WoW: End-Cinematic of the Tomb of Sargeras [Spoiler!]

The cinematic from the conclusion of the latest raid in World of Warcraft has been released. And it really packs a punch!

Americans were able to dive into the new raid “The Tomb of Sargeras” yesterday and blow out the life lights of the final boss Kil’jaeden. As expected, the conclusion of the raid was rewarded with a cinematic. Before we go into more detail, let’s be clear: Spoilers ahead! If you don’t want to know how the story of the game unfolds, now is your last chance to close the post.

Let’s get straight to the video. After Kil’Jaeden, the last boss of the tomb, is defeated on his spaceship, this cinematic plays:

Let’s break this down a bit. Kil’Jaeden is (presumably) finally destroyed and threatens to crash to the planet Argus with the heroes. Illidan uses the Sargerei Keystone to establish a connection to Azeroth and instructs Khadgar to teleport everyone to Azeroth.

However, only there does the full extent of Illidan’s actions become clear. The portal was so gigantic that it causes a rupture in the fabric of space – Azeroth is now right next to Argus!

When asked about this, Illidan explains that this was exactly his plan. Because with Argus “right at the doorstep”, it is much easier to attack and destroy the heart of the Legion.

What’s particularly cool is the fact that Illidan speaks the same words he said back then in the cinematic from Warcraft III: Frozen Throne: “Sometimes the hand of faith must be forced” – The hand of fate must sometimes be guided.

In summary, one can say that the whole action is a typical “Illidan move”, as known for years. A high risk for high reward – and without particularly intelligent foresight.

Illidan did the same during the summoning of the Naga in “Frozen Throne” and also risked the destruction of Azeroth when he wanted to destroy the Frozen Throne with the Eye of Sargeras.

Here is the cinematic in English again:

What do you think of the cinematic? Cool development of the story or is Blizzard completely losing it?

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