Finally, it seems, Warcraft fans who have wondered just what Blizzard is doing with supervillain Sylvanas Windrunner will get some answers.
This week, Blizzard launches World of Warcraft Shadowlands update 9.1, dubbed Chains of Domination, and with it adds a brand new raid that ends with a boss fight against Warcraft’s most divisive character: the Banshee Queen herself.
Sylvanas has been the subject of much debate for some time now, with players wondering whether she’s set for a redemption arc. Sylvanas, let’s remember, murdered loads of innocent Night Elves, shacked up with the mysterious Jailer, and helped to imprison King Anduin in the depths of the Maw.
Could true defeat come for Sylvanas at the end of the new raid? I doubt it. Sylvanas is a controversial figure, but she is also immensely popular. Killing Sylvanas off with the Shadowlands still in play and future stories yet to be told seems unlikely. But, Blizzard has promised in a recent interview with Eurogamer, answers are coming.