While i'm really liking the theories of Garrosh throwing away the lessons he's learned through the cata leveling quest and joining, being thrown into the shadow council, or even drinking the demon blood because of the pressures of the new hored vs alliance war, I don't think Blizz will really go with that. They'll probably want to keep Pandaria really connected to this whole conflict, and there's one evil that we really haven't learned much about but has huge ramifications: the Sha.

I have to go with some Sha getting a hold of Garrosh and tearing him a new one and taking over. That gives a really good reason for both Horde and Alliance to go after him and gives you a whole lot of design and mechanics possibilities for the encounters and story.

Imagine a possessed Garrosh having new, crazy abilities and has to be brough down, but only the help of the new race on the block can really seal the deal. That would tie the pandas really tightly into the world for good, which is the same kind of treatment that help Blood Elves and Drenei (to a somewhat lesser extent) really get immersed into the lore for many players who were ignorant of their ways otherwise.

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