The Murozond Paradox

There is a certain irony and paradox in the life and death of Nozdormu, the leader of the Bronze Dragonflight who would become, and will become Murozond, leader of the Infintie Dragonflight, unravelers of time.

When he was first empowered, Nozdormu received the ability to foresee the future. With this came a curse. Nozdormu could foresee his own death, yet due t the deterministic nature of the Warcraft universe that allows for this, he also knew he could not prevent it.

This dissonance would eventually drive him to madness, transforming him into Murozond, creating the Infinite Dragonflight as a means to prevent his own death.

Here is when things get weird. Murozond camps out in “End Time” during Cataclysm, preventing time travel into the past to ensure the heroes of Azeroth would not stop Deathwing’s Cataclysm, which Murozond believed would have to happen to create a world in which he lives.

Nozdormu sends the player into the End Time, to kill his future self, and allow time travel to the past. He then admits that Murozond’s death at the hands of the player was the death he foresaw, that Murozond sought to prevent.

What this means, is that Murozond’s death, was caused by his past self, in an attempt to stop his insane future self, because his future self tried to stop him from killing him and who turned insane precisely because he foresaw that his past self would send people to kill him.

Nozdormu causes his own madness by killing his future self, because of his madness, which will lead to his eventual demise, that he sought to prevent, because of himself. His madness causes his madness. His death causes his death. He has complete knowledge of this, yet cannot do anything to stop it. This is called the bootstrap paradox if I remember correctly.

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Well that’s a twister. Even puts Marvels Endgame to shame…

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In short the Titans were/are a bunch of !1%*&'s and toyed with the lives of sentients as and when they wished for the “Great Order”.
Sargeras was no better with his use of the demons and races within the Legion.
But yes Aman’Thul showed Nozzy his death to show that even someone gifted with the power of time itself,a fundemental pillar of the universe would still have to face death and be accountable in the end.
Which makes you wonder,considering the High Father could also see the and travel the timeways since he had greater power than Nozzy,did he see Sargeras betrayal coming and do nothing because it “had” to happen for the sake of the timelines and also forsaw Sargeras eventual defeat millenia later at the hands of mortals,some of which were created by the Titan’s themselves…

It is a literary illustration of the Predestination Paradox of Time Travel. However, it has been theorised that this loop can be broken by no longer trying to change the future and allowing events to pass by without intervention. If Blizzard were so inclined they could possibly avoid Murozond’s future death with this mechanism. Or take him out of the timeline completely via an early death/stasis/properly done incapacitation.

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