A character with a cursed fate reappears in World of Warcraft. Who remembers this “harmless” Blood Elf?
Currently, Patch 9.2.5 is being tested on the PTR of World of Warcraft. There are relatively few new contents, mainly focusing on Cross-Faction Play and the new Season 4. However, Blood Elf players are being alerted to a new quest line that carries a dark omen. While we are in the Shadowlands, the Scourge continues to run rampant in Azeroth – and a once small Elf has grown up.
What kind of quest is this? Blood Elves who are honored with the Silvermoon faction can accept a quest from Lady Liadrin in Oribos in Patch 9.2.5.
Lady Liadrin explains that the Scourge is invading the lands of the Blood Elves. Tristessa in the Ghostlands has been attacked and urgently needs support.
In Silvermoon, a small war council takes place. The leaders of the Blood Elves discuss how to repel the Scourge. Asking for further reinforcement from the Horde would take too long – therefore, they decide to send all available forces of the Blood Knights to Tristessa, including the still untrained recruits.
Among them is a particularly energetic recruit, namely Salandria – the personal recruit of Lady Liadrin.
The quest line is largely about purging the Ghostlands and forging a weapon that can kill a San’layn of the Scourge.
But the really important detail is that Salandria appears.
Who is Salandria? Salandria may not ring a bell with many players, as she has not had a major role until now. She is one of the orphans from Shattrath and was introduced in the “Burning Crusade” expansion. During the “Children’s Week” event, Horde players can guide little Salandria around the world and show her various places. The little Blood Elf is extremely enthusiastic, alert, and inquiring.
However, one stop on this journey is quite ominous. Because Salandria once wants to “see a real dragon,” we accompany her to the Caverns of Time. Upon arrival, the little Elf is immediately attacked by the bronze dragonflight, the Keepers of Time. Before the little girl can be harmed, the dragon Zaladormu roars that they will “not punish the Elf for things she will do or fail at in her future.”
This makes it quite clear: The Keepers of Time already know that Salandria will do something in the future – either she fails at a task or she herself undertakes something particularly terrible. In any case, it must be devastating enough to justify that parts of the bronze dragonflight immediately attack her, even as a small child.
After completing the quest line, Salandria sends the players a letter. She thanks them for the journey and reveals that Lady Liadrin, the leader of the Blood Knights, has taken her in and wants to train her.
After that, things became relatively quiet for Salandria. In the following expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, Salandria was only mentioned briefly. There was a coin that could be fished in Dalaran: Salandria’s Copper Coin. It included a quote from her: “One day I will be more powerful than all these mages!”
This could be an indication that she now lives in Silvermoon and sees the many mages there while she herself waits to be old enough to train as a Blood Knight – or it speaks of a dark side to her, namely a possible lust for power.
How does all this fit together? If you now combine the individual puzzle pieces that Blizzard is currently scattering, the clues become increasingly clear.
- The Blood Elf quest line takes place in Silvermoon and the Ghostlands – thus the north of Lordaeron. On earlier maps, the Dragon Isles are north of Lordaeron in the sea.
- A high concentration of the Scourge in the north of Lordaeron – or on the Dragon Isles – could mean that the dragons need our help.
- Salandria appears. She had previous conflicts with the dragons and therefore would fit well into a dragon expansion where she makes her “big mistake”.
That Salandria is only a “small side mention” seems unlikely – because the sentences of the Blood Elf are voiced, she has received her own voice. This indicates that we will likely see more of her in the future and at the same time the expansion “The Dragon Isles” has become even more likely.
What do you think about Salandria? What do you think her terrible mistake will be?
