I’d like to speculate once more on the evergreen topic of Il’gynoth’s whispers and Ogmot’s dreams.
The boy-king serves at the master’s table. Three lies will he offer you.
I’ve gone back and forth wondering if the boy-king was Anduin or Wrathion but based on how the narrative is setting up and what has been established, I think the boy-king in reference is actually Wrathion. Yes, Gul’Dan called Anduin a Boy-King in context, but if Locus-walker has taught us anything, it is that the Void will bend reality to create its infinite truths. Like Bumblebee’s malfunctioning radio voice, I think the whispers we are offered are amalgams of the pieces we know and understand, so Wrathion, the sole survivor whelpling Black Prince-turned possible Aspect, could potentially be what we know as the “Boy King”. Why do I say this? Because:
Three lies. Da first one been told.
Taken from Page 5 of Ogmot’s journal, implies that these all-important “lies” have been told. The reason I suspect Wrathion to be the boy-king is actually due to the timing this journal was found. It implies that the first lie had been told during Legion, probably between Il’gynoth’s whispers and Ogmot’s Dream Journal. Anduin has a single scene in Legion where actually tells himself three lies in a row, but we know this cannot qualify because Ogmot mentioned only the first lie had been revealed.
Wrathion also makes an appearance. Just once.
He appears in the Deaths of Chromie scenario on the outskirts of the Obsidian Dragonshrine in Dragonblight. He tells plays that he is simply there out of his own amusement. Knowing how steadfast and ever-studious the cunning dragon is, taking a day trip to the family’s vacation home isn’t something Wrathion would do on a whim. I, along with most people who read that could probably agree that Wrathion was lying. After all, he does have a reputation for doing so.
That being said, looking back at the original quote, it also says that the boy-king serves at the Master’s Table. This would be grim news, considering the Master in the context of Il’gynoth is N’Zoth. Why would Wrathion, the one free from the grips of N’Zoth’s maddening whispers, serve him?
I think there’s a lot to unpack in this question too. We know Wrathion helped free Garrosh from his trial in Pandaria, unleashing the chaotic events of Warlords of Draenor (where there were numerous inexplicable events caused or are relative to Wrathion, such as the temporal rift in the tower in Draenor, or the DEATHS OF ALL OF ADMIRAL TAYLOR’S GARRISON TO A NECROMANCER???), and was in Dragonblight within the 15 minutes of the 8-part death of Chronormu. On top of this, in this patch’s Wrathion questline, we learn that Wrathion also visited Shen’dralar, the Vault of Archavon, the Shado Pan, and Karazhan in search of answers for the cure to the whispers of the Old Gods.
In conclusion from my research and far-reaching speculation, I theorize that Wrathion is the boy-king and he is willingly serving N’Zoth, but not in the way we think. I think he is still a well-meaning albeit sneaky dragon who wants to rid his Dragonflight of their terrible legacy, but I think that he’s convinced N’Zoth or at least some of his followers that he is one of them to gain access to information and artifacts preserved by his elder sibling’s/father’s work. However, now that N’Zoth has been set free, he is watching Wrathion’s trickery, and is trying to chase him down, either to demand more of his service, or worse. This is why the Eyes of N’Zoth watch Left in the Veiled Stair, and why there’s N’Zothian agents and interrogators at Blackrock Mountain and Karazhan. I suspect Wrathion may have found a solution to defeating N’Zoth, but it requires the powers of the Dragonflight to turn back time. This is why he teamed up with Kairozdormu, messed with time/space on Draenor, and potentially why Chromie was being targeted for death! I feel that maybe not this expansion, but next expansion we will see Wrathion be pulled into a game of temporal strategy against N’Zoth secret weapon: The Infinite Dragonflight.
Also, expect at least 2 more lies from Wrathion.