World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (2022) All Shadowlands & Arthas Cinematics in ORDER [Catchup Lore]

within the realm of shadow lies the darkest of terrors which should never be set free death comes and the end of everything is just the beginning is this all that remains of him [Music] i see [Music] only darkness before me now cast him into the maw return him to the darkness he served his eternal suffering awaits he was my student remember what he did and take your vengeance not vengeance justice but no king rules forever [Music] uh [Music] [Music] hmm [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] you are unfit to wear this crown to wield so much power that power will be your prison this world is a prison [Music] and i will set us all free [Music] uh knew she would come one day to seize this power for herself instead she has done the unthinkable now she will come for them all to finish what she started and break all who opposed her [Music] those who held azeroth together will be in her sights [Music] no and when she comes our end begins oh monk is this the best you can do oh now now it's getting interesting [Music] wow [Music] your power has grown where is she with him of course in the darkest place along with every soul burn to ash in your precious tree where is she go on [Music] kill me you'd send me right to my lady beyond the veil she shattered hi priestess night warrior completely powerless to stop foreign [Music] beyond the veil lies the [Music] shadowmans where every soul has its place [Music] [Music] [Music] beyond the veil lies darkness where every soul has its place [Music] coward i would pay any price to see the banshee impaled upon my glaive i too want sylvanas to answer for her crimes but lorthemar is right anduin wouldn't want us to risk the well-being of the alliance for his sake the kaldor i need you if they are to have any hope of finding peace high priestess you dare speak to me of peace after the atrocities your kind inflicted enough the war is over we can ill afford to start another a far more pressing threat is at hand and we must prepare to face it the path opens your courage will be remembered champion al-diah [Music] find those who were taken and bring them home rescue the others the banshee is mine to kill tyrande don't do this [Music] we cannot lose you to the darkness [Music] [Music] you won't succeed such a narrow vision you disappoint me no matter we will find what we seek in another anduin how badly are you hurt i will live i'm relieved you're all safe these bonds are too strong to break by force we must find a way to free him [Music] i find your spirit unworthy bang no [Music] nothing escapes they've stopped their advance [Music] the light is with me even here [Music] [Applause] [Music] go champion go [Music] you have failed no i have precisely what i need every attendant in orbis is taught that the law is unpreachable that the malevolent souls within was sealed away for all eternity this mortal's escape might mean the prison is weakening if true the banished one could kardalan car share purpose be praised at long last the arbiter has stood for uncounted eos the shadowlands was in perfect order infinite afterlifes with oribos the eternal city as the shining heart every mortal soul came before the armature and she ever wise experienced all that had shaped a soul in life with this knowledge she consigned every soul to the afterlife it justly deserved until in that dread moment our perfect order was shattered and so it is that every soul kind and cruel alike is denied its rightful afterlife and instead is damned to the inescapable torment of the mall more outsiders what have you done mortal [Music] bee i am both our four dragon these knights and i are here to help the touch of the moor is upon their souls as well but if they found a way to break free of its influence perhaps [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] light save my soul [Music] uther where where am i welcome to bastion [Music] you led a truly selfless life and for that you have been chosen chosen to shed your mortal burdens and join the ranks of the ascended serving to ferry the souls of the dead unto the shadowlands i serve the light and my work is not done there is an evil that must be there is no evil here the darkness was sealed within the maw long ago you're wrong he destroyed my home murdered my people and my king he must be punished you are an aspirant now you must accept your new purpose and purge yourself of this desire for vengeance what i desire is justice davos why are you training this soul it is beneath your station as a paragon he cannot let go he continues to demand retribution for his death and this concerns you many souls take eons to ascend yes but this one seems broken thanios unlike any soul i have seen i have begun to wonder whether he was deemed worthy of bastion by mistake be careful devos i would not let the archon hear such a thought in time he will forget trust our ways trust the path davos how long must we train until you are ready to ascend and what is keeping me from ascension nothing but the memory of your mortal life how can i forget when i can still feel his blade your soul is wounded who did this to you he was my student he betrayed us all [Applause] the runes on his blade were unmistakable this dark agent runs free on a mortal world with the power of the maw itself in hand our realm is imperiled impossible the maw is inescapable you must return to the path if he had purged his life we never would have known of this calamity the path is flawed enough the order of the shadow lands depends on the execution of our eternal charge you will abandon this course as you command my archon uther the time of your ascension has come i thought i was not ready do you wish to see him punished i do then prepare yourself the moment he falls this is dire news for symphony but the archon has turned a deaf ear to such tidings in the past the circumstances have changed tell me of these for sworn most have merely lost faith and may yet be redeemed but some have fallen so far as to wield the power of the maw itself it is true this mortal has fought against ascended who are in service of the jailer lisonia is not the only one we do not know when or where the force warn will strike next but strike they will what you speak of is unthinkable but we must remain vigilant nonetheless paragons return to your temples address these monitor the wards it appears you have a part to play in all of this mortal let us see what comes of it go in service [Music] the ward has been sabotaged as we agreed good our allies are eager to strike the kirian temples will fall and the archons reigns shall be ended [Music] you cannot win this battle necromancer our courage never falters it will take more than courage to save you now my paragon you do not stand alone ah just the vessel i require [Music] [Music] what are you doing to me [Music] i have perfected you now serve me by destroying our enemies yes [Music] [Music] in life i was draco of the frost wolf clan a warrior who gave everything to protect what mattered most but i was not done fighting [Music] mal drax us we're the armies of the five houses once stood side by side to protect the realm of death it was here i served the house of eyes a strange fit for a warrior soul okay their ways were not mine faster again eventually this life after life began to feel right the house of plagues lies in ruins one-fifth of maltraxis white out it's hard to believe they could be so careless perhaps they weren't no matter what happens now maltraxis must stay true to its purpose for if we fail in our duty the shadowlands will fall i believe the house of the chosen still stands with us and i trust you to deliver this to margrave crexus now go be watchful [Music] my brothers i am on urgent business my lord hurry there could be survivors [Music] [Music] [Music] so these are the traitors you spoke of i would not let such aura prevent me from delivering my lord's final message ordeal such as this either break the sword or strengthen it [Applause] i offer the key to saving maltraxis i am sorry margrave he gave me no key an unyielding warrior with the skills of a master spy a key to many things come our enemies will strike openly soon we must prepare i am draco once of the frost wolf clan now baroness of the house of the chosen and most of all a protector of maldraxos [Music] a we have a living mortal in our midst intriguing cynthia is this the member who fought in our attack the very world so water witnessed your treachery your house is invaded bastion an act that betrays everything the primer stood for the is long gone crisis where is your hunger for glory why the house of the chosen lost its appetite we are meant to defend the shackletons not conquered you will recall your forces or you will answer i think note crexus your blade shall be broken slay them all crazy the trap is set now we lure morbid to his doom master our preparations are complete we await your arrival [Applause] finally the power of baron promise shall now know the ritual it is ruined no incompetent fool is you who are the fool mobitan and your folly has brought your demise written spy curse you and your fallen house this must be your missing baron who is there must warn the margrave i know that voice can it be the baroness my father darian after all this time i will take us to a small alcohol near the waste stone that enabled your previous exodus son save your strength father we will have time to speak later wait my sword fatebringer i will have need of it soon [Music] slay the mortal bring me that rune blade raise your sword champion warm out breakfast [Music] the foes of the worthing shall be vanquished [Applause] oh [Applause] seat of the brightness is [Music] do you hear me [Music] whoever you are whatever you want i will fight you you will not break me [Music] they have reached the seat of the primus and discovered his world unfortunately our eyes are everywhere this nuisance will be dealt with the wild tremble before my fury the nightmare's veil is lifted [Music] i return at last to the long slumber [Music] to the great forest beyond until i may serve the wilds again [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to my grove friend my queen i shall protect these souls through their winter i shall see them reborn in their spring no matter what trial i face i swear it my queen i swear it rest well and dream [Music] season after season of this drought here here it's so little i know it must be done reclaim everything from this grove everything [Applause] [Music] no this is my growth you will not destroy them erellon we are not your enemy anyone who threatens my grove is my enemy i swore an oath my queen i kept faith all this time that you would save us and now you send scavengers to my grove why [Music] you saw what is to come hard and wield is dying it must be saved the queen has called the wild hunt we have culled your grove so that others might live will you sacrifice one's soul for the forest entire or will you keep your oath your heart is pure i will honor your choice [Music] one last time you serve the wilds you will not be forgotten [Music] forgive me friend [Music] [Applause] i will hunt for you my queen for arden wield and for the souls we can yet save i swear it [Music] i swear it [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my queen please help us this is of my sister why have you brought it to me this one is slipping away our duty is grim many have been lost why would i save her pet those who have dreamed by its side awaken with a joy and peace that whispers of wonder if she dies then all that is emerald dies with her some must be sacrificed but some must be saved if we forget that all that will remain will be empty shells and sorrow [Music] so oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] your path heeds onward mortal know that you have gained an ally in me and in arden wield [Music] to the good people of raven draft it is with optimism that i address you today though these are challenging times firstly i assure you that our holy mission to help the most violent and wicked souls atone for their sins is and always will be our utmost priority our rituals are effective our judgment keen but fair we then fear remain committed to bringing eventual redemption to all who desire it it is through your faithful work that even the most evil and prideful beings may ultimately be spared an eternity in the more unfortunately of late the flow of such hubris written souls has virtually ceased and as a result anima our most precious resource is in dwindling supply even we the faithful who extract the anima have not been spared the effects of this mysterious drought yes we still have our old reliables our workhorses yet i fear they will not be enough we are doing everything in our power to gather more anima but simply put we must all rich and poor alike make sacrifices for the greater gold therefore i have decided to implement a strategy of conservation and rationing which should keep the animal flowing to those most in need [Music] in this manner we will keep our people strong and our land healthy despite the efforts of those who would use this crisis to further their own ends and rebel against the rightful structures of our society rest assured we shall bring these miscreants to justice with fairness and mercy of course i am after all nothing if not compassionate my loyal subjects we are doing all that can be done to stimulate animal production and fulfill remain devout and resolute and know that i will lead us all into a brighter future my children i know the suffering you have endured i fear further sacrifices must be made if rev draft is to survive this crisis begging my master's pardon i humbly present the more walker that's it i'm dead ah the mortal who escaped the inescapable prison a living soul restoring hope to the realms eternal more walker i am aware of your urgent request for anima under normal circumstances i would of course oblige sadly you arrive in the midst of a violent rebellion our resources are stretched perilously thin this drought has left my people desperate starving and some even defiant but if you were to aid our cause then i could gratefully provide the aid you seek as i explained before sire we cannot rush such a delicate process anima harvesting demands finesse our friend grows impatient recent events require us to expedite our efforts see it done innerva but master well what have we here you really must be more vigilant about uninvited my defiant accuser and her hapless mortal pawn it is impressive that you discovered our little secrets if a tad inconvenient you deprive your own people of anima an inflicted drought upon all of the shadow lands why the other realms would squander our most precious resource that won't do rest assured this anima will serve a higher purpose but i fear you will not survive to witness the glory to come i will deal with the messiah harshly of course [Music] daenerys aah [Applause] this was your valiant last stand for so very long you've punished arrogant souls but instead of learning from their suffering you've become one of them you just needed to obey how fortunate you are to witness the splendor of what is about to unfold every precious drop of animal so painstakingly run from the tortured souls of lesser beings now paves the path for the banished one to reclaim what was his and once his liberation is secured it shall be by his will that all is washed away the only power that will emerge from this torrent of change is death death and those who shaped its victory someone will stop you tonight even if i do not speak observed uh remember this lesson nothing will stop the jailer from breaking free jenathrius is surely gathering his forces inside castle unchecked his loyalists will soon overwhelm us we must rally the harvesters at sinful while this mortal returns to oribos they must be told what transpired here i shall escort the maw walker my prince come mortal as the arbiter's voice i heed the call of the eternal ones how may i serve the moor grows surging with power how did this come to pass the evil we believed foreverbound has conspired to distract and divide us the primus realized the truth but his warning came too late i fear he paid a grave price for this march you speak for revenge where is your sire where is our brother dinaprius my sire has betrayed us all the drought was his doing he stole the very lifeblood of our realms starving his own people and yours as well when his lies were exposed available with the primus gone and anathrius a traitor our pantheon has been broken and doom comes for the shadowlands [Music] there is yet hope this mortal saved me from the more and revealed the sire's treachery they aided my forest as well their kind has shown great potential if focused it could turn the tide in our favor agreed for the good of the shadow lands each mortal must choose a covenant and when our realms have regained their strength we will stand together against the darkness i will see it done eternal ones with her voice have i spoken come mortal the hour of decision is at hand [Music] look at you pathetic above it dancing on strings i will not break i will not break i will not fool your mind is already broken but even a broken thing can be made to serve countless secrets extracted insidious designs forged into weapons for my armies [Music] what i require your brand is designed to claim a vital prize the secret that the first one sought to hide [Applause] yes [Music] [Music] the best [Music] i do hope you've settled in the accommodations are of his sparse i know where are the others are they safe safe no i wouldn't say any of them are safe i am so tired of your games as you wish no more secrets no more lies you are a weapon we will use to achieve our ends i will not become an instrument of death so you favor life is that it that momentary flicker every cruel second spent delaying the inevitable in an endless war that you like every rin before you will not survive you know the truth nothing is fair not life not death so we're going to tear it all down and what purpose would that serve everyone suffers sylvanas but destroying everything will not take away the pain oh you misunderstand we're breaking a system that has always been flawed and remaking it into one that is just do you expect me to believe that all this time you've been fighting for justice [Music] how can i convince you from our first breath to our last every decision is made for us then the afterlife decides what eternity we must endure we can't even choose who we we couldn't control anything but through the jailer control of our fate will at last be possible look around you at what and who you've joined what makes you believe you're not just a weapon to achieve his ends you have a choice to consider join us willingly or be made to serve i thought you believed in free will sylvanas we've never had free will little lion but that is about to change [Music] yes weakening [Music] a taste of freedom a place to start you will never escape some more [Music] i was dreaming of home only to awaken in this place of torment champion i for i saw you escape before we were recaptured do you have the means to take us out of the more all that matters is we now possess the necessary instrument we must begin his preparation leave him to me you've seen what he is capable of when he believes in the cause a measure of patience may yield superior results very well we have our weapon now he shall hold it [Music] at last the torment is over i've had enough of this place let's go i have seen only the darkest reaches of the shadowlands it is good to know there are places of hope as well may the spirits of my ancestors be safe in realms of comfort and peace i am glad of your return brother it is a relief to have you back thrall i will send word to agra and the regent lord at once i feared the worst bane and i both know the horrors that the jailer inflicted the things i saw in that place the torments i endured are best not relived at least not now [Music] thrall do you know where they've taken anduin my captors spoke of a valuable prisoner held deep within the jailer's tower it has to be anduin hi lord you have peered into tour gast and guided the mall walker through its torments i beg you to look deeper to find the king you once safeguarded as a boy what you ask poses a terrible risk to all of us impossible i am eternal this is not the end master let me preserve you so i shall restore your master we will have vengeance you were ever fond of saying that the then fear do not destroy we educate it is time you were reminded of revenge noble purpose shall we begin you cannot bind me i am your master i am remember this lesson [Music] a weapon forged in the fires of torcast a moon blade is born uh a mourn blade oh no anduin's still captive there has something happened to him father i fear for anduin as well but is it safe for the high lord to peer inside the toll it takes on him there is a price to be paid for communing with that darkness again but i must see we all must know [Music] has been taken prisoner what is our plan to recover him every soul [Music] he's not ready then a more direct approach is necessary we have not come this far only to fall for now [Music] you know these endless lectures of yours have failed to convince you regardless the conversation is over one way or another we will have you so i will offer this one last time join our cause or be made to serve what kind of choice is that why even give me it's the choice you never had despite all your grand designs there's still some shred of your mortality haunting you as if the banshee queen hasn't entirely eclipsed the ranger general don't now i understand why you brought me here why you've tried so hard to persuade me because if you can get me to let go of hope you finally can too enough submit you are only making this harder on yourself not cardo and me right now you hold all the power how will you use it i've not come this far to falter now then why do you hesitate make your choice sylvanas windrunner my father and i ruled the finest kingdom in all the world until it was decimated by arthas menethil and the lich kel'thuzad i sought to restore the glory of my people in hindsight the bargains i struck may have been uh regrettable [Music] not only are you a mentor to those around you but also a star wars defender of bastion now you join the ranks of the ascended [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] no more of your rituals archon no more lies rise my force sworn davos you lead this rebellion the archons blind edicts place us all in peril we will afford a new path for bastion the spires of ascension will belong to the force sworn ascended repel this assault paragons with me devos must be stopped the archon has spoken defend the hold i will honor our accord gomorr will fall by our combined might we shall see soon enough mograine's kin have proved worthy allies and know our foe well we will strike the eastern flank and they the west then we shall converge on garmal as one [Music] fools defend your house defend your margrave [Music] we have them fire [Music] do not let them [Music] defenders of maldraxas through deceit and treachery khal'thuzad has turned our great houses against one another he conspires with outside forces and defies the will of the primus today he will answer for his crimes [Music] you are too late the way opens destroy these meddlers that beast is incinerating our forces will be overrun necro lords hold your ground we will not fail mal draxlus interlopers you will not escape your paint we are not the ones you need to fear kel'thuzad your cause is lost you surpr now you'll answer for your crimes against maldraxis and against me foolish margrave your victory is a hollow one the medallion is ours let us return to revenge what we cannot simply leave not well kilthazard yet lives i will have vengeance for silver moon his fate is not yours to decide [Music] [Music] come lich the banished one calls you to his side [Music] your infestation is at an end monster wait i sense something hidden from sight airline a just trick to distract us from that true target do you know where the leader has gone awakening she seeks awakening we will stop her i swear it for queen and grove the queen and gruff wild hunt we ride for the grove of awakening we're so sorry airline knight embrace you [Music] time for you to go back to the other side don't you worry though you got yourself a new master your old [Music] all along then how about we get a little payback rescue that ancient spirit from the mall and bring it nice and safe to the winter queen one someday there be no escaping demar yeah if i'd be going in [Music] your soul still be having treats tying it to azeroth just like our friend here so hold tight to them treads and don't be fully manifest in your spirit in that dark place else your soul might be going didn't it be time i said things right no way i'd be letting wazala get the last life [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you wanna drink how about a zombie [Laughter] i see dead people yes kind of thing you know despite all our efforts the mall continues to grow what if dinathius's treachery is irreparable the premise is lost and bastion cannot save the shadow lands alone none of this should have happened perhaps the winter queen could my archon a living soul seeks an audience a mortal a king by all our measures one who has spent his life striving for justice one who would give anything to serve his people [Music] one whose heart is true very well he may approach step forward my ascended have spoken of you the king held captive in the mall that prison could not hold me forever why have you come to bastion you have a key that i need you will release this soul from your grasp no he is bound to me just as you would sought to buy your own brother [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] the vessel performed its part flawlessly [Music] three keys to fame then they will see death was never meant to be chained in the arbiter's name we answer the call of the eternal ones this brazen attack on bastion must be answered has your wound healed no but that is of little consequence compared to what was stolen what was the jailer after long ago each of the eternal ones was given a symbol of our covenant's purpose yet zaval saw these vigils as keys to forbidden knowledge when we rebuked his heresy he tried to claim them by force but in the end the primus led us to victory and for his treachery soval was exiled forever moon yet even bound to the moor he found allies to aid his cause no doubt sire dinathrius willingly offered his sigil to the banished one we have found no such sigil within the sanctum of the primes the essence of the arbiter remains here it must be protected the ebblade will help defend the eternal city but this will not be the jailers only target no even now his malevolence encroaches upon my girls the necro lords will drive these invaders from arden wield the then theo will fight beside your armies strucker we will rally the covenant's forces and make our stand [Music] let it be so with her voice have i spoken [Applause] an illusion so the winter queen sends her loyal subjects to die in her place you know nothing of loyalty banshee it is you who knows nothing fay you cannot stop what is to come so azeroth's hero has come to play you will fail yet again you are loyal once you should know better than to interfere with me hold on i've got you to the skies strike at the heart [Music] i understand you've been looking for me come then [Music] gave me her strength the wrath is mine alone [Music] [Applause] night warrior i expected more i will take your head banshee just like i took his you didn't know your master is keeping secrets from you [Music] it is [Music] [Music] and yet the knights power waves once again she denies you victory do not forsake me end this [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] bask in the dying embers of your goddess's bargain tyrande nothing lasts [Music] terranda can you hear me heronda fall gently into dreamless slumber we should report to the queen i pray she was able to safeguard the wild seeds zaval dared to threaten the souls in my charge i have made reply i concealed my sigil within the heart of the forest where it could be best protected but our enemies are cunning go ensure that it remains safe i fear we may be too late [Music] anduin resist him do not let the jailer win [Music] we will save you anduin no matter what it takes [Music] they have found me indeed thank you for all your valuable assistance mortals how many how many surprises walker oh and make it quick as a sign of gratitude [Music] serving the jailer but they were part of the burning legion at least that's what we were led to believe the dreadlords are masters of infiltration and illusion our covenant forces must remain vigilant stay alert more walker they could be anywhere girlfriend you have no idea [Music] not a word [Music] [Music] [Music] the eye is vulnerable strike swiftly sisters your part in this is done come [Music] in [Music] i remember everything my primus you've been trapped here all this time you brought my sigil to zoval's lair forgive me master we were only [Music] he is coming prepare yourselves we make our stand now [Music] i will resist you to my last should you strike me down my situ will be lost to you forever a mourn blade [Music] [Applause] you and all who rest will bear witness to my victory it is time to deprive the jailer of his underling underling helya is no one's underling i will not be silenced i will not be imprisoned my wrath shall haunt you reveal yourself mal gannis the harvester of wrath how i have missed your purity of conviction a pity it will now be lost forever not raziel bring me her fangs now we need not be enemies join us to save reverend draft and endeavor it was all part of the master's plan [Music] while you remained fixated on a poultry medallion we seized the true prize ramona with the sire's essence held within it our mission never changed for eons we have done the masters bidding in secret across countless realities the scourge argus all pawns in a game beyond your grasp one that now nears its end [Music] uh [Music] you shall regret this betrayal soon enough nice should we be worried about him it's not my fault he can't take a joke did you truly believe you were my only means of escape mortal i offered you an opportunity one that you blithely refused you will pay the price for crossing me but first there are more important matters that demand my attention so enjoy this brief reprieve it is the last you will ever know look there's home what does your master seek dreadlord answer me [Music] there has been a terrible misunderstanding oh more of your wretched kind [Music] i will say you all myself [Music] arden wield why are you in raven dress we seek night warriors who passed beyond the veil explain i will aid you but be warned elune's wrath is not easily quelled you have our gratitude stone right tyrande is in dire need of aid please accept this welcome gift from the court of night no need to trouble yourself silly me here this one is much better this will suffice let us proceed please come this way i remember this power a double-edged sword seldom have i seen a mortal wield such rage chandras maintain your hold on her mind please you must calm yourself terranda do not lose yourself to anger i don't think she's listening the night warriors fury will annihilate us contain it ma walker aid me no she is absorbing even more of elune's power that is really not [Music] the forced toronto wheels threatens to consumer and will leave this grove devastated my queen we need your help my sister's power in my forest i will have answers [Music] how dare you come here sister after our cries for aid went unheard unanswered i heard your cries felt your pain in the wake of tragedy sent forth the cascade of souls to sustain you oh the great tree all who perished there were claimed by the moor then i have condemned my favored children by our hand we may yet guide their souls onto their spring starting with this one tyrande invoked me she must choose vengeance or renewal [Applause] mother is it you i am myself again what i have seen this day i can scarcely believe i was present for every moment and yet outside myself as much a witness as you were so much beauty in her voice and sorrow as well the tear was mine as much as hers the winter queen spoke of a purpose for the souls of our people what did she mean that elune did not tell me daughter not yet and loss arden wield suffered [Music] but together we have saved our home from a terrible darkness with perseverance and kinship hope is restored to our groves and our hearts as well today the forest's heart is made all the cycle is ruined death and life in harmony once more a new sigil arises to embody our covenant's future for all you have done [Music] be warned uther we have never attempted anything of this nature before i will endure whatever i must to be whole again [Music] i i cannot it is too much he is being overwhelmed we must help him friends aid me uther hold strong allow your memories to flow through you god [Music] all five paragons are needed for our covenant sigil to be reforged upon this day we shall name a new paragon of loyalty my archon loyalty bereft of compassion fractured the very heart of the kirian perhaps what we need is not loyalty but devotion to our cause to each other and to the souls we usher into the shadow lands when devils turned against us i met her with spear and hand there was truth in her words but i did not listen let us learn from uther's example henceforth all pyrion shall be offered a choice to keep their memories or to let them go address these i anoint you paragon of devotion and claire you shall serve as his hand me forgive me my archon but i your devotion to our sacred charge has never faltered none are more deserving of this honor than you thank you my archon we go in service many ages have passed since a paragon was last anointed longer still since we have christened a new temple today we do both [Music] address these step forward through trying times you have embodied patience and compassion virtues that will serve you well as paragon of devotion [Applause] five temples five caragons take your place among us address these as we re-forge our covenant's sigil [Music] a symbol of our new path forward one bone of unity between kirian and for sworn alike [Applause] what fate befell arthas in the end at the moment of his death devos and i claimed his soul and cast it into the mall without the arbiter's knowledge so he might yet have had a chance at redemption i will never know it was not my choice to make devil slid me down a dark path now that i have seen the maw for myself i cannot say that any soul deserves such torment perhaps some can never be forgiven but you have shown me that they must be treated with compassion [Music] was ever the most unwavering of us all the archon's willingness to embrace a new path demonstrates her devotion to the kirian i have called upon the covenants to bear their sigils here to corthia the key to our victory lies within them and in you ma walker [Applause] your efforts are futile [Music] is within my grasp no we will stop you we need a portal the jailer must not take the eternal city your rage is exquisite hillstream it alone could power us so fortress for eons release me worm and i will show you true rage they said i must answer for my crimes repent for my sins but every choice i made i would proudly make again i submit to no one not you not the jailer and not that coward throng for the jailer is going to destroy the arbiter quickly champions stop sylvanas death bends to my will the arbiter's defenses are weakening stop the jailer while we still can he's done [Music] [Music] [Music] is once again [Music] the way is opens of all we already have what we need [Music] [Music] served [Music] i will never serve [Music] still [Music] go [Music] cannot let him reach me the battle is almost upon us i will deal with the invading forces atop taught when we reach or reverse you will defend zobal while he completes the ritual you mean he will compel me to defend him each time he dominates my will i feel myself slipping further away is this what you felt when arthas raised you sylvanas hollow empty everything you once were consumed by darkness yes young lion but in the end the sacrifices we've made will have been worth it once the cycle of life and death has been broken and remade we will by that time i'll have been lost and so will you i only hope my friends will remember me as i was not what you made me to be [Music] by the light jaina proudmoore is that you uther uther a kyrian of course it it suits you i barely recognized you my lady the last time we spoke was it stratholme after the calling i remember you still think of him too don't you even after all these years i've tried to put the past behind me now with what's been done to anduin all those painful memories have flooded back again memories are like mirrors they show us parts of ourselves sometimes parts we'd like to forget but you can choose what lessons to carry forward and what to leave behind i loved him you know as did i take that love with you jaina let it lend you strength in dark times thank you uther can you stay a while and talk there's so much i'd like to share it seems some of the memories trouble you yes i spoke of garrosh son of grommash hillscream i'd hope to spare him from the darkness his father knew but instead i fear i'm to blame for the ruin he unleashed fate sets a course before each of us how are you to blame for the destiny he wrought i took him from nagrand i made him warchief but when he needed me most i left him to falter and in the end it was my hand that struck him down your father used to say that a wolf decides whether to come when called or to turn on its master there is no fault only nature taking its course garage shows his path my son but i set him upon it you offered him a choice you did not choose for him mourn if you must but his decisions are not your burden to bear his path ended yours moves onward onward yes there is much to be done thank you mother so tyrion fordring took up the ashbringer in my absence i can think of few more worthy indeed he met the lich king in battle and shattered frostmourne itself and yet you sought to raise him into one death why deny him the rest he had earned i once told tyrion that only a silver hand can wield an evan blade we needed a fourth horseman one to lead the others he seemed the right choice it appears fate chose differently this is not the legacy i meant to leave you derrion you taught me to defend that which i hold dear i am proud to carry him on such a legacy and i am proud of you my son sylvanas's soul has been fractured from the moment of her death until now burn it this was their home and you slaughtered all of them how could you take all those innocent lives this was beyond life and death there was no other path to true freedom how can you not see that i see what you are murderer monster butcher why can i not escape this comment the jailer has severed their bond and condemned her to endlessly relive her atrocities so long as her soul remains divided she cannot wake maybe she shouldn't she's the only one who knows the jailer's plan and how we might save anduin she's the one that turned anduin jaina is right how can we possibly trust her her wound runs so much deeper [Music] than mine well met ranger general what is this who are you someone who shared your fate felled by the blade of the very same prince this i died trying to stop that monster only to wake up haunted by one with my face that banshee is you now i cannot accept that her path began where yours ended and you've seen the decisions she made never in a thousand lifetimes would i betray everything i stood for you can't possibly understand the jailer is deceptively cunning when i realized i had become his pawn it nearly destroyed me he had no doubts it would destroy you as well was he right or will you accept her shattered legacy and tell us how to stop him her crimes are unforgivable yes and she's burning i must face the consequences we cannot change the past and we may never find forgiveness in the future but inaction damns us all time is short ranger general make your choice i've done all i can [Music] with the mall walker's aid the covenants have been renewed yet one sigil is still required to pursue zoval the arbiters though her presence is lost to darkness her voice still sings within us bless him be her voice together we shall manifest the final sigil [Music] this is our purpose [Music] the way is open [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] go through the gateway now [Music] there are too many our defenses cannot hold [Applause] this place is of no consequence [Music] soon be within reach last war calm [Music] if i truly replaced you would anyone notice champion it seems you could use some assistance ah lady proudmoore a pity you did not come sooner but i have stalled long enough for zoval's champion farewell [Music] the champion mal'ganis was speaking of must be anduin after he struck down the arbiter the jailer was able to dominate us in an instant if anduin is alone then we may have a chance [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the melody fades i await your voice [Music] secrets will be mine [Music] we must find a way to follow them gina are you all right ambulance blade i sense something familiar a presence within it there's no time to ponder it now we have to tell bolvar what's happened tell the others what you told me you all have witnessed the jailer's power first hand without the means to resist his domination we have no chance against him anduin may be the key if we can save him you dare speak of freeing him after all you have done sylvanas held the mourn blade that bound him her presence may help free anduin from the jailer's grasp i will never trust her [Music] then trust in me [Music] always uther very well we will prepare to enter the sepulcher and save anduin together [Music] do you not understand this one is bound to me [Music] fulfill your final purpose annihilation the fate of all carrying my blade my son this blade does not belong to darkness it was forged by [Music] valor my honor its legacy and ours are with you even here [Music] let it be finished [Music] is this all that remains of him the last flicker of his guard spirit consumed at the forges of the jailer no crown no throne not even a soul left for judgment i hated you hunted you and with each selfish act became you that is my burden to bear but your legacy is at an end be gone then office benefit [Music] may the last whisper of your name fade and be forgotten i don't remember the exact moment i rested control [Applause] [Music] i do remember the rush of freedom the clarity of purpose when i loosed my arrow i sought to become his judge and his executioner [Music] i thought that if i could punish him for his crimes i would be absorbed of mine forgiven for the atrocities he forced me to commit against my own people [Music] but there will be no justice that day for anyone that is yet to come [Music] imbued with the strength of those who defied domination that which sought to bind us will be made a new [Music] behold the crown of wills [Music] [Music] [Music] the song seeks a voice ascend reclaim [Music] restores [Applause] pelagos what do you mean in service to the shadowlands i offer my soul what no i have yet to ascend claire perhaps there was a reason for it but your soul you do not have to do this i know this is my choice sister my purpose i do not want to let you go our souls are bound as one we will never be apart [Music] a new voice [Music] balance restored [Applause] [Music] [Music] and tell addresses i am sorry i could not become an acolyte somehow i think he will understand ma walker my friend without you i may never have found my path now i can direct the flow of souls to the afterlifes they justly deserve yet one goal remains before us to truly restore balance to the shadow lands the jailer must be defeated i have faith that the mall walker and their allies will succeed go in service friends oribos and all the shadowlands are counting on long i have waited every event set in motion every pawn put into play all to claim the power slumbering within your world the soul of azeroth to eradicate this flawed reality [Music] death claims the soul of your world now bear witness mortals to eternities this must not me you have betrayed your duty as arbiter and shall be bound forevermore your madness has threatened the cycle of life and death entirely you could have sought another way brother imagine what we could have accomplished together what drove you to this end you preserve that which is doomed a cosmos divided will not survive [Music] the flow of souls into the maw has ended the covenants and the shadowlands have been restored only one task remains sylvanas windrunner the time for your judgment is at hand [Music] there can be no true justice without compassion and i can see your deeds bear the mark of the jailer's influence an influence we failed to contain the jailer did not control me my actions were mine alone and i accept their consequences then you know in your heart to whom you must answer i submit to the judgment of tyrande whispering entrusting justice to your most fervent adversary are there any gathered here who object to this fate so be it what game do you play now banshee the sylvanas i hunted would never submit to the blade of her enemy death would be a merciful end to ronda and i do not expect your mercy your newfound remorse might be genuine but it can never erase all you have done there will be no peace for you windrunner until there is peace for the souls of your victims [Music] the prisoner is in my charge now bring her [Music] true justice brings both punishment and renewal i trust in tyrande to achieve both and now after so long there is much we need to say to one another i know sisters but judgment comes below lies the more an unjust fate to which you doomed so many and it will be there that your penance begins every soul lost in its depths betrayed or condemned you shall find and send forth to the arbiter to be judged with the compassion all souls deserve you will toil there under dorothy's watchful eye [Music] scouring every darkened reach until the final soul is free and you are all that remains this is how you shall bring renew to your victims and my people however long it takes it shall be done undo falador old friend watch her well [Music] [Music] [Applause] the banshee's penance will save countless lost souls a faith that would not have come to pass had i slain her in arden wield perhaps that is why mother moon stayed my hand i thank you for your aid soon i must return to azeroth to begin healing the and preserving our future for so long there had been little more than hatred and malice in our sister's eyes to at last see a glimmer of the sylvanas we knew i had ceased hoping for such a thing i am pleased we had a chance to speak with her theresa i only wish we'd had more time as do i but if she stays true to her word and sees this obligation through perhaps one day we will it will never be like it was before the pain she inflicted upon the kaldorei around the world how could she ever answer for it i'm not certain she can but if her penance brings any measure of peace to those she wronged at least it is a start you are right lady son our family has endured so much darkness we must find a way to cling to hope yes little moon mother father lyric they are only memories we thought our sister was as well but now we shall see well matt king greymane regent lord i hope the fate of sylvanas windrunner brings the alliance some measure of peace peace you stand in the shadowlands regent lord ask the dead she sent here whether they feel peace as for me that's something i will never know not while the monster who killed my son still endures i understand my people are haunted by the deeds of monsters as well and what of you are you hoping that the ranger general you served comes back from the maw or would you prefer having your warchief again i spent most of my life alongside the windrunner family sylvanas was my hero and my friend but the banshee who nearly led the horde to ruin was neither then you shouldn't have followed her commands good day regent lord good day king greymane i can't tell you how relieved i am to see you safe my king even after reading jaina's reports i can scarcely imagine the horrors you endured there were times i thought i would never escape the jailer's control [Music] the things he made me do those actions were not your fault you cannot blame yourself i i should have been stronger and when rin you were the strongest man i know and when you return to stormwind the whole kingdom will tell you the same i can't go back can not yet but the people need turalyon will keep the alliance safe in my absence and i know you watch over everyone we care about old wolf of course take whatever time you need and when you're ready please come home those we lost await us here among these countless afterlifes is there anyone you would seek out bane for one last conversation before you return to the land of the living no need to spare my feelings lorthemar you are asking if i wish to find my father the truth is i do not need to his spirit is always with me wherever i go whatever i do guiding me just as his ancestors guided him and what of you is there someone you would visit given this chance prince chao thus long have i held the title of regent lord all the while wondering if i was truly suited to lead my people i would ask the last liege of silvermoon if he regrets the choices he made a chance to mend old wounds and perhaps feel that the torch has truly been passed a feeling i understand all too well i pray your conversation brings you the peace you seek my friend immortal life is so incredibly brief i questioned whether any actions taken within that span of time could truly be worthy of eternal torment i confess that as an aspirant i did not think of such things only of duty it was not until i witnessed uther's plight that i recognized the injustice of the maw never again will a mortal soul be sent to its depths all deserve a chance at redemption [Music] recent events have shown us that a single mortal soul in fact every mortal soul can alter the course of eternity indeed for good or for ill in the end it was mortals and their decisions that shaped the fate of the shadow lands as arbiter i will take that lesson to heart every soul will be treated with compassion and will be given a voice in which afterlife awaits them [Music] why are you here and one your kingdom and your friends are awaiting your return my friends the ones i almost killed they believe my hands are clean but they don't feel clean it is powerless to confuse what you are made to do with what you choose to do how can i not when it all blurs together it was so horrific and exhilarating and it sickens me to think that satisfaction may have been mine ah so that's why you've come you fear you might not be who you thought you were i'm starting to wonder if i ever knew for the first time in my life i'm afraid that if i call on the light it won't answer if i have no trust in myself how can i expect my kingdom to trust me to put their faith in me [Music] when mine has faltered [Music] must you bear that weight a king does not have a choice no choice i thought you believed in free will i need time to think about many things anduin i have faced who i was and accepted what i've done now the work begins yes it does [Music] farewell sylvanas windrunner until our paths cross again farewell [Music] little to ronda whisperwind you came to my realm in pursuit of justice [Music] did you find it i came here seeking vengeance but within these groves and by the light of elune i found something i feared lost hope thanks to that choice a sister's bond once broken has been ended this tear was born of souls now it shall become a vessel of renewal these souls were saved from the darkness [Music] unto them i have offered eternal tranquility in the bowels of arden wheel they have chosen instead to become part of a new beginning for their kin [Music] [Music] this seed embodies the cycle of death and life i offer it to you to run the whisperwind may it bring your people happiness and peace on behalf of all the kaldurai i thank you andu falador ysera my beloved friend could it truly be so yes i sense this seed is touched by the dream as well as by arden wheeled a symbol of the crucial balance between life and death then it must be kept safe until it can take root i know of a place it can be protected but it has been so long bring the seed to my daughter marithra will know where it should be taken are you not returning to azeroth with us surely the winter queen will allow you to when the queen used her own essence to revive me from the wild seed it bound my soul to this realm i cannot leave it not without great sacrifice then tell us the price and it shall be paid no my friends the cal door i need you beside them once more if elune wills it i shall soar through azeroth skies again one day [Music] who are my apologies i did not recognize you at first i hope that the old wolf has sent you to help i believe doing so could benefit the alliance just as much as the horde i will join the meeting but we must ensure that the outskirts of braille are secure behold as my creation eradicates the blight you may applaud at any time no my beautiful gunshot dash it all how can we hope to succeed now and that's where we stand sylvanas is gone and our homeland remains overrun with toxic blight i will attend this gathering after all someone needs to make sure kalia gets a chance to speak up for herself what are we going to do about the plague in the undercity don't you mean what are we going to do about her we should focus on the blight farnell do we have any more of your plague eaters this is my last one and it's a puny thing i can make more but to be effective they must be formulated to survive the plague if i may our allies in the shadow lands might be able to provide insight in particular the plague lords of maldraxas master apothecary what do you need to make your creation stronger nothing less than a pure undiluted sample of that plague from deep within its reaches very well i will help acquire that sample for you stay close and be wary i can't hold back the effects of the blight for long and we don't know what threats are lurking out there this should be far enough hurry get the sample that's it we need to get back my shield is starting to fail keep fighting we're almost there she did it and survived i hope you're right about their expertise lady menethil this could give us a fighting chance to restore the city farnell we'll need to bring your last plague eater with us too do be careful with it should these plague lords bolster its resilience the apartheid carries can replicate it many times over the forsaken were raised through necromancy and this shared origin has provided them a sense of unity [Music] i however was raised by the light that difference has caused me to wonder if i can ever truly find a place among them [Music] necromancy is the art of animating unliving flesh here in maltraxis we use the magic of death to accomplish our craft but whether these rituals are empowered by death or light or any other magic necromancy is necromancy you perceive a difference where there is none child then perhaps i have found my purpose thank you margrave your perspective has been a great help we have replicated and loaded my improved play details we are ready to deploy master apothecary you should know that the blight sample we took to maldraxis took form and became aggressive really i suppose that should make it easier to kill ingenious i wish i thought of that meet us down in the courtyard now that the ruins are clearing no more banshee queen the forsaken have many different points of view and we should be led by a council not a single ruler my fellow dark rangers and i are with you are we really going to trust a menethil on the council i cannot escape the shadows of my past but i have no desire for a throne my place is here among you and i vow to serve all our people i take you at your words lady menosville and we the apothecaries will help shape our brighter future for lordaeron then it's settled we are the desolate council we are the forsaken in time we found a place here within the rooms of lordaeron but after it was blighted in the war we feared we had lost this home too today we not only reclaimed our legacy we began a new path forward and for aiding our cause we owe you a great debt many of the kaldorei raised during the battle for dark shore wish to remain here with the dark rangers but any who choose to depart and rejoin the alliance are free to do so adiel shala farewell within this hall we shared ceremonies celebrations and tragedy i loved my family and on one fateful day i lost them all now i am all that remains of the once proud menethil line the last heir to a legacy that ended in shame so you ran away from the pain i did too but it was only when i stopped running that i understood those people out there they're my family now but will they ever truly accept me bearing a name forever stained by a brother's sins just as these flagstones are stained by my father's blood [Music] we are all the same here kalia seeking our place despite everything we've lost but it's a long road and we will need your help then let us find our place together as forsaken [Music] hello jaina khadgar it's good to see you again when we last parted i regret that those were perilous times the legion's attack then the war i think we both needed to find our own way through i have no hard feelings only friendship i feel the same but surely you didn't come all the way to the shadow lands just to find me no for years i've read about this place in medivh's books i stood atop kara's arm and caught glimpses through the veil i suppose i wanted to gaze upon the realms of death with mine own eyes before is everything all right khadgar i feel the weight of years upon me jaina the burdens carried the choice is made forgive the musings of an old man i think i'll look round and see these shadow lands a bit see what wonders i can find i've heard tales of conniving brokers a city of secrets and a land of ancient knowledge how intriguing sounds like you'll be keeping busy just don't leave without saying goodbye i've missed you old friend count honey be seeing you [Music] father i've been thinking about when we last spoke and i wanted you to know i will never agree with your choice to hide the truth that you were still alive [Music] but i understand why you did it and that you didn't mean to hurt me i believed i would be trapped in that ice forever holding the scourge at bay i thought that was the only path left for me i dared not hope for anything more when the helm was broken and i was free i i was afraid full dragon champion of the alliance afraid of what a few that the daughter i loved with all my heart would find me and see only a monster no i see you for the hero you are and the father you can yet be if you're willing i won't waste this chance i promise you [Music] without the helm of domination to control them the scourge roams leaderless nothing remains to temper their aggression indeed the mightiest among them already vie for supremacy like vicious warlords the wake of their king's death we cannot allow any of them to seize command and unite their forces the ebon blade must remain vigilant so we shall though azeroth may never truly be rid of the scourge we will keep them in check you have my word ice crown citadel remains a seat of dark power we must not let it fall into enemy hands perhaps i should return to no bolvar let the frozen throne sit vacant the knights of the ebon blade will safeguard the citadel in your stead talia needs her father darren thank you strange is it not we both lived lives of service and even after facing death itself we still feel compelled to serve others sometimes the greatest act of service is to be present for those who need us until we meet again hi lord the world has been sundered [Music] it cries out in pain we must go to its aid we entrust our ancestral home to you for watchers [Music] let the land slander hidden even from our own eyes you will feel our return in the waking of the land then you must light the beacon of tear hold let the path home be lost to us forever [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Music] the world is healing but her fate is yet uncertain together we shall be azeroth's protectors once again here the new age of dragons shall begin [Music] you can have anything you desire [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music]

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Keywords: WoW, World of Warcraft, Cinematics, Shadowlands, Dragonflight, Arthas, Sylvanas, Calia, Jailer

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Published: Sun Sep 04 2022