Given that some elements of the Shadowlands involve reincarnation and rebirth, it would seem not. Life apparently excels at finding ways to persist in the WoW universe.
There really isn't a matter of "buying it," it's quite literally the stated purpose of the Arbirter and the criteria for judgment to the Maw - that's just a fact of this narrative universe. I mean, the Arbiter could be fallible for all we know - given the fact that's she currently been made inactive by the Jailer it would seem to be the case. The Maw is also not inescapable since we literally escape it ourselves. How the story goes from there is anyone's guess.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
The veil was lifted and we'll all get to see the truth behind the curtains (Shadowlands' masquerade of lies).
Or probably just more horrible writing.
Yeah, no argument there. I wonder if dunking the dude there had something to do with screwing up the balance, since like others have theorized it does seem that it's not intended for people to go in the Maw all that much in the first place, possibly to starve the Jailor of anima.
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
It's undoubtely interesting what was shown in the Bastion cinematic, since we know almost for sure that Arthas wasn't likely meant to be thrown right into the Maw (as we instead kind of thought since Edge of Night, even before we even knew what the Maw was) which further supports the idea that even Sylvanas' experience in the afterlife, as yet another soul meant suffer in that place forever, may have been not entirely authentic. There's to understand who exactly the Jailer is and whether what he wants and what Sylvanas herself wants truly align.
I maintain that I don't think Sylvanas will have any nuance in her motive - they've been way too far in dunking on her in both in-story comments by Voss and her bit in Shadows Rising as well as interviews. I hope I'm wrong, but I won't hold my breath. That said, I agree that she was hijacked there and this was mostly a ploy by the Jailor to get an agent of his to help continue rattling the proverbial cage and I am morbidly fascinated in how they tie her various decisions together from that take and where exactly she fully commits. If there's a separation in their motives, I think it'll be in that end bit of Shadows Rising.
Sylvanas wants to take down the afterlife out of principle, because she could end up in a place like the Maw in the first place and a power is a means to that end. From what we know so far, the Jailor wants to revenge himself on those who cast him down given the Primus' last message and regain his station, then tip the balance of death to overcome the other powers by nabbing Azeroth. While Sylvanas would want to dismantle the afterlife entirely, the Jailor would want to expand the Maw to encompass everything, whereas she's just using it for the powerboost and doesn't want to keep it anymore than she does any other afterlife since they're all forced upon her and by extension everyone else (hence 'this world is a prison').
Dickmann's Law: As a discussion on the Lore forums becomes longer, the probability of the topic derailing to become about Sylvanas approaches 1.
Tinkers will be the next Class confirmed.
Sire Denathrius sending the anima to the Maw isn't actually intended. The excess anima drained from Revendreth's charges is supposed to go back to the other realms, which is a plot point where the Winter Queen sends you to Revendreth to talk to Denathrius to determine why he hasn't delivered any to any of the other realms suffering from the Drought. You find out in the Revendreth questline that Denathrius is allied with the Jailer and sending the anima to the Maw instead of the other Covenants.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Weird question but I wanted to ask. So I do enjoy the aspect of this covenant in making sinners repent/bring out their dirty laundry, is there a class/spec that would fit this kind of thing as well? I like making things fit together.