How will the multiple timeline characters work?

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So, as we know, there are two Draenors now. The main timeline, which turned into Outland, and the alternate, where the Iron Horde was, and now Draenai Light Zealots forcibly convert or kill everyone.

Do these alternate versions share souls with the main versions, or will there be two different souls of the same person in the Shadowlands? When Velen dies, will his soul merge with the soul of the alternate Velen, or will there be two Velens who may end up in different afterlives due to different life experiences? Would they be aware of each other? Could they even wind up in the same afterlife?

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They haven’t thought that far ahead.

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lol best we just forget about the timelines and try to move past it. The lore is already all over the place

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I’m not sure I have it in me to forget :stuck_out_tongue:

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Think of them as alternate dimensions/realties, not time lines. Less head aches.

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In that case, are there multiple Shadowlands? Multiple Jailors?

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Nope. Shadowlands is just a dimension that all others filter into. The center of it all. Like a cosmic recycler/garbage disposal. :slight_smile:

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Well, that again brings back the OG question

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They all work within your own nostalgia.

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Doubt it matters since we already have two Uther souls in our own timeline.

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Nostalgia is now reserved for classic wow imo.

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Well, I see that as part of Uther’s soul was trapped in Frostmoune, and probably bonded back with his soul when the sword was shattered.

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They’ve confirmed that the Light destroys alternate timelines, which is what happened when we saved the Mag’har. They say that it eventually destroys AUs.

So, no need to worry. It basically works as a great DELETER for all things it doesn’t prefer, aka the Main Timeline.

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The alt Draenor was an abberation created by that Bronze Dragon dude that gave us all the hourglass quests back in MoP.

The Zealots of Light that Yrel was leading were only radicalized because their reality was collapsing, as it had been since the moment Garrosh entered it.
We just sped the process up.
Thing of them more like echoes of the real version rather than their own beings.

The whole interconnected Nether/After-life kinda mucks up everything so I think we have to assume it’s one shared soul for every iteration of a life across realities.

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They all have separate souls, and all go to the same Shadowlands.

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Yeah, they basically said the Light causes alternate realities to collapse eventually. Like, it erodes them.

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In some interview Danuser said that all people from different dimensions converge back into one. I’m not sure this makes any sense.

WoD is the most lore destructive expansion. I’m hoping Shadowlands doesn’t one up it. I think it could be a real contender though.

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The fact that there are infinite universes is the fault of the Void.

The fact that only one universe matters is the fault of the Light.

It seems highly likely that the barrier between Life and Death is entirely artificial.

Knowing all of this… hmm. Blizzard will probably handwave it away as all versions of people throughout different timelines converging into an “ultimate self”. Also, because of that, everyone is alive and dead at the same time, but shhh that’s a secret.

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Pretty much this.
It’s like that Jet Li movie “The One” where he kills himself in alternate realities to become stronger.

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loved that movie! and thats how i explained the multiple realities