Originally Posted by
Carolus Rex
I had taken a break from WoW for some months and am now catching up with 8.2 and 8.2.5 in terms of the story. I'm not sure if I've seen everything, so maybe I am missing some information, but to me it seems like they are heavily hinting at an expansion that not only involves the Old Gods, but also the Dragonflights, and specifically the Dragonflights being corrupted. This has led me to believe that the following things are likely to play some role in the next expansion and possibly also 8.3
- Clearly N'zoth is out there now, and Yogg could be awakened by Odyn, and C'thun could be awakened by the Azerite in Silithus at the wound. This puts the Old Gods on the table, if not for 8.3, most certainly for the next expansion
- The Dragonflights are gathering around in the chamber and we have the Wrathion quests, the Old Gods are clearly trying to corrupt Wrathion and the other dragonflights as well
- Somewhere it was said (I think after the Alexstrasza quests) that if they can't corrupt them, they'll find a different aspect to corrupt, which reminded me of the fact that Nozdormu will turn into the leader of the Infinite Dragonflight, and that is related to the Old Gods, as seen in the End Times in Cataclysm
- Sylvanas now seems to be officially out of the Horde and she will most likely be in hiding now for a while, but will certainly re-emerge at some point to continue feeding souls to her master
- Other undead characters (Bolvar, Helya, Bwonsamdi) have recently played some role.
- Medivh was mentioned by Wrathion and he might now some way of fighting the Old Gods
From that I think it can be concluded that the next expansion could be a mix of the following elements
- Corrupted dragonflights
- The rise of Murozond and the Infinite Dragonflight
- Old Gods, with Azshara
- Undead forces
- Wrathion, Bwonsamdi, Sylvanas and Medivh as major characters (maybe Helya, Odyn and Bolvar)
Possible continents: Dragon Isles and Shadowlands
Similarly to how Kul Tiras and Zandalar are in BFA, with both mini-continents having 3 zones each.
Whispers of the Old Gods would be a wonderful name for the expansion, if it wasn't already a name for the Hearthstone expansion.
Many people are saying N'zoth is gonna be 8.3, but I think with the Dragonflights possibly playing a role and being corrupted by the Old Gods, that would cut the whole Old God corruption theme quite short if we just defeated N'zoth in 8.3
Much better to have someone else in 8.3 and then lead into a full Old God expansion. Maybe Murozond for 8.3, or some other significant Old God minion.
Then the next expansion can slowly build up to the corrupted aspects and the Old Gods as bosses.