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They can even do something at that point like having the Lich King return to the surface and lock every single person who went into the shadowlands in, all lore characters who are down there, all player characters
Then do a 10 year timeskip while all the important people are trapped down there and you go back up and the world is in the midst of a massive existential war against the Lich King
Use it as a moment to update the world again Cata style, introduce new players or evolutions of old players
Then do 2 different intros to this new world, 1 being the new revamped starter zones for lv 1 characters, and the other being "Escape the Shadowlands" for returning characters