This here, as noted, is a small section for my notes on this story.
Honestly, besides the ending, this story was never meant to exist. I was planning on making Hope's journey in Northrend span over two complete works, each one developing the voices within his head, as well as developing the terribly neglected Jon.
But I started the first part when they announced patch 3.2….and what saw I them do with Anud'arak almost made me cry – which was the villain of the first of the two Northrend stories.
It was then I could no longer stay in Northrend. Personally, Blizzard's Northrend, in the game, is terrible. I will not go any further into that, or I may start throwing stuff around the room.
Though it may seem a bit overdramatic, the Scourge and Lich King are why I started to write. My favorite zones in the game are the Plaguelands, and regardless of what they did to the Lich King in Northrend, they will still be. It pains me to see lore be squandered when Northrend could be so much more…
Oh well, I am not a developer, soooo….
In the end, despite wanting everyone to love this story, I did it for myself. I needed my own closure to one of my favorite super-villians, Ner'zhul, and the villain Arthas. I want to make sure my ending came before Blizzard's, or I may have stopped writing…completely…
But don't worry, Hope and Nathanos are not finished.
I figured, given Blizzard's knack for dramatic announcements, I only felt it suiting to continue with their recent, unleashed topic...
The world rocks on its foundations, seas bubbling, earth cracking, winds whipping, and fires churning. The signs of change roll across the lands, breaking Azeroth to the will of one being. It is the Dawn of the Last God…it is…the Cataclysm…