What Will 11.0 Be? Speculation on World of Warcraft's Next Expansion
Blizzcon is just around the corner. Will we get a new expansion announcement? And if we do, what will it be? We speculate based on what we know so far.
Old Gods Underground
We've already speculated on the possibility of 11.0 taking us underground to Khaz Algar. Throughout Dragonflight, underground themes are strongly linked to old god themes. In fact, one of Dragonflight's opening questlines involves an Old God's whispers that are kinda suddenly more relevant than ever.
N'Zoth's Adventure Fun TIme Land
One of Dragonflight's best opening questlines involves traveling through the timelines in persuit of Chromie. We end up far in the past, in the Black Empire, where N'Zoth recognizes us and, in between Old God whispers that we've heard before, starts to whisper new lines that Steve Danuser himself reportadly wrote.
We've speculated before that this encounter might have helped N'Zoth prepare for his own death. But now in the light of recent events, with speculation that we will be heading underground in 11.0 and Amirdrassil growing at the moment, these whispers actually feel more on the nose than ever.
You will follow him to the deep places. The dark waters will flow in his wake.
With many eyes, they will see again. They will drink, and be uplifted.
Deeper, deeper its roots will reach. Welcoming our embrace.
Her dreams sing beneath the surface. Our dreams. Our song.
The Deep Places
We have already gone underground in with Zaralek Caverns, but there is another area, yet to be discovered, that we first heard about back during the Dragonflight Pre-Patch. Observational Report: Earthen, one of the lore books found within the new Uldaman, describes a faction of
