Musings.

Heh, long time no update. Before I start, to the people who actually read this, why? Which posts do you enjoy, the ramblings entries about myself, those about WoW, or the completely random ones, like this one?

Imagine if the future could be seen. Not clearly, just coming events. Imagine a time line of small, insignificant events that are yet to come. Now imagine someone was going to, say, die three weeks from now. They'd know it, of course. And of course, when the day came, they would die. Now imagine that time line didn't really show the future, but everyone was certain it did. Would said person still die on the day listed? Think about it. They'd be so adamant that it was going to happen, they'd ensure it did subconsciously. Either that, or some crazy psycho would haul off and kill them.
Different example. A book is scheduled to be a best seller. The insight into the future is real, of course it will be. If it's not, everyone will still rush out and buy it because it's so "good".
And when the "end of the world" thing comes up, you just know someone's going to push a big red button and blow the planet into tiny chunks.
Moral of this rambling hypotheses is to be wary of prophecy, it's more than likely manipulation.

This is the product of a mostly sleepless night. Why I didn't sleep, I don't know. I wish I did, but I don't. It's now after six in the morning, so it's not even worth trying to sleep some more. The next part however, is something I've been thinking about for a fair while, and finally feel motivated to write.

All signs point to the next WoW expansion being the Maelmstrom, and as such, I have a few thoughts as to what we may see.

The first, and most obvious, is Queen Azshara. Queen Azshara was Queen of the Night Elves before the Great Cataclysm (Sundering). and was corrupted by an Old God, and twisted into a Naga. Since there is no evidence at all that Yogg-Saron's, or C'thun's influence spreads as far as the land now known as Azshara, I think it's safe to infer that it was a third, aquatic based Old God. With an Old God in the equation, of course Neptulon, Elemental Lord of water comes into play. Neptulon's minions include the Kraken, which is where things get interesting. To date, there are four Kraken in game, with a fifth being added in patch 3.2.
Starting with the oldest, we have Tethyr, who is part of a quest in Dustwallow Marsh. I'm sure you remember it, a lot of running, visiting Nat Pagle, then using cannons to kill the huge beast.
Next is The Lurker Below, one of the bosses in SSC. Being in SSC means it's under control of Lady Vashj, who was Azshara's cheif handmaiden back in the day, and the original contact between Naga and the other races.
Next we'll take a quick look at the newest, the North Sea Kraken. It's being summoned by the Kvaldir to attack the Argent Crusade. The Kvaldir are an aquatic Vyrkul type race, living in mist on coastlines and islands. Not much there.
The second to last, Oacha'noa, is revered as "Goddess of the Depths" by the Tuskarr. Involved in a quest chain in Dragonblight.
Last, but definitely not least, Leviroth. Leviroth was imprisoned by Azshara five hundred years ago, but is being set free. For a quest, you're given a trident blessed with the power to slay it by Azshara.

To recap, we have one Kraken under Naga command, one destroyed with the help of the Naga, one celebrated by the Tuskarr, one under Kvaldir command, and one renegade.

There's also the ancient, giant Kraken, which have appeared twice thus far in Lore. Once to destroy the Gurubashi empire, and the other during Rhonin's travels through time. These Kraken are said to be invincible, and massive.

Like I said, it gets interesting. Rather than ramble about it, I'll outline my thoughts clearly.
The Kraken are primarily Neptulon's minions.
There are at least two types of Kraken.
They are summoned (from the Elemental Plane?) to Azeroth.
The Kvaldir are either minions, or worshipers of Neptulon.
The Kraken are not all "evil".
They can be controlled by force, coercion, or loyalty of a sort.
Azshara, and the Naga, are willing to destroy, or use Kraken as it suits them.
Azshara is at odds with Neptulon, and by association, possibly the Old God(s).

The Naga being at odds with Neptulon is further shown by Skar'this the Heretic in H Slave Pens. He is imprisoned, and refers to Neptulon as the one true god.

Considering how recent most of the lore outlined above is, I doubt it will be retconned for a new expansion. So will we two of the Big Bads warring with one another? Or will it be more akin to Kael'Thas and Illidian, a behind the scenes power struggle? Personally I think an all out war would be more fun to play in, especially with a mercenary type "reputation" system similar to that in Grizzly Hills. Kill one of Azshara's minions, and Neptulon's will be neutral towards you, and vice versa. Or, I could simply be reading much too far into all of this. But really, why make is so pointed that Leviroth is bad, to the point where you're given an item by a Naga, which has been blessed by Azshara specifically to be able to kill it, if it's not important?

Any thoughts on this? If so, please share. Aspects of lore like this, and the speculation which goes with it interest me greatly.