The Scourge of Lordaeron
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos
After preparing for many buy wow goldlong months, Kel'Thuzad and his Cult of the Damned
finally struck the first blow by releasing the plague of undeath upon Lordaeron. Uther and his fellow paladins investigated
the infected regions in the hope of finding a way to stop the plague. Despite buy wow
goldtheir efforts, the plague continued to spread and threatened to tear the Alliance apart.
As the ranks of the undead swept buy wow goldacross Lordaeron, Terenas' only son, Prince
Arthas, took up the fight against the Scourge. Arthas succeeded in killing Kel'Thuzad, but even so, the undead ranks swelled
with every soldier that fell defending the land. Frustrated and stymied by the buy wow
goldseemingly unstoppable enemy, Arthas took increasingly extreme steps to conquer them. Finally Arthas' comrades warned
him that he was buy wow goldlosing his hold on his humanity.
Arthas' fear and resolve proved to be his buy wow goldultimate undoing. He tracked the
plague's source to Northrend, intending to end its threat forever. Instead, Prince Arthas eventually fell prey to the Lich
King's tremendous power. Believing that it would save his people, Arthas took up the cursed runeblade, buy wow goldFrostmourne. Though the sword did grant him unfathomable power, it also stole
his soul and transformed him into the buy wow goldgreatest of the Lich King's death
knights. With his soul cast aside and his sanity shattered, Arthas led the Scourge against his own kingdom. Ultimately,
Arthas murdered his own father, King Terenas, and crushed Lordaeron under the Lich King's iron buy wow gold heel.
Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas
Though he had defeated all of the people he now saw as his enemies, Arthas was still haunted by the ghost of Kel'Thuzad. The
ghost told Arthas that he needed to be revived for the next phase of the Lich King's plan. To revive him, Arthas needed to
bring Kel'Thuzad's remains to the mystical Sunwell, hidden within the high elves' eternal kingdom of Quel'Thalas.
Arthas and his Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas and buy wow goldlaid siege to the elves'
crumbling defenses. Sylvanas Windrunner, the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, put up a valiant fight, but Arthas eventually
eradicated the high elf army and battled through to the Sunwell. In a cruel gesture of his dominance, buy wow goldhe even raised Sylvanas' defeated body as a banshee, cursed to endless undeath
in the service of Quel'Thalas' conqueror.
Ultimately, Arthas submerged buy wow goldKel'Thuzad's remains within the holy waters of
the Sunwell. Although the potent waters of Eternity were fouled by this act, Kel'Thuzad was reborn as a sorcerous lich.
Resurrected as a far more powerful being, Kel'Thuzad explained the next phase of the Lich King's plan. By the time Arthas and
his army of the dead turned southward, not one living elf remained in Quel'Thalas. buy wow
goldThe glorious homeland of the high elves, which had stood for more than nine thousand years, was no more.
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goldto Kalimdor
Once Kel'Thuzad was whole again, Arthas buy wow goldled the Scourge south to Dalaran.
There the lich would obtain the powerful spellbook of Medivh, and use it to summon Archimonde back into the world. From that
point on, Archimonde himself would begin the Legion's final invasion. Not even the wizards of buy wow goldthe Kirin Tor could stop Arthas' forces from stealing Medivh's book, and soon
Kel'Thuzad had all he needed to perform his spell. After ten thousand years, the mighty demon Archimonde and his host emerged
once again upon the world of Azeroth. Yet Dalaran was not their final destination. Under orders from Kil'jaeden himself,
Archimonde and his demons followed the buy wow goldundead Scourge to Kalimdor, bent on
destroying Nordrassil, the World Tree.
In the midst of this chaos, a lone, mysterious buy wow gold prophet appeared to lend the
mortal races guidance. This prophet proved to be none other than Medivh, the last Guardian, miraculously returned from the
Beyond to redeem himself for past sins. Medivh told the Horde and the Alliance of the dangers they faced and urged them to
band together. Jaded by generations of hate, the orcs and humans would have none of it. Medivh was buy wow goldforced to deal with each race separately, using prophecy and trickery to guide
them across the sea to the legendary land of Kalimdor. The orcs and humans soon encountered the long-hidden civilization of
the buy wow gold Kaldorei.
The orcs, led by Thrall, suffered a series buy wow gold of setbacks on their journey
across Kalimdor's Barrens. Though they befriended Cairne Bloodhoof and his mighty tauren warriors, many orcs began to succumb
to the demonic bloodlust that had plagued them for years. Thrall's greatest lieutenant, Grom Hellscream, even betrayed the
Horde by giving himself over to his baser instincts. As Hellscream and his loyal Warsong buy
wow goldwarriors stalked through the forests of Ashenvale, they clashed with the ancient night elf Sentinels. Certain
that the orcs had returned to their warlike ways, the demigod Cenarius came forth to drive Hellscream and his orcs back. Yet
Hellscream and his orcs, overcome with supernatural hate and rage, managed to kill Cenarius and corrupt the ancient
forestlands. Ultimately, Hellscream redeemed his honor by helping Thrall defeat Mannoroth, the demon lord who first cursed
the orcs with buy wow gold his bloodline of hate and rage. With Mannoroth's death, the
orcs' blood-curse was finally brought to an end.
While Medivh worked to convince the orcs and buy wow goldhumans of the need for an
alliance, the night elves fought the Legion in their own secretive ways. Tyrande Whisperwind, the immortal High Priestess of
the night elf Sentinels, battled desperately to keep the demons and undead from overrunning the forests of Ashenvale. Tyrande
realized that she needed help, so she set out to awaken the night elf druids from their thousand-year slumber. Calling upon
her ancient love, Malfurion Stormrage, Tyrande succeeded in galvanizing her defenses and buy
wow gold driving the Legion back. With Malfurion's help, nature herself rose up to vanquish the Legion and its Scourge
allies.
While searching for more of the hibernating buy wow gold druids, Malfurion found the
ancient barrow prison in which he had chained his brother, Illidan. Convinced that Illidan would aid them against the Legion,
Tyrande set him free. Though Illidan did aid them for a time, he eventually fled to pursue his buy wow goldown interests.
The night elves braced themselves and fought the buy wow goldBurning Legion with grim
determination. The Legion had never ceased in its desire for the Well of Eternity, long the source of strength for the World
Tree and itself the heart of the night elf kingdom. If their planned assault on the Tree was
buy wow goldsuccessful, the demons would literally tear the world apart.
The Battle of Mount Hyjal
Under Medivh's guidance, Thrall and Jaina buy wow goldProudmoore - the leader of the
human forces in Kalimdor - realized that they had to put aside their differences. Similarly, the night elves, led by
Malfurion and Tyrande, agreed that they must unite if they hoped to defend the World Tree. Unified in purpose, the races of
Azeroth worked together to fortify the World Tree's energies to their utmost. Empowered by the very strength of the world,
Malfurion succeeded in unleashing Nordrassil's primal fury, utterly destroying Archimonde and severing the buy wow gold Legion's anchor to the Well of Eternity. The final battle shook the continent
of Kalimdor to its roots. Unable to draw buy wow goldpower from the Well itself, the
Burning Legion crumbled under the combined might of the mortal armies.
The Betrayer Ascendant
Warcraft 3X: The Frozen Throne
During the Legion's invasion of buy wow goldAshenvale, Illidan was released from his
barrow prison after ten thousand years of captivity. Though he sought to appease his comrades, he soon reverted to true form
and consumed the energies of a powerful warlock artifact known as the Skull of Gul'dan. By doing so, buy wow goldIllidan developed demonic features and vastly magnified power. He also gained
some of Gul'dan's old memories - especially those of the Tomb of Sargeras, the island dungeon rumored to hold the remains of
the Dark Titan, buy wow goldSargeras.
Bristling with power and free to roam buy wow goldthe world once more, Illidan set out
to find his own place in the great scheme of things. However, Kil'jaeden confronted Illidan and made him an offer he could
not refuse. Kil'jaeden was angered by Archimonde's defeat at Mount Hyjal, but he had greater concerns than vengeance. Sensing
that his creation, the Lich King, was growing too powerful to control, Kil'jaeden ordered Illidan to destroy Ner'zhul and put
an end to the undead Scourge once and for all. In exchange, Illidan would receive buy wow
golduntold power and a true place amongst the remaining lords of the Burning Legion.
Illidan agreed and immediately set out to buy wow golddestroy the Frozen Throne, the icy
crystal cask in which the Lich King's spirit resided. Illidan knew that he would need a mighty artifact to destroy the Frozen
Throne. Using the knowledge he had gained from Gul'dan's memories, Illidan decided to buy
wow goldseek out the Tomb of Sargeras and claim the Dark Titan's remains. He called in some old Highborne debts and lured
the serpentine naga from their dark undersea lairs. Led by the cunning witch Lady Vashj the naga helped Illidan reach the
Broken Isles, buy wow goldwhere Sargeras' Tomb was rumored to be located.
As Illidan set out with the naga, Warden Maiev buy wow goldShadowsong began to hunt him.
Maiev had been Illidan's jailor for ten thousand years and relished the prospect of recapturing him. However, Illidan
outsmarted Maiev and her Watchers and succeeded in claiming the Eye of Sargeras despite their efforts. With the powerful Eye
in his possession, Illidan traveled to the former wizard-city of Dalaran. Strengthened by the buy wow goldcity's ley power lines, Illidan used the Eye to cast a destructive spell
against the Lich King's citadel of Icecrown in distant Northrend. Illidan's attack shattered the Lich King's defenses and
ruptured the very roof of the world. At the final moment, Illidan's destructive spell was stopped when his brother Malfurion
and the Priestess Tyrande arrived to aid buy wow goldMaiev.
Knowing that Kil'jaeden would not be buy wow goldpleased with his failure to destroy the
Frozen Throne, Illidan fled to the barren dimension known as Outland: the last remnants of Draenor, the orcs' former
homeworld. There he planned to evade Kil'jaeden's wrath and plan his next moves. After they
buy wow goldsucceeded in stopping Illidan, Malfurion and Tyrande returned home to Ashenvale Forest to watch over their
people. Maiev, however, would not quit so easily, and followed Illidan to Outland, determined to bring him to buy wow goldjustice.
Rise of the Blood Elves
At this time, the buy wow goldundead Scourge had essentially transformed Lordaeron and
Quel'Thalas into the toxic Plaguelands. There were only a few pockets of Alliance resistance forces left. One such group,
consisting primarily of high elves, was led by the last of the Sunstrider buy wow
golddynasty: Prince Kael'thas. Kael, an accomplished wizard himself, grew wary of the failing Alliance. The high elves
grieved for the loss of their homeland and decided to call themselves blood elves in honor of their fallen people. Yet as
they worked to keep the Scourge at bay, they suffered greatly at being cut off from the Sunwell that had empowered them.
Desperate to find a cure for his people's racial addiction to magic, Kael did the unthinkable: he embraced his people's
Highborne ancestry and joined buy wow goldwith Illidan and his naga in hopes of finding
a new magical power source upon which to feed. The remaining Alliance commanders condemned the blood elves as traitors and
cast them out for good.
With no place left to go, Kael and his blood elves followed Lady Vashj to Outland to help contest the warden, Maiev, who had
recaptured Illidan. With the combined naga and blood elf forces, they managed to defeat Maiev and free Illidan from her
grasp. Based in Outland, Illidan gathered buy wow gold his forces for a second strike
against the Lich King and his fortress of Icecrown.
Civil War in the buy wow gold Plaguelands
Ner'zhul, the Lich King, knew that his time was short. Imprisoned within the Frozen Throne, he suspected that Kil'jaeden
would send his agents to destroy buy wow gold him. The damage caused by Illidan's spell
had ruptured the Frozen Throne; thus, the Lich King was losing his power daily. Desperate to save himself, he called his
greatest mortal servant to his side: the death knight Prince Arthas.
Though his powers were drained by buy wow goldthe Lich King's weakness, Arthas had been
involved in a civil war in Lordaeron. Half of the standing undead forces, led by the banshee Sylvanas Windrunner, staged a
coup for control over the undead empire. Arthas, called by the Lich King, was forced buy wow
goldto leave the Scourge in the hands of his lieutenant, Kel'Thuzad, as the war escalated throughout the Plaguelands.
Ultimately, Sylvanas and her rebel undead (known as the Forsaken) claimed the ruined capital city of Lordaeron as their own.
Constructing their own bastion beneath the wrecked city, the Forsaken vowed to defeat the Scourge and drive Kel'Thuzad and
his minions from the land.
Weakened, but determined to save buy wow gold his master, Arthas reached Northrend only
to find Illidan's naga and blood elves waiting for him. He and his nerubian allies raced against Illidan's forces to reach
the Icecrown Glacier and defend the Frozen Throne.
The Lich King Triumphant
Even weakened as he was, Arthas buy wow goldultimately outmaneuvered Illidan and reached
the Frozen Throne first. Using his runeblade, Frostmourne, Arthas shattered the Lich King's icy prison and thereby released
Ner'zhul's enchanted helm and breastplate. Arthas placed the unimaginably powerful helm on his head and became the new Lich
King. Ner'zhul and Arthas' spirits fused into a single mighty being, just as buy wow
goldNer'zhul had always planned. Illidan and his troops were forced to flee back to Outland in disgrace, while Arthas
became buy wow goldone of the most powerful entities the world had ever known.
Currently Arthas, the new and immortal Lich King, resides in Northrend; he is rumored to be rebuilding the citadel of
Icecrown. His trusted lieutenant, buy wow gold Kel'Thuzad, commands the Scourge in the
Plaguelands. Sylvanas and her rebel Forsaken hold only the Tirisfal Glades, a small portion of the war-torn kingdom.
Old Hatreds - The Colonization of buy wow gold Kalimdor
Though victory was theirs, the mortal buy wow gold races found themselves in a world
shattered by war. The Scourge and the Burning Legion had all but destroyed the civilizations of Lordaeron, and had almost
finished the job in Kalimdor. There were forests to heal, grudges to bury, and homelands to settle. The war had wounded each
race deeply, but they had selflessly banded together to attempt a new beginning, starting
buy wow goldwith the uneasy truce between the Alliance and Horde.
Thrall led the orcs to the continent buy wow goldof Kalimdor, where they founded a new
homeland with the help of their tauren brethren. Naming their new land Durotar after Thrall's murdered father, the orcs
settled down to rebuild their once-glorious society. Now that the demon curse was ended, buy
wow goldthe Horde changed from a warlike juggernaut into more of a loose coalition, dedicated to survival and prosperity
rather than conquest. Aided by the noble tauren and the cunning trolls of the Darkspear tribe, Thrall and his orcs looked
forward to a new buy wow goldera of peace in their own land.
The remaining Alliance forces under buy wow goldJaina Proudmoore settled in southern
Kalimdor. Off the eastern coast of Dustwallow Marsh, they built the rugged port city of Theramore. There, the humans and
their dwarven allies worked to survive in a land that would always be hostile to them. buy
wow goldThough the defenders of Durotar and Theramore kept the tentative truce with one another, the fragile colonial
serenity was not buy wow goldmeant to last.
The peace between the orcs and humans buy wow goldwas shattered by the arrival of a
massive Alliance fleet in Kalimdor. The mighty fleet, under the command of Grand Admiral buy
wow goldDaelin Proudmoore (Jaina's father), had left Lordaeron before Arthas had destroyed the kingdom. Having sailed for
many grueling buy wow goldmonths, Admiral Proudmoore was searching for any Alliance
survivors he could find.
Proudmoore's armada posed a serious threat buy wow gold to the stability of the region.
As a renowned hero of the Second War, Jaina's father was a staunch enemy of the Horde, buy
wow goldand he was determined to destroy Durotar before the orcs could gain a foothold in the land.
The Grand Admiral forced Jaina to make buy wow gold a terrible decision: support him in
battle against the orcs and betray her newfound allies, or fight her own father to maintain the fragile peace that the
Alliance and the Horde had finally attained. After much soul-searching, Jaina chose the buy
wow goldlatter and helped Thrall defeat her crazed father. Unfortunately Admiral Proudmoore died in battle before Jaina
could reconcile with him or prove that orcs were no longer bloodthirsty monsters. For her loyalty, the orcs allowed Jaina's
forces to return home buy wow goldsafely to Theramore.
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