(if there's already a thread similar to this, please forgive me)
Loremasters, lore apprentices and everything in-between, I call upon thee.
I might have brainstormed this way too much, but I still can't find a good way to answer the question "how could the story of Warcraft continued after the end of The Frozen Throne?"
Of course, this question came to my mind soon after finishing TFT, and was answered by Blizzard itself first in the RPG books (let's not forget about those!) and then in WoW.
BUT, let's ignore those for a moment. What I'm looking for here is a solid alternative.
Which I find extremely difficult to come up with, as the ending of TFT poses some serious "impasse" situations:
- Illidan is defeated, severely wounded, can't stay in Azeroth because the Scourge is going to hunt him down, and Kil'jaeden is probably going after him to kill him or worse for not being able to destroy the Lich King
- Ner'zhul won it all, he got the body he needed to escape the Frozen Throne and Kil'jaeden's control, he can now match Kil'jaeden (his main enemy) as he has immense power, a movable body and the Scourge backing him up. HOWEVER, we know next to nothing to what Ner'zhul goal & motivations might now be - I mean, his main goal during Warcraft 3 (as was explicitly stated in the Manual, even) was to get a body so he could get freedom from the Frozen Throne and from Kil'jaeden. Nothing more.
- with Archimonde dead, the Legion defeated and in turmoil, Kil'jaeden is the only demon lord left that poses a serious threat to Azeroth; however, since he also lost control of the Scourge, which is now his main enemy, and considering that the Horde and the Alliance are at peace, and Ner'zhul doesn't have any reason to seek world domination, what is going to be the conflict that sets the story in motion?
- the Naga were revealed, apparently sent scouting and/or invading forces both in the North and South of Kalimdor, but were utterly defeated every time. What could they be doing next, considering that their first step after ten thousand years of planning world domination basically failed?
So, taking these points into account, how would you have continued the story after TFT?
Loremasters, lore apprentices and everything in-between, I call upon thee.
I might have brainstormed this way too much, but I still can't find a good way to answer the question "how could the story of Warcraft continued after the end of The Frozen Throne?"
Of course, this question came to my mind soon after finishing TFT, and was answered by Blizzard itself first in the RPG books (let's not forget about those!) and then in WoW.
BUT, let's ignore those for a moment. What I'm looking for here is a solid alternative.
Which I find extremely difficult to come up with, as the ending of TFT poses some serious "impasse" situations:
- Illidan is defeated, severely wounded, can't stay in Azeroth because the Scourge is going to hunt him down, and Kil'jaeden is probably going after him to kill him or worse for not being able to destroy the Lich King
- Ner'zhul won it all, he got the body he needed to escape the Frozen Throne and Kil'jaeden's control, he can now match Kil'jaeden (his main enemy) as he has immense power, a movable body and the Scourge backing him up. HOWEVER, we know next to nothing to what Ner'zhul goal & motivations might now be - I mean, his main goal during Warcraft 3 (as was explicitly stated in the Manual, even) was to get a body so he could get freedom from the Frozen Throne and from Kil'jaeden. Nothing more.
- with Archimonde dead, the Legion defeated and in turmoil, Kil'jaeden is the only demon lord left that poses a serious threat to Azeroth; however, since he also lost control of the Scourge, which is now his main enemy, and considering that the Horde and the Alliance are at peace, and Ner'zhul doesn't have any reason to seek world domination, what is going to be the conflict that sets the story in motion?
- the Naga were revealed, apparently sent scouting and/or invading forces both in the North and South of Kalimdor, but were utterly defeated every time. What could they be doing next, considering that their first step after ten thousand years of planning world domination basically failed?
So, taking these points into account, how would you have continued the story after TFT?
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