User:Dark T Zeratul/Timeline

Ancient History

 * The Titans, led by the Pantheon, travel the universe, shaping and ordering worlds, but are beset by demons from the Twisting Nether.
 * The Pantheon appoints Sargeras as their champion. He travels the universe, defeating and imprisoning the demons. Among these demonic races are the malevolent Nathrezim, also known as Dreadlords.
 * Sargeras becomes troubled by the evil he has witnessed among the demonic races. Eventually, he concludes that the Titans' mission of order is flawed, and decides to undo all of their works. He releases all of the demons he has imprisoned, forming them into an army known as the Burning Legion.
 * The Titans eventually find and shape Azeroth, creating a single continent called Kalimdor. At its center is a massive lake infused with magical energy known as the Well of Eternity. They create a number of seed races, such as the earthen, giants, vrykul, tol'vir, and mechagnomes to aid in the shaping and maintain the planet after they depart.
 * Azeroth is corrupted by parasitic entities called the Old Gods, and the elements thrown into chaos. Using the Curse of Flesh, they weaken the Titans' creations to better facilitate their destruction, resulting in the creation of troggs, dwarves, gnomes, and humans.
 * The Titans return to Azeroth and defeat the Old Gods. Because their corruption has spread deep into Azeroth, it is determined that they cannot be killed without endangering the planet, and they are instead imprisoned. The Old God C'Thun is presumed slain in battle. The Old God Yogg-Saron is imprisoned in the Titan facility of Ulduar.
 * The Titans create the Elemental Plane and banish the elementals there.
 * The Titans appoint Thorim, Freya, Tyr, Mimiron, and Hodir to watch over Ulduar. Loken is appointed Prime Designate. A new generation of seed races is created to continue to maintain Azeroth.
 * The Titans create the Dragon Aspects - Alexstrasza, Ysera, Malygos, Nozdormu, and Neltharion - from the massive proto-drake Galakrond and charge them with watching over Azeroth.

~25,000 years ago

 * Sargeras arrives on the planet of Argus, home of the eredar, and offers their leaders, Kil'jaeden, Velen, and Archimonde great power if they join him.
 * Velen receives a prophetic vision of the future if he joins Sargeras, and realizes the great evil and suffering he will cause. Kil'jaeden and Archimonde dismiss his fears.
 * Velen is contacted by a race of beings called the Naaru, who arrange to transport him and a number of other eredar off-world to escape Sargeras's corruption.
 * As they prepare to leave, Velen steals the sacred Ata'mal crystal, which shatters into seven pieces. Though pursued by their fellow eredar, already under Sargeras's sway, they manage to escape Argus. They name themselves the draenei, or "exiled ones."
 * The draenei travel from planet to planet to escape from the Burning Legion.
 * The draenei eventually crash-land on verdant world. The crash kills D'ore, one of the naaru aboard the vessel, and seriously injures the other. The draenei settle the world, which they name Draenor.
 * The draenei build a massive mausoleum, Auchindoun, to house D'ore.
 * The orcs, an indigenous race on Draenor with a strong connection to their ancestral spirits, eventually discover the naaru vessel. Discovering that the spirits are drawn to it, they name it Oshu'gun, or "mountain of spirits," and it becomes a holy place for them.

~16,000 years ago

 * The trolls colonize much of Kalimdor. The northern forests are ruled by the Amani Empire of forest trolls, while the southern jungles are ruled by the Gurubashi Empire of jungle trolls.
 * The Gurubashi and Amani go to war with the evil insectoid Aqir, who rule over the western deserts.
 * After thousands of years of combat, the Aqir are divided and driven to the far ends of the continent.
 * The Aqir who fled north eventually become the Nerubians and found the city of Azjol-Nerub.
 * The Aqir who fled south eventually become the Silithid.
 * The Silithid are corrupted by C'Thun and become the Qiraji. They take over the western portion of the Titan city of Uldum, corrupting the Tol'vir servants there and naming their new home Ahn'Qiraj.

~16,000 to 10,000 years ago

 * A tribe of nocturnal humanoids, possibly trolls, settles on the shores of the Well of Eternity. Their exposure to its magic makes them stronger, wiser, and virtually immortal. They call themselves the kaldorei, or "Children of the Stars." They would eventually come to be known as night elves. They also begin worshiping the goddess Elune.
 * Many vrykul children are born smaller and weaker than normal. King Ymiron orders them put to death, but their parents secretly send them across the sea to survive. These children form a rough collection of tribes in the eastern reaches of Kalimdor, and eventually become known as humans.
 * The vrykul put themselves into a magical slumber within their fortresses.
 * The night elves swiftly expand their territory across much of Kalimdor, coming into constant conflict with the diminishing troll empires.
 * Azshara becomes queen of the night elves. Their capital city is renamed Zin-Azshari in her honor.
 * Night elf society is divided into two social classes. The upper class is the Highborne, whose skill in magic far surpasses the others.

~10,000 years ago

 * Neltharion is driven mad by the whispers of the Old Gods and begins secretly working on a mysterious golden talisman.
 * The night elf twins Malfurion and Illidan Stormrage make contact with the demigod Cenarius, who begins teaching them the ways of druidism. Malfurion takes to it quickly, but Illidan doesn't have the patience for it and seeks training in sorcery instead. Both twins try to woo the night elf priestess Tyrande Whisperwind, but she has eyes only for Malfurion.
 * Azshara's mages, led by Xavius, conduct magical experiments on the Well of Eternity and eventually draw the attention of Sargeras.
 * Sargeras speaks with Azshara and convinces her that he is a god, and intends to purify their world of all its undesirable elements, but that he needs her help to bring him and his "angels" into the world. Azshara agrees and sets her mages to work attempting to create a portal large enough to permit him.
 * The Highborne create a spell that blocks all other night elves from accessing the Well's magic, allowing them to widen the portal enough to admit a number of low-ranking demons.
 * Malfurion, Illidan, and Tyrande join a resistance movement against the Highborne and the Burning Legion, led by Kur'talos Ravencrest. Also part of the resistance are priestess Maiev Shadowsong and her brother Jarod.
 * Under Cenarius's tutelage, Malfurion enters a plane known as the Emerald Dream and makes his way to Xavius's tower, where he kills Xavius and destroys the spell blocking non-Highborne from using the Well.
 * The Highborne manage to widen the portal further, admitting an army of demons led by Archimonde, as well as a steady stream of reinforcements. The War of the Ancients begins.
 * The demons overrun the night elf city of Suramar. During the battle, Tyrande rescues a young girl named Shandris Feathermoon and trains her in the use of a bow.
 * The Dragon Aspects meet within the Chamber of Aspects to discuss how to battle the demonic tide. Neltharion convinces the other four to imbue a portion of their power into a golden talisman he has created, called the Dragon Soul, which will allow him to focus it against the demons as a powerful weapon.
 * The five Dragonflights and the demigod Ancients join the war against the Burning Legion.
 * Sargeras locates Xavius's spirit and returns him to life as the first satyr. Xavius goes on to transform several other Highborne into satyrs.
 * Jarod Shadowsong convinces Kur'talos Ravencrest to recruit the earthen, tauren, and furbolg into their army. Despite the xenophobic nature inherent to the night elves, he reluctantly agrees on the basis they need all the help they can get.
 * Neltharion unleashes the power of the Dragon Soul against the Burning Legion, decimating their forces. He then unleashes it against the blue dragonflight, wiping out virtually every single member. He proclaims himself to be the true master of dragonkind and announces that the whole world will bow before him, but the energy unleashed from the Dragon Soul begins to tear his body apart. Neltharion flies away, and the surviving dragons retreat. Malygos goes mad with grief from the loss of his flight.
 * Malygos's consort, Sindragosa, is blasted far to the north by the power of the Dragon Soul. She succumbs to her wounds and dies over Icecrown Glacier.
 * Xavius finds Tyrande while she is praying alone and captures her. Malfurion attempts to save her, but she is dragged into a portal. In his rage, he unleashes all his druidic powers on Xavius, turning him into a massive tree.
 * In the ensuing battles, the Ancients Aviana, Ursoc, Ursol, Malorne, Agamaggan, and several others are killed. Illidan slays a doomguard named Azzinoth and claims his weapons for himself. Kur'talos Ravencrest is killed and Jarod Shadowsong becomes leader of the resistance.
 * Illidan goes to Zin-Azshari and feigns allegiance to Azshara. He is taken before the portal and made to swear allegiance to Sargeras, who burns out his eyes and imprints magical tattoos across his chest, allowing him to "see" magic.
 * Neltharion, now known as Deathwing, employed goblins to bolt massive adamantium plates to his body to hold it together.
 * Malfurion sneaks into Deathwing's lair and steals the Dragon Soul, now known as the Demon Soul, but it is stolen from him by Illidan and Azshara's forces.
 * Tyrande, being held prisoner in Zin-Azshari, is interrogated by Azshara's handmaiden, Lady Vashj. Shortly thereafter she is rescued by a Highborne named Dath'remar Sunstrider, who is defecting along with several others.
 * The resistance assaults Zin-Azshari and meets up with Tyrande and Dath'remar's Highborne defectors. During the battle Malfurion meets up with Illidan, who explains that he only joined Azshara to get the Demon Soul in order to use it to close the portal, which is now nearly large enough to admit Sargeras himself.
 * Malfurion takes the Demon Soul and attempts to use it to close the portal. Illidan fills seven vials with water from the Well of Eternity.
 * The Old Gods attempt to use the portal to free themselves from their prison. The attempt causes several individuals ten thousand years in the future to be pulled back in time. One of these individuals, an orc named Broxigar, is given a magical axe by Cenarius. He leaps into the portal and manages to slay hundreds of demons and scratch Sargeras before he is killed. Only his axe is found.
 * Malfurion and Illidan work together to create a spell that pulls all the demons back into the portal and closes it. However, it also destroys the Well of Eternity, causing a massive backlash of magical energy that sinks most of central Kalimdor, including Zin-Azshari, far below the water. This event is known as The Sundering. The War of the Ancients ends. A massive vortex known as the Maelstrom is created where the Well of Eternity once was.
 * Azshara and the Highborne are saved from drowning by the Old Gods, who transform them into the naga. They eventually found the city of Nazjatar beneath the Maelstrom.
 * The survivors regroup around the slopes of Mount Hyjal. Illidan empties three of his vials into a lake at the top of the mountain, creating a new Well of Eternity. When confronted, he lashes out, nearly killing Jarod Shadowsong.
 * Malfurion, unable to condemn his brother to death, sentences him to be imprisoned for life. Maiev Shadowsong volunteers to watch over his prison.
 * To protect the new Well of Eternity, Alexstrasza, Ysera, and Nozdormu create a massive world tree called Nordrassil above it to prevent its use. They appoint the night elves as its guardians and bless it, granting them immortality and an increased connection with the Emerald Dream. As part of this pact, druids are required to spend long periods of time slumbering within the Emerald Dream, communing with Ysera and her flight.
 * The Aspects enchant the Demon Soul so that it can never again be wielded by any dragon, then hide it away.
 * Magic is outlawed. Many of the Highborne disagree with this ruling and leave, making their new home in the city of Eldre'Thalas. Others continue practicing in secret.
 * Some time later, Jarod Shadowsong mysteriously vanishes.

~9,000 years ago

 * The satyr, who have secretly been building up their forces in the forests of Ashenvale, assault the night elves. The War of the Satyr begins.
 * The druid Ralaar Fangfire devises a new druid form, the Pack Form, to help fight against the satyr. Unfortunately, it is difficult to control and those that use it are often consumed by the form's feral instincts. Malfurion forbids its use due to the dangers it poses.
 * Ralaar and the priestess Belrysa create the Scythe of Elune to help temper the fury of the Pack Form. Those that adopt it call themselves the Druids of the Scythe.
 * Against Malfurion's orders, the Druids of the Scythe adopt the Pack Form against the satyr. The Scythe fails to temper their fury, however, and they become savage worgen, tearing through styr and night elf alike.
 * Malfurion banishes the Ralaar and the rest of the worgen to the Emerald Dream to sleep for all eternity.
 * The War of the Satyr ends.

~6,000 years ago

 * The Highborne accidentally create a magical storm that does serious damage to the forest of Ashenvale and reveals that they have been practicing magic in secret. Malfurion exiles them across the sea.
 * The Highborne eventually settle on the shores of Tirisfal Glades, but a dark presence in the land causes them to move on.
 * The Highborne found the nation of Quel'Thalas in the northern forests of the new continent of Lordaeron. Using one of Illidan's vials, they create the magical Sunwell in the heart of their new city, Silvermoon.
 * In an attempt to completely reject the traditions of their forbears, the Highborne switch from a nocturnal to a diurnal culture and rename themselves "Quel'Dorei," or "Children of Noble Birth." Over time, they evolve into what will eventually be known as the high elves.
 * The high elves encounter the Amani Empire, beginning a millennia-long blood feud over ownership of the land.

~3,000 years ago

 * The human tribes unite into the human nation of Arathor under King Thoradin in order to battle the forest trolls. The Troll Wars begin.
 * The high elves send ambassadors to the human capital of Strom and agree to teach the humans magic in exchange for an alliance against the trolls.
 * The Troll Wars end with the humans and high elves dealing a crushing blow to the amani empire, scattering its disparate tribes beyond recovery.
 * The elves return to Quel'Thalas, and the human magi form the city-state of Dalaran.
 * Over time, humanity's reckless use of magic once again begins to lure the Burning Legion into Azeroth.
 * The ruling Magocrats of Dalaran contact the Council of Silvermoon, and together they agree to form the Council of Tirisfal to fight against any demons that appear in Azeroth. The Council chose a champion known as the Guardian of Tirisfal and imbued him with their powers. One of the founding members was a mage named Meryl Winterstorm.
 * The Council of Tirisfal banishes the dreadlord Kathra'Natir.
 * Meryl Winterstorm is mortally wounded, but uses his own magic to live on in undeath.
 * The earthen within Uldaman awaken to discover they have been transformed into dwarves.
 * The earthen go out into the world and found the kingdom of Khaz Modan and its capital, Ironforge.

~1,000 years ago

 * Arathor splits into separate nations: Lordaeron, Gilneas, Kul Tiras, Alterac, Stromgarde, and Stormwind.
 * Humanity encounters the dwarves for the first time, forming an alliance which will last for over a thousand years.
 * Aegwynn becomes the Guardian of Tirisfal.
 * Empowered by the Old God C'Thun, who resides deep within Ahn'Qiraj, the Qiraji and Silithid launch an assault on Kalimdor. The War of the Shifting Sands begins.
 * The night elves fight back against the Qiraji, led by the druid Fandral Staghelm and his son, Valstann.
 * The Qiraji attack Southwind Village. Valstann goes to defend it.
 * Southwind Village falls. The Qiraji General Rajaxx publicly executes Valstann.
 * The Qiraji push the night elves all the way into Un'Goro Crater, but mysteriously turn back.
 * Fandral Staghelm allies himself with Anachronos of the bronze dragonflight, who in turn calls members of the blue, green, and red dragonflight to their aid.
 * The night elves regroup and, with their new allies, push the Qiraji all the way back into Ahn'Qiraj.
 * The dragons Arygos, Caelastrasz, and Merithra keep the Qiraji occupied within the city, while Anachronos and the elven priestesses form a magical barrier called the Scarab Wall to seal the city, trapping both the dragons and the Qiraji inside. The Scepter of the Shifting Sands is created to open the barrier should the need ever arise. The War of the Shifting Sands ends.
 * Fandral Staghelm shatters the scepter, forsaking the bronze dragonflight and the task of safeguarding it, out of grief at his son's death. He vows to one day have him back. The fragments of the scepter are instead entrusted to the dragons Anachronos, Eranikus, Azuregos, and Vaelastrasz.

~800 years ago

 * Aegwynn travels to the Storm Peaks to battle a demonic incursion with the aid of the dragons. Among the demons is an avatar of Sargeras, whom Aegwynn defeats.
 * Aegwynn entombs Sargeras's body on an island far into the sea, within the ruins of the night elf city of Suramar. Unbeknownst to her, Sargeras's spirit now inhabits her body.

Year -230

 * The dwarven king Modimus Anvilmar dies without leaving an heir.
 * The three factions inhabiting Ironforge -- Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron -- collapse into civil war. The War of the Three Hammers begins.
 * The Bronzebeards emerge victorious, and the Wildhammers and Dark Irons are exiled.
 * The Wildhammers head north to the Highlands and found the city of Grim Batol.
 * The Dark Irons head south into the Redridge Mountains and found the city of Thaurissan.
 * Several years later, the Dark Irons launch a vicious counterattack. Their leader, Sorcerer-thane Thaurissan, leads an assault on Ironforge while his wife, Modgud, leads an assault on Grim Batol.
 * Thaurissan's forces are routed, and retreat back to Redridge.
 * Modgud's forces break through the gates of Grim Batol, but she is slain by Khardros Wildhammer and her army retreats.
 * Sorcerer-Thane Thaurissan and seven of his greatest mages attempt to summon a demon to aid them in their fight, but instead summon the Firelord, Ragnaros. Ragnaros's explosive entry into Azeroth destroys the city of Thaurissan, incinerates the summoners, permanently scorches a large portion of the Redridge Mountains, and creates a massive volcano known as Blackrock Mountain. The War of the Three Hammers ends.
 * The Wildhammers discover a dark taint on their city left from Modgud's death and the dark magic she used. Refusing an offer of safe haven in Ironforge, they instead settle in the Highlands and the Hinterlands, founding the city of Aerie Peak.

Year -170

 * The dwarves encounter the gnomes in Dun Morogh.
 * The two races become close allies, and the dwarves help the gnomes build their city of Gnomeregan.

Year ~-60

 * On Draenor, a young orc named Durotan, son of the chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan, meets another young orc, Orgrim Doomhammer, and the two become friends.
 * While running through Terokkar Forest, the pair are attacked by an ogre, but are saved by a draenei named Restalaan. The pair are invited to dine with Velen in the hidden city of Telmor, and learn a great deal about draenei culture. Velen also reveals to Orgrim a prophecy that the last of his line will bring first doom and then salvation to the orcs, before the Doomhammer passes to one not of his clan and is once again used for justice.
 * Durotan returns home and becomes smitten with an orc girl named Draka.

Year -46

 * Determined to prevent the Council of Tirisfal from manipulating her successor as they tried to manipulate her, Aegwynn defies their wishes to pass on the title of Guardian to another, and instead conceives a child with conjurer Nielas Aran. Sargeras possesses her unborn child.
 * Kil'jaeden finally locates the draenei on Draenor, and discovers the orcs.
 * Kil'jaeden appears to the orcs' elder shaman, Ner'zhul, disguised as the spirit of his deceased wife, and convinces him that the draenei are their enemies.
 * "Ner'zhul's wife" eventually introduces him to Kil'jaeden, whom she calls the "Great One," and he tells Ner'zhul that the draenei are plotting their destruction and must be stopped.
 * Durotan and Orgrim are reunited after a long absence. Durotan is now mated to Draka and chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. Orgrim's father has died, and he has inherited the Doomhammer.
 * Ner'zhul calls all the clans together for a meeting in Shadowmoon Valley, informing them of the treachery of the draenei and issuing a call to arms. After much deliberation, the clan leaders agree. Durotan is hesitant to believe that the draenei are their enemies because of his childhood experience with them, but is eventually convinced by his clan shaman, the blind seer Drek'Thar.
 * After a number of assaults on draenei towns, Velen sets out to meet with the orc leaders but is captured by the Frostwolves.
 * Durotan meets with Velen, who reveals that Oshu'gun is in actuality the naaru ship that the draenei arrived in, and that the spirits are drawn to it because of the dying naaru, K'ure, who still resides inside. Though the orcs react with hostility and outrage at this statement, Durotan lets Velen go rather than bringing him to Ner'zhul as ordered. However, he takes two of the ata'mal crystals from the prophet.
 * Many orcs, including Drek'Thar and Ner'zhul, begin to notice that their once-strong connection to both the elements and their ancestral spirits has grown weak and tenuous. Ner'zhul also notices the similarity in appearance between Kil'jaeden and the draenei, and grows suspicious of his hatred towards them.
 * Ner'zhul travels to Oshu'gun and is met with hatred and disgust by the spirits. He also meets the real spirit of his wife, who reveals that he has been manipulated by Kil'jaeden all along.
 * Ner'zhul decides to confront Kil'jaeden but his apprentice, Gul'dan, warns Kil'jaeden of Ner'zhul's betrayal. Kil'jaeden elevates Gul'dan to Ner'zhul's position, leaving Ner'zhul as little more than a figurehead.

Year -45

 * Embracing Kil'jaeden's true nature, Gul'dan convinces the orcs to forsake the elements and instead wield demonic magics. Many shamans train in the dark arts and become warlocks. Though distrustful of Gul'dan and his words, Durotan allows his clan's shamans to become warlocks as well.
 * Gul'dan orders Durotan to attack Telmor. Using the ata'mal crystal, he sorrowfully reveals the hidden city and leads his clan against it. The orcs massacre the draenei - men, women, and children - and Durotan kills Restalaan.
 * The orcs attack the draenei at the Temple of Karabor in Shadowmoon Valley. The draenei priest Akama survives and escapes the temple.
 * Gul'dan desecrates the temple, renaming it the Black Temple and taking it for his stronghold. The orcs begin to notice their skin changing from its previous brown hue to dark green.
 * Gul'dan names the Blackrock Clan's chieftain, Blackhand, as warchief of the orcish Horde, and forms the Shadow Council to secretly control Blackhand and the Horde.
 * Gul'dan forms a loose alliance with the ogre clans, who join the Horde in exchange for freedom from their ruthless gronn overlords.
 * Aegwynn gives birth to a son, whom she names Medivh.
 * Aegwynn takes Medivh to Stormwind to be raised by his father, then leaves.

Year -40

 * Gul'dan and his warlocks summon the pit lord Mannoroth to Draenor. Ner'zhul secretly warns Durotan of the true natures of Gul'dan and Kil'jaeden.
 * Gul'dan calls a gathering of the clans at a mountain in Hellfire Peninsula that he named the Throne of Kil'jaeden. Producing an enormous chalice filled with the black blood of Mannoroth, he invites all the orcs to drink from it in order to unite as one. Grom Hellscream is the first to drink. Orgrim Doomhammer refuses, claiming he is not worthy. Durotan refuses to allow his clan to drink, arousing Gul'dan's suspicions.
 * The Horde lays waste to the draenei city of Shattrath. During the assault, their warlocks conjure a strange red mist that mutates and deforms many of the draenei, transforming them into the Broken. Many are further twisted into the Lost Ones.
 * Gul'dan returns to Shadowmoon Valley and reads the Cipher of Damnation, a dark spell that completely severs the orcs' connection to the elements and creates a massive volcano called the Hand of Gul'dan.
 * The Broken and Lost Ones discover that they can no longer wield the Light.
 * With the draenei genocide all-but complete, Kil'jaeden abandons the orcs. Gul'dan continues to lead them against the remaining draenei, as well as the rest of the indigenous races.

Year -30

 * On his birthday, Medivh suddenly falls into a coma as the powers of the Guardian of Tirisfal manifest themselves. His father comes to his aid but is killed by the magical backlash.

Year -19

 * The Horde has virtually eradicated the draenei, as well as many other races, and reduced their world to a barren wasteland. With no enemies to fight and resources scarce, they fall to in-fighting.
 * A child is born to a female draenei that had been raped by one of Blackhand's orcs. Gul'dan adopts the half-breed child, naming her Garona.
 * Medivh awakens from his coma to find himself a grown man, and discovers that his childhood friends Llane Wrynn and Anduin Lothar are now the king and regent of Stormwind respectively. Resolving to fulfill his duties as Guardian of Tirisfal, he discovers the magical tower of Karazhan and makes it his home.

Year -5

 * Garona is magically aged, and her draenei features surgically removed to make her look more orcish. Gul'dan magically implants a command word in her head that will cause her to obey any orders given to her, and trains her as an assassin.
 * Llane and Anduin begin to notice a darkness in their old friend, and Llane asks Anduin to keep an eye on him.
 * The mage Khadgar is instructed by the Kirin Tor, the ruling class of Dalaran, to apprentice himself to Medivh.
 * Sargeras takes full possession of Medivh. He mentally reaches across the stars and contacts Gul'dan, granting him visions of Azeroth's bountiful resources and promising him power beyond his wildest dreams.
 * Gul'dan instructs the Horde to begin construction of a massive portal in Hellfire Peninsula.

Year 0

 * The Horde completes the Dark Portal. Medivh, having constructed a similar structure on Azeroth in the Black Morass, opens a rift between Azeroth and Draenor. Gul'dan sends through a small squadron of scouts, as well as Garona, who takes up residence in Karazhan.
 * The Horde begins its assault on the outer towns of the kingdom of Stormwind. The First War begins.
 * Durotan and the Frostwolf Clan step through the Dark Portal, only to find themselves exiled for betrayal. They travel north and settle in the distant Alterac Mountains.
 * Medivh fights for control against Sargeras. During a moment of control, he conceives a child with Garona.
 * Garona travels to Stormwind as an envoy of the Horde, convincing King Llane that she is half-human. The pair become good friends.
 * Aegwynn discovers that her son is consorting with the Burning Legion and confronts him. He defeats her, and Sargeras reveals himself to her. Unable to kill her, he consumes most of her power and banishes her.
 * Khadgar begins to notice that something is wrong with Medivh, and begins to suspect him of consorting with demons.
 * Khadgar consults with Garona and discovers that Medivh is responsible for the Dark Portal and the orcish invasion.
 * Khadgar and Garona inform King Llane of Medivh's betrayal. They return to Karazhan with Anduin Lothar and a contingent of soldiers.
 * The group descends into the basement of Karazhan and confronts Medivh. Garona experiences a vision of herself killing King Llane and Khadgar is magically aged to an old man, but eventually Lothar beheads Medivh.
 * Gul'dan, who had been mentally connected to Medivh at the time, falls into a coma from the magical backlash of his death. Sargeras's spirit is lost.
 * Blackhand orders the assassination of his daughter, Griselda, who has run away to the Deadmines with an ogre lover.

Year 1

 * The orcish Horde unites in a final assault against Stormwind, but is unable to breach the walls.
 * Garona is magically commanded to assassinate King Llane. She does so, and carves out his heart in front of the young prince, Varian.
 * With the king dead, the city falls to the Horde, who raze the city and slaughter its inhabitants. Anduin Lothar escapes to the sea along with Varian, Khadgar and many other survivors. The First War ends.
 * Draka gives birth to a son, named Go'el. She and Durotan resolve to do what they can against Gul'dan's evil, and set out to meet with Orgrim Doomhammer.
 * Orgrim challenges Blackhand for leadership of the Horde. He kills Blackhand in the ensuing duel and takes control.
 * Durotan meets with Orgrim and tells him the truth about Gul'dan and the Shadow Council.
 * Returning home, Durotan and Draka are ambushed and killed by Shadow Council assassins. Their infant son is left for dead, but is soon found by a human named Aedelas Blackmoore.
 * Orgrim locates Garona and tortures her until she reveals the location of the Shadow Council.
 * Orgrim slaughters the Shadow Council, leaving only Gul'dan alive.
 * Garona gives birth to a son, named Med'an, and leaves him in the care of Meryl Winterstorm.
 * Gul'dan awakes from his coma to discover his only surviving allies are the ogre Cho'gall and the Twilight's Hammer clan.
 * Orgrim spares Gul'dan's life in exchange for an oath of loyalty and information about the loyalty of Blackhand's followers. Blackhand's sons, Rend and Maim, swear loyalty and form their own clan, the Black Tooth Grin.

Year 2

 * Orgrim leads the Horde north, into the Burning Steppes, and discovers Blackrock Mountain. The Horde takes over the Dark Iron city within, naming their new fortress Blackrock Spire.
 * The survivors of Stormwind arrive in Lordaeron and inform King Terenas Menethil about what has happened in Stormwind.
 * Terenas calls together the rulers of all the human nations to defend their lands against the orcish threat. Despite many disagreements, the Alliance of Lordaeron is created, with Anduin Lothar named Supreme Commander.
 * The Alliance calls upon the dwarves and high elves to join. Though the dwarves have no hesitations, the elves, led by Anasterian Sunstrider, do not feel the Horde poses a threat to Quel'Thalas, and send only a small token force led by Alleria Windrunner to honor their debt from the Troll Wars.
 * Archbishop Alonsus Faol of Stormwind resolves to create a new holy order that will be trained both in ways of war as well as the Holy Light.
 * Within the city of Stratholme, Uther Lightbringer, Gavinrad the Dire, Saidan Dathrohan, Tirion Fordring, and Turalyon are initiated into this new order, the Knights of the Silver Hand, and trained as paladins.
 * The Horde begins its assault on Khaz Modan.
 * Deathwing discovers the location of the Demon Soul.

Year 5

 * The Horde reaches Lordaeron. The Second War begins.
 * Orgrim's forces rescue a group of forest trolls. Led by the warlord Zul'jin, the Amani Tribe pledges loyalty to the Horde in exchange for a promise to fight their hated enemies, the high elves of Quel'Thalas.
 * Deathwing sends a vision to the shaman Zuluhed the Whacked, chieftain of the Dragonmaw Clan, showing him the location of the Demon Soul.
 * Zuluhed claims the Demon Soul, but is unable to unlock its powers. He gives it to the warlock Nekros Skullcrusher, who uses it to capture and enslave Alexstrasza, imprisoning her in the abandoned halls of Grim Batol.
 * Gul'dan orders his necrolytes to perform a dark ritual with the bodies of several slain human knights. At its culmination, he slays them and traps their spirits in jeweled truncheons. The spirits of the slain Shadow Council members are pulled from the Twisting Nether and placed within the human bodies. These undead warriors, wielding the truncheons and possessing powerful magic, are presented to Orgrim Doomhammer as the new death knights of the Horde. Among them are Teron Gorefiend and Ragnok Bloodreaver.
 * The Horde pushes north, over the mountains, to Quel'Thalas, and discovers a magical barrier of runestones that protects their forests against intruders and prevents their magic from being sensed by the Burning Legion.
 * Gul'dan captures and tears down the runestone at Caer Darrow, creating a hole in the barrier.
 * Gul'dan uses the runestone to create an Altar of Storms, which he uses to artificially create two-headed ogres.
 * The Horde pushes into Quel'Thalas and sets fire to the Eversong Woods. Enraged, he orders a full mobilization of troops, led by Ranger-Captain Sylvanas Windrunner, to repel the Horde and assist the Alliance. Turalyon begins to grow close to Alleria.
 * Orgrim Doomhammer makes a deal with Lord Aiden Perenolde of Alterac, allowing the Horde passage into Lordaeron in exchange for a promise to spare the kingdom.
 * While the Horde sneaks through the mountain passes of Alterac, Lord Perenolde attempts a cover-up and sends assassins to kill Uther Lightbringer.
 * Uther survives the assassination attempt and Lord Perenolde's betrayal is uncovered. Alterac is destroyed by the Alliance forces returning to Lordaeron's Capital City from Quel'Thalas.
 * The Horde begins their siege of Capital City. Red dragons, bred from Alextrasza, are used to assault the Alliance's naval reinforcements.
 * Gul'dan takes his Stormreaver Clan and Cho'gall's Twilight's Hammer Clan and sails out to sea, abandoning the rest of the Horde. Orgrim Doomhammer sends Rend, Maim, and the Black Tooth Grin Clan to destroy them.
 * Gul'dan's forces arrive at the Tomb of Sargeras. While Gul'dan enters the tomb, the Black Tooth Grin Clan engages his forces outside.
 * Gul'dan ventures deep within the tomb, where he is torn apart by demons. Cho'gall is seemingly killed, and their two clans destroyed.
 * With the loss of a significant portion of their forces, the Horde is defeated and retreats to Blackrock Mountain, where they are rejoined by the Black Tooth Grin Clan.
 * The Alliance rejoins the dwarves, who have been withstanding the siege safe within Ironforge, and begins a massive assault on Blackrock Spire.
 * Human knight Alexandros Mograine defeats an orc warlock wielding a black orb. He picks it up, only to have his hand burned and crippled by dark magics. Wrapping it in a cloth, he stows it in his bags for later study.
 * Anduin Lothar takes a retinue of knights to the gates of Blackrock Mountain to parlay with Orgrim Doomhammer. They fight, and Lothar is slain, the Doomhammer shattering his sword.
 * Incensed by their leader's death, Turalyon leads a charge on Blackrock Spire, picking up Lothar's shattered sword and rallying the forces of the Alliance.
 * Orgrim Doomhammer is captured, and the surviving orcs retreat en masse to the Dark Portal. The Second War ends.
 * The Alliance follows them, discovering that the southern half of the Black Morass has been stricken with fel magics and is now a barren desert that they call the Blasted Lands. As the orcs retreat through the Dark Portal, Khadgar casts a spell to seal it, then destroys the portal structure.
 * The surviving orcs are rounded up and placed in internment camps. Orgrim Doomhammer is taken to Lordaeron to stand trial.