Originally Posted by
Hctaz
Who the fuck knows. The lore got fucked the moment they tried to introduce alternative universes and had to weasel there way out of a reason why there weren't 400 Sargerases in our universe.
They could have just made the Shadowlands related to things that died on Azeroth or at least planets TIED to Azeroth in some way such as Outland with the Dark Portal. The planet has been around for a VERY long time, so it's not impossible to create an entirely new set of characters who died like a bajillion years ago or something.
Also for your question like... How exactly DOES that shit work anyway? There are a bunch of different timelines and whatnot, so why exactly is there a singular version of any character now? What about the timeline where Arthas was able to stop Kel'thuzad before he sent out the plagued grain to Stratholme. Where is that version of the characters? Or like imagine if that timeline's Uther was the one to somehow die first and he's just chilling in Oribos having a great time when all of a sudden he's overcome with a horrendous sense of dread and regret as his alternative version merges with him.