The Harbingers of Doom in WoW return – do they herald the next expansion? Or are they just praising Sargeras and the Legion?
Almost a year ago, the Harbingers of Doom in World of Warcraft began to predict the end of the world. So far, Azeroth has held up quite well and repelled most of the Legion’s attacks, even if there were heavy losses.
But with WoW Patch 7.3, the Harbingers of Doom return as “Confirmed Harbingers of Doom” – after all, they were right. On the PTR, these Harbingers are active again in Dalaran, along with a lot of “concerned citizens” and panicked fleeing civilians.
The reason for this seems obvious – Argus, the seat of the Legion, which looms in the sky over Azeroth. Why it only becomes apparent to people with Patch 7.3 is beyond us. The folks at wowhead have already released a small preview video about it:
As with the launch event for Legion, the Harbingers of Doom are distributing various flyers that speak of the end of the world. Some of them are quite dark and suggest executing all friends, while others have a rather comical background, like the “Blackened Pamphlet”:
“Return of Demon Costumes
The theater troupe of the Darkmoon Faire wishes to offer a sincere apology to our customers. While processing the orders for demon costumes, we accidentally shipped costumes for dracthyr. Although they look similar to demons (claws, scales, etc.), they are very different. Do not approach the Legion in a dracthyr costume! This could have dire consequences, such as injury, death, or damage to the costume.
Please return the dracthyr costumes to us and we will send you the demon costumes. We guarantee that you will receive the costumes in time before the Legion executes its final attack, or you will get your money back.”
Harbingers are probably just an event for Argus
Some fans had hoped that the Harbingers of Doom could already be the harbingers of the next expansion, but that does not seem to be the case. Only one of the flyers has rough connections to the Old Gods. Loosely translated, it says:
“An emerald sun sets in the chamber of the heavens, but it casts no shadow.
The world raises its voice in horror, but only one can hear its cries.
From the place that is everywhere and nowhere, the deceptive serpent feeds on the stars.
It has no eyes to see, but it dreams of countless endings and countless beginnings.
<Strange glyphs and writings in an unknown language cover the rest of the scroll>“
That sounds very much like the chaos of the Old Gods, doesn’t it?
The next addon for World of Warcraft could go to Kul Tiras – and this is what it would look like!
