Sylvanas Turns Anduin Into Death Knight With Arthas' Soul: All Cinematics [WoW: Eternity's End]

Sylvanas Uses Arthas' Soulblade against Anduin Cinematic. A Mourneblade Reborn. After Sylvanas has failed to persuade Anduin to convert, the Jailer takes a more direct approach by forging a Mourneblade intended for Anduin. Bolvar peers into the Maw and is taken by the Jailer's influence. RIP Shalamourne.
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[@Athelarius]

First Chapter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4q6omhul9R0nK8 Kel'thuzad Ending: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4uch4h7h85-rbc Denathrius & Nathria Ending: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXe9aIlpeaiWqKc Hiya Folks! How many Mourneblade references should we put in this video? YES. But can we actually call it Shalamourne? Has a nifty ring to it. Loved the references to the WoTLK Cinematic they did, if anyone caught on. We all know she’s not going to stab Anduin with it. They knew Bolvar & The Breakfast Club were watching. Then again, it would be neat to see Anduin’s shadowform at last. We’ve attached the previous episode as a reference for those who want it. Feel free to skip through if you're caught up! “The Jailer is tearing into Bolvar’s…..ARGGHHH!” Oh dear, poor Bolvar.

[@Maniaman213]

The first time i heard of a mourneblade in shadowlands is cutscene with the Jailer and the Runecarver when you turn in 15 memories to the runecarver, any reason not to inculde that tidbit? Did it not fit in?

[@iceman3317]

We don't know if he is a Death Knight or not. We also don't know if Sylvanas did it or not.

[@mjtan6787]

Everybody has free will. That panda who reached max level without joining factions is proof.

[@adashti7756]

F

[@ggEmolicious]

Was that the one that got to max level by picking herbs only?

[@MrBlueSleeves]

@@ggEmolicious yeah

[@JeanMachine17]

its true

[@bumjiwusi4352]

His Name is Doubleagent

[@rocko0214]

So, they´re gonna turn the blonde young man of royal blood from the alliance into a weapon with a runeblade... well, that´s new.

[@zachariahschneider899]

Don't think it's gonna work as well this time. By the time Arthas got Frostmourne, he was already willing to turn on his own men and commit unspeakable atrocities. Anduin hasn't budged an inch in his morality, heck he's even getting Sylvanas to hesitate. At this stage even if the Jailer also forges a new Helm to control Anduin, hands him the new Shalamourne, Anduin won't be as effective as Arthas. His spirit (which is obviously pretty beloved by the Light) will be railing against the Jailer's control the whole way.

[@Cinomod6066]

@@zachariahschneider899 here's a massive question. Arthas is in the maw Uther literally put him there himself why not just have him be lich king again? What are they even trying to make now? It's just another frostmourne hell it might as well be called "corrupted ashbringer 2.0" lol like seriously why does the jailer need a minion like this?

[@Athelarius]

Bolvar: "You've just crossed a terrible threshold Anduin" Anduin: "Taelia?" Taelia: "I'm sorry Anduin, I can't watch you do this". Anduin: "LIGHT PURGE. PURGE!"

[@doott.t6706]

@@Cinomod6066 need a reason to have anduin captive :))

[@yellowbeard1]

The Jailer seems like the kind of asshole who thinks “It’s going to work this time, I know it. All those other times failed for reasons that are everyone’s fault but mine and I know this time it will succeed.”

[@Tharky]

10:18 - 11:27 is just amazing, never realized how similar she has become as arthas. Thanks for the edit Athelarius.

[@gabegu5102]

In her case Nietzsche's quote is so true. Be careful fighting monsters less you become one. For when you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

[@janarosa4932]

I called this ending two years ago and I was dying at the time. Blizzard should just pay me for my bad ideas and they would be able to cut their writing staff to maybe three people. Ahh Blizz always there to remind you even in death you can not escape the miserable life that makes you drink copius amounts of alcohol but they'll still sell you that dark truth wait blizzard is Sylvanas and Sylvanas has become Arthas darn it we lost Turion! I told you all he was important! Now who will call the light to free us from ICC? Great job 👌 we all are doomed azeroth is about to get kissed to death or it's soul eaten by the dementors of azkaban whoopsies I mean the Jailer of the Maw well sheet just bring more garbage and call it revolutionary...sad just too darn sad...

[@Jewus19]

I mustve missed the part where Anduin turns into a Death Knight...

[@shroud4269]

@Jonny Croxville yeah where is it lol? not in this video, or like the cutscene doesnt even exist? he got off screen into a dk?

[@reaper61989]

I feel like I did too. I did this whole damn story and didn’t see this

[@Off_Screen]

and all this because sylvannas said to arthus one time that the skulls on his shoulder pads looked "a bit gay"

[@th3ra83]

Arthas: I thought you hate guys like us? Sylvanas: Well it's not that I hate you. Just you never seems to bang me personally, and kept busy with that Lich. Arthas: What? Sylvanas: What?

[@Daizy444]

lol

[@Arki-s3p]

Dude I know you're joking but honest to god, I ship them soooo hard...😭😭

[@racelkatyusha403]

@@Arki-s3p What

[@commentlurker3874]

@@Arki-s3p the.....fuck.......you do remember that arthas really really like tormenting syl right? ithe only reason why she turn him into a undead is so that he can mock her as long as he can

[@mj6258]

Haven't played in a long time but i'm starting to imagine Sylvanas walking in and saying to Anduin "Report to the ship as soon as possible . We'll bang OK?"

[@chrissy93x]

Lmfao xD

[@Athelarius]

Nathanos: "My Queen, I rushed over as soon I could. What do you say we..." *heartbroken*

[@SirV3nt]

Because why NOT have a manslayer reference in WoW?

[@amirhoseintorkashvand7487]

reading this after just watching a gamerpoop made me roll on ground xD

[@mj6258]

@@amirhoseintorkashvand7487 😁👍

[@TheHunterRavine]

I think everyone is forgetting about tyrande by this point

[@Athelarius]

The name does sound kinda familiar. Hmm.

[@firewatch9224]

I still prefer her voice from War of Warcraft than WoW

[@moonrazor2039]

shes very forgettable yes

[@zynai6514]

honestly i was hoping to see more of it with the ardenweald covenant questline, but it's probably going to come out in a future patch :/

[@rocko0214]

We want to forget her. She's so obnoxious.

[@2face88]

The way Bolvar says "i will never serve you" reminds me of ICC

[@Athelarius]

The development team is just loving the WoTLK references this expansion. Or rather anything Arthas related. I guess it started back in BFA when Anduin enters Lordaeron like Arthas did in the cinematic.

[@crysosisback7115]

@@Athelarius They know wotlk/frozen throne is dear to most players, at least lore wise. That's purely fanservice for people who've been there for a long time... And i can't really complain about it. Just hope they don't fuck up with Arthas and Garrosh in SL.

[@theashenverdict1629]

@@crysosisback7115 Oh but they will.... They always find a way to mess something up.

[@crysosisback7115]

@@theashenverdict1629 I'll hope for this extention. If they give us a shitty N'zoth ending, coupled with a shitty storyline for Garrosh, Arthas, Anduinn and Sylvanas, yeah fuck them for good.

[@mikejones8808]

"Father, is it over?"

[@leptyy]

The Jailer is tearing into Bolvar's ANNNNNNG

[@MrSolomonRing]

Spread em.

[@ZaZi-Zeta01]

I don't exactly follow the story all that closely anymore, but holy hell was that transition with Sylvanas drawing Shalamourne smoother than melted butter spread across sweet soft toast

[@Athelarius]

Tune in to the next episode where Anduin takes the Mourneblade and goes shadowform. Jailer deserves to win. Sylvanas can trip on a stick. Jaina shares a kiss with Arthas as they fly through the maw, then Illidan shoots down with Sargeras as an ally as he pulls his sword out of Azeroth to fight against the jailer in the Twisting Nether before the titans attempt to shatter the space continuum and all laws of life and death allowing all former dead characters to return as we enter a new age of Warcraft. Hail shrooms!

[@ZaZi-Zeta01]

@@Athelarius Why... why does that story seem actually plausible?

[@hallowstar_3347]

@@ZaZi-Zeta01 oh. I just read the top part where Anduin takes the blade. I actually thought he was serious.

[@zachariahschneider899]

@@Athelarius I can see Illidan saying, "Yeah, as part of Sargeras' parole he's gotta do some community service. Saving the multiverse, that sort of thing. After this we're gonna go hot-gluing some of the planets he broke back together so the handful of survivors can come back."

[@nickkorkodylas5005]

Shalamourne is almost as a teeny overdesigned piece of shit as the Assbinger was though. The Froutmourne was elaborately decorated and badass without looking like an impractical bionicles' ripoff.

[@cellistrae994]

To resume : Sylvanas and the Jailer are to emo teen that feel the daily injustice of the world and Sylvanas thinks that the Jailer can free everyone, despite of his name. Am I right?

[@sarien_aurelas]

Committing unspeakable acts in the name of a "Greater good"?? Sylvannas is so damaged that she doesn't realize she became the man she hated the most.

[@1xTheDarkKnightx1]

Define good and bad.

[@nickkorkodylas5005]

Not into current lore but it seems more like greater freedom than greater good to me.

[@gabegu5102]

I find her story to be more of a tragedy than anything else. I draw the tragic comparison between Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader to Sylvannas Windrunner / The Banshee Queen. The question is thought is their any road to redemption for her.

[@danterik9781]

@@gabegu5102 If they make her redeem herself or if she becomes good at the very end, Blizzard is officially the worst story writer ever.

[@gabegu5102]

@@danterik9781 I agree they can never turn her back good but id be ok with some kind of redemption of like not going along with the Jailers plan near the end. She already has doubts when he didn’t want to help Denarius and forcing Anduin to help them. And what about Nathanos ? Isn’t he out there in the Maw somewhere? Why haven’t they scooped him up?

[@vladsilviudumitrescutudor4397]

I don't know how but these cinematic always give me the chills. And the last edit with Arthas and Sylvanas in the same pose. God damn it hit me so hard.

[@kael4277]

same dude same

[@Najemniczkas]

4:28 Kyrian just chilling in the background :'D

[@Athelarius]

“We see no heresy here mortal, carry on” Meanwhile Bolvar getting death-gripped by chains.

[@belobetay]

Stewart be like "Some action! Hoo hoo!"

[@KaiValencia21]

@@belobetay an action moovieee

[@sindrimyr5351]

i really want to see arthas and garrosh already...the anticipation is killing me

[@Athelarius]

Would like to know where Garrosh is. I assume after the milking was enough to satisfy the anima sent to the Maw, Denathrius probably cast him in there. That or he was in Nathria’s basement and we forgot to check. Oops!

[@kristiyangrigorov5232]

They are keeping the best for the end. Cant wait to see my boah Arthas

[@CloudHiro]

@@kristiyangrigorov5232 personally I hope out of nowhere from maldraxxas in comes original timeline Grom

[@Xzentein]

Arthas was thrown into the Maw by Uther during one of the shorts that Blizzard made. And Garrosh is currently hardly more than a milking (anima) cow for Denathrius.

[@sindrimyr5351]

@@Athelarius my guess is we get some quest to explore Nathrias deepest dungeons with Renathal to find out more about denathrius and the jailer, find clues or something and deep within we got garrosh.

[@norfy]

You forgot to show Sylvanas' 80's rock powerslide into Frostmourne

[@Athelarius]

Would actually go quite well with Arthas shredding his guitar. Dammit, missed opportunity!

[@KaiValencia21]

@@Athelarius yeah you missed that

[@Ohbjgeeuhxdd]

"There she is again" lmao

[@Athelarius]

She’s back for the next session. She can be...quite persuasive.

[@Bryndela]

Don't forget the teenager eyeroll that went with it! 😂

[@KaiValencia21]

Bassicly i have speech 100

[@KaiValencia21]

@@Athelarius very persuasive i hate it

[@KaiValencia21]

@@Bryndela she is a big annoyance

[@МаксимЖуков-я2н]

Just reroll into damn DK already, Anduin!

[@joaomatos1144]

Uther will reroll into DK. Mary My Words

[@Athelarius]

He can even split Shalamourne in two like Varian did to go Frost. So many delightful possibilities once he gets his shadowform rolling!

[@crysosisback7115]

@@joaomatos1144 If you've done the Kyrian storyline, you'd know he's back on the good path now

[@KaiValencia21]

@@joaomatos1144 fk no

[@Hassan94123]

Sylvanas is giving the Hearthstone’s Cult Master energy “Join or die! Or both.”

[@Grimuald]

And somwhere in the Maw lurks Arthas... Very angry at Jailer who made him destroy everything he loved and held dear. Plus Khel'Tuzad that is 100% loyal to Arthas not Jailor. It's really hard to fck up this story... but Activision Blizzard still can fck it up

[@zenixvampirchik652]

They said they didn't want him to return with some big role. His story is finished and at most blizz were going to put him as some side character.

[@Grimuald]

@@zenixvampirchik652 Yep. And they also said Sylvanas is "moral grey"

[@zenixvampirchik652]

@@Grimuald well... We can't call her anything else. She isn't some evil monster/mastermind/villain. And obviously she isn't some hero. As of now she actually is morally grey character.

[@valkyriesardo278]

Anduin was 18 at the start of Legion. It seems many players still seem him as the little tot in short pants. Like Sylvanas, they underestimate this warrior priest. Varian and Anduin became more alike as the years passed. The son taught his father temperance but acquired his father's resolve. Where Varian sometimes charged in, Anduin thinks it through. And we see in this contest of will between Anduin and Sylvanas that he is not the least persuaded while Sylvanas abandons the effort struggling to mask her doubts.

[@gamer6595]

Anduin's talk no justsu rivals that of Naruto himself

[@radomirt6001]

No.

[@emielregis5809]

if he pulls a "redeem Sylvanas: achievement unlocked" it will be something on the Itachi level of Talk no Jutsu

[@jamesilagan189]

Damn, am really hearing Arthas' line of "You are past redemption!" at the back of my head watching these vids.

[@F14thunderhawk]

Sylvanas cant be redeemed because her actions are motivated by something fundamentally incorrect: Warcraft is not a deterministic Universe. if you need proof: Nozdomu exists and is able to do his job. But why Sylvanas became the monster everyone saw is really sad. Veressa rejected her because, as the racial leader of the alliance loyalists whom are also the majority of the high elven aristocracy, her perspective on Quel'thalas is that Sylvanas has time and again betrayed Veressa personally by siding with President Handsome, and inducting Quel Thalas into the Horde. Where as Sylvanas is trying to support and protect Quel'thalas as effectively as she can. The one moment where Veressa finally was trying to see Sylvanas and not the Banshee Queen, Veressa was convinced by Anduin to continue raising her twin sons, only for about a year later for Sylvanas to accept the title of Warchief during the Third Invasion. The fact is, Veressa has always viewed Sylvanas the Banshee Queen as her enemy, because she has generally rejected maintaining an intimate familiarity with Quel'thalas' strategic and political situation since the birth of her sons just before the destruction of Dalaran during The Third War. She became the Ranger General of the Silver Covenant because of her husband's very definite position as "First Archmage of The Six" when Dalaran was finally rebuilt around the War of the Shifting Sands, when President Handsome exiled the Alliance loyalists from Quel'thalas. So Veressa becomes a minor power within the Alliance essentially at the head of a faction who will go any lengths to smear Sylvanas and President Handsome. Its only when she talks to Sylvanas directly a literal decade later does she learn that Sylvanas cares for her, in the family way. And then a year later Sylvanas is appointed Warchief, and Veressa cant seem to rectify the fact that her sister is a major military and political leader, who has a nasty and very definitely lethal habit of leading from the front, took the mantle of her family's greatest enemy. Despite the fact there are Star destroyers floating above her head and destroying all of civilization she can see. And then Veressa Joins the Argus Offensive, and meets Aleria where as Sylvanas and Veressa is really sad, Aleria is very simple in why she hates Sylvanas: Aleria is completely unrecognizable as an elf socially, culturally, or even really physiologically when she is found. Shes seen hundreds of worlds die, millions of people executed, and she rejected her mortality to fight the Legion. While she remembers her home, her son, and her sisters, they are moreso facts to her when she meets up with Veressa, not experiences, and Veressa who isnt really politically minded despite being the crown princess of Quel'thalas due to natural selection is the one who catches up Aleria on current events. But Aleria is a lightforged, and later a hentai elf, who has fought an unwinnable war for 1000 years. The Horde that she fought was little more then an element of The Legion shes fought for 3 lifetimes, and survival is so far the best possible result of any campaign shes participated in. Veressa telling her that Sylvanas is now the Warchief is to her a complete betrayal without any viable justification. Whatever that is may wear the face of her sister, but it is a Demon that must be slain. When all Sylvanas was trying to do is live up to the Aleria that was second through a portal into what they grew up being told hell was. All Sylvanas wanted that day in Ghostlands was to go Home. Maybe even set up a grave for herself and Aleria and have some ironic Eulogizing from Veressa. and some Hugs and or sisterly love.

[@maskedharlequinne]

@@F14thunderhawk but wasn't she actually planning to kill them that day? Only stopping because light knows why?

[@xXLockStarXx]

She's gonna make an Arthas out of Anduin

[@cultofmalgus1310]

Somehow I'll make an Arthas out of youuuuuu!

[@Athelarius]

Let's get down to business! To defeat. The MAW!

[@ToroMontana]

@@Athelarius But Jailer did nothing wrong.

[@Athelarius]

“Pack up, go home, you’re through” How could I make an Arthas out of YOU?

[@senateop9680]

@@cultofmalgus1310 I see you're a man of culture as well

[@KaiValencia21]

Damn i just realised nathanos is chillin somewhere in the maw but the guy wasnt invited

[@WilfredIvanhoe]

"If you wanted to play kinky bondage games, all you had to do was ask..."

[@connortheicon751]

11:19 - 11:27 THAT ENDING, WOW! The Lich King/Sylvanas transition...you are reinforcing the fact that Sylvanas is becoming The Lich King!

[@IgorSalaj3578]

Or to be more accurate: The Lich Queen

[@connortheicon751]

@@IgorSalaj3578 Yea, I meant by character, not by title. Lol.

[@OmerSaidtr]

That montage in the end was awesome! Kudos to you, sir Athelarius. Not the Bolvar's cry part though. :D

[@Darkwarp1994]

ok the irony that two of my favorite wow swords have been pretty much merged into one new sword is something i never saw coming

[@BPOOHEAD189]

"We cannot even choose who we..." Love?

[@Kspice9000]

Probably

[@kapitan19969838]

She's falling for him ❤

[@damo8956]

In my head I imagined sylvanas breaking into song and singing "make a man out of you - from mulan" to anduin change a few words around obviously XD

[@SpectacularRed]

She's flirting with Anduin and cleary doesn't know about Wrathion :P.

[@Athelarius]

Wait till Wrathion finds out and flies in to sweep Anduin right out of the maw in his caring arms. Taelia will probably want an explanation.

[@KaiValencia21]

She's not flirting with me and i dont like wrathion

[@KaiValencia21]

@@Athelarius ehhh Sylvanas isnt flirting atleast i think she isnt but wrathion hell i wanna kill that guy i haven't cus i feel bad for going to do that

[@troyy99]

gay

[@wentaoguan]

Slyvanas to Anduin: "You are only making this harder for yourself!" Me: I wonder what 'this' is.

[@TheFiresloth]

I honestly like where Sylvanas is heading. She has those Evangelionesque hopes for world shaping that would erase her pain, but she's too damaged to understand that all her plans, all her actions are only making things worst.

[@Athelarius]

The least I can say is I definitely prefer THIS Sylvanas over the one we had to bear with throughout BFA. She's still done a lot of unforgivable things like burn some tree full of elves but hey, she's got a new outfit now! And her dialogue seems to have improved over: "I'm better, you are ALL NOTHING".

[@thebrokenmask8304]

@@Athelarius it the same sylvanas ^^ always said it.. she will turn anduin into the men he need to be while he will remind her who she truly is behind all this pain. I mean peoples say Sylvanas is just a sociopath. Put yourself in her situation. Fight for your peoples for thousands of years. get your soul stolen. somehow break free. everyone hate you.. you join the horde cause clearly the alliance wasent super hot about the idea back then.. things go ok for a while but the horde is kind of threating your new ''peoples'' like useful monsters at best.. fast forward to garrosh trial you meet your living sister, you feel hope for the first time in like 20 years. she turn her back on your because she think you are evil EVEN IF SHEEE WANTED TO KILL GARROSH AND YOU OFFER TO HELP HER.. You lead the horde to victory in legion.. peoples still hate you.. Both your sisters hate you.. one of them even chosed to become a monster and STILL judge you when if you remember.. Sylvanas holded to Alleria necklace. Even in death she could not let go yet both just spat on her for being the Banshee queen outside of your will.. Id be freaking salty too mate. You know your peoples will slowly die out and you will eventually be chased as the monster you are (not even your choice compared to alleria).. Try to play cool and accept that the forsaken meet their living relatives even if you know the pain too well yourself of being turnt back... see that some of her peoples chose to leave her side because of this menenthil brat who share the blood of the bastard who stole her soul in the first place and now the same blood steal the only thing you have that look like a family.. Sure it selfish and they were free to leave. But she did care about them. She seen them like her family (The forsakens did love her in return. she did make SURE they were always safe and respected in a world where everyone see them as monsters). She even felt guilty of not leading them properly since she was warchief.. now they turn their back on her for a random human girl who know NOTHING about all this and just happen to feel guilty for her own past failures.. who whisper them sweet nothings while you know too well 95% of the livings WONT accept them anyway past their close relatives. Id lose it too. Id snap. To be fair I would have been way worst than she has been in this situation... I would have murdered everyone in arathi including anduin without remorse.. raise them.. rally the horde around the idea that the Arathi meeting was a trap, act of treason and an attempt at dismantling the horde from Anduin and Calia.. Burn the tree and chase every last elves off northen Kalimdor.. raise the elves.. Exige from the Blood elves and Forsakens to walk south to Stormwind while id set full sail from Azshara (orgrimar extension tbh) backed by a giant Goblin canon and the west coast of Kalimdor being secured. right into SW streets by the harbor.. Sw would be filled with fresh bodies even before the alliance could react to Anduin death in Arathi.., With that Menenthil idiot chained to the throne while id set fire to Stormwind and raise the whole place in front of her eyes to make her understand what it is to have a first row ticket to see all you ever love burn and be partialy the reason for it... That where anduin come in luckily ^^ The alliance could have felt.. she wasent going for it at all. She has a hint of faith for Anduin and always had. Sure she did terrible things and made things ''worst''. But at which point is she suposed to act like a happy little banshee when about 80% of the world would spit on her grave if they had the chance even tho SHE DID risk her ''life'' more than most horde leaders to lead the horde to victory since vanilla.. At which point is it suposed to be ok to be like.. ''Aight F the mortals, Ill be a monster no matter what for them anyway''... Beside someone who go purely ''evil'' dont call the king of stormwind ''little lion'' as both a mockery and as respect for the Lion of stormwind. That she did respect and fought side by side with when the world was going in flame.. She never wished for his death and deep down prolly feel bad about it. If she was evil Anduin would already be dead since the Arathi events ^^. I mean.. it hard to take Anduin seriously when you are a thousands years old banshee elves ranger general who has seen empire rise and burn, alliances forged and brokens, great mans who were ten times what Anduin is die and be forgotten just to face a 20 years old who play the virtuous warrior in front of you. Of course Anduin kinda amuse her. Yet she has respect for the boy Iron will and it easy to see she is simply troubled because it remind her of herself before she lost that so said HOPE. It easy to judge good and evil from the outside. Truth is nothing is really black or white.

[@Aywendi]

@@thebrokenmask8304 wow just wow

[@thebrokenmask8304]

@@Aywendi cofee rush got out of control oops

[@SuperGamefreak18]

@@thebrokenmask8304 agreed she is such a broken person and would be a fun character to have a concuilor track her actions

[@BishtrainerTai16]

Sylvanas wants to: A - prove that even the most heroic person can be corrupted. If goody two shoes Anduin can fall, then her own downfall was inevitable B - shift responsibility of her evil choices by claiming her inevitable corruption took her free will C - justify her hard luck life. the cosmic forces made life/afterlife unfair, and she will be the revolutionary to fix the broken system

[@bakshev]

Tries to bring better people down to her level. Check Shifts responsibility for her actions on others. Check Fights against a system she perceives as unfair. Check Sylvanas sounds like a feminist to me.

[@MrVlad12340]

@@bakshev always was one. She is basically the (now caaareful here since Tube loves deleting such spicy comments for “bad” words) so... she is the “leaf winger” caricature. But Blizz who are all leafties themselves see that as a GOOD thing. Blaming others, dragging good people down, blaming some “hidden system that oppresses you” which being guilty of your own problems and so on. You got what i mean, right?

[@BishtrainerTai16]

@@bakshev Da fuck has this got to do with zombies?

[@dend1]

@@bakshev sounds like a Trump supporter to me. See how we can bend anything into politics? Good.

[@SoulDevoured]

@@dend1 I mean thats just kinda extremism in a nutshell. corrupted beliefs tend to come about from perceived corruptions in the world.

[@decayingruin]

The Jailer's tearing into Bolvar's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ShugaBuns1]

Dude I feel so bad for Bolvar. Dude makes a huge sacrifice by becoming the lich king just to end up getting his ass kicked like he was nothing. And now he has to further risk himself by looking into tourghast possibly putting his life at risk and literally nobody gives a fuck. Even his own daughter doesn't give a fuck she just wants him to look into the helm no matter the cost.

[@mayakashiii]

it's so dumb and cheap how they try to redeem EVERY single character that ever went evil....

[@darthsol658]

Nah I think its interesting

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

They didn't really redeem Deathwing, though.

[@florineala]

Calling it now. By the end of the story, Arthas will be the one to stop the Jailer.

[@tomwatson1116]

Obviously going to be a last minute change of heart from Sylvanus

[@StupidAussieDrongo]

“There must always be a Jailer...” - Arthas, 2022

[@zenixvampirchik652]

@Episode Update the thing is... There's some crazy fans who want him to return. If they would be loud enough, blizz might change their plans in some capacity...

[@ericmaldoza4203]

@@zenixvampirchik652 doubtful. the voices of the many and the voices of the few don't matter to blizzard at all

[@zenixvampirchik652]

@@ericmaldoza4203 they do listen this expac, tho. Somewhat. So idk.

[@Boomken76]

love the LK mirror at the end.

[@Buddy330]

They've been calling back to Arthas story in almost every cinematic involving Anduin or Sylvanas since legion.

[@ryanmacdonald8936]

Sylvanas is attempting to avoid becoming exactly like the Lich King and finds herself hesitating to carry out her master's dark designs. She's almost fully fallen down the dark path that Arthas/the Lich King took but she hesitates to take that final step towards becoming exactly like the man who made her Undead. Despite her many crimes, Sylvanas seems to have some small shred of her Ranger General self inside her darkened soul that keeps her from going off the deep end completely. It sounds identical to how Arthas's good self kept the Lich King from going fully off the deep end.

[@Buddy330]

@@ryanmacdonald8936 nerd

[@ryanmacdonald8936]

@@Buddy330 Nice creative reply there.....

[@Divx20]

She really cant decide what to do...she goes from getting revenge..gets butthurt about not getting a clean death in combat..now becomes what she hated most! Ah ladies ladies its alright now.

[@sarba1040]

This is just awesome, don't know what to say. Awesome work.

[@zoeyb8361]

Sylvanas and Jaina are both so pretty =p

[@Anxiou5Panda]

At the end of this whole thing, Sylvanas will reconsider and will either willingly help Andunin escape or at least reluctantly do so.

[@borgri5871]

doubtfully, she has done so much evil at this point and is the last boss of the 9.1 raid, even her 9 val'kyrs are an encounter there, surprisingly alongside ner'zhul

[@brianfhunter]

@@borgri5871 - And kerrigan once was the "Queen Bitch of the universe" and in the end "you still believe in me jim?" NEVER underestimate the stupidity of Blizzard.

[@sacfu]

Man i enjoy watching u video like a movie!

[@atcera8714]

Sylvanus' eyes during the exchange was very well done

[@kapitan19969838]

I love Anduin, he's a true hero

[@ShepardCZ]

So, basically, the Shadowlands plot is about a mass murderer and war criminal trying to avoid punishment in the afterlife by destroying afterlife itself.

[@Aurol_Sol]

Never played played a single time world of warcraft, yet i'm so intrigued by this lore!

[@Chokogdareal]

I like that when the jailer tries to hold onto bolvar and all that at 4:12 the guards in the back are like "I could try something or get someone to come and help. but that is none of my buisness"

[@AssassinMentore]

And not only is sylvanas mirroring arthas, she also turned tyrande into another version of herself as vengeful as she was towards arthas,tyrande mirrors this exact situation. Sylvanas= Lich King Mirror (Blade Pointing References, but opposite of arthas, damned and corrupted with a hint of light) Anduin = Arthas Mirror Image (Paladin/Light) Tyrande = Sylvanas Mirror (Vengeful for slaughter of her people)

[@drowzydullahan]

An endless cycle, that goes beyond death. Easily one of the core pillars of the story at this point.

[@siaryaran2000]

I think Tyrande is a reflection of Arthas in this storyline. She risks everthing she has in order to claim vengeance. And she chases the one who set her homeland to flame. Sylvanas didn't have to chase Arthas, plus she fled when Kel'Thuzad came to his king's rescue. On the other hand, Arthas had never thought of escaping even when the conditions were clearly favorable for Mal'Ganis. Arthas did what was necessary to kill Mal'Ganis. Sorry for my poor English

[@siaryaran2000]

And one more thing: please compare Tyrande's jumping into the Maw with Arthas' first journey to Northrend. Maybe it will make my point more clear.

[@connybengtsson9304]

Great editing, the end was amazing!

[@kravor5341]

Frostmourne, created by the Runecarver, a corrupting weapon of incredible power capable of twisting any mortal to it's will. Shalamourne, made by a random npc. Thanks Blizz for making the Runecarver 's skills seem exaggerated.

[@Obsidiana_99]

"Every soul has a purpose . . . " the Jailer says as Arthas' soul is hammered into the new mournblade.

[@Reedboi]

Excellent way to make the story interesting, they actually make sylvanas a good villain

[@andredesouzadovale1426]

Sylvanas might go Sasuke mode now, by saying that Hope and Connections/Bonds were the cause of the world being the way it is.

[@kyleganse4978]

I was thinking something similarly.

[@andredesouzadovale1426]

@@kyleganse4978 Sylvanas and Zovaal declared hope itself as their true enemy

[@Bcgizmo]

She’s making it sound like they’re trying to create the infinite tsukuyomi

[@kyleganse4978]

@@Bcgizmo then Kagyua(the jailer) will just actually eat the chakra fruit(azeroths soul) and everything will be destroyed instead.

[@andrespk4734]

Silvanas Is not garbage, it's more like Madara

[@GreyTwilight3993]

I doubt it. Arthas can be easily distracted and consumed due to his "chaotic" nature. His only wish is to defend his people no matter what. That's why he's easily persuaded by Frostmourn. But for Anduin, it's different. The boy is deeply seep within the Light. Calia confirm that. It will not easy to bend his mind to Jailor's will. And not to mention his hope, his loyal, his friend. Anduin is surrounded by a good people who love him deeply. That love will give him power to overcome the Jailor's whose filled only with hatred toward the living. The only love Arthas considered halting his mind for his achievement is love toward Jaina. But for Anduin, he considered everybody else's love and reasons, and try to compromise with it to achieve his result. His father and family (Varian, Jaina), his friends (Baine, Thrall), his enemies (Syvanas), Anduin considered them all. A great mind, and a true priest indeed. Anduin is a great leader. But Arthas is the best main protagonist for me (because you need a perfect badass prince with a cool character for a wise charming princess). 🥰

[@GreyTwilight3993]

@steve yakuza Agree. Desperate times calls for desperate measure. Arthas done what it needs to be done at that time. I respect him. If only Jaina don't give up with him all the ways, she would've discover how to regain his mind (as we do, which is shatter the blade).

[@gabegu5102]

In Sylvanas's case Nietzsche's quote is so true. Be careful fighting monsters less you become one. For when you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. She has become what she so hated and fought so hard to against. Her story is more tragic than people thing.

[@MonicaPlays26]

The editing here is so flawless! Its satisfying to watch :O

[@FulcrumHQ99]

I feel they are going to turn Anduin into the next Arthas and have another wrath of the lich king expansion

[@theoneaboveall4533]

I honestly want to see Arthas. I want him to be the Lich King, or even better, perhaps replace the Jailer or something. There is a reason why he’s the greatest lore character Blizzard has. They need to use him. And I’m surprised Anduin didn’t say something along the lines of this “Well, if you do this, you’re no different than Arthas.” Pretty sure that would break her. But still, something needs to be done with Arthas. They did so much on his character in WOTLK they’ve basically made him immortal. Heck, make him fight the void lords or something. Do something legendary with this guy.

[@archlorddestin]

"You were to herald my coming" - I thought the Lich King was a Burning Legion creation?

[@tytGold]

And the Nathrezim worked for the Burning Legion... ...who were supposedly sent by Sire Denathrius.

[@MrOrcshaman]

They were stoneborn all this time.. apparently..

[@Cynidecia]

I don't consider Shadowland's Canon

[@blackblade99009]

@@Cynidecia what really is canon when the idiot denuzer can go, "nope actually this happened because I said so." Ala the dreadlords actually being agents of the shadowlands.

[@Doomroar]

Turns out Sargeras was just a pawn of the jailer all along! The old gods? that never happen, unless we make them a pawns of the Jailer too!

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

Sylvannas is WOWs "Social Justice Warrior" XD

[@saloma1979]

Whole expansion is woke. At least it finally made me quit wow, which i never thought will happened

[@TheGokki]

That's some good animations and acting.

[@bearjaws9505]

Yo when did Anduin pee while being contained in that circle?

[@raffaelm988]

how you mirror'ed the arthas and sylvannas pose with the sword was pretty cool

[@raiky015]

"It's the choice you never had" of course, your choices are submit or submit

[@DoctorFail]

Dis is de wae

[@wesker7489]

summarizing the video reveres arthas (no king lasts forever)(there will always be a lich king)

[@VeganStories]

Every single blizzard game’s storyline has been: take a good and corrupt them into being evil. It’s every single plot

[@Gutenburg100]

If you think about it it was the jailer who didn't give her a choice because he was speaking to Arthas and told him what to do. So in essence he told Arthas to make Sylvanas a banshee

[@dustykg333]

Shalamourne sounds badass

[@KaiValencia21]

Yeah biotch our swords have cool names not larry over there his sword is tha. Demon cutter popee

[@robfus]

Nixxiom version is the canon how it realy went, this is the version of legends.

[@vincerusselmorales3065]

We all make a choice. To obey or to defy. To do what's righteous or evil. It is a free will that was given to us.

[@111455]

they need to just kiss and be done with it

[@steeltalon7382]

For lordaeron!

[@Athelarius]

Dammit Arthas, I won't let you Arthas this Arthas!

[@KaiValencia21]

@@Athelarius lol

[@cempow]

When Jailer said i see you, from shard of helm and then lotr like music that reminds me Mordor theme start lol it hook me up.

[@notalive_zombie]

You know it dawned on me. Time moves very differently in the shadowlands. It seems like everyone whose been in there has been gone for months or maybe even years (blizzard is careful not to say) so how long has he been standing in that circle?

[@juanmiguelmoreno5598]

I'm guessing once the SL storyline is finished, there would be a time skip when we go back to Azeroth.

[@crysosisback7115]

Well that's the point, we'll definitely not know that...

[@notalive_zombie]

@@juanmiguelmoreno5598 I'm assuming a small time skip, like we've only been gone a month are so, cause from the first time we entered the maw anduin bane and thrall had been there for months or longer. Cause time moves faster in the shadowlands than on Azeroth.

[@notalive_zombie]

@@crysosisback7115 I was just thinking he's been standing there for what could be months! His legs must be sore as hell.

[@crysosisback7115]

@@notalive_zombie He could've been allowed to sit down Now taking a shit, that's another story

[@TheRealGigachad1848]

Called it. Sylvanas forces herself to believe she's a heartless monster because dwelling on what she actually is only makes her suffer. Saw that coming since the Three Sisters comic.

[@Ardi_0]

Sylvanas is going to be the next Lich King or Queen if you want. The scourge is currently wreacking havoc on Azeroth without a "king" to hold them in place. Vol'Jin saw this in his vision before he made her Warchief. This is after Shadowlands and the next expansion is starting.

[@bastalam]

Yet they still use that shattered helm right at the heart of SL. You would think they'll move it somewhere else isolated and warded properly.

[@hexdrip251]

YEAH...

[@tom_kruiz]

i dont playe wow sence TBC on retail. but i played WOTLK on a lot of private server. and i LOVE warcraft 3 and frozen throne stories.. and watching your videos remind me of that. i love your videos. specialy cut scenes you make with other videos. i love it!

[@broodjejonko]

Thanks for the edit! I am still to new to trigger these myself and play shadowlands

[@KlausiboyZ]

It annoys me that I can't easily figure out what I need to do in-game to trigger these cutscenes

[@EatTheMarxists]

I miss WoW. My laptop broke two years ago and I just haven’t been able to buy a new one; Shadowlands is the first expansion launch that I’ve missed out on.

[@Equitine]

There is something missing in sylvanas history so,ething that happened right at death or right after before her revival.

[@daka6887]

Sylvanas' character is amazing from design to voice acting to shading its all brilliant 👏

[@__-ru7or]

Perfect montage

[@roxysanime]

Arthas: Omg I hate you guys, but thanks for trying to help me Sylvanas: I hate you too ugly shit! Anduin: What? Sylvanas: What?

[@NenoMaestro]

i will buy this game after 15 years watching WoW on youtube, just becouse they made my favourite story from Warcraft 3 !

[@ssvegeto1610]

well now that she's got her own soul back and will most likely revert back to her high elf form i can guarantee you they are gonna bang and have half elf half human babees who will rule over the combined horde and alliance faction and all will be forgiven =)

[@Spliffurt]

It's sad that Sylvanas' true character would simply never serve the jailer, but she needed to in order to make her a raid boss

[@bodyzergcasting]

Wait. Is Blizzard able to write stories again?!? I’m happy!

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Kind of Lichking on repeat...so it's not writing but copying...which can work, but it can also fail spectacularly and even cheapen the old story of Arthas!

[@bodyzergcasting]

@@dreamingflurry2729 can’t be any worse than “Horde suddenly go crazy and start another war vs the Alliance, for reasons”

[@VitchAndVorty]

"It's just a phase, father."

[@warhammerguy]

I think this is kinda the same situation as the origin of the Ashbringer but in reverse. The orb/artifact the Ashbringer was originally made out of was one of insanly strong darkness. The light cannot exist without darkness and darkness can't exist without light. The stronger one is, its opposite is just as strong. The stronger the light, the larger the shadow it casts is. So basically every light and dark thing has an opposite version of itself if you flip the coin. Mograine and the founding members of the scarlet crusade and Argent Dawn managed to flip the darkness artifact by pouring almost all their light powers into it until it was flipped. Making it into a weapon of endless light, instead of endless darkness. Anduin is currently one of the strongest light users and symbols of hope in Azeroth. He managed to call the powers of the light within the very realms of death, he is one of the few people in the world that has actually performed a resurrection in the lore, his powers though still young can someday according to Velen even rival his own. Imagine if that power was flipped into the powers of darkness and death. Likewise his personality might flip, his great kindness turned into never ending cruelty. At just his base powers he might rival the Lich king. Not to mention his powers would be enhanced by the same instruments that gave the Lich king his powers. Anduin would truly become an unstoppable juggernaut that would rival most end game bosses we have encountered.

[@TheGokki]

Memes aside, she's clearly conflicted with doing to anduin what the lich king did to her.

[@comet392]

After watching this multiple times I noticed that the cut caused by saurfang still has not healed.

[@F14thunderhawk]

well, how would it heal?

[@comet392]

@@F14thunderhawk Remember what happened in stormheim? Greymane was impaled with an arrow but now he seems perfectly fine so why wouldn't it heal?

[@MrVlad12340]

@@comet392 she is an undead, their bodies dont heal naturally since they are dead.

[@chaoszweihander3975]

"I will not serve you" ah, reminds me of icecrown citadel.

[@crysosisback7115]

NEVER, I WILL NEVER SEEEEERVE YOUUUU Shit keeps resonating in my head all those years after

[@Athelarius]

"Could it be, Lord Fordring? If Bolvar lives, mayhap there is hope fer peace between the Alliance and the Horde. We must reach the top o' this cursed place and free the paladin!

[@jadoo3575]

1:47 fucking lol 3:48 I cant ignore the LoTR references anymore

[@Elftechie]

with every cutscene I see in Edgelands, I am reminded of Wrath of the Lich King. Then I cry at remembering how much better of an expansion it was...

[@kaelthassunstrider5665]

Same.