Blizzard legend Chris Metzen is playingWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and he recently posted a touching tribute to one of the expansion’s best side quests. Though Metzen no longer works for Blizzard, his unofficial endorsement ofDragonflightspeaks volumes to the quality of the latestWorld of Warcraftexpansion.Metzen is the former senior vice president of story and franchise development at Blizzard Entertainment. BeforeMetzen left Blizzard in 2016, he was responsible for shaping the story and characters of the company’s original big three franchises–Diablo,Starcraft, andWarcraft. ModernWoWowes much to Metzen, who developed a great deal of the story, lore, and characters fromWarcraft 2all the way throughWorld of Warcraft: Legion.RELATED:World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Cinematics Reveal Fate of Malfurion and the Green DragonsIn a recent post on his Twitter, Metzen tipped his proverbial hat to Veritistrasz, anNPC found in the Waking Shores inDragonflight. Associated with the quest titled “Stay a While,” players have the chance to sit on a cliff side and chat about the past with the old dragon. Players who encountered the side quest–including Metzen–were struck by the somber, emotional moment they were able to share with the character inDragonflight.
TheWorld of Warcraftcommunity came together on Metzen’s post to share their own experiences with the touching quest. Metzen himself shared some of his other favorite moments inDragonflightso far, including the tour of the Ohn’ahran Plains alongside the Maruuk Centaur, and the cart ride withWrathion and Sabellian early on inDragonflight. Players seem to agree the small moments across the Dragon Isles have enabled the expansion to truly shine.
Though Metzen no longer works for Blizzard, he still provides voice acting for characters like Thrall and Varian Wrynn inWorld of Warcraft, and Bastion inOverwatch. In 2020,Metzen founded Warchief Gaming, a tabletop role-playing game company currently working onAuroboros: Coils of the Serpent, its first major project. Fans of Metzen can also hear him voice Avizandum the Dragon King inThe Dragon Princein a brief flashback sequence.
WithDragonflightnow live, players are exploring every nook and cranny in the game and discovering all the secrets the expansion has to offer. ThoughDragonflighthas plenty of mysteries to unfold in its main story campaign, the expansion has more open world content, side quests, and activities within it than any previous installments. Lore-loving players like Metzen have plenty of things to discover on the Dragon Isles, and hopefully heartfelt stories like those shared by Veritistrasz in the “Stay a While” quest can help shape fond memories of their time inDragonflight.
