The Jailer

We're getting a new raid in patch 9.1, and we saw enough at BlizzConline that we're just bubbling over with questions.

The cinematic for World of Warcraft's patch 9.1 Chains of Domination debuted yesterday during BlizzConline.

For me, it's the whole deal about animals in the various zones.

By now we've all watched the new Afterlives: Revendreth animated short and we've all seen a certain Warchief return (if in slightly diminished circumstances) and we've also all gotten to listen to Sire Denathrius' best PR spin on the Anima drought in the form of an open letter to the Venthyr of Revendreth.

The short and unhelpful answer to the question Who is the Jailer is that guy up there at the head of the post -- Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed on his live interview with Zoltan.tv that the folks at Wowhead had successfully datamined the fella's model, and that up above is it.

We've been getting more dribs and drabs of potential lore from datamining and players in the Shadowlands beta, and I wanted to focus on one line we've gotten from The Other Side dungeon, and how it feeds into what we've already seen from the Maw starter experience.

In the  Afterlives: Bastion short, Frostmourne appears to be able to rend souls in half.

I've spent a lot of time in Torghast since it came to the Shadowlands alpha.

So, who are you bringing back from The Maw, and if it isn't Amber Kearnen, why do you like being so wrong?

First up, in this Know Your Lore I'll say that I generally think that Shadowlands looks amazing.