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| − | The '''First Ones''' are [[god]]like beings<ref name="Danuser">{{Ref web|url=https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/|title=Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia|author=perculia|publisher=Wowhead|date=2020-07-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709151148/https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/shadowlands-lore-interview-with-lead-narrative-designer-steve-danuser-elune-sylv|archivedate=2020-07-09}}</ref> who shaped the cosmos, including the Titans, Void, and Light.<ref name="Art of Shadowlands">''[[The Art of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]]'', pg. 99: ''The First Ones who shaped the cosmos knew they needed to protect the Shadowlands from external threats and beyond. Maldraxxus was their answer.''</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuwhaKo3UL8&t=377s&ab_channel=BellularGaming Bellular interviewing Morgan Day & Steve Danuser]</ref> Very little is known about them, but they are connected to other pantheons like the [[titan]] [[Pantheon]] and the [[Eternal Ones]],<ref name="Danuser"/> and even among the denizens of the Shadowlands have texts about them that are mostly speculation and half-truths.<ref>[[The Hall of Tomes]]</ref> Their architecture is known for its geometric patterns.<ref name="Opulence Ba'hare">[[Opulence Ba'hare#Quotes]]</ref> The First Ones were the architects of the [[Shadowlands]], including [[Oribos]]<ref name="Opulence Ba'hare"/><ref name="Tether to Home">[[Tether to Home]]</ref> and [[Maldraxxus]].<ref name="Art of Shadowlands"/> They placed a [[Shadowlands Map|Shadowlands map]]<ref name="Tether to Home"/> and the [[Great Vault]] in Oribos.<ref>[[The Great Vault]]</ref> In addition, their [[Spirit Obelisk|spirit obelisks]] can be found throughout the afterlives, and [[Eroded Waystone|one of their waystones]] is located within the [[Maw]]. It was reawakened from dormancy by an [[adventurer]], to the great surprise of [[the Jailer]] who had thought it impossible for a relic of the First Ones to respond to a mortal.<ref>[[Stand as One]]</ref> According to [[Tal-Inara]], if the Jailer killed the [[Arbiter]], it would mean the end of everything the First Ones made.<ref>[[Audience with the Arbiter]]</ref> |
+ | The '''First Ones''' are [[god]]like beings<ref name="Danuser">{{Ref web|url=https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/|title=Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia|author=perculia|publisher=Wowhead|date=2020-07-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709151148/https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/shadowlands-lore-interview-with-lead-narrative-designer-steve-danuser-elune-sylv|archivedate=2020-07-09}}</ref> who shaped the cosmos, including the Titans, Void, and Light.<ref name="Art of Shadowlands">''[[The Art of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]]'', pg. 99: ''The First Ones who shaped the cosmos knew they needed to protect the Shadowlands from external threats and beyond. Maldraxxus was their answer.''</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuwhaKo3UL8&t=377s&ab_channel=BellularGaming Bellular interviewing Morgan Day & Steve Danuser] at 10:30</ref> Very little is known about them, but they are connected to other pantheons like the [[titan]] [[Pantheon]] and the [[Eternal Ones]],<ref name="Danuser"/> and even among the denizens of the Shadowlands have texts about them that are mostly speculation and half-truths.<ref>[[The Hall of Tomes]]</ref> Their architecture is known for its geometric patterns.<ref name="Opulence Ba'hare">[[Opulence Ba'hare#Quotes]]</ref> The First Ones were the architects of the [[Shadowlands]], including [[Oribos]]<ref name="Opulence Ba'hare"/><ref name="Tether to Home">[[Tether to Home]]</ref> and [[Maldraxxus]].<ref name="Art of Shadowlands"/> They placed a [[Shadowlands Map|Shadowlands map]]<ref name="Tether to Home"/> and the [[Great Vault]] in Oribos.<ref>[[The Great Vault]]</ref> In addition, their [[Spirit Obelisk|spirit obelisks]] can be found throughout the afterlives, and [[Eroded Waystone|one of their waystones]] is located within the [[Maw]]. It was reawakened from dormancy by an [[adventurer]], to the great surprise of [[the Jailer]] who had thought it impossible for a relic of the First Ones to respond to a mortal.<ref>[[Stand as One]]</ref> According to [[Tal-Inara]], if the Jailer killed the [[Arbiter]], it would mean the end of everything the First Ones made.<ref>[[Audience with the Arbiter]]</ref> |
The Jailer is searching for a secret that the First Ones sought to hide, calling it his "final prize".<ref>[[Clearing the Fog (achievement)]]</ref> |
The Jailer is searching for a secret that the First Ones sought to hide, calling it his "final prize".<ref>[[Clearing the Fog (achievement)]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:56, 26 March 2021
The First Ones are godlike beings[1] who shaped the cosmos, including the Titans, Void, and Light.[2][3] Very little is known about them, but they are connected to other pantheons like the titan Pantheon and the Eternal Ones,[1] and even among the denizens of the Shadowlands have texts about them that are mostly speculation and half-truths.[4] Their architecture is known for its geometric patterns.[5] The First Ones were the architects of the Shadowlands, including Oribos[5][6] and Maldraxxus.[2] They placed a Shadowlands map[6] and the Great Vault in Oribos.[7] In addition, their spirit obelisks can be found throughout the afterlives, and one of their waystones is located within the Maw. It was reawakened from dormancy by an adventurer, to the great surprise of the Jailer who had thought it impossible for a relic of the First Ones to respond to a mortal.[8] According to Tal-Inara, if the Jailer killed the Arbiter, it would mean the end of everything the First Ones made.[9]
The Jailer is searching for a secret that the First Ones sought to hide, calling it his "final prize".[10]
Gallery
The Eroded Waystone.
The Waystone to Oribos.
The Shadowlands Map.
The Great Vault.
See also
Speculation
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- A recurring theory is that the First Ones were foreshadowed within World of Warcraft: Chronicles in the cosmology map's four corners, whose motifs are unique and used again in an expanded way only in the World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1's map of Azeroth.
- Elune is speculated to be a First One in the list of her possible identities.
References
- ^ a b perculia 2020-07-09. Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia. Wowhead. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09.
- ^ a b The Art of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, pg. 99: The First Ones who shaped the cosmos knew they needed to protect the Shadowlands from external threats and beyond. Maldraxxus was their answer.
- ^ Bellular interviewing Morgan Day & Steve Danuser at 10:30
- ^ [60] The Hall of Tomes
- ^ a b Opulence Ba'hare#Quotes
- ^ a b [50] Tether to Home
- ^ [70] The Great Vault
- ^ [50] Stand as One
- ^ [50] Audience with the Arbiter
- ^ [Clearing the Fog]
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