He falls as a handhold gives away, but he manages to catch himself just in time - and he presses on.įinally, he makes it to the top of the tower, where he begins to physically push the beacon together. He is not ready to give in.Īs he begins to climb the tower, Koranos's hand begin to crack, but he only glances at the damage before carrying on. Suddenly, his brow sets, once again in determination, as he opens his eyes again. He closes his eyes and lowers his head, seemingly all hope lost. Koranos glances around as he seems to be trying to think of a solution, but his face falls as he seems to give in. He turns the device that was used to shut the Beacon of Tyrhold down, and though it lights up, and for a moment power shoots up into the Beacon, the device fails. And again, Koranos's face moves from distress to determination as he makes the decision to see the Watchers' duty fulfilled.

He pauses at the top of the stairs, taking in the dormant beacon, then turns - and his face falls even more as he sees the Watcher who should have activated the Beacon - who was likely Koranos's leader - lies dead in his throne. Koranos' face is still a mixture of determination and worry as he makes his way to the top. We see classic Titan technology at the center of the tower, lava bursting through the walls as the elemental magic awakes. As Koranos passes another Watcher, his eyes linger as he notices how their face, too, is crumbled away. If the Watchers at the tower cannot light up the Beacon, then he will instead.Īs Koranos makes his way to the Beacon of Tyrhold, we see more evidence of elemental magic returning to the land. We watch as the worry in Koranos's face changes to realization - the Beacon isn't lighting up - and then determination. He looks worried and upset, and he turns to look at the Beacon of Tyrhold, which he knows should be lighting up, as per Alexstrasza's last instructions. Koranos's expression has completely changed now. But then he turns to look at his companion and there is a sudden drop in the sense of joy - the other Watcher is still dormant, and his face almost entirely weathered away. Magic can be seen pulsing in the water, and Koranos's expression is one of joy and hope as he seems to realize this is the waking of the land that was promised. And with the sound of tinkling bells in the background - a sound often associated with almost fairy-tale-like magic, the Watcher opens his eyes and looks ahead. We see a sense of rumbling as the earth shifts and shakes, Koranos begins to wake. We are told we have reached the present day.Įven as we are absorbing the sense of thousands of years of a sleeping land, something begins to change. we see the Watcher on the beach - Watcher Koranos, as we now know from this podcast interview with Steve Danuser. As long as the Beacon of Tyrhold remains unlit, not even the Dragon Aspects would be able to find them. forever.įrom Alexstrasza's words, the Dragon Isles are now both entirely dormant and hidden completely from the outside world. Then you must light the Beacon of Tyrhold, lest the path home be lost to us. Here are some that you'll meet on your journey.You will feel our return in the waking of the land. Over the ages, the Forbidden Reach has been reclaimed by nature and wildlife who have made this land their home. In this place of ancient power, dracthyr Evokers will begin a journey that will lead them further into the mysteries of their past. As an ancient, magical surge ripples through the Forbidden Reach, the dracthyr are waking from their long slumber.

But in the aftermath of a terrible battle, the island lay dormant and abandoned for ages.ĭeep beneath the surface, vast underground chambers contain legions of dracthyr, resting in magical stasis for thousands of years. Neltharion the Earth-Warder fashioned these lands as a secret training ground for the ultimate soldiers, the dracthyr. Those who have braved the shores found little of consequence in this cauldron-like caldera apart from a shattered landscape and nature-claimed ruins half buried by magma. Those few dragons who remember the island know that it is taboo to visit, a place where something dreadful fell. The Forbidden Reach, once the secret training grounds of the black dragonflight, has descended into a broken and deserted landscape, lost to the ravages of time.

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