War of the Ancients

The War of the Ancients is a conflict that rocked ancient Azeroth some ten thousand years prior to the First War. It started when the reckless Highborne drew the attention of Sargeras and his Burning Legion and resulted in the Well of Eternity blasting the supercontinent of Kalimdor apart.

Malfurion Stormrage, Tyrande Whisperwind, Illidan Stormrage, Jarod Shadowsong, Korialstrasz, Queen Azshara, Mannoroth, and Archimonde were major players in the War.

There are differing accounts of the War:
 * For the account given in the Reign of Chaos manual, with additional material from Warcraft III, see War of the Ancients (WC3 account).
 * For the History of Warcraft, and in-game book version, see War of the Ancients (WoW account).
 * See Also, The Waking World and the Well of Eternity, The War of the Ancients and The Sundering of the World.


 * For a summary of the events as told in the War of the Ancients Trilogy, see War of the Ancients (novel account).
 * For other accounts, check the timelines.

In World of Warcraft
In an interview on June 8th, 2010, Tom Chilton revealed that the War of the Ancients would be a Caverns of Time raid instance released some time in the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm patch cycle. Further details are not known at this time.