Yeah, it looks like a dropped plot thread/character direction exploration. Much like the Chained Essence of Eranikus one was, and the Missing Diplomat. And Timolain's phylactery. XD (Can we tell I've been nomming on old podcast archives? I started to play at the very end of Wrath and didn't become a regular until Cata, but I stumbled on a whole slew of WCRadio archives and wow. The game has changed a hell of a lot. But some things are still the same--no one knows WTF the unique cave in Silithus is for.)

Word on Orgrimmar too. He shoulda been an architect! XD

I can't see canon!Garrosh and canon!Varian as characters any more, they're just sort of plot buttons with feet. :s I don't like either of them, I don't like that Sylvanas's character was fucked aorund to make Garrosh look better and an entire faction took a senseless heel-turn (no, the Forsaken aren't nice people much--but they're not STUPID ENOUGH TO DIG THEIR OWN GRAVES and I'd think they'd probably ditch Putress's work out of HATING him for almost getting their queen killed)--seriously anyone who finds that character "development" plausible needs to go play WC3 and TFT again, go play the Lady's Necklace quest and the B'elf starting zone, and THEN try to argue with me.

They WILL lose.

ANYHOW. Yeah. Cata just got the AU-engine going at hyperspeed. XD