Talk:Dark Portal

World Event
I don't think it's a world event. The history page on Blizzard's site says Kazzak opened it. -Burnstuff


 * By what I can remember, the opening of the dark portal in the expansion was supposed to be a world event having quite a bit to do with warlocks and rituals, however later on one CM (forget who) said Blizz didn't want a world event to rely so heavily on one class so they scrapped it. This was on the old forums and before the alpha tests, probably when they were still internally messing with it. Lorewise now, Kazzak finds some artifact and re-opens the Dark Portal, so it will be open on launch. -Edman


 * If the Burning Crusade login screen shows the Dark Portal as it looks in Outland, which portal are we looking at in the current login screen? - UvulaBob

Disambiguation
This article has a lot of info that belongs under Stair of Destiny, which is the Dark Portal's counterpart in Outland. -- 10:07, 23 January 2007 (EST)

Statues
What are the hooded statues on the edges of the dark portal? --IbbertTheGnome 02:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I still say they hinted it was Ner'zhul in TFT, but Rise of the Horde retconned it into nobody. It says they are "cowled figures". -- 00:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've got, like, maybe 2 ideas about this. One's that maybe the lads on both sides are warlocks, explained to be robed and cowled. Also, it is possible that they're death knights, because they loot bulky. I think it's one of the two. Cheers! Malfurion Stormrage (talk) 2:46, 14 October 2009
 * The portal was constructed on both sides long before the first generation of Death Knights, so if your theory was correct they would be warlocks. Andreioplst (talk) 10:27, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Latest WoW patch
Would it be worth mentioning in the sections on closest flight paths that mages can now portal to these places? -leelad

The Opening
I recall reading in the original manual (I can't remember if it's WC1 or 2) that the portal started out as a tiny, tiny tear in the dimensions, and through intense channeling Gul'dan and Medivh were able to slowly stretch it, until it was large enough for a single orc to enter, and eventually wide enough for 3 orcs shoulder to shoulder, and eventually it reached its current size. This was later retconned to the instant opening of the gigantic, already-built portal (who knew the Last Guardian was also a mason?) with legions of orc soldiers waiting to cross through on the other side. I'd edit the article myself but I can't seem to find my old manual to quote and appropriately cite it. Could someone confirm this, or correct me if I got any details wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by.


 * In the Warcraft 1 manual it says that the warlocks began experimenting with the rift to make it larger. In the Warcraft 2 manual it says with somewhat more detail, but neither mentions of Medivh working with the warlocks. This is what says on the Wowwiki page about the 2 manuals. Andreioplst (talk) 12:04, October 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * I do not know what the current lore is for this. Which came first for Medivh: the rift or the arch? Rise of the Horde seems to contradict the way the orc side was started, but the rift may have been there from the start.-- 20:29, October 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * On an unrelated note, don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages with .  3:14 PM, 8 Oct 2009 (EDT)

Lowest Level to Pass Through
what is the lowest level a player can pass through after getting the Burning Crusade xpac 06:33, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe the Dark Portal still has a level 58 minimum to enter it. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 07:12, July 12, 2010 (UTC)