"What do you have to say for yourself, boy?" "Glad you could make it, Bluether" "Alright, into the maw you go."

Graphic and cinematic team fkn carrying this company jesus Christ

I would watch an entire series about wow in this animated format. They should just tell the entire Warcraft story in that format. They are just that good.

So much potential... for this expansion

In the words of my guild mate before he got ganked... "They are probably going to announce shadowlands release date at gamescom tomorrow and when they do they are probably going to release it in October because gaming logic dictates that shadowlands is a spooky expansion therefore it needs to release in a spooky month."

"Kyrian are boring"- Asmongold. Fastest retract ever

damn that was fast, i just saw him react to this.

God bless Michael McConnohie for the voice of Uther. That shriek of pain as his soul was torn apart and the dramatic emphasis he puts into the lines adds so much weight to everything that is said.

"I dearly hope there's a special place in hell waiting for you, Arthas." *Drops him into a special place in hell* I love it

From the look of things Uther's soul got split. One, where the soul got trapped in the Runeblade and witness everything and understood the sacrifice Arthas did and forgave him at the end. Two, the other soul had no clue what happened in the mortal world and only saw Arthas as a monster.

What if it was Uther that Broke the entire Machine and is how the jailer broke free? what if Arthas wasn't destined to go to the maw but Uther dropped him in anyway, breaking the ways of Bastion

It would’ve have been so epic meeting up with Arthas in the Maw, breaking him out and helping him get redemption by destroying the Jailer. So much wasted potential.

if only shadowlands was as good as this cinematic

Who knew 10 months later we'd still be waiting for the first patch and everyone would be talking about FFXIV.

"its you're fault Uther, don't you drop him" that line brought tears to my eyes

This was so goooood Dude , so hyped . The Animated video at the beginning was EPIC

man... how excited we were..

Uther's scream, might honestly be the best scream I've ever heard in my entire life, not even joking.

God I wish the game was this good.

"Did Invincible drop?" lol

This trailer alone has me thinking of rolling Bastion as my covenant lol

Blizzard should make those wings a mount. Instead of getting on a mount, when you cast your mount your wings come out and extend and you fly away into the sunset. Lol

I bet pennies that Arthas will be included in the expansion, possibly redemption arc that includes Sylavannas. Just calling it.

6 months later I’m still crying

The moment they transitioned to Arthas' death I just lost my shit. That was EPIC!

I am SO hyped for the Garrosh episode

Fuck when he said 'he was my student, he betrayed us all" i felt that dude Someone is cutting onions

Devos: "You must accept your new purpose and purge yourself of this desire for vengeance." Uther: "What I desire is ... *Justice* ." And then he got cc'd and kited and his justice ended. end of story.

I love coming back to this video to remember how hyped I felt back then. 😊 A time back when I thought we were going to get an continuation of my favorite Warcraft 3 childhood character. A new expansion full of well written zones, that would make me care about each little story that was happening there and the characters within them, with epic moments that would give me chills down my spine. Instead we got zones full of dull stories with boring quests, content drought, a completely out of touch lore with a "StarCraft looking" aesthetic, and end-game content where the solo experience consists of 80% automated systems... 😅 If there is one thing I have learned, it's that Blizzard are the best in the world at creating hype for an expansion release... 😐 And on April 19th when the next expansion is announced, I'm sure as hell going to tell myself that "no matter how amazing the cinematic will be, the expansion itself will NOT be this cool!".

The ArChon sounds like a typical middle-manager.

As usual, the Blizz art department carrying the team on their back.

Well, I'm sold. Bring it on Shadowlands.

Literally dropped a tear when invincible music started playing at Arthas' death scene

"Is it gonna be ready?" He asks as a joke. If only he knew.

Theory: everyone must be judged by the Arbiter and purified of their anima, before they can find peace in the Shadowlands. The Kyrian do this by ascending souls who purify themselves of their former lives, the Ardenweald does this by keeping the cycle of death and rebirth ticking over, Maldraxxus forges souls into the warriors to keep the peace between the realms...and the Venthyr purify the souls of the wicked but not irredeemable through pain and suffering, a la Purgatory. Had Arthas been judged by the Arbiter, as all souls were, he would have most likely been sent to Revendreth, as Kael'thas and seemingly Garrosh have been. Why? Because he was an evil soul in life, with colossal amounts of anima that needed purging. But because Uther and Devos took it upon themselves to throw Arthas into the Maw, with no judgement at all, they just dropped a colossal power-spike right into the Jailers hands. This then set his plans in motion to be freed, using the ally he made soon after her own attempted suicide...Sylvanas, who saw the fate being suffered by Arthas (the Maw, ie Warcraft Hell) and that she too would suffer. Unless she became a collaborator and benefactor of death, rather than just another soul fit for eternal torment. This set in motion her own plans to prolong her own life, bind to the Val'kyr, and flood the Maw with souls. At some point in Legion-most likely as a result of her bargain with Helya- the cycle of death broke down completely, completing phase one of her and the Jailers plans to consume all the anima in the cosmic universe. All this happened because Uther, blinded by his need for revenge under the guise of justice, gave Arthas-the very kind of key the Jailer needed to pick his own locks- to the Maw.

That arthas music man, always give me fucking chills

What impressed me is that they created this scenario from LK. His last sentence "I see only darkness before me" now has a real sense. GG Blizzard, who could expect this coming ?

WoW being carried by the art team once again. That first video was so good. watched this part 3:45 so many times. gave me chills

But Uther and Devos robbed his path. That’s why the Maw/Shadowlands is f’ed up!

So, when Uther was stabed, his soul got separated into 2 parts. The first one is the good forgiven part of Uther. Its when we see him forgive Arthus for what he done. The evil part is, what it descended to the shadowland. A soul that is driven by hatred and vengeance toward Arthus. It is what we see in this animation. This make sense if you apply the same logic to the Sylvanas. She was a good Elf that stood against the Lich King. She got stabbed and her soul got separated. The evil part is in shadowlands. The good part ? I dunno where it is tbh.

5:42 Here comes the biggest split in wow history.

Pretty sure that Uther soul is still broken and that we will beat him to fusion his two separated soul into one, giving us our old Uther. The one would have never throw Arthas in the maw.

Ive already seen it 5 times... why do i get chills every time? oh man i love this part of the wow lore

That animated short gave feels I didnt feel for a VERY long time from WoW. Maybe because Arthas was my first progress. Damn im hyped now. And..I think we are going to see him again at some point. Good job Bliz², we have to say when it's good, and damn it was!

Whoever capped "ISILDURRRRRRRRR" When he held Arthas over the Maw, I love you

Arthas going to the Maw is what broke the ShadowLands

Damn that was a quick upload

Cinematic like these in-the game would be sooooo goooood man

This was amazing!

4:17 THEY'VE TRAINED THIS ENTIRE TIME AND SHES ONLY NOW SEEING THE WOUND

I just noticed when Uther's soul is leaving you can see it split in two. Part of it into the sword and part to the afterlife.

I have to say the music taking the motifs from wotlk and wc3 and incorporating them is amazing

Statistics show that the chance we will see Arthas in the maw at some point is above 0%

Its actually very curious to see Arthas' soul bypass the arbiter due to Devos and Uther claiming it directly after he dies and yeeting it into the maw. Wonder what blizzard will do with that. Additionally, Uther's being wounded by Frostmourne begs the question if Sylvannas maybe has some sort of a similar experience?

Insane cinematic one of the best they’ve had 🙌🏼

I knew as soon as I saw it that this would be up on KZfaq in mere minutes

I would sell my house just to watch the whole history of wow in this form of animation 😂

Imagine watching this and thinking "slideshow" or "its just pictures".

Well, it will be fantastic if we will get to see if the two soul parts of uther will encounter together, because you can see how one goes to bastion and one to frostmourne, the one that we see at ICC is the good side of uther, and it seems that the one we see in this short, is the vengeful one, already hyped

I want to see a cinematic of Arthas meeting the Jailer at some point in the next expansion's lifetime.

Uther and the other blue chick: *bypasses the arbiter and throws arthas straight into the maw* The arbiter: YOU WHAT!?

Blizzard: We'll Release it when it's done Activision: If it's not out with plenty of time before Black Friday, you're Xmas bonuses are done. Blizzard: Sorry Master, "we moved to quickly in our decision making". We are here to serve. /kneel

Blizzard remembering that lawful good is fucking terrifying.

OH GOD IT WAS ALL LINKED, when Arthas said "I see only darkness before me" he was talking about the maw!

Wait...ARE WE GONNA SAVE ARTHAS :DDD

" Is it going to be ready?" That is honestly the question we are all wondering.... Not going to lie after BFA I'm worried. Even after all the coverage, feedback and change made to the beta I'm still cautious about how good this expansion is going to be. I hope that wrong in my pessimistic views of what I have seen thus far and that Shadowlands turnout to be good but...idk

The splitting of the Soul at the moment it got sucked into Frostmourne was very interesting.

"Did invincible drop?" lmfao

Arthas was always a good person and a strong Paladin who served the Light until he got corrupted by the idea of vengeance down the line. The path he took to try and stop Mal'Ganis who he thought was responsible for the Scourge and the death of his people, is what led him to pick up the cursed blade Frostmourne which slowly consumed him. The action itself was noble since all he did was to try and save his kingdom. He even states that he would do anything, even picking up a cursed blade, if that meant the salvation of Lordaeron. We can all assume that the curse and the constant whispers of Ner'zhul made him lose track of his original goals and himself. Even after he fell down the path of righteousness and became the Lich King, the remnants of his soul/being still held back the Scourge quite a lot from destroying Azeroth. If his intentions were total annihilation, I think he would have let the undead roam free. Not saying he was good as the LK, which he was not. I'm just saying you can't judge someone's soul like it was 1+1=2 since there are a lot of factors to consider. To be honest, I think this was serious considering he was never judged and might have not even been assigned to the Maw but another place for his redemption which I feel like he deserves.

Uther: You dont understand, i still have to... Devos: *Damn it, Uther! As your future mentor, i order you to purge yourself!* Uther: Ahh shit, here we go again

did invincible drop?- hhahaha brings past memories

At 4:04 Uther's soul is split. One part goes to the sword one to Bastion. I wonder if we will see another get those souls back together again questline like Varion. The one we deal with in Bastion looks like the resentful half. The one in Halls of Reflection still embraces the light.

disappointed in chat.... nobody said "OH SHIT!! Pally popped wings"

okay, but where is Lothar?

He took that nostalgia bait hook, line, and sinker.

That was a nice treat, I REALLY enjoyed that

What if Arthas became the Jailer in all these years ?

so hang on..... wouldn't Uther had gained his soul back after frostmourne had shattered? maybe that's why he was hesitant when it came to dropping him in the maw. either way this is hype beyond belief! makes you wonder if arthas will be included more in the expansion itself!

good to see that even in the brightest places, shadows reign

I think Asmon's silence throughout the trailer was testament to the fact that this was an amazing trailer! He was hooked

Holy shit, that was amazing :O

Let's be honest, We are going to repair Uther's soul, and we are going go rescue Arthas.

Can we all agree on the fact that Asmondgold looks adorable af when he dances at the end of his videos???

Even after Death Arthas keeps getting fucked years later man, I remember being so glad we finally freed him, seeing this makes me so fucking sad.

**Searches channel for "Asmongold Reacts to"** Returned 5,420,069 results =/

"you led a truly selfless life" Uther: Indeed I have! I left arthas to rot in stratholme because HE DID NOT AGREE with my arguement "to ravendreth with you, redther..."

I can already see a future altercation between Arthas and Sylvanas in the Maw.

when uther screamed I got shivvers loved they also made sure they put in his ptsd (I think it is ) from the blade and betrayal of arthas hes most gifted student

"Father! Is it over?" "Not yet my son, Blizzard stills needs money." -rahn45

Two things: 1. The Archon is in on it with the Jailer. 2. Bastion seems way more badass now.

Imagine if Arthas ends up being the one who does in the banshee.

I rewatch this from time to time, just to see Asmon's reaction in real time. What a fucking tremendous piece of storytelling.

Oh boy!!!! OH BOY !!! The moment he dropped him into the Maw, the chess was set and the pieces were moving!!! Everything after that was easy for the Jailer, sylvanas suicide, her returning from the maw, becoming leader of the horde, opening the way to the maw, all of this was easy for him to accomplish, the only thing that was not possible for him to do was what uther did. Damn he literally opened the gates of hell here!!!!!!!!!!!! Many believe that Arthas was the one of the most evil characters in wow, but it was uther all along , arthas was just a victim, manipulated by a being he didnt know it existed. Also the whole thing with the whispers of frostmourne make sence now, i dont think that it was always ner'zhul whispering to him during w3.

I've thought it for years, it was Uther's unwillingness to do what needed to be done that lead arthas down his path, I mean Uther would have just slapped him on the hand and said leave frostmourne tf alone, I was fully expecting the real arthas to come to just before he was dropped, for Uther to somehow see in an instant that there was very little of arthas remaining beneath the helmet of dominance. This is injustice. I'm 1000% just expecting a repeat of the go save jaina storyline from BFA just with arthas in the maw and us realising ilidan style that he's just a badass and we need him. Shadow lands really isn't exciting me at all.

Let’s hope the expansion is for once as good as the animated videos and cinematics.

I love that UTHER broke the machinery of death. Nathrazim might have been working on this for a LONG time.

Wow players when theres content: 🤮😭 Wow players when the content has arthas: 👌😩

After playing this gam straight for 15+ years, im very very very moved by this. This scene happened 5 expansions ago. This Shadowlands stuff is crazy. Fantastic lore turn. if you dont know the history, you will probably dont get it. and thats ok.

We were all so hyped off of these videos

5:55 invincible right there in the background POG