The King's Path

Accompany King Anduin to the Tomb of Sargeras.

• King Anduin escorted

Now that I have seen the Broken Shore and the terror of the Burning Legion first hand, my eyes have been opened to the truth.

I speak not of the unfathomable evil of the enemy, but of the bravery and sacrifice that such evil brings about in the hearts of our people.

My father once told me that every king must carry the weight of his own crown. Mine has never felt heavier than it does at this very moment...

Please take me to the place where my father died, so that I may honor his sacrifice.

You have helped me more than I can say,. For that, you will always have my thanks.

• 16,450 XP

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• Cinematic
• Genn and Velen approaches Wrynnfall.
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• Camera shows the battlefield.
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• Genn and Velen turn around. Anduin lowers his hood.
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• Genn is upset.
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• At Anduin's plainly spoken fact as he walks past the two men, Genn's expression immediately softens.
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• Anduin glances up at the Screaming Cliffs; images of the Horde's archers appear as smoke and quickly vanishes in the wind. He walks forward toward the remains of his father, glancing at the remains of the Fel Reaver Varian destroyed as he passes. He walks up to the cracked depression and stares down at his father's remains.
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• Image flashes of Varian getting stabbed by the felguard. Anduin collapses to his knees. He then clears the blackened sand and dust aside with his hand and uncovers the right half of his father's sword.
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• Anduin stares up at the Tomb of Sargeras.
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• Looks back down at Shalamayne.
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• As he speaks, the reflection in the blade is of Varian's eyes, as if it were he in Anduin's predicament.
• Genn approaches Anduin from his right side.
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• The older king kneels in front of him.
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• Genn picks up the sword half in his hands and places it in Anduin's hands.
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• Anduin looks back up at Genn, but his mind takes him to Stormwind where he is surprised to see his father in the middle of the Valley of Heroes. They are standing, facing each other, Anduin with his back to the inner gates as the future of the kingdom, and Varian's to the outer gate, as if about to leave for the past. Varian looks upon his son with a proud and gentle smile. Anduin looks down at the blade then questions his father, looking up searchingly at him.
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• Varian puts his hand on his shoulder, echoing his words to him back at The Inner Sanctum in the aftermath of the Siege of Orgrimmar. His face is an expression of firm commitment.
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• Anduin closes his eyes and gathers his thoughts to reconvene into the present. Genn's eyebrows raise in surprise and looks upon the young king as Anduin's renewed purpose and resolve reignite the blade's hollow, this time with a Light-like golden glow. The king of Stormwind looks up and opens his eyes, his expression as if a refection of Varian.

The Broken Shore is a shattered, desolate land. I now realize how necessary it was for me to see this for myself.

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