Oh no, everyone in World of Warcraft is falling for that hot evil lady who will surely try to kill us

Oh no, the latest World of Warcraft has made us collaborate with an evil cosmic blank space who has tried to kill us many times and will really Punch us behind later…but are we a little good about it? Partly because we have no choice, and because she is hot and sarcastic?

I'm talking about Xal'atath. You know, this lady. Looking up, I'll talk about spoilers in World of Warcraft: War, an event in K'aresh Ghost 11.2 that fell last Tuesday. If you haven't started playing the patch yet and don't want to know what's going on, maybe don't keep reading.

Even if you are a Witch World of Warcraft players, you may know this lady if you have been immersed in World of Warcraft: Legion recently. Xal'atath first appears in this expansion in the form of a dagger-like weapon wielding by the shadow priest, which occasionally whispers to them the creepy evil things, these evil things and the old gods and all Malachi. then, Some People increasingly liked her disturbing whispers, even affectionately calling her “knaifu”. The dagger comes with an extended weapon weapon to eliminate the corruption of Sargeras in the giant sword that Sargeras slaughtered on Earth at the end of the expansion. Ordinary stuff.

While we naively think we will never hear from Xal'atath again, it used to be a weapon in the huge stack in it, and it's related to the plot. Xal'Atath passed her power from one place in the temporary expansion and stood out from the dagger in the form of an ineffective high elf, all of which corrupted better. She wandered around Azeroth for a while, manipulating giant bugs and some dragons underground, and then eventually made herself known as the “Harbinger of Dimensius”, which was basically a pioneer of a super powerful false Lord who tended to undermine reality. Again, normal stuff.

At the beginning of our current expansion, Xal'atath seems to be the main villain. She opened up the expansion by causing the destruction of Dalaran, who was responsible for the events that led to our battles with the Nerubians and Goblin Gallywix. She spent a lot of time popping up here, mocking our ally Alleria Windrunner, and nearly killing Khadgar, who has been obsessed with the void artifacts she has always carried with her, which she carries with her called the “Heart of Darkness” and which she has been corruption and empowerment and mastery. All of this is saying that she seems evil to me! She serves the blank, obviously very interested in destroying us, our partners, and probably all Azeroth! So far, she hasn't done anything seems to be good!

but.

In Patch 11.2, Xal'atath Join us. The brief explanation is that she actually betrayed Dimensius in the past, but he is back and he may be angry with her. If he shows up, she's done. Out of a sense of self-protection, she has been trying to aggravate the dark heart stop His return instead of speeding it up, he messed up with the Nerubians and Goblins to achieve that. But at the end of Patch 11.1, she accidentally (silly) loses her dark heart, forcing her to work with Alleria and the players as a backup plan.

In fact, this actually means Xal'atath follows us in pursuit and occasionally suggests us to do things that sound terrible and dangerous, such as turning ourselves into an energy and filling someone with ineffective energy so that they can hear the planet sing to them (normal stuff!). But, you know, without her, we wouldn't be able to stop Dimensius. She knew his weakness, almost the only way to do something with his encroachment. Therefore, the murderous swordsman is here.

The problem is, Blizzard writing Xal'atath has done a great job and Claudia Christian has expressed such a great job for her that most players are … enjoying her presence. The days before last week's new patch, the community's Subreddit drowned out cheeky, obsessed posts about Xal'atath. Of course, she is evil, but besides being gorgeous, she is smart, funny, powerful, and dare to say it's a bit stuffy? Her jokes with players are sometimes almost clever, calling us “my champions” time and time again, while reminding us that she can work hard on a whim. She spent one a lot of In the time of Alleria Windrunner, as Ve'nari always said, “float and make sarcastic remarks.” Annoyingly, she also has a lot of time to correct other people’s behavior and motivations (look at you, Locus-Walker) and the way they act in a completely fair manner, either.

The love for Xal'atath has reached Someone even made mods for World of Warcraft (additional) Whenever they exit the battle scene, Xal'atath whispers to the player’s praise…although in these messages, Xal'atath calls himself “mom.” So, I want to download the risk of that download.

However, this lady is really To open us. While many players enjoyed the twists of her temporary loyalty and had the opportunity to get to know her better, others (righteously!) recognize that Xal'atath is absolutely a mess and we will sooner or later regret the party:

Blizzard is an interesting move to build Xal'atath as a technology, technically introducing her as seem It's a big bad guy who just forms a convenience alliance in the final scene of the war and promises that she will surely continue to remain evil in future expansion. With Xal'Atath's dark and ineffective themes, it seems likely that she will play a big role in the next extension, which will be fully revealed on Gamescom in just a few weeks. Given that some of its other similar storylines have been extended with some setups that don't end well, e.g. What happened to Silvanas and the jailer.

In any case, trusting knaifu will be conceited and enjoy her as much as possible. The new raid of Manaforge Omega will open tomorrow and will bring another chapter of the story with another chapter of the war, as we are closer to midnight reveal, I can only assume that Xal'Atath's inevitable reappearance.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].