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kay then. We know about The Pantheon and the corruption of Sargeras now. And we know Sarg is after Azeroth because it houses a super powerful Titan within its world soul.
WAR
So... remember that lovely magical lake that the Titans
placed in the center of the super-continent Kalimdor? If not, go here.
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So that lake, the Well of Eternity, pulsed with arcane magic in order to develop life on Azeroth. And eventually the Well allowed for a race of beings to evolve, known as the Kal'dorei, or night elves.
Eventually these night elves created the Highborne Empire, with Elun'dris, a city built around the Well, as their crowning achievement. But the more the Kal'dorei exposed themselves to the power of the Well of Eternity, the more reckless and power hungry they became.
And while all this is happening, Sargeras, somewhere in the universe searching for the poor little fledgling planet of Azeroth, senses the powerful surges of arcane from the abused Well of Eternity... and b-lines for it.
So about ten thousand years before the current game timeline, Sargeras decides he needs to make a portal from Argus, his new demon home world, to Azeroth. Cause the universe is fucking huge. Takes a long ass time to travel light years across a galaxy.
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So... shortcut!
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Enter Queen Azshara.
This bitch right here, Azshara, is crazy obsessed with power and expanding her access to it. She and her advisors, like Xavius, see magic as their plaything. So Sargeras, sensing her weakness for power, calls to her, revealing himself as a powerful god, willing to share his knowledge of the arcane, if she would just make a portal into her world.
And she buys it. Bitch... you done fucked up. Thanks Azshara.
So with the help of her high council, all who now basically worship Sargeras as a god, help Azshara use the Well of Eternity to open a portal for -what they will soon discover - the Burning Legion.
So the Lieutenants, Pit Lord Mannoroth and Archimonde the Defiler, start leading the Legion across Kalimdor, laying waste to everything and absorbing every bit of energy they can.
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See, the portal wasn't quite big enough for their boy Sargeras to fit his titan-sized-ass through, so they needed as much energy as possible to expand the portal.
About this time, a young night elf by the name of Malfurion fucking Stormrage has had about enough of this shit. See, he had been nursing some issues with the Highborne upper ranks and their thirst for power over all else. And now there are demon warlocks summoning meteors of infernals. Felhounds are tearing across the plains of Kalimdor. Doomguards are being assholes. Time to get serious.
So now Mal convinces his twin brother, Illidan (ILLIDAAAAAAAAAAN) to abandon his allegiance to Azshara. See, Illidan was a sorcerer with the same thirst for power as the Queen and her cronies. But even my boy Illidan knew shit was fucked up now.
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The Priestess of Elune, Tyrande whisperwind, also joined the fight.
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I'll get more into that tragic love triangle later. And I'll DEFINITELY give Illidan a page of his own... probably very soon.
So with the help of Tyrande, who Illidan was desperately in love with, he
was able to keep his addiction to the magic of the Well of Eternity at bay and help Mal and Tyrande find their old pal Cenarius.
Now, Cenarius doesn't fuck around. He decides to get in on this fight, as well as seeking out the Aspects and get them in on this shit as well.
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It's a no brainer, and the Aspects send their dragon flights to tear up the Legion, with Alexstrasza leading the charge.
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Cenarius summons ancient trees to aid in the fight. And now this alliance of Kal'dorei, dragons, and nature itself are converging on the capital to engage in all out war against the Legion.
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Shit is getting out of control. Azshara, delusional as fuck, is anxiously awaiting Sargeras' arrival through the portal. His shadow is drawing closer to the surface of the well, but the portal's not quite big enough yet. So she and all of her advisers combine their arcane power and channel it into the Well to strengthen and expand the portal.
Now, during this intense fucking battle, Neltharion, the Earth Aspect, pretty much looses his shit. He starts to literally break apart from his level of bat-shit insanity as his rage bursts from him. He renames himself Deathwing and turns on his fellow dragons, attacking them and forcing them away from the battle.
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Now the night elves have lost a powerful ally, and Malfurion decides that the only way to sever the link the demon have to Azeroth is to destroy the Well of Eternity.
And Illidan freaks out. The Well is the source of his power. He can't let it be destroyed. So he betrays Mal's plan to Azshara.
Heartbroken by his brother's betrayal, Mal keeps calm and carries on, leading an attack against Azshara's temple. But the Queen IS prepared and starts laying waste to Mal's forces in her power crazed form. Even Tyrande is gravely wounded, sending Mal himself into a rage and he goes into a bloodlust (heroism? fuck, we're not horde, fuck lust)
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And now shit's about to get real.
