World of Warcraft is absolutely chock-full of loose plot threads. This is not a bad thing. Anyone writing a long-term story, whether it's a game with an indefinite number of possible future expansions, a long series of novels, or a television show, needs to sow seeds of future stories to reap them in the future. The alternative is that every time something new shows up, it's completely out of the blue, and the stakes of a conflict that pops up suddenly tend to feel thin or fake. If we were suddenly to discover that there was a group of Elephant-people who were actually the "greatest threat Azeroth has ever faced," only to kill the Elephant-king at the end of the expansion and go "phew," and wipe our foreheads and then move on with our lives, we'd all feel a little short-changed.
The danger, though, of all these plot threads is that often people feel frustrated if they are not addressed or seem to be forgotten by Blizzard. So, just for fun, I thought I'd put up a list of unanswered questions that I would like to see developed, if not resolved, in future WoW expansions. This is not necessarily something I'd need to see in Mists of Pandaria (in fact, some of these are things I would want to see a whole expansion dedicated to.)
I've divided these by general topic. So, without further ado:
The Infinite Dragonflight:
After End Time, is the Infinite Dragonflight gone for good, or are we going to be revisiting the Caverns of Time? (hoping for the latter.) Is Murozond no longer going to exist, or is Nozdormu going to go through the same loop and die in End Time at our hands? Or is he going to exist, but without Deathwing's Final Cataclysm, is he still out there, having evaded the future in which he was fated to die? Essentially, did we prevent Murozond, ensure Murozond, or none of the above? What is the "true End Time" that Murozond refers to?
The Undead:
What role do Death Knights play now that the Lich King is dead? How active is Bolvar as "Jailor of the Damned?" Under Bolvar's leadership, could the Scourge be a force for good in the world, or is it all he can do to keep them from washing over the world of the living? Is it only a matter of time before Bolvar is corrupted and becomes a fully fledged Lich King? If the Scourge would have run rampant without Arthas, does that mean there really was good still in him? If Bolvar's Scourge is no longer (as) evil, would he reach out to the Knights of the Ebon Blade? What's going on in Sylvanas' head (other than Godfrey's bullet, which is probably still lodged in there?) What's happening to Koltira, and has Thassarian had any luck in his efforts to rescue him? What does Mograine think of Sylvanas kidnapping one of his knights?
Turalyon and Alleria:
Where are Turalyon and Alleria?
The Burning Legion:
Was that Sargeras giving Varimathras instructions during the Battle of Undercity (a quest that I am really, really sad you can't do anymore.) What has the Legion been up to since Sunwell Plateau? Who would win in a fight, the Burning Legion or the Old Gods? (My money's on the Legion.)
The Old Gods:
Are C'thun and Yogg-Saron really dead, and if so, why haven't Northrend and southern Kalimdor fallen apart? Did their "deaths" have anything to do with the Cataclysm? Where is N'zoth? Where and who are the other Old Gods? Are there more Old Gods out in the rest of the universe, not bound like the ones on Azeroth?
The Titans:
Are the Titans coming back? What's Algalon been up to these days? Where is Tyr? What other worlds have the Titans "ordered," and how did those ones turn out?
The Zandalari:
Who is Zul? How did he convince the previously peaceful Zandalari to go crazy?
Miscellaneous
How has the Alliance (especially the humans) been adjusting to the Worgen? Where's Magatha Grimtotem? Where's Gallywix? How close is this "war between light and darkness" Velen has started to talk about? Is Thrall going to come back as Warchief, and if so, what's that mean for Garrosh? Is the Alliance ever going to have some conflict (please?)
And these are just the ones I could think of in the space of a half hour or so. Mists will be introducing us to a whole lot of new characters and conflicts, and that's great, but my hope is that we'll also see one or two of these addressed as well.
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