![]() ![]() The undead Scourge under the command of the Lich King, created by Kil'jaeden to invade Azeroth, had betrayed the Legion and would now move to secure itself as a power in its own right. ![]() Without a place among the kaldorei and with his love Tyrande lost to him forever in favor of his brother Malfurion, Illidan was without a purpose, an elf 10,000 years lost from anything he remembered. Rather than destroy Illidan for his role in annihilating Tichondrius, the crafty demon sought to offer Illidan a deal. With Archimonde dead and Sargeras effectively gone in the Twisting Nether, Kil'jaeden was now effectively the master of the Burning Legion. Rootless, with no place in the night elven society he had helped to save and pursued relentlessly by his former jailer Maiev Shadowsong, the last visitor Illidan expected to receive was the visitation he found himself entertaining, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver. Why did the people of Azeroth turn away from the unity established in the fight against the Burning Legion? Why did the former high elves turn away from their once-allies? Why did Illidan raise the naga? How did Arthas Menethil transition from a death knight into possibly the most powerful mortal-born entity ever to exist on the face of Azeroth? These were the times that blasted souls.Īmazingly, the rise of the naga from their eons of lurking resentment below the surface of Azeroth's oceans owes much to Gul'dan, the orc necromancer who died at the end of the Second War - or at the very least, to his memories, held in a demonic artifact crafted out of his very skull and held by Illidan Stormrage.Īfter Illidan's consumption of the skull's magic and transformation in the blasted forests of Felwood, he found himself yet again banished by his brother Malfurion. We talked before about the Third War (in two parts, in fact), and in the next few weeks, we'll talk about the period between the Third War and the original story of WoW, the events of the 1-60 game that was remodeled in Cataclysm. The Third War ended four years before World of Warcraft started, and the mortal races that banded together on the slopes of Mount Hyjal to defeat the Burning Legion were now beginning to approach a war footing once more. If you began playing World of Warcraft when the game came out, then you played through a period of interbellum. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how - but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft. The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe.
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