Necrotic Wake question

Hello. I did my first Normal Dungeon and it all went great…have one question though:

A few players went up to some huge robot on the ground and did something and then some blue Anima or something flew out of it and people collected it. What is that and what does it do for me?

Your covenant has interactions with certain dungeons in the Shadowlands. Those dungeons are from your covenant’s zone. Is this your first character leveling up through Shadowlands? Your first character going through Shadowlands can do dungeons and interact with dungeons as you have those abilities in that respective zone (like a trial run), but at max level you are limited to the covenant you must pick.

People form the Kyrian covenant can come up to a malfunctioning goliath and use their ability to spawn anima orbs. The orbs do aoe damage to nearby enemies, heal nearby allies, and grants movement speed for 1 minute.

To read more about these bonuses and interactions, see this wowhead link below:

https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-dungeon-covenant-bonuses-kyrian-necrolord-venthyr-night-fae