He started to consume other proto-dragons. They came in varying colors, not just the five main dragon flight colors, but many other variations, like violet, ironbound, orange, and gold.Īmong the proto-dragons, one began to stand out and evolve above the rest: Galakrond. They were more primal, closer to those as seen in Northrend. The proto-dragons resided in the Dragon Isles, and were not, for the most part, the intelligent, powerful creatures we know of when thinking of dragons. In Dragonflight, we see proto-dragon leaders returning to elemental forms. Those that stayed on Azeroth gradually transformed into elemental drakes, and then they transformed into proto-drakes. Well, no, before there were proto-dragons, there were elementals, and some of them weren’t imprisoned on the Elemental Plane. In the beginning, there were proto-dragons. The origins of the dragon aspects may give hints to the future So who is Tyr? What is their background? And what could this mean for the story of Dragonflight? There have been references to Tyr, a Titan-keeper, in game, and his background with the dragon aspects is laid out more in the book Dawn of the Aspects. We’ve encountered the dragons, especially aspects, before in WoW. And that’s all the Dragonflight expansion story we’ve been given so far.
When the stone watchers guarding the beacon awoke - at least, the only one that hadn’t succumbed to the devastation of the elements - it was time for the dragons to come home. The power to allow the dragons to return was tied to a beacon in Tyrhold, and the mechanism to activate the beacon resembles Titan technology. The dragons were locked away from their ancient home… until now. Much like Pandaria, magic made it impossible for anyone to travel to the Dragon Isles. The Dragon Isles were shut off from the world - even from the dragons themselves - at the time of the sundering, 10,000 years ago. The age of dragons ended at the end of Cataclym, beginning the age of mortals - but now it looks like the time of the dragons is coming again. With the announcement of the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight expansion, we learned some new bits of lore, revisited the past, and had reason to be excited for the future of WoW.