It was pretty cool to see that Neltharion - while could have had some slow burn of a corruption, but the real ‘fall’ came at when he was going to lose against the primalists. This aligns with Azshara as well, where she listened to N’zoth at the sundering. It also adds the dimension to Old gods as well, that they ‘monitor’ a pottential subject on a slow burn and finally fully go ahead with a ‘deal’ at times of desperation.
Might be late now, But what would be really nice to have is rather than Neltharion just ‘discarded away’ the Drakthyr. But, his last bit of sanity decided that freezing the Drakthyr without letting them to fall into corruption. So they could wake one-day, carry the legacy of the Dragons. And the legacy of Drakthyr is something discussed in this expansion.
Again might be late for now to add. Or could add an in game ‘Neltharions diary page’ lol.
It would add more to Neltharion as a character, and Drathyr as a race.
Dont think he took the deal just because Gauntlet broke. The story tells they were taking loses heavily, and the Gauntlet being the cherry on top. Old Gods prey on when beings are on their most vulnerable state (whether rage, despair).
However, it could be a combination of both. Which I go back to my original interpretation - which is a combination of both of these points than separate. And builds much story than simple 2D actions.
Nothing “too late” about it, when Nozdormu is involved. If the time dragon showed specific interest in this point in time, there is some likelyhood, that we might have some time travel stuff that elaborates on it. Especially since Nozdormu’s motivations for asking about this aren’t exactly clear, hinting at some possibly plot-relevant mystery. These videos seemed to be specifically made to help people who don’t spend all their time on understanding the lore to follow the plot, which is why the first two were little more than recaps. This one didn’t choose its context randomly, either. Something is being set up here, expect a payoff later.
personally i’m more in the camp that the glove was keeping the corruption at bay the mind control was just a bonus we’ve seen titan artifacts purify old god corruption before in wrathion