Are We Just Going To Leave The Sword in Silithus?.

So we fought Sargeras and just before he was about to be imprisoned he decided to impale a massive sword into Silithus. This was prior to the Battle for Azeroth and now we are going into the Shadowlands - yet this gigantic sword is still in there. What is the future of the blade and what will happen to Azeroth? Let's look into why Sargeras stabbed Azeroth in the first place and what were the immediate and the subsequent effects? Many interesting theories are going around with him having some hidden plan, secret agenda that we are yet to find out but the most likely one is that he knew the Legion was collapsing and he was about to fail so he decided as a last-ditch effort to cause as much damage as he possibly could.

You can see Sargeras being pulled away in the cinematic as he was doing his thing - he probably wanted to cause even more chaos by further plunging the blade and he definitely could as he split planets in half in the past. What the point was is the essence of the Burning Legion itself, to destroy the world soul so that neither the titans could use for - order it nor the void lords for - chaos.

I don't think there was a specific reason why it was in Silithus in particular, the actual gameplay reason was that this was one of the least utilized zones, but lorewise he either just stabbed randomly or this was a weak spot. This makes sense as the titan vault - the chamber of hearts is here where you can communicate with the world soul, and Archaedas probably created it here for a reason and not somewhere else.

The immediate effect was a massive bleeding wound that almost killed Azeroth. The last serious injury we had similar to this was the Well of Eternity and when that was destroyed the entire planet fell apart so this just goes to show how potent the blood can be and how dangerous any damage to the world soul is.

As it happened first, we got there to mine and to utilize Azerite for war but ultimately we realized the world is about to die so managed to heal and close the wound getting our nascent titan back into shape. Now someone on Reddit created this image where you can see just how deep the wound actually is and it is absolutely insane, almost halfway through the centre of Azeroth.

Now in-game this destroyed Silithus and we have this massive sword inside but this was an incredibly unrealistic scenario. If we base this on Earth where a meteor destroyed the majority of life, a sword this size and diameter being plunged so deep at insane speed would have realistically caused something akin to at least the cataclysm if not even the sundering.

It would have no doubt destroyed the surrounding zones entirely, caused earthquakes and just made the entire planet inhospitable. Well, this is a fantasy universe so despite the very serious damage to the world soul Azeroth wasn't really changed structurally in any significant manner.

So far if we base it on expansion length - the sword has most likely been there for around a year or two. We definitely cauterized the wound thus far but the weapon is still there - are we just going to go to the Shadowlands and leave this gigantic sword hanging around literally almost reaching the top of the world? Unfortunately, yes and there are a few quite major problems with it.

First is that the sword is literally ginormous, like who do we have on this planet that could pull this thing out. The only way I see mortals getting rid of is through some sort of magic, possibly bombing it or casting spells to either shrink it or to destroy it into pieces which could make it easier although as until recently both factions were at each other's throats I don't see us organizing a united force to be able to accomplish that task.

Second is the fact that pulling out the blade would most likely leave a gaping hole and would reopen the wound making it much harder to close it the second time. We drained the bad stuff that could taint Azeroth so now its sort just standing there. We don't have the capability to get this thing out and at the same time, we are scared to even attempt to do so as it could literally destroy the planet.

So here are the scenarios I see happening, and all of them tie in with the void as honestly during and after shadowlands I really expect us to see the void lords and to finally fight this biggest evil in the warcraft universe. During Shadowlands we might get a hint but the expansion after most likely will be void related.

One theory is that something happens with Sargeras, as remember he is still alive and just imprisoned and that story really doesn't seem over. Maybe he breaks free or he gets purified and as he had gone way too deep for a redemption story he could retake the sword, possibly infused with Azeorth's power and he does like a kamikaze attack on the void lords.

A second theory is that Azeroth finally awaken. As the world soul is one of the most powerful titans which is why literally everyone from the entire cosmos is constantly attacking us. The titan awakens grabs the sword and empowers it in our final battle against the Void.

This could be like the ultimate cinematic and in my opinion, the finale of the warcraft storyline where all the major threats have been dealt with and Azeroth has finally awoken. Another scenario is that the void could use it as some sort of a conduit, maybe infusing it with the void powers and corrupting our world soul through it or furthermore there might even be a void lord manifesting himself in the material plane and then utilizing the sword against us.

Or Blizzard could just entirely forget about it and the sword is just going to remain inside Silithus for the next 10 years. Thank you for watching. Check out what is the purpose of Demon Hunters after Legion and check out my second channel on real-world history and science.