The epilogue is Ruby Sanctum.
They all turned into Leech King years ago.
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Hard disagree; Cata was definitely a stumble, but Mists of Pandaria did a lot right, as did Legion. BfA also had its moments, even though it was severely hampered by needlessly obtuse systems.
Shadowlands is where it truly died.
And since then it’s back again with Dragonflight, The War Within, going into Midnight.
WoW probably will never die.
I started late into Cata and really got going in Mists and absolutely loved it. I think OP is having a “back in my day” nostalgic moment
Shadowlands was where I finally stopped. Playing since day one I’ll never forget when I decided to stop. I got the the “fairy land” part of the expansion, was running my Orc Hunter through and then I just stopped and asked myself “What are you doing?” It wasn’t fun. It became a chore to get through the content to the eventual gear grind at the end just like ALL the previous expansions.
I quit in bfa when my guild stopped raiding, came back for shadowlands, and while having a miserable time in the middle of a LFR I thought to myself “why am I playing this?” Then quit because it was just a checklist of chores I didn’t really enjoy.