Maw

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The Maw is a terrifying end-of-the-line afterlife prison in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, where the most irredeemable souls are eternally tormented under the Jailer’s dominion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm
location in World of Warcraft
prison
zone in Shadowlands expansion
accessedVia Oribos NERFINISHED
alignment cosmology: Death
appearsIn World of Warcraft: Shadowlands NERFINISHED
appearsInGame World of Warcraft NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jailer NERFINISHED
Torghast, Tower of the Damned NERFINISHED
contains Torghast, Tower of the Damned NERFINISHED
cosmicRole sink for the most dangerous souls in the Shadowlands
currency Stygia NERFINISHED
enemyType Mawsworn Forsworn NERFINISHED
Mawsworn Kyrian NERFINISHED
various tormented souls
factionPresence Covenants of the Shadowlands NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Warcraft universe NERFINISHED
gameContentType endgame zone
governedBy Jailer
inhabitedBy Mawsworn
damned souls
introducedInPatch World of Warcraft patch 9.0.1 (Shadowlands pre-patch) NERFINISHED
languageContext English name "The Maw" used in-game NERFINISHED
locatedIn Shadowlands NERFINISHED
mechanic Eye of the Jailer threat system
narrativeRole central setting for the Jailer storyline
origin point of many threats to the Shadowlands
notableFor being end-of-the-line afterlife prison
harsh and inescapable punishment
opposedBy Covenant forces NERFINISHED
champions of Azeroth NERFINISHED
partOf Shadowlands NERFINISHED
playerInteraction area for collecting Stygia currency
zone for quests and endgame activities
primaryFunction afterlife prison for irredeemable souls
eternal torment of condemned souls
relatedLocation Desmotaeron
Korthia NERFINISHED
Perdition Hold NERFINISHED
The Tremaculum NERFINISHED
ruledBy Jailer
theme domination
eternal punishment
hopelessness
travelRestrictions limited mounting (initially no mounts allowed)
visualStyle broken terrain and soul-rivers
dark desolate landscape

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