WoW Shadowlands Cinematic Brings Back A Classic Warcraft Villain, But Not In The Way You Expect
The final raid of World of Warcraft Shadowlands is now live alongside the game's Eternity's End update. While players won't be able to confront the Jailer himself and put an end to his plans to rewrite reality until next week, players did have the chance to battle Alliance-king turned the Jailer's pawn, Anduin.
Defeating Anduin revealed a previously unseen in-game cinematic, and it's safe to say that the community is more than a little divided on what was revealed, especially in regards to the appearance of an important someone from Warcraft lore. Spoilers below.
The cinematic shows the heroes of Azeroth struggling against Anduin. Just as the corrupted leader of the Alliance looks set to be consumed completely by the Jailer's Domination magic, the spirits of both his father Varian and his friend-from-across-the-aisle Varok Saurfang place their hands upon him. Telling Anduin that both the legacy of his blade Shalamyne, as well as their personal legacies, are with him, Anduin is able to break free from the Jailer's influence.
Then the soul of Arthas appears, in the form of a blue orb. It has long been speculated that Arthas would have some role to play in Shadowlands. He appeared in an early Afterlives animated short prior to the expansion's release, and his mentor, Uther, played a large role in the story of Shadowlands. It has been hinted throughout Shadowlands that the Jailer was ultimately behind the corruption of Arthas, but it remained to be seen if the character would actually appear in some meaningful way.
After Anduin breaks free from the Jailer's magic, he presumably freed the fragment of Arthas' soul that had been trapped within Shalamyne and which had turned the weapon into Kingsmourne. Arthas does factor into
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