![]() ![]() Sylvanas takes the loyal champion for a brief walk up Windrunner Spire, discussing how her bargain with Azshara will still work out in her favor - how the Horde and Alliance will unite to battle Azshara’s master and will end up dying in great numbers, which suits Sylvanas and her overall goals. Nathanos Blightcaller is there, and he finally verbally calls Sylvanas “my love” before departing to do her will. ![]() Saurfang is taken into Orgrimmar for the honorable funeral his death has earned him, as even the Forsaken at the city’s gates accept that Sylvanas has abandoned them after her outburst.Īlliance players and Horde rebels see a further funeral scene for Saurfang rendered in-game, while Horde loyalists who stayed on Sylvanas’ side go to Windrunner Spire for a last conversation with Sylvanas. ![]() She then kills Saurfang with a blast of magic unlike anything yet seen from her, declares that she sees them all as toy soldiers in tin plate who have no idea what’s coming, and departs the field of battle. This leads to him scoring a hit that wounds Sylvanas’ face and causes her to lose control of her temper, shouting that the Horde is nothing before the assembled forces and essentially losing their loyalty in the process. He mentioned how she failed to kill it at Teldrassil, failed to get the living to kill each other at Lordaeron, and has failed to grasp the true nature and strength of the Horde. Saurfang’s counterattack and counter-argument hinge on Sylvanas’ inability to kill hope. She handily whittles down Saurfang with a pair of daggers while sneering at him, mocking him and claiming that his death will destroy the hopes of those who followed him. Saurfang goes into this fight using both Thrall’s axe and Anduin’s sword, the one he inherited from his father, Varian - but ultimately Sylvanas loses this fight not by force of arms. The fight to retake Orgrimmar goes from a potential clash of armies with the allied Horde rebels and Alliance forces facing off against those loyal to their Warchief (whatever their reasons are) and instead becomes one where Saurfang challenges Sylvanas to Mak’gora, the honor combat that determines who is right through one-on-one fighting. Still, this cinematic leads into the next, and that’s the big one we need to discuss. It’s strange for an expansion that started with the destruction of Darnassus to so thoroughly ignore the people who endured that destruction. It’s an interesting set up cinematic, but I can’t help but notice the complete lack of big Night Elf figures like Tyrande, Malfurion, or even Genn Greymane at this summit. In the end, both sides agree that Azeroth is their home and the thing they’re fighting for, and agree to set off for Orgrimmar and the final confrontation. Saurfang ends up feeling the more accurate in his litany of Horde misdeeds, while Anduin trots out Arthas and Daelin Proudmoore for his side of the discussion. It presents a meeting between Anduin and Saurfang, one where each talks about the atrocities and regrets their side holds and what kind of future they’re fighting for. This cinematic is essentially the coda to the various War Campaign quests that have been about the Horde and Alliance essentially coming to some sort of detente. ![]()
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