It’s Theory Time, given some insight from some guild mates, people on this forum, and the Whisper of Il’gynoth, I think I have some idea what to expect following BfA.
“Before the last shadow falls, the Father of Sleep shall savor his feast.” -Il’gynoth
The Father of Sleep is a Death Loa primarily worshiped by Farakki Trolls named Mueh’zala. I think this is a pretty explicit tell regarding who Death is. It is most likely the Loa who told Vol’jinn to make Sylvanas Warcheif, and most likely the Death God she seems to be serving.
I predict that the story right now is a retelling of Warcraft 3. Sylvanas is Arthas, War of Thorns was set up to be the Fall of Quel’thalas. Tyrande, Malfurion, Maiev, even Delaryn… they are in positions to fulfill the roles of Kael and Sylvanas in this bad Reign of Chaos/Frozen Throne play.
All we need to figure out is who is playing what role, and I think we can do this to some degree.
Tyrande is either Kael or Sylvanas, but I think she is more likely to be Kael where Delaryn is Sylvanas. Can’t say what will be done with Delaryn yet, but I will come back to Tyrande later.
We also know now that Azshara intended to kill or imprison N’zoth in Xal’atath, which was part of the pact she made with Sylvanas. This mimics the pact Arthas made with Illidan to undermine Tichondrius, putting Xal’atath in a similar position as the Skull of Gul’dan… The key difference here is Illidan succeeded in Killing Tichondrius, where we stopped Azshara from killing N’zoth. She does however, give us the means to kill him in the Nyalotha raid. I can’t yet say for certain who she gives the blade to, or if she ends up delivering the blow herself. We shall see.
Regardless, Azshara is well aware of what Sylvanas intends to unleash on this world, and now shares a goal with Tyrande to stop her. Similar to how Illidan and Kael joined forces, we are going to see that with Tyrande and Azshara as they both pursue Sylvanas together. Yes, I know they hate each other, but mutual goals makes for good frenemies. Tyrande is also not on good terms with Anduin right now.
Meanwhile, Sylvanas is attempting to seize the power of Mueh’zala for herself… I think she is going to do this in a few ways.
“When their mistress beckons, nine ravens take flight. Each seeks a prize to earn her favor.” -Il’gynoth
Her nine ravens are her nine Dark Rangers, who will be scouring the sands of Tanaris and Uldum for an artifact. This will be the “Scepter of bone” mentioned here:
“The blind queen wields a scepter of bone. From the deep she calls forth doom.”
The “blind Queen” here is Sylvanas… note this is said by a servant of the Void. Who claims Sylvanas serves “The True enemy” So it makes sense that she would be called blind.
The scepter of bone will be the Scepter of Azj’Aqir, which will be used to command an army of Silithid. In other words, she will “Call forth doom from the deep.” Deep below ground.
This will essentially be Sylvanas’ Frostmourn. We will essentially see another War of the Shifting Sands… Sylvanas at the head of a Silithid Army, attempting to seize the power of Meuh’zala… which is probably in the Shadowlands. With the Naga and Army of the Black Moon opposing her.
Now… Blizzard is not going to just copy paste Warcraft 3… So all of this is just a loose structure to what I think is going to be the basis of what happens. It will most likely not happen exactly like this, and the rest of the Alliance and Horde will assuredly play a role. I am not sure how… But I think this is a pretty decent prediction. I think it sets things up for The Shadowlands, Death, The Infinate Dragonflight, the Wound in Silithus could play a role. Azerite empowered Silithid maybe? I think it explains why Uldum is being attacked by N’zoth as opposed to Ulduar.
I am sure its not exact, but I am feeling pretty good about this one.
