Tbh, i think it's quite impossible that the siluette in the portal could be azshara. Just to start with, azshara has not a generic night elf siluette, so they don't match. In addition, iridikron was locked away 20000 years ago, when elves didn't even exist, and if no one knows where she is after nya'lotha, i highly doubt iridikron does.I know. "The harbinger knows" some will say. Does he? Or is he just telling the naga what they want to hear so they will work for the old gods as they did all the time, even though azshara's goal was betraying them and killing n'zoth? That was the reason why she was taken prisoner and tortured in nya'lotha. Since n'zoth is now supposedly (according to blizzard) beyond the veil, back in his realm regenerating his form, same as his fellows, it's impossible azshara would go to the voidlands or however they are called and present herself as a friend. They would know her, and she would be tortured again. It would be her stupidest move by a long shot, not to say that in a future invasion she would be surely just a pawn once more, being removed in one single patch. So, despite i would like to see her again, i don't think she should come once again as some void's pawn. She can bring much more to the game. I would say this triangle is just iridikron + xalathat + the harbinger (can be a naga allied with the void like uunat or just another faceless or similar creature like neltharion's echo). We will know him at some point, that for sure.
I don't think it could possibly be Galakrond, unless they have transitioned their visage like Chromie.
This game is for children guys, the simple writing of this game is targeted audience is for 12 year olds. Need further proof? Pay attention to Chromie's dialog. Its obviously for kids, if you're an adult and you're playing this game, it is no longer a game that walks the line for teens and adults audiences, it's pretty much for younger kids now. Read the quests, it's for children. Don't be too upset if the writing is simple and not overly complex.
Anybody else getting the feeling that we are finally going to see the Il'gynoth whisper "The vassal of life disguises treachery. Beware the eyes of green." come true? It's missing her horns, but what if that is Merithra on the other side of the portal and Merithra is a traitor to the Aspects? I know she defended the Dream in the main storyline, but what if that was just a ruse and she will reveal her betrayal once the time is right.
We are missing the part where Nozdormnu realizes that he had to become Moruzond and become only because if he didn't Iridikron succeeds. So the true timeline they defend is just what suits the titan's agenta and the bronze dragons are just pawns to be sacrificed.
xalatath better not be the harbinger. BUT there's Shadreen on the table still, they're potentially Not Necessarily Good, we're unaware yet. (The void npc that gave us the free gold at teh start of expac/end of SL). 10.2/season 3 will be a nice set up for s4/end of expansion leading us to the fuller void/underwater/azshara expansion we get after DF! the sylverian dreamer 6month mount indicated we we're going to the Shadowlands. the nether-gorged greatwyrm 6month mount indicated we were coming to the Dragon Isles. the current Wondrous Wavewhisker (BADA$$ MOUNT BTW BLIZZ, well done omg) indicates the underwater/Azshara expac next. :D
After reading the first page of the comments, I felt like writing this message. Can we all appreciate that everything said here is just speculation and this is... fun? Yes, we are all speculating different things for a game we play and love, and nobody is right or wrong, and this is totally for entertainment. Please do not ruin anyone else's amusement for whatever. This is not real, folks, it won't change your life.
I wish it is going to be Elune x) SInce her "son" was in a trinket text and whatnot
If we even find out before the expansion ends. It could be another 3 expansions before it's revealed.
Back in patch 8.2 and the eternal palace raid, we fought Z'qual harbinger of nyalotha along with Azshara. I had assumed that the harbinger in a song of the depths, was another of Azhara's minions, perhaps the same one we fought in 8.2. Now with Iridikron, talking about the Harbinger, we see some connections in the story forming. I don't think the harbinger's identity is as important as the link between Iridikron and Azshara. Personally, I think we won't see Iridikron again until prepatch at the soonest. Those two working together would be a pretty epic setup for a whole expansion.
And can someone explain alexstraza part in all this too..to many lose end need to get them all tyed up so we can move on.
i hate the idea of the Harbinger being Xal'atath because she wasn't mentioned once this entire expac. I feel like if they make her suddenly relevant to the story it will be like N'zoth in 8.3 or worst case scenario the entirety of the shadowlands.