Guardians of the Dream Patch 10.2 Campaign Chapter 3: Druids of the Flame (Story Spoilers)
10.09.2023 - 09:55
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With the first Patch 10.2 Guardians of the Dream PTR build, the 10.2 campaign is now available for testing. We played through the campaign to bring all the details. This post focuses on Chapter 3 of the campaign, Druids of the Flame.
WARNING: Patch 10.2 Guardians of the Dream spoilers ahead!
In Chapter 3 of the Guardians of the Dream Campaign, we meet up with Tyrande by the Sor'theril Barrow Den in The Burning Barrow. Corruption has taken hold of the Barrow Den, and we help extinguish it in Ashen Soil and rescue citizens of the den in Not Yet Lost. As we traverse the Barrow Den, we find a Night Elf, longing for the immortality of old.
Norana Morninglight: So you've arrived at last.
Norana: I had hoped to meet you, before things began in earnest.
Norana: An unassuming adventurer, free to act as you please.
Norana: We were free once. Unbound by the fetters of mortality. Perfect beings, blessed by the world's stewards.
Norana: We could find that world again, if you wished. An unending world, preserved in flame.
Norana: Ah, there you are. I was beginning to thjink you had lost your way.
Tyrande: Norana? You've set an entire barrow ablaze! What madness is this?
Norana: Teldrassil opened my eyes to the truth. We cannot save our people through force of will alone, Night Warrior.
Tyrande: Our people have seen enough forests burn, Norana. Whatever these fanatics promised you, it is not worth the toll the Firelands would exact.
Norana: I have simply promised these «fanatics» the birthright they are due. The fire will return us to the eternity that your draconic keepers continue to hold for themselves.
Tyrande: Wait, Norana! I--
Tyrande: I knew Norana once, Champion. I hesitated. It will not happen again.
With Tyrande's new resolve, we go investigate another grove in The Smoldering Copse. As we arrive at the Copse, the influence of the Druids of the Flame is easily visible. We then disrupt their operations in Burning Ground and slay Druids of the Flame in Grim Reprisal. As we start the quest, Tyrande ponders Norana's decision.
Tyrande: Immortality… is that truly what this is about? Is that the lie these zealots have sold them?
Tyrande: My people have suffered so much. I will not allow these sycophants to sell them a seeming eternity, built upon a pyre of innocent lives.
Tyrande: Disrupt their camp and break their ranks. I will seek out their leader — and show them how foolish it is to tempt the ire of Elune.
While we're clearing the Copse, Tyrande and her allies track down Norana — Who is attempting to complete a ritual. We try to stop her in Forlorn Hope. As we accept Tyrande's prompt, a cutscene (currently not testable) shows up, and a so-called Prophet of Flame summons a firebird. We dispatch of the bird