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Know Your Lore, Infinite Paths: The golden-eyed

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Lore, Know your Lore, Cataclysm

The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You"re playing the game, you"re fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

Last week, I talked about Murozond and the End Time. Some astute readers noted that upon confronting the players and Nozdormu, Murozond claims, "I have witnessed the true End Time. This? This is a blessing you simply cannot comprehend." What does this mean, exactly? Granted, we could simply dismiss this as insanity brought on by the Old Gods. But what if the issue isn"t insanity? What if the Old Gods didn"t drive Murozond mad at all?

Aman"Thul, the Highfather of the Titanic Pantheon, granted Nozdormu a vision of his own death. It is said to be this very fate that Murozond is attempting to avoid by fracturing time. What, however, if that"s not the case at all? What if in his case, much madness was and is divine sense?

Murozond"s End - End Time
Murozond: You know not what you have done. Aman"Thul... What I... have... seen...
Nozdormu: At last it has come to pass. The moment of my demise. The loop is closed. My future self will cause no more harm from this day on.
Nozdormu: Still, in the future, I will... fall to madness. And you, heroes... will vanquish me. The cycle will repeat. So it goes.
Nozdormu: What matters is that Azeroth did not fall; that humanity survived to live another day.
Nozdormu: All that matters... is this moment.


Why does Murozond call out to Aman"Thul in his moment of death? Beyond his own death, what has Murozond seen? Did the Infinite Dragonflight seek to break this clockwork universe, and if so, has it already done so? This week"s KYL continues based on last week"s Tinfoil Hat Edition and presents an entire alternate time line based on the question What if Murozond was the hero all along?

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