The Story of The Emerald Nightmare [Lore]
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- Xavius, N'zoth and the Emerald Nightmare have corrupted the world tree Shaladrassil within Val'sharah. Several of our allies, Ursoc, Cenarius, Ysera and a whole bunch more have been corrupted, the nightmare is spreading and we need to put a stop to it. I hope you'll enjoy!
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As a druid main, seeing the Emerald Dream as the first raid in this expansion made me very excited!
I love Darkheart Thicket. Listening to Malfurion constantly trolling Xavius as you go through the dungeon is just priceless. xD
Well he has put him down 3 times so far, he has more than earned the right to troll him.
Nonetheless he gets overwhelmed .... again. I just think it's stupid that Malfurion wasn't already dealth with by Xavius, I mean we first killed Ysera, then 3 other bosses before we finally arrive at the place where Malf is held captive
+Julian Smit Xavius is the classical vilain filled with ego and pride, he wants Malfurion to suffer, he kidnapped Tyrande and most people don't know it but it was he who pushed Illidan towards a darker path in WotA and Malfurion never forgot it. We would only kill or corrupt Malfurion in the end after he madehim suffer.
Hey Nobbel.
I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you made about WoW Lore.
You have made my gaming experience better beyond words - I simply cant thank you enough. I´ve always wanted to know more about the lore of the game but have had a hard time finding something that could keep my attention focused for long enough to really remember it.
You are fantastic. Thank you for all the hard work, your knowledge blows me away. Your voice is nice to listen to too!
Nobbel87
You are my #1 favourite youtuber
P.s what do you think would have happened if Illidan BEAT us at the black temple???
If there's one place to go if you wanted to know the insane lore of this game, This is probably the very right place. Thank you Nobbel you truly are amazing!
I like how Xavius returns to his elf form, adds a nice touch.
Nobbel's voice sounds so mysterious and enchanting like a real medieval storyteller! Makes these videos so much more enjoyable with that amazing accent!
I personally find the Rift of Aln a rather terrifying place. I had goose bumps when I arrived. I was scared to move anywhere from the middle in fear of pulling anything. And stuff lurking out from the shadows and approaching into the light to me that is just creepy. I am sure if you put your mind to it you could probably pretend those beings of the Nightmare are what you're afraid of.
Exactly. I liked that they went with the more subtle approach in making the Rift. Instead of it being a place with lots of skulls, fire and with a typical haunted spooky look like Icecrown citadel for instance, it is a formless empty void of darkness with creatures lurking behind you in the shadows. It lets the mind do the work and creates psychological horror while showing as little as possible. It's much more fitting for a place thats supposed to be a living nightmare.
It IS our greatest fear, a complete lack of content.
Yeah, I think you have a point there, actually. I don't mind the fog room as much.
I didn't like the place as a boss platform... but I reeeally liked the big creatures that show up during the encounter and bash like 1/3 of the platform.
*****
What happens when you get 1/3d corrupted, during the fight?
i was kind of hoping that after you beat Xavius, you there would be a next phase where you fight furion and cenarious as if they both fell to the nightmare only to realise you have been currupted. Eventually you break the nightmare under your own power and finally end Xavius
Now that's a good one...
BLIZZARD! Hire this man!
Oakheart has the best wood puns
That makes the TREE of us.
MultiFayzerLP that pun was.. very OAK-KAY
MultiFayzerLP I'm really lOAKing for some puns right now.
Maybe he was born with it? Maybe it was Mapleling ?
As much hi tried to corrupt nature, as much he were naturally stroke down. I am still learning the ways of english nature and the art of creating puns.
I was going to sleep but I guess I will sleep in 30min :D
EnPitSu same here!
Make sure you don't get corrupted when you go sleep though, Xavius is kinda sneaky.
ur right
Such a great service you provide with these lore summaries.
Best thing about the Nightmare are the references. The dragons, the druid of old that we lost, side stories... all of it so at the end, with Xavius dead, they are all whole once more in the peace of the emerald dream. Best way to finish off a raid, making it feel like we're actually doing something that effects the world. Unlike a lot of older random ones.
i actually liked how they approached the rift of aln. It deffinitly gave me a chilling vibe and made me not want to go beyond the fog
“Five keys to open our way. Five torches to light our path.” As far as I know, there are 5 world trees: Nordrassil, Shaladrassil, Vordrassil, Teldrassil and G’hanir. A burning giant tree can be interpreted as a “torch”.
Maybe the burning of Teldrassil is indeed one more step towards the coming of the old god(s).
that is veeery interesting. and it would support the theories that Sylvanas is under the influence of Yagg Saron
Oh dear lord Sylvannas why.
A monstrosity that definetly skipped the leg day :D well played Nobbel
"It's spooky coming from your Gnome"
HAH, even Nobbel know the Gnome meme.
The Old Gods < The Void Lords < The Void < Gnomes < Chromie
Malfurion in Val'shara: "Tyrande! Adventurer! Noooo, help me, I'm so weak and emotionally vulnerable Q_Q" * sniffle-sniffle *
Malfurion in DHT: "Haha Xavius, you are a weak coward in this state, look at me being so snarky and making clever demoralizing comments"
Malfurion in Nixxiom videos: "and then... FUCKING MALFURION!"
Don't forget that he is evilXD
I think the yells in VS quest was just a illusion made by Xavius.
i think it was
at first, inside the Xavius boss area, i thought my graphic card was broken/something went wrong with loading the textures xD
Tyrande is Malfurions lover right? So it's very acceptable that she sends 5 heroes into a tree to get her beloved out lol, why not help yourself. Malfurion and Cenarius have a way more cute relationship: "I will not lose you Shan'Do" "Is that you Tero'Shan?"
Xazius: Does who challenge me only speed themselves to an agonizing death!
Malfurian: So says the shadow of Xavius.
My Group: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH *air horns*
and Malfurian managed to get beat and captured by the shadow of Xavius so I don't think he has much room for smack talk either :p
Forgot to put Nixxiom in there m8 xD
+CongregationofFoxes Or did he planned it? Check Nixxiom's video for Darth Malfurion's true intentions, he is evil , eeeeeeevil I tell you...xD.
remember how Cenarius was killed by Grom Hellscream in WC3, and later rezzed in the events of WoW Cataclysm? i hope the same can be done to Ysera
Congratulations.
Nobbel, just thx. ur videos are so freaking good
Nobbel having been a paladin since BC I want to say thank you for repping the Ret. Your lore videos are detailed and informational and i thank you for all that i havelearned about a game i loved. I admit i dont read the books but i have learned alot from the quest chains and even more from you keep up the awesome work. Andros Blood Elf Paladin-Moonguard
Appreciate this, my guild talks over all the rp even in the first few weeks! Good to have a clean story like this to sort it all out for me.
Soda's previous guild raiding Elerethe was the most fun I have had in a while.
I wish they'd adress what role Val'sharah and its druids have had in the previous historical events. Did they aid the druids of Ashenvale during the Legion/Scourge invasion of Mount Hyjal? Did they help out Maiev or Malfurion when they chased Illidan across the Broken Isles in The Frozen Throne? And so forth. It just seems a bit jarring to have such a large part of Nigh Elf society pop out of nowhere on a different continent.
Absolutely amazing work, without you i would not be able to see all of this, thx m8!!!
"One that definitely skipped leg day"
Didn't know Xavius had a workout schedule. Thought it was just him sitting on the couch playing WoW
I laugh every time Malfurion says "Hold your weapons! He begins to see the truth!" Pretty much every time he says that we pop Bloodlust and beat the living shit out of Cenarius :D
Nobbel great video as always! Thanks
Malfurion doesn't really acting like.... you know... a hostage needing help.
Maybe he is the mastermind behind all of this!!!!
great video as always nobbel keep up the good work
Wanted to do this one as a seperate comment. The end, fighting in the rift of Aln, was so cool! All shadowy and warped, seeing things just out of sight with that unnerving feel that something is watching you the entire time. And as you fight Xavius things only get worse as if that something is lashing out at you. And even when you win, you know that Xavius was just a puppet in it all...
Been fan since the start. Keep it up I hope u are doing well nobbel :)
I honestly love your humour nobbel, keep up the good work brother!
I completely forgot you did this video, so I googled "Emerald Nightmare lore" and re-found this. Of course you did it, Nobbel!
The atmosphere, the music, the bosses they were all amazing, the creepy fog, the flashbacks of WotA ,the haunting music..simply amazing. But there is something that bugs me, the plot was the exact copy paste of the Stormrage novel, literally. They didn't even bother to change the basics.
F*** MALFURION!!!
+Valkios Hehehe I was kinda dissapointed, in the novel he was epic, he reminded me of the good ol Warcraft days in Legion he just sits there as always doing nothing...so sad.
+dianna k Greetings mylady and don't worry I made my peace, I am gonna wait for now, I have read the Illidan novel and I'm actually fine about it. Although Xe'ra speaks of the prophecy she only considers Illidan to be the Chosen One, so there is still hope for our broody little edgelord Dianna....
+dianna k Hahaha fine i will keep my grumpy salt but for you only.
Illidan stinks and smells like Garrosh.
(Runs away with a sinister smile) Mouahahahha
Hahahaha xD
"Be my slave now!!!" -Nobbel 2016
"Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here". Blizzard missed a huge opportunity to use that line. LFR raiding at its finest.
There are portals missing from the two pictures you used for the dragons of nightmare. Ysondre and the other dragons are in the Emerald Dream, dreaming? So where do they go when they dream in the dream? Inception?
Thanks for making this great video. I can't wait for your other raid Story in the future :)
Ah, noting better than waking up to see another lore video.
Thanks for this video, i never bothered doing the raid, since i've never raided before, and i'd just screw it up. please cover all the raids this way eventually, It'll be highly appreciated :D
What the hell is with the alliance leaders and their sudden revenge stories? Malfurion going after Xavius, Jaina going after Thrall and Genn going after Sylvanas has been doing nothing to help the alliance and is destined to just cause more problems for everyone.
other than garrosh (who was over compensating because he was declared "not even an orc" for having red pox) and Gul'dan (with his ilk) the horde are just like, "we want to live."
Genn has a good reason, death of his son.
Malfurion HATES xavius, Xavius takes EVERYTHING from him. Took Tyrande during the war of the ancients, took his brother from him, aids in the creation of the nightmare which is like someone coming into your house and redecorating with EVERYTHING you hate. But multiply that by 10 at least.
with malfurion its not so much revenge, but "i have to stop xavius because he is evil"
Jaina...omg don't get me started with her. she blames the whole horde for the destruction of Theramore. I just read the Cycle of Hatred...she brought lots of racists and demanded that they work with the horde...then when the burning blade wanted to corrupt it, ALL they had to do was say, "hey...the orcs suck amirite?" bam...war....
I wouldnt call Malfurion and Graymane's deals sudden Xaivus has been Malfurion's arch nemesis for a real long time and Graymane's deal with Sylvanas dates back to cata.
I'm referring to when Cenarius was corrupted and Malfurion went hunting after Xavius on his own.
Also, Genn didn't really seem to bothered with working with Sylvanas before Varian Died. I suppose that was the last straw for him, and it wasn't even her fault.
I agree, its pretty terrible. But i think the Malfurion situation is like, PTSD and he's fed up >.
I don't blame him, honestly. Xavius was pretty much to Sargeras what Goebbels was to Hitler.
My 2 Cent's on Il'gynoth quotes:
- I think Odyn is the Lord of Ravens (it makes sense that he would use Titan artifacts since he is a Titan leader);
- I think the female dying a third time is Helya (not Sylvanas); Helya died once when Odyn betrayed her and was turned into a Val'kyr; She died a second time when she was freed from Odyn's control and decided to leave the world of the living and create/occupy Helheim (note that we didn't kill her in the Maw of Souls dungeon); she will probably die a third time in an atempt to hinder Odyn from using the pillars (we might be the ones killing her with Odyn's help); after all she is a titan keeper...and she's the only one that might keep an eye on N'zoth's prison (they both are connected to the sea), noticing it weakens and that N'zoth might free himself if we use the pillars against the Legion...
We will kill Helya week after week in 4 different difficulties, starting today/tomorrow.
Thank you for braving the LFR for our storytelling needs.
thanks for the lore videos. I stopped playing a long time ago, but I still want to know how the story line plays you. Thanks again.
Perfect- right on birthday time :) Thank ya nobbel.
I find it funny that most, if not all of malfurion's dialogue in darkheart thicket is basically him saying "beating xavius here isn't the end of him".
The world tree that the heart of corruption rooted is where all the satyrs are put to into a eternal slumber. Xavius bound to nightmare instead of the nether returns. Like a demon, the only way they die is killing him in the nightmare. Or perhaps his spirit returns to sargeras to be tormented for betrayal. N'zoth the weakest of the Old Gods will soon return. In the Story, he was brought low fast by the Keepers.
Boy, Malfurion is a chump. He gets captured by Xavius twice, does nothing to prevent the Legion invading, sleeps for thousands of years in which his role is to be a glorified gardener and can't even prevent the Emerald Dream from being invaded and corrupted which is HIS JOB. Meanwhile Illidan takes over Outland, builds forces to invade Legion worlds, blows up Nathreza (unconfirmed), gives the means to invade Legion worlds to the Horde and Alliance etc. and he does it in the 15-20 years since the Third War of which he spends around 10 dead. Yeah I wonder who's the better brother.
B-but muh alliance!
Guess I'm not going to bed right now
As of Xavius' return, I believe he simply can't die as long as the Nightmare exists. It is quite the same thing than with the green dragonflight, the druids and the wild gods in the Emerald Dream. N'Zoth "connected" his spirit to the Emerald Nightmare, and since his body was destroyed in Stormrage, he's free to re-appear in the form of a Satyr.
Since the Rift of Aln shows uncorrupted versions of everyone who fell, we can imagine the corpse we see is the "uncorrupted" version of Xavius, being cut off from the Nightmare and hence, truly dead thus time.
Never noticed Ysera flying overhead, lol now THAT'S pretty neat.
Top man many thanks with the Lore 👍🍻
Thank you so much. Its been so long, I forgot why the world boss dragons aren't there anymore haha. Was so long ago.
I know the Rift of Aln looks a little bland, but the shadow/mist effects were well done. I think it's just supposed to represent insanity and isolation, which is what the nightmare is all about.
Great content, keep it coming plz, thx.
I'm one of those few who get the xavius room design. we see much of the nightmares horror throughout the raid, and now we're here, at the source of the problem. the nightmare is just that, a nightmare. the problem isn't a bad dream, it's xavius. no more spoopy, no more terror, just us and xavius. idk, I feel like it fit lol.
Funny, seeing ursoc here, now that we know he actually went to Ardenweld and didn't do that well in there
Yup, now he’s perma-dead
Poor Ursol is gonna be so upset when he finds out what happens to his brother.
Xavius has the most underrated room in the game hands down
Can I just say Nobbel, I think it is awesome that you decided the Ashbringer to be your weapon in the main story. It is my favorite weapon in Wow and it is great that you have been using it in the story hopefully you will keep using it?
Love that Malfurion makes a reference to his brother. lol
One point I don't get about the Emerald Nightmare..
The Blade Xal'atath says the Nigthmare is the work of Yogg-Saron, yet it is corrupted inside by N'zoth..
Old Gods never worked together, so after we defeated Yogg-Saron in Ulduar did N'zoth take over the Nightmare?
Also at the Xavius Boss battle some minions strongly resemble Sha creatures.
Could it be that all God's had an influence in the Nightmare?
I would really like to see a new expansion working around all the old gods, something really exciting about their corruption
Nobbel you are unequaled in the WOW lore.Many thanks for you videos and hardwork,but i have to ask.Do you work somewhere? or study ? how do you have time for this?
your videos are great nobel i never player world of warcraft but enjoyed all storyline through videos
The guy in the druid order hall is voiced by the Outsider from Dishonoured and the Spriest weapon is voiced by the heart from Dishonoured.
WOA WOA WOA! Had to pause the video just seconds in, I haven't completed my Druid Order Hall Campain yet sorry nobbel!
Think about it like this in one of the novels they explained that the nightmare came through as a fog, so the fog is at its strongest when the nightmare lord is present.
Thal'kiel, the Demonology artifact, also comments on the Shade of Xavius in Darkheart Thicket: He's impressed by the magic Xavius uses to disguise himself in his former satyr form because it's apparently very powerful and we warlocks should look into this art as well.
Also: That White Room. When I first entered it I was sure my computer was busted.
Lol, that one guy. "Nå klikkere" :D
Plz, Plz! Xal'atath whispers speculation video plz!!!! (this one was a Great vid, btw)!
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO I'M HAPPY I STILL HVE MY 420 BLAZEIT!!!!!!!!!
Malfurion killing anyone who was stronger then him.
what a sith lord
I doubt it, in the Emerald wet Dream he and Ysera would be best palls, did you see her reaction when he was captured... wink wink xD.
Hey Nobbel, good video as always. I just want to ask about your opinion to the sith lord malfurion conspiracy.
Hey Nobble love your stuff, could you make a video of the different world trees where they are/where and when/how they were created cause trying to put it together is kinda confusing.
Also I'd like a clarification on the different elves. I had an understanding the the elves were once all in Suramar. Some left to pursue magic and founded Quel Thalas and later became the blood elves. I get confused how when the night elves split from the elves of Suramar and how they ended up in Darnassus.
So remember that vision Velen had? About the army of light against the great dark? He all of the dragon flights becoming the sky itself. Gona be pretty hard to do that if we keep killing them off.
Ysera was my favorite Dragon Aspect! I will miss her
I don't get the hate for the Rift of Aln room. It is supposed to be a representation of purgatory, and it does that very well. I understand it isn't very flashy or outwardly scary, but in my view that complete lack of anything, the nothingness, makes it scarier. That if we die during that fight, our souls are damned to live out this existence in this, void basically.
Really hope they leave Queen Azshara and N'Zoth for the next expansion.
Also hopefully they will add Ogres and Nagas as playable races.
Do hope they make N'Zoth's insides like that eye-ball boss, but make him like his appearance like HearthStone.
Why not murloc? mrglglglglglg
Mrrrrgggggllll Mrrrrkkkkk!!!!
Naga are more interesting to me.
And I wanted Ogres since the good old days.
rcshaggy 7 Ogres? Who the fk would want to play an ogre? Or a slithert naga? Fuck no!
EhtaZUGGE I would...
Been wanting a Ogre Mage for a while now.
I agree completely. I also hope that C'thun and Yogg Saron get fully released too since they aren't dead, just re-sealed.
I'm so glad they saved Cenarius and all the druids!
Honestly big red enemies shifting threw dark fog while its quiet and eerie af its pretty scary
Nobbel if u go back there on the edge of the cleansed rift of aln you can find the dragons of the nightmare by looking past a few branches
Gotta admit that xavius have a really good voice
Looks like Ursoc's death happened in a very bad timing
wow, I actually thought that fog room was a bug this whole time
And now Ysera’s back.
Ahhh 😢so sad she’s dea….and she’s back!
An idea I had about Ny'alotha is that it's N'zoth's temple city or perhaps it's Nazjatar, capital city of the Naga. Maybe both, maybe Nazjatar was built over Ny'alotha in preparation for the one who saved the Naga.
I love how savage Malfurion Stormrage is.
i don't know why blizzard doesn't want to show how strong malfurian is
I did not see the Boar Wild God's, Agamaggan, spirit at the end of the Emerald Nightmare, so does that mean that Agamaggan is alive like Ursoc's brother Ursol, wo is also not at the end of the Emerald Nighmare? If so, where do you think he resides in the World of Warcraft? Ursol is hanging out in Northrend in the broken stump of Fordrassil (sp?), you see him if you go for the Claws of Ursoc.
The Shasowpriest dagger has a lot of lines about the bosses in the Emerald Nightmare
nobel there is also what malfurion says after u beat illygnoth
he says xavius and his ancient master delighted so much that our attention was to the legion so they took the chance ,
then he says : i hope purging the nightmare will give us enough time to deal with the legion and catch our breath before the the black armies of the depths rise again
so this prob confirms Nzoth is coming very soon
I love your videos.
I had no idea it was my artifact whispering to me... I thought I was going bat shit crazy... Thanks..
at first time I faced Xavius, the Rift was a bit unnerving. The bare nothing was unsettling and a bit creepy.... BUT I agree they should had done more with that final confrontation
i wish they made this into it's own expansion, maybe even lead it into a n'zoth expansion somehow
It's nice you explained Mulgore, but why are there Drakkari structures in the emerald dream Grizzly hills?
Hey Nobbel great video as always! Can I also ask a question about lore and characters here, or do I have to wait for a Q&A video and post it there? Ok if it's against the rules, I will delete this comment.
So: Who actually IS Naisha? Who was she to Maiev Shadowsong? Was she similar to who is Shandris to Tyrande, or was she just a high officer of the Watchers?
And second: If the Old Gods were awaken, would they fight against Burning Legion?
Nice video👌
that part about the xavius room had me laughing for a good 5 mins XD