Originally Posted by
Senataur
I see the underlying motif of all the major lore in wow as that same old timeless classic:
The Balance Between Good and Evil.
Good cannot exist without Evil
Order cannot exist without Chaos
The Old Gods and the Burning Legion represent Evil and Chaos.
The Pantheon and noble Gods (Elune etc) represent Goodness and Order.
And we hapless mortals exist only because of the intermingling of the two.
The existence of mortals is the product of the Pantheons order, mixed with the Chaos of the Old Gods, The curse of Flesh.
The Pantheon could not destroy the Old Gods, they could only imprison them, because you cannot destroy Evil, there must be the balance. If Sargeras can truly play marbles with Planets, and want's us destroyed, then why hasn't he done so already. If the Pantheon is many, and Sargeras is one (albeit the strong one) why have they not put a stop to him yet.
I don't think we will ever see an end to the Evil/Chaotic forces of WoW.
Our final battle if we ever see one is ore likely to entail some restoring of the balance that allows us to exist.
Either end of the spectrum, Titan 'Re-origination' or Old God destruction will pronounce doom for the mortal races.