World of Warcraft’s pre-patch event pits the evil blade-wielding woman against our sorcerer father

Let me explain. Long ago, during the Legion expansion in 2016, Khadgar called players to Dalaran. Khadgar goes way back; he was in the original RTS games, but disappeared during Warcraft2. We found him again in Shattrath City during The Burning Crusadeand round Warlords of Draenorhe really tried his best.

By the time Legion arrived, Khadgar, also known as Dadgar, was loved by all for his good nature and crazy jokes. Sure, he’s a super-powered mage and the hero of all the great wars of Azeroth. But he also tracks down the hero for a Skype call by floating his own head in a sphere.

The expansion’s opening act was well-received. Khadgar called players back to Dalaran, the city of mages and popular hub for both Alliance and Horde in The wrath of the Lich King. The Legion was back, and players were tasked with finding powerful Artifact Weapons. Among them was Xal’atath, the Shadow Priest Artifact. This eyed blade proved to be much more than a humble stabbing tool; she has clear ties to the Old Gods and their ancient Black Empire, and they are all equally ambitious.

Xal’atath was also suspiciously smug, for a knife. She escaped from that ship as part of a larger plan, and it leads to big trouble. Xal’atath now haunts the corpse of a Void Elf, giving power to an ancient spider kingdom.

Blizzard also shared a six-second clip of an animated project, captioned “Soon™.” The video ends with The war withinSo we’ll have to see how well the teaser – featuring elves battling the Horde – represents the final product.

Either way, that pre-patch event certainly spells trouble. We’ll see how this confrontation culminates in the run-up to The war within‘s release on August 26th.