It really is.
Hallow's End happened around that time so that was just icing on the cake.
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We did. Her plan for the loyalist was to have them join the suicide mission to Nazjatar, die to Azshara, and have her use the Heart of Azeroth to awaken N'zoth. It's shown during the N'zoth boss fight and Loyalist epilogue.