Xal’atath

There have been various magical MacGuffins that we've pursued across Azeroth in the past two decades of World of Warcraft's story -- The Pillars of Creation, The Helm of Domination, The Scepter of the Shifting Sands -- and our current adventures in The War Within task us with traipsing across Khaz Algar in pursuit of Xal'atath and the powerful Dark Heart.

Naz'jatar.

I'm making some assumptions here, but I think it's a pretty safe assumption that Khadgar's day is not going to improve from this point on.

Prior to the imminent release of The War Within, the World of Warcraft team released a short cinematic to catch you up on the lore of the last few expansions which led us up to here.

As we round the corner on The War Within, Blizzard has been releasing more glimpses of what we can expect from the expansion, this time in an exposition-filled video.

We know a few things about Xal'atath at this point: she's a major antagonist for World of Warcraft's upcoming The War Within expansion, and she's been involved with the story of Azeroth for millennia, having shaped events and influenced things from behind the curtain.

Well, this is ominous, but really what can we expect from a void entity that was previously a sentient dagger?

How much longer must we wait until we can roll a Forsaken Paladin, or a Worgen Demon Hunter? Sadly, I don’t have the answer. But I might have other answers. This is The Queue, and you get a complimentary pair of sunglasses and a roasted chicken for reading.*

*disclaimer: you do not actually get a complimentary pair of sunglasses or a roasted chicken for reading The Queue.

The first two trailers for World of Warcraft: The War Within kick off with quite a bang, introducing us to several of the expansion's power players -- including ones who are technically still absent, who we haven't seen in a while, or who've just gotten a serious glow-up.

World of Warcraft executive producer Holly Longdale has confirmed that Amirdrassil will be the final raid of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.