9.1 boss spoilers

[Baalsamael-turalyon (Baalsamael)]

And thus my prophecy comes true:

@Baalsamael-turalyon

I maintain the narrative lends itself to the Night Elf dead being resurrected via the rebirth portal near the Covenant sanctum (Grove of Restoration I think it’s called? Next to Tirna Achiad) after Tyrande Saves The Day™ by giving her Night Warrior power to the Winter Queen to restore her and the forest given the NW is inherently tied to Ardenweald, thus saving the both of them. Blizzard isn’t going to kill Tyrande, and needs a way to Save The Magical Rebirth Forest.

None of that was shaped by the Night Elf whining because the Forsaken and the Kaldorei both are at an impasse gameplaywise due to their Capitals being destroyed and their leadership in shambles that was always going to be resolved and will be resolved via the Shadowlands plot line. The exposition is there. Giant tree burned, we are going to land of giant trees sustained by dead souls. Zombie city blighted, we are going to land of zombies where some are experts of plagues and blights

@Baalsamael-turalyon

Yeah on that front I only have one theory that I’ve had since last year.

1. Zovaal attacks the Winter Queen, since the Heart of the Forest is some sort of “seal” on the Maw
2. She needs a crapton of power to survive
3. It’s revealed the Night Warrior power is capable of doing this and that WQ is Elune’s daughter
4. Tyrande releases the Night Warrior to the WQ as a thank you for saving her Auntie Ysera
5. WQ, now super powered at maximum strength, chooses to restore Teldrassil by making it a new Tirna in reality, thereby ensuring that Ardenweald could survive anything, and let’s Tyrande use the Grove of Awakening to mass-rez the Night Elves like the Drust managed to do for a bit until they were stopped.

@Baalsamael-turalyon

I think the story so far in going in the direction that Tyrande saves the Winter Queen by letting go of the Night Warrior’s power (which is tied to Ardenweald) to restore her and Ardenweald, and in return the Night Elves in majority are given the choice of returning to Azeroth and Teldrassil is restored but tied not to the Dream but to Ardenweald.

@Baalsamael-turalyon

This is speculation but:

1. Tyrande’s Night Warrior power is tied to Ardenweald
2. The Winter Queen’s existence is tied to Ardenweald via the Heart of the Forest; the weaker it gets, the weaker she gets, and vice versa, and this Heart is tied to the “lock” on the Maw. (Campagin Questline)
3. Winter Queen/Ardenweald will be restored by Tyrande letting go of her vengeance and releasing its power to Ardenweald

at the same time

1. Excluding Tirna Achiad (Heart of the Forest), there are a total of 9 Tirna Trees (Eas, Glayn, Rowen, Vaal, Scithe, Fenn, Kaithe, Marwol, Noch)
2. During questing, we learn Tirna Noch is “long dead” and they never bother to check it out; turns out the Drust have colonized it and restored the Heart of Tirna Noch with anima for their own benefit
3. There’s a part of Tirna Marwol that is closed off and looks raid-esque.
4. These trees are what allow for reincarnation; they gather anima to feed the Wild Seeds.

And at the same time:

1. On Azeroth, World Trees can be bound to World Trees in the Dream
2. There are non-World-Trees that have Emerald Dream parallels (e.g. Tal’doren vs Daralnir)

Therefore it stands to reason the Winter Queen and Ardenweald-bound Ysera can give their “blessing” to restore Teldrassil.

Also consider Undercity is currently blighted and we are being given a very Forsaken-Scourge-esque zone with a “House of Plagues”.

I thus speculate, and have been, that the end of Shadowlands will lead to most of BFA being “undone”; Undercity and Teldrassil restored.