Tempest

Me:

I was inspired by some fanfic and did a little strip of the scene from there. The link will be under this post ^^

So I just reread Before the Storm and I knew the first time I read it I got the impression that the aches Anduin gets was associated with the Light, but that’s not actually known for sure? There’s a line somewhere in game that the Bell was “shaped by stars’ fire, and bound by the breath of darkest shadow” which to me implies Light and Void. “Star’s fire” is pretty vague and could be arcane or something, but in the book pg 214:

“Anduin watched her carefully, taking a breath and centering himself. Light—let me know if she means them harm. He felt no responding ache in his bones, no hint that Calia Menethil was planning some kind of murderous coup. Her intentions were in alignment with the Light they both served.”

To me that says Anduin at least believes the aches are the Light talking to him, and there is SO MUCH narrative potential there! And no, I don’t think Blizz just forgot about the bell, Christie Golden who wrote Before the Storm is a main writer for Wow not just an author they pulled in off the street. 

A potentially Light-Void-Titan connection to Anduin is going to become relevant at some point, if not during shadowlands then afterwards. The bell could play a role in freeing him from the Jailer, or what if despite being possessed to do horrible things, Anduin feels the bell punishing him the entire time despite having no control? That would be a pretty good reason for him to think the Light has “betrayed” him.