes.

Before the StormBefore the StormherehereBurning of TeldrassilBattle for Lordaeron

Prologue

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Anduin's letter to Sylvanas

The King's Offer

Magni talking to Alliance and Horde

The Netherlight Temple

The Burning of Teldrassil

Sylvanas attacks the Night Elf lands with an element of surprise. The Elven fleet is heading towards Silithus, so the Night Elves are relatively defenseless.

Sylvanas' initial goal is not to destroy Teldrassil--it is to occupy the city, breaking the will of the Night Elves by killing Malfurion Stormrage.

In the short story Elegy, Captain Delaryn learns about the Horde's surprise plan from a dying Forsaken rogue. Later in-game, the player aids Captain Delaryn and Malfurion Stormage in attempting to stop the attack.

Sylvanas believes the Night Elven lands to be a threat to the Horde--their ports allow the Alliance to easily move Azerite to the Eastern Kingdoms.

Darkshore is a land filled with Azerite and both sides are trying to use the Azerite to their advantage. The Horde uses the Azerite to fuel their war-machines, which in turn sets off fires across Darkshore. This in turn causes Malfurion's protective wall of wisps to fall, as the wisps grow confused by the chaos in the forest and disperse.

Malfurion later confronts Saurfang in a last-ditch effort, but the fight is halted by Sylvanas. Saurfang then attacks Malfurion "dishonorably," leaving the druid grievously wounded. Saurfang later helps Tyrande escape with Malfurion, knowing that Darnassus will fall.

We do not yet know the exact moment or reason for Teldrassil burning. We know that Mia Greymane was trying to help the Night Elves evacuate Teldrassil. We do know that Sylvanas views the mission as a failure, as it was intended to wipe out a significant Alliance base and their leadership, and Malfurion and Tyrande survive.

In the aftermath of the Burning of Teldrassil, the in-game world has changed. Teldrassil is not accessible and Darkshore is covered in ash with the burning tree in the background. Talking to Zidormi restores the land to its previous state.

Comments

Comment by snakesorin

I'm sure blizzard will introduce some very obscure quests that brings nothing worthwhile but Wowhead will help us find those quests :)

Comment by Jouki

Keep up the good work :)

Comment by Elyseon

In the grim derpness of Azeroth, there is only war and stupidity.

Comment by obbig

I strongly recommend doing each outpost quest as soon as it becomes available, don't wait until you hit 120. They give reasonable xp for not a lot of time invested and actually save you some time later. Benefits are gaining the followers early so you can start getting them xp, whilst also opening up more mission completion opportunities early. By the time you get to 120 you'll have starting flight points in each zone for world quests and your followers should be well on their way to epic.
Just be careful running around doing your outpost quests at lower levels, as only mobs in your immediate quest areas are scaled to your level. Wander too far off the path to grab some herbs or ore and you'll find yourself facing 120 mobs :).

Comment by Rainlover

I found a typo.

"The loss of the loa Rezan explains why the Prelates of Rezan, essentially Zandalari Paladins, have lost their powers and therefore why Zandalari Allied Race players cannot play Paladins."

Of course they can be Paladins. ;-)

The Lore of Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0

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