(Patrick became a Faceless commander, Medivh, Garrosh, and the others were wiped out, and Azeroth was ultimately assimilated completely by N'Zoth.
The end!
Of course, that could never happen.)
Watching the immense surge of Sha energy rush toward him, Patrick understood. From the very beginning, N'Zoth's target had not been the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, but him.
Patrick's earlier assumption-that N'Zoth had seen Xavius and Neltharion die in battle and impatiently launched another offensive against Azeroth-had been wrong. N'Zoth had not intended to attack the entire world directly. On the contrary, his new offensive against the whole world had only just begun.
All those seemingly irrational actions suddenly made sense.
He truly lived up to his names as the god of nightmares and the Thousand-Tentacled Demon. His cunning had far exceeded Patrick's expectations.
Not only had this fellow seen right through Patrick's personality, but he had also staged this entire performance specifically for him. A succession of schemes, plots within plots and traps within traps, had finally ensnared Patrick.
Since the Battle of the Sunwell, Patrick had suffered no setbacks at all. Apart from facing Kil'jaeden at the Sunwell, when Patrick had been prepared to die, his victories over the Lich King Arthas, Yogg-Saron in Ulduar, the Lord of the Nightmare Xavius, and Deathwing Neltharion had almost all come naturally, without any challenge.
Just as Patrick led an army into Pandaria "as usual," intending to settle everything as he had before, N'Zoth had pulled the rug out from under him, struck at his weak point, and targeted Patrick directly.
He had fallen right into the trap! N'Zoth had exploited the Coalition Forces' mindset. Under Patrick's leadership, the entire army of the Arcane Pact had grown somewhat carried away with its successes, completely forgetting how troublesome this Old God, who had