Something has puzzled me since first watching the Shadowlands cinematic, and that is why Sylvanas destroying the Helm opened up the big hole in the sky and so on.
Every reference I’ve seen indicates the Helm of Domination’s purpose is to allow the wearer to control the Scourge. That’s it, and not surprising given it’s name. Where exactly does it turn from being a control device to a method of opening a hole between this world and the afterlife?
According to various references, the Helm was made by the Burning Legion and not by anything or anyone in Shadowlands. The Legion is concerned with the Twisting Nether, Fel, Demonic power and so on. And then somehow I read that this Forge of Domination is in Shadowlands - if so, how did the Legion get to use it to make the Helm?
If it was, I’d be interested to hear how. Because as it is, the logic of the Helm’s destruction breaking open the barrier doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
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The story got retconned again to fit a new expansion 
remember the old gods were the end and they couldn’t be killed, only put to sleep for a while? Got retconned into old gods 100% dead and void lords sent them to leech on planets with titan souls.
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It was retconned to be of Shadowlands make.
It’s also possible that the maker of the helm was just slain and sent to the Shadowlands after creating the helm.
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Pretty sure the power that was released upon it’s destruction (aided by awesomeness and N’Zoth taint) tore through the…I dunno…it’s cause it happened, that’s why.
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I doubt it - demons don’t go to the Shadowlands when they die, they either return to the Twisting Nether or are utterly destroyed. At least that’s how it has always been indicated.
Of course, as others have said, recon happens. 
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Who says that a demon would be the maker?
They could’ve easily forced whoever to make it, then killed them afterwards to prevent them making a weapon that could be wielded against them.
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Icecrown is an anchor point to the Shadowlands. The veil is really thin there due to its undead history and the Helm itself is a powerful link to the afterlife, giving the Lich King his death powers. Breaking it sent a shockwave that shattered the already weak barrier between the realms.
And it’s not really a retcon I don’t think. The Legion did get the armor and Frostmourne, but it was never really said where or how they made such powerful objects. There’s a grey area that lets Blizz say it was forged in the Shadowlands, which does make sense since they’re death objects. We’ll probably find out what happened there throughout the the story.
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Reference sources said it was made by demons. I’m just going by that. And it was my understanding of how it was made from back when I started playing in Wrath.
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It is a retcon, it went from Dreadlord forging them and KJ put Nerzhul inside of it.
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ah yes the retcon where they ‘stole’ it from the shadowlands and threw ner’zhul’s soul inside…
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Everything you indicate is from recent input about Icecrown. Prior to that I can find zero reference to it having any connection with the Shadowlands or any sort of afterlife. Icecrown was built as a fortress to surround the Frozen Throne which originally housed the spirit of Ner’zhul, and the Scourge and the dreadlords built the citadel. It seems to me that all that stuff regarding the veil and the Helm being linked to the Shadowlands is something created specifically for Shadowlands the Expansion rather than to link it to anything from the game’s past.
Which is a stupid retcon because Mal’ganis even said that the Dreadlord specifically made it so Frostmourne couldn’t absorb the soul of a Nathrezim.
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psure frostmourne didn’t absorb mal’ganis’ soul unless im misunderstanding you. Mal’ganis is very much alive and he just returned to the nether
And guess what? That’s been retconned.
Congratulations.
They just stole it from the Runecarver in Torghast.
It didn’t because originally the dreadlord were the one who forged it, but after its retconned that it comes from Shadowland, it doesn’t make sense.
I’m actually much happier with this retcon because honestly, the Helm of Domination and Frostmourne never felt like they were of Legion origin. They always seemed… otherworldly, and never really natural.
Then surprise surprise. The Runecarver created it (likely for the Jailer) and it was stolen by the Nathrazeim. Which… also explains why they didn’t just make multiple helms that would’ve allowed them to completely wipe out Azeroth.
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That’s mainly because we previously didn’t know much of anything about the Shadowlands besides that it was the afterlife. So everything here is brand new lore that wasn’t set up in the past since the Shadowlands was irrelevant mostly till now.
But it still fits the story. For years now Icecrown has been swarming with necromancy and undead. The Lich King clearly had a huge connection to the Shadowlands or he wouldn’t have those kind of powers. It’s not a huge leap to make to suddenly expand on the how and why of that. Sometimes retcons can be beneficial to fix up the story a bit.
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