10.0 expansion concept - the WoW Grand Finale

[Explorer]

Well I know it's a bit... too soon. Still, it's all around my head, and I feel like Warcraft Universe goes depleted of content. We've been almost everywhere, we've seen almost everything. Quite a few things are left to be seen. Surely they can be pulled over to as many expansion as they'll need to, but I just want to imagine a one huge expansion with a nice number that finally closes the franchise at least for some time.

Don't have and idea of the name, let it be World of Warcraft - the Great Collision.

So, presumably at the end of Shadowlands that will likely deal with Jailer\Father of Sleep attempting to consume everything, in process of the final battle with Death some cosmic-scale events will happen. For example, the balance of primal forces is broken, the "enemy of all" (Death) is defeated, and both Light and Void are unleashed into the world. Azeroth becomes a centre of grand collision. Two huge portal open - one leads to K'aresh, a world entirely drowned in Void energies, homeland of the Ethereals. Other can be a completely new world, a Light-infused, or it can be alternate Draenor, turned into bastion of Light by Yrel.
All this is a preparation for war between Light and Void. Light seeks to turn us into the Army of the Light, to fight the common enemy, Void is purposed to claim Azeroth the titan. Since Old Gods failed their mission, the Void Lords decided to take matters into their own hands.

In patch 10.0 we'll visit both worlds, choose our sides or try to stay neutral. Launch raid will be Light-themed. Yrel and a group of extreme fanatics of the Light will try to make us join Army of the Light by force and brainwash. We help Tyralion take her place and see that she was actually manipulated by Void that was masked as some Naaru and induced fanaticism into the very heart of Light, so all was nearly lost.

Next on, we see that Void is about to launch a massive attack and actually summon a Void Lord in physical realm. Also, there can be some smaller raid on K'aresh where we explore Ethereals culture, see the Void plane, etc.

In 10.1. Murozond appears, saying that he saw that we have no single chance to win this time, so all time shall be rewritten. Here we go into a new type of location for the patch - the Past Azeroth. That is actually a great raid where we go deeper and deeper into the past, at some key points of history. The raid may feature:
* First\Second War\Beyond the Dark portal. The Old Horde, Ner'zhul, Deathwing, Alextrasza (under control of Necros), finally we roll the time back to help Lothar, Khadgar and Garona kill Meivh.
* Battle against Galakrond, trying to prevent protodrakes from becoming the Aspects.
* The Black Empire, we help Keepers defeat Old Gods and their minions. Last boss - Y'shaarj, where we lose, but then Aman'tul appears and... you know. Also he tells us that we'll soon meet again for one last time.
*Finally, we get into some wery strange place, pure timelessness, where we fight the Infinite Dragonflight and finally Murozond himself. Then, we get some important info and reappear in our main timeline, right before the attack of the Void.

An important note. I think all this stuff with timetravel raid and Murozond can happen sooner, in Shadowlands. It can cover the lack of new zones at launch, and explanation of "I've seen the true endtime. This is a blessing compared to what is to come" may refer not to N'zoth getting free and not to Void Lord claiming Azeroth, but to the victory of Jailer. And "Aman'tul...What I have seen..." is about Death claiming everything. So that may well be not in 10.1, but in 9.2. Changes nothing, actually. Also this would be a nice theme change from various Death encounters.


Next is 10.2. The attack of the Void. Somehow they manage to open massive portals to Azeroth and begin to manifest an actual Void Lord to our realm, who is trying to corrupt Azeroth. Clear enough, the full might of the Void vs us and Army of the Light. One interesting twist may be that they actually manage to (almost) turn Azeroth into a Dark Titan, and we fight her as a boss, and cleanse her. And then, in the end we manage to push a Void Lord back into Void and close a black hole he ripped open on the planet.
But, is this truly the end?

Sure not.

10.3. - The Final Battle.

As we fight, energies of Light and Void that pour around, collide. And what happens when they collide? The Fel.
While we are occupied, the remains of Burning Legion, led by Tichondrius, are waiting. He makes contact with Azshara, who played nice and repentant role since 8.3. An irony - she was the one who opened the gate for Sargeras the first time... and she'll be the one who will to that for the final time. Dreadlords and Azshara create a portal that links Azeroth and Seat of the Pantheon. Since the collision of Light and Void create a huge lot of fel magic, they use the portal to launch it, destroying the Arcane energies that keep Sargeras imprisoned. The Fallen Titan breaks free and, using the opened portal, crashes like a huge fiery meteor, directly on Azeroth, in his full might and power.

So, the final patch and raid of WoW will be a sort of Armageddon battle, where we face off against Sargeras and his demons (and Azshara), our side empowered with Army of the Light, Titans and newborne Azeroth the Titan who was awakened and almost darkened by Void Lords in previous patch.

This will be the end of World of Warcraft, but not the end of Universe itself. We know that Anduin will lead Alliance into final battle against Void when he's old, and Illidan will become a champion of the Light one day, but for now we'll have an era of peace.

What's next? I imagine an epilogue expansion, the peaceful Azeroth that remaines cultivated and healed after the Titan leaves the core, we actually live on the shell, but it's okay. Titans depart to the Great Dark, we stay to live in peace. All the old expansions will be reworked to new graphics, connected in a single phased system, free to access and re-experience.

And it's always possible to add something when needed. But essentially, it's the end of the main plot. For now.

[Axxil]

Are you joking? We've barely even scratched this map.

[LostSinclair]

We aren't even kinda close to the end of wow but I appreciate the effort you put into your idea. but yeah, no. Wow ain't ending anytime soon, as long it it makes a profit it will continue.

[TheFirstOnes]

"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

[Kyphael]

Money dictates WoW's fate, not story, that's why the story suffers.

[Nnyco]

"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

Which the void lords flooded the universe with, they arent something big.

[rhorle]

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

The last old god on Azeroth does not mean the last old god in the universe. Blizzard stated they want to expand on the cosmology of Warcraft and now is the perfect time to do it. Because as you indicate a lot of the big threats have been dealt with. It is time to move on and explore other aspects of the lore universe. We have barely scratched the map because we have only been dealing with Titans and Old gods.

And not much else as major threats.

[Newname1234567890]

"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

I mean lots of that map is left to be explored and we may even get another lower stake expansion like MoP.

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"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

I mean lots of that map is left to be explored and we may even get another lower stake expansion like MoP.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Money dictates WoW's fate, not story, that's why the story suffers.

...That isn't why the story suffers this forum is not united on what good story is, never will be. We just barely touched the Cosmology chart IMO.

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Money dictates WoW's fate, not story, that's why the story suffers.

...That isn't why the story suffers this forum is not united on what good story is, never will be. We just barely touched the Cosmology chart IMO.

[Kithelle]

"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

We haven't really dealt with order much...we don't know to much about them. Fel can always come back in some way...just because Sargeras is gone doesn't mean someone else can't rise up. We're going to the Shadowlands...could always explored the Emerald Dream more. Still plenty of Void Lords content if they so want to.

We know little of Life or Holy...the Devs could make new worlds as we all know there are more out there...perhaps could fight the old gods of some of them. Perhaps it could even involve the Titans and us helping them now that they're restored.

These are just some things off the top of my head...

[Newname1234567890]

We haven't really dealt with order much...we don't know to much about them. Fel can always come back in some way...just because Sargeras is gone doesn't mean someone else can't rise up. We're going to the Shadowlands...could always explored the Emerald Dream more. Still plenty of Void Lords content if they so want to.

We know little of Life or Holy...the Devs could make new worlds as we all know there are more out there...perhaps could fight the old gods of some of them. Perhaps it could even involve the Titans and us helping them now that they're restored.

These are just some things off the top of my head...

I mean the basic premise of 8.2 could have been its own expansion if it was fleshed out a little more.

Its insane to thing wow is running out of fertile ground

[Golden Yak]

I think that when the Legion returns, it will be as an ally of convenience against the forces of the Void. I could even see the powers of the Void being a big enough threat to unleash Sargeras from the Seat of the Pantheon, probably with a lot of shackles on his power to keep him under control and Illidan holding the leash.

[TheFirstOnes]

Which the void lords flooded the universe with, they arent something big.

>Implying we're not gonna face the Void Lords next expac.

[Edlarel]

Well I know it's a bit... too soon. Still, it's all around my head, and I feel like Warcraft Universe goes depleted of content.

I usually love expac concepts, but you lost me right out the gate. Not worth the time if you’re going to lead with nonsense like this.

[Beefhammer]

it's only depleted in your head because you lack imagination.

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I think that when the Legion returns, it will be as an ally of convenience against the forces of the Void. I could even see the powers of the Void being a big enough threat to unleash Sargeras from the Seat of the Pantheon, probably with a lot of shackles on his power to keep him under control and Illidan holding the leash.

How are they going to do that though. Unless I read some of the story bits wrong, the Void Lords needed Azeroth, or any other incubating Titan they could find to take host to destroy our universe. Azeroth is damaged to the point she will never form into a full-fledged titan. Their only means to interact with this universe is by tossing out old gods and hoping the land on a incubating titan. The pantheon searched the universe and Azeroth was the only Titan left.

I'm just not sure how it would happen. But then, I'm no writer.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Sargeras will corrupt the Titans and we will have to help Illidan become the chosen one.

[deenman]

"We've barely even scratched this map"

We literally dealt with Order, and Fel, and we're now on Life And Death's top cosmology BS. Idk why you think we've "barely scratched the map". We literally obliterated the last Old God on Azeroth.

well,first off not only do we not know if n'zoth is dead,we know for a fact c'thun and yogg are not,also if the void feels like it they can shove armies of old gods at us

anyways,yeah,wow has PLENTY left in it,we have the old gods that arent dealt with,we have the void lords,we have some potential legion remenants,we got azshara,we got the naaru that clearly are not our friends,we got the titans that is posible are also not our friends,we got sargeras,and we got plenty of hostile factions on azeroth that can either be an expansion villain or villain aids,and then we have this little known concept of.....THEY CAN MAKE SHIT UP!...they did it before with the void,in the past sargeras was the nr 1 badie,and void lords were nothing,they were mini quest bosses in outland,we have the void and the light as the main 2 forces,and the titans sprund out as a superior race,who is to say that in some other part of the universe some other race isnt ploting,just waiting for us to deal with the void and the naaru so they can have their time,i recall in legion there was this one race i forget,that the legion couldnt beat,sargeras had to come and finish them himself

[Ealyssa]

Are you joking? We've barely even scratched this map.

It's not a map, it's a cosmology.

The only tangible realms are the 3 middle spheres. Reality and Emerald dream are allready explored. Shadowland next expansion.
We interacted with every single one of the entities tied to their respective cosmic forces outside (the Void Lords only indirectly yet)

There will be litteraly nothing unexplored on it after shadowland...

Not that Blizzard can expend on allready established lore. By adding new continent to Azeroth. By bringing the fight to the Void Lords or even geting the demons back since they are free from Sargeras and his crusade now.

[TheFirstOnes]

well,first off not only do we not know if n'zoth is dead,we know for a fact c'thun and yogg are not,also if the void feels like it they can shove armies of old gods at us

anyways,yeah,wow has PLENTY left in it,we have the old gods that arent dealt with,we have the void lords,we have some potential legion remenants,we got azshara,we got the naaru that clearly are not our friends,we got the titans that is posible are also not our friends,we got sargeras,and we got plenty of hostile factions on azeroth that can either be an expansion villain or villain aids,and then we have this little known concept of.....THEY CAN MAKE SHIT UP!...they did it before with the void,in the past sargeras was the nr 1 badie,and void lords were nothing,they were mini quest bosses in outland,we have the void and the light as the main 2 forces,and the titans sprund out as a superior race,who is to say that in some other part of the universe some other race isnt ploting,just waiting for us to deal with the void and the naaru so they can have their time,i recall in legion there was this one race i forget,that the legion couldnt beat,sargeras had to come and finish them himself

"We know for a fact C'Thun and Yogg'Saron are not"

Wtf? They are dead...

What?!

"The Old Gods aren't dealt with" 8.3's ending contradicts this.

"We got the Naaru that are clearly not our friends" What?

"We got Azshara" Can just be in 10.0.

"They can make shit up, they did it with the void" The Void was always hinted at being the greater threat when compared to the Legion. See TBC.

"We got the Titans that are possibly not my friends" Impossible considering they're watching over Sargeras.

"We got Sargeras" Again, 10.0 shit that can possibly happen.

"Plenty of hostile factions all across Azeroth" And none of them are a threat towards the people of the world.

And, lastly "We have Legion remains" And? Like that'll do anything.

[Kaver]

“WoW Grand Finale”, impressive imagination xD
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