Some clever fans of World of Warcraft noticed that Xal’atath appeared in Wrath of the Lich King. But only now can one truly understand that.
Xal’atath is the main antagonist of the World Souls saga in World of Warcraft. Originally, she was a blade of shadow priests in Legion before she took her current form in Battle for Azeroth. But before Xal’atath was a dagger, she existed as a mortal being on a completely different world, which we know from the latest cinematic.
However, it has now become clear: Even that was already visible in WoW, namely in Wrath of the Lich King.
What was found? After Blizzard released the video “Supremacy” a few days ago, which showed Xal’atath’s original species, it was noted that a similar depiction had been seen before – namely in Ulduar.
There, there is a colorful stained glass window that displays not only the Old Gods but also a tentacled being with an unexpectedly humanoid head without hair, which bears a striking resemblance to Xal’atath from the new video.
Ulduar shows the face of Xal’atath – or?
Where can you find the colorful stained glass windows? If you want to see these colorful stained glass windows yourself, you need to travel to the raid Ulduar, far in the north of the Storm Peaks in Northrend.
In the raid, you must defeat most bosses until the passage to Yogg-Saron opens. On the descent into the depths, you will see the various colorful windows depicting numerous representations of the Old Gods and titanic guardians. You can see this depiction of Xal’atath on two windows:
Has that always been there? As far as we can tell, yes. At least, there is no indication that this asset was added only in recent months. It seems to have been in the game since Wrath of the Lich King.
Was Blizzard really that brilliant? One can certainly debate whether Blizzard has been planning the appearance of Xal’atath and her original people for such a long time. It is quite possible that the developers had already considered such an option back then.
It is indeed striking that these stained glass windows are the only ones in Ulduar whose images cannot be clearly assigned. All others can be clearly assigned to the various old gods or titanic guardians.
What do you think? A brilliant move with a lot of long-term planning from Blizzard? Or just a coincidence that there was exactly one stained glass window that could not be explained in Ulduar and that they have now retroactively utilized? If you want to know more about the story behind World of Warcraft, check out our lore summary of all of WoW.
