Hi guys ¡ I want to talk about the Burning Legion. I'm seeing a lot of people worried about that this expansion might be the end of the Legion. To those people I say, do NOT worry about that. The Legion isn't going anywhere.
Blizzard always let a part of whatever evil we are facing alive. How many times we had beat the Scarlet Crusade?; The Scourge it's still alive and doing well; the Twilight Hammer still have a presence; the Old Gods are still there and could be easily resurrected if needed; the Infinite Dragonflight could and will come back at any moment; there are Mogu, Mantid, Black Dragons and enough alternative universe (Draenor) forces to build up whatever they wanted if they want to do an expansion about them.
So, as I say, being the Burning Legion a faction MUCH more important and stonger than any of the previous (except the Old Gods), we can relax about their future presence.
But let's talk about them, about the Demons. I think that we don't realise the magnitude of the Burning Legion. They had destroyed, for millenia, thousands of races and planets, their armies are endless, and even after Illidan's destruction of Nathreza and us invading Argus and killing Archimonde and Kil' Jaeden (in 7.2 raid), I really think that it wouldn't be much of a problem for them, because, we don't know shit about them.
We know that Archimonde and Kil' Jaeden are important in the Legion, and that the Eredar are a significant part of their armies (mostly because of their tech and intelligence), and yes, losing them would be a mess. But would it be a BIG problem for an army that, potentially, could have among their forces races even more intelligent and advanced than the Eredar? They had expended millenia recruiting the more powerful races that they come across, we just don't know what they have in store.
So here is my theory, the Burning Legion is much bigger than we thought. Argus is probably in Azeroth's solar system, as Draenor, or close. I think this because the Draenei escaped Argus and landed in Draenor, which we know is close to Azeroth. So, maybe Archimonde and Kil' Jaeden were just the bosses of the Legion in this solar system, or in this zone of the universe. It could be others like them or more powerful anywhere.
This idea came to my mind mostly because we don't know who is going to be the final boss of this expansion. I think that it's safe to assume that Argus and the 7.3 raid would be the last of Legion, so, which are the choices for the big final boss? Let's look at them:
- Archimonde and Kil' Jaeden: Archimonde it's pretty much dead and Kil' Jaeden will die in the 7.2 raid. Even if Kil' Jaeden escapes 7.2 raid alive, will they put him as the final boss? After defeating him in the previous raid tier? I highly doubt it. They might make an encounter in which we have to defeat them at the same time (like Onyxia and Nefarian encounter), but for the previous reasons I doubt that they will be the final bosses.
- Nathrezim Council: this race is one of the most powerful of the Legion, but their known characters aren't that well-known or important, and we are dealing with Tichondrius in the Nightwell. Of course they might bring him back again with some of the others, but they aren't enough to play the role of final boss, especially after dealing with Kil' Jaeden.
- Corrupted Khadgar or any other main character: highly doubt it, they will have to start building the corruption in patch 7.2, they expended years showing how Garrosh changed. It would be rushed and unfitting. We are facing the Legion so we should expect a demon final boss.
- Sargeras: we are dealing with his Avatar in 7.2 raid, so...another avatar? fight against his toe or against his nose? this guy has the size of a planet, and even if he doesn't have that size for whatever reasons, he's just too powerful, and they wouldn't make the mistake of building him as a myth for years to just kill him in our first encounter. Just no.
- Illidan: bring him back to kill him again. C'mon.
- Azshara or N'Zoth: they can make an expansion on each of these guys individually. They just won't miss that opportunity.
- Wrathion: obviously no.
So, what to expect? None of the big baddies of the Legion that we know has a chance of being the final boss, so I expect that they start building him in 7.2 patch. I expect to know more about the Legion races, I expect to find some new ones, I expect some major new Legion characters to show up, and maybe one of them would be the chosen.
And after we are done with Argus, I expect that somehow, Illidan will take over the demons that are left alive, and create his own Burning Legion, to fight against the Legion and against the void. Illidan has already renounce the Illidari, he make us their new leader in the Class Campaign. He had leaded demons before, and he has always been a dark character, do you really expect to be the child of the light that Xera wants to see? Illidan always finds his own way, he might be that child in the final battle, for a brief moment of time. But Illidan is Illidan, he will do what he must and what he wants, and I just don't see him returning to Night Elf society. He will be The Lick King of the Demons.