Legacies

Legacies is a series of animated shorts serving as a prelude to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Each episode focuses on the ancient past as Nozdormu delves into them to gain the keys to save an uncertain future.^[1] The series was announced on 20 October 2022, and the first episode premiered on 25 October 2022.

Videos

Trailer
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

Description

Announcement: Join Nozdormu, Aspect of the Bronze Dragonflight, as he travels through the history of Dragonkind. Their ancient past may hold the key to saving their uncertain future.

Chapter 1 video: Nozdormu, Aspect of the Bronze Dragonflight, encounters a disoriented warrior with fragmented memories. Sensing the warrior’s importance, Nozdormu seeks to guide her by offering a glimpse of his own distant past.

Chapter 1 site: Nozdormu, Aspect of the Bronze Dragonflight, encounters Emberthal, a disoriented warrior with fragmented memories. Sensing the warrior’s importance, he seeks to guide her by offering a glimpse into the violent path that led to the birth of the Aspects.

Chapter 2 video: Nozdormu transports Emberthal, the DracThyr^[sic] warrior, back in time to witness crucial moments in the history of the Dragon Aspects. A cautionary tale of both corruption and sacrifice.

Chapter 2 site: Nozdormu transports Emberthal, a commander of the Dracthyr, back in time to bear witness to the betrayal, treachery, and perilous power grab that changed the fate of the Dragon Aspects.

Chapter 3 video: Having shown Emberthal the Dragon Aspects’ rise and fall, Nozdormu takes her on a final trip back through time… so that she may unlock the mysteries of her own past.

Characters

	Major	Minor	Mentioned
Legacies Chapter One	Nozdormu Scalecommander Emberthal	Galakrond Alexstrasza Ysera Malygos Neltharion
Legacies Chapter Two	Nozdormu Scalecommander Emberthal	Alexstrasza Ysera Malygos Neltharion	N'Zoth Thrall
Legacies Chapter Three	Nozdormu Scalecommander Emberthal	Neltharion Raszageth	N'Zoth

Gallery

Chapter 1
Legacies Chapter 1 key art
Nozdormu, the Timeless One.
Ancient Kalimdor
A proto-dragon.
Alexstrasza as a proto-dragon.
Alexstrasza and Ysera protecting eggs.
Galakrond
Alexstrasza receiving the blessing of Eonar.
Alexstrasza, the Dragon Queen.
The Dragon Aspects
Scalecommander Emberthal

Chapter 2
Legacies Chapter 2 key art
Valdrakken
Neltharion, the Earth-Warder.
The Dragon Aspects in their visage forms.
The Aspects ready to defend Azeroth from the Legion.
Neltharion battling the demons.
Neltharion explains his plan to win the war.
The Demon Soul
All the dragonflights empowering the Demon Soul.
Neltharion reveals his true nature as Deathwing.
A dragon killed by the Demon Soul.
Thrall using the Demon Soul against Deathwing.
Deathwing's death.

Chapter 3
Legacies Chapter 3 key art
Neltharion and his dracthyr army.
The Primalists
Raszageth, the Storm-Eater.
The Primalists attacks the dracthyr army.
The broken Oathbinder.
Neltharion gave in to the whispers of the Old Gods.
Neltharion banishes Raszageth with the Void.
Neltharion put the dracthyr in stasis.

Concept art
Galakrond.
A proto-dragon.
Alexstrasza as a proto-dragon.
Malygos as a proto-dragon, though erroneously based on Kalecgos.
Neltharion as a proto-dragon.
Nozdormu as a proto-dragon.
Ysera as a proto-dragon.
Alexstrasza as an Aspect.
Malygos as an Aspect, though it's actually Kalecgos' design.
Neltharion as an Aspect.
Neltharion as Deathwing.
The Madness of Deathwing.
Nozdormu as an Aspect.
Ysera as an Aspect.
Alexstrasza's visage.
Nozdormu's visage.
Neltharion's visage.
Ysera's visage.
Malygos' visage.
Generic "Aspect" sketch, used as the basis for the individual Aspects' concept art.
Scalecommander Emberthal.
Scalecommander Emberthal (back).