Early Speculation on a Possible Missing Aspect of the Dragon

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So I was playing Shadowlands with my Dracthyr and I notice something about the Aspects:

They are missing Elementals of Decay, Shadow and Entropy… I notice when I started playing that 2 survivors of the Black Dragon Flight are fighting to be the Warden of Earth… Then it hit me, why can’t there be 2… or maybe it was ONE, Deathwing but he could not contain it? etc, etc… so here I am sharing what came to mind in my Dracthyr playthrough.

Could this be the hidden truth or “the skeletons in the closet” that the Aspect as well as the Titans were trying to hide… control or give order to but fail?

If this is true, then that could mean that (IMO), “The Nightmare”, even the Drusk decaying magic or witchcraft… all come from this part of Nature, that the Titans tried to bring order too…

Void Lords and their part on spreading these “truths”, bring the Nightmare and Madness to Dragons or the “Drusk” branching out of the Throne Druids to tap into this entropic part of this natural but dangerous force would fit together well with what we learn.

Heck, we might even learn that the Fungarian among other Elemental associated with this Plane of Decay come from, I can totally see the Legion or other enemy factions drawing and corrupting these denizens from this plain of the wheal of Element. We might even meet its Ruler someday!

Decay, can also be branch out to different parts of nature like hunger, parasitism, Fugi, bacteria, Mental Disorder (Madness, loss of Memory etc.) among other things that might seem evil or ugly side of life but necessary to the circle of life.
Maybe this is where Ghuun the Blood God fail experiment originated? Titans trying to find a way to bring the entropic force of Decay into their Grand Order and Design for Azeroth?

  • On the other hand we seen the Dark Side of Elune in the embodiment of the “Night Warrior”… she being a Goddess of Life leaves me a bit at a loss if I apply my speculation to what she embodies… so far…

  • I’m at a lost to the Infinite Dragonflight goals… maybe its related to this or some other aspect of Time itself that the Titans omitted and that creates Murozond when touch by the corruption of the Old Gods hidden “truths”?

I know this speculation is a bit to gross to fit this bright expansion filled with hope and wonder… but maybe this is where the story team is trying to take us… to uncover this truth hidden or omitted intentionally in other to accelerate Azeroth development?

Maybe this is why Deathwing went mad with the whispered “truths” of the Void Lords he being the Earth Warden but also carrying the weight of keeping the element of Decay at bay?

Maybe the story takes us to place of not only hope but acceptance of things that we can’t control but are necessary for life to grow. (Yeah I know I’m going a bit too philosophical with this, sorry). :sweat_smile:

Also I need to point out that this is not entirely my idea, a few years back there was a rumor of this that apparently was not true or ended being just that and the concept of Decay is not only a part of WoW lore, but also of other games like “Magic the Gathering” and even in the “Netflix Series called the Dragon Prince”, their telling the story of Dragons, the elements and the Dark Element that fuels Dark Magic.

Thank you for reading if you made it this far!
This is just speculation on my part, but please if you have corrections or something to add that I might miss comment on it, it will be most welcome!

Its a bit too early for real answers (if we get any lol) but I just wanted to bring and share my excitement as well as my thoughts, with the upcoming expansion.

See ya in Dragon Flight!

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I always thought there should be more Aspects.

We have an Aspect of Time, but no Aspect of Space for example. We should have a whole Dragonflight whose job it is to manage portals, rifts and reality tears! Maybe we wouldn’t have such a demon problem then!

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Actully your not far off… now that I think of it, I belive:

Space-time being the the concepts of time and three-dimensional space regarded as fused in a four-dimensional continuum or “the curvature of space-time”… is part of science and our reality…

This could also mean that the Titans omitted this part too… it could also be what The source of the corruption of the Old Gods with Infinite dragonflight? Could the Old Gods corruption work like Domination Magic but instead it creates madness? A truth unprepared can do more harm than good in some situations…(IMO) Hmmm… maybe we will know in this or another expansion… :sweat_smile:

I speculate that if "Space was omitted it would restrict immensely portal magics and… it would stop rift, tears but also stop easy access to the Titans interference.

Wow I think your right.!! (Assuming it works like that in lore) :thinking:

Man if this is true, Titans have a LOT to answer for! :rofl:

This would make for an interesting reveal… oh, I need DF now I MUST.KNOW! :laughing:

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Need a:
White Dragonflight of Spirits
Violet Dragonflight of Space
and a Gold Dragonflight of…something.

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The Elements are Fire, Frost, Air, Earth, Spirit and Decay on Azeroth.

In the Elemental Planes the Elements are Fire, Water, Air and Earth.

In Outland and Draenor the Elements are Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit and Decay.

The Dragon Aspects are associated with Titan-made Concepts not the Elements: They represent Time, Dream, Life, the World and Arcane Magic.

Ironically though Ysera is being resurrected she will remain a creature of Ardenweald representing Death the opposite of Alexstrasza’s concept even as her Daughter becomes the new Dream Aspect.

Logistically if the world needs opposites of each Dragonflight’s Concepts then we need Space, Nightmare(Eranikus anyone?), the Great Dark Beyond and Fel to balance them out.

As for Dragons of Decay: The Primal Incarnate of Decay is dead. He was Galakrond. We are also on the path to eliminating the Primal Incarnates of Air, Frost, Fire and Earth as well. There is no Primal Incarnate of Spirit.

The Old Gods seem consumed by the Element of Decay from the looks of things and the Gnolls in Dragonflight seem to be working for Decay’s victory.

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Wow thank you for this in-depth exponasion and input on it!!!

I haven’t thought an opposite to the aspects before!? How interesting!

Man, this makes me more hype to do DF story to see where it leads, I’ll be honest, most of the things you mention, I really like to see as part of this story if its not already!!

Thank you again so much, soooo hype right now! :exploding_head: