Blizzard Entertainment officially announced the upcoming release of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands at BlizzCon 2019.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion was officially released, introducing new zones, mechanics, and the Shadowlands storyline.
Following the success of WoW Classic, Blizzard announced Burning Crusade Classic, hinting at continued support for classic content alongside Shadowlands.
The Lich King is defeated and the Helm of Domination is shattered, breaking the Lich King's hold over the Scourge and opening a rift to the Shadowlands.
The fabric between Azeroth and the Shadowlands weakens, allowing souls to pass freely into the Shadowlands and revealing the afterlife realms to mortals.
The mysterious Jailer of the Maw begins to manipulate events from behind the scenes, seeking to escape his prison and dominate the Shadowlands and beyond.
Adventurers from Azeroth are drawn into the Shadowlands and recruited by one of the four Covenants—Kyrian, Necrolord, Night Fae, or Venthyr—to aid in the fight against the forces of the Jailer.
A fierce conflict erupts in Ardenweald as the Jailer’s forces attempt to corrupt the realm of rebirth, threatening the cycle of life and death.
The Kyrian defenders of Bastion defend their realm against a Jailer's attempt to seize the realm and its power.
The Jailer’s shadowy forces invade Oribos, the central hub of the Shadowlands, in an attempt to seize control of the realms’ nexus.
Adventurers confront the Jailer in the Maw, the prison for the most irredeemable souls, in a final battle to prevent his escape and save the Shadowlands.
Following the Jailer's defeat, the balance of the Shadowlands is restored, and the Covenant leadership begin to rebuild their realms and uphold the cycle of life and death.
