A fresh easter egg in WoW teases The War Within, double-confirms that yes: the big sword stuck in the planet is still important
The War Within arrives this year—promising to finally address Battle for Azeroth's biggest dangling plot thread: the giant bloody sword that's sticking out of the planet. We know this because of some subtle hints from the expansion's cinematic trailer, like when the camera pans to the giant bloody sword. The one that's sticking out of the planet.
In case you're out of the loop, the sword was put there by Sargeras the Dark Titan, leader of the Burning Legion, when he was finally slain in the Legion expansion. This caused Azeroth to bleed a material called Azerite—kicking off the events of Battle for Azeroth and yet another unpopular borrowed power system (giving players new toys only to yoink them away at the end of the expansion).
Only, everyone kinda forgot about it during Shadowlands, and it's been collecting dust ever since. Like a garish galactic hood ornament.
An easter egg discovered by Twitter user Korrin/Hammerman753 (thanks, WoWHead) double-confirms that the blade will be important again. If you trek all the way out to Silithus with some certain trading post items transmogged, then chat to a lonely NPC in the middle of the desert, you get some special dialogue.
The items themselves come from the Cosmic Weapons Cache, which was available in November. The NPC is called the Twilight Hermit—a character plagued by visions that stopped when Sargeras did the big stab.
If you approach him with Gorridar or Seetharas—weapons that look a lot like the big, looming sword not that far away from the both of you—it causes him to ask:
«Why did [Sargeras] strike this place? He was far too masterful a tactician to choose this target by chance. His crusade sought to eradicate all life from existence. Do you think his final act
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