But at the exact same time, the fact that Activision-Blizzard waited this long to announce the launch date meant I was somewhat worried that a number of the more bombastic expansion starts -- like that of Classic gold wow this maligned Battle For Azeroth -- were something of the past. However, Blizzard just introduced the Bastion animated short, the very first portion of the Afterlives series, which will see new episodes for all those Covenants at Shadowlands leading up to launch.

And for anybody that has invested a lot of time with the game, and what's more, has paid any quantity of attention to the story, will find a lot to love in this particular cinematic. Here, watch it today, because I'll be spoiling the entire thing .

The entire shtick of this video series appears to be moving through each of the covenants, and Bastion is themed around the Kyrian covenant in, well, Bastion. If you want a way more in-depth guide to everything the Kyrian Covenant provides, Wowhead has you covered there,

But a lot of angels shepherding the souls of the dead to where they belong in the Shadowlands is pretty much exactly what I expected from at least one of the covenants in Shadowlands, so what really blew me away here was which personalities were chosen to illustrate the covenant's purpose.

Blizzard centered the debut to the Kyrian covenant around Uther the Lightbringer, who's one of the most critical characters in all of Warcraft. Not only was this dude the first paladin, but he was also the teacher of Arthas Menethil, probably the most well-known villain in Warcraft history -- you may know him as the Lich King.

From the animation, Uther's soul arrives on the doorstep of the Kyrian at Bastion, since there's some type of afterlife sorting system which places souls where they belong into the Shadowlands. However, Uther can't let go of his life, and he thirsts for justice. He is chastised to this for some time before Devos, the Paragon watching him over, notices that his spirit is injured from Frostmourne, the Lich King's blade

I could probably go into super-deep detail about why any of this matters, but I'll save myself the effort, and also you the agony of digging it. And, Arthas, that has caused so much harm, by seemingly directing the ability of buy wow gold classic the maw, was cast into that wicked place by the soul of his youth teacher who died by his own blade.