Peculiar Fish in Hallowfall - Could Ozumat Rise Again?
Ozumat, the patriarch of all kraken, hasn't been seen since a glimpse of him in Battle for Azeroth, but a side quest involving a peculiar fish in Hallowfall makes us wonder if we soon see him again.
Gasping Plea
The quest begins with a Gasping Fish, which can be looted from a kobyss in Hallowfall. «Its dehydrated lips faintly move, yearning to whisper.» While the creature is unable to speak, you hear a voice in your mind as it begs you to take it to the water. If you're kind enough to listen, the peculiar fish offers to repay you for the gesture. All seems fair and above board. I mean, N'Zoth had a tendency to appear and make deals as a fish, but that was long ago and besides, N'Zoth is dead.
The fish sends us to collect Sunless Shards from the kobyss — «flecks of dark crystal reflect no light», and to examine the kobyss' shrines for insights on the creatures. As we do, an Abyss Whisperer appears above each one, speaking of depths in which no light shines.
Abyss Whisperer says: Swim in these dark waters, and be changed by them. No Light shines in these depths.
Abyss Whisperer says: Dark blood rains from the false sky. It tastes of wars past, and wars to come.
We return to the fish, who uses the crystals we brought to create a special lure. Using the lure around certain kobyss draws them in as they investigate — allowing us to ambush them in the same way that they ambush others. It should probably come as not surprise at this point that the lure inflicts void damage when it's released.
Voices from the Deep
In the end, the fish asks us to take it further out to sea — Exposure to the Light has weakened it, so it needs to be carried to deeper, darker waters, where it can return to its kind. We've come this far in our negotiations with the obvious void creature, so why not.
As we let the fish go, its form begins to shift and unwind, and we realize its guise as a fish was yet
