Nothing changed in Azeroth while we were gone

[Karat-anubarak (Karat)]

@Sinelius-proudmoore

Uhh…yeah so? Ion stated there was no time gap like people took out of context from his interview.

Dragonflight starts 3 years after Shadowlands ends but they specifically decided for nothing interesting to happen during that gap.

@Erudician-1641

Shadowlands began in the year 35 after the opening of the Dark Portal, and Dragonflight will begin in the year 40.

Given that the events of Shadowlands took place over the course of two years, that leaves a few additional years that we are fast-forwarding through. Our purpose here is not to have a litany of events take place outside the game that you need to read about in a novel or other media to understand the state of the world. The goal of the fast-forward is to provide the people of Azeroth with a slice of “normal” life without a major threat looming over their heads.