The Second War had ended with the shattering of the Dark Portal, but for , the silence was louder than the drums of war. He knew the rift between worlds wasn't truly closed—it was a wound that refused to scab.
"The world is breaking!" Turalyon shouted over the roar of the collapsing dimensions.
King Terenas of Lordaeron called upon his greatest champions for a suicide mission. If the Orcs wouldn't stop coming to Azeroth, the Alliance would take the fight to Draenor. The —Khadgar, the veteran soldier Turalyon , the elven ranger Alleria Windrunner , the wildhammer dwarf Kurdran , and the stoic Danath Trollbane —marched through the green mist of the portal.
Deep within the red, dying world of , the Orc shaman Ner'zhul clutched his staff with trembling hands. He didn't care for Azeroth anymore; he wanted escape. To flee the dying soil of his home, he needed artifacts of immense power: the Scepter of Sargeras, the Book of Medivh, and the Eye of Dalaran.
