A Light in the Dark - The War Within Campaign Finale Cinematic Analysis
After falling into her traps time and again across Khaz Algar, Alleria and Anduin finally confront Xal'atath — and themselves — in the final chapter of The War Within's story. Here, we break down what that means for our protagonists, as well as the story ahead.
Alleria's Focus
After realizing her assault on the Aegis Wall was a ruse to distract us, we journey with Alleria, Faerin, and Anduin to find Xal'atath in the Priory of the Sacred Flame in Hallowfall, who is currently siphoning the energy of the darkened Beledar into the Dark Heart. While we finish things off outside, Alleria enters the cathedral first to confront Xal'atath head on.
Like her prior run-ins with Alleria, she seems unconcerned with the void ranger's approach. Their past encounters have shown Xal'atath to be effectively immune to Alleria's attacks, but she has nevertheless attempted time and again to strike Xal'atath down despite that.
In this moment, Xal'atath assumes the same ordeal will play out: Alleria will strike at her, she will fail, and Xal'atath will continue her plan unabated. As she boasts, mortals like Alleria have an extraordinary penchant for violence, especially against existential foes like Xal'atath. She sees Alleria as utterly predictable, but unfortunately for her, that is not the case.
What Xal'atath doesn't quite realize is that Alleria has turned away from her path of blind vengeance. During our leveling campaign, she wielded a singular focus against the Nerubians and Xal'atath, blaming herself for the fall of Dalaran and death of Khadgar, and believing that she would only be able to make up for it by slaughtering those responsible. Her time with Anduin recently has begun to teach her better, however. Despite his own crisis of faith, he was able to remind Alleria of who she is: someone willing to do anything to protect others.
Where Xal'atath assumes Alleria's target is herself, the ranger's true target is the
