WoW: Dragonflight Alpha Points towards a Possible Time Skip For The Story of the MMO It's looking likely for the tale inWoTLK Gold World of Warcraft will jump ahead in time, following what happened in Shadowlands which is based on NPC dialog in the Alpha version of the forthcoming Dragonflight expansion.As documented by Wowhead two conversations between two parties, one from the Horde side and one on the Alliance side, indicate "several years" which will pass between the close of Shadowlands and the beginning of Dragonflight even though that the "end" of the Shadowlands story only taking place a few months ago following the release of patch 9.2. If you're not looking for potential spoilers for the story, you should go back now.In Stormwind humans, the leaders Genn Greymane, Mathias Shaw, and Turalyon discuss the current situation of the Alliance in Stormwind, with Shaw mentions the time skip also the issue that Stormwind's King of Stormwind, Anduin, has not yet returned after his departure at the end of Shadowlands. Turalyon is believed to be is the one who is ruling in the Alliance in his stead.In the Horde aspect, Blood Elf leader Lor'themar speaks to the Nightborne leader Thalysrra discussing how several years have gone by since the Horde's armies returned from the realms of death and the relative peace that has endured since then. It is revealed that Lor'themar and Thalysrra were married between their adventures in Shadowlands and Dragonflight both of them disagreeing on who should propose to whom. Players in the game's community aren't too happy about not being able to attend the wedding ceremony, but are thrilled about the couple as Horde leaders regardless.As for the details, the time skip is not "official" just yet. However, NPC characters on Horde and Alliance in the Dragonflight alpha Horde as well as the Alliance of the Dragonflight Alpha do refer to it's been "several many years" have gone by since the heroes from Azeroth came back from Shadowlandsbuy WoTLK Gold , dialogue on the alpha is subject to change and might not make it into the live version of the game.