Beyond the Universe

Deren said nothing. Instead, he began drawing on an empty section of the blackboard. Following his memories, he sketched something strange: a triangular upper body, with scattered flesh and blood below it, surrounded by oddly shaped, jointed tentacles. Beneath the triangle was also a head covered in tentacles.

In the end, a terrifying creature appeared before everyone. Deren set down the chalk, quite satisfied with both his memory and his drawing skills. Only then did he ask, "What do you think this is?"

Varian immediately rose to his feet and cried, "Th-this... if it had limbs, it would look somewhat like a Faceless One. Or some other horrifying monster."

He said uncertainly, "Another Old God?"

Deren smiled and shook his head before saying seriously, "It is a god from another universe, a creator of life, a divine race from the Void—the Xel'Naga."

As he spoke, he wrote the name Xel'Naga beneath the names of the five Old Gods.

"Th-this..." Sargathas could not help covering her mouth to keep herself from trembling. "I... those tentacled monsters and I are gods from another universe?"

"It is only a possibility. I am guessing that perhaps these tentacled gods, when brought here, might be another kind of Old God?" Deren added.

Aegwynn guessed, "Deren means that the prefixes of Sargathas and Xel'Naga are so similar. Considering that Sargathas has lost her memories, they may even be identical. If so, they may share the same origin."

"I... I am the herald of the Void Lord Dimensius. Sargathas, Herald of the Void." Having reached this point, Sargathas no longer concealed her identity. "In my memories, after Dimensius devoured my homeland, he transformed me into his servant and had me gather information on the next world he intended to consume.

"I came to Kael'thas and learned that