[SPOILERS] The Guardian and the Harbinger In-game Cinematic | The War Within | World of Warcraft

Dalaran is under siege in this new in-game cinematic. As the city descends into chaos, Khadgar comes face to face with Xal’atath, the harbinger of the void.
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[@erenjaeger3537]

*random player who used his Dalaran hearthstone* “Time to do some questing, hey what happened he--

[@zom8680]

People who played during Legion : first time?

[@AlgaInventory]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ifulea]

Khadgar, somewhere inside the Void: Dimensius, I've come to bargain!!

[@kaironst2969]

Doctor khadgar

[@Thiccems69]

please let this be

[@AszkalonOfVerra]

The Strange Guardian

[@StainderFin]

khadger returns (disney)

[@michaelwitt4014]

No body no death

[@smightercal]

tell that to Varian

[@mark883nm]

@@smightercal there are the remnants of Varian, skill and bones, you can clearly go and see them by yourself ingame

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@smightercalalso we saw Varian disintegrate

[@smightercal]

@@mark883nm Wasn't available straight away

[@smightercal]

@@JamailvanWestering So did khadgar arm

[@BugattianVeyronian]

Xal'atath: Goodbye, Guardian. Illidan: Our war isn't over yet. Not while we hold the key to all worlds.

[@tobiassvensson3399]

The breaking of Atiesh probably alerted Medivh to come to Khadgar's rescue.

[@gobbogirl713]

That was my thought too!

[@Blundabus1337]

I'd be so hyped if Medivh shows up to to Xalatath's fight and just absolutely no-sells every attack she does.

[@cameronmcewen9666]

You think so?

[@fishraposo7192]

Remember: he's out there chasing bad guys since Legion. He 100% felt that.

[@stephengeist344]

I’d lowkey love this

[@AxelBurre]

One of the best mages in all Azeroth drained after just one cast, defeated with just one hit and barely saved his friend… that was not the real Khadgar

[@MrDarkenson]

So. Dalaran wasn't just destroyed. It was obliterated and scattered into thousands of pieces where most of them ended up under water just to make sure that it won't be rebuilt ever again. Speak about thoroughly done work.

[@TheActualKingSmith]

Unless Time Magic brings it back

[@jase_allen]

That's what it seems we are assume, but we don't actually know. The city could have just been ported somewhere else.

[@ryshazeux4099]

@@jase_allen Found the secret stash of copium, hand me some.

[@boletop6204]

wouldnt be the first time dala is completely destroyed to pieces and magicly rebuilt after

[@iancox7483]

@@ryshazeux4099it’s blizz we’re talking about here. It’s most likely they will bring it back lol

[@chesco9204]

"Hey! my apartment is there" Concerned Mage player.

[@TheMeGuy1]

Khadgar was too likeable and well written for Blizzard to suffer him to live.

[@burn422]

You know... That makes me feel good about all that

[@im_soapy9428]

*insert megamind "my death was greatly exaggerated" gif here*

[@wilbertguerra461]

Hater

[@DantheBigMan77]

It was Metro Man who said that, actually

[@satoi-f8l]

@@DantheBigMan77 no, was Megamind xd

[@06burhan]

You know the wizard is defeated when his staff is broken...

[@heli0ns]

Saruman. Your staff... is broken!

[@briefhornsvault8620]

Khadgar is most likely trapped in the dark heart

[@Thiccems69]

yep to succ his power

[@a.g.styles3500]

He was just sent into the void. He's probably fine.

[@cameronmcewen9666]

Wait and see.

[@raidwipe]

@@cameronmcewen9666 No need to wait and see, it has already been spoiled

[@velikostoyanov2804]

Isnt it “it was just sent” isnt city with it or?

[@Lord.Caridos]

Doesn't sound fine to me

[@JenTUX]

​@@raidwipe what? It's been spoiled? Whwt is it then?

[@jmsytbe]

Sure, it looks bad, but think how bad the damage COULD have been if we hadn't heroically strengthened Dalaran's defences just 5 minutes earlier! We did ourselves proud.

[@АндрейАлександрович-г5о]

We heroicly set up portals for Nerubians to use, being tricked by Xalatath.

[@jakewright1932]

Should check who gave you that quest ...

[@doctorgears9358]

Khadgar going in with no plan whatsoever is so out of character for him that this honestly shocked me.

[@xeronylloyd21]

You cannot plan against strong and independent Body Type 2 characters. They always win.

[@DSas2300]

​@@xeronylloyd21 Very astute.

[@Aedrion-]

Plot needed him to die so he died. Welcome to WoW writing, where nothing makes any sense.

[@tolztv2124]

Funny that Khadgar was once Harbingers too in an animated shorts.

[@AszkalonOfVerra]

We know

[@tyro6992]

The feet shots are very important for the lore

[@CueCN]

2:18 Oh noooo 😭 Not the fishing island

[@adrianl415]

So Khadgar one of the strongest mages to ever live is now some little wimp for the next boss to throw around and humiliate ?

[@celwenileran2135]

That's because he's a male. Same happens to Magni and Anduin. Enjoy brilliant WoW storytelling about Alleria, girlboss cripple, xal and her spider pet.

[@kundasemkundatam7461]

He got stunned by her feet.

[@timbergroeneveld1287]

Khadgar was one of the strongest mortals but Xal is an immortal void entity. It's like Jaina fighting the Jailer

[@Kumire_921]

That's what happens to mages triying to fight shadow priests

[@enviousleaf123]

R.I.P Dalaran

[@ifulea]

...again!!

[@cameronmcewen9666]

They can rebuild it again.

[@zach6395]

"CITIZENS OF DALAR-" BOOM

[@Forge17]

Dalaran and Teldrassil were two of the most unique in game and lore rich locations..

[@shaktosh524]

Not the first time Dalaran was destroyed. They can rebuild it again 😅

[@Forge17]

@@shaktosh524 to be fair, Dalaran was wrecked in Warcraft3 and rebuilt later. This time Dalaran was annihilated and there’s nothing to rebuild.

[@bobbyrabii6119]

Medivh needs to come back and show this beeoch you don’t mess with his apprentice

[@Leon-pq6cw]

New legendary ring quest require you to gather all 4968 Dalaran pieces.

[@ashnemo2718]

1:12 Atiesh remembered gravity when khadgar hit the floor.

[@hamednabati]

2:18 , 2 explosions of light took place in the city. Probably somebody came and took Khadgar...

[@cflgt500]

He literally was disintegrating

[@BasedHorrigan]

Medivh saved him

[@DaveBailey18]

If Khadgar died then Chris Metzen lied when he said we won't lose anyone during the Saga!

[@garretheatherman3074]

Did she just disenchant an entire city?

[@OMFGWTF01]

Inb4 he got teleported somewhere and didn't die... My knifu means well, trust me

[@vorrrgy1966]

I'm not sure whether you are for real or not but either way that's exactly what people used to say about Sylvanas and look how that story went.

[@MrSlicednDiced]

2:27 "How much do you want to destroy Dalaran and Khadgar?" "Yes"

[@TheWarmachine375]

0:49 Khadgar: *"FINAL FLASH!"* Xal'athath: "Oh cute, he named it-OH CRAPBASKETS!!!!"

[@Latorni3122]

Man of culture

[@giovannitomassini900]

random kid around "oh, you say that too"

[@ramistotle]

Xal'atath disenchanted Khadgar😭

[@CRuduxypegg]

disenchanted the entire city, she is going to wreck the server economy!

[@brianmiller1077]

1:44 Khadgar's thinking with Portals!! :)

[@SophistictaedDevil]

Legion 2: The Metzening

[@barbora1351]

it hurts, he needs to chill

[@mejfuz]

You realize this was written before he came back?

[@raidwipe]

@@mejfuz You realize that's not how this works?

[@akxeros5895]

@@raidwipe without steve the void and whispers would not be so big and important ;)

[@HemisphereCinema]

Somehow Khadgar was the only mage in dalaran.

[@bunnieskitties293]

well they did kinda do an evacuation right before this cinematic.

[@brooksy83]

The way Xal'atah said "Goodbye, Guardian" chills

[@Evernew888]

sick opening to the expansion

[@Dr_Weirdoo]

"to shreds you say?"

[@kaldoreiredemption9244]

Dalaran is the most explosived city in history

[@heli0ns]

Next to Theramore.

[@Atramors89]

My crazy knife destroyed Dalaran, that's the news...

[@theshadowrider77]

Love you Khadgar ❤ you were always my favorite 😢. Glad you got to save your friend in the end 07

[@barrysrandomness]

Watching these cinematics makes me realize I've missed nothing in the last 5 years of WoW.

[@Demetrius900000]

Well we didn't see him die, maybe he got teleported to void domain and will help us in the next expansion?

[@andresalanis60]

Well... there will be another 2-3 expansions to rebuild Dalaran. Maybe 4 😅

[@malphasblackwing420]

So the mage and rogue order halls just got vaporized…

[@Stormcrow113]

Technically paladin order hall too since the portal was in dalaran.

[@autumnbell7467]

Why did khadar just keel over and die?? Where are the other mages in the city?? For those of you that don't know, THAT STAFF IS THE STAFF OF MEDIVH. "Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian" Like my boy medivh WITH THAT WEAPON could one shot Azshara and do /dance LIKE CMON no way khadgar just gets disenchanted like that man. Why would they destory Dalaran too like ugh

[@hayrettinonal4411]

Reminded me that rhonin saves jaina from mana bomb in theramore

[@KyleDraconicus]

So much! The quest just before the cutscene reminded me of it too

[@ИльяТерёхин-м2ь]

Why did they have to do Dalaran like that... :(

[@Regfife]

"No those foundations are gone, sorry."

[@ComeAsYouAre0]

its ok we got dalaran in northrend

[@cameronmcewen9666]

And the Broken Isles.

[@danielcanty5727]

​@@cameronmcewen9666 and Hillsbrad!

[@thehermit8723]

So we traded the most renowned wizard for another edgy Windrunner sister. Someone call Donald cause that was the worst trade in the history of trades.....xD Night warrior Tyrande questline in Shadowlands 2.0 confirmed....

[@soapgaming4903]

Maybe this Windrunner sister will be better

[@Ashyy0921]

shooter shouldn't have missed

[@draugr121]

She seems like another Tyrande somehow

[@JamailvanWestering]

Not just the most renowned also the most powerful mage alive

[@tetra_tinuviel]

Trade? World of Warcraft isn’t a fantasy football team 😂

[@Kushydomeshots]

There is no way that the actual world of Warcraft KZbin account is posting spoilers when they forced people to pay for early access….. what is wrong with the current gaming industry….

[@flamingjockeys]

It has [SPOILERS] in the title dude, what did you expect?

[@mike_s_media]

It literally says [SPOILERS]....

[@bazejkrawczyk7523]

How did they force anyone to buy anything?

[@Kushydomeshots]

@@bazejkrawczyk7523 80-100 to gain early access is how. If not you risk being spoiled this way or through twitch. It’s very easy to understand but it requires common sense. It’s how the entire gaming industry is now.

[@DBriggs304]

They didn't force anyone to buy it nor did anyone force you to watch it. Would you clowns stop with the fake rage over early access.

[@robert6177]

if this is again "killing important character for no other reason that we cant write anything else" im out boys, better make some good story comeback for khadgar

[@kissochbajslowski]

Expansion haven't launched yet and you post this?

[@Arthera0]

It shows the lie that is early access.

[@Ramsteinrig]

It launched yesterday in early access and it’s the first thing we see. Also it said [SPOILERS] in the link. That’s all on you.

[@als9633]

Thankfully the story has already been spoiled thanks to the greed decision to have early access. Keep seeing posts about stuff that has happened. Well done blizzard, you found your World of Warcraft paywall. First it was OW2 now this. Cool.

[@youtubeuser9496]

It's not early access, yesterday was the actual launch day. You're paying to not play the game late

[@CueCN]

It gives the destruction of Asgard vibes 😂😂😂

[@ВалераКаленков-у8д]

Eternal memory of Khadgar.😢🥀

[@xeronylloyd21]

Sylvanas 2 is doing Sylvanas things. Strong, diverse and independent Body Type 2 characters destroying legendary heroes while paying no attention to them to show off how cool they are. When you think there is no lower, remember it’s Blizzard

[@baronmoork]

_"Goodbye Guardian"_ so was Khadgar the Guardian all this time?

[@mirandelf]

Final boss of the expansion, dark Khadgar in his dark Dalaran city.

[@Kapuze916]

No Problem, he can return like son goku from the afterlife

[@27Gmyz]

This is exactly the kind of atrocity that Blizzard had to do with the Void lore. Hold on Champions!

[@ChristinaI]

Stephano DiMera arranged to have Khadgar retrieved safely about 40 years ago. So no worries.

[@kenzietreat]

BLIZZARD!!! THAT'S MY DAD!!!! 😭

[@MasteroGaming]

SAME SAME

[@IceWolve67]

They try too much to milk the shock value

[@honganhnguyen1950]

Xal'atath's voice actress did some outstanding work.

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

Khadgar did not acquire enough diversity points to survive this expansion.

[@DinaPlays]

Now we gotta save dadgar

[@JenTUX]

NO BLIZZARD! KHADGAR WAS AMAZING!

[@AboveAno]

Why are you posting spoilers if the game is in "early access"?

[@Monorack]

why does it matter

[@Cooil1]

The title warned you. You don't have to watch it.

[@AszkalonOfVerra]

Because he can ?

[@shaktosh524]

It's in the title bud, you could have ignored it but choose to open it. That's on you.

[@hehgay]

I’m going to miss his disembodied floating head requesting our aid. /cry

[@gauthierchabanne]

So wait, the being that should be all about careful planning, manipulation and staying in the shadows, get the job done by overpowering everyone? That's lame

[@Cuse_Foxy]

Archimonde now jealous

[@TheTaoistOnline]

You know, it's probably not super cool to post this before the exp is even generally available. It's just early access people who are in it now. So...not cool.

[@hilton8948]

The expansion launched today. Everyone else is just in late access

[@normannseils3936]

No one forces you to watch or play this content. I’d rather have them post it with very visual spoilers than some random KZbinr without.

[@PrimetimeD]

Xal going all Uncle Howdy on Allieria. "There you are."

[@Shonapakhi-st9tq]

This company can't make new stories without disenchanting well-known characters

[@marclamy364]

[SPOILERS] You have to include past characters in new stories to make the world feel alive. That includes yanking them out of existence.

[@Fallen09175]

main characters cant last forever, time to make new ones!

[@seat420]

Imagine spoiling release, just or is the early access release now???

[@FireLordJohn3191]

My jaw was on the ground with Alleria after this too.

[@kaleoandros25]

Where are the rest of the council?

For real like why was Khadgar the only mage in Dalaran like where is the Kirin Tor.

[@Red_Fr0st]

Xpac isnt out yet for everyone, why are you posting this?!?!?

[@normannseils3936]

Why are you watching this?

[@Drathayus]

Khadgar needed to level up his Zoltraak.

[@heli0ns]

He didn't train his mana suppression enough either.

[@L0rks]

Why spoiling the story on the official channel?

[@marclamy364]

There's no spoiler in the title, but it did warn the video contains spoilers. Nothing wrong with that.

[@HavocR24]

There's an all caps tag in the title, if you got spoiled by this, then it's your own fault.

[@squallken3173]

Whelp time to find those 40 splinters, the head piece and forge Atiesh again.

[@alby270496]

Avenge khadghar - hunt down Xal’atath

[@arboris]

way to erase the best player hub we had in game

[@KyuuStormsoul]

worst*

[@timelost7261]

​@@KyuuStormsoul you probably like Oribos.

[@arboris]

@@KyuuStormsoul that not how you spell "greatest"

[@CueCN]

Khadgar depleted his mana and had no mana left for any defensive spell 😂😂😂

[@lordwarcraft8687]

Here you go again.. killing legendary characters in the Warcraft universe for the "sake" for "modernism bullcrap" You Blizzrad never learn

[@caustin850]

Xal'atath will pay for her crimes.

[@ronibopshop]

Send her to the maw

[@cameronmcewen9666]

No duh!

[@caustin850]

@@cameronmcewen9666 Are you disagreeing with me?

[@cameronmcewen9666]

@@caustin850 It’s obvious she will.

[@caustin850]

@@cameronmcewen9666 Then you're agreeing with me.

[@xXHowsthisXx]

Maybe wait until the game's released before posting this?

[@ZakhadWOW]

DID ANYONE FORCE YOU TO WATCH THIS? NO. If others wish to watch it before they play that section, IT IS THEIR RIGHT, STOP TRYING TO CONTROL EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.

[@xXHowsthisXx]

@@ZakhadWOW that's not my point😂 i was just mocking the fact that they release the expansion twice

[@lunar_priest9674]

Goodbye, old friend😢

[@TANGL3_BURR]

WoW really knows how to make male characters damsels in distress...

[@avs-]

*Gulps* Dalaran.....destroyed? This cannot be!!!

[@TheMineHackSwe]

That island have seen things.

[@oryxslayer0296]

She gave Radgar the front shots of doom 😭😭

[@GNGFan21]

We are going to need some powerful juice if we aim to win when she can wield power of black holes pretty sure there is nothing you can do against that

[@RobUnwraps]

You should not be posting this until early access is over.

[@StoneLegion]

EA = Release. Just advanced access.

[@tobi-b]

Did you miss the [spoilers] part?

[@lightsaberoliver1245]

We need medivh

[@maximeharhellier6722]

Khadgar when azur comet and the int build is nerfed

[@seanboyd989]

Why would you post these before launch day?

[@fej426]

What happened to no spoilers until launch?

[@shuttze]

He's taunting her so she can't dodge the final flash !