Empowered by the Old God C'Thun, the qiraji prepared their legions for a worldwide assault to avenge their bitter defeat at the hands of the night elves a thousand years ago. Behind the gates of the Scarab Wall the merciless qiraji stirred once again. Throughout Silithus, insect swarms surged as if guided by some malignant, ancient intelligence. Several green dragons, once Ysera's trusted lieutenants, have been corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare, emerging from dream portals across the world to threaten the very lives they once protected. Nor was the spread of evil limited to the physical realm alone. Then, within the crumbling ruins of Zul'Gurub, priests summoned the bloodthirsty, diabolical Soulflayer physically into Azeroth. First, priests at the Temple of Atal'Hakkar succeeded in calling forth the god's avatar. Meanwhile, the priests of Hakkar enacted primitive rituals on behalf of their fiendish blood god. To that end, he created chromatic dragons: unspeakable hybrids of both red and black dragons. With the aid of his sister Onyxia and the orchestrations of their human personas, Nefarian worked toward replenishing the black dragonflight. Within Blackrock Spire, the legacy of the black dragon Deathwing continued to unfold as Nefarian followed in his father's contemptible footsteps. As if spurred by unseen forces, dark agents have labored to push the world closer to the brink of oblivion.

Fighting has erupted in the strategic battlegrounds of Alterac Valley, Warsong Gulch, and Arathi Basin, and more recently in Eastern Plaguelands and Silithus.Д®ven as these old enemies have renewed their quarrels, many ancient threats have resurfaced to menace the beleaguered races of Azeroth. Although the armistice between the mighty Horde and the noble Alliance has held, tensions between the two factions continue to mount as worldwide conflicts draw the two sides closer to all-out war. Two years have passed since the founding of Durotar. Then and Now: Conflict and Triumph in the World of Warcraft

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