Summary
World of Warcraftis finally going back to Gilneas in its next content update. Players can expect to help King Genn Greymane take back his kingdom in aWorld of Warcraftplot arc 13 years in the making.
ThoughWorld of Warcraftrecently announcedThe War Withinand released Guardians of the Dream, it still has three patches planned forDragonflight. The first of which, called Seeds of Renewal, adds Dragonriding to the rest of the game, customizations for Trolls and Draenei, and theFollower Dungeons system toWorld of Warcraft.
One highlighted feature in this new patch in particular took players by surprise, however. According to thedevelopment blogWorld of Warcraftshared about Seeds of Renewal, the Worgen of Gilneas are finally getting the chance to go back home. “King Greymane is ready to retake his kingdom,” the blog reads, “but Gilneas isn’t as empty as expected. Help reclaim what was lost and return the kingdom to Gilnean hands.” After losing the kingdom to natural disaster and Forsaken invasion duringCataclysm, it seems like the Worgen will be able to take back their nation after 13 real-life years of being displaced.
“King Greymane is ready to retake his kingdom, but Gilneas isn’t as empty as expected. Help reclaim what was lost and return the kingdom to Gilnean hands.”
The brief description doesn’t give players much to go off of, but players are already speculating as to what the Gilneas Reclamation questline might involve. Previous Forsaken quests had teased a tentative peace between them and the Gilneans, so fans are wondering who might have moved into Gilneas in the meantime. Players won’t have to wait long to find out if it is a knownWorld of Warcraftthreat like the Scarlet Crusade, or a brand-new one, as parts of the questline will likely appear on the Public Test Realm soon.
Either way, fans are excited to see how the Gilneas Reclamation story plays out. The Worgen have been displaced since they were added in Cataclysm, and with theNight Elves finally getting a new home inWorld of Warcraft’s latest patch, many were hoping the playable werewolves would be next. It seemsWorld of Warcraft’s development team is also excited, with senior narrative designer Anne Stickney and senior game designer Sarah Cotner both sharing teasers of their own on their personal Twitter accounts.
According to Stickney, players of both factions will be able to participate in this quest regardless of race, similar to theForsaken epilogue added inShadowlandsPatch 9.2.5. While the content update doesn’t have an exact release date, players can probably expect Seeds of Renewal to come out sometime early next year, with the first bits of it available to play on the first builds of the PTR within a matter of days.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
