So at the end of "Return to Karazhan" Medivh is revealed to be very much alive and active. He then turns into a raven and flies off into the nether right after he indirectly tells the champions and Khadgar about going to the Tomb of Sargeras and then Argus.
We go to Argus not long after. No Medivh.
We breach the base of operations of the Burning Legion and slay our way through it. No Medivh.
Even during the fight against Argus the Unmaker with indirect interactions with Sargeras during his spooning session with Azeroth... still no Medivh.
Fast forward to the middle-esque part of the story of Battle for Azeroth and Medivh has yet to reappear again.
Now Medivh has been more than a major player in the Warcraft universe's story and Blizzard decided to bring him back in-game. Where do you think his story goes from here?
My thoughts:
- Eventual confrontation with the Void Lords. This is really the only thing that makes sense, since Medivh post-first-death-in-WC1 was all about getting us ready for the Burning Legion, and then again in Legion. He always was always the link that tethered us, the champions, to the bigger threat posing to us looming in the background. The Burning Legion is more-or-less dealt with and now the last remaining big bad guys are looming in the background once again. Will Medivh serve that roll again?
- Battle for Azeroth ends in a truce with Medivh being the mediator. Much like how MoP - another supposed "faction war" expansion - ended with the Horde and Alliance going after Garrosh, could Medivh conveniently reappear in-game again to stop Anduin and Sylvanas finally facing off only to tell us, "Guys, wait, look over there!" and re-direct our efforts to the big bad guys?
- Medivh went out to find Med'an. Back in the summer of 2016 there were many developer interviews for Legion. One of the questions were about Med'an and the answer was "Med'an is out adventuring in the universe, doing big important things that will one day come to fruition. He just isn't around right now." With Medivh being his father and all (and assuming he knows Med'an of being the all-powerful "chosen one") then it would make sense to bring Junior back into the fight. SOURCE LINK
- He doesn't reappear. Blizzard used him just as a one off for no apparent reason. And they have no real plans to integrate him back into the story. Personally, I would hate for this to be the case, but the current story of WoW is starting to phase out the rest of the "old guard" characters of the game. So I suppose it makes sense... I guess.
What do you think Medivh will end up doing next?