It changes between Light and Void frequently, and before azeroth was damaged, it was only acting as a source of Light. However, I kind of wonder why the Naaru would be in such a Crystal though, because that’s not, how they usually have been appearing in the story. Any theories?
My first theory was that the Lightforged Draenei with Yrel are fighting the Void inside that Crystal, and maybe it’s some sort of new spaceship, that got stuck. However, chronologically that does not make sense, because the Hallowfall expedition has been there before, and the Light source was there already at this point.
Not only wouldn’t that help answering any questions about its Naaru-like behaviour, it also doesn’t fit what the characters say.
Alleria Windrunner says: Then you’ve realized when Beledar shifted for the first time?
Anduin Wrynn says: Their Day of Darkness… the same day Sargeras plunged that sword into Azeroth.
As strange as the way they brought that up is, it’s not ambiguous.
So we can pretty much drop that theory. At most Beledar could be what the sword was aiming at.
The most plausible scenario still is that Beledar is one of the Light shards from the early days of creation:
The cataclysmic birth of the cosmos sent shards of fractured Light flying through the cosmos, suffusing the newly formed planets of the universe with the spark of life and giving birth to countless life forms.
Bellular also did the math and found out that the day the Arathi Emperor got his vision of the crystal (which led to the Arathi expedition) was around the same time when the Sunwell was cleansed at the end of TBC. Looking at the announcement that the final battle between Void and Light will happen during the “Midnight” expansion and will take place at the Sunwell, it’s probably not a coincidence.
This would bring some interesting new questions with it: Did Sargeras intentionally aim for Beledar in order to start its Void transformation? Wouldn’t that absolutely contradict what we know about him and the Burning Legion?
But why would him hitting Beledar 1. start a void transformation, and 2. not break the crystal in many pieces? Also, tightly positioned underground, so I doubt it came in contact.
If I had to guess, what Sargeras aimed at, it seems quite obvious… He aimed at C’thun, as it’s the only relevant thing we know in Silithus. Tbf, he was extremely anxious and scared of the void, so the question also rises, why he would wanna hit c’thuns corpse, as Sargeras definitely does not want a void-corrupted Azeroth.
Well, if the crystal is a Light Shard - or maybe even a part of an overdimensional Naaru (wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a connection between these two things after what we saw with Xe’ra), maybe it’s bound to the same cycle as the Naaru. Whenever they are weakened or corrupted, there is a chance for them to turn into Void gods.
We don’t really know how big it actually is, we only see the lower end stick out of the ceiling - so maybe Sargeras’ sword did some damage. We know that the void-light-cycle started at the day of Sargeras imprisonment, so there has to be a connection.
What about the Chamber of Heart, that happened to be right next to ground zero?
You’re right there, but he didn’t actually destroy the chamber of heart. So does this mean he missed? I would be really surprised, if Sargeras missed his target. If he really wanted to destroy Azeroth, why didn’t he aim for the well of eternity, or the sunwell?
Ah yes, the Star. In the Art Book from the Collector’s Edition we actually get to see a full image of Beledar. What we see being the bottom, and about 2/3rds of it hidden in the ceiling. It’s shown to be, basically what we see from below, but stretching a bit further upwards. Same sort of style.
…Truth be told it reminded me of one of those super fancy jeweled eggs from real life.
It’s likely the titan egg of azeroth, i forsee that in a patch it will “shatter” releasing a somesort of avatar form of azeroth and the crystal remnants will be a new quest hub on the sea next to hallowfall.
But I definitely think Beledar is Naaru in nature. We also know that Naaru shift into a Void state when weakened or dying. So after the sword hit Azeroth, it could have either stabbed an old god, that is now leaking the black blood and that same black blood is now corrupting Beledar, causing it to shift between Light and Shadow/Void.
The sword itself could have just been a vessel and used to carry and spread that corruption that has infused water and life and created the black blood.
OR! The impact itself weakened a dormant Beledar that is now being corrupted by the Black Blood and fighting between remaining in the Light and pushing back against the corruption.
The Collector’s Edition art Book shows the full crystal and it is not a Naaru ship as some people imply but it definitely has a lot of Naaru features. It could be one of the shards of creation or even a shard of T’uure. A Naaru that exploded into a powerful Holy Nova when fighting Dimensius (Void Lord).
This could have sent one of it’s shards (we know of some of the T’uure shards being appropriated by races in the lore) to hit Azeroth, infusing the planet with the Light and causing the first people in Azeroth to start receiving the powers of the Light. Like the first account we have of it - Mereldar, who belonged to the Arathi empire as one of the first people to feel the power of the Light.
We also have Lore that talks about how Anduin himself experienced bright, luminous visions and a melodic chorus. He was being visited by the Naaru in these dreams/visions.
The description sounds exactly like what all the characters and players are experiencing when talking about the Radiant Song.
Magni himself also mentions how these new visions are NOT Azeroth. It’s something new, something different.
So I have the feeling that Beledar is reacting to whatever happened involving the sword (direct impact, black blood, earth shifting and weakening it) and to ask for help it started calling out in the form of the Radiant Song. Emperor Thoradin feels and sees it and sends an expedition to Hollowfall.
Other Points:
Mereldar is the name of the first RECORDED person to receive the powers of the Light. It’s also the name of the hub in Hollowfall!
T’uure was a Naaru that fought Dimensius and the Holy Priest artifact is called T’uure, Beacon of the Naaru. The plane of Shadows/Void has the plane of Light as a counterpart.
Xal’atath was the Shadow Priest’s artifact weapon <----> T’uure was the Holy Priests artifact weapon
Shards of Light were flung across the universe and hit planets that were then infused with life and Light. It could be that Azeroth’s shard was one that was thrown when T’uure exploded into a Holy Nova.
T’uure’s subtitle is Beacon of the Naaru - A beacon can be used to provide Light in the darkness but a beacon can also be used as a signal/waypoint for people looking for it. Just like the Arathi did when they were sent out on their expedition.
And maybe also as a waypoint for the Naaru to find and be able to reach Azeroth in ancient times.
The description for T’uure, the weapon, it LITERALLY mentions Torchbearers. Which, in a way, is what the whole of Hollowfall is all about! People carrying torches into the darkness, the concept of the Arathi bringing the Light to push back against the Void/Shadow, the crytal’s constant battle of Light against the Darkness and actually the people at times referring to each other as torch bearers!
