World of Warcraft’s present huge unhealthy Xal’atath has been shrouded in shadow for years, however a brand new animated brief is giving followers their finest look but at her origins and motivations–if she’s telling the reality.
Titled Supremacy, the animated brief exhibits Xal’atath confronting Nexus King Salhadaar, chief of the Ethereals. Salhadaar is reluctant to hitch Xal’atath and her military of the Void, at first combating again. However as soon as Xal’atath seems in individual to make her case, Salhadaar can not help however pay attention.
Somewhat than utilizing brute drive alone, Xal’atath as an alternative tries a special tactic to persuade Salhadaar to hitch her. She gives to inform him “the reality nobody dwelling has heard.” That reality is that Xal’atath was as soon as, way back, mortal. Because the brief flashes again to point out a younger, bald lady being consumed by the Void, she recounts how she misplaced her world to the Void, identical to Salhadaar’s world of Okay’aresh was destroyed by the Void Lord Dimensius.
Like Salhadaar, she says she too “drowned in hatred and vengeance.” The one factor she discovered over an eternity, she continues, is that survival is all that issues. She now seeks to make sure the survival of others like her, those that are a part of the Void. After her story, Salhadaar makes his alternative, becoming a member of Xal’atath and committing his Ethereals to her trigger.
It is a brief filled with revelations, and one which echoes fan-favorite, lore-heavy animations like Lords of Conflict and Warbringers launched forward of earlier expansions. However followers within the feedback are already questioning how a lot of her story is true. Xal’atath is thought to lie and manipulate to get what she needs, and this case appears to be no completely different. If she was as soon as mortal and her world was destroyed by the Void, it does add an attention-grabbing wrinkle to her motivations. In any case, Xal’atath is named the Harbinger of the Void. If that very same Void was what as soon as destroyed her world and “drowned” her in hatred, why does she seemingly search to do the identical to Azeroth?
It is a query that could be answered in Midnight, however will possible play out over the course of the enlargement and into the subsequent, The Final Titan, bringing a conclusion to Blizzard’s three-expansion-long Worldsoul Saga storyline. Regardless, Xal’atath has come a great distance since she was first launched in 2016 as a speaking dagger through the sport’s Legion enlargement. Now, a decade later, she’s joined the pantheon of iconic Warcraft villains that embrace the likes of Illidan and Arthas.
Midnight releases March 2, however its pre-patch replace that provides a brand new Demon Hunter specialization, new participant housing choices, main class expertise modifications, and massive modifications for combat-focused, player-made mods is reside now. Earlier this month, Blizzard outlined the 12 months forward for WoW in 2026, outlining what gamers can count on from Midnight’s main content material updates.