Anduin's War

What happened to Anduin? Where has he been for all of Dragonflight?
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[@rhylin26]

Arthas in Anduin’s head, “Wake up we have a city to burn!”

[@TheAccolonn]

TRUE

[@vedadbabic5204]

maybe that is why Anduin enjoyed wrong doing while possessed@@TheAccolonn

[@davenonnenberg]

That could very well be... been a while guys. ^_^

[@Carl-B]

The Menethil gom'Jabar. but didn't we see the mournblades ' soul crystal' dissolve? then, how do you reckon it merged? could be a PTSD haunting as well? I mean the way you just brought it, this would have some sick implications right? Frostmourne merging with Arthas, then Arthasmourne merging with Anduin? imagine that..

[@claytonbroulik8575]

Very cool speculation. I don't think that's what Blizzard was going for at the time. However. I can see Metzen saying "You did what to Arthas?" and bringing him back. Very neat thinking, Nice speculation. Have a great day all!!!

[@TheAccolonn]

Thank you very much mate.

[@MSinistrari]

As much as it was interesting running around with Kael'thas in Revandreth, I always felt it was a major missed opportunity to not have Arthas in Revandreth. My Forsaken warlock gets asked 'what can you tell us about this soul', and it'd be a grab a drink and a snack, this is going to be a while.

[@bryia3366]

the only problem I could see is when Arthas first became a death knight he's told the blade stole his soul and explained that's why he felt no remorse or pity. To me I think that does mean his soul was split.

[@shadowrodney]

So basically Arthas was just another vessel in the harvester of souls that was the lich king, and when he died he carried all that harvested anima with him and was tossed into the maw, where he and all that power would be used to forge Anduin into his weapon. merging (parts of) souls together. And when it ended that sliver of anima wasn't Arthas, but the only part that wasn't absorbed?

[@sandrutza100]

I don't know if anyone said this already, but, what if all this is the reason why the light wont answer to Anduin anymore.

[@mattisjouy392]

the amount of times u say taste instead of test lmao

[@tadeasprikryl2407]

wow BEST video! thx

[@kamantariq2513]

Arthas the man who would do anything to save others from some pain. He would kill us heros in preperation of the Legion. This man, who killed his own horse due to his recklessness, would kill Azaroth herself to save his people. Arthas, a mortal, is the Litch King, the God of Death!

[@vedadbabic5204]

yes Arthas need redemption though Anduin ! go blizzard give us that

[@MonkeWithThaZa]

What if the Void is accually running from something and its not just trying to kill the light but also to enslave the Titans and World Souls to defend them against something? Was that Something Zooval??? Also if Ner'Zul merged with Arthas in one point, We can expect Arthas to be merged with Alduin, when Slyanas said to Arthases soul to vanish and go, that mf just went to Alduin and said ok Im not here anymore.

[@forsekiroarmor7238]

Sound to epic to be true. War WITHIN is literally because we're going WITHIN Azeroth, aint no way blizz writers can twist story like you suggested

[@conbotstudios]

Great video.

[@wanderingknight02]

OMG.... I do hope this is true.

[@RamheadWOW]

Wait Anduin was born before Arthas was killed makes no sense, Accolonn have u been watching Dorans videos again?

[@TheAccolonn]

Did you watch the video before commenting? And no, I don't watch WoW creators, I don't like my theories influenced by others.

[@RamheadWOW]

@@TheAccolonn that was me being sarcastic

[@TheAccolonn]

@@RamheadWOW oh fuck dude, my bad. I was genuinely confused as fuck just now. I was like, how does that make sense. My apologies mate.

[@simonsays3582]

Copium dies last

[@Verdis_deMosays]

That sounds GOOD! Also could easily complete the whisper of "child of light and shadow." Anduins light and arthas' shadow.

[@x_ghost_x6612]

Better your suggestion for Arthas than his soul just popping into nothing.

[@DarthKoonstyle]

That would make the symbolism when Anduin drew the blade towards Thrall in the War Within cinematic that much more meaningful. As he held the sword out, it definitely invoked the look and feel of Arthas as he held out Frostmourn before he summoned Sindragosa during the Wrath cinimatic. Would also explain where the part of him enjoyed doing some of the things he was forced to do.

[@carlosmontanez2562]

This theory sounds good after what Anduin said along the lines of " I have no light in me , after what I've done" in the War within trailer. I wondered what he had done besides stabbing an eternal one and messing with some souls.

[@NoConsequenc3]

He liked it. He already expressed this. Part of him enjoyed doing it, and that ruined him, mentally.

[@TheAccolonn]

It's definitely part of it I'm sure.

[@TheAccolonn]

Yes but what if the part that liked it was him but Arthas or the Arthas part infused into him?

[@Boywonder7321]

The way you talk about Mourn-weapons is close to how Xal'atath was "trapped" in her blade

[@kylep4991]

The scene where he looked up in Lorderon Kingdom just like Arthas did before killing his father should be a dead give away.

[@lordhoratio]

Accolonn, What're your thoughts on the theory that Arthas is actually Anduin's father; not Varian? This could help explain Anduin's, previously, strong connection to the Light, and Zovaal's particular interest in Anduin; perhaps Zovaal recognised Arthas bloodline in Anduin. Partnered with the speculation in this video, it could make for an interesting topic and video.

[@TheAnnoyingPoet]

Oh that's a fascinating character dynamic. Imagine how Anduin would feel if he cant tell what is him or what is Arthas. His sin's are not his own, and we get a good glimpse of this kinda of torment in Revendreth with Kael'thas when Denathrius fused him with the sins of other souls to drain more anima, and we had to weed out what where his and were lies. If Anduin is facing this it may be just a trip the Revendreth that might set him right. Or perhaps because its only a shred of Arthas that has been left as a scar on Anduin's personality all that can be done is to root out the true part that is Anduin, and its not something Revendreth can help with. its and interesting theory and I kinda hope it is true that Arthas's soul may be in there. Myhaps fragmented though, parts of his soul have been found in other places *see frost DK artifact quest*.

[@davidm4025]

Ohhh...I like this. I thought it was such a waste to have Arthas fizzle into nothing. (An Arthas comeback story could go hand in hand with WoW finally making a comeback) I thought it would have been fun to have Arthas join Turalyon, after shadowlands, and link back with the light and Turalyon somehow. But this is a much better idea.

[@TheAccolonn]

Thank you mate and yes, I love this as well.

[@charlayned]

Interesting. This could be why Jaina and Sylvanas didn't react like they would have (especially Jaina) to him once he broke free. When he goes to the maw, he was searching for....something. As he said, "...my friends, the ones I almost killed. They believe my hands are clean. But they don't feel clean." Sylvanas says "It is powerless to confuse what you are made to do with what you choose to do." Anduin: How can I not when it all blends together? IT WAS SO HORRIFIC and....EXHILARATING. And it sickens me to think that SATISFACTION **MAY** HAVE BEEN **MINE**. (capitals and asterisks to emphasize the important and really important parts.) Sylvanas: Ahh, so that's why you have come, YOU FEAR THAT YOU MAY NOT **BE WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE** Anduin: I'm starting to wonder if I ever knew, and I'm afraid if I call on the Light, it won't answer... and then it goes onto his faith in himself. He has to go think about "many things." Is he having Arthas's feelings of power, exhilarating? That he feels he is ...different....after being possessed and having that blade. Quite frankly, I'm surprised he still has the sword, I guess for sentimental reasons, history, but not because he really wants it. I'm wondering if he's going to change blades once this works itself out or he realized he may have picked up Arthas in it. You have given me things to think about.....as I said, interesting.

[@GivettheGAS]

That would be an epic twist. And could redeem WoW's story in a lot of ways. Nothing made me angrier than how the handled Arthas in Shadowlands. It was the principle reason I stopped playing the game to be honest. My whole rp cannon for my character was a Death Knight trying to find Arthas because he thought he could be redeemed. Then Arthas turned into a sword, and then a floating wisp of light. So sad. I mean, I thought Arthas was actually going to show up and end up taking the mantle of jailer. Man, they really missed the mark. Have to stop talking about it. Ok, done now.

[@edgyguy7084]

I dont see Denathrius stealing Frostmourne. His Nathresim have been the reason for Sargeras Corruption, and therefore the creation of the Burning Legion itself. Mourneblades and their wielders grow stronger the more souls they eat. Denathrius could have given the blade to kil'jaeden in order to feed the blade and its champion to grow to such a strong point that the Lich King could retake their Sigils. Thats also why the key to the shadowlands always was the helmet and not the Sword itself. In short: feed and grow strong through the eternal ccrusade against life itself, break helmet, retake the sigils, free the Jailer. It wont make sense for Denathrius to still work with the Jailer if he betrayed him. He clearly acted of of false/half true informations, failed and continued to work for him. Maybe Denathrius never knew that the Jailer planed to kill him...

[@alusteratrocious5936]

I like this theory because one of my biggest gripes with how they handled Arthas I always thought they SHOULD have merged him into Anduin or at least had Anduin gaining his memories. Then this whole ptsd story they're insisting upon for Anduin would actually make sense because as it stands, all he's done is stab (not kill) a blue lady and steal a rune from a tree.

[@TheAccolonn]

I agree, it would actually make Anduin's arc insanely cool.

[@jamesrose8778]

I think that's a stretch, basically to go off the stance Anduin takes with his sword. He basically does the same stance in the BFA intro cinematic. Plus with Frostmoure, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall the souls stayed with the blade, they didn't absorb into Arthas. There was that one dungeon in wrath where I think they showed the souls swirling around the blade at one point, but I don't recall a point where Arthas pulled the souls into himself or it being shown he absorbed any part of them in any way. When Frostmourne was broken by Tyrion the souls all left the blade, similar to how Arthas's soul left Shadowmourne when Anduin was defeated. Now, on the other point you made, I do genuinely believe that little soul fragment that came out of Shadowmourne wasn't all of Arthas's soul. I do think the bulk of his soul is still out there. We already know souls can be split, so I don't think its crazy to think that that was all that was left of Arthas in the least. What bearing that has on the story going forward, I don't know and wouldn't care to speculate. They seem to be setting up a big light vs void showdown, so I think Anduin having issues is going to be tied more to that. If you think about the Na'ru, they fade to shadow (or possibly void) when they've burned out all of their light. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that this could happen with people, if they use too much of the light they could possible fall to darkness in the same regard. That could be a possible explanation, that something to do with his domination burned out his light, and its suppressing itself as a means to keep him from falling to the darkness? From a narrative standpoint it would be more fitting of the upcoming theme, and would also be a "War Within" in that sense.

[@paolo5297]

"The bulk of his soul is still out there". If this is true, then it is somewhere into the Maw. And who can find him, if not Sylvanas?

[@Junglewarfare]

So was Uther wrong when he stated that the 35 ball of anima was the "last flicker of his scarred spirit." "His" referring to Arthas in the sepulcher cutscene after defeating Anduin.

[@TheAccolonn]

Wrong? No, cause from his perspective that truly was all that's left of Arthas. He has no idea about the portion stuck in Anduin.

[@michelfraenkel4920]

Arthas was so wrong. He killed civilians

[@hardwing]

Now this is an amazing theory! It would be a major selling point and surprise for the expansion ... imagine the final trailer: The group preparing to depart and then we see Arthas as Death Knight noticing that Frostmourne hungers ... Maybe the best way for it to play out would be for Anduin witness the struggle of two aspects of Arthas, one his Paladin side(or the boy in WotLK) the other the Lich King and he would ultimately have to bring them together, mirroring his own struggle to bring together his potential to do good in the Light and potential to call the Void, while coming to terms that both sides aren't completely good or evil. It would help undo the waste Arthas's end in Shadowlands was and if not fix this expansion give a slightly different view on it. Maybe even makes us interested to return there, if Arthas goes there as full soul, carried off by Uther.

[@jstringer365]

'when we finally see the 35 Anima of Arthas' oh man, that gave me a laugh🤣🤣 good vid though! thanks for the content

[@patrikzotaj4528]

like yugi with pharaoh atem.

[@Niar_Production_Official]

Don't forget that ** ELUNE ** is actually purged Sylvanas. For in Shadowlands & Azeroth, time don't run the same way. In Shadowlands' eternity, Sylvanas saved every single soul, and become something new, and something good. This is the reason why Tyrande didn't kill Sylvanas. She just feel it deep inside her. And, why does Alleria & Veressa called Sylvanas '' Little Moon '' ;) Thank me later. ♥

[@Ferdawoon]

I think a correction about Zovaal turning inanimate robot when his Sigil was taken. This is not correct. Zovaals Sigil was taken to create the Arbiter-machine, and he could still operate just fine. I mean, he was chained in The Maw so not really fine but you get my point. When we see him in his Robot-form at the end of the cinematic his Sigil-orb is still in his chest. We did something when we defeated him in the Sepulcher which was beyond the Sigil. Maybe we drained all his Anima? EDIT: If you have read the book Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (chonky book but a stand-alone story so no trilogy or anything) you know about *** SPOILERZ *** how there are some Heroes or Saints that died valiatly but are brought back to life and kept alive by feeding them Breaths. Every person has a Breath and you can sell that or add Breaths to yourself. The more Breaths you hold the better you become at Colors, Sounds, etc. Yes this sounds very much like The Emeperor being fed souls, but the people who sell or give their Breaths don't die, they just basically lose their sense of tase, smell and color vision (or at least severely reduced). If these Saints run out of Souls, they will die. I think The Eternal ones (Archon, Denathrius, Zovaal, etc) were basically the same thing as above. They needed souls/anima to stay alive and once they ran out of Anima to power them, they shut down like a robot. That is what we did during the Zovaal fight, he spent all his Anima on us so he ran out and went offline.

[@SakiStargazer]

That could really make sense. Especially after Anduin did the "Arthas-Sword-Move" in the cinematic. Also I think that Metzen wants to make up for Shadowlands, I'm pretty sure that he found some way of a plottwist to "get" Arthas back - so your theory could be kinda that. I'm looking forward to that, however it turns out in the end.

[@Chunthoor]

I believe that you are closer to the truth with this video than you actually realize. A few years ago, a German WoW KZbinr made a video about the in-game cinematic "The Negotiation" from BfA. In seconds 17 - 19 of this video you can see Anduin climbing up the tower to Saurfang. The in-game model used in this part of the cinematic is strikingly reminiscent of that of Arthas before his ascension to Lich King. And Arthas also climbed steps to reach his destiny. I was always surprised that this theme was never picked up by another KZbinr. Add to that the long-running theories that Anduin is the illegitimate son of Arthas, and there could be more to all of this than meets the eye. In my opinion, a lot more was planned with Anduin and Arthas than was realized in the end or has been realized so far. So who knows, maybe your theory is closer to the truth than you thought.

[@TheJohnnylupine]

I've never really understood why people keep comparing Anduin and Arthas. The core of what seems to drive people to make the connection is superficial, the blonde hair, the fact that they're humans and are both royals. Sure they're not the kind of royals that were fifth in line to the throne or something but I don't feel that there's enough going on to make it mean anything. Yes, Arthas can absolutely be a cautionary tale for would be leaders but as far as lending itself to the story when it comes to what the audience should think of Anduin or even what Anduin should think of himself it caries no weight. To side-track a little, I chat with someone online from time to time who does martial arts. We were in discord one day and they really excitedly told me something along the lines of "i just found out today that the guy who trains me was trained by a guy who would sometimes fight with and was inspired by Bruce lee. Can you believe that i'm basically being trained by Bruce lee because of that?". They were not impressed by my reply asking what that has to do with how their teacher teaches them now. The Arthas Anduin situation kind of feels like that level of clutching at straws. It would be different if Arthas has been more of a tangible presence for Anduin but that's really something that's been possible, unless the fan theory that had been going around for years about them being father and son somehow turns out to be true but that's not much more interesting given how Anduin has been built up over the years. In that case its better to let the relationship between him and Varian be what it is rather than shoe-horn Arthas into the relationship to actually give him some relevance. There was plenty of tension and growth in the relationship Anduin had with Varian to give both the audience and Anduin plenty to chew on. I also don't like the idea that Anduin should change because he now has a literal part of another person's soul living inside of him. it makes for a great plot point for cyberpunk because cyberpunk has themes of loosing yourself - your humanity - through cybernetics anyway and there's a lot to think about with the Tarot card/ fate as a journey analogy where it all comes together where you can think of V as "yourself in the present" and Johnny as "you in the future", this especially works because the personality switch over is gradual not sudden as It makes V's impending death feel more metaphorical than literal with Johnny being a representation of a catalyst for change just like, for example, nomad V's arrival in the night city was a catalyst for change (though much more extreme and on the nose) I like that in cyberpunk Johnny being in V's head lets you explore what makes you who you are and question if you could really consider at what point present you and future you stop being distinct entities and present you is simply "dead" and gone. I don't have faith that Blizzard could pull that kind of story off in an MMO like WoW so I don't think they'll attempt it. Implanting Arthas' personality into Anduin without a good hook like you get with cyberpunk would just serve to remove Anduin's agency, you might make him look cool and give him a leadership power-up or something but it's not as interesting as Anduin legitimately just digesting the hand life dealt him and changing on his own.

[@theburnedman6473]

I think it’s worth noting that Anduin wondered on his own similar to Arthas did at the end of the Reign of Chaos human campaign after killing Mal’ganis.

[@OvidiusPrime]

Here's a nugget in the whole The Primus is actually a baddie. Frostmourne was originally designed for him to steal all the sigils.

[@mornhammer]

Yeah I always thought Arthas Soul was never fully consumed by Frostmourne upon taking up the blade. And while we saw examples of shattered souls I continued to believe Arthas was in one piece.

[@NotjustGrey]

I want to see some theories about whether Illidan and Azshara will pan out to be spoiler characters. An agent behind the lines of the Titans and the Void Lords respectively. There is going to be something linking them. They were both born with golden eyes (chosen by Azeroth, perhaps). I don’t think either of them will ultimately be allied with the titans or the void. I foresee them having clutch moments right when everyone seems doomed.

[@philliponfri7938]

The next Linch King kingdom will be even more powerful = Linch Kein (Anduin) & Queen Linch Queen (Sevanah) :-)

[@triniscout]

Ye sorry the shadowlands writing was just soo bad I can't suspend my disbelief to even speculate about the lore they should retcon shadowlands as never happening if they want to improve the long term health of the narrative.

[@SSskittlez0351]

Any chance in a random theory that the shadowy figure from SoD could be Alleria? Just wondering since she's void elf and I think she's the cause of the void invasion to come in Midnight

[@GeorgeNoX]

Wouldn't that be something. I can't imagine it sat right with Metzen what they did to Arthas and his lore in Shadowlands, so this could be a way of him trying to course correct that terrible decision.

[@merenwen_kiltæsir]

When they removed the sigil from Zooval he didn’t become a construct, but lost his armor. We manage to deactivate him because he linked his entire essence to power up Azeroth and create a link to the Shadowlands. We never removed the sigil again.

[@catrinastars]

I think we’ve just discovered the reason why these Godlike beings are interested in having followers. Because in those followers, they can squirrel away their power to call on at a later date. The eternal ones, minus the jailer, all had followers, and could recover their sigils with their help.

[@Henkums]

I hope blizzard does it like this, arthas inside of anduin, but I fear that they lack the creativity for that , well maybe with Steve denuser at the helm they could, who knows, let's hope

[@Astrox326]

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[@Kyliekaytanner]

I wish we had seen the jailer take Arthas and made him into a blade

[@jessewilson6404]

Or uther tossing arthas into the maw let him find a way to hide away from the jailer and all he had was that small sliver of his soul that was from frostmourne. And sylvanas is going to find the rest of him while she is in the maw.

[@yutaro9519]

Accolonn, i think you just write better stories than Blizzard do :D

[@Bassic8]

Aruin…… said Jaina 🎉 lmao just a comment for the algorithm

[@ThomasHolbrookII]

The Eternal Ones were powered by anima, not the sigils.

[@bvandie]

Shadowmourne is a legendary axe already in game

[@ablueduck1]

Think hes saying Shalamourne. Since Anduins sword is called Shalamayne

[@bvandie]

@@ablueduck1 Oooh that makes more sense :)

[@delirious15]

Here's another conspiracy theory, if the Nathrezim gave Sargeras frostmourne to plant of Azeroth, whos says that he didn't take the idea of a mourne blade and make his sword into one, one that was jabbed in the side of a planet with a world soul? O.o

[@TheAccolonn]

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[@Cincere212]

Anduin started out as an arrogant child who believed peace could be achieved through running away to pandaria to get captured by the horde, try talking with Garrosh, only to run into lorewalker Cho who teaches him humility and what he can do with his heart and mind in the future, meets wrathion and the August celestials who give him their own wisdoms and thinks to dwell on. He’s truly evolved as a character and I’m all here for him stepping more into his fathers shoes as a warrior (since he lost his light because of ptsd) in WW

[@ananyamukherjee6944]

Arrogant 😂 you really doesn't know anything about his story at all

[@lucadel920]

If this comes to be true this gonna be the best lore in a while😮

[@Ianzeiras]

Bro... chill with the sorrys. The more elaborate = the better

[@yodiggievilla3825]

wasnt zuvaal sigil taken too then he was jailed in the maw

[@uninhibition31]

So glad Danuser set up this plot thread 🤣

[@mornhammer]

How to trigger acco in one word. Kingsmourne

[@Tempestni02]

When zovaals sigil was removed the strings of the puppet of the runemaster were severed. Zovaal was a construct controlled by domination magic etched into his very body.

[@michelfraenkel4920]

Who cares. I just want my loot.

[@patpowell862]

Sorry brother, couldn't finish this video. Still love ya stuff though.

[@TheAccolonn]

Why couldn't you finish?

[@cavetroll666]

Good video thanks cheers from Canada

[@TheAccolonn]

Thank you very much mate.

[@gravelock6667]

If I recall Arthas destroyed the last bit of his soul the same time he killed Nerzhuls soul. He was inside his mind, speaking with that last human part of his soul and Nerzhuls, and he ran frostmourne through both of them erasing those parts of his soul. Leaving only the death knight Arthas to become the lich King which is when he finally woke up after taking up the throne

[@TheAccolonn]

That would simply have transfered his soul into Frostmourne, also, by the time that was done, most of his soul had already been absorbed by Frostmourne.

[@gravelock6667]

@@TheAccolonn true, where I agree with your statement of their souls intermingling, I think reincarnation is the wrong word for it. Rebirth or redemption in my opinion might be better as reincarnation implies it's the same soul in a different time.

[@beastfromthenorth]

Should have been a point in Shadowlands that had us in a large-scale effort against the Jailer, with fallen allies and some former enemies, helping us on the battlefield. Kael'thas, Arthas, etc. Maybe that would be the moment Sylvanas actually turned on Zoval. There'd be a big, pretty cutscene and everything. There'd be more to it than all that, more details and moments. It wouldn't be a sappy reunion with Sylvanas fighting side by side with Arthas or anything like that. But we'd have them all over, helping us in different capacities. Something. ANYTHING other than what we got. Arthas as a little blue fart, lol.

[@nathaliemlromer]

Shadowlands happened at about year 35-36, Dragonflight in year 40. Do we know how long after Dragonflight "The War Within" will take place, as in what year in game? It states on Varian's Warcraft Wiki page that Anduin was born in year 15. So he's 25 at the time of Dragonflight. To me, Anduin in the cinematic looks much older... For Shadowlands there's this snippet of text: "Time is perceived differently in the Shadowlands." A theory ... WHAT IF the longer time spent in Shadowlands, especially in The Maw, has aged Anduin more than would be normal. Or is still ageing him further even though he's back on Azeroth...? I know it was stated there was a time skip. We (our characters) were also in Shadowlands for a time. The SAME thing of time being perceived differently might have affected us too, but here's a thought. What if we were able to get protected by Azeroth and she had no time to do it with Anduin? Also, adding that the stronger the tie is with Azeroth the more "grounded" in the real time flow a person would be. So that kept Tyrande safe when she pounced into the The Maw... Anduin was exposed longer to the "timey wimey" of the Shadowlands so he might have grown older than we realised. Or if the "magic" of the Shadowlands keeps ageing him in which case we could arrived at the situation of the "Son of the Wolf" ending (in the comic) by the end of the Saga. Maybe the battle he and Valen mention there is our final battle against the Titans which COULD reset time to normal and to the point where it all went wrong... We could "fall through time" back to before the Legion first arrived, as that's the real "time line" we're supposed to be in. However, things turn out, I'd argue that WE are a timeway too... "We do not know if the Caverns of Time have always been accessible to mortals. Truly, it is impossible to tell as the Timeless One is in perpetual motion, changing our timeways as he sees fit. What you see now may very well not exist tomorrow. You may wake up yesterday and have no memory of this place." Our "exit" is in fact another timeway that WE are repairing aka "Most mortals cannot actually comprehend what they see here" "The ones that currently exist in your reality are what the master has deemed as "trouble spots". These trouble spots may differ completely in theme but they always share a cause. That is, their existence is a result of the same temporal disturbance. Remember that should you venture inside one..." Caverns of Time is like a Swiss cheese gone rotten really...

[@trousersnake1486]

Anduin, the Gohan of wow.

[@melzied84]

It’s cool speculation. Would make the “misuse” of Arthas’s soul better. Interesting to think what effect any merging of Arthas’s soul with Anduin would have, especially like you said after that cinematic showing that shadow magic creeping in Anduin. Wonder if that’s going to turn him into some kind of void or shadow priest? Would be great to think that they will fix or give closure to some story that felt dropped or misused during prior expacs.

[@norielgames4765]

This has always been my personal theory from the moment I knew they used Arthas' soul to make the sword. I thought "as soon as someone pick up that blade they're gonna merge with Arthas' soul" And then lo and behold, Anduin picks up the sword and becomes a Death Knight.

[@cjmahar7595]

Okay bc I always thought that anduins pose when he's sitting at the beginning of the cinematic reminded me of arthas

[@kingboonie]

This make sense

[@michaelstaoro8855]

I agree and even in the cinematic of anduin stealing that sigil his armor does look very similar to Arthas

[@Skjolvar]

Arthas in Anduin's head; 'Hey wanna play me in Minesweeper?'

[@hempracer]

You forgot about Ner'zhul.

[@TheAccolonn]

How is he relevant? Ner'zhul was merged with the Armor, not with the Sword. It is said he was stuck inside the helm, the Sword was a different creation.

[@gror7849]

You kinda were all over the place this video m8!

[@TheAccolonn]

How so? Overwhelmingly comments seem positive, average view duration is over 60% which is mega high for videos longer than 10 mins, so clearly people enjoyed it, most of the "all over the place stuff" is fun and normal as I never script, so you get my first thoughts.

[@gror7849]

You got into your own way quite a bit with the Shadowlands parts. And not the references to Shadowlands but the apologies! You Sir always give us the best possible lore explanations and you should never apologize for Blizzard's mess ever. My feedback came from a place of "Why is he apologizing for Shadowlands?" and it was meant to be protective of your efforts to help us get a coherent story. However I failed to convey this exact message and that is on me!! Maximum love and appreciation for all the work you do for us m8! Cheers from Canada!

[@mathewweeks9069]

Your awesome and awesome video

[@TheAccolonn]

You're awesome mate. Thank you

[@sjsr1067]

Thank you for this video. I liked it a lot. ❤😊

[@MrHuntervad]

Arthduin.

[@ganjalove10]

Thumbnails looking clean brother

[@MeritRaXIX]

Great video, I could spend 3 hours listening to you about Anduin and Arthas and everything between. Very interesting

[@TheAccolonn]

Why thank you very much.

[@jasen_o8807]

Cool

[@howardhavardramberg333]

This thumbnail goes hard bro, and deep!

[@TheAccolonn]

Thanks, I can't take any credit for the thumb, it was all Kat

[@howardhavardramberg333]

@@TheAccolonn awesome stuff, been lowkey waiting for an Arthas/Anduin connection video