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Battle for Darkshore - Horde Introduction Questline (8.1 Spoilers)
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The 8.1 PTR was updated with the introduction questline for the
Battle for Darkshore Warfront
on the Horde side. Below, we went through the questline, as well as possible implications for the aftermath of this questline.
WARNING: Heavy 8.1 Story Spoilers ahead! Do not continue if you don't want to be spoiled!
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Darkshore Questline
We start this questline at the Banshee's Veil, by talking to Nathanos and accepting
Trouble in Darkshore
. We must investigate what is going on in the former Night Elf zone, and talk to Dread Admiral Tattersail to go there.
When you arrive in Darkshore, the zone looks much different than the chaos left by the Burning of Teldrassil. An unnatural night, bathed in a giant dark moon, permeates the zone. The remains of Teldrassil are no longer visible, hidden by the thick fog by Azeroth's ocean. You will immediately notice that the area around Lor'danel has been turned into a Goblin lumber mill. You will also have a debuff,
Gejagt
. The quest map is also closer to Lor'danel, but the overworld map has not changed. Thanks
mrpeach774
for the picture!
On
Schwarzer Mond am Himmel
,
Der Waldläufer dunkle Wiederkehr
and
Ausgerankt
, we attempt to discover what is causing the unnatural night, as well as free goblin shredders and raise Night Elf forces as Dark Rangers. The lieutenants we defeat are part of a seemingly new force, the Army of the Black Moon.
With each lieutenant we slay, Sira Moonwarden warns us. She's close.
Sira Moonwarden says: You will not win. We follow your every step.
Sira Moonwarden says: The end is close now.
Sira Moonwarden says: Scamper back to your Banshee Queen. We are coming for you.
After defeating all Army of the Black Moon lieutenants, a lost wisp starts following you. We bring it back to Nathanos on
Verirrwischt
, as it might have the information we require.
On
Die Nachtkriegerin
, we consult the Lost Wisp to find out why the moon went dark. A cinematic is supposed to pop-up here, but it's currently disabled on the PTR. It is safe to assume that we see a cinematic where
Tyrande performs the ritual to become the Night Warrior
.
After this quest, we go to retrieve the body of Delaryn Summermoon in
Wo die Hoffnung stirbt
, in an area aptly named Delaryn's Demise.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: There is one more asset to acquire. One who resisted... and failed. The Dark Lady was very... specific in her wishes.
After finding Delaryn's corpse, you're spotted by Sira Moonwarden, leader of the Wardens. You're forced to fight with her, and after defeating the Warden, Nathanos appears. You can then choose to kill the Night Elf, or let Nathanos do the dirty job for you.
Sira Moonwarden says: This is where it ends. You have nowhere else to run.
Sira Moonwarden says: Ash'al theradas!
Sira Moonwarden says: Spare me the trouble and die!
Sira Moonwarden says: Soon she will be here, and she will tear you to pieces.
After Sira is defeated, standing at 1 health:
Nathanos Blightcaller says: My my, look what we have here. The hunter has become the prey. It's almost a cliché, when you think about it.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: What are you waiting for? Finish her.
Sira Moonwarden says: Where... is she...?
On
Finstere Nacht
, we need to protect the two Val'kyr sent by Sylvanas as they attempt to raise both Delaryn and Sira. However, the Night Warrior herself, Tyrande Whisperwind, arrives! While the ritual happens, Malfurion Stormrage also shows up. Fortunately, the Val'kyr manage to raise both Delaryn and Sira, who turn against Tyrande. This is not without a complete loss for the Alliance - Brynja, one of Sylvanas' Val'kyr, die in the process.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: You will not see another sunrise, monster.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: How uncouth for the... Queen of the Tree Elves, is it? No, I suppose that won't do... What exactly do you rule over these days?
Tyrande Whisperwind says: I am no queen. I am the kaldorei's vengeance!
Nathanos Blightcaller says: You are nothing. Raise them!
Brynja says: Rise! In the name of Sylvanas, the Banshee Queen, I bestow this gift upon you!
After we hurt Tyrande a bit, she gets mind controlled by Brynja, one of the Val'kyr.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: Enough! Any last words, priestess?
Nathanos Blightcaller says: Soon you will share the faith of your dear friend Sira... and the noble Delaryn. Reunions can be so... heartwarming.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: Shal'karath!
Tyrande then turns everything dark.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: You cannot hide from me forever, elf.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: We do not stand alone. Now!
Nathanos Blightcaller says: What?!
Malfurion Stormrage says: Your end has come.
Brynja says: We require more time! Finish it, Signe. I will handle this.
Nathanos Blightcaller says: You are too late. Behold!
Sira and Delaryn are then raised as forsaken.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: You must fight the shadow in your hearts, sisters!
Sira Moonwarden says: We placed our faith in you.
Delaryn Summermoon says: And you abandoned us. Elune abandoned us!
Delaryn Summermoon says: We have nothing left. We are forsaken.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: Never again. Ash thoribas!
Tyrande then strikes Brynja, killing the val'kyr.
Brynja says: No! Dark Lady... I am... sorry...
Nathanos Blightcaller says: Witch! You shall pay dearly for that. Let's move!
Malfurion Stormrage says: I will hunt them down.
Tyrande Whisperwind says: No. Our forces gather. We will settle this another day.
After we return to Lor'danel Landing, we see both Sira and Delaryn as forsaken. In
Nachspiel
, we talk to Nathanos. There is another cinematic, also disabled on the PTR.
After talking to Nathanos, we return to Zuldazar on
Warfront Preparations
, and prepare for the Battle for Darkshore.
Delaryn's Death
In the short story
Elegy
, the death of Delaryn Summermoon is explored in great detail. We get to experience much greater sorrow than what we've seen of her during the
Warbringers: Sylvanas
cinematic, with her calling out for Elune in her last moments. This might help explain Delaryn's sudden attitude shift after being raised as forsaken, openly denouncing Elune.
However, this does not fully explain how Delaryn would suddenly go from being a fervent Elune follower to openly following Sylvanas, so mind control can also be at play. After all, Tyrande herself gets mind-controlled for a short duration so the Val'kyr can finish raising both elves.
The parallels between Sylvanas and Arthas also continue - Sylvanas was very specific in wanting to raise Delaryn and Delaryn alone, and once raised, she's turned into a Dark Ranger Captain. When Arthas raised Sylvanas as a banshee, he specifically sought her out - while stripping the former High Elf of her free will.
This could also explain why Sira also went from taunting Nathanos not long before her death to abandoning Tyrande on her revival as Forsaken.
Sylvanas Windrunner had turned Delaryn's head so the dying kaldorei had a perfect view of the incineration of all she loved--all she had fought for, believed in, bled for. All she had lived for...and was about to die for.
The tree of life was now a deathtrap, and soon would be the site of the greatest mass incremation Azeroth had ever known.
"Close your eyes," Ferryn said. He stretched out in front of her, trying to shield her from the inferno's tortured brightness. But his ghostly form was translucent. He blurred, but did not block, the sight.
I cannot close my eyes.
Though she couldn't say it. She was long past speaking. Her breaths had numbers.
I have to see this.
If there were any mercy, the excruciating sight would burn her eyes to blindness, but cruelly that solace was denied her. Her senses were at their peak, screaming. She shouldn't be able to hear the crackling groans of the World Tree's burning limbs, yet the sound mingled with the shrieks of those left on Darkshore.
With a strange perversity, Delaryn felt only coldness in the face of the scorching heat.
Death is cold
, she thought.
Even for those who burn.
Those whom I failed.
"Release your hatred and your fear," Ferryn said, so softly, so gently. "You are past all of it now. Come with me."
You are not real,
Delaryn thought with both anger and anguish.
You are only wistful shadows, promising peace.
There will be no peace. Not for me.
The ghostly form of the night elf druid disappeared--but of course, it had never been there.
Above the canopy, above the burning tree, above all the trials and torments of this world, hung two moons, the White Lady and the Blue Child, Mother and infant, Elune and her people. The night skies once offered such comfort and balm. Now they were cold, the stars as hard as the diamonds they resembled.
Where are you, Elune? How could you abandon your children to fire? We gave all we had. For what?
She was lucky. Arrows would claim her life. But the children whose cradle had been the boughs of the World Tree would die in agony and, worse, in utter innocense.
Turn your face from Azeroth in shame, Elune.
Her thoughts were daggers.
You have abandoned us. We tried so hard...We believed in your love, in your protection...
Her mouth was too dry, her body too weak, to even spit in contempt.
Her pain grew, even as the coldness seeped into her heart.
Soon, it will not hurt at all,
the ghostly shape of her beloved had assured her. Would it still hurt when she passed into oblivion?
There was no Ferryn to ask.
Sylvanas' True Objective
The quest
Dark Ranger Round-Up
, the quest objective becomes very interesting as Sylvanas seemingly has plans for the Sentinels she wants to raise as Forsaken.
These night elf incursions have left us undermanned. We need reinforcements to hold this ground until our army arrives.
Brynja, one of the Dark Lady's val'kyr, will be nearby. Slay the night elves and command Brynja to raise them into our ranks as Dark Rangers.
Did I not make myself clear? It is possible. The Dark Lady has plans.
Through the
A Good War
short story, there were hints that Sylvanas would have a ulterior motive between all of her actions, being more clearly described near the end of the story:
Elune
had
intervened. Perhaps she had even stayed Saurfang’s killing blow. And she wouldn’t be the only force beyond the Alliance to oppose Sylvanas’s true objective.
Sylvanas’s anger grew cold.
She had known this would happen. It had simply come sooner than expected. That was all.
What would be this ulterior motive? After Sylvanas' failure to capture and use Eyir as a means to create new Forsaken (
Ein neues Leben für die Untoten
), she could be using the faction war as a mere excuse to raise more Forsaken. There are many parallels to Arthas in Sylvanas’ recent behavior, so perhaps she ultimately wants to raise an army of Forsaken to rival the Lich King’s army of Scourge in size.
Sylvanas and the Val'kyr
In the short story "Edge of Night," Sylvanas enters into a pact with the Lich King's nine remaining Val'kyr.
"We are bound to the will of the dormant Lich King. Imprisoned atop Icecrown, possibly for eternity. We hunger for our freedom, as you once hungered for yours." Annhylde knelt beside Sylvanas, the other Val'kyr clustering around the pair of them, arms linked. "We need a vessel. One like us. A sister of war. Strong. Who understands life and death. Who has seen the light and the dark. Someone worthy—worthy of power over life and death."
"We need you," repeated Agatha, her black hair floating freely in the light.
"My sisters will be free, free of the Lich King forever, but their souls will be bound to yours," Annhylde continued. "Sylvanas Windrunner, Dark Lady, queen of the Forsaken… you may walk with the living again through the sisterhood of the Val'kyr. As long as they live, so too shall you. Freedom, life… and power over death. This is our pact. Do you accept our gift?"
Sylvanas answered, but not right away. The lurking oblivion filled her with terror. Even now, she felt the tempest rage around her. This was her only way out. But she didn't want to give her assent out of fear. She waited until she felt something more. A fellowship. A sisterhood. Sisters. Separate, they were all trapped. But together, they were free… and with them, she could postpone her fate.
"Yes," she said. "We have a pact."
Annhylde nodded grimly, then rose up, her features blurred and ghostly. "The pact is made, Sylvanas Windrunner," she said. "My sisters are yours, and you hold sway over life and death." A long pause, and then: "I shall take your place."
The light was blinding.
Then Sylvanas awoke, her body twisted but whole, the enormous column of Icecrown Citadel looming above her like a tombstone.
Annhylde was gone. Sylvanas was surrounded by the eight remaining Val'kyr.
As long as they lived, so too would she.
As part of the pact, one Val'kyr (
Annhylde die Ruferin
) took Sylvanas' place in the endless void, leaving her with eight remaining val'kyr.
In Cataclysm, Sylvanas lost four more Val'kyr--three after her death in
Städte im Staub
(
Agatha
,
Arthura
and
Daschla
) and one killed by the Alliance in the Battle for Andorhal (
Aradne
).
Sylvanas started Battle for Azeroth off with four remaining Val'kyr, and now with Tyrande killing Brynja in the Patch 8.1 storyline, Sylvanas is left with three Val'kyr: Signe and two unnamed Val'kyr (possibly
Geirrvif
and
Schlachtruferin Olrun
, two Val'kyr that did appear during Wrath of the Lich King but their status after Arthas' demise is unknown). This was the exact number needed to resurrect Sylvanas in Cataclysm, so if she wants to attempt to reviver herself once more, she can't afford to lose any more. Although Sylvanas has other lesser val'kyr into her service, only the original 9 from the pact in Icecrown are strong enough to be able to resurrect her.
After The Dead of the Night, Signe, the other Val'kyr sent into this mission, also notice this.
List of Quests
Ärger an der Dunkelküste
Speak with Dread-Admiral Tattersail to travel to Darkshore.
Schwarzer Mond am Himmel
Beat Information out of Night Elf lieutenants.
Darkshore was never particularly well-lit, but something has happened. The moon has turned black and everything is cast in shadow. Any scouts I send into the forest don't come back. The night elves have done something. And I need to know what. Their rank-and-file won't have the information we need. Seek out their lieutenants and question them by any means necessary.
Der Waldläufer dunkle Wiederkehr
Slay Vindicative Sentinels and Archers and command the Val'kyr to raise them as Dark Rangers.
These night elf incursions have left us undermanned. We need reinforcements to hold this ground until our army arrives. Brynja, one of the Dark Lady's val'kyr, will be nearby. Slay the night elves and command Brynja to raise them into our ranks as Dark Rangers. Did I not make myself clear? It is possible. The Dark Lady has plans.
Ausgerankt
Free Goblin Auto-Shredders from vines.
Chaos! Chaos and misery! We got shredders that ain't shreddin'! We've been hard at work getting all these trees chopped down, but something keeps messing with our machines! They get all tangled up in vines out of nowhere! I don't dare send any of my goons in with all these night elves stalkin' around. See if you can get in there and free up my machines from those vines!
Verirrwischt
Bring the Lost Wisp to Nathanos Blightcaller in Lor'danel Landing.
<The wisp flickers in a disoriented way at you. It seems to want to follow you. Perhaps it has the information that Nathanos wanted?>
Die Nachtkriegerin
Speak with the Lost Wisp to find out why the moon turned dark.
It appears that these night elves won't give up the information easily, but you have brought us something that might. See if you can get the wisp to reveal what happened here in Darkshore. I don't care how you do it. Father Norlath will take care of it from there.
Wo die Hoffnung stirbt
Find the body of Delaryn Summermoon.
We must accelerate the Dark Lady's plans before we are overrun. There is one night elf that must be found. You may remember her from our last venture here in Darkshore. Don't worry, she is already dead. So she shouldn't give you as much trouble as the living ones. Find her body and signal me.
Finstere Nacht
Protect the val'kyr as they resurrect Delaryn and Sira.
This is where our plans lie. We will raise new champions for the forsaken, and therefore the Horde, on this spot. Prepare yourself. We cannot allow anything or anyone to interrupt us.
Nachspiel
Speak to Nathanos Blightcaller.
We all have our reasons for accepting the val'kyr's gift of undeath. Now is not the time to discuss them. A heavy blow has been dealt to Sylvanas today. There is no time to rest. Nathanos has summoned you. There is something you must see.
Vorbereitungen für die Kriegsfront
Take the portal back to Zuldazar to prepare for the Battle for Darkshore.
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