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Is Nozdormu Already Murozond in Dragonflight: Legacies? - Pre-Dragonflight Lore Speculation
Dragonflight
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12.11.2022 в 21:59
DiscordianKitty
The Dragonflight Legacies series of animated shorts have given us a lot to think about and unpack. Just for fun, I thought I'd share my wildest theory: Scalecommander Emberthal and Nozdormu are Primalists.
Or, at least, sympathetic enough to their cause to be the ones who made sure Raszageth will be released in the first place.
Let me explain. (I promise this isn't a long one)
Warning: Article Contains Mild Dragonflight Spoilers
A Certain Tower
In the very final shot of
Dragonflight Legacies: Chapter Three
, Emberthal is watching as dragons flock towards a tower, in a way reminiscent of the dragons flocking around Valdrakken in the Dragonflight Announcement Cinematic Trailer. The tower even looks similar, so it would be easy to assume it's the same scene.
However, this particular tower is not Valdrakken. It is actually found in the Forbidden Reach.
In fact, we get a good view of it the moment we leave the War Creche.
Despite the fact that we never actually visit it in the current Forbidden Reach storyline, this tower is the most prominent building in the area, and built just above Froststone Vault - the vault that contains Raszageth the Storm Eater.
I have, of course, investigated it for the sake of the
Forbidden Reach Lore Guide
. I found... Nothing.
A (Time?) Lost Lizard
However, one very curious oddity can be found directly behind the tower. In a snow-covered area,
Потерявшийся и замерзший рокочущий ящер
- wandering back and forth.
Previously, I wrote this off as a strangely random but cute joke. But now, it's just impossible not to think of other creatures that we come across that seem to be lost - and why.
Traditionally, creatures lost in time are a sign of time magic. In
Warlords of Draenor
, a dead Time-Lost Proto-Drake can be found in Alternate Draenor's Nagrand, in the area that Kairozdormu and Garrosh Hellscream arrived in after escaping Garrosh's trial - something the Bronze Dragon used time magic to accomplish. The resulting time anomaly caused the proto-drake to show up - which also had the added bonus of messing with us players.
In a Dragonflight quest, without getting too much into it, many
Time-Lost Artifacts
and creatures start to show up near the Bronze Dragonflight's temple - a direct result of interference from the Infinite Dragonflight messing with the timeways. Once again, these anomalies are evidence that time magic - often time magic that doesn't quite obey to the letter the Bronze dragonflight's rules - has been used.
In fact, that quest was the first thing I thought about when I came across this lost lizard. Even if it isn't specifically labeled as Time-Lost, it still feels very much like time-manipulation around this area could be responsible for its predicament.
Once Again, I Am Talking About Murozond
This had me wondering if Nozdormu had something to do with the Primalists arriving in the first place. Could he have perhaps become sympathetic to their cause and antagonistic towards the Titans himself?
The thing is, it
is
possible - he has some reason to resent the "gift" the Titans gave him, as being able to see all of time - including his own death - often seems have been nothing much more but a source of great pain for him. There is also the matter of the recent
lore books discovered in Uldaman
, which seem to make reference to the Titan Keepers using some very questionable methods to control the dragons and suppress any - like the Primalists - who resisted. If Nozdormu has read these books, and if he's bothered by them, it could be a motivation.
While we already strongly suspected we will see Nozdormu's transformation into Murozond by the end of Dragonflight, it would be cool if that transformation isn't entirely unsympathetic. It would be pretty interesting to see Nozdormu express genuine grievances against the Titans - grievances that the Primalists share.
Grievances that Emberthal, as she comes to terms with the way that she and the other dracthyr were controlled and used, may also quite justifiably share.
Double Meanings
As I mentioned, the tower that Emberthal is gazing at in the final scene of
Dragonflight Legacies: Chapter Three
, is the one built just above Froststone Vault, Raszageth's prison. Emberthal's final words as she gazes at this tower are,
Emberthal: My story... will be my own.
Let's take a moment to consider here. Nozdormu and Emberthal have just had multiple conversations about an ancient enemy returning, who Emberthal concludes is Raszageth. Nozdormu does not confirm or contradict her assumption, but he does place a strong emphasis on the fact that she now has her free will returned to her - and will need to make her own choice.
Just before Emberthal says her final line, this is her final exchange with Nozdormu.
Emberthal: You spoke of an ancient enemy's return. It is Raszageth and the Primalists. That is why we were awakened.
Nozdormu: It seems that Neltharion yet had a purpose for you. But he is gone. You must decide which path you will take, which story you will tell.
At no point does either Emberthal or Nozdormu state that the choice Emberthal must make is to fight the Primalists. We just kind of assume that's what's meant, because later that's what they're doing.
But remember, we have just watched Emberthal coming to terms with the fact that she never fought the Primalists out of her own free will, she was being controlled by Neltharion - who was using a Titan artifact to do it. And then he betrayed her, and all the dracthyr, because he feared her having a will of her own.
If you think about it, Emberthal certainly has motivation to at least
question
her previous assumptions that Neltharion was good and Raszageth evil. And, releasing the very enemy you were forced to fight would certainly be a
way
to show defiance towards that violation of your free will.
Is it a likely theory? No, in general, both Nozdormu and Emberthal seem pretty firmly anti-Primalist from the get-go. But it's a fun theory, and that's what counts.
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