- This article is about the realm of death. For the expansion, see World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. For the arakkoa plane, see Shadow Realm.
The Shadowlands | |
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Level: 50 - 60 | |
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Capital(s) | Oribos |
Races | Various |
Ruler(s) |
Arbiter Pelagos Kyrestia the Firstborne The Winter Queen The Primus Prince Renathal |
Former ruler(s) |
Zovaal the Jailer † The Arbiter † Sire Denathrius |
Affiliation | Eternal Ones, Kyrian, Mawsworn, Necrolords, Night Fae, Venthyr |
“Death was not the end I believed it to be. No rest or joyous reunions in the Light awaited me. What I witnessed challenged all I knew. With my final breath, I saw impossible places—worlds within worlds brimming with beings that defied description. It wasn't until the Helm of Domination was placed upon my head that I understood the truth I had seen: Death is not an end, but a beginning.”
The Shadowlands (see below for other names and denotations) are the realm of Death, an infinite plane where the souls of deceased mortals go to be reborn, serve, find peace, do battle, or endure endless torment.[2] The Shadowlands exist on the edge of reality,[3] separated from the physical universe by a barrier known as the Veil, and consist of an infinite number of diverse afterlives sustained by the flow of anima from the recently dead. Mortal souls who cross the Veil between life and death arrive at the Eternal City of Oribos and are judged by the Arbiter, who then assigns them to the afterlife that suits them most, the largest and most significant of which are ruled by a pantheon of Eternal Ones and powerful orders known as covenants, each with its own unique role in maintaining the ecosystem of the afterlife.[3][4]
The Shadowlands serve as the main setting of World of Warcraft's eighth expansion.[4]
Description[]
Until recently, the nature of the Shadowlands was obscure, with the living knowing the realm only as a cold and nightmarish place of labyrinthine spiritual planes. While many believe that souls of the dead languish in the Shadowlands forever, others hope their souls will go on to a brighter place.[5] Kyrian Watchers known as spirit healers decide when it's time for a mortal soul to pass into the Shadowlands.[4] When a soul crosses the Veil between life and death, it is shepherded by the kyrian to the Crucible atop Oribos so that they can be judged by the impassive Arbiter.[6] All of the soul's contents—deeds, misdeeds, thoughts, accomplishments, and failures—are laid bare before the Arbiter, who then judges in a mere instant and sends the soul through one of the gateways in her chamber to one of the infinite realms of the Shadowlands, the largest of which are ruled over by powerful covenants—powerful orders who have existed since the Shadowlands were shaped long ago, and who bear sacred duties to help maintain the afterlife's ecosystem.[3][4][7] Each of the primary afterlives is overseen by one of the immensely powerful Eternal Ones who together make up the Pantheon of Death.[8] Each soul brings with it a vital force known as anima, the product of all of the soul's experiences and actions in life. Anima is the lifeblood of the Shadowlands, making trees grow and rivers flow and is the source that's drawn upon to conduct the magic of death. Great souls—both good and evil—have a lot of anima, while those who have lived humbler lives have less.[3][4]
Four of the realms—Ardenweald, Bastion, Maldraxxus, and Revendreth—are especially vital to the functioning of the Shadowlands. However, there could be infinite afterlives, some small and tailored to a single person while others are vast and full of either splendor or torment. All interpretations of the afterlife held by mortal cultures are possible somewhere within the Shadowlands.[9][10][11][12] All of the realms of Death were created from the First Ones' realm of Zereth Mortis, tucked away in the fabric of the Shadowlands itself.[13][14] Because souls are constantly crossing over from the mortal plane, new afterlives are manifested by Zereth Mortis' Forge of Afterlives to meet the needs of the Shadowlands.[15][13]
Between each realm is a cloudy space known as the In-Between which was once rich with streams of anima connecting the different domains, but the current anima drought has caused the realms to become cut off from one another, breeding fear and mistrust among the inhabitants.[9]
Souls are not necessarily permanently stuck in their assigned afterlives. When the machinery of Death functioned the way it was supposed to, souls who had completed obligations in one realm sometimes had the opportunity to travel to some of the other realms of the Shadowlands. For example, romantic partners who are initially sent to different realms may eventually find an afterlife they can share together.[11][16]
The Shadowlands transcend all worlds and realities, as evidenced with Soulbinder Nyami[17] and the loa being able to use their power on alternate Draenor.[18][19] All alternate versions of the same mortal are more or less part of the same being, such as in the case with Draka, using an analogy of a rope with different threads which can be pulled off, but which "at some time come together to make that rope" and eventually come together as one being in the Shadowlands.[11]
When a soul is called from the afterlife, it is free to roam the material realm if it is not restrained within moments of its arrival.[20] Mortal souls that cross over and are brought back do not appear, however, to retain defined memories of what they experienced in the Shadowlands.[15] A spirit in the Shadowlands can, with enough power over other souls, tear a hole into the living world once they are strong enough. This is how Jin'do returned to Azeroth.[21]
Time is perceived differently in the Shadowlands. Time and Death are not related, as Death is about eternity and not linear time.[11] Time is a construct of order and structure, but circumstances in the Shadowlands are more chaotic. To a soul in the Shadowlands, it can therefore feel like eons have passed since their arrival whereas only a few months or years have elapsed in the world of the living, much like a dream in which a significant period of time can seem to pass even though one has only slept for a few hours.[22][23] The Alliance and Horde leaders who were imprisoned in the Maw by the Mawsworn felt as if they were trapped for weeks or longer, enough for them to make countless escape attempts and for Jaina Proudmoore to feel as if time had lost all meaning, whereas far less time elapsed in the mortal world.[24][25] Nevertheless, time of some kind seems to exist, as the Primus, before leaving his realm and disappearing, had an ally able to peer into the timeways to see every possible outcome for his military and its various tactics in order to determine the best possible ones.[26]
On Azeroth, Icecrown serves as an anchor to the Shadowlands.[27] During the Day of the Dead, the Shadowlands draw closer to Azeroth.[28]
The border between the Shadowlands and the living world is the Veil, which looks like the living world in greyscale.[29]
Other planes like Helheim and Thros are connected to the Shadowlands but not contained inside it.
Even after the war against the Jailer, Death is still an uncertainty to most citizens of Azeroth, as they didn't come to the Shadowlands with the adventurers, and not everyone came back from the realm of the dead.[30]
History[]
The Shadowlands were created by the mysterious First Ones[31] and have existed ever since mortal life first arose in the physical universe.[5] Everything in the realms of Death was made by the First Ones and their automa servants from their realm of Zereth Mortis.[13][14]
Originally, the Eternal One Zovaal served as the Arbiter of mortal souls. However, when he sought to unmake the balance of the cosmos, the rest of the Pantheon of Death banished him to the Maw to make him its Jailer and constructed a new Arbiter to replace him.[32]
Keeper Odyn used knowledge he gleaned from the Shadowlands to create the first Val'kyr, Helya, and tasked her with bringing the souls of worthy vrykul to the Halls of Valor.[33][34]
When Sylvanas Windrunner killed herself in Icecrown Citadel, she found herself in the darkness where she encountered nine Val'kyr that remained in service to the Scourge. While there, the partnership between Sylvanas and the Jailer started.[35]
Shadowlands in disarray[]
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The Shadowlands are in a state of disarray. In the natural order of things, souls are sorted and sent on to an afterlife realm appropriate to the lives they lived,[4] but since around the time of the Burning Legion's third invasion of Azeroth,[36] and some time after Ursoc's death in the Emerald Nightmare,[37] the Arbiter has gone mysteriously dormant,[38] and all souls who have perished—including the innocents slain at Teldrassil—are now being funneled directly into the Maw. The Shadowlands are starving for anima even as the Maw continues to grow from the glut of fresh souls. Sylvanas Windrunner has been seemingly perpetrating acts to bring about great amounts of death and destruction. In partnership with the Jailer, they have been working toward a common end for some time.[4]
Members of the Alliance and Horde will manage to enter the Shadowlands with the help of Bolvar Fordragon and his death knights, and will directly be sent into the Maw. Thanks to the connection some of the heroes of Azeroth have to their world-soul, a number of them will be able to leave the Maw and travel the realms of the dead, being the first to do this kind of feat, and become known as the Maw Walkers.
Geography[]
Although the world map for the Shadowlands (pictured right) depicts the realms of Death on a flat plane, this is only a top-down view. In reality, the Shadowlands are an infinite three-dimensional space, and Revendreth is the zone that is lowest down and closest to the Maw. Similarly, while Maldraxxus appears to be adjacent to the Maw, it's not being directly affected by it in the same way that Revendreth is.[39] The Eternal City of Oribos stands at the heart of the realms of Death,[4][40] while Zereth Mortis is tucked away within the fabric of the Shadowlands itself.[13]
Zones[]
- The Maw (50 - 60)
- Bastion (50 - 60, Storyline 50 - 52)
- Maldraxxus (50 - 60, Storyline 52 - 54)
- Ardenweald (50 - 60, Storyline 55 - 58)
- Revendreth (50 - 60, Storyline 57 - 60)
- Oribos (sanctuary)
- Zereth Mortis (Added in Patch 9.2)
- The In-Between (space between zones and parallel to them)
Other areas[]
Lore locations[]
- The unnamed home realm of the brokers
- Baraneth
- Craftenium
- Hunting grounds
- Inn of Forever
- Nirem-Ahn
- A "hive" where the souls of Irik-tu and others of their race "shared a long and pleasant coexistence"[41]
- A sea of liquid fire and molten earth - a paradise for the aells who live inside fire[42]
Dungeons[]
- Main article: Instances by continent
- The Necrotic Wake
- Plaguefall
- Mists of Tirna Scithe
- Halls of Atonement
- Spires of Ascension
- Theater of Pain
- De Other Side
- Sanguine Depths
- Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
- Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Castle Nathria
- Sanctum of Domination
- Sepulcher of the First Ones
Appearances[]
- See also: Veil#Appearances
Legion[]
- Death knight champions have interactions with characters that have been to the Shadowlands:
- Dark Summoner Marogh came a long way to Acherus from deep within the realm of the Shadowlands.[43]
- Knights of the Ebon Blade were sent to the Shadowlands to acquire the Aggregates of Anguish, five tormented essences of powerful souls - Admiral Proudmoore, Soulbinder Nyami, Grand Empress Shek'zeer, Grand Apothecary Putress and Archmage Arugal. Salanaar required these to conjure the Steeds of the Damned for the order's new Horsemen.[44]
- A Dark Place, entered by a portal at the Emerald Dragonshrine, is an area where "the barrier between the realms of life and death are thin".[45] Adventurers travel here to save a young eredar ghost named Uuna from creatures called Soul-Eaters mysterious denizens of the dark place that cannot be harmed by mortals.[45]
Battle for Azeroth[]
- Talanji, Rokhan, and Master Gadrin conducted a ritual to delve into the Shadowlands and locate Vol'jin's missing spirit.[46]
Inhabitants[]
Beings of death are ancient and powerful, and it is dangerous to meddle in their realm. When Odyn peered into the Shadowlands, he saw some of its inhabitants: souls in torment, the husks of the dead, ghostly wraiths with no face, and others with no form, all made of death itself. This was enough to frighten even him.[47]
Many beings in the Shadowlands are souls of deceased mortals, some of which have been transformed to serve a new purpose, such as the kyrian of Bastion. Other creatures—such as dredgers, faeries, and stewards—are endemic to the Shadowlands and are naturally born from the magic of Death to serve the different realms and help facilitate the process of the afterlife.[48][49]
Aside from intelligent mortal races, the souls of animals are also sent to the Shadowlands. For example, all cats are sent to Revendreth when they die,[50] and the steeds of dark souls may be sent to Revendreth to become sinrunners due to either their own sins or their masters' sins.[51]
If a being of Death is killed on the mortal plane, their essence returns to the Shadowlands to be reformed, similar to how demons reform in the Twisting Nether.[11] However, if such a being—either the soul of a former mortal or a native being of the Shadowlands—is destroyed in the Shadowlands, they die permanently and their soul is lost forever. Their energy then disperses and joins the greater whole of the magic of Death.[39][52][53] If a "workforce" creature like a dredger or steward dies, another member of the same race will eventually manifest to take the place of the one that was killed.[48][49] Interestingly, Thanikos ordered to blast the corpses and sunder the souls of House of Rituals in order to prevent them from being raised by death magic to fight again.[54] A person that is still alive when they cross the veil into the Shadowlands, however, has a tether to their homeworld that might nudge them back to life when killed there.[15]
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- Transformed mortal souls
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- Endemic creatures of death
- Anima infused constructs
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- Others/Unknown
- The souls of the dead dwell in the Shadowlands.
- Attendant
- Broker
- Fungret
- Bloodlouse
- Soul-Eater and Skulking Horror
- Nathrezim
- Unique beings
- Pantheon of Death:
- Arbiter Pelagos - Current and Third Judge of the Shadowlands
- The Arbiter - Former and Second Judge of the Shadowlands
- Kyrestia the Firstborne - Archon of the Kyrian in Bastion
- The Winter Queen - Queen of the Night Fae in Ardenweald
- Sire Denathrius - King of the Venthyr in Revendreth
- The Primus - Leader of the Necrolords, ruler of Maldraxxus
- The Runecarver - Mysterious prisoner of Torghast, creator of Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination.
- Zovaal - The Banished One, Jailer of Torghast in the Maw, former and First Judge of the Shadowlands
- Mueh'zala - God of Death, he is the one that Odyn made a pact with in exchange for his eye to peer into the Shadowlands.[47][55]
- Bwonsamdi - Loa of Death who watches over deceased trolls, once a priest elevated by Mueh'zala and current ruler of the Other Side
- Prince Renathal and The Curator - Two of the original venthyr Court of Harvesters that remain made from Denathrius's will instead of mortal souls.
- Executor Tarvold and High Torturer Darithos
Other names[]
Other afterlives[]
In some situations, souls may be taken to other places besides the Shadowlands:
- Souls can be sent to the Light, such as Uuna's parents or Crusader Bridenbrad. Requirements for this are unknown.
- By extension souls can also, presumably, be sucked into the Void.
- Spirits can go to the Emerald Dream including green dragons, most Wild Gods, and some druids such as Elerethe Renferal and Thaon Moonclaw.
- Halls of Valor is where spirits of vrykul warriors who prove their valor can be taken to by Odyn's Val'kyr to become his Valarjar.
- Helheim is where vrykul souls that are stolen by Helya's kvaldir are brought to. Despite touching the Shadowlands, it is specifically not contained in it.[15]
- Elementals and demons respectively return to the Elemental Plane and Twisting Nether upon death, where they are then reborn. Dying in these planes kills them permanently. With elementals, however, it's known that their primal energies are recycled into the Elemental Plane they're from.
- Creations of the Old Gods that die in reality seem to return to Ny'alotha,[70][71] or at least they did before it was destroyed.
- Quetz'lun's underworld is a special underworld created by the loa at the time of her death as a home of her and her cursed worshipers that killed her.[72]
- In Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Hades was where an orc's soul descended into for judgment when he died, and his essence was divided into good and evil.[73] This is likely flavor lore or has since been retconned.
- There are countless unexplored afterlives as many doors are seen behind the Arbiter but only the four Covenant Afterlives that manage and maintain all the afterlives in the Shadowlands are known and accessible.
Spirits and undead can be trapped from going to an afterlife.
- Frostmourne had thousands of souls contained within the blade.
In the RPG[]
Background[]
The final destination of the spirits of the deceased remains a mystery to the priests and philosophers of Azeroth. However, as spells such as [Resurrection] can reunite a dead body with its spirit, and a majority of living creatures from the tauren to the troll shadow hunters claim they can communicate with and call upon the power of the spirits, a widely held belief is that the spirits of the dead remain on the Material Plane — in an immaterial state that can only be altered or contacted through the use of magic.[74]
RPG notes[]
- Shadow hunters deal with the darkest aspects of the spirit world. Their connections to powerful voodoo spirits give them the ability to curse and heal at a whim.[75]
- The spell called "spiritual projection" or "astral projection" brings the caster to the Twisting Nether;[76] and the Twisting Nether is also referred as "realm of ghosts".[77]
Notes and trivia[]
- The first mention of the Shadowlands was in World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1.
- After World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the Veil and the Shadowlands were confirmed to be different places.
- The [Headpiece of the Shadow Council] had a deep connection to the Shadowlands.
- [Dust from the Shadowlands] from the Legion expansion provides a significant increase to character experience.
- Death knights are able to learn the ability [Raise Ally] which pulls their ally's spirit back from the Realm of the Dead and forces it back into their body. Upon doing so, a "Void-Touched" debuff is applied to the player stating that: "A touch of the spirit realm still lingers..."
- The Shadowlands were originally intended to be a fully playable zone in World of Warcraft, designed for high-level play. The idea was that as deceased characters made their way back to their corpses, they'd see high-level players battling creeps in the area, which would inspire lower-level players to increase their character level so they could experience the zone for themselves.[79]
- In a number of quests spirits can be seen ascending to an afterlife:
- Holy water is used to sanctify the corpses of Reanimated Crusaders so that their spirits may be freed to ascend, seen ascending as Released Souls.[80]
- Sent by Enohar Thunderbrew, Alliance adventurers defeated cursed Gilnean spirits in the Blasted Lands, releasing their spirits from the physical world and allowing them to pass into the next.[81]
- On Tol Barad Peninsula, the spirits of tortured souls are released at Forgotten Hill by paying respects to Forgotten soldier's Tombstones, after which Released Spirits are seen ascending.[82]
- Pei-Zhi creates a tan-chao, a bridge from the living world to the heavens, to draw spirits called by the mogu back into the Shadowlands.[83][84][85]
- In lore, it is possible for magic users to perform resurrection, which can be accomplished with different sources of magic.
- Cultural inspirations for each Shadowland seen thus far are wide and varied, see each page for more information.
- Some players have observed that the four governing zones of the Shadowlands can be taken to be the four stages of each day. Ardenweald is described as "moonless night", Revendreth's red sky box may be a reference to the ancient adages regarding red sky at morning thus dawn, Bastion almost always appears with daylight, and Maldraxxus would thus be dusk. Other comparisons have been attempted with the four humors.
Speculation[]
This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.
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- The Edge of Reality in which Ner'zhul retreats to is ether in the Shadowlands,[86] in the Void[87] or in the Twisting Nether.[88]
- A Found Memento: Raising a King has Anduin Wrynn in a surprising vision see his father Varian Wrynn, it's unclear if this is a memory or perhaps a vision of Varian from some sort of afterlife in the Shadowlands.
- In The Sundering, Broxigar is said to be finally reunited with his deceased comrades in the past. It is unknown if they are reunited in an afterlife in the Shadowlands.
- Some Kul Tirans speak of a boatman that calls them after death,[89] and Jaina Proudmoore saw and paid the obol to a hooded figure,[90] this boatman and Jaina's visions could be related to the Shadowlands.
Gallery[]
Cosmic map with the Shadowlands.
Shadowlands map prior to patch 9.2.0
The Shadowlands Map in Oribos.
Map of the Shadowlands in the Grimoire of the Shadowlands and Beyond.
- Player death
Spirit Obelisk at graveyards in the Shadowlands.
- BlizzCon 2019
- Concept art
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