Story of the Val'kyr with Nobbel87

Live Posted 2019/12/22 at 12:29 PM by perculia

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Learn more about the Kyrian on Wowhead:

The Kyrian are the first Covenant that you'll encounter in the Shadowlands, located in the Bastion zone. They assume the role of angelic soul guides, tasked with shuttling souls between the lands of the living and the dead. We compiled all the information shared during BlizzCon into our Kyrian Covenant Guide.
All members of the Kyrian Covenant receive one movement-based ability and one class combat ability. The movement ability is the same for all Kyrian, while the combat ability is different for each class. All other covenants have different sets of abilities; not all have been revealed, but we compiled them in our list of all covenant abilities.
Each covenant will also unlock unique armor sets, mounts, pets, and more. Not many of the rewards were shown at BlizzCon 2019, but we were shown a Kyrian armor set and some cloak pieces with Val'kyr-like wings. Check out a list of all revealed rewards here.

Odyn's Val'kyr

And in return, she was sucked into that dread realm, lost forever if Odyn had not put his own life at risk and pulled her to safety.

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Learn more about Odyn on Wowhead:

Odyn is one of the central characters in the Legion expansion. Most players encountered him as a boss in the Halls of Valor Dungeon, which Hunters may still want to run for the Fenryr pet tame. Odyn then appeared as the first boss in the Trial of Valor mini-raid, who now drops the items for the The Dragonslayers hidden appearance.
Warriors interacted with Odyn even more during Legion, as their Order Hall was part of the Halls of Valor. Players can complete a long questline for Odyn, recruiting Warrior heroes as followers, the title, Battlelord's Plate armor set, and the Iron Reins of the Bloodthirsty War Wyrm class mount.
As covered in the video, Odyn's version of events doesn't always line up with other sources. Inside the Halls of Valor, there are several books devoted to the myth of Odyn and the Valarjar and their artifact weapons: The Legend of Odyn, The Favored of Odyn, Saga of the Valarjar.
Players can earn reputation with the Valarjar, the chosen Warriors of Odyn, for rewards like the Sunborne Val'kyr and Vrykul Toy Boat Kit.

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Learn more about Helya on Wowhead:

Helya is first encountered in Stormheim questing, when she gives Sylvanas the soulcage to subjugate Eyir in A Desperate Bargain. To this day, it is unclear what the agreement is between Helya and Sylvanas. Helya then keeps the player in Helheim, offering to release the player only if her champion is defeated. However, when Geir is defeated in Victory is Eternal, Helya goes back on her word--but we're saved by a mysterious force.
Helya next appears as the final boss in the Maw of Souls dungeon, a fast-paced dungeon popular in Legion for AP farming. You may still want to defeat Helya for Poor Unfortunate Souls which rewards the Lagan battle pet.
Helya was not gone after all; she then served as the final boss in the Trial of Valor Raid, rewarding the on Mythic difficulty when the player cleared the raid without dying.

Learn more about Eyir on Wowhead:

After Sylvanas fails to subjugate Eyir, the val'kyr has two more notable appearances in-game. In Patch 7.2, Eyir tells Sigryn, daughter of God-King Skovald, that Odyn ordered the assassination of her family, a revelation that cause Sigryn to embrace the fel. This then leads to the The God-Queen's Fury Artifact Challenge, which rewarded a unique appearance for some specializations before its removal in the BFA pre-patch. Sigryn was eventually cleansed of the few, and as she was the first Vrykul to do so, Eyir did not punish her, instead allowing her to rule over the Tideskorn.
Eyir later appears during the Vol'jin questline in Patch 8.1. In the quest Confront The Val'kyr, we learn from Eyir that Vol'jin was "touched by the hand of valor" which in retrospect could likely refer to the Arbiter in Shadowlands.

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Find these val'kyr and other characters in Northrend:

Val'kyr in "Edge of Night"

With the Old Gods storylines in Battle for Azeroth, we wrote a series of speculation articles on how they could tie in with Sylvanas' plan, or even return to Azeroth, such as Sylvanas' Endgame and the Old Gods (leading up to 8.2) and Hearthstone's Whispers of the Old Gods in BFA, in which we playfully analyze how the plot from Hearthstone's expansion, reviving all the Old Gods, could parallel a future story in WoW. While N'Zoth is (apparently) defeated in Patch 8.3, there are still many unknowns surrounding the Old Gods, including major details like the fates of Azshara and Xal'atath, and minor details like the Darkmoon Faire Old Gods details. There's even a secret Mythic phase for N'Zoth that implies we're not sure of our victory, and multiple interview hints, including a Reddit interview at BlizzCon 2019, that we could see a manifestation of the Old Gods elsewhere. In short, the Maw may be a concrete place, as opposed to an illusion created by the Old Gods, but I wouldn't rule out Old Gods continuing to influence the story of Sylvanas and death moving forward.
BlizzCon 2019 revealed more details about the Maw, a new max-level zone in Shadowlands, which you can read more about in our Shadowlands Zones Overview. Inside the Maw you'll find Torghast, the Tower of the Damned, a scalable dungeon with infinite variation and complexity. You'll need to run Torghast to collect runes to forge legendaries, but the lore implications are also huge, as we'll learn about Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination along the way.
Anyone who has played WoW recently is familiar with her current actions in Battle for Azeroth and why they're controversial, but if you want a look at her earlier history, including her heroic deeds as the Ranger General, check out our biography of Sylvanas.

Sylvanas' Val'kyr in Later ExpansionsLegion

You can play through the quests depicting the loss of Sylvanas' val'kyr: Cities in Dust in Silverpine Forest (Agatha, Arthura and Daschla), Aradne in Western Plaguelands, and the introduction to the Darkshore Warfront (Brynja).
Horde players can acquire the toy Brynja's Beacon with the interesting flavor text "It is said that only the most powerful can dominate the wills of the risen." This has led to speculation that Sylvanas has been using the val'kyr to raise the dead against their will.
If you'd like to learn more about the future of Elune in Shadowlands, BlizzCon 2019 revealed that Tyrande will play a role in Ardenweald; this could pick up the story between the val'kyr and Worgen curse, but also develop the story from the Burning of Teldrassil, explaining why Elune was too weak to fully protect the Night Elves.

Sylvanas' Pact with HelyaLegion

Our very first collaboration with Nobbel, the Story of Odyn and Helya, covered the darker side of Odyn and Helya's unfinished story, started in Stormheim in Legion's Broken Isles.
Helya's fate is unclear, as she's the final boss in Trial of Valor. We may be duped as the Battle for Azeroth quest Ring of the Reefs from Island Expeditions reveals Helya has returned and Valdemar laughs at our surprise, noting "You cannot kill death!" Did Odyn have something to hide from us?
In our speculation post Sylvanas' Plan - The End of Hope and Rise of the Lich Queen, we review all of Sylvanas' mysterious allegiances throughout Battle for Azeroth, including Helya and Azshara.

Sylvanas Pact with the Jailer

With the Shadowlands expansion revealed at BlizzCon 2019, more pieces of Sylvanas' backstory fell into place, which we recapped in Sylvanas in Shadowlands - Edge of Night, Jailer of the Damned, and Vol'jin's Mystery.
We learned at BlizzCon 2019 that the Jailer is the main villain of Shadowlands, and not a character we've met before. We dramatically see a silhouette of the Jailer at the end of the Shadowlands features cinematic, which also reveals Sylvanas, now in grey-toned armor and banshee smoke, standing in front of the Jailer along with dark Val'kyr.
In the Shadowlands expansion, players can join covenants for special rewards and abilities, leveling from 1-60 down from 1-20 due to a level squish, and explore many realms of death as new zones. You can catch up on all the BlizzCon reveals in our Shadowlands Overview.

Comment by inivuxI've always liked the content of his videos. Something about his narration is just so strange. Like all the inflections are at the most random, nonsensical places.Comment by ekrietlowI've always liked the content of his videos. Something about his narration is just so strange. Like all the inflections are at the most random, nonsensical places.Comment by SaberScorpionAs a huge fan of Valkyries of Norse Myth, I just want to be allies with the val'kyr as much as possible, and for NOT all of them to be evil. I loved the Valarjar stuff in Legion and was hoping that playable Vrykul would be right around the corner. Sadly we got the far less cool/interesting Kul Tirans instead. I can still hope...Comment by Diverdave333As a huge fan of Valkyries of Norse Myth, I just want to be allies with the val'kyr as much as possible, and for NOT all of them to be evil. I loved the Valarjar stuff in Legion and was hoping that playable Vrykul would be right around the corner.There's a glyph for that.Comment by ElyseonOdyn and Sylvanas both need to die.