World of Warcraft: Midnight's 'stay a while and listen' monologues might've just heavily hinted at a future big bad

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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter I’m still plugging through World of Warcraft: Midnight’s story campaign, and I can say for a fact that Blizzard’s continued to improve its storytelling—in particular, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the “stay a while and listen” conversations. Optional snippets which I’d absolutely encourage you to absorb whenever they come up.Carving my way through the Zul’Aman story (spoilers for it to follow) I found myself pretty taken by the narrative at play here. Lady Liadrin, a woman who endured the Amani’s worst impulses, in a begrudging alliance-turned friendship with Zul’jarra, the Amani’s current leader.There’s some genuinely interesting little conversations between the two—Liadrin was tortured by Zul’jarra’s grandfather, who we knocked over in the Zul’Aman raid years ago. Being an elf, she now gets to steward Zul’jarra away from the same anger and vengeance she once sought—it’s good stuff. 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