The Story of The Siege of Nighthold [Lore]

[@Vintagegaston]

When looking at the thumbnail, all i could see was "I am Gul'dan, I am darkness incarnate, and I am disappoint."

[@MrBern-ex3wq]

Star Augur fight in a nutshell: "I can show you the worlds!"

[@DharkDemonBlade]

Freezing, Burning, and Darkness!

[@ConsiliumDraco]

Tell me, intruders, now where did you want your corpse to reside!

[@Taxrenn93]

I will open your eyes! Take you horror by horror!

[@ConsiliumDraco]

Over burning and plunder, a demonic invasion tide!

[@KaminaTribal]

A whole new world! A fel infused and chaotic place!

[@omz3848]

Stopped playing WoW back last year in November. However, as a a diehard Warcraft fan of the lore from the Warcraft 1 days, I really appreciate being able to follow the lore developments taking place in WoW. Thanks a lot, Nobbel, for showcasing this all. Many thanks!

[@Nobbel87]

Is what I'm here for!

[@danarndude]

Hello Nobbel87 sadly since this run happend the guild "Scrubz" and Savage have gone seperate ways, thank you for joining us in this run was fun :) - Dalom "Warlock of Scrubz"

[@Nobbel87]

Aww I'm sorry to hear that D: Still, thanks so much to all of you for carrying my butt through the raid!

[@Twistedman2000]

and things have only gotten better ever since JK ofc - twistt "king of the socials"

[@pokcmvmxckm2715]

I bet Nobble was no easy carry, what with him running around filming things and listening to audio clips. lol

[@Dovahnuke]

Pokc Mvmxckm I'm glad he did that cause I watched this only for that. I never paid attention to the sky in the fight against guldan so when the cinematic played I was like wtf is going on why is there something in the sky and why is guldan saying no

[@Aj9Livess]

17:40 that little stab at grom was awesome :D

[@KYLO_JEN]

That illidan cinematic still fucks me up every single time i watch it, and i've watched it 10+ times now (all on youtube, sadly). It's just amazing.

[@MIR1AN]

Elf's really like wells.

[@TieJote]

Why shouldn't they? After all every elven subrace was affected by the Well of Eternity before the Sundering. Especially Blood elves and Nightborne, which both are just Highborne really. Actually I am not sure what seperates Kal'dorei from the others, is it only druidism? Elune? @Nobbel87 enlighten me on this one

[@StoneMidori]

The next step up... fountains.

[@dusty0559]

SunWELL MoonWELL NightWELL, what do we have here? It's Guldan, getting his skull smashed.

[@BarneyAnFriends]

Yeah I've noticed that as "well". You think the wells are laced with PCP?

[@RileyRivalle2]

+Timo J Put simply, they all adapted to different lifestyles after the Sundering, with the Kal'dorei taking to druidism and a more symbiotic coexistence with nature overall. It's not fully established why, but apparently elves are prone to physical change over generations depending on their lifestyle (most likely because of their close ties to magic). Hence why the different cultures among elves are especially distinguishable from each other. This is also somewhat true about trolls, who share a common ancestry with elves.

[@AxelHeartnet]

I swear I was so into the story that I had to rewind twice just to make sure he did say "Pokeballs" in it, I was dying of laughter, thank you Nobbel!

[@areawen8266]

Nobbel87 Good job. Even though I unsubscribed to WoW I'm still able to catch up on the lore thanks to you 🙂

[@darkdvr]

Nobbel! Thank you so much for detailing what happens during lore raids, since not all of us have an opportunity to do them. And thanks to the guild that helps you do this =)

[@ungabunga115]

32:10 best moment of the cinematic.

[@Railer61]

Sorta has that "Shit just got REALLY real" vibe

[@Spore6001]

Thanks for the vid Nobbel! I stopped playing WoW during WoD and haven't had the time to invest in it since, but I want to keep up with what's happening lore wise, so these videos are a big help!

[@MortenMF14]

One of your best videos to date Nobbel. Loved it and thank you for enlightening us.

[@albertcarrasquillo1968]

My boy illidan has returned to be bad ass

[@PluxBR]

He was always fighting for the greater good Kind of a Chaotic Good

[@expandpuppet]

Rick Harris nah dude, biggest edgelord is the ebon blade

[@sherif5517]

Rick Harris but illidan doesn't wear black like arthas, so arthas is still a bigger edgelord

[@PluxBR]

actually illidan is an edgelord that actually does things and not sit on his precious throne forever

[@thinhvo3893]

Well at least Arthas was well writen character while other is turn to Mary Sue with shitty retcon and shitty story telling.

[@CobraLex94]

You tell me Tyrande has nothing to say after Illidan comes back? Or that HE has nothing to say after all that? Oh come on, Blizzard. Give us a moment where Illidan finally tells Tyrande that he was right and that now they indeed need him.

[@alexpryor2398]

Maybe it will be in 7.2

[@josephstokes6189]

You could say she was... hushed up.

[@thehermit8723]

Because he was not right? And he died for his foolishness? Illidan in his hero complex attempted to do everything alone ignoring the consequences of his extreme actions and paid the price. If he wasnt such an megalomaniac everyone would had aid him if he was to strike the Legion, but he chose the worst actions in every way. So spare me the what have you sacrificed rubbish it only works for his edgelord group. While Illidan's forces could barely lay siege in a Pit Lord in the cinematic, Turalyon's combined forces are in a full scxale war on Argus itself.

[@archon95-77]

CobraLex94 It is for next patch, I guess?

[@MyTaiker]

Γκρηνιάρης # yeah but keep in mind that it was the "heroes" of azeroth who went to kill illidan... Like even A'dal told us not to since illidan was not the threat.. But we didnt listen... We just went to help maiev..

[@MrZacstyle]

thank you Nobbel for telling the story i gave up long ago due to guild drama. i appreciate it.

[@Piromysl359]

Is it possible, that infinite dragonflight had something to do with Elisande's visions, so she would not resist the Legion?

[@Nobbel87]

I actually might have a fun connection for that which I'll talk about wednesday!

[@kazookiddo7605]

+Nobbel87 Will infinite return? What are your thoughts? Infinite Dragonflight is one of the dangerous beings in my opinion.

[@gilthreyblaunce]

ooh its been a while since the infinite has been annoying

[@OmegaShanic]

Well, if you put an Infinite Whelpling betweeen both her adds bubbles, it becomes the Infinite Drakeling you have to kill for the achievement. It could be a minor thing but it's a little too coincidental for that, isn't it?

[@pixelwolf8337]

luckly there wasn't any panda to say that gul'dan needed to get a trail XD

[@twentyneleafyfangirls1616]

HunterLuke just imagine illidan being interupted by some lorewalking bamboo eater ^^

[@pixelwolf8337]

yeah XD

[@pixelwolf8337]

cho was there wasn't he?

[@pixelwolf8337]

hahahaha ooooooooooooooh XD i did forget about that

[@horner385]

PixelWolf *Illidan lifts Gul'Dan* *random pandaren comes* "Illidan, Gul'Dan needs to answer for his crimes Hand him to us" And then a bronze boi comes and brings Gul'Dan to Argus 35 years ago

[@CarlosGomes-mn9gm]

Ah... Good ol' nobbel preping my new week, gj mate keep up the good work

[@matronminerva8504]

I got goosebumps watching all of this unfold!! Thank you Nobbel. ❤️

[@jackolantern147]

Finally, Varian and Tirion deaths are avenged. By Illidan no less.

[@jackolantern147]

Bahamut 8937 oh yeah, him too I guess.

[@bettyboo4271]

Bahamut 8937 And then Maiev throws the syke of the year and imprisons Illidan again and allies with Jaina the Dreadlord and the Legion.

[@MrFox1231]

Maiev killing Illidan would be the best thing happening wow...

[@kaiz1845]

BettyBoo42 that's not gonna happen, lol. Maiev goes 100% tsundere girlfriend in the new dungeon.

[@alejandroderienosa4828]

Steel Is it wrong that I think Maiev could be Illidan's rebound after she gets some further character development.

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

I cried a lot for this expansion which I've never done before. Ysera, voljin, varian, tirion, the banished withered nightborne at suramar, and now this ?? Such a hard choice to do

[@watergirl929]

Right. So many of the best characters died 😭

[@SuperBjw88]

Don't play wow anymore, but still come back for your lure videos!

[@Brokh-mo7bu]

I have to say to play throug this whole storyline was one of the best experiences i had in the game. I remember capping and seeing the Withered army quest popping up in work on the app and couldn't wait to get home. thank you very much for preserving it here :)

[@KyuuStormsoul]

i can't wait for the story of the tomb and more hints to what might happen next! looking forward to it, nobbel!

[@Xerocoo]

Keep up the good work Nobbel. So many toxic people on KZbin lately, hope it doesn't demoralize you. You truly do a great job!

[@kmdsubs3148]

@Nobbel87 ... You and Vaatividya are my two favorite story tellers. Thanks for your awesome videos!

[@Shiftcor]

Great vidoe as always Nobbel. Keep up the good work.

[@purpleepicicon]

Thanks for posting this. I quit WoW shortly before the Nightwell raid opened up (I just burned out, might come back later) and the only thing I really miss is knowing the storyline.

[@CueCN]

17:15 That “who is she?” had me choking 💀💀💀

[@JekyViews]

Great video! Summons it all up very nicely, and seeing it all put together (not weeks apart) makes more sense of the happenings. Thumbs up from me! Oh and the cinematic after the final fight - it's the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Fan girl squee was heard! Illidan, just OMG!

[@Cryttanz]

Nobbel, you should make all these lore clips available as podcasts. I would love to be able to listen to this on my phone without having to watch a video and waste extra battery etc etc.

[@madenkind]

11:54 "This is a momentous day, my friends. Until the Legion came, no outsider was permitted inside the corridors of the Nighthold for ten-thousand years." Were there even outsiders back then you could not permit?

[@Rennik3]

The Nightborne/Suramar/Nighthold has got to be one of my all time favourite things Blizz created. The story was amazing, the raid is absolutely stunning and to finally end Gul'Dan was just sweet sweet justice. With all the hints from Star Auger I have a suspicion we will be facing the Void very soon. Also, looking at the PTR stuff, they added a new title for killing Kil'jaeden in the Tomb: the Darkener. That.. doesn't sound very victorious in my opinion.. sounds like we could have a hand in something far more sinister than the Burning Legion.

[@borislavarnaudov475]

23:40 that Draenei has the best transmog I have ever seen.

[@jeromesoucy6111]

Tons of work in that video Nobbel... excellent lore as usual.

[@jorge56177]

Where's Velen? Oh, wrong well.

[@thehermit8723]

Well considering the Belves did not deserve it but got the well anyway, why should he?

[@Nerazmus]

He ain't got time for that. He is going home.

[@heraschade7981]

a) didn't deserve it b) would've been cooler without it.

[@placeholdername3818]

I think he did it more for the scryer/blood knight blood elves that pledged their allegiance to the naruu and the light.

[@Nerazmus]

Also there is huge backstory with Sunwell. You know the power getting "stored" in that girl and such. The only thing that was powering Nigtwell was Eye of Aman'thul.

[@odwapklfdpoewafawoepfawkeopf]

20:52 that hunters arm is spazzing out so hard

[@minservicespille2537]

Moooore :) Thank you, Nobbel!

[@priestskorge]

Dude your my favorite content maker man i love your lore videos. I didnt play in legion but came back in bfa and i made a demon hunter cause i dont like what they did to my warlock but man im loving them. Im going back and play the demon hunter campaign i loved there starting quest area was epic

[@MrBlancify]

Who else got A N G E R Y that Illidan and Tyrande just stand there look different directions not even acknowledging each other after the cinematic ends at the end of Nighthold?

[@luiz918]

I have started playing WoW since Legion and Nighthold was my favorite raid of that expansion.

[@NUFSED10]

"You topple a pawn and presume to challenge its master?" Surely that means it is the dark titan, the master of the legion, lol

[@shinozukaeu3197]

Hey Nobbel, I'm a huge fan! If you ever need a carry through raids/dungeons or anything, my friends and I are more then willing to help you! Keep up the awesome videos! Je bent geweldig!

[@MirrorGamesOP]

I love you so much for doing all of this!

[@soulkutu]

At the start of the video: Elisande: ZA WARUDO!!!

[@RaveMallard]

Read through all the comments just for this meme.

[@williamgalvan1577]

Za warudo + Bite za dusto=Elisande

[@lightrunner8169]

soulkutu Its like if Soft and Wet absorbed Killer Queen and The World

[@soulkutu]

Well she is probably soft dunno about wet

[@MrIronWar]

This. This is what i was looking for. A damn jojo reference. Aezorth Bizarre Adventure

[@valakktoo4145]

I literally just was thinking you should do a video on this... awesome

[@discomfort5760]

I love the fact Gul'Dan's teethe are so wellkept they survived that explosive demise.

[@Krychomir]

holy crap i've never clicked quicker in my life

[@fastandfurry9513]

How about when you're about to get caught watching porn?

[@HungLe-km2wo]

almost throw my computer xD

[@bd_dev]

Wowooowowo Illidan's scence was sickkk!

[@johnthorsen5394]

Had goosebumps all over in the end-video, glorious! Am truly considering to simply pay for a month of playtime to catch up and see the story for myself, ahh exciting

[@imbazed22]

John Thorsen have fun in suramar :^)

[@Evocashious]

Illidan is back. I damn near had a stroke. He's always been my favorite character.

[@juliansmit3770]

Imo Elisande made a good choice of letting the Legion in otherwise everyone would die, I like that she is not really a villain, she had her motives.

[@AlvinEarthworm]

Who was that scrub AFKing during Star Augur? Hope they gkicked him after that. Also. I have no sympathy towards Elisande. She claims she did what she did to save her kind and the Nightwell from the Legion. But after seeing the way her own people were subjugated, tortured, executed and even cast out to wither was beyond redeemable.

[@thehungrywolf3323]

Elisande did nothing wrong.

[@xinlou6707]

your commentary is neat i'm out of pre-paid thanks to you i can follow they story thank you

[@richardm.garciajr.9930]

Wow, there is soo much to learn and take in. Awsome! ending cinematic. Finally, Gul'dan is gone

[@RngmonsterX]

I really like your videos, your voice fits that kind of lore stuff. Well done!

[@gortex123]

Legion was honestly such a good expansion, and the Suramar zone was a really good zone in my opinion, there was a lot of cool things there, the theme and feel to the zone felt great.

[@lookatmyafricanamericanove7774]

I really hope the story of the nightborne isn't over. Suramar is honestly the best time I've had questing in wow as of recent and the story is probably my favorite. it'd really blow if they just kinda buried thalyssra, oculeth, valtrois, ly'leth, etc. and just have us never see them again in the future.

[@mileswhite3706]

I just came back to the game to unlock Nightfallen and had done Suramar a few days ago. Vereesa got frozen on the bridge outside the city with the combined elven armies. I only imagine that she was unfrozen and managed to find her way into the end cut-scene. Her presences doesn't seem out of place as she was literally at Nighthold as part of the invasion force.

[@permeus2nd]

32:50 now that's how you make an entrance, though i really want to know what Guldan saw before the portal/rift closed, personally im hoping that sargeras is already dead that's what guldan saw, he is literally too big to be taken down in a raid, it wouldnt be a case of clipping his toenails like we did with deathwing his toe is the size of orgrimmar/stormwind.

[@zerako1879]

19:06 Someone dropped Legendary. Gratz :3

[@cosvinicios]

Everyone with power to see beyond the timelines and to analise our futures couldn't see us winning, yet we won. Algalon before, Thalysra now and probably thers more. Augur even saw beyond it. Could it be, that we, as fruits of the curse of flesh, are just acting as champions of the void lords and changing our reality into one where the void lords could enter? They don't exist in our plane and maybe only by re-shaping it they could travel there. Love your videos @Nobbel87 , waiting for the one about the void lords incomming. Ty for the great work.

[@davidristic4738]

Great video as usual and great streams..AND GREAT HOTS GAME!

[@ziadyaacoub2532]

David Ristic no.... his hots skills suck

[@jasonlam8588]

I was so waiting for this!

[@iblack09]

i know they are on 2 different platforms but Nobbel87 abd Necrit would create great lores together

[@forsakenknights530]

Nicely done a wonderful piece of covering nighhold ,The only thing now have to try mythic 🙀

[@badgermcwaffles4834]

you missed it! after the plant dude khadgar is like "uh he turned into a plant" and she's just like "Welp, he took his job super seriously" lolol most lore part of his whole character!

[@phoenixboyz]

always love Raid Lore from Nobbel :) Let me understand more about the story behind the raid Also, those NPC voice records are also important. If possible release all bosses and NPCs voices during the raid Many channels included those raid channel chatting which is annoying and hard to follow the story. Please continue to make those raiding Lore :)

[@jeromereynolds9380]

been waiting for this!

[@phillipc1819]

I've watched so many of the artifact videos that I keep on thinking that he'll follow up, "Hello everyone," with, "The Burning Legion has invaded Azeroth again."

[@Nerazmus]

"It may be simpler to shut a door than to pass thru it, but sometimes a step into the unknown is required to break the bonds of fate." - i fear we are not shutting the door then.

[@S2005_]

What is causing the appearance change @9:45 Appears to transform from a male paladin with different armor, to Nobbel's normal character.

[@Seraphim418]

On a break from WoW, but now that I watch this, I miss it so much :)

[@evankienle3472]

GET SCREWED GUL'DAN YOU KILLED MY FAVORITE NOW YOU GET DOMINATED BY MY SECOND FAVORITE NEW FAVORITE CINEMATIC.

[@soren5801]

Imagine illidan going to those faction leader meetings shirtless and wearing torn out pants.

[@thehermit8723]

Why? Malfurion goes all the time, it must be in the family I guess.

[@MeagerClown]

Nobbel, i'm going through a pretty difficult time of my life, ima need you to upload twice as many videos for the foreseeable future. :P No but really I want more so badly that it's paining me, give me things!

[@ThePolishValsion]

Goddamn, Gul'dan really loves the sound of his voice.

[@BruteForceGarage]

I feel like lunastre might be a dread lord with how she shrugged all that off.

[@xilion1509]

wow I've been waiting for this lore video for so long!! :)

[@HordeKnightM933]

A theory I really like, is that Kadghar will be releasing the old god, N'zoth from his imprisonment within the world by using the world pillars to seal the portal and the tomb of Sargeras.

[@Mrbluefire95]

Elisande is supposed to be all powerful, yet could not see the single future when she loses. A massive plot hole, since this fact was not explained away. Nothing. Not the Legion corrupting her vision, nor anything else. This is why I hate using time as a plot device. People use it too fucking lazily.

[@xilion1509]

Mrbluefire95 I agree! I hated it since it was introduced back in TBC (caverns of time). Ok, we got to see some cool stuff with Arthas and all, but lets face it: time travel is shit in every single movie, series or video game

[@baddawgdavis]

Mrbluefire95 There is a theory that it was a ruse. That the one version she saw them carrying on ended with her dying, with the night well being destroyed. How do you tell your people that? That the only way for us to go on is to have your leaders die, to cut off the one thing keeping then all alive? Like she said, she did what she had to do. She let the rebels win their future. She could have killed everyone with the nightwell, but instead just froze them in time. She had to lose for us to win.

[@TieJote]

I thought the same, but honestly, the lore guys at blizzard are only humans, too. They also need some lines for elisande at least. I found it really nice to see Elisande more like the desperate queen instead of an evil one, not like the Orcs, lusting for power when they drank the demon blood, but rather gripping onto the last bit of hope she has for her people to survive.

[@Mrbluefire95]

xilion1509 The only form of time travel I can get behind is the one where people cause the event they're trying to change. They're a part of history that already happened and therefore can't change it. This type is what makes the most sense. Doctor Who isn't too bad. It usually uses time travel to change events unrelated to the protagonists, which gives them more creative freedom.

[@Mrbluefire95]

Justin Davis If her echo confirmed that then it would have been a billion times better.

[@brandonotto3031]

love your lore,videos. please don't stop. i,don't play wow I played Warcraft from the start. I like the rts

[@boo5860]

I thought Khadgar was gonna do like, a half-quote of Inigo Montoya "That was for Tirion, you son of a bitch." would have been so much better.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Varian Wrynn: *Am I A JOKE To You???*

[@thebrandiclan261]

That guard boss reminded me of the princess bride. INCONCEVIBLE!

[@Zacheris]

As I understood it, the extra action buttons (Speed up time, mitigate damage, etc) were granted to us by Ellisande, she says she'll aid us as best she can and her entire fight revolved around similar abilities.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

After Shadowlands we must proberbly go and save alternet Azeroth from the fires of the Legion and the Old Gods. With no Horde invading means no Alliance and no returning to Kalimdor

[@Whaltteri]

Well it's about damn time you made a video about this.

[@HunTesco]

nice one Nobbel!

[@meganv5888]

I love your personality... "All the delicious fel magic"

[@bagrym]

i love how gul´dan dies and all that remained for a moment was his skull. nice touch

[@Snowberries17]

I think during the Tomb of Sagereas Raid, you won't actually close portal. Illidan will arrive and say you need the portal to reach Sagereas and kill him at his home location. So there will be a huge fight about closing and not closing the portal.

[@Y0UM4DBR0]

I havent really done anything this patch. but watching this really made me want to actually do this quest line and the raid. :)

[@HavocHounds1988]

For Mythic is is Azzanoth's soul. One line he says is something about the Demon within. Watch Method's or another top guild's kill video and you'll see all the things that are said in the encounter.

[@RamonLovesRockandPie]

Illidan was scary during the BC cinematic when he said we weren't prepared, but he was even scarier when he was yelling at Gul'dan and told him the same thing. I thought, "Boy am I sure he's on our side." He totally made Gul'dan his bitch. Illidan is awesome.

[@julianor1671]

Never clicked on a video so fast :)

[@Bruddis]

Am I the only one reaction to how Gul'dan saying that Varian Wrynn bent and broken(like he is controlled/enslaved by the Legion now), but he say straight out on black and white that Vol'Jin died?

[@Thiskingmo]

Is it crazy that i skip all movies/cinimatic and stories and enjoy nobbels vid instead thx for video !!

[@blu3d3vil97]

Fukin Illidan Stormrage is Back, the Most BadAss chatacter who ever walked on azeroth. i literally said: The Best is Back, when i saw illidan Wings open behind guldan. also guldan was extremly strong, and he looked about to pee on himself when illidan returned.

[@MrMGR1986]

Bogdan Mavrodin Illidan was more powerful than Gul’dan far before Gul’dan was even born

[@NostraDavid2]

20:27 Is that Argus? Because that looks like Argus. That would mean the Frozen Planet is an actual place too, and not just some potential.