Alternate Universe Time Rift NPCs on the 10.1.5 PTR - High King of the Great Glorious Alliance
One of the best parts about exploring alternate universes in Fractures in Time is the ability to see characters that are no longer with us! In this week's Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 update, we've found some new alternate universe NPCs, including an older and very grizzled Varian Wrynn.
Varian Wrynn <High King of the Great Glorious Alliance>In this timeline, it seems that Varian Wrynn still returned to the Alliance, but somehow avoided his fate at the Broken Shore. Based on his appearance, that life hasn't been easy though, as evidenced by the gray hair, eye patch, and Orc skull decorating his belt.
Azmourne's Corrupted AshbringerWe previously discovered that this storied weapon would be returning as a Azmourne's Corrupted Ashbringer quest item, and although we thought at the time that it might be a part of returning Naxxramas content, being named for Azmourne now tells us that it's associated with the Scourge Time Rift in Fractures in Time. We don't know as much as we'd like about Time Rifts just yet, but they appear to be world event scenarios similar to Primal Storms and Fyrakk Assaults, except involving deviant timelines spilling over into our world — in this case, one in which the Scourge were successful in overrunning Azeroth. Don't forget that we also discovered several prominent undead NPCs in this week's build, suggesting that Vereesa Windrunner <The Banshee Queen>, Uther <The Deathbringer>, and Thassarian <Hand of the King> could also be a part of this Scourge-ridden timeline.
Overlord MechagonMechagon was the last king of the Gnomes who led his people to a new land in search of technology, establishing what we know as Mechagon Island. There they worked to undo the Curse of Flesh, returning to their
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