The Hidden Sickness of the Wetlands | World of Warcraft

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Published 2024-03-15
Happy Friday, everybody! Today, we visit the damp region known as the Wetlands to take a look at a hidden lore thread that nobody has been talking about... is it ever truly resolved in-game? Or are there unsolved mysteries ripe for the solving?!

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Video Footage:
- Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-)
- Some images retrieved from WoWhead
- Hayven Games: Grim Batol

Background Music:
- "Swamp of Sorrows," "Feralas," and "Burning Steppes" from the WoW OST

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Outro Music:
- "Watch Me (Live)" by Greta Van Fleet

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All Comments (21)
  • @pavelzacek8098
    Fun fact. Deathwing himself should be hidding in GB during vanilla. Bacause Sinestra (or by her original name Sintharia) started experiments bellow halls of GB before TBC. And was later revealed, that deep below darkest halls, deeper then Sinestra And her Troggs ever dare to descend, Deathwing himself manipulated Sinestra and events leading to creation of Twilight dragons. We can even met Sinestra during TBC at Netherwing (it was in a middle of her experiments). So, during vanilla Sinestra And DW should be already there.
  • @scyren2337
    Oh man, seeing the "Credit: Hayven Games" makes me a bit emotional. For a moment, through you, he was here again. Thanks for the great videos, man.
  • @saulgoodguy1840
    Hope there is enough hidden lore for way more of these videos. Each and every one is a banger
  • @grafspe807
    Thank you so much for the credit to Hayven Games at the 7:52 mark its been a long time and he was much beloved by the wow community i am glad he is not forgotten
  • @TheRoflcraft9885
    Seeing Hayven Games feels like a hammer blow to the chest, but I'm glad he left such a mark.
  • @tylerbenjamin328
    Grim Batol as a location has captured my imagination for 20 years. The Wetlands is a beautiful zone and tons of fun quests! Thanks for bringing me back. 💖💖💖
  • Wetlands and Darkshore were such nostalgic areas back when I was a dumb seven year old during vanilla. Wetlands had a banger soundtrack as well, and Menethil harbor was cool. Not as cool as the architecture in Theramore, but unlike Theramore, there were things you can do like quests. And fewer deserters harassing everyone.
  • @kovatoro
    I've always loved the passive world building of the Wetlands! The unmarked, ruined path leading to Grim Batol shows the zone's history.
  • @POTATOEMPN
    The Warden of The Green is a direct refference to Swamp Thing, from DC Comics. He is actually like, top three most powerful beings on Earth. In his domain, he is virtually unstopable. Just fun fact.
  • @Loxifae
    Love the attention to detail, "the Elekk in the room" made me smile.
  • @bombkangaroo
    Whatever is beneath the Eastern Kingdoms must be huge. Its whispers have been heard in Tirisfal, it seems to have corrupted that one Watcher imprisoned beneath Arathi, and at the much lower elevation of the Wetlands its presence is actually able to influence the world above albeit indirectly.
  • @deathi
    i would love a grim batol raid in sod, since that area looks like it was supposed to be something big, plus with xal'atath(shadowy figure when you get the void shard in hillsbarad foothills) having big influence with players since phase 1 we might be sent there
  • @cajintexas7751
    In Vanilla, I used my rogue to stealth into the Grim Batol area. I hoped to find some secret quest or maybe some chests with loot. But all I found were elite dragons.
  • @DrPluton
    I still think Blizzard has missed out by not having a Caverns of Time dungeons visiting old Grim Batol. Maybe we could help the Wildhammer dwarves fight Modgud.
  • @dbabaganoosh
    With the War Within coming out, they have said in interviews the Scardin will be appearing in the expansion. So makes you wonder what other things will come to pass in that expansion! I'm excited
  • @Mou5eketeer
    Great vid and thank you for crediting Fred for his footage. He's terribly missed.