Afterlives: Maldraxxus is the most recent instalment in World of Warcraft's Shadowlaﷺnds series, and you can check out the entire short film for yoursel꧅f right here.
Afterlives: Mal♒draxxus is centered on Draka of the Frostwolf clan, who describes herself as a "warrior who gave everything to protect what mattered most." In the midst of a roaring battlefield, Draka is seen reaching out for a baby, before the tone of the episode completely shifts.
You can watch the full After🅺lives: Maldraxxus short film in the video embedded below.
"Draka, orc of the Frostwolf Clan, was not a warrior born, but a warrior made," reads the official description. "In the fires of battle that forge the armies of the Maldraxxus, Draka must learn that nothing and no one - not even she -𝓰 is what they seem."
As you can see in the video, Draka is one of many people attempting to protect Maldraxxus, the S🍬hadowlands realm presided over by the Necrolord Covenant. Here, five of the Shadowlands' most powerful rulers of the deaไd plan to instigate death on an astronomical scale - their combined efforts see Draka leave her life as a warrior behind in order to commit herself to the House of Eyes.
"Eventually, this life after life began to feel right," Draka says of her new identity, eschewing battleaxes for a more covert form of combat. The film portrays her practicing the art of subterfuge, apparently disappearing into thin air before emerging behind the enemies she previously faced head-on,ꦐ completely unbeknownst to them and having gained the upper hand.
Shortly thereafter, the armies of the dead turn on Draka🌟 and her master. After watching her master's quarters explode, Draka is thrust into battle with two of the necrolords' minions. Fortunately for her, they underestimate the abilities she mastered during her time with the House of Eyes. Fading away into nothingness, she reappears behin𝄹d them and emerges unscathed with a newfound conviction to avenge her master.
As she notes in the film, Draka "will stop at nothing to deliver her lord's final message✃."
Once Draka of the Frostwolf Clan, Draka is now Baroness of the Ho🌊use of the Chose🐬n, and, beyond that, self-proclaimed Protector of Maldraxxus. We'll have to wait until the next episodes to see what that entails.