Since Miss Sylvanas came along and destroyed my boss’s sweet looking helmet the Scourge are basically gonna be rampaging across Azeroth until control is regained, though it may come later as you know there ain’t no Helm of Domination anymore. The logical choice Blizzard might do is reforge the it as the expansion goes on. Considering with the events of Shadowlands and the massive rift above the sky in Icecrown, everyone is gonna know there was a Lich King but the fact that the idea of reforging the helm may be good for the to contain the undead threat it will also raise eyebrows from people who you know, don’t like the idea of a Lich King in general.
I want to hear your thoughts both from an OOC and IC perspective of how you would react to the Helm of Domination’s reforging if it came to it that is.
My DK would go against Ebon Blade if they agreed to help Bolvar restore the helm, without sharing the knowledge of why it is important furthermore, then just keep the Scourge contained.
Reforging the Helm of Domination serves no purpose due to it was just kept to hold the Scourge back and since we likely will beat the unliving crap out of it during 9.0 pre-patch event it serves no purpose anymore.
I am more curious on what they plan with Bolvar beyond Shadowlands if he will become active part in the Ebon Blade or not and what powers will he still control.
If the helm by retconned lore was a thing keeping the Shadowlands shut from the living realm, then maybe that would serve as a second and better reason to try to fix it.
I mean I am open towards it because we do not really know much about what they had in mind for the helmet with the changes.
Though I am curious about the things we as the players going to craft if we can get strong ‘‘deathly’’ themed legendary effects similar to Frostmourne, Helm of Domination and so on.
And appearances going to be interesting to explore as well.
Considering the fact that both Lich King’s were holding back the full power of the Scourge, its safe to say they’re as big as a threat as they are now without a Lich King to contain them. Plus I doubt we’d beat the Scourge completely as they’re just make more undead, same situation when we defeated Arthas.
Something we ought not to forget.
As explained, if Arthas wanted it, the Scourge would have overwhelmed Azeroth. Yet, he held it back.
Ain’t going to be easy, boys.
Onslaught gonna play janitor here.
Edit: Also, no, the Helmet was NOT made to keep the Shadowlands at bay, it would be a bit strange that KJ had such a plan. His objective was the Old Gods and the Void - and using the Helm to make sure the Scourge would ‘prepare’ the Legion’s invasion.
I think it is just the overwhelming power that came out of the Helm & the already ‘weakened’ barrier, possibly thanks to the Jailor and all those death. (Teldrassil was an inside job.)
I had a similar idea, but it goes a bit differently.
We find the Forge of Domination, used to create Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination. We will also learn who their creator was, so I think we will request his aid to create a new Helm.
Here’s where it differs. Bolvar stated to Sylvanas that the power of the Lich King is a prison in itself, and Sylvanas absolutely despises the concept of being chained in any way, so this new Helm shall serve as her new prison. We find the original creator and convince them to make a new Helm, but a modified version. It shall pacify the Scourge in the realm of the living and serve as the “lock” to the Shadowlands like the original did, but it shall entomb Sylvanas in ice like how it did to Bolvar when he put the original on.
I can see this scenario occurring because I believe Sylvanas will try to overthrow the Jailer and become the new Queen of the Maw, and I think we will face off against her. But rather than kill her, we condemn her to the fate she fears without actually having to: we imprison her in the Maw, which is very likely the dark realm she saw when she committed suicide as it was stated she first saw the Jailer in that moment. In addition, Sylvanas being forced to wear a new Helm while being trapped in the Maw prevents any idiots in the mortal realm from trying to break her free. It’s like locking a door, but the lock is on the inside of the building rather than the outside: out of reach.
Heck, perhaps we do kill her and she respawns in the Maw, and in this vulnerable state, we trap her essence inside the new Helm and have someone else wear it, perhaps Bolvar again but I don’t see this happening. Plus I really want someone to go up to her and say “You called yourself the Banshee Queen. Now it is time for your coronation!” and forces that helmet on her head.
As much as logical that sounds, I still however want Bolvar to get the helm back in one piece and continue his role as the jailor of the damned, and now more important then ever as “The Gatekeeper” of Shadowlands.