World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Journal Updates After The Jailer's Death, Hints At Overarching Plot

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has concluded its primary storyline with the defeat of the Jailer in «Eternity's End» and the restoration of order in the Realm of Death. Allegedly a chapter in the Warcraft saga that began with Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, the Jailer's death was meant to close a lot of loose threads that Shadowlands unraveled. Unfortunately, the Shadowlands expansion finale only confusingly opened further questions and left the Jailer as a lifeless, flat husk of a villain – both figuratively and literally.

One of the writing team's fascinations with the World of Warcraft universe in recent years has been the cosmic powers, their respective realms, and the forces that wield them. The Titans, once considered the primary power, as well as the foremost pantheon in Warcraft, have been relegated to representatives of Order and the Arcane – a contrast to the Burning Legion standing on the side of Chaos and the Fel.

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Shadowlands was all about showcasing the cosmic powers of Death, culminating in the reveal of Zereth Mortis, the forbidden workshop of the First Ones reshaped for the purpose of building the Shadowlands and its countless afterlives. While the First Ones are assumed to be the ultimate pantheon in Warcraft lore, a recent reveal in Firim's journal all but confirms the hand they played in the creation of the universe. To put it bluntly: there may be a Zereth for every cosmic power.

Firim's hypothesis originates from the Jailer's assault on the Sepulcher of the First Ones, dubbed as the innermost sanctum of Zereth Mortis. The Jailer's plan to remake reality hinged on manipulating the link between all these