, is ambushed and slain by rival orcs. The assassins
leave Durotan’s infant son for dead, but the young orc is quickly
discovered and saved by a band of humans under the command of Aedelas
Blackmoore. The infant is taken as a slave and given the name Thrall.
3
Lord Anduin Lothar realizes Medivh’s betrayal. He leads a small band of
gryphon-mounted warriors to Medivh’s tower and confronts the wizard.
Lothar slays Medivh’s body and destroys the spirit of Sargeras. Medivh’s
spirit escapes, however.
4
Blackhand the Destroyer is betrayed and slain
by Orgrim Doomhammer, a trusted general and close friend. Doomhammer
replaces Blackhand as Warchief of the Horde. Stormwind Keep falls before
the full might of the Horde and is sacked. During the battle, King Llane
is slain by one of Gul’dan’s assassins, the half-orc Garona. Spies loyal
to Orgrim Doomhammer capture and torture Garona. In agony, she reveals
the existence of the Shadow Council and directs them to the location of
Gul’dan’s warlocks near the ruins of Stormwind Keep. Doomhammer
dispatches his elite wolfriders to the ruins. They slay or execute most
of Guldan’s warlocks and disperse the remaining members of the Shadow
Council. Gul’dan pleas for mercy and offers complete submission.
Doomhammer accepts and grants him mercy. Lord Anduin Lothar concedes
that the Kingdom of Stormwind has been lost. He rallies his countrymen
and leads them in a desperate retreat across the Great Sea, eventually
landing upon the shores of Lordaeron. The First War ends. Gul’dan uses
his powers to raise an unholy legion of Stormwind’s fallen soldiers and
names them death knights.
5
King Terenas of Lordaeron offers the
refugees sanctuary and convenes an emergency council to discuss the
invasion. Together, Lothar and Terenas convince the others to form an
alliance between the seven human nations and the kingdoms of the dwarves
and high elves. The Horde brings ogre allies through the portal from
Draenor and replenishes its depleted ranks. Afraid for the survival of
his people, the troll Zul’jin coordinates an alliance between the forest
trolls and the orcish Horde. Sir Uther Lightbringer founds an order of
holy defenders known as the Knights of the Silver Hand. Their purpose is
to serve as a last line of defense against the Horde.\
6
The Second War
begins. The Horde pushes north, rolling through the continent of Khaz
Modan and up into Lordaeron. The conflict is widespread and bloody, with
large portions of Quel’Thalas destroyed by the Horde. The Alliance makes
a desperate stand and stalls the Horde’s advance. The combined forces of
humans, high elves and dwarves manage to rally and push the Horde back
to the ruins of Stormwind Keep. Gul’dan, consumed by his thirst for
personal power, secretly forges an agreement with a group of demons
loyal to Sargeras. They agree to help Gul’dan locate their master’s
tomb.
Gul’dan searches for the Tomb of Sargeras and raises it from deep
beneath the ocean. When Gul’dan enters the burial chamber, however, he
accidentally releases a swarm of demons that kill him. The demons surge
out of the Tomb of Sargeras and inflict great damage on the forces of
the Horde. Deathwing, an ancient and powerful black dragon, assumes the
form of Lord Prestor — a young human diplomat — and infiltrates the high
council of the Alliance. Using subtle magic, the dragon ensnares the
minds of the human leaders and forces them to grant him the title of
king of Alterac. The Alliance pushes the weakened and disorganized Horde
all the way back to the Black Morass, where the Dark Portal is located.
Lord Anduin Lothar is slain during the Alliance’s final victory. The
Dark Portal is shattered. The Second War ends.
7
Ner’zhul opens
additional portals in Draenor and flees through one. The energies from
the portals conflict and create a series of violent earthquakes and
storms that tear Draenor apart in a catastrophic explosion. Its floating
shards eventually become known as Outland. Kil’jaeden captures the
fleeing Ner’zhul and irreversibly transforms him into the Lich King,
encasing him in a block of ice.
8
Under orders from the Kirin Tor, the
conclave of wizards that rules Dalaran, Rhonin and Vareesa Windrunner
free the imprisoned Dragonqueen, Alexstrasza. Three other dragon aspects
— Ysera, Nozdormu and Malygos — are also awakened. Together, the dragons
manage to defeat Deathwing and force him to flee. Blackmoore begins
instructing Thrall in how to fight. The young orc is a good student and
quickly becomes an accomplished warrior. At the same time, he secretly
learns to read and speak the language of men.
10
Kil’jaeden casts the
Lich King’s icy prison into Azeroth, followed by a legion of undead
followers. It comes to rest on the continent of Northrend, buried deep
within Icecrown Glacier. Ner’zhul corrupts the Archmage Kel’Thuzad and
directs him to begin spreading a disease across Lordaeron. Kel’Thuzad
creates the Cult of the Damned to aid him in his mission.
14
Thrall
begins to fight in the slave pits as a gladiator and swiftly gains a
reputation as a peerless warrior.
16
Thrall escapes from Blackmoore’s
control and begins to search for his lost heritage. He learns of the
existence of the Warsong clan — the only clan remaining that is
undefeated by humans — and of its ferocious leader, Grom Hellscream.
18
Thrall defeats a disguised Orgrim Doomhammer in combat and earns his
respect. Doomhammer appoints Thrall as his second-in-command. Thrall,
Hellscream and Doomhammer combine forces to raid the internment camps
and free their fellow orcs from captivity. Thrall convinces them to
reform the Horde.
19
Orgrim Doomhammer is slain in battle and Thrall
becomes the next Warchief of the Horde. He turns his people from the
practice of demon magic and reintroduces them to the abandoned
shamanistic culture of their ancestors.
20
Kel’Thuzad’s Cult of the
Damned infects Lordaeron’s farmlands with the Lich King’s plague. Uther
Lightbringer and his Knights of the Silver Hand try to stem the tide of
the disease, but fail. Prince Arthas fears that the spread of the
disease will tear the Alliance apart and eventually lead to the downfall
of the entire human race. He tracks the source of the plague to
Northrend and attempts to slay the Lich King. There, Arthas falls prey
to a trap and loses his soul to the cursed blade Frostmourne. The Lich
King transforms Arthas into a death knight. He returns to Lordaeron,
assassinates his father King Terenas, and takes charge of the undead
forces. The Third War begins. Kel’Thuzad seizes Medivh’s spellbook from
the city of Dalaran and uses it to summon forth the Burning Legion.
Archimonde and his host of demons arrive in Dalaran.
The spirit of Medivh foresees the eventual downfall of Lordaeron and
begins to manipulate events in order to arrange the formation of a
last-ditch alliance between the mortal races on Kalimdor. Guided by a
mysterious vision from Medivh, Jaina Proudmoore loads several ships and
sets sail through the Maelstrom to the far-off continent of Kalimdor.
Simultaneously, the Horde steals several human warships and also begins
traveling to Kalimdor. Thrall’s ships land on a mysterious island chain
in the Maelstrom and encounter a friendly tribe of jungle trolls. Thrall
helps the trolls to escape from their sinking island, and the trolls
respond by joining the Horde. The Maelstrom scatters the Horde’s fleet.
After regrouping on Kalimdor, the orcs encounter a race of wise giants
known as tauren. Thrall dispatches Grom Hellscream to lead a group of
orcs north and begin collecting lumber. The tauren lead Thrall to the
lair of a mysterious Oracle, who turns out to be Medivh. Jaina
Proudmoore is already there, and Medivh introduces her to Thrall. Medivh
warns both of them about the coming of the Burning Legion. Night elf
Sentinels respond violently to lumbergathering incursions by orcs into
the forests of Ashenvale. The orcs, led by Grom Hellscream, respond in
kind and engage in battle with the night elves. Cenarius intervenes and
temporarily halts the Horde’s advance. Mannoroth deceives Grom into
drinking from a corrupted well of demon blood. The power of chaos grants
Grom and his followers incredible strength and near invulnerability. The
orcs strike back and slay Cenarius. The night elves awaken Malfurion and
the rest of the slumbering druids. The Burning Legion arrives in
Ashenvale, seeking the World Tree and the Well of Eternity that it
guards. Malfurion and Tyrande free Illidan from his prison. Illidan
consumes power from a demonic artifact known as the Skull of Gul’dan and
then tracks down and slays Mannoroth. However, the artifact initiates a
transformation in Illidan, irreversibly changing him into a demon. He is
banished by Malfurion for his actions. Thrall’s orcs and Jaina’s humans
join forces with the night elves in a desperate attempt to defend Mount
Hyjal from Archimonde’s advance. However, the demon is too powerful and
systematically destroys their forces. The night elves sacrifice their
immortality and imbue the World Tree with the spirits of their
ancestors. The World Tree becomes empowered and lashes out at Archimonde
with a wave of pure magical energy, destroying the demon and all of his
forces. The Third War ends. Now mortal and possessing only a fraction of
their old powers, the night elves begin the process of rebuilding their
society. Thrall leads the orcs south to the deserts of central Kalimdor.
They found a new homeland, called Durotar, and begin constructing the
city of Orgrimmar. Jaina also travels south, sailing her people to the
large, coastal island of Theramore. There, the humans disband their
fleet and construct
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