For FREE dessert for life with HelloFresh, use code BELLULARSWEET at bit.ly/49N23hM! One dessert item per box while subscription is active. Well... I had no idea about the power dynamic between Locus Walker & Xal'atath! What do you think is happening?
As a long-time shadow priest, I was a little disappointed at the lack of acknowledgement of my character's prior relationship to Xal'atath. Even if it was an extra dialogue option that only priests who completed the questline to get the dagger could see, that would've been cool.
I went through the whole questline with Shadow Priest and Xal'atath equiped. Nothing, not a single option anywhere, was really hoping to find something, especially since Blizzard did quite alot of this kind of stuff for a while.
It's so rare for Blizzard to do this and it's a shame. Every expansion they act as if your character just dropped onto the face of the planet with no prior relationships :(
Alleria absorbed a Naaru, in it's void state. Yet they have two states, Light & Void. Alleria is "Unbalanaced" & must master her Unique nature Could be something, could be nothing 🤷♂
Locus-Walker Quotes are iteresting: ,,Yes, I do have a "real" name. It's none of your business. Were I to speak it aloud, a thousand void portals would rip open and some very unpleasant entities would come looking to collect on old debts. Here's a hint: it's an ancient word of power. If I whisper it in your ear, your mind will fall into madness. Still want to play?"
Tinfoil theory: Xal'atath isn't the Harbinger. Alleria is, or can/will be. Xal is there to push her in that direction, but it will be Alleria's decision in the end to find that balance or succumb to it.
Honestly think it may come down to a rivalry/race between them. The whispers WILL come true one way or another... but will it be on our terms or hers? Who the Harbinger is could affect what follows. So, maybe better if Alleria accepts and actively seeks to be it, before Xalatath fully takes up that role.
I have a feeling that locus walker is a void lord who wishes for balance and he takes a more comprehensible form to help us towards that goal similar to how that xel'naga used tasadar's form in sc2
Could make sense. Given that they've hammered over our heads that Light and the other cosmic forces are all on a gray scale, so having a Void faction on our side is certainly plausible. Definitely a sit back and pay attention when he told Xal to go and she obeyed.
Probably most happy for the fact that this stuff is in game instead of in a book. At least now I don't have to do outside research just to know what is happening between the end of one expansion and the start of another.
Locus-Walker is Nexus-King Salhadaar... He died in Netherstorm, but is said about the old rulling class of K'aresh, the Ethereum, which he leads, that they took any means necessary in fighting Dimensius, even transforming themselves in creatures of the Void. So after he died, maybe because he was transformed into a void creature before, he returned to the Void and was reborn because he didn't die in the Void.
I feel like it would be more interesting is Locus Walker was a similar person to Alleria on K'aresh. He tried to save it from its fate and failed and now sees an opportunity to guide her into keeping Azeroth from that same fate.
Watching this makes me wonder, we have always assumed the void lords are a single unified force but its been proven throughout the other expansions of wow the forces of the cosmos are rarely unified in purpose. What if the locus-walker represents a void lord that does not agree with the others?
Yeah, the moment he says she has to let go of her fear of harming her family, is super werid. Does he want her to actually harm her family, because otherwise it is such a bizarre thing to say.
@@bfedezl2018 I think her fear of that harm makes her vulnerable and he is all about the control. I think he is what she is heading toward or was for his own world, She has to walk this route which is why he has guided her down the path it's the choice at the end he is preparing her for.
Man, I don’t know why, but this new direction they are going in with the story just feels right. Makes me remember to good ‘ole days of reading Know Your Lore: Tinfoil Hat Edition.
I’ve always envisioned Locus Walker being the embodiment of K’Resh, once it fell to the void. Essentially, now, a Void Titan- taking the form of something identifiable with its dominant species
Im calling it: Azeroth will come to life as the only truly ''balanced'' entity in the universe, using both light and shadow with equal facility and in combination, Alleria will teach/be the source Azeroth use of void. That balance being the key to fend of the void and temper the lights zeal, life-lessons ensue, ying yang, our darkness when tempered by the light is transformed into a new kind of strength, Illidan makes a dynamic entry, friendship is magic blablabla
it could also be that alleria is a potential threat and the void is trying to weaken her mind so she is less of a threat there is also the chance that the void aint a monolith and locus walker might be part of one faction vs dimensius faction
Yep, what very few people ever mention...... is that Alleria absorbed a void revenant "before" she absorbed L'ura. It was named Nhal'athoth. And she literally consumed his heart; which is what gave her the power to absorb L'ura. You can tell by her facial expression in that later cutscene at the end of the triumvirate dungeon that she wasn't expecting L'ura to fly into her like that. And Locus-Walker said to her after consuming Nhal'athoth's heart..... "as long as your mind is your own, this power will be yours to control" .....which directly suggests if she ever gets temporarily mind controlled or anything happens to her family to make her emotionally distracted..... poof, that void power does what it wants and not what she wants. Therefore both Locus-Walker and Xal'atath could be manipulating Alleria to get her in a place at a time when she can be distracted.... to activate that power.
My bet is on Locus Walker being Void Lord Dementius; perhaps taking the form and persona of a figure from a world he destroyed, his allegiance and intentions being unclear since something changed in him causing regret over his past as an all consuming force.
@@defe1337 are you implying we are getting another void race, after getting Locus Walker and his gang as primary racial players for the void elves? Lmao
i would like this types of quests to be like the suramar 7.1 campaign leading to nighthold,where you had a series of weekly quest that had time to set up the events of the raid
My prediction for this is Blizz will take the position that all of the cosmic forces themselves are neutral, only certain elements within them are evil. We saw that most of the Pantheon of Death were neutral forces simply doing their cosmic job. Blizz has been setting up doubts about the Titans being questionable. I won’t be surprised if Sargeras is somehow redeemed or Illidan (being promoted to god-tier) are put in place to keep the forces of Fel in line. Arator will obviously be used somehow to balance light and void. I think this is Blizzard’s design. It’s going to be about keeping the cosmic forces in balance to keep Azeroth safe.
The Locus-Walker is probably a balanced void lord. There is some quotes in game that indicates that its existence, beginning to its very name that we don't know, is "god like". When Locus-Walker is pissed after you clicked on it too many times, it says this : "Here's a hint: it's an ancient word of power. If I whisper it in your ear, your mind will fall into madness. Still want to play?" "Were I to speak it aloud [its name], a thousand void portals would rip open and some very unpleasant entities would come looking to collect on old debts." It also knows very well the mentality of the Void toward Light, meaning its well-placed to understand it and maybe old enough to be at least a witness of the war between Void and Light.
I like this idea or quests before the expansion leading to the expansion storyline. Guild wars and final fantasy do it and it'll just produce better story
@@Dredrin-s1l woah dude calm down. I think wow is way better than them but something they r praised for is story so I think quests leading into the next expansion are a good add in
im callin it now, they're doin their version of X-men's Dark Phoenix. Shes gonna learn this amazing power for the void, only to turn around last minute and become good. mark my words.
bro they gotta stop messing with the windrunners... can we just have sylvanas save her sister whenever the time comes and have them all be reunited and united against this void BS?
What if Locust Walker is what happens when the void dominates a world soul? The Olds Gods, as an extension of the Void Lords, have always been devious and had plots within plots within plots. Locust Walker could just be trying to get Alleria to serve the Void Lords plans. TWW could be setting up Locust Walker to be the big baddy in Midnight.
I would be super interested in a video on Alleria and how the void elves came to be. Cause I don’t remember any of this, also whatever happened during the questline for the allied race, or in the void elve starting zone feels like it could be relevant
I think Xal’alath is pawn or soldier of Locus walker because she obeys his order as he says. Locus Walker is mastermind all other figures are pawn’s pawn and Locus Walker is mastermind of all, he would betray I think after he turned Aleria Windrunner as his pawn like Xal’alath. And Kaz’algar dwarf models are similar with earthen dwarf models in Vanilla and earthen dwarfs would be migrated Landscape of Kaz’algar after Uldaman destroyed as Archademas died. Remaining ones built population on Kaz’algar as well and Magni was like them I think
Locust Walker is definetly the same ethereal that summoned Dimensius onto his homeworld and in stead of Xal'atath, it's going to be Alleria that will end up causing the shit leading us into Midnight
It is interesting that Locus Walker and Xal'atath do seem on similar power levels. Maybe they each serve a different void lord that are antagonistic to each other (i.e. Locus Walker serves a void lord that is all about controlled power, and Xal'atath serves Dimensius who is all about consumption).
N'zoth literally had us fight Alleria back in the stormwind horrific vision. People's memmory is too short. Also iam just gonna go ahead and say it. NO other raid boss makes any sense for concluding TWW. Not the nerubians, not a made up voidlord, and neither some faceless monster makes any sense. Alleria makes all the sense, and it would be perfect to lead us into midnight.
@@The86Ripper Everyone forgets about Iridikon though, I'm pretty sure he's dying in TWW, he's pretty forgetable. We'll probably fight Alleria though in the final raid of TWW, since it's been datamined to be an Ethereal raid, supposedly.
Kinda cool that you have beat the Mage tower for the neon blue skin lol boss and adds was easy , but the boulders is what I had trouble with. Lol wish we could share the mob tags on the memory quest .
I'm curious why that Dark Heart quest chain which we did on patch day has Khadgar mentioning that "everybody" who heard the voice so far describes it as Light and Benevolence. But Khadgar just sort of ignores that and starts blabbering about what the voice could be. Helllloooooo.....? Why didn't Khadgar go ask the Priests of the world if they know what Light and Benevolence connection the voice could have? Where are the Priests anyway?
In Grim Batol theres a spot before the last boss where it looks like its meant to be another direction but is closed off by a gate or something. Ever since i saw it i wondered if it would be something.. i bet they will use it in war within
I just can't get over that he somehow resembles a dreadlord-ish.. and that he has an eye that resembles the eye of n'zoth on his crown thing, where his third eye seems to be.
I would be pretty disappointed if Locus Walker, who so far has been emblematic of "temperance and control of the void" turned out to be secretly evil. It's a lot better when our shadow priests and warlocks and void elves are all tangling with a dangerous force that they're ultimately balancing, rather than all being led on and tricked by the most obvious possible evil thing. It also just fits better in understanding the world as not split into these good/evil dichotomies. I imagine (and indeed hope) that he has done some Bad Stuff in the past, and if anything that would make his character now, as a voice of reason, more compelling. I especially liked his dialogue with Alleria at the end of Dark Heart, where it really sounds like he's trying to help her. Alleria is torn up inside about her dangerous she feels to her family, is actively isolating herself and it's hurting her, and Locus Walker is trying to help her trust in herself and believe that she is safe to be around, that she can go and have a family and be happy. It rings true for how best you deal with actual intrusive thoughts in actual real life mental health. It would be a shame if the story undermined all that.
Yeah locus walker definitely knows who and what xalatath is. He even laughs when he says.. the harbinger.. that is what she is calling herself now. I'm surprised xalatath doesn't say anything about maybe we should do more than just trust people at their word and find out who they are before we invite them into our alliances.
I have always held the opinion that Xal'atath isn't actually an enemy. At least not in the sense that we usually have enemies. I never really bought the idea that she was imprisoned by the other old gods and she's just fine with that. No vengeance? No nothing? Just continuing with the plan? I am probably totally off -- and honestly, it is probably because I have a knaifu bias and want her to be not a big bad -- but I really do think she's plotting.. but not against us.
It's kind of incredible how much better the War Within storytelling has been compared to the frankly painfully lukewarm storytelling that's been prevalent since... Honestly I feel like it's been an onset since Warlords. War Within feels like storytelling prowess on the level of WC3, frankly, and I am all for that.
Xalatath is kind of running into the same problem the the Jailer had. Don't retcon lore to fit your new villain in where they don't belong. Don't make Xalatath behind tons of major events in the past. Give her new stuff for us to fight her over.
The Alleria short story hammered on the fact she did not want to cause a void eruption in the sunwell. I think this is important. I dont think she willbea villain, I think she will unwittingly eff up (edited cause youtube doesnt like profanity)
I believe Xal'atath was an old god or at least a higher being made entirely from the void. I remember she referred to them as her brothers back in Legion when she spoke of how the Titan-forged thought themselves uncorruptable. However, she was also favoured by Dimensius, so how did she end up locked inside a dagger? Did Dimensius punished her over some failure and remade the staff he gave her into a dagger and imprisioned her there? So many questions! But as a shadow priest main ever since I started playing WoW, I'm more interested in how priests were back then in the time of the Black Empire and their advancements. Also, what the hell happened to K'aresh's worldsoul?
She seems more like a void revenant to me. Same as Nhal'athoth on Argus, and Xal'atoh, and Xhul'horac, etc. She never called herself an old god, but since the old gods occasionally serve the void lords, she could casually refer to them as brethren... or "us" or "we" and it would leave open the option for her to feel bitter and resentful against the old gods for how they treated her also.
@@corksterx1 No.... she definitely had a whisper where she confessed some bitterness and resentment against the local old gods on azeroth for "what they did to her" ... i.e. trapping her in that blade.
I do think this 'authority' thing is rather thin. The scene also read to me as if he's just powerful enough to not be worth the effort of further conflict right now for Xalatath rather than him ordering her to leave.
Dude this thing about having so much authority. Harbinger... Essentially "messenger" a herald. It's just the word bringer. In actuality Xalatath isn't very strong. Just cunning. It's more a case of why exert strength when you got clean cut precision. Locus Walker probably is way stronger and sharp enough to not be outwitted. Xalatath knows he's a bigger dog.
My wife's dad is in charge of storyline development at blizzard and was tasked with the overall arc of the World Soul Saga. He got drunk last night and told me the ending, or at least what they have in works for the ending. I know how the world soul saga will end. Now these are massive spoilers, and shouldn't be read if you don't want to ruin the ending. A cosmic entity known as the "God above Gods" created countless universes, each falling into chaos and destruction. However, this supreme being noticed a unique dormant soul on Azeroth, one that reflected their own divine nature. In a desperate bid to protect this soul and keep it from the ruin that plagued all other universes, the God set the stage for the cosmic forces to unite against a common enemy: themselves. The God sent messages to all the cosmic forces, warning them of an impending catastrophe that only unity could prevent. But as they moved toward this goal, the soul in Azeroth released a powerful energy wave that sealed the universe off from the God's direct influence. This energy, perceived as a song, lured all seven cosmic forces toward Azeroth, each believing they must claim this powerful soul to safeguard their own existence. In the saga's climax, all seven cosmic forces converge on Azeroth, merging to awaken its dormant soul. This act allows the God above Gods to reconnect with the universe and reveal that through this unification, balance has finally been achieved. The newly awakened soul is embraced by the God as an equal, and together they rebuild the cosmos in harmony. Blizzard is considering this storyline among many possible conclusions to the saga, aiming to create a compelling and balanced narrative that aligns the cosmic forces in ways never seen before. They are focused on ensuring this new story will not repeat the flaws of past expansions.
I feel like since this questline is centered around dalaran and dalaran is supposed to be destroyed in the world within then how come we’re not doing legion remix instead of Pandaria? Cause I mean that would make a lot more sense but blizzard can never make sense in anything they do can they?
This trope of a character trying to control other worldly powers they don’t totally understand is a bit over done I think. Feels very similar to Tyrande in shadowlands.
Excellent video mate! have you ever thought of Xalatath being Alleria from an alternate time line, the scene in which she is holding the amulet and turns around made me think about it!
I’m kind of curiioisnif by some chance Alleria is actually Xalatath? They look very similar and I can’t help but wonder if Cal is like a version of Alleria already succumbed to the void embracing her dark side. And that she is pushing Alleria in hopes of her truly becoming Xalatath. Since Xal hops through time as we have seen I don’t think it too far fetched that she could indeed be a future dark version of Alleria. Guess we shall see.
