Polygon
The Primalists have been fun villains, and one of the highlights of Dragonflight so far. “The old pantheon of villains and gallery of foes from the Warcraft 3 days, we’ve exhausted those at this point. They’ve been defeated or something else has become of them. So it’s been a new challenge for the team to make new villains and ground them in player consciousness,” says Ion Hazzikostas, game director on World of Warcraft. “It’s been encouraging seeing the community’s feedback so far.”
The Icy-Veins interview confirms that Vyranoth becomes an unlikely ally, continuing the story begun in Patch 10.1.7 in which Alexstrasza asks the Incarnate to stand against her brother, going on to recruit the minor dragonflights to help defend Amirdrassil from Fyrakk’s fury.