World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery is currently in full swing, and players think they've found a startling connection to the modern, "retail" version of Blizzard's MMO in the form of a mysterious, Void-shrouded figure that just might be the franchise's next big-bad.

WoW is set to have a big year in 2024. There's a new expansion, The War Within, coming later this year to the modern version, while WoW Classic is getting new class abilities, reworked dungeons and raids, and the potential resurrection of cut content as part of Season of Discovery. Normally, these two different versions of the game don't interact at all. Mounts and toys unlocked in modern WoW don't unlock in the old-school versions, for example. They may be two versions of the same game, but in many ways they are miles apart.

That's precisely why it's so surprising that the villain Blizzard has already confirmed will play a large role in The War Within, Xal'atath, might have just appeared in Season of Discovery. As broken down by longtime WoW content creator Bellular, a new quest chain added just for Season of Discovery sees players venturing into the game's revamped version of Blackfathom Deeps (once a dungeon, now a 10-player raid) to collect a mysterious object called The Box: one with the power to infuse the Void into armor. The quest sees players then journeying to Hillsbrad Foothills, where a mysterious crystal made of light, one not in the original version of the game, can be found. Using the power of the crystal, The Box can be destroyed, leaving behind a single Shard of the Void.